[Russell Wilson and His Divisive Entourage]

11 minutes ago, AlfaBill said:

If you can’t see that is photoshopped get glasses. 

Has a very broke back mountain feel to it. 

You named a golfer(not a sport) and 2 baseball players. 

Obviously the point went right over your head. I don't intend to argue with you but golf is certainly a sport and I'm aware that the two others I named were baseball players. I suggest that in the future if you want to have a discussion regarding someone's post that you avoid drive-by posting.

[Russell Wilson and His Divisive Entourage]

9 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

I get your point, but I'm not sure Josh wants to be in that company. Maybe we could go Phil Mickelson, Larry Walker, David Ortiz?

Hey, don't criticize my hyperbole! I spent a lot of years pitching baseball and fastpitch softball and refused to workout to the point of not having a fluid delivery. Best damn excuse I ever had. 

[Bills Offseason Personnel Needs]

8 hours ago, Bangarang said:

The priority every offseason should be making sure Josh is protected and has enough weapons. This team is only going as far as he takes us. 

 

Beyond that, we could use some better depth in the secondary. I'd prefer to keep Poyer.

 

Not sure what they do with Edmunds. He's probably played some of his best football this year which is always concerning in a contract year. I wouldn't want to see crazy money thrown at him. 

Edmunds is still a young guy. When other guys his age were developing in College he was developing in the pros. The fact that he improved quite a bit in a contract year is more likely due to his age than just trying to cash in.

[Bills Offseason Personnel Needs]

8 hours ago, DJB said:

Oline and WR. Anyone suggest anything else is gonna get a paddling

Be careful. You might end up with line at your door. I won't be there. Mistress Juliet takes care of that kind of stuff for me. 

[Russell Wilson and His Divisive Entourage]

I had heard somewhere that Josh takes a little ribbing from teammates regarding his physique. I don't recall ever seeing him shirtless but my guess is that he isn't built like the other "skill" players on the team and doesn't want to be. To be a smooth passer he doesn't need or want to be musclebound. He obviously needs strong hands and legs with the legs important for his rocket throws and running. At this point in time I don't think Josh is imagining a career as a QB until he reaches 45 like Marcia. He's probably happy with his body and his physical performance on the field. I'm thinking that he probably eats healthy in a general way but doesn't shy away from wings or prime rib when he feels like it. Some people are just talented enough that a dad body doesn't hold them back. Think John Daly, Bartolo Colon and Babe Ruth. 

[ESPN power rankings]

The Bill's defense was designed to work as a compliment to their offense. The theory was that the Bill's offense was/is high powered enough to get a decent lead on their opponents and those opponents would have to open up and pass to get back in the game. The strength of the Bill's defense was their secondary that would in turn give the front seven time to pressure the QB. We were weakened with the loss of Tre White last year and really depleted with the loss of Hyde for the season and Poyer off and on along with others this year.  Edmunds and Milano missed games. Von Miller is out. At the beginning of the year and right about now our defense is at their healthiest. If our offense can get decent leads we should be able to have our defense perform like it was intended to do. 

34 minutes ago, CEN-CAL17 said:

If Bills go into Cincy(Which everyone is picking Cincy), and win….. I see Buffalo being #1 next week.

 

My 2¢

Except Las Vegas.

[Prime Time Josh vs Sunday 1pm Sugar Rush Josh]

20 minutes ago, Blah Blah said:

One thing I see that Josh needs to do...get rid of the "Choose Love" on the back of his helmet. It's a fatal flaw that makes him soft, makes him have mercy. He needs to be a hardass to win it all like Brady, who'd run up the score against the Bills once to 58 I remember. .

I'm thinking "Jail More Uyghurs" would send the right message.

