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I programmed my oldest son well enough to be a life long Bills fan..lol. With my youngest, I had a different problem. He has no interest in football whatsoever. When we were in Buffalo 2 years ago, we took him with us to a Bills game. He sat next to my sister, she said he barely talked during the game. Odd too. When he was toddler, and in elementary school, I called him my LB in training. He was always the fastest kid in his class, and loved physical contact (I won't get into the times when he beat the hell out of bullies in the higher grades). When I coached my oldest in flag football, I'd put him on the defense if I needed to even out the sides. I'd just tell him to go after the guy with the ball and grab the flag. He was chasing down kids who were 3 years older than him..the problem is he'd tackle them. But he never had any interest in playing the game. Coaches in Jr. High and high school always tried to recruit him. I didn't push it. My oldest, the shy one, ended up playing through high school, ended up a pretty good player on a pretty bad team. I wouldn't have expected him to end up as a pretty good O lineman. (but 240 lbs isn't big enough to play college ball, obviously). The point is...you don't know what interests they develop. Which team they root for is a minor thing. Now if, when he is older, he wants to experiment with crack, or join a gang..or something like that...then you have real problems. But which team to root for...nah...don't make too much of it.

I don't trust my gut. My gut can tell me, "that fried chicken smells really good." The next day my gut tells me "why the hell did you eat that fried chicken?!" On paper, this is a really, really, close match up. The Chiefs have 57 sacks, the Bills lead the league in fewest sacks allowed. I have some confidence the Bills coaching staff figures out how to protect better than the regular season game and/or gives Josh more quick outlet passes. And Josh is going to run more when protection breaks down. Getting a few people back on D is going to be vital, Dodson and Douglas coming back, if they play, will be huge. I'm not as worried about Kelsey getting some passes, he's going to get his catches, its the others, esp. Pacheco and RIce who worry me more. Bad Josh needs to stay home...last week's Josh needs to continue. Find his play makers, let them do their thing. Lock him in the film room the rest of the week and force him to watch Chiefs games. Let him figure out where the blitzes are coming from. He'll find a ***** in their D. Don't force a bad decision.

mhmm. And the past 2 they put MIchigan inthe CFP, ranked no. 2 both times. 2 years ago they were crushed by Georgia. Last year, they gave up 51 points to a TCU team that couldn't muster more than 7 points vs. Georgia. And here they are..in the CFP for the 3rd consecutive year, and given the top ranking. To each his own, but I'll take the occasional dark horse over, say, throwing Notre Dame in the mix, only to watch them get crushed. Expanded playoffs can't get here soon enough

idk. In 2022, the SEC was 7-4 against the ACC and in 2021 they were 8-3. In the CFP, they are 5-1 in those two years. The only loss was Alabama's loss to fellow SEC team Georgia in the NC game.

Nah. The SEC's record in the CFP is like 16-5, with 2 of those losses coming against fellow SEC teams. If you go back to the old BCS, after the Texas-USC epic game, the SEC rattled off something like 7 of 8 of the next national championships. Compare other conferences...(cough Big 10 cough), the record is like 3-7 in the CFP. For a long time, its like an old WWE handicap match...Andre the Giant vs Big John Studd and Ken Patera or something. Its SEC vs the best of the other conferences. And the SEC has been winning. But it is also why the "oh no, Florida St. plays in the ACC" logic is pretty much asinine. Who cares? Who really cares? How do you explain Michigan getting in the CFP for the 3rd consecutive year?

Ha, yeah, there is that. That's why the non-SEC strength of schedule/strength of conference is ludicrous. Should Michigan actually win a game in the playoffs, it will be the first non-Ohio St. Big10 team to actually win a playoff game, much less a national championship. In fact it could be argued it would be the first non-Ohio St. Big Ten team to actually put up a decent game. I dont recall a more overrated conference/division for so long, in any sport.

It was a good pick, but to me, it was also an obvious pick. -The BIlls needed serious help on the OL. You have a stud, franchise QB who was getting pressured on more than 1/3 of his passes in 2002; - A guy fell to late in the 2nd round who was arguably the best interior blocker in the draft, or at most the top 2-3; - it was a guy who dominated at Louisiana, so he moved to the SEC and dominated there. He went to the Senior Bowl and dominated there; - towards the end of the 2nd when he was drafted most of the top interior OL were already gone, Avila, Tippman, Schmitz, etc; - there was a serious drop off in talent after those guys were picked; - this team's ability to find a "late round gem" on the OL is spotty at best. The one real one they found was traded. So he fell to the Bills. It was more of a no brainer pick than anything. I seriously doubt Beane was saying, "don't worry, Torrance will be there when we pick in the 2nd". He dropped, he was there, the pick became easy. It was the right choice.

