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It would certainly optimize his capacity to succeed if they used him in ways that take advantage of his exceptional abilities. If they did not intend to use them, they should have drafted someone else.

Intelligent folks will generally take a person more seriously if they show at least an average level of empathy.

There is also the implication that mere words are trivial, whereas sticks and stones really hurt. We've created a savage world that is belied by technological sophistication. And really, what heartless contempt for some to simply dismiss the fella. Who knows what all is behind it, but at minimum perhaps don't rush to judgment and go spouting off. If you can't show any instinctive care, maybe try the reserve of silence.

When I watch that last highlight and McD puts up the go for one sign, I find myself irrationally talking to the screen: "you gotta go for two." But this is a nice story about character and decency and it speaks well of everything Buffalo, so maybe let it be for now.

Since from now on his name will carry a stigma despite exculpatory evidence due to the nature of the original charges and widespread reporting of his dismissal from the Bills, he gave a number of interviews to female interlocutors in an attempt to rehabilitate his character. Given the state of contemporary journalism where the msm presumes a criteria of #believeallwomen, it's not surprising that he chose an alternative outlet, even if ironically by doing so he incurs the wrath of those who prefer the very media largely responsible for his public reputation.

Below is a quote from Father Martin D'Arcy in his book, Death and Life. I personally believe it. "God, who has done so much greater, turned sin and death into a triumph and restored the dead to life, will not withhold what is less, namely, to restore the experiences which made us what we are and bound friends to us by affection and vow. Nor will those experiences be just memories . . Our pets, our animal friends, I fervently believe, will be there when we awake in that undiscovered country. If they can touch us so profoundly with a love that is so pure, so innocent, I know they'll survive death and share with us in God's eternal love."

And suddenly we moved from Classic to the new Disney.

Yes, you have to strategize with the contemporary rules of the game in mind. Kincaid is a rational shot at giving Allen a player that can fill the same role that Kelce does for Mahomes. Kincaid has enough athletic gifts to make it plausible. It would help to have Andy Reid calling the plays, but even so, it was the right move to make.

Excellent examples and in each case, the fella with lesser numbers is the better player. Below is a high falutin somewhat philosophical explanation for why you are right. Quality cannot be fully comprehended by quantity. The "eye test" depends on the judgment of the particular person, i.e., the degree of wisdom derives from the character, experience, and capacity for discernment possessed by the individual. That's why prudence is not an abstract law, but a function of unique persons. Some folks dismiss the eye test tout court, but a skilled observer knows more than mere "stats guys" who follow the lead of modernity which seeks to remove the element of prudential judgment and replace it with impersonal tables of quantifiable data. Nonetheless, the ancient Aristotelian path is more discerning, especially in realms like sport and art that require an intuitive/aesthetic aspect that does not reduce to mere numbers.

There was surmise of the team not being set to stay in Buffalo in a thread just a few weeks ago (it was an unpleasant thread with ghoulish speculation, so I leave it at that.) Given a truly exceptional harrowing season with injuries, tragedies, and weather displacements, it's somewhat incredible they managed 13 regular season wins including the 8 consecutive you note. Folks are just blowing all that off because the Bills were steamrolling teams early which made later struggles appear to be more a failure than they were. Then the Bills made some cavalier mistakes in the playoff against the Dolphins that allowed the Phish to hang around in a game they otherwise didn't belong in followed by the absolute dud against Cincy. The post-season cemented a narrative for many. Same fans, I suspect, assume the unprovable assertion that we would have played just as poorly in the truncated Bengals game. The cumulative effect of swimming upstream for so long took its toll and I do think one can question both first year Dorsey and Frazier's approach to the post-season. The former has more tools to work with, ostensibly an improved IOL and a year to acclimate to OC. The latter is gone and one hopes McD will at least be more aggressive against top qbs rather than using the passive, bend-don't break strategy that works best against average and subpar qbs. The notion that all that adds up to stagnancy or that the Bills have peaked is utter non-sense. As long as your franchise qb is in his prime and you hit on enough of your draft picks, the window is always going to be open. What you can say is that typically head coach franchise qb combinations win a SB early in the relationship. I think two years ago Allen was poised to make that happen and the 13 seconds fiasco derailed what I suppose a high probability, though it can never, of course, be proven. Another early exit from the playoffs would put McD on the hotseat, but the team itself is no more destined to fall back to the pack then GB who was considered a perennial SB contender as long as Rodgers was at qb.