[Prime Time Josh vs Sunday 1pm Sugar Rush Josh]

The Bills have been considered a contender now for about 3 years. If they play in primetime it is most likely against a decent team. In the playoffs they're also playing against a good team with the exception of the team located near Rhode Island in which the locals speak a language that has no "R's". The book in the past has been that in order to control the Bill's offense the deep passing game needs to be shut down. The Bill's game plan expects their opponent to take that approach and he's coached to take what is given him. Even though that is against his nature he kills the other team with a thousand cuts until they loosen up on the deep throws and try to prevent the short stuff. All things considered, Josh seems to be more disciplined in the big games and doesn't stray from that if or until he's got a pretty big lead.

 

On a side note the Bills have lost some games in previous years when Josh was injured but still played. If they were primetime games that may have skewed his record.

[JJ Watt retiring]

48 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

The Great 8 has already shown he is a physical freak and he is already maintaining a high degree of fitness as he plays into old age.  He is also (probably) the greatest pure goal scorer of all time!  Well, top 3 at least.

 

If I was a gambling man, I'd say he does it.  He catches--and passes--the Great One.

 

If it happens it will be a GREAT moment in hockey, as Gretz will be plenty young to go out there and have a big ceremony and what not and it should be pretty magical.  

 

Ovetchkin is one of the very few Russians I have ever been able to tolerate.   But I don't just tolerate him, I love him.

He's a HUGE guy and would love to drive you through the glass as much as score a pretty goal.  Guys like that are as rare as unicorns.

 

By the way, our young D-man Dahlin is kind of wired the same way! He's the biggest bad ass on the team right now, and with all that talent...

 

PS:  Definitely remember The Flower flying up and down the wing with his hair flowing in the wind.  At the same time, I loved him (for his skating and playing) and hated him for the way he and his teammates shredded the Sabres.

 

Another Hab in the same vein is Stephane Richer.  What a Sabre killer that guy was!

 

Now, back to "JJ Watt Retiring".  LOL

 

 

 

 

 

To this day when I see Ovechkin I remember the time Danny Briere dumped the puck into the Capitals end and peeled off to go to the bench. Your Great 8 hit #48 from behind and into the boards in the neutral zone, injuring him and keeping him out for numerous games. There was no way that Ovechkin or anyone else could claim that it wasn't an intentional dirty hit with the intent to cause injury to Danny. The intent of that hit was every bit as bad if not worse than the Gronkowski hit on Tre White. I admire tough and rugged play but abhor actions that are intended to injure the other player. With that in mind I couldn't wait for the next game between the Sabres and Capitals and completely approved of Briere's retaliation when he forcibly jammed the butt end of his stick into the Russkie's nuts. Yes, I have a personal animus for that jerk.

[JJ Watt retiring]

2 minutes ago, Nephilim17 said:

The guy just had a 50-goal season (oldest to ever do it) and has 22 goals in just 36 games THIS year. So I respectfully but vociferously disagree.

Growing up I loved Guy LaFleur — six straight 50-goal and 100-point seasons. Then he hit a wall at 30. Guys today are in such good shape they are extending their careers and playing at a high level well into their 30s.

If Ovenchkin ends up with another 20 goals this year, he'll be 72 goals behind the record. with 2 more 36-goal years, he can match it; or 3 more 25-goal years. Considering he has 22 in 36 games I think those are achievable goals unless he gets a bad injury or falls off of a cliff. We'll see...

The question that none of us can answer is when a world class athlete is going to hit a wall. Some players are like the Energizer Bunny and just keep going on and on while others hit the wall at 30, just when people in normal jobs start to become really productive.  There are a lot of variables that are out of the specific player's control that will affect their effectiveness. Hockey is a very physical sport and a significant wrist injury or the other teams finally figuring out that they might want to defend Ovechkin's shot from the right face off circle might be all that is needed to shut him down. Anyway, I'm not disputing that he could reach Gretzky's goal total but 894 is not yet "in jeopardy". Sounds like if you are old enough to be a fan of Guy LaFleur you're old enough to remember how much of a lock Tiger Woods was for breaking all of Jack Nicklaus's records.

17 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

But how do you really feel? 😆

I only share that with my therapist. 

