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I don't know -- and anybody who proffers an easy solution is full of bull manure. I think that the best, and maybe the only solution, is the same one that Franklin Roosevelt came up with during the Great Depression: giving people some light at the end of the tunnel, ie, hope. FDR's concern was that the severity of the Great Depression would push Americans to embrace communism, and I think that he was right in his general fear if not in his specific one. Creating a permanent underclass is very dangerous to a democratic society. The rise of the right-wing extremist political parties in some European countries hint at that, and I think we see some of that, but on a much smaller scale, here in the US with the rise of fringe hate groups. People have to have hope that their hard work for not much can today somehow enable their children to have it better which means that there needs to be the ability for smart, talented young people to rise. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done.

...interesting........ Buffalo Bills offensive lineman retires over 'fear of the unknown' By Ryan Gaydos | Fox News Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Isaac Asiata announced his retirement Tuesday, citing anxiety and “fear of the unknown” in a heartfelt message posted on social media. Asiata, 26, spent two seasons with the Miami Dolphins after the team selected him in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He signed with the Bills in the offseason but made the decision to retire. “I have lived the last two years of my NFL career waging war with myself mentally,” Asiata wrote. “With constant anxiety