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Didn't the Roughriders play the Rough Riders in the Grey Cup one year?

"You REALLY said that to Coach McDermott??? No wonder he was very concerned... you gotta stop messin' with him dude..."

London Fletcher?

LOL... yeah around here even @Einstein's Dog is smarter than Einstein.

Also, his family invented "The Wave" (at a family reunion).

All you have to do is remember that his last name is Someggug spelled backwards.

The answer lies herein...

I believe only Andy Reid, Mike Holmgren and Doug Pederson took 2 different teams to the Super Bowl. All 3 came close to winning with both teams but none of them did.

Forty-four Head Coaches have coached 9 or more NFL playoff games. They are: Coach W L % Vince Lombardi 9 1 .900 Tom Flores 8 3 .727 Bill Walsh 10 4 .714 Joe Gibbs 17 7 .708 Bill Belichick 31 13 .705 Sean McVay 7 3 .700 Jimmy Johnson 9 4 .692 Chuck Knoll 16 8 .667 George Seifert 10 5 .667 George Halas 6 3 .667 Bruce Arians 6 3 .667 Kyle Shanahan 6 3 .667 Tom Coughlin 12 7 .632 Andy Reid 22 16 .579 Bill Parcells 11 8 .579 Marv Levy 11 8 .579 Bill Cowher 12 9 .571 Mike Shanahan 8 6 .571 Tom Landry 20 16 .556 Jon Gruden 5 4 .556 Dan Reeves 11 9 .550 John Harbaugh 11 9 .550 Dick Vermeil 6 5 .545 Mike Holmgren 13 11 .542 John Fox 8 7 .533 Sean Payton 9 8 .529 Don Shula 19 17 .528 Mike McCarthy 11 10 .524 Pete Carroll 11 11 .500 Mike Ditka 6 6 .500 Tony Dungy 9 10 .474 Mike Tomlin 8 9 .471 Bud Grant 10 12 .455 Jeff Fisher 5 6 .455 Sean McDermott 4 5 .444 John Robinson 4 6 .400 Chuck Knox 7 11 .389 Paul Brown 4 8 .333 Dennis Green 4 8 .333 Don Coryell 3 6 .333 Marty Schottenheimer 5 13 .278 George Allen 2 7 .222 Steve Owen 2 8 .200 Here are all the Head Coaches who have won a Super Bowl followed by the number of seasons they coached when they won their first (or only) one: Andy Reid 21 Bill Cowher 14 Tom Coughlin 12 Tony Dungy 11 Dick Vermeil 10 Pete Carroll 9 John Madden 8 Gary Kubiak 8 Bruce Arians 8 Bill Belichick 7 Don Shula 7 Tom Landry 6 Chuck Knoll 6 Mike Holmgren 5 John Harbaugh 5 Mike Shanahan 5 Sean McVay 5 Jon Gruden 5 Mike McCarthy 5 Bill Parcells 4 Jimmy Johnson 4 Sean Payton 4 Tom Flores 2 Brian Billick 2 Doug Pederson 2 Bill Walsh 3 Joe Gibbs 2 Mike Tomlin 2 Barry Switzer 2 George Seifert 1 Sean McDermott is entering his 7th season as an NFL Head Coach

You thought that @GunnerBill was a woman... 🤣🤣🤣 Was that based on his masculine username or his masculine style of writing? Suddenly it's become clear that your confusion isn't just confined to his gender...

Again, it's too early to pass judgement on McDermott. He's entering his 7th season as an NFL Head Coach. You would all be well-advised to withhold judgement.

