Rubes
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If Kincaid can learn how to block effectively, that could really create some nightmares for DCs.
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Thought about reffing years ago. Friend of mine happened to be doing it and his advice was that he wouldn’t get into it anymore because of the abuse. Seems like it would be fun but who wants to be a target like that on a regular basis?
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Where's the option for "This place is like Hotel California. Please send help, I can't leave."
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Pretty sure I joined back at the beginning, though my memory is pretty hazy. I do recall HyperBills so I think that's where I started before ending up here. Honestly can't say for sure though.
Back in 1998 I was in my residency. Life was pretty rough, but this place was a haven, especially for a Bills fan living across the country with no easy way to get inside news on the team.
Seen lots of folks come and go over the years. I miss a whole mess of them, even though I've never met most in person.
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Just now, Shaw66 said:
Of course, but like most good players coming out of college, they've already shown that they're good at knocking the other guy around. The challenge for most of them is from the neck up. I would guess that from watching film the Bills already know that Torrence is physically better than Bates. The fact that Torrence is running with the 1s suggests that his head is in the right place.
We'll see.
Could be. I just think most of what we're seeing this first week is just moving people around to see how they mesh with others, how they understand and handle the calls and responsibilities, and to see how much of the system they are studying and integrating. It's nice to see that Torrence is fitting in well enough, but even OL who looked great in college and walkthroughs have crapped the bed once an NFL-caliber DL started knocking them around. Fingers crossed.
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It's certainly encouraging, but I'd rather wait and see what happens when they get all the pads on and start knocking each other around.
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Last year we beat the piss out of #2 coming off a Super Bowl victory, so whatever.
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Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see the Jets implode, crash, and burn. That said, I don't see it happening. Too much talent on both sides of the ball. They could finish any position in the division, but even if they finish last I see them taking down a bunch of contenders with that squad.
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NOW camp has started. Thanks Rastro!
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16 hours ago, eball said:
NFL Films did a piece on him not too long ago ("Barefoot in Buffalo: Todd Schlopy’s Journey From Kicking to Camerawork"). He became a Hollywood cameraman, and got a chance to film a Bills game back in 2021 (against the Commanders). It was a dream come true for him. They review that game and his role in it as well. Nice watch, only about 9 minutes long.
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Cool to hear we'll have another Bills fan in Utah! I've been in SLC for the past 26 years, been all over this state and the surrounding areas. I agree that it's an amazing place, love it here.
I would say that it's true that if you're not Mormon, some things can definitely be more difficult. Politics is one—if you're not Mormon, and especially if you're not Republican, forget it. Raising non-Mormom kids outside of SLC or Park City can be pretty tough for them, depending on where. And I think what @Utah John said earlier about running a business, especially outside SLC or Park City, is true to an extent, but probably less so in the last few years, owing mostly to the incredible migration of people here to Utah—largely from California. So many ex-Californians here now, even in towns like St. George.
The food selection has traditionally been less than great in southern Utah, but it's gradually improving. One thing I must recommend: if you like pie, there are two stunningly good but small pie bakeries around St. George: Croshaw's and Veyo Pies. Croshaw's is in St. George; Veyo is in the town of Veyo about 20 minutes north of St. George in a really pretty area.
Cedar City is also less than an hour north, and though it's a small town it's also a college town with some neat little places, and they have a nationally recognized Shakespeare festival every fall, if you're into that sort of thing.
If you ever get up to SLC look me up, we have a great Bills bar pretty close to my house. Congrats on the move!
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Jets held us to 17 and 20 points last year, and it ain’t getting any easier next year…
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2 hours ago, Jukester said:
Not sure where you’re staying but these two are in the city: Pappy’s Smokehouse, Bogart’s Smokehouse
West county: Dalie’s smokehouse
Also while you’re here you should try:St Louis style pizza (thin crust with provel cheese - Imo’s)
Frozen custard (Ted Drewes)
Toasted Ravioli
Gooey butter cake
St Paul sandwich
Slinger
Anheuser-Busch brewery tour
Good stuff, thanks. I have read about Bogart's and I think it's fairly close to where we're staying, so I think I'll check it out.
