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Frankly it was as good a throw as anyone in football could have made in those circumstances. Humid day, end of game, kid was gassed, ball probably was a bit wet, throw was very long and across his body, made after running around, no chance to realize he had time to set his feet. I’m not trying to argue, but ... come on. It was a ridiculous play and clay should have finished it. Rodgers might be able to make that play, but I honestly don’t think anyone else could do have done it.

Amen. Kept the play alive after running for probably 120+ in 86 degree heat and getting smacked around when he hung in the pocket. The kid made a ridiculous play. Just incredible. And had the arm to get the ball home. I can’t believe anyone would blame him.

As was the back shoulder jones couldn’t reel in. This season is a success. We finally have a franchise QB. Get a couple of receivers in the offseason and we are in business.

The kid ran for probably 120+ in 86 degree heat, got smacked around when he was in th pocket, kept the play alive, and then threw a ball 50 yards in the air that hit clay in the hands. Not an easy catch, but holy cow blaming Allen for that incompletion ... wow.

Did you attend the game? Schmidt was atrocious. His hangtime is terrible. I thought the punts into the wind were low trajectory by design, and the results on those kicks were good. Otherwise, he was brutal.

It reminds me of the Kansas City game with Bledsoe before Gilbride was fired. Daboll does not deserve to be fired - can't make chicken salad out of chicken refuse - but this is just ugly.

Wind. It was windier than it last Ike’s yesterday.

I think it may have solved a problem re: the reps to go around. McCarron probably fell back to #3 in the pecking order last night anyway, so now they can give more time with the 1s and 2s to Peterman and Allen. I'm not a Peterman guy, but he deserves a lot of credit. He looks like he put on muscle in the offseason, and it struck me that he looked like he didn't belong with the 3s last night. I'm impressed by the kid, and I think the Bills are, too. I also think that Allen is progressing much more quickly than they thought he would. He definitely has complicated the QB decision.

I don't know if you've been to camp at all, but to my eyes the "live" look at all three of these guys has AJ as the "safe" play, Peterman as a nice guy who has insufficient arm strength, and Allen as a specimen. Allen seems to throw the deep stuff better than the short stuff. So maybe you're on to something here.

Giants 2007. Worst weather ever. NE 56-10 is “up” there, too.

Thats funny. And dumb on his part for running with it. There was an easy way to check stuff like that - at one point the station was an AP subscriber and would get “official” AP updates on a machine that basically acted as an inbound fax. Kudos to you for pulling off a great prank!

He didn’t have to act. I don’t like the guy, but the fact is that he was very well wired.

I’m not defending the guy - he caused a lot of havoc in my life. But he had some great sources and some incredibly interesting insight that he shared off air. Want a new scapegoat for SB XXV? Try “dumber than a bag of hammers” Walt Corey. Dickerson told a story about how he screamed at Corey in the showers at halftime of that Super Bowl b/c Corey was calling defenses the team hadn’t practiced or used for months.

Ugh. Dickerson is a much smarter guy than people here give him credit for. He also is a loudmouth. No thanks to listening to him ever again.

Most underrated Bill ever. Long overdue. All-time great player.

Well said!

Seriously - leave the Pegulas' marriage out of this. It has no place in this discussion. And, frankly, even if there was a workplace indiscretion in that relationship, it doesn't matter here. Two wrongs don't make a right. The Pegulas make the rules in their (private sector) businesses, and one of the rules apparently is that the company president shouldn't engage in a sexual relationship with a subordinate or subordinates. Another rule is don't lie to the boss. Various reports suggest that both of those rules were broken, and for those reasons (and perhaps more) Russ is out. As he should be. Terry and Kim -- or Bob and Mindy Rich or any other couple that owns a business together -- have nothing to do with this. I get that they're public figures, and commentary on the aptitude (or lack thereof) as professional sports owners is fair game. But their personal lives are not relevant to this discussion.

I did read everything. You used the word “charged.” It has a criminal connotation, especially when used in the context of private sector workplace misconduct.

Charged with what? You’re implying that something criminal occurred. Maybe we should tap or even slam on the brakes on that. I haven’t seen anything to indicate that Brandon’s conduct went beyond immorality and deceit.

I’ll bite. What are your observations of men in the office based on your decades of “co-ed office experience”?

I second that.

Outstanding stuff.

personally I’ve found that the harder I work the more privileged I become.

Very well said. I feel horribly for his family. And I’m proud that a team in which I’m a stakeholder won’t tolerate this kind of garbage. Well done by the Pegulas.

Lets not lose sight of the fact that Brandon was fired for deceit. And this isn’t a “me too” issue (not that I condone a superior having an intimate relationship with a subordinate.). The workplace affair compromises the boss, and it’s simply bad for business. That, plus the deceit in lying to the owner ..... he would have been fired from any business I’ve been associated with. Huh?