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1 minute ago, Warcodered said:
Yeah but if that means Brady loses in humiliating fashion, somethings are worth the price of admission.
Should have paid more heed to last week. Worst thing is it is a gratuitous throw in on a five game parlay. Money line only. Barely shifted odds. Ha.
But yes, at least I can watch Brady flounder
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Carolina about to mar an otherwise lovely weekend of gambling.
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2 minutes ago, Beck Water said:
to be fair, I think it was more fantasy football, fan publications and media who were "down".
That's very perceptive. Someone referred to drafting Josh Allen as a showdown between traditional old-school shoe-sole and eyeball scouting vs. modern analytical methods.
I think people thought he was the second coming of Jim drunkenmiller (one of my favorite surnames) and it wasn't fantasy football. People just thought he'd be a big armed nonentity. Which unfortunately does describe Jim Drunkenmiller.
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12 minutes ago, Beck Water said:
Not the Athletic I think, but there were a ton. Here's Josh Allen reading some of the mean tweets.
Someone called him a "joke of a first round draft pick" - I think that was the Football Outsiders guy, Sal Capaccio hands him receipts on Twitter when, like a bunch of these guys, he tries to waffle and say he really wasn't that negative. Yes, you were.
Sam Monson was another one - to his credit he has apologized. He called Josh an "Ikea QB" and said "there's a big box there and inside are all the parts you need to create this franchise QB, but you're going to have to put it together yourself, and I don't know if the instruction manual will do you a lot of good. It's in a foreign language, it's not helpful". He said Mayfield, Darnold and Rosen were already complete good QB.
Here is a selection:
Jason Kirk writing for SuperBowl Nation
https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2018/4/24/17271686/josh-allen-nfl-draft-2018-stats-analysis-comparisons
It's titled "If Josh Allen succeeds, the Bills will have outsmarted basically all regular humans and the entirety of math itself"
Seth Galina writing for FLOFootball:
Ben Solak of NDT Scouting, Contextualized Quarterbacking fame:
https://www.ndtscouting.com/solak-2018-senior-bowl-contextualized-quarterbacking-available/
Vinny Iyer of The Sporting News said:
and of course, Jalen Ramsey calling Josh a "waste of a draft pick" and a "joke"
I'm a professional baseball scout and the easiest thing in the world to do is to ***** on a prospect. You'll be right almost all the time. People have had jobs out here in Asia for years doing just that.
But I will tell you (and I'm just a bills fan, never played, don't know the game in depth like some on here do), that I was never more excited than when we drafted Josh Allen. My baseball analogy is Randy Johnson, everything was there, you could see it, but it never worked until he was twenty six or some such. But when it started to work, there were very few comparable talents.
I applaud beane as a GM because there were easier calls. He could have taken the easy way out, but he put it all on the line. That was an old school scouting call in a stat driven zeitgeist.
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3 hours ago, Nineforty said:
throwing this in here as I didn't see it elsewhere and like Baldy's, I enjoy JT O'Sullivan's breakdowns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvVxFNOHzIc
Well worth the watch. Cheers
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Let us know if you ever stop in Taiwan.
Though I don't know what it would be like to hang out at my restaurant drinking with another human and shouting at the t.v at three in the morning. It may throw of the delicate balance of the neighborhood
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10 minutes ago, Bob Chandler's Hands said:
He was a decorated soldier and famous showman.
But I agree that today it's all about the 'imagery and iconography" (I like the phrase you used)Yes, that's all he was. A decorated soldier and famous showman. Ha
I hope the bills aren't pressured to change their name because it will bring out the absolute worst in the fan base in terms of William Cody apologists.
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9 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:
Bledsoe in Buffalo, year 1: The Man.
Bledsoe in Buffalo, year 2: The Statue.
(aka 'Frankenstein' with no knee joints.) 😁
I remember it as the first eight games of the first year = The Man.
After that, lordy.
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1 minute ago, JohninMinn. said:
That's never a good take. Cheap shot
Honestly, the pathetic negativity whenever we're down by a field goal is emblematic of the worst aspects of WNY.
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Love these game day threads. Reminds me why I left Buffalo. Ha.
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1 minute ago, ScottLaw said:
Beanes negligence offensively is rearing it’s ugly head
So stupid. When we win the super bowl, don't celebrate.
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Hope it's a collar bone. Well, relative to a more serious injury. Scary play.
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This is bizarre
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The last time a punter got this much attention was when?
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As an attorney, he deserves all constitutional protections to which he is entitled and i would be surprised if anything comes of this criminally.
As a bills fan, he is a ***** punter. Bye bye.
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55 minutes ago, Draconator said:
Is there a cliff notes version of that post?
Jesus wept. Three paragraphs
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If Marv Levy can be in a Buffalo Bills super bowl parade, I will cry in front of my children. Again. I'll also cry if we win the bloody super bowl.
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15 minutes ago, chongli said:
I was kid at the time. My family gathered around the radio to listen to the game live, Van Miller with the call. I could not believe what was happening, although it did not surprise me, as I knew that that Bills team was good and experienced.
You might ask why we gathered around the radio? The game was blacked out in the Buffalo area, which was common in the 80's, even with a playoff team. Rich Stadium had a capacity of 80.020, which I believe was the largest in the NFL at that time.
People forget that the Comeback was blacked out! Had to go to casa de pizza or whatever it's called, the place on elmwood. They sold tickets through the grapevine or else it was a knock three times and ask for Luigi sort of deal. Ha
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2 hours ago, stevewin said:
I've said before the long diving catch Hooks made down the middle before the Hail Mary was the greatest sports play I ever saw live. I was in the EZ behind the play and saw the whole thing unfold in front of me - the catch was just spectacular - can still picture Hooks parallel to the ground just flying into view like Superman - unbelievable
I've also said before earlier in the game as people were flooding towards the exists I told my brother "We're going to stay - It's going to be an Alcoa Fantastic Finish!" - a reference for the old timers
Alcoa! Awesome mate. Loved those clips. Always at two minute warning, if memory serves
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15 hours ago, pigpen65 said:
Addison was Beane's worst move as GM. Thank god he's gone.
I'd say Cody Ford
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7 minutes ago, wppete said:
These are disgusting comments by Gil Brandt. Shameful.
Christ on a crutch. That's too much. Tell that story to other old guys at the bar if you have to, don't put that shite out into the world. 24 year old kid dead. Tragedy. End of.
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1 hour ago, Sierra Foothills said:
It is hard to keep track of time... especially with all of those falsified birth documents.
Taiwan 12U, 15U, and 18U baseball teams still rock. No funny stuff about birth certificates these days. Also I reckon the protein deficiency between Taiwan and the US in 1970s made up for the age gap.
Final note, Taiwan Jones needs to have "Taiwan", not "Jones", on the back of his jersey this year. The whole island will buy bills jerseys.
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1 minute ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Not quite. A grand jury can be persuaded to indict a ham sandwich *if the district attorney wants them to*
If the district attorney wants no part, Welp Then.
Yes, ha. Still have my license, but haven't practiced in years. As I recall, the state has no duty to present exculpatory evidence. All depends on that DA.
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46 minutes ago, bobobonators said:
Due to my job im well aware of how easy it is to indict someone. It doesnt take much at all. Not to get political, but not being able to indict Watson in TEXAS of all places, on any of the charges, leads me to believe the allegations were quite overblown if not downright false.If we can move past the dog killer Vick we can get past Watson saying “hey wanna see this rocket?”
A grand jury would indict a ham sandwich
NFL Week 7 - Around the NFL - Gameday thread (Bills have bye)
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Good lord