Dr. K
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He is a tough and talented player who gave his all for the team and made a difference.
I don't care for his off-field attitudes, but that is beside the point.
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2 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:
No disrespect bud, but what did you expect them to do? This was a sensitive subject they had no idea that was true or not. They were just accusations, and we live in a country where false accusations are made every day. Heck, let's be real, it so common that our own politicians and media on both sides of the aisle literally lie and make false accusations daily to the entire country.
Point is, there were no criminal chargers (still aren't) and there was no civil case (just got filed). A civil attorney, who is someone working to get money for his client, contacted the accused employer to push pressure on Matt that he has something massive to lose here to incentivize a settlement and for the most he can get for his client.
Anyone would be crazy to take that at face value, assume guilt, and throw the player under the bus making public statements on something they don't not yet know are credible accusations. Bills not only respected the seriousness of the accusations and victim, but also the seriousness of the accused and working to figure this out behind the scenes before making any decisions or statements.
Also, lets not forget these are football coaches and football executives. They are not professional investigators, lawyers, etc...this could not and clearly was not, easy for them to deal with and figure out what the right thing was to do. And there is 0% chance any decision they made would have been seen 100% of all people approve of. Had they just cut him over an accusation from a civil attorney working on a settlement, they would have looked bad to for not giving it a chance to shake out and see if this is credible or not.
So people just need to give these guys a break...they did what they felt was the best they could in a really bad spot.
Now lets all move on and get back to football. This is in the rear view mirror and they guys did the right thing.
Very well reasoned, IMHO.
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After seeing McDermott's post-game comments, the spiritless play of the team last night, and considering non-football circumstances, I think that Araiza must go, regardless of his degree of guilt or innocence.
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Lots of circumstantial details in this. If they have those phone calls, he's a dead man.
The Bills can't just ignore this.
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1 hour ago, Son of a K-Gun said:
Probably because the Bills seem to play the Lions every preseason...
This goes back to the fact that Ralph Wilson was from Detroit. When he started the Bills, he was looking over his shoulder at the Lions. In their first season, the Bills' uniforms were almost duplicates of the Lions' down to using the same colors. So the Bills always played the Lions in their last pre-season game.
But that's such ancient history I don't see why they still do it.
From a website about the Bills' uniforms:
"For the first two seasons of the Bills existence, the team's colors were Honolulu blue, silver, and white, the same colors as the Detroit Lions. Bills owner Ralph Wilson had been a minority owner of the Lions, and rumor has it the team's jerseys those two seasons were actually hand-me-downs from the Lions."
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17 hours ago, Utah John said:
That's six players who would have to displace returning vets to get a roster spot. Not counting the massive FA turnover on the D line and O line, since none of the six you mentioned are linemen, which six players from last year's strong team would you drop in favor of one of these rookies? Levi Wallace left as a FA so that opens up one job, and Cole Beasley was cut so that might open up a receiver position -- but we have receivers from the last couple of drafts already waiting in the wings. Araiza might beat out the incumbent punter, so that's at least one that's not a problem.
My point is that it's going to be really hard to hold on to all six of these players AND to keep the core team together for what we all think is a SB year.
The Bills roster has already dropped a half dozen or more players (some of whom like Beasley and Wallace you mention) who were on the team last year. There's always a churn like this that opens up space for draft choices. Some of the other players who are not back this year include Breida, Butler, Hughes, Addison, Klein, Lotulelei, Matakevich, Phillips, Sanderson, Williams, Zimmer. etc. Yes, some of these (notably the defensive linemen) were replaced by veteran pickups, but not all.
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Bryce Paup for sure.
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His take seems completely reasonable to me. I want the Bills to do much better than this, but I can't deny they have not always lived up to expectations.
To say nothing of the possibility of injury affecting the season.
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12 hours ago, That's No Moon said:
If he's just out there to catch the ball, yes.
In a perfect world we have a real PR but that's not McKenzie I don't think it's Stevenson and I need evidence of anyone else catching the ball before I offer any sort of opinion. Catching kicks in Buffalo is probably the hardest PR job in football.
I just re-watched the Atlanta game from last season the other day, and Stevenson looked absolutely awful as the return man. He kept running into his own blockers or got blown up by the Atlanta tacklers. I remember seeing a lot of this in other games as well. He runs too upright, makes bad choices, and seems to have no vision of the field.
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So McKenzie is now wearing number 6?