[JJ Watt retiring]

24 minutes ago, Nephilim17 said:

Way back I thought Watt could challenge Bruce's sack record. But it requires an elite guy staying healthy for about two decades. 

I once thought Bruce's record was untouchable but with Gretzky's goal record in jeopardy it goes to show there's not such thing as a "safe" record any more.

Ovechkin is 37 years old, playing on a team that is aging too and 92 goals behind Gretzky. I'm not saying it's out of Ovechkin's reach but it's not yet in jeopardy.

[JJ Watt retiring]

2 hours ago, The Wiz said:

He just wants to spend more time with Kyler playing call of duty.

Kyler Murray is a waste of talent picked at #1 overall in the 2019 draft. On the short side for a QB but his tremendous physical talent can't balance out his poor intangibles. The guy wasn't born on 3rd base, he was born on home ***** plate and he isn't putting the effort into his profession to max out his capabilities. It is amazing to me that NFL franchises often don't do the deep homework that will give them the indication of how much effort a player is going to put into his own development, yet they are willing to spend the kind of money that will financially cripple them if they make a mistake on a player. It seems like way too many high draft picks fail to live up to their draft status because of work effort and attitude. While Darnold and Mayfield may be able to salvage their careers, other recent high draft picks like Mac Jones and Zach Wilson are looking like they don't have what it takes to lead their teams. Bills fans should be thankful that McBeane did their due diligence on a raw QB like Allen with a high physical ceiling and determined that he was the kind of guy that was motivated enough to diligently work on his craft. Just as important but in a different way is Josh's tremendous leadership skills that have his teammates praising him and willing to go through a wall for the guy.

[JJ Watt retiring]

2 hours ago, GreggTX said:

I wonder if he'd feel the same way if he'd signed here. I suppose it wouldn't have worked out, but I've much respect for him.

 

1 hour ago, Captain Hindsight said:

Arizona was becoming irrelevant, needed to bring the spotlight back on him

 

You're saying he's a prima donna? I've never gotten that impression. Look where he spent his career. I never heard anything negative from him. Did I miss something?

 

I was against the Bills signing him as a FA because the whole situation reeked of him wanting to get a final big payday rather than a Super Bowl. He was a tremendous player who sadly was injured too much. He also used his celebrity status for charity purposes as the excerpt below from Wiki describes. 

 

He also raised over $37 million ($100,000 of which he personally donated) to help Houston recover from Hurricane Harvey, surpassing his initial goal of $200,000.[178]

After the Santa Fe High School shooting on May 18, 2018, that left eight students and two teachers dead, Watt offered to pay for the funerals of the dead.[179]

Watt covered the funeral costs for the victims of the Waukesha Christmas parade attack, which left six people dead.[180]

[JJ Watt retiring]

3 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

Von Miller was already taken but Cam Heyward and Cam Jordan who are both still elite were available to the Bills.

Seems like I remember a video of the Bill's brass celebrating when Von Miller was taken thus leaving the preferred Dareus for the Bills. 

[TUA in Concussion Protocol Again!]

This is an excerpt from a post I made here yesterday: 

 

It seems like every game I watch on TV the announcers point out some OC or DC who will be in great demand for a head coaching vacancy in the following year. While leadership qualities are a good thing for coordinators to have, their game planning and play calling is what makes the announcers fall in love with them. Most NFL management teams understand though that leadership is the most important quality for a head coach to possess. Also important are such features as attention to detail, game management, etc. My point is about Miami's head coach. He's considered a player's coach but by all reports he gets that label because he acts like a buddy to the players on his team. Being a player's coach is fine but that doesn't preclude a coach from the necessity of making the hard decisions that include honest and straightforward communication with his players and coaches. The fiasco over Tua's "back injury" or "ankle injury" that had all the markings of a concussion and then the decision was made to allow him to reenter the game with the Bills and then start the next game was a breach of faith with not only Tua but every one of his present and future players. Some people claim that the decision regarding Tua's playing status was not the coach's but the doctors. Simply put, the head coach should have seen what everyone else watching that game saw and benched Tua. It's the kind of decision that a "player's coach" makes. Miami's management has been reported to have committed numerous instances of actions contrary to NFL rules and common decency. Their reputation is such that even if the allegations are somehow baseless they seem credible due to the general perception of the team as a whole. 