eh, this is always fun, comparing all time greats. The greatest boxer, Jordan vs Lebron, Ruth vs whomever, etc. OJ's first few years were wasted, being underutilized and playing on a sub par offense. But when Lou Saban came back, he made a big effort to change that. The Bills drafted Reggie Mckenzie in the 2nd round of the 1972 draft. in 1973 they drafted both Joe D and Paul Seymour in the 1st. Seymour was an offensive tackle in college and Saban made him a TE. He brought in a 250 lb fullback in JIm Braxton, who was essentially another OL. They were running jumbo sets as their standard offense. All of that was for OJ. And for the most part, it worked. Barry was drafted by Wayne Fontes and ran out of a run and shoot offense. In those days, the run and shoot was what Buddy Ryan said it was, the "chuck and duck". No fullback, no TE, not much blocking. When Barry started his career, he did have Lomas Brown at LT, Kevin Glover at center and some players on the interior of the Oline. But guard Mike Utely was paralyzed in 1991 and their other guard was killed in an offseason tragic accident around the same time. I think they ended up getting BIll Fralic fro a year in 1994 or 1995. Its true, Barry had more negative yards than OJ. In fact, he had more than anyone. But he also averaged 5 yards per carry. On many of his highlight reel runs, he's having to duck people in the backfield. The Lions weren't built for running the football. It was "chuck and duck" in the the running game as much as it was in the passing game. As you say, OJ looked like a man among boys when he ran. Barry was the little kid in a pee wee game, the running back that no one can tackle. Except he was doing it in the NFL. And he was often doing it against pro bowl players. In these convos, Barry gets my vote as the GOAT. He could do things with the football no one else could. Even Walter Payton admitted that. Barry Switzer has a famous quote about that. Before the Oklahoma St. game, he claims to have said "whatever you do, don't let Thurman Thomas hurt. You don't want to face this Sanders guy."

They still have Nathaniel Hackett running the offense...so..

Except for 1 or 2 games, the Oline has been very good i pass pro. And the Jets game, though he was sacked often, the Oline was actually pretty good in pass pro. Which is why I don't agree with the statement, "fix those and the offense will shine again"...and it makes me cringe a little. Because I see pass pro far better than say, last year, but the turnovers haven't decreased. They actually increased. He's still not seeing wide open receivers, and on nearly every INT...there was someone open elsewhere. I know, I think the OP was hinting at personnel decisions Josh might have affected, but he needs to be held accountable for his field vision lapses. How? Idk. But turnovers area huge factor on how the O is playing, and he is the major contributor to the turnovers.

Yeah, the 2nd int was on Josh. So was the fumbled exchange with Cook. That's one INT and one fumble. He also had a throw that should have been an INT where the DB couldn't stay inbounds. As far as running the ball more, Cook had a 2nd fumble that miraculously bounced back into his hands after it hit the turf. In a way, the Bills received 2 big gifts that could have made it actually worse. The thing is, you've got a QB who has had a history this year of turning the ball over, with this year being no different. You have a RB who gave the ball up on the first play of the game. You have an offense that had turned the ball over twice in the 1st Q. You'd think that ball security would be a higher priority. The 2nd INT was inexcusable, as was the botched handoff to Cook. As was the 2nd Cook fumble. Both Allen and Cook contributed more than their fair share of the comedy of errors that was the offense last night.

Except for the last 2 runs by Murray, nearly every successful run play on the 2 TD drives has been right behind Torrance, with Dawkins on the wham block.

My favorite Bobby Knight story came from a local sportswriter in Kansas. Bob Hentzen, was a local writer for a small newspaper in a small Kansas city. Hentzen said his interaction with Bobby Knight no more than asking him a question once or twice during a press conference. Later, when Hentzen was battling throat cancer, in the mail one day, a multi page, hand written letter full of inspiration and encouragement. The letter was written by Bobby Knight, and was written at a time when Knight was still coaching at Indiana. Its a side to Bobby Knight that isn't usually mentioned, but as Hentzen said, the idea that he would take the time and effort to send words of encouragement to someone he had met, only in passing, was touching.

When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass! ~Bobby Knight

You have to neutralize The Cheetah. SO you take a page out of the Mash movie playbook. Someone carries a needle in his pants on the field. The first time he's down...shoot him up. "Im ready for the broad jump coach!"

