Rat-boy

I don’t like country music generally, but this one qualifies.

Don’t forget the trolls and enablers mixed in.

Brilliant. Always happy to watch replays of the Niners getting spanked ad nauseum! Local media here are insufferable when they are half decent and have been all over Purdy’s Johnson for the last several weeks. It’s fun listening to listen to them try to rationalise this loss away. 🤣

You’ve obviously not been comprehensive with your perusal of this board. Look at the GDT and you’ll see what I mean.

Depends. Do you want the trolls’ or axe-grinders’ or “the other team has a backup QB, so we should ignore everything else and expect a blowout” version? Then look for rants on the post-game thread. If on the other hand you want a rational take, I think what’s been posted here is a good overview. Self-inflicted problems, far from perfect, but managed a win in the end.

Grind axes much?

One subtle disagreement - I live in the Bay Area and while Brock is a solid QB, most fans and media here would argue that the Niners are one Deebo or CMC injury away from being quite beatable on any given day by any decent team. Their offense is dependent on those two. Purdy is QB and gets the associated hype especially since he was a 7th rounder who is succeeding. But note that they were 0-3 without Deebo and Trent Williams, not without Purdy. That said, when healthy, they are not a team I want the Bills to face. We are no better than a coin flip with our current injuries, but certainly have a chance with current level of play.

Article is behind a paywall - can someone please post a synopsis? Many thanks.

Not all indignant nor righteously so. I’m simply suggesting that Beane’s motivations have little to do with what fans make noise about. I could be wrong - perhaps he’s doing his job based on posters on this board. In which case he should find a different line of work. 🤪

😳 Somehow, I doubt Beane gives a rat’s tail what armchair GMs care about his perceived lack of activity…

We feed the trolls too much around here. Send them back under their bridges. Ignore is your best friend. And I suspect strongly that FilthyBeast has at least 10 IDs.

I don’t post here much and haven’t over the 20+ years, but I think it’s lovely to have posters discussing these technical details. Please do keep it here, as I think there are plenty of readers who enjoy learning rather than scroll through pages of “Fire X”, “Bench Y” rants.

Albany, I'm terribly disappointed in you. As a long-standing TBD member, you should know that nothing is acceptable other than a hysterical, irate, sky-is-falling-fire-the-coaching-staff-and-tank-for-the-number-one-pick post when the Bills win by anything less than 51-3.

Indeed. And yet we continue to feed the trolls, half of whom are probably Dolphins fans, when we should be sending them back under the bridge from under which they crawled. Ignore is your best friend 😄

Vonn isnt too hard on the eyes either.

Dorsey tried to get cute today on that play.

My brother was a bowler...for the Indian national cricket team. Does that count?

I agree -- I suppose I misspoke. USA outplayed Sweden most of the day from a strategic standpoint and deserved to come out on top IMO. Sometime the ball just doesn't find the net. I have to say, though, that I hate PKs and always have. Horrid way to end matches.

OK, I'll bite. Could someone please explain to me why the USWNT not singing the national anthem is an issue? They are professional athletes. Is there something in their job description that says because they play for a national team, singing along or mouthing words is a requirement? Or that not doing so is unpatriotic and a violation of rules? Or is all this angst reaction to a false perception that every athlete from other countries in the women's world cup sang their own national anthem, and how dare the USWNT not follow suit like lemmings? Why does one have to sing out loud and yell "USA! USA!" to show their "patriotism" overtly? Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I don't recall anyone on the team making an overt issue of this until the media / twitter asshats got on their case for a perceived slight. It probably would have sailed quietly into the good night. Rapinoe may have been vocal with her views and I see that that ruffles feathers. As may comments from her opponents ruffle the feathers of those who don't agree with them. I've always understood that the price of "freedom" is tolerance of other views and the right to respectfully disagree. Where did this go? I'd guess the issue is some people are very thin-skinned these days and perceive everything as a personal insult to their way of life. 🤒 Give me back the ability to just listen and disagree. Yep. Humans, unlike robots, sometimes choke. Happens to the best of them as we all know. They were beaten by an opponent who was better on the day. Oh well. Personally, as a football fan, I think they've raised the bar for the world over the last 20 years. One or two bad tournaments doesn't erase the mark they've left. Nor should it, or any amount of noise over perceived slights from their supposed ill behaviour.

I love this logic, since we all know the outcome of every game is determined after the first two drives. I have proposal: let’s shorten games to the first four drives. 60 minutes is ridiculous. ChatGPT can predict the outcomes afterwards with virtual certainty.😒

I love data cherry picker trolls with really weak takes.😒

Really? I thought Journey are a Bay Area band.

C’mon PTR. You know way better than to bring a rational take to this board. Don’t mention the fact that half that time they didn’t practise enough to install him in the offense. It’ll bring the “we won but we really lost” trolls out. I really miss Hogboy.

Nice post. Aidan Hutchinson is a beast and causes matchup problems for most. That said, Spencer needs to do better and continue to improve.

A live chicken? To sacrifice and help Cerrano hit curveballs?