Wife is from Peoria, IL, seems that gooey butter cake has made it up there...soooo good.
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1 hour ago, Big Turk said:
I lived there for 4.5 years when I was in college but that was a while ago, no idea what's there now.
Their ribs are really good tho...
That being said the best BBQ on the planet is 4 hours west in KC.
I have heard this too. Unfortunately, I must stay in St. Louis…1 hour ago, QCity said:No idea if it's the best but a few years ago we were in St Louis and went to a place called Sugarfire Smoke House. Damn good BBQ everyone we were with raved about it. It's downtown walking distance to hotels and the convention center. Cafeteria style serve and sit and the place was packed, they close whenever they run out of meat for the day.
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Well, I guess that's something...
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Going there later this month and I get one chance to go out for some excellent BBQ. Looking for the expertise here to suggest a place that I shouldn't miss. Thanks!!
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20 hours ago, Albany,n.y. said:
Nope. I'm rooting for him to make a full recovery and if he does he will be back broadcasting games.
My bad. By "OP", I meant the person who made the statement I was referring to (in this case, @Nextmanup).
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1 hour ago, beerme1 said:
You don't know that. You may feel that and I do too to be honest, but you don't know that. I agree with you only because of the absence of updates about him. The fact he's at this OTA though is a big sign that he is well on his way back.
I think what the OP was saying was, “but I hope he will not be the booth again.”-
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1 hour ago, Allen2Moulds said:
I think it's crazy for anyone to complain about us adding a 9-10 sack a year player to our defense. We have the QB. Top 3 needs this year.
1. Fix the interior of the oline
2. Add a receiving weapon
3. Add pass rush depth
We attacked these exact things.
I can bash Beane about his 2nd round picks, but have to commend this off-season approach.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Beane fan and I love this roster...but with regard to #1 and #3, you have to at least admit that the reason he needed to do those things this year is because his previous investments didn't pan out. I mean, 3 recent high picks on the DL wasn't enough to secure pass rush depth, and we've had a revolving door at Guard the past few seasons.
Not every move works out for a GM, for sure, but it sucks that he has had to repeatedly sink resources into those two things.
That said, I'd still take Beane over just about anyone at this point.
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7 minutes ago, Logic said:
The NFL is walking a funny, fine little line right now.
On the one hand, getting fully into bed with legal sports betting, promoting it three times per commercial break, adding handheld betting machines to stadium seatbacks, etc....all while telling players "gambling is bad!".
And I'm not talking about gambling on other NFL games. If I understand it correctly, the NFL will discipline players for gambling any amount, on any sport.
Ridiculous....wait, what?
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1 hour ago, John from Riverside said:
Let’s just beat that horse until it turns into glue, huh
The world needs glue too, my man.
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29 minutes ago, boyst said:
dude was a joke and is a joke. he's a former bill, so just like the dead there is no need to bring them up.
Mostly just in the vein of "how did we specifically improve from last year."
I mean, in this one they have Singletary lined up essentially as an OL next to Saffold, probably because they figured he would completely screw up the threatened blitz.
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This guy has been tweeting today about Josh's work in the Bengals playoff game, but all I see is Saffold getting repeatedly embarrassed. I don't know if there was something going on with him that game, like an injury or something, but this is just brutal.
Gives me hope for next year, since the others on the line seem to be doing a pretty decent job in pass blocking, even Brown.
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I liked occasionally reading his columns. He has an old-school style and perspective that I'll miss, as the internet void gets filled by barely-literate, glorified bloggers with no particular inside information and opinions passed on as "knowledge."
Now get off my lawn!!
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If Kincaid can fill the slot role of this team...
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Especially if you put him out there consistently with Knox, who is a decent blocker, then the defense really doesn't know who is going out in a pattern and who is staying in to block, and hence who to assign to them. With Josh so good at RPOs, you could just let him see how they line up and pick the best option. That would be fun to watch.