DrDawkinstein

Well, this just took a turn...

He's really just getting into shape. Obviously not going 100% off the ball. Doing more to set the edge and watch than rush up field at the passer.

It was the 2nd possession of the night and before he got banged up. No excuse not to be aggressive that early in the game and get the easy points. No need to be cute.

3rd and inches AND 4th and inches. TWO cracks from the half yard line, and we line up shotgun both times. Dont get. Leave 7 points on the board. Disgusting.

I dont agree with points 1, 2 and 3 at all. Especially Taron. He does enough to earn leeway on mistakes. But completely agree with 4, 5, 6. This coaching is killing us.

And then do it again on 4th down too. Directly cost us points. No doubt about it.

Need to ditch the 12 BS and go 5 wide and up-tempo. Be a real offense. Get everyone involved. Get everyone engaged. And most importantly RUN JOSH. The early run tipped the numbers back in our favor and it made everything easier. Cant get away from that. McD hates putting teams away.

This game proved to me that we are a team with a lot of individual talent that is being poorly coached. Seemed that coaching was more often getting in our way than helping us succeed. Just let the boys cook, and get too-cute Dorsey, and charmin-soft McD out of our way.

Tonight just proved the Offense is better without Dorsey and his ideas. Back to Josh running. Back to Josh freestyling. No TEs so no 12 personnel crap. Dorsey only got in our way with his bull#### shotgun plays from 3rd and inches and 4th and inches at the goal line. Literally cost us points. Just let Josh run the O.

I was just about to post "Just avoid the Duff's on Dick Rd in Depew", haha. I had a horrible experience there. Granted it was about 8 years ago now, and things change. But that is where I discovered the whole "We just license the name, every franchise is independent" because they were not good there.

Neither are great. But Duff's has been better than Anchor Bar imo. Not saying much. It also depends greatly on which Duff's location since they are all independently operated and just license the name and wing sauce source.

Watson's response, about as expected: Cmon, Deshaun. You have 230 Million guaranteed reasons to not play. I dont blame you.

He only signed up because he thought the game was in Tampa near his retirement home. Going to go right from the field to the shuffle board tournament. Margaret better not eat all the cucumber sandwiches before he gets there this week!

Good call. Or a Sheppard/Hughes trade as well. Any recent 1st round DTs that arent active?

Anyone able to confirm a wellness check on @Mark Vader?

Side note: It's absolutely CRAZY to me that we need to defend criticizing NFL Owners and convicted/settled deviant players. But not surprising since accusations of racism and/or sexual assault always trigger a large portion of TBD members. Which is very telling. This was a thread to laugh at the situation the Same Ol Browns have gotten themselves into yet again with Billionaires blowing millions of dollars on bad decisions. No one here needs defending. End of the day, Haslam, McNair, and Watson are and always will be in much better situations than any of us. Enjoy the schadenfreude while we can.

McNair (Bob) got in some heat with his "dont let the prisoners run the jail" line when referring to players. Cal certainly isnt the worst of the owners, but none of them are that great. Most are scumbags in one way or another. Even our own fracker. His association with Tony Buzbee when all this Watson stuff hit still reeks of retribution, even if it did help bring the abuse to light. It seemed like Cal was happy to sit on that info, and even help Watson, until he needed it for leverage. And his love of Easterby always gave me the creeps.

What about it? Up to you and each individual how they want to handle rumors from decades ago. Those are tricky. But when there are actual court cases and even criminal charges, like Watson and Bennett, it gets pretty cut and dry. It's kinda weird you're bringing this up here. Rumors that are 30 years old are NOT the same as charges/lawsuits/information that have real, verified details and personal and professional consequences. Almost seems like youre arguing that since we cant hold those old guys accountable, we shouldnt ever criticize modern-day scumbags that have actual evidence against them.

The Atlanta stuff has been known since the 90s when it all happened. It's why he isnt on the Wall of Fame (or HoF), and likely never will be. Rightfully so. He was one of my favorite players as a kid, but has been dead to me for nearly 30 years.

Has anyone written them an Open Letter yet?

I'll do it for $20. Real professional like too.

In the words of Tom Donahoe - "Save your postage" And also, save us from the drum beating. The Bills dont hear it but we get the headache. I believe Orchard Park has some billboards you could rent if you really got serious about it. Good luck. Agreed. If we're talking to Tenn about Simmons then I'm interested. Otherwise, no thanks.

This poll isnt fair, because it's obviously Dennison, but he wasnt supposed to be in that job in the first place. He was McD's, what, 3rd choice? (Maybe 4th) He was a warm body to fill the spot until they could entice someone better. Which they did.

Let's be clear that there really is no such thing as "sports journalism". Any and all reporting on sports serves merely 2 purposes: Marketing the sport/league being reported on Generating views (and therefore revenue) for the reporting entity which is riding the popularity of sports There is no higher-purpose or altruistic existence. This is not connected to journalists attempting to report on wars, politics, and corruption in governments or corporations that will ultimately benefit/protect the general public. In summary, expect the worst. lol

While it's obvious and apparent that Watson is his own kind of scumbag, I also believe/know that owners like Haslam and McNair are even bigger scumbags. Could be that given Watson's experience in Houston, where the team was happy to set him up with an NDA and hotel rooms to use, and then throw him under the bus for it when they needed leverage to force him to play or get rid of him, this was all a calculated plot to take as much money as he could from the NFL with his one last shot and ride off into the sunset a multi-millionaire. And while I dont support Watson as a person, I'm always for players milking as much cash out of the league as possible. So I almost want to say... good for him? I guess I'm saying I'm not surprsied he isnt "more appreciative", and I'd also argue he has already taken full advantage of his opportunity. To the tune of 230,000,000 fully guaranteed dollars. That's the problem. As we all discovered, Watson doesnt like pulling himself.