Coach Tuesday

First of all this issue has very little to do with the First Amendment or rights generally. This is a (mostly) private business, although the antitrust exemption makes this slightly more interesting. I always thought Kaep's method of protest was counterproductive, narcissistic, and fairly asinine. But then Trump came along and out-Kaep'd him by needlessly drawing attention to the issue and elevating Kaep to the status of cultural warrior that he always has wanted to achieve. Talk about counterproductive, narcissistic and asinine - but that's "our" president for ya. Again, this is not about rights. Kaep has the "right" to kneel and the owners have the right to fire him for it. Trump has the "right" to say moronic things that further degrade his own standing and legitimacy. They both have the right to be idiots, and that's what's going on here. Side note: I find it amusing that the folks who get offended by people kneeling during the anthem are many of the same folks who love to use the term "snowflake." If you're offended by someone disrespecting an idea you care about, your beliefs are pretty soft and vulnerable. EDIT: meanwhile, I don't see the Bills scoring a TD tomorrow unless it's by the defense or STs. Not because of this - because their GM and coach don't believe skill or speed is needed on offense.

Interesting, this has never been discussed here.

Your takes...

Well, with the Horse Hospital that is the Bills' medical staff, I'm sure the FO now regards Marcel as injury/suspension prone.

And could've leveraged the threat of successive one-year deals to get him to sign an extension. Especially given his injury history, he wasn't going to take that risk. Few players do.

Beane's end of season meeting with Terry is gonna be ROUGH.

You've been here? Funny but I don't remember you being here when the Bills traded away the best left tackle in the game and we were bombarded with "he wasn't resigning here anyway" and "he's a selfish diva" takes...

Ok. We'll see what tune you're whistling in a few weeks. Sometimes I think Bills fans get what they deserve.

Bob Woods flashed talent superior to anyone on the Bills' roster. But Sammy's 47-yard over the shoulder catch was certainly elite. If you can't see that, you have no idea what you're looking at.

Why attack the poster? Maybe because it's easier than accepting the reality of the team you root for.

Ok. Wait until you see the abortion of an offense they trot out there on Sunday.

I think he wanted a modern strength and conditioning staff that would accommodate his bizarre workout regimen and would coddle his penchant for obscure and repeated ailments, and he wanted to be part of a modern passing offense. Not too atypical of many young millennial athletes.

Some fans want to believe so badly that the team is on the right track that they will construct ludicrous narratives to explain what is happening.

Folks: stop ignoring reality. Sammy Watkins flashed elite talent last night. He is one of the best young WRs in the league. The Bills could have controlled his rights for at least the next two years and they let him go for a bag of magic beans. And they have no one who can come close to replacing him. That's it - it's black and white. This is the team we root for. Just accept what has happened.

Assuming you mean Watkins. I fully believe that was his mindset this offseason but I'm not convinced the situation couldn't be salvaged - the Pegulas fired everyone who had created the friction, including the crackpot training staff. Who's to say that Sammy wouldn't have changed his mind? More critically, what is McBeane's plan for player development? They can't keep expelling everyone who isn't a fully bought-in choir boy or they'll end up losing 90% of their games for the next three years. Sooner or later they'll need to adapt to modern athletes and come up with a plan for developing them and keeping them in line. This is a veteran roster after all - it should be doable. The Giants manage OBJ and the Cowboys manage Bryant. If Beane wasn't lying, that means he actually thinks this team can win games this year. Which scenario is worse?

The Rams just rebuilt in ONE OFFSEASON by bringing in a young offensive wizzard who understands modern passing concepts. They picked up two quality WRs who the Bills didn't want and are using them to score points and win games. The Pegulas entrusted their billion-dollar organization to a couple of nobodies with a 3-5 year plan who promptly shed a ton of talent, stocked the roster with aging vets, and neutralized the offense to the point of being flaccid and unwatchable. But yeah, it's Tyrod's fault. Are we really ready for three more years of this? More importantly, is Terry? By next October, the Bills likely will still be going sideways while a team of former Bills whom McBeane jettisoned could whip their current replacements. You think Terry is gonna stay patient at that point? The fans will be going nuts. Pundits will be calling the Bills a farm team en masse. There is no way this regime sees Year 3 at this rate and then here we go again with the restart. The only salvageable piece of that is that by then, maybe they've actually drafted a Baker Mayfield... The Watkins trade was the dumbest display of "strategy" I've seen from this team in a long time, and that's really saying something. It was cruel to the fans and, more importantly, Beane really put himself up against the wall with the move, and then McBeane doubled down in the idiocy and insult by lying to the fans that they're not throwing in the towel this year. Terry watches our offense and he hears about tonight's Rams game and he isn't going to be pleased. That "patience for the process" McBeane was banking on is already under a ton of stress. Yup. It's called Stockholm Syndrome.

Where are the "but Jordan Matthews!" folks?

Seabiscuit, I don't see many folks rooting for Sammy to fail. Gilmore on the other hand...

So if I'm reading the quotes this week correctly, McD, Dennison, and Shady are basically telling Beane to find some better receivers, and Mathews is complaining about Dennison's gameplan. Awesome.

If they think the Panthers were squatting on routes - wait until they see what Denver's corners do. Talib will get at least one pick-six this weekend.

This is what I have suspected. Rex and his crackpot training staff caused a rift and Whaley refused to intervene.

I highly doubt he's joking. Carl Everett was not joking about the dinosaurs. Apparently D.J. Reader doesn't believe in dinosaurs either.

Dude. I hated the trade and still do. I take issue with any human who "believes" (whatever that even means in this context) that the Earth is flat.

Seriously though, if you believe the Earth is flat, you ought to bathe with a toaster. You're just that useless to society.

He's a beast. He single-handedly wrecked the Eagles' offense last week on a mere 44 snaps.