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Maybe. It’s a reasonable approach. Also could be leverage relative to a hesitant trade partner.

McCarron was long gone from the Alabama program by the time Daboll arrived there.

I have no idea whether Gronkowski will retire, but you are dead on about everything. Tons of money, nothing to prove, and a chance to walk away somewhat intact.

When I think Keenum, I think of fitz. Keenum might be a bit stockier, and he might have a bit better of an arm, but he invokes a lot of fitz for me.

Not necessarily, right? Doesn't the roster bonus (or whatever bonus is owed) vest on the third or the fourth day of the league year? In that event, the trade could be accomplished after the opening of the league year but before the Bills would become liable for the roster bonus?

Wood is making the team retire him. He certainly won’t do it himself. Not with that kind of money at stake.

Excellent point. If you feel like the fix is in (even if it actually isn't), it's less compelling television. Part of the beauty of sports is that you don't know the result when you turn the game on. It has become different with the Pats.

Wise to wait. At first glance, this seems that it could be a bit like the Pat Kane/cabbie incident in Buffalo. Technically, that was a robbery, but practically speaking it never was going to be prosecuted that way (and shouldn’t have been). Time will tell.

To answer your question directly, now ...I would be surprised if it happened. Back in the day (late 80s early 90s), it was much rougher at the stadium and the hurling of beer was maybe not common but not altogether irregular. So during those times ... maybe yes. That brings up another good point. Maybe bills fans are more serious about their drinking now (and don’t want to waste the booze). Maybe the security in and around the stadium is better. Maybe times are different. But either way, despite the immaturity of some parts of the “mafia,” the game day crowd is MUCH tamer than it used to be. Jumping through tables and hurting ones self, while kind of dumb, really is harmless compared to how things used to be back in the day.

I think you missed the point. Throwing something at someone who has not assumed the risk of participating in a gladiator sport is much worse than blatantly violating the rules of that sport to intentionally inflict injury upon another participant. One is worse than the other, but both are bad. So if Zolak is going to condemn an ambush outside the stadium (eagles fans hurling beer cans at others), then he should take the same approach with respect to an ambush within the stadium (Gronk on white).

I realize that life is a matter of context and degree, but Zolak's views with respect to gratuitous and unjustified violence seem a bit inconsistent. I suppose that, in this instance, he was concerned that somebody might have been, you know, concussed by being hit in the back of the head by a forcefully propelled inanimate object. Perhaps he should rethink his view of Gronkowski's ambush of the prone Tre White.

If he does well here next year he may be an HC before long.

This guy wants to be a HC. A good couple of years here, and it's possible. Good luck to him.

I have no idea about the family situation, but he's here in the spring/summer. I don't know him, but I see him around the neighborhood once in awhile.

Good call re daboll. I wonder how much he likes living in Alabama. He lives in Orchard Park in the offseason and I overheard someone ask him about it last spring or early last summer and his response suggested that he is indifferent about the place. He’s a good coach and a good guy.

I think we just were "out-tyroded" by bottles last week. But maybe it's a fair point to say a running QB only wins in the playoffs against another running QB.

B/c we scored points under the prior OCs and we don't with this one. And we don't play to the strengths of our QB. Not that I advocate keeping the QB, but if he's going to be here there is no sense in trying to jam a square peg into a round hole.

I question the arm strength. That out to the field was open, But the ball took too long to arrive.

If, and obviously this is no guarantee, we get to them next week, then I’d love to rush 3 or 4 all day again and let him stand back there. The guy can still beat the blitz — the first third down of the second half in the game here was a good illustration of that — but maybe he’s beat up and getting a little skittish. KC showed the world how to beat this incarnation of the pats. Rope a dope Brady, attack the edges of their d with speed, and have your qb make a couple of plays. It wouldn’t surprise me if the pats win the super bowl, and it also wouldnt surprise me if they lay an egg at home.

He can still get the ball downfield, but against us I noticed that it seemed that he worked the boundary much more than the field. They also seemed much more horizontal than vertical. Made me wonder whether there is a bit of decline in his arm/shoulder. And against Miami he actually looked rattled. Can't recall ever seeing that before from him.

Well said. Totally agree. From your fingertips to God's ears. That would be a just reward for roughly 18 years of Patriots-induced misery.

Beat the jags.

I want to like him, but I can't get there. Love the compete, but not the feet. Not sure about the arm. A little casual with the ball, which might not hurt him there but will lead to a lot of completions to the wrong team in the NFL.

Credit is due. Nice call. And it was a timeless Bills moment. We will talk about it 40 years from now. Well done.

Yes. We're due for an upset that works in our favor. Totally unimpressed by Baltimore.