 

Also, from where I sit it appears that Miami has mortgaged their future and taken shortcuts to possibly put them in championship contention. While I guess that outcome is technically feasible their present record and recent actions seem more likely to insure that they remain a middle of the pack team for years to come. 

[Merry Xmas: Dolphin fans melting down in their forums and turning on Tua]

9 minutes ago, RunTheBall said:

I’ve read that if Jets lose to Seattle and we beat the Pats* then the Fish are in. If that’s true, it’s a very plausible scenario.

 

As for Miami, they’ve got 3 elite guys in Hill, Waddle, and Armstead. They’ve got a very good DT in Wilkins even though he’s a douche, and a solid DE in Phillips. That’s it. 

 

Their offense has been figured out. Cover deep, clog the middle and don’t let Hill/Waddle take over. Force Tua off his first read by pressure or taking it away. That’s it. Their D is trash, DBs over-rated, LBs are meh.

You make some very good points. Tua is not a QB who can pretty much do everything a franchise QB should be able to do. He throws a nice ball over the middle on his first read. When he needs to go through a procession of reads it appears that he isn't as committed to those 2nd or 3rd throws. His arm is not strong enough to consistently throw the outs without chancing interceptions. Of course he can get away with those throws if his opponent isn't expecting them on a consistent basis but the book on him has evolved to the point that defenses are able to focus on less than the full field. It seems to me that Miami management recognized Tua's deficiencies and went out and got Hill to team up with Waddle. There's no doubt that they are both elite wide receivers but their value is diminished somewhat because Tua can't exploit the whole field. Tua has great statistics and the Miami fanbase had been giving him credit for the work of his receivers when his stats included 60 yard passes that were 12 yards in the air with 48 YAC. Those two WR's can be frightening but good defenses like the Dolphins have been seeing lately while not shutting them down, can absorb their good statistics. Anyway, Tua has talent but it is limited enough that defenses can exploit the areas in which he has issues. Miami has attempted to cover for Tua and while they may have added to their team's effectiveness somewhat they still have a QB who is not complete and one who allows good defenses to limit their scoring ability.

 

It seems like every game I watch on TV the announcers point out some OC or DC who will be in great demand for a head coaching vacancy in the following year. While leadership qualities are a good thing for coordinators to have, their game planning and play calling is what makes the announcers fall in love with them. Most NFL management teams understand though that leadership is the most important quality for a head coach to possess. Also important are such features as attention to detail, game management, etc. My point is about Miami's head coach. He's considered a player's coach but by all reports he gets that label because he acts like a buddy to the players on his team. Being a player's coach is fine but that doesn't preclude a coach from the necessity of making the hard decisions that include honest and straightforward communication with his players and coaches. The fiasco over Tua's "back injury" or "ankle injury" that had all the markings of a concussion and then the decision was made to allow him to reenter the game with the Bills and then start the next game was a breach of faith with not only Tua but every one of his present and future players. Some people claim that the decision regarding Tua's playing status was not the coach's but the doctors. Simply put, the head coach should have seen what everyone else watching that game saw and benched Tua. It's the kind of decision that a "player's coach" makes. Miami's management has been reported to have committed numerous instances of actions contrary to NFL rules and common decency. Their reputation is such that even if the allegations are somehow baseless they seem credible due to the general perception of the team as a whole. 

 

Also, from where I sit it appears that Miami has mortgaged their future and taken shortcuts to possibly put them in championship contention. While I guess that outcome is technically feasible their present record and recent actions seem more likely to insure that they remain a middle of the pack team for years to come. 

[Merry Xmas: Dolphin fans melting down in their forums and turning on Tua]

1 hour ago, AlfaBill said:

Za Germans?