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50 minutes ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said:
Yeah for sure. Kinda hard not to have fun if you're a Bills fan
Actually, in my experience it's kinda hard not to not have fun if you're a Bills fan.
I am very much in favor of fun. But for some of us, given the history, it involves a serious attitude adjustment.
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Besides being a libertarian fantasy, Crypto is a playground for scammers and fools. It exploits the desperate and vulnerable.
I post this as a public service. It is long, but it says it all:
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It would be hard to maintain any self respect and root for the team in those circumstances. I'd have to take a vacation from the Bills.
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17 minutes ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:
I think Tua can be an average to good QB in the NFL.
He'll never be able to carry a team on his back like Josh, but he could be a good system QB.
As far as arm strength, Mike McDaniel will install the Kyle Shanahan WC style offense which is alot of short precision timing passes that demand accuracy which he will be good at.
Tua will get rid of the ball fast and take deep shots only occasionally.
Tua's biggest jeopardy in his career is that he's injury prone and seems to be made of glass.
He has a long injury history in both college and the pros.
Even normal sacks injure him causing him to miss 4-5 games several times a season.
I predict he misses at least 6 games this season due to injury.
Like Chris Chandler back in the day, nicknamed "Crystal Chandelier."
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I do get the feeling that a lot of Bills fans are getting smug about the Bills vs. the Dolphins (and the rest of the league). It's frankly a drag to hear Bills fans sounding like the most arrogant of Patriots fans in the Brady era.
Fortunately, I don't think McDermott is buying into the idea that the Bills will walk through the season.
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I have not read all the responses here, but I expect that many if not most rank on him.
I don't think he deserves to be run down that much. He produced a roster of good players. I believe he would not have hired Rex if it was strictly up to him. It was the Pegulas who didn't want to let Rex get out of the building.
Yes, the cap was a mess and there were some dicey draft picks. But some good ones too, and he brought some fine players to the team. If the Pegulas had let him hire the coach after Saint Doug quit he might have survived.
He didn't, and in the long run that proved best for the Bills. I'm very happy with McDermott & Beane. But I don't think he was the disaster many here have made him out to be.
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Multiple orgasms reported in Western New York
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9 hours ago, KOKBILLS said:
It's cliché as a Bills fan now but...I'm going to go ahead and trust McBeane on this...They needed a CB, and I think McD especially knows what DB's fit in their system. His record is pretty good here... Elam has traits and pedigree...It's a big need area. I think it's fine. My guess would be that we could have had him at #25. But that's a guess...So...GO BILLS...
WARNING!!!!
This is entirely too sane a response to the selection. You need to demand that Beene and McDermott get their heads out of their butts and listen to your devastatingly accurate strategy based on your deep understanding of how football teams are staffed and the extensive scouting you have done on all division I college players.
If you fail to set your hair on fire, you are endangering your status as a card-carrying Bills fan.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!
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No, we can't. it will be another stupid free-for-all.
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Williams was a number 4 pick, and thus was more of a disappointment than Maybin.
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17 hours ago, Limeaid said:
Polin was not fired due to team performance.
He fired Polin due to his unsavory remarks on his daughter, who had done scouting for Bills, and by some reports he had been drinking.
That doesn't explain why they kept Marv. It wasn't Polian who kept that team from winning a Super Bowl.
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9 hours ago, Greg S said:
I think McDermott goes on the hot seat if this team doesn't at least get to the Super Bowl. They have the talent to win it. The Miller signing is a "final piece" kind of move. I give McDermott credit for changing the culture of this franchise. I give him credit for 4 playoff appearances in 5 years as well as B2B AFCE titles. But that isn't good enough anymore. The Pegula's have spent a lot money and Beane has given him a roster he should win with. Its time to see the results. To me this is a Super Bowl or bust type of season. I know it won't be easy as the AFC is loaded with good teams/QB's. But if this team can stay healthy then they should be playing in Feb. IMHO
I'm an old dude. I remember back in the day after the Bills lost their third Super Bowl, by increasingly bigger margins, that Ralph firing the GM Polian rather than coach Marv Levy was stupid. I liked Marv, but still, that Bills team was rife with star players. If Marv couldn't win the SB with that roster, it made more sense to fire him than fire the man who built the roster.
Ken Dorsey with a tremendous debut
in The Stadium Wall
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I think this is what is happening on a lot of those. Read option plays were Josh is choosing to keep it himself rather than hand it off.
I suppose you could criticize Dorsey for even calling those plays instead of straight handoffs, but maybe Josh should just choose not to take this beating so often.