RuntheDamnBall

haha. I'm beyond skeptical that this will work out. And believe me it's not because he was mean to Jonathan Martin, for those who want to forget that this is his 5th "second chance." I believe he's a cancer, an idiot and a guy who doesn't have much respect for the game. In the words of Principal Skinner: prove me wrong, children. Prove me wrong. I am sure there'll be a lot of praise for all the "toughness" and "nastiness" with every yellow flag thrown our way, though.

He's occasionally right and REALLY loves to boast about it on those occasions when it happens.

Warren Moon.

I think there are other important questions, like how much money do you tie up in one facet of the defense? Another question is, where is the value in the market? It will probably be easier to find a cheaper replacement for Hughes than it will be to find a real upgrade for the secondary, especially the kind of upgrade that Revis can provide. and I say all of this as someone who loves what hughes brings to the Bills.

enough certainty with the coverage that he can design pressures to get to the likes of Brady?

This was amazing, and also that game is pretty frickin' gruesome.

Don't you ever get tired of nailing it?

What a tool this guy is.

And lose all of our valuable Skelton trade ammo?

Agreed. And there should be competition.

Really? I'm kind of sick of hearing stuff like this. I don't like to see complaining about any job, but he was just explaining that it's a challenging gig beyond the glamor. Someone who does this job "works" because society places a value on the work and pays for it. You have a lot of well-founded perspectives even though I find them contrarian, but dissing someone else's line of work just because it's not important to you is rude at best. I think this is all about the slow bleeding to death of print media. They don't get a lot of revenue from subscribers any more, so it all has to come from advertising, and we're generally talking about web readership for them, for the most part, so the ad revenue is even lower. They may think that they can get away with pretty good photographers as opposed to great ones -- and they may be right in a web environment rather than for big glossy spreads. We don't have LIFE magazine anymore, after all. To wit, you can get your cheesecake from so many other places beyond the swimsuit issue that even that flagship enterprise is not what it once was.

oh, come on. There were plenty of observers who said stay away from this kid, he has crippling maturity issues despite his exciting game and college success. It isn't just that he was immature or struggling with the adjustment. He has always been this way. The new thing is that he showed even less dedication to football this year once he got his money phone. His only success was in garbage time. The rest of the time he just looked like garbage. The fact that there are people who will defend this kid with next to no work ethic, then pile on EJ in the same sentence is lunacy. Despite the hate around here, one of them has actually shown something in the NFL, and it wasn't Manziel. It wouldn't be the first time that the grass looked greener for no reason at all on TSW. That said, does EJ have a lot to prove? Hell, yeah, he does. How about we let him see if he can prove it, and end the maddening cycle of no QB development or consistency on this team? I'm all for having other good options and young competition. I see no reason to bring in a flashy bust or another veteran playing out the string.

that's what she said (?)

Fred was more in sync with the offense and could deal without a very good o-line. I think Lynch was clearly unfocused here and that played a part. That's on the coaches (and maturity level).

You know what's going to happen if there is any smoke to this fire: they'll throw the lowly ball assistant under the bus in the media, set him up with some nice arrangement so he won't talk, and we can get back to talking about the sheer precision and dominance of this football team.

the problem is not that the Bills blew their picks - picks are lottery tickets. You can get better or worse at it, but that was fair enough compensation at the time. The problem was that they habitually put players in positions where they couldn't succeed, they became devalued, and they returned us less than their actual value. That they went on to succeed elsewhere is an indictment of the stiffs they've had coaching, and the lack of talent the team has cultivated over the years - especially in places like the offensive line.

Man it got weird in here for a minute.

hey, why not disrupt an ecosystem for a freaking football stadium? Also, hope you like more bugs. Because birds eat them.

I like pie. I cannot lie.

that settles it. When those idiots talk, the world yawns.

Agreed.

Yup. As soon as someone says "Kool Aid" I know to disregard most of what they say. It's the most tired, uncreative, oft-misused trope.

The only problem is, he has to make that decision by Jan. 15, then he will have to be dissected by the media and by scouts for five months. His stock might never be higher than it is right now, but the draft isn't right now. I expect that for whatever round he's being told he'll go in, he has a chance to slip at least a round from there. His measurables will keep that stock relatively high. But if you were being told you might be a third rounder, would you go?

Chan has also been in Miami. Lots of recycling.

lol "Lupati" I love what that poster started.