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The government is supposed to work that way, not society as a whole. The public has always decides what was acceptable in their community/society. Granted, that used to involve just a small community but with the advent of new technologies it's spread much, much wider.

That is funny but man that dip sounds horrible.

How do you know it wasn't lousy service? I generally tip 20%, even if the service is mediocre but I've had some horrible service where I purposely left a few pennies to show my displeasure. Can we be sure this isn't what happened here?

You need to study some history if you think it's a recent thing in America where people shout down those who don't agree with them. Shouting them down on twitter and putting pressure on someone who has authority over the person are nice compared to what people used to do. What is happening now is how things are supposed to work. The public, not the government, decides what is acceptable or unacceptable. They do that by stating their opinion. But go ahead and bemoan a "PC society." This is the open discourse you pine for. They state their beliefs and you state yours. It's funny that you're doing your part by voicing the opposite opinion but you believe this right is strictly reserved for you. Do you only like "open discourse" when the majority agrees with your side? Now I will say that I find it humorous that people are calling for Goodell to resign. As if he is a governmental figure who the people have a right to dismiss. The man works for the owners and nobody else and they're going to be looking out for their best interests here. Why do people care if Goodell is the commissioner of the NFL? He's not setting public policy.

Exactly, how is it all for nothing? I hope they sign him too but no matter what happens it was a fantastic trade.

Not a bad first draft of a poem. You need to work on your meter though. It might flow better if you used Iambic Pentameter. Check out Shakespeare's sonnets for a good example. Nothing wrong with football poetry, just work a little bit harder to clean it up.

I love this idea people have that the Bills have to have studs everywhere (or even above average guys everywhere.) It's just not going to happen. Chandler is by no means a bottom of the barrel TE, I'd say he's slightly below average for a starter, somewhere in the 15-17 range. Sure he makes mistakes but have you guys seen games not involving the Bills? Lots of guys miss assignments, drop balls, fumble, etc. It doesn't make them "trash" or someone who should be cut immediately.

People (yes, this includes sports writers) just discount the Bills because of their decade+ of futility. If they bothered looking at the roster they'd understand that the Bills have all kinds of talent. With the talent on the Bills' D it really isn't much of a surprise that the Bears struggled to score a lot. Keep winning and the Bills will get that recognition.

It's interesting that defensive players aren't give any credit in regards to win probability. If the O has a positive play it's positive WPA for them, if the D has a great play, it's negative WPA for the O.

Given how often EJ hands the ball off on the read option I'm beginning to think that a lot of these read option plays are simply hand-offs with read option window dressing. The window dressing would serve to lull the D to sleep for later, actual, read option plays. I'd also tend to lean this way given how they Bills want to protect EJ yet they seemingly run the read option all the time. It's either that or EJ is just a horrible read option QB. I'm hoping for the former.

Yes, for the sake of the victim the perpetrator should go unpunished.

Nobody outside of Buffalo cares about the sale of the team. The sale isn't going to push the Ray Rice thing to the background, time will do that.

The best thing Schwartz did in this game was his game plan coming in. He knew that Cutler didn't have the patience to dink and dunk it down field time and time again so he gave him that stuff all day long. It didn't look pretty on the stat sheet but Cutler delivered the needed INTs for the Bills to get the win. I'll be interested in seeing how he changes it up next week. If he goes with the same game plan the Bills will be in trouble vs. Tennehill who is all too happy to dump it down time and time again.

The most encouraging thing was Brady missing open guys quite a few times. Hopefully that continues.

The great thing is that it was truly a team win. Lots of guys made a play here and a play there to help the team. That's what I like to see.

That's objective? Well, that's just like, your opinion, man.

The sad thing is that right after the play my initial reaction was, "at least he didn't tip it up in the air and get it picked off." True, and in year one or two of the rule change those WRs were still getting hit hard. You just don't see it much anymore though you're right, it can still happen.

While I wasn't happy with a lot of the calls the difference in calls can usually be explained by home field advantage. The home teams simply gets more calls, as unfair as it is.

I didn't watch the game (obviously) but their offensive numbers looked a lot like the Bills. Under 200 yards passing and almost 200 yards rushing. The major difference I see is that Tennehill threw the ball 32 times. The Bills D better be prepared to stop the run and the short passing game.

Those WRs are completely protected...by the rule book. Anyone laying the lumber on them is going to get a personal foul and a hefty fine and they all know it. It makes a guy like Mike Williams incredibly valuable and not just in the red zone.

It's 2014, the base defense is the nickle.

Hacket's play calling wasn't horrible but it wasn't great either. His tendency to always run on first down is an issue. 1st down is the easiest down to pass on because you, literally, have your entire playbook at your disposal. Consistently running on it makes it more difficult to run the ball AND puts your QB in a position to always have to throw on 3rd down , which is the most difficult down to throw on if there are more than 4 yards to go. So his tendency is making it more difficult on the run game and more difficult on the passing game. He needs to mix it up more. I am fully behind a run offense and the pass/run ratio isn't a problem. It's his predictability that's going to be a problem.

It's why he's the only player in the past decade that I've owned a jersey of. He might just be my favorite player ever. He's not the best Bill ever but I love everything he brings to the table.

I swear he baited Cutler into making that throw. He kind of floated in space and then broke on the ball when it was thrown.

I love me some Fred Jackson.