For context, I've been a Bills fan for a long time... I remember when OJ was a rookie. I've seen the lowest days of this franchise but don't recall the AFL Championships. I have a few observations on this subject: A person who predominantly complains and criticizes and then tells you that he/she is happy, is lying. Negativity is generally a reflection of a person's happiness. You can tell the true trolls because their MO is obvious. When not being outrightly negative they will ask skeptical questions... "leading the witness" as an attorney might say. And then they'll very occasionally interject a semi-positive take or proclaim their loyalty in an attempt to obscure their trollism. A truly well-adjusted and happy person's observations would tend to be equally positive and negative. As far as my view of the Bills and McDermott, it's too early to tell if he will be able to raise his game and bring this team a championship. Anyone who "knows" whether he has it in him is just guessing. Here is every Super Bowl winning coach and the number of seasons it took for him to win his first or only Super Bowl: Andy Reid 21 Bill Cowher 14 Tom Coughlin 12 Tony Dungy 11 Dick Vermeil 10 Pete Carroll 9 John Madden 8 Gary Kubiak 8 Bruce Arians 8 Bill Belichick 7 Don Shula 7 (counting only those seasons where the Super Bowl existed) Tom Landry 6 Chuck Knoll 6 Mike Holmgren 5 John Harbaugh 5 Mike Shanahan 5 Sean McVay 5 Jon Gruden 5 Mike McCarthy 5 Bill Parcells 4 Jimmy Johnson 4 Sean Payton 4 Tom Flores 2 Brian Billick 2 Doug Pederson 2 Bill Walsh 3 Joe Gibbs 2 Mike Tomlin 2 Barry Switzer 2 George Seifert 1 Sean McDermott is entering his 7th season as an NFL Head Coach. I think we can all agree that earlier is a better but we can also agree that there are some "Super Bowl Winning Coaches" who are mediocre head coaches at best... and that we would rather have McDermott as our coach. Too late... you already posted. 😇

Do either of you guys have any specific criticisms? I see they have a complete shade canopy which I would think is essential in FL now that the technology exists. I wonder what the comparative costs of the two stadiums is. As a former STH and witness to the drunk-a-thons which accompany every Bills game, these things should be clearly marked or bad things will happen.

Beyond the playing field, Frank Clark: In the following offseason leading up to the season opener for the 2012 team against Alabama, Clark was suspended from the team for felony second-degree home invasion, for alleged theft of a MacBook Air. On November 16, 2014, Clark was arrested for domestic violence and dismissed from the Michigan football team. During the offseason on May 9, 2017, Clark was criticized for a tweet he directed at Bleacher Reportjournalist Natalie Weiner. Weiner had previously written about Clark's domestic violence arrest. Clark told Weiner that "People like you don’t have long careers in your field. I have a job for you cleaning my fish tanks when that lil job is ova." On June 20, 2021, Clark was arrested in Los Angeles for felony firearm possession. He was pulled over by police on suspicion of a vehicle code violation. Police noticed a bag with an uzi sitting in the backseat. He was released the following day on bond.[54] After the arrest, it was reported that he was also arrested on a gun charge in March 2021.

Leonard Floyd had elite measurables as a prospect. At the combine his 40 time, 20 yard split, 10 yard split, vertical jump and broad jump were all in the 83rd percentile and above. He measured 6' 5.625" tall with long arms and big hands. https://ras.football/2020/01/08/leonard-floyd-ras/ Even last year when you watched Floyd play you would think that he's a rookie. He plays with an energy and suddenness (yes he's very twitchy) that belies his age. Stylistically he's not polished like Von. Floyd is herky jerky with lots of stop start moves. He converts speed to power for an effective bull rush and has a functional inside counter move. He can bend the edge somewhat but many of his sacks are based not on polished technique but on outrageous bursts of energy. He often looks like he's playing at a different speed than others on the field. He also gets lots of sacks on plays where he is in containment mode and the QB flush panics and gets hunted down by Floyd. He'll be very effective against athletic QBs who are accustomed to outrunning defenders. His play speed seems faster than the 4.60 he ran at the combine. Floyd also has very good ball awareness and doesn't seem to lose track of the play. Floyd is also very comfortable playing in space and can be a nice chess piece for a D coordinator with a good mind. He's a plus run defender and could probably be an excellent zone and man defender with his athleticism and length however asking him to play coverage is probably not a wise use of assets. They're not fans...they're what most people would call "losers." Frank Clark as well. But the Bills got the pick of the litter.

