The Big Cat

Nah. All I need to know is a fan's top five reasons Trent Edwards never got a real shot in Buffalo.

In fact, I think if we were to poll Bills nation on a five-tiered spectrum: Buffoon--Subpar--Average--Good--Genius I think the results would come in: 15--25--40--15--5

What were they calling him two years ago at this time? Exactly. And I think he's better than average.

Can we please live in a world where he is neither genius nor buffoon?

I stopped reading after the first line. If you want to turn this into a semantic argument about who said what, no thanks. I know what I said. I know what I meant. And it hadn't changed. Sorry you wrote a long response I have no intention of reading.

WHY DID YOU EVEN HAVE TO INVOKE HIS NAME

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Benching the highest paid player on the team for being a malcontent might lead to more internal unrest: It's fine if you don't see how that's possible. That doesn't make it impossible. I don't know how to explain it to you. Also, I'm not sure we share a reality wherein "half" the team was "boiling" over "Mario's" antics. I think each of the three quoted terms are highly debatable. So if your premise rests there...I can't help you. Well like many of us have been saying, it could have negative repercussions throughout the team. Why was it a bad thing that Marrone lined up the team to rehearse the national anthem? I understand the value in it. But I can also understand why it pissed off some veterans. I think it would have unpredictable effects with the potential for some of the effects to be negative. I imagine it varied player to player. I don't think the the defense was a monolith of thought and emotion. I can see a scenario wherein a player would be motivated to play harder and send a message. I can see a scenario wherein the quitting is contagious. Nobody has said that it was acceptable. In fact, I said the exact opposite. I do, however, acknowledge the intangible difficulties it presents that you (predictably) dismissed. Now, if you don't understand WHY benching the highest paid player would have adverse effects, then I don't know how to help you. It'd be like me explaining to you that I don't understand why teams don't pull up at the one yard line and always settle for a field goal rather than go for a touchdown touchdown. I'm perfectly within my right to not understand something like that, silly though it may seem. But my lack of understanding doesn't make field goals preferable over touch downs.

Turn off the sarcasm for a few seconds and please communicate clearly what point you're trying to make.

Right, but when you point to these intangible factors, they're easily/readily/assuredly dismissed. Which is dumb.

Totally agree. My pre-2015 Rex Ryan reservations were: being inconsistently prepared, giving players more leeway than they could handle and being loyal to a fault. We were regretful audience to each of those this year. And the loyalty angle really played out in his decision to keep playing Mario. BUT, where does that loop begin/end? Million-man-Mario is throwing a pity party and bringing down the locker room so what good would benching him do? Seems like it would only exacerbate the problem. Especially when we come to grips with the reality of locker room-sway that a salary carries.

Um. It's generally a reporters job to report on what they see and hear at locker room clean out. Unless you think it would have been in their interest to let slip into the ether anything said or done on the last day with the organization of the young savior quarterback who had severely fallen from grace. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah. Pretty sure the media was there that day to report on him, mostly. So when he hangs something like from his locker, for everyone there to see, it's kinda their obligation to report on it.

I'm not sure where you got this from. The photo posted without comment says all anyone with a reasonable level of inference needs to surmise. If you'd like to stay on the point for the sake argument, that's on you. I can't help you understand why it was a lame/selfish/immature/wanton/childish thing to do. It speaks for itself. You either get it or you don't. Or you're just being obstinate with an internet stranger you can't bring yourself to agree with.

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Kiko in the mix now... Eagles-Dolphins now trying to finalize trade that will send Kiko Alonso and Byron Maxwell to MIA for draft-pick comp, per league http://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/706932421267222529 Also this: #Eagles have made it known that it's not just DeMarco Murray who is available, but also Ryan Mathews, as well, for the right price. http://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/706929170253746177

Me and black and white world? Why are we talking about me? Well, you've introduced even more dubious scenarios which would validate your premise (that the organization sought to 'protect' EJ): They considered Fitz a threat to EJ So they cut Fitz and signed Kolb--which, in order for this to follow--means they believed Kolb was a significant downgrade to Fitz They were lying every time they said the plan was for EJ to learn behind Kolb The TC scuttle between Whaley and Marrone was precisely as reported and its context requires no speculation So, given the ambiguity of all these factors, and the fact that, again, efforts to "protect" were evidently futile, what is exactly is it you're trying to pass as truth?

You are convinced of efforts to "protect" EJ from competition. Benching him for 12 games suggests: 1.) Those efforts were non-existent or 2.) they were entirely ineffective Meaning, regardless of which is true, said efforts are irrelevant.

Then he didn't learn jack **** in his three years as an NFL QB for how/what the media responds to. That's on him. Also, the note, left after lock room clean out in a facility he probably he knew he'd never grace again is about rising above people who: Are unreasonable, irrational and self-centered Are selfish and have ulterior motives Unfaithful Are genuine enemies Deceive you Destroy overnight what you spent years creating Are jealous Forget the good things you've done Don't think your best is good enough It ends with "it was never between you and them anyway" Exactly who do you think he intended the "them" to be? Who is creating these scenarios for him to rise above? Does the logo of the team about to cut him, which lays behind the text...does that give a clue? This is tantamount to walking up to your girlfriend's locker and taping up the lyrics to a brooding emo song about a life not worth living.

Yes. And?

You don't need to sell Fitzy to ole Big Cat here. Yeah, the last 12 games of 2014 prove your point.

In this case, using the Brocons as an example is woefully disingenuous. They had the no. 1 defense in the NFL Their starter was borderline ineffectual to begin with What happened with the Steelers in 2015, however, in the absence of Big Ben/Lev Bell/a dominant defense, that was just freakish.

Definitely would have been in the playoffs in 2014 and probably would have had a winning record in 2013 if we had Fitz and not Tuel/Lewis.

If there's nothing wrong with his sign, then there's nothing wrong with Rex's quote. Nice attempt at a gotcha moment, though. I hate it when Rex pulls that sarcastic ****. He didn't leave clues around the practice facility that led to the spot where the note was locked away under a pile jock straps, he posted it in plain sight. Yes, it was there for everyone to see. It was intended for everyone to see.

Soooooooooooooo...how are the Dolphins planning to...you know...pay the man?

Didn't the Eagles severely overpay for him? Are they planning to restructure?