Bill from NYC

Never. The Bills and this board have been with me through great and bad events of my life. I appreciate both, whereas they have both been important to me. One moderator despised me, another dislikes me but tolerates me, and I appreciate this. What I have been able to learn is to be better at handling the horrible losses. I have even come to expect it, but thats ok. Tell me, am I the only poster who suspected that we would lose the 13 second game? I'm saying NO WAY! Things like the (overated) Stevie Johnson dropping the best pass of Fitz's career prepared me for horror stories. The only thing that still gets to me is the focus on the secondary, despite other more important needs. I'm even better with that because I know damn well it will happen again and again and its beyond my control. Many, many years ago (perhaps even 20 years), @SDS posted that he is a bigger fan of Bills Fans than the Bills. I never forgot this post and I agree with hm. To give up on the Bills would be to also give up on the friends I have made from this board and tailgated with, and I can't do it. GO BILLS!!!!!!!! OUR DAY WILL COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is a shame. From what I understand he is a really good person.

It would be fixed for Taylor to win. She draws bigger crowds and the league and advertisers would make more money.

Long Island, NY is a wonderful place to live. It has beaches, fishing, golf, great food, highly rated schools, and great medical care. The crime rare is low in most parts. There is just so much good about Long Island but the taxes are just insane. The SALT changes will help to some degree but the taxes are REALLY way too high. I have been up to Williamsville, NY many times and I absolutely love it there. I could stand the cold but not all of that snow.

1989 was a fantastic year summer for the Dead. Their concert in Philly was wonderful as were the ones in Buffalo and the Meadowlands. Jerry appeared to be relatively sober. RIP Jerry.

Taylor Swift. Case closed.

Thank you for yet another great post! It amazes me how so many great players were drafted so late. I noticed that they chose Jake Scott on pick 159 over Bryce Paup. I was very young when Scott played but remember thinking that he was great. Bryce's career being cut short had to affect this ranking, but some of my favorite Bills memories consist of watching Bryce rush the passer at RWS. He was brutal and great at using his long, strong arms to fend off blockers. Really, that was a great link!

I'll be back in the high life again All the doors I closed one time Will open up again I'll be back in the high life again All the eyes that watched me once Will smile and take me in And I'll drink and dance with one hand free Let the world back into me And oh I'll be a sight to see Back in the high life again

I think that police departments do better investigations than schools. Do ya remember what happened at PennState? I for one would not take a school's word for any criminal investigation, but hey;.....that's just me.

Let me be clear. I respect your football knowledge quite a bit and admire your posts. You also seem like a nice person. That said, just because you say something "multiple times" does not necessarily make what you say factual. If that was the case, everybody could say something again and again and be 100% correct just by virtue of doing so. We will never agree on this topic, nor is there any real way of finding out the truth. It's all cool. I am not defending Beane at all! I am putting the blame on McDermott for continuing the Bills tradition of too much focus on defensive backs, despite other bigger needs. This started with the trade of the Mahomes pick to the Chiefs and extends all the way to this season, when instead of providing Josh more weapons, he drafted another first round corner.

Yeah, so I guess that in 2022 when the Bills gave up a 4th round pick to move up two spots for Kaiir Elam, this trade too was orchestrated by Beane. After all, the fact that McDermott was a defensive back in college and a former assistant secondary coach played no part in this glorious trade, or the one which handed the Chiefs Mahomes and numerous Super Bowl wins. He was olly too willing to let Beane, a communications major in college, put his player expertise to work. Gotcha. I will however concede the fact that Beane being a communications major does help him at his job. He is able to clearly ask McDermott, "who should we draft," and clearly respond, "yes sir."

If this is the case (which I certainly do not doubt), why would anyone be willing to believe that he has the final, or even an equal say to McDermott wrt the draft? I really wish I could understand this. So who takes the blame for trading away Mahomes for peanuts and drafting a corner?

Many, many years ago, Jimmy The Greek (a supposed expert) used to give out picks before NFL games. Seriously, he probably guessed wrong on 75% of his selections. People could have made a ton of money betting against him. I wonder if there is money to be made betting against Bradshaw and other announcers. If they know who has the best chance to win, I strongly doubt that they would share it with the public and cause the odds to perhaps change.

When the pain of love surrounds you And the world may be unkind I'll put my lovin' arms around you Take you far from this place and time Because you and I've been in love too long To worry 'bout tomorrow Here's a place where we both belong I know you're the only woman that I'm dreamin' of You're the only woman that I really love

"Son," she said, "have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy was nothing but a… While you were sitting home alone at age thirteen Your real daddy was dyin' Sorry you didn't see him, but I'm glad we talked" Oh, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, oh, oh-oh

That's an easy one. He would ask Marv Levy what to do, and Marv would tell him to focus on the secondary, running backs, and special teams.

If you go down to Deep Elem put your money in your shoes The women in Deep Elem give you the deep elem blues Oh, sweet mama, your daddy's got them Deep Elem blues Oh, sweet mama, your daddy's got them Deep Elem blues Once I knew a preacher, preached the Bible through-and-through Went down to Deep Elem, now his preachin' days are through Oh sweet mama, your daddy's got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama, your daddy's got them Deep Elem blues

This, along with "Black" by Pearl Jam.

As those who have seen my posts over the decades, it is well known that right or wrong, I'm not fond of allocating our best draft resources to the secondary. That said, when Jairus Byrd came to town, he lit it up! He was picking off passes one after the other. I thought, "maybe I'm wrong. This guy is great!" Well, at a tailgate at RWS, I mentioned my views on Byrd to @BADOLBILZ. He told me that Byrd was good but far from great. He said that many of his picks were caused by lucky deflections and not to expect this kind of production. I confess to being just a bit skeptical (if not slightly depressed) lol. Well, while he was never a bad player imo, he was far from great. His production rapidly fell off and my reluctance to drafting secondary early was fully restored. 👍🏈

*I heard it was you Talking 'bout a world where all is free It just couldn't be And only a fool would say that The man in the street, dragging his feet Don't wanna hear the bad news Imagine your face, there is his place Standing inside his brown shoes *A song written to John Lennon by Donald Fagen

1) Dion Dawkins 2) Spencer Brown For decades I watched our QBs get consistently beaten and bloodied while folks such as Levy and Jauron focused on running backs (with no blocking) and the secondary. The OL is the reason that Josh is able to do his job and the team wins football games. Are we sure he will make the team?

Life, Life Past the clouds You don't have to come down Life, Life Tell it like it is You don't have to die before you live

Well I, married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life Run me, out in the cold rain and snow Rain and snow, run me, out in the cold rain and snow Well she's coming down the stairs, combin' back her yellow hair And I, ain't goin be treated this ol' way Well she went up to her room, where she sang her faithful tune Well I'm, goin where those chilly winds don't blow

I feel it's time we should make up baby I feel it's time for us to get back together And make the best of things, oh, baby, when we're together Whether or never

No way! We need them to draft cornerbacks.