Word had it that Eva Peron made a great sausage schnitzel.

[NFL Week # 16 - Bills at Bears - post game thread]

16 minutes ago, Buffalo Super Fan said:

As a Bills fan I will take the win but this Bills team has a good record but doesn’t seem as good offensively as last season. Part of it is the Josh Allen elbow injury part of it is losing OC Brian Daboll to the New York Giants. Ken Dorsey offense is just a little bit off with Josh Allen. I had another issue with Sean McDermott not using the timeouts at the end of the second quarter to force a potential punt deep in the Chicago Bears own end of the field. Also the lack of targets to Stefon Diggs is bizarre but Sean McDermott is bizarre who just keeps padding his bank account.
 

BSF you are bizarre because you are always knocking Sean McDermott calling him a bum why can’t you say Sean McDermott is great and wonderful? I will say that about “Mr 13 seconds “ Sean McDermott when he actually wins a Super Bowl for Buffalo. BSF you are also too hard on wonderful Terry Pegula? See Sean McDermott when Terry Pegula wins something more than his bank account like a actual championship of any kind for Buffalo. Buffalo Bills, Sabres or even Buffalo Bandits then I will give Terry Pegula praise. Until then Terry Pegula is a no good greedy bum who can’t win the big one. “Howard Hughes” like Terry Pegula to me until the bum win something anything he can’t win a Bandits lacrosse championship he is a bum owner.
 

Yes the Buffalo Bills won today but Sean McDermott is flawed as a head coach we will see if he gets past the Kansas City Chiefs at home in Buffalo. I am not expecting it more likely Sean McDermott will mess it up somehow in the end along with that bum Terry Pegula. The whole Bills football show is over the minute QB Josh Allen gets fed up waiting to win a Super Bowl with the cheap eccentric owner Terry Pegula and incompetent head coach Sean McDermott there both bums until they actually win a championship for Buffalo no excuses in my opinion. Go Bills! Let’s Go Buffalo 

The only thing worse than your opinions is you grammar. Your unsubstantiated resentment of people who make more money than you and/or have more responsible careers makes you appear rather small and inconsequential. Terry Pegula is nothing like a cheap, greedy bum. By all accounts he is not eccentric and if he is, what's the problem? Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane are highly respected around the league and if they were to leave the Bills today they would be in high demand. I normally don't respond to a poster of your caliber but the above post of yours is not intended to bring about rational and civil discussion but to incite verbal warfare and mud throwing. If you made a post like this one after a really tough loss that shouldn't have happened I would still not agree or understand it but I wouldn't respond to it and just mark it down as a drunken post by a fan deeply disappointed and angry over a gut wrenching loss. You though, have no excuses however false they might be, and used this forum to inflame passions and spread nonsense on a day that the Bills won a game 35-13 under difficult playing conditions and a plethora of scheduling and injury circumstances.  

[NFL Week # 16 - Bills at Bears - post game thread]

36 minutes ago, AlfaBill said:

Hostile much?

I didn’t  see Fields run or attempt many rubs at all. Was it really as you say or did their OC try to pass the ball today?

here’s another one for you to wrap your ‘mind’ around.
Why did Miami stop running the ball last week when they were gashing us? Was that Frazier as well? 
 

please regale us with more of your superb analysis. 
smart ass. 

I don’t recall more than a few Qb runs. 

He had 7 runs for 11 yards.

[NFL Week # 16 - Bills at Bears - post game thread]

1 hour ago, Buffalo Bills Fan said:

I'm confused on what you are trying to say here.

Try Google Translator: 

 

EWOK>>>>>>>>>>>>ENGLISH

[NFL Week # 16 - Bills at Bears - post game thread]

9 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:

That’s quite the imagination 

Well, it was a choice to attack other posters who were incessantly complaining about how bad the Bills looked in a 35-13 victory in bad weather or use sarcasm directed at no particular individual to get my point across. 

