The Big Cat

I'm starting TD Mike in fantasy this week, FWIW.

Yeah and lightning strikes. But that's not an excuse to never leave your home.

Jesus. It's impossible to have this discussion with Pats* shills when we keep having to leap frog reality back and forth. Do you expect to leave this conversation convincing anyone other than yourself of anything? You're making false equivalences and basing conclusions on untruths. Just stop.

Tough to know, tough to conduct an investigation when your suspect knowingly destroys evidence.

This is false. Nobody read this and think it's the case, please.

Well he was "generally aware" of all the defense's calls which made him "generally aware" of where and when to throw the ball. So, not sure how we can make the argument that it's irrelevant.

I didn't say he was caught cheating. Read again.

Because I'm asking you. That's why. Just leave it alone. Stop.

Yeah, not really though.

Oh god. This **** again? We're still repeating it as if: It explains anything It actually happened ?? MAMA MIA

Hey, remember when this whole thing started after Geno's own team mate broke his jaw during training camp?

Dude. At this point, why?

Doesn't matter, it's irrelevant. The foundation of his legacy--three super bowls--were won while he benefitted from cheating. Whether or not he orchestrated it has no bearing on its impact.

Right. Yeah. Okay. You again, huh?

At least one voter will say no on the grounds that he was implicated in cheating. Twice.

Unless he was put in to return punts, you'll have to excuse me for calling BS on the "misused." Claim.

Yeah. When I read these posts with people feeling like EJ would be better, I just assume they forget 12 gauge is still on the roster.

And more specifically, Rex is related to the extent that he didn't provide the perfect conditions for Mario to succeed. But that wasn't his !@#$ing job. But I've already stated very clearly, that Rex erred in attempting this by merging schemes. On the other hand, it's Mario's !@#$ing job to do what he's being asked to do and be as successful doing it as he can be. He clearly didn't do that. And he's clearly not doing it now. He should have been benched. So if the concession here is: Rex didn't design a defense to feature Mario Williams, then sure. If that's the case, Rex played a key part in Mario's decline. What that has to do with his decline in Houston and Miami, I'm not sure. But to the extent that Rex designed a defense that Mario opted out of, no. Rex played no part in his decline, as evident by the players who are succeeding this year and have--under Rex--in the past, to say nothing of Mario's own personal record in similar matters, with different coaches, on different teams.

Yes, and as I very clearly stated, Rex had two substantial mistakes in 2015, and one of them was not benching Mario. For that reason alone he is not "blameless." Rex pulled his sarcastic "I can't coach routine" once Mario was out the door citing Ray Lewis and Suggs as All-Pros and DPOY's in a back-handed, self-serving way of suggesting had Mario just STFU and done his job, both he AND the team would have looked much better. Well, LorAx and Zach Brown certainly make Rex look vindicated in that, don't you?

igotthatreference.png yep. his yin and yang have always been perfectly aligned. We got the yin. The yang has played out in the four games since.

Which is it X's and O's or Jimmies and Joes? I have consistently harped on this message board for a decade that it's predominately Jimmes and Joes. If a player's success teeters upon an exact set of conditions, then that player is not a great player, period, end of story. Mario Williams has all the makings of a great player. He's even performed like a great player can. But it's become crystal !@#$ing clear that during his 10 year professional career, greatness for him is voluntary. It's not about scheme. It doesn't matter who's lined up next to him. It doesn't matter down and distance. It doesn't matter winning or losing. If he chose to dominate, he could and he would. Is it easier for him to dominate in some schemes or under certain circumstances? Absolutely, and that's fine. What isn't fine is that fans give him a pass because they believe he's justified in playing as if failure to meet those conditions makes for a prohibitive environment wherein success is impossible. I roundly reject that premise, particularly for a player of Mario's talent. So when you ask about percentage of blame, I have to shake my head. Shut up, Mario. Do your job.

Per Schefter: https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/788755357652877312 Jets plan to name Geno Smith their new starting QB today, per league sources. es.pn/2ekADp2 ANY THING COULD HAPPEN ANY THING COULD HAPPEN ANY THING COULD HAPPEN

I think Rex had two very costly missteps in his first year as Bills coach: Trying to merge his system with Schwartz's Not benching Mario The success of the defense so far this year and the continuation of Mario's wallowing (now with his THIRD team) serves as enough of a control (to date) for me to determine that Mario--and not Rex--was the reason his for his lack of 2015 production. Anything that's been my opinion has been clearly couched as such. Everything else has been pristinely factual.

Great. Then we all agree. He voluntarily made himself a non-factor. Rex was and remains entirely unrelated.