Oe of the benefits of 12 personnel is the ability to give help to the OT's. Last week against Crosby, Brown received help from a TE on at least a dozen occasions. (Someone broke it down on Youtube last week). It was usually just a chip, to keep the pass rusher from blowing by him. But then ,that's all that is usually needed. Im sure he received similar help this week. And I certainly don't have a problem with that. Few things are as frustrating as watching an edge rusher blow by an OT, who can clearly not keep up...but then the OC refuses to give the OT help. A bump, a chip, a rub, its usually all that's needed. And it usually gives the TE enough time to go out in some type of pattern. Washington had 7 sacks last week against Denver. Today...none. Like most, I was coenrned about the OT's this year. But they have played surprisingly well.

I think you can. In the multiview, It highlights the game where you are getting sound with a white border. To get the sound from another game in the multiview, just move the highlighted game with the up/down/side to sid e arrows and wait about 10 seconds. The announcers for the new highlighted game come on. To put a multiview game on full screen, click the OK button. To go back to multiview, click the back button. Games shown on local channels and NOT on ST, they were still in the multiview screen. In my case, Niners-Steelers and Browns-Bengals were on local stations but still in Multiview. For games that were NOT in the 4 multiview games, you might have to click back a time more or two, but you get a menu of all games available. Click on the game you want and you should get an option to join live or watch on multiview. I have YTTV and use a Roku. I don't know how it comes up on the ST app. I don't know if hte multiview function is more of a YTTV feature or ST feature, but on Sat, I was getting multiview options for the college games. All in all, I thought it was pretty simple. I kinda figured it out by myself, so it can't be hard.

Does Purdy = a Trent Edwards who actually throws the ball more than 5 yards past the LOS? Ha...couldn't resist.

Im digging the YTTV/ST multiview. Its like having a sports bar in your LR. No waitresses though. But yet another indicator of how ad driven the NFL is...as if people didn't know, alrready. 4 screens, 4 on commercial breaks. Not once, but 4 times and most games have just ended the 1st Q. SF has the weapons...and Prudy is using them to full advantage. He's getting the ball out quickly, he's finding the open guy and he's hitting them in stride. He's completely negating the Steelers pass rush. Ayuk is probably the most underrated WR in the NFL right now.

ON YTTV, I have the BIlls saved as an "add to library" option in the library. It showed up on the main screen for upcoming games. I hadn't realized ST would be starting todaay so it was a nice surprise. If was the first indication of Sunday Ticket showing up on my YTTV. My son and I split the cost of it, we just talked about what needed to be done to make sure both houses have access. It seemed to work fine today.

Well if people are doing the hindsight game, The Cowboys drafted Tyler Smith one pick after the Bills took Elam.

The allegations, if true, present some pretty sticky legal issues. If they obtained a conservatorship, the Touhey's (sp.) are under a legal duty to act in HIS best interest regarding his assets. Those assets would include his name and his story. It is an independent duty created by the legal nature of the conservatorship. If they simply gave away the monetary rights to his name and story...as court appointed conservators, they will have some questions to answer. Thy are not appointed to waste assets of the ward. In fact, a conservatorship is created to prevent wasting of the ward's assets. It gets worse if they personally profited from an asset of his that he never received a cut from.

I loved the 2nd series, when it was 3rd and 1 and then 4th and 1. Ankou stood up Q Nelson on both plays. On the 3rd and 1 play, Poona crushed the left side of the Colts' OL. On the 4th down play, he held his own. I did smile after the 3rd down play, where Boogie took an inside move and blew by rookie Blake Freeland to make the stop. I smiled because I watched him in the Senior Bowl practices and don't remember seeing anyone get beat so consistently to an inside move. The guy is going to have a short career if he doesn't fix that.

And....number 3 water main break occurred this morning, since the road was redone. Maybe 200 yards from where it broke last fall. Surprisingly, the water is still flowing somewhat. And I was going to make sun tea today so I filled my gallon pitcher last night. Coupling that with the drinking water I had in the fridge, I'd be OK even if it had been As far as power going out on one side of the street, that has happened here, and actually happened last week when it went out. As the repair trucks pulled up, I yelled across the street to the neighbors: "You people on that side of the street have no idea what its like for us on this side of the street!" They laughed and reminded me its happened to them in the past. They then made sure we were ok, but as the trucks were showing up at the time, I told them it wouldn't be that much longer. They hadn't known we were without power until the truck pulled up. I live in a good neighborhood with good neighbors.

There was also a run on MLB's in the 3rd round. Drew Sanders, Daiyan Henley, Trenton Simpson (who might not be a true Mike) and Overshown were all taken in the 3rd round before DW. All have some talent, all needed/need some work. Maybe you can argue that they could have taken Sanders in the 2nd...but I'd rather have Torrance. Give me what could be the best interior OL for a team with a shaky OL any day. Maybe you can argue they panicked a bit, watching so many MLBs go off the board. But idk, I like him..the more I watched his games after the draft, after watching some before, I like what he can do. When he learns the system, they can find a way to get him into games.