[NFL Week # 16 - Bills at Bears - post game thread]

45 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:

We are the ugliest high scoring team I have ever seen 

BREAKING NEWS: Today's Buffalo Bill's victory over the Chicago Bears has been reversed. Although the final point total favored the Bills by 35-13 the five judge panel gave the Bills style points that averaged a meager 5.8. Those same judges handed out an averaged score of 9.1 for the Bears. When asked for the reasoning behind the grades the panel freely admitted that expectations for the Bills were at a very high level and frankly speaking, the Bills didn't live up to those expectations. They added that the Bears haven't enjoyed such lofty expectations over the last several years and just moved up a flight level from JV to Varsity prior to this season. "No longer will teams that only score more than their opponents be automatically awarded a win. Style points for such feats as one handed catches and yards after the catch will be an important factor in determining the ultimate winner. The unfair practice of anointing winners based only on points and then dynasties based on the pure number of those types of wins is a thing of the past. While the NFL still intends to award the best team a trophy at the end of the season, all teams will receive a similar trophy sized at no more than 90% of that trophy without any reference to record or other accomplishments." 

[Mt. Rushmore of busts. Is Wilson on it?]

Zach Wilson may have certainly entered the league as "raw" but appears to have the physical skills to become a good NFL QB. His problem is that the intangibles seem to be missing. Josh Allen was considered raw also but possessed very high ceiling physical ability but his intangibles are what made the Bills go all in on him. Josh's off seasons aren't spent laying around on the beach or clubbing with his buds. He works during the Spring and Summer on his craft and is so respected by his teammates that they feed off his leadership. 

 

The best bet for Zach Wilson is to be traded to Durham where Annie Savoy can supply Nuke2 with the motherly love he seems to need and not only get his eyes in alignment but teach him how to be a pro. 

[Week 16: Bills at Bears on Christmas Eve]

8 hours ago, Billschinatown said:

IMO there’s a chance Morse never comes back; this is like his 11th concussion 

New math?

[Week 16: Bills at Bears on Christmas Eve]

11 hours ago, fergie's ire said:

Is it just me or is the "we don't adjust and always stay in the same nickel defense" the new "Josh is inaccurate."  It is a statement that I hear over and over again that is, well, inaccurate.   Every time we have a team run on us (Green Bay, Miami), we hear "power running teams are going to destroy us."  Yeah...that's why teams like Cleveland with Chub, or Tennessee with Henry, or the Patriots with Stevenson, or Jets with Zonovan Knight have each racked up like 500 yards rushing against us.  Wait...they haven't?  But if a poor rushing team like Miami can rush for 200 yards, then what happened?  Could it be that we played different differences against these different teams even if we used the same personnel? If anything we over scheme (which may be necessary when missing someone like Hyde).  Zach Wilson, was hitting wide open receivers against us.  Granted his stats weren't great but they were better than his 50% for 90 yards that we saw last night.   Meanwhile, Green Bay ran the ball because Rodgers couldn't find open receivers.  This defense actually does a good job of taking away what they perceive to be the opposing offense's strength, but make themselves vulnerable to the other team's weakness.  Much has been made about the Dolphins running against us.  Yes, Mostert had 101 yards rushing against us in the first quarter...but that means he only had 37 yards in the other three, which is not great.  Our defense changed!!  Of course, that left us exposed to Waddle getting open.  My point is we need to stop claiming our defense doesn't adjust.  It does...even if you seem the same players (including Taron Johnson) out there.

The Green Bay game was a head scratcher. The Bills had a fairly large lead at the half and the Packers still came out and continued to run the ball and use up the clock to the Bill's benefit. If I remember correctly GB started passing late in the game with some success but the damage was already done even though the Bills didn't do crap offensively for the whole 2nd half. I remember seeing comments after the game that GB torched us on the ground but those comments didn't take into account the game situation. We also got criticized for last year's game against the Pats* at home in the terrible weather. OMG, we gave up 200 yards on the ground. Well, NE only completed a couple of short passes so the total yards given up was actually very good. Quoting statistics in a vacuum is meaningless.