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I can understand not extending the benefit of the doubt, but have no problem with giving them a chance. I think it's unreasonable to break it down to the simplest form as you see it, if only because there were more players involved.

because people are people. what else is there to explain?

this passes for news? a fan behind a guy yelled he was gonna get cut from the team football team? is it newsworthy because the yeller was disrespectful to the yellee during the anthem? why not just write this, and publish it after every game: Somebody was an a%%hole to someone else on Sunday. In related news, lots of people were not.

absolutely. I thought the comments from teef were unnecessarily harsh, especially given that he's apparently shared his opinion on this board in excess of 1000 times at least. I figure as bills fans, we're all just the homely children of ugly parents. no need to bash a guy who's given a &^%$ since the Johnson administration, though maybe I only feel that way since I'm not that far behind.

even Bernstein and Woodward missed once in a while.

I'm exhausted just reading this--but it's very interesting to read about the work and thought process that went into all this. good stuff.

it seems apparent to me that everything that is or isn't done always accomplishes nothing, and it's always the other guy's fault.

I realize it's only one pre-season play...but that was one pre-season play for a 37 year-old guy who signed after much consideration and opted to retire 10 days later . if someone told me it was his first game back after a double knee replacement with complications, I might believe them based on this clip.

i call bs. show me a group more downtrodden and abused than bills nation.

The frustrating part of this is his comments seem pretty straightforward, but then we never really know. Maybe he was being sarcastic. Maybe he meant there was no diva mentality when he was physically in the room, but it spirals out of control when he uses the bathroom down the hall. And maybe some of the posters are right, the lack of a diva mentality actually is a negative, meaning you actually need at least one diva-type to generate friction. And maybe he was actually talking about Sammy Watkins, or not about Sammy Watkins, or the room as a whole or individually. What is clear is there is chaos in the WR room at 1bd. Or not. Maybe.

the patriots have a track record of sustained success the likes of which is rarely seen in sports. the bills have a track record of getting their tongue stuck to the same light post year after year after year.

or Benito Mussolini II. I hope he's not that guy either.

Probably his brother, Sketchy Whitehead.

He terminated the guy to the tune of $15 m. He made the call 2 years into a 5 year deal, when from an organizational perspective conventional wisdom certainly would have supported staying the course. From a structural standpoint, he hired the exact opposite type of personality to run the team. He fired the General Manager of the team, brought in a new guy to compliment the organizational style of the head coach. Other than a press conference broadcast on all the major networks, where he stated "I'm taking full accountability for everything", for which he would likely be savaged for his press conference demeanor or choice of suit, you see him passing the buck?

I understand the sentiment expressed by Seymour, and the desire to maximize earning potential. I don't sweat what they say, how they say it much one way or the other. Sherman making more or less money one way or the other doesn't impact me. Still, I am always amazed that someone complains how great someone else (owner) has it over them (elite player) when all the while they have a much much better deal than someone else (average player) who often has it better still that. someone else (retired player with health issues etc). strike. don't strike. whatever.

"let those among us who haven't jacked a few atvs along the way cast the first stone." - John 3:16

It's not a double standard, it's just a standard. Whether it's fair and reasonable is a topic for message boards, hookah lounges and opium dens, but the standard he chooses not to follow consistently is one that keeps him off the field. My perspective is "God forbid MD ______ which keeps him off the field for 16 games, which contributes in some way, shape or form to the Bills not participating in 19".

Reading between the lines often just reinforces ones own biases.

absolutely. I think if you're CK and don't think "Ah crap, this could go badly for me", I'd be surprised. In fact, if he was thinking "What's the big deal McD??", even more reason to release him.

Even as a Kujo fan, this is a stretch. It wasn't that he wasn't "toeing the line". It's not like he hit traffic on the way in for a meeting and ran 5 minutes late, violated curfew or whatever, he was climbing fences in his underwear asking to be shot. Come on, maybe you don't like McDermott but it's his job, in part to consider whether or not a guy can contribute. He wasn't thrown away, he was released. Happens all the time, even to fully clothed guys.

I think that comes down to preference and style. As long as a process is followed, it matters less how the question is posed.

Let's hope he learns from it moving forward. Question number 3 for any sensible GM during the pre-draft meeting has got to be: "When you have a car accident, do you typically wander off with or without your pants on?". It's unreal some of the things that come out of professional sports.

Well, they've outlasted more than a few good and decent Buffalo fans. At this point I'm more about my kids enjoying it. They've seen me toss a few remotes toward the tv in a fit of rage, should balance that out nicely. Plus, I'm not so sure we're not actually in Dante's shack already, or at least in the waiting room?