Clearly your point with your cherry-picked examples is that there's no basis to have faith in the decision making of McBeane. My answer? Pre-McBeane the Bills went 17 seasons without making the playoffs. Since taking over, the Bills have a record of 66-40 and a winning percentage of .635. It's a certainty that they know a helluva lot better than you. BTW, congratulations on your thread-leading 54 posts...

Wrote Matt Parrino in NYup.com: "Big-time no. 2s like Los Angeles Chargers receiver Mike Williams and Tampa Bay’s Chris Godwin make $20 million per season. A better comparison for Davis might be former New England receiver Jacobi Meyers, who had about the same numbers as Davis in 2022. He signed with the Las Vegas Raiders for less than $13 million AAV in March." https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/2023/06/5-thoughts-on-the-buffalo-bills-giving-ed-oliver-a-4-year-contract-extension.html

Hmmm, all this talk about making Oliver earn the new contract. Minimally this casts aspersions on Oliver's character (some made comparisons to Dareus and Haynesworth... nice touch) as well as the judgement of McBeane. Isn't it more likely that the Bills know what makes Oliver tick and feel very comfortable extending him now? Don't you think they are comfortable with his motivation going forward? I think you might be confusing the vocal minority (and the silent majority) with the actual consensus. Heresy McBeane! You must stop with the self-immolation!

Not Nordberg... not Narwhal... Norwell.

It was a fairly common opinion around here that Ruben Brown wasn't as great a player as you would expect someone with 9 Pro Bowls (and 4 2nd Team All Pros) would be. Proof of that is that he is never mentioned as a candidate for the Hall of Fame. The announcement of Ruben to the Pro Bowl squad was often met with bemusement and the implication that Pro Bowl voting is a popularity contest. This was 20 years ago and seems like a time where the Pro Bowl wasn't as big of a joke as it is today... but Ruben was maybe a precursor of what the Pro Bowl has become.

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Also WR is a position where age is mostly unforgiving... I think due to the fairly extreme level of physical excellence needed to play the position. I don't know how credible this is but according to Statmuse there are only 11 NFL WRs over the age of 30. https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/nfl-current-wide-receivers-over-the-age-of-30 The downfall usually starts with nagging injuries. Often the WR still plays well when healthy but has a hard time staying healthy.

I'll start by saying that every individual is different and every rule has its exceptions. That said, reading this (from The Athletic) gave me pause: No matter where he signs, though, temper expectations slightly. Hopkins is two years removed from his last All-Pro season and played in only 19 of 34 regular-season games over the past two seasons because of injuries and a suspension. Receivers at his age have struggled to recapture their early career successes; the last 31-plus first-team All-Pro receiver was Reggie Wayne ... in 2010. There’s a reason the Cardinals couldn’t find a deal. That was Wayne's 9th NFL season. As I try to recall recent late career seasons of superstar receivers, I can't forget A.J. Green falling off the performance cliff at age 29 in his 8th season and Julio Jones doing the same at age 30 in his 9th season. In 11 days Hopkins will turn 31 years old as he prepares for his 11th NFL season.

"On 3, READY... BREAK!!!" Crisp currency does not have greater, value dumb dumb. Is that what you were saying when Von Miller became a Bill? Don't you mean Bailey Zappe? My... you have a large font... Have you considered not getting excited? Maybe the reverse strategy? Just a thought. What brand of tricycle? Difference is Lofton could take the top of a defense and that was hugely helpful to Kelly, Andre Reed and Thurman Thomas. DHop on the other hand never could take a top off a defense and now he's older and slower. Your son is... a she? That's DeAndre HoSkins!!! *****!!!

Wow Josh has another "tight end." First Knox, then Kincaid, and now this.