My surmise is that the longsnapper works with punters and kickers as part of a single "special teams unit" as it were and that it actually entails a lot of technique and continual repetition. It isn't something you can take ten minutes off to the side to address. Hence, you cannot task part of the starting oline to participate in what involves that level of commitment. Generations ago, the kicker was not a specialist. Longsnapper, like kicker, is now a specialist position and I don't think you can build out from a normal G or C to accomplish the same thing.

Long snapper is a unique technique. There's a reason teams have a dedicated player for that position alone. If it was something the ordinary center could typically handle without the reps, everyone would do that and save the roster spot. Do you imagine league wide folks just haven't thought of it?

Yes, probably, but I'll take reliably competent and plays with aggression at G over what we've had there for years it seems. Not only do they appear to never settle on a coherent approach to the line, they so value versatility (I understand why it is important) that the end result has been less than mediocre folks manning most of the spots and barely decent oline play as the ceiling for the units they've put out there. Hopefully this will change starting now.

I wouldn't call him a bum. I think he's underperformed his draft status, but he's better than many of his detractors allow. Until he got hurt, he was a disruptive force which has meaning even if it doesn't result in a sack. And as a person, I like him. Hopefully, he has a great contract year.

2023 Bills' schedule, thou art a scurvy wretch, consorting with mammals pretending to be fish, ancient hippies, and known cheaters from Boston. Gallivanting across the seas for a tryst with the pseudo-London team, not to mention once again hanging out with Ratface on the road. The worst fans in sport reside in Philly, so naturally you insist on visiting that den of boorish louts. And then, you choose to bring those mutant Raiders home when you could have partied in Vegas. Honestly, you are a dim. Ah, why relate the entire litany of your sins? Away thou rag, thou quantity, thou remnant.

Next you fellas can wager on whether Poona gets more snaps as a 1 or 3T. Should be some fascinating lengthy discussion. Be sure to cuss at him.

Too much amiability. You two are making me sick.

This entire thread is obnoxious and redundant. The OP is too dim to be ashamed. Your story is boring. You're going to have to make something up. I suggest you bring in the Smoking Man from the old X-file series. Aliens interest a lot of folks, so that might sell.

Dropping out of the top 5 is more than that. It's an over-correction with a touch of contempt for small market Buffalo, but who cares, really? It will only fuel Allen and Co.

It's a really interesting and diverse WR room. I'm fairly confident the middle of the oline will be improved and it has better depth. That in itself may contribute to better tackle play. We've talked about concern regarding RT especially, but this could be a very dangerous and unpredictable offense that threatens every area of the field.

We may have similar tastes in movies. The Night of the Hunter is a unique film. Laughton synthesized many different elements. I write experimental fiction that tries to do similar things. It's hard to find an audience, but critical reception for Laughton's singular film has increased over the years. Below is a fine article that explains the allure and quality of the work. https://www.slashfilm.com/1130769/the-night-of-the-hunter-ending-explained-the-age-old-battle-between-love-and-hate/

She looks like a femme fatale, but she doesn't act like one. She's a faux femme fatale.

That's a great movie with many terrific performances: Charles Laughton and Elsa Lancaster in addition to Dietrich in particular. It's an adaptation of an Agatha Christie play. Femme fatale usually is an element in the noir genre, which I generally dislike. Two of the more classic roles are Lana Turner in The Postman Always rings Twice and Jane Greer in Out of the Past. I very much like Mary Astor who is deliciously bad in The Maltese Falcon. The modern films many here reference seem to me lacking. When classic Hollywood had to use indirection because of the Hays Code, it often created much more interesting characters.

They're currently psychoanalyzing Brandon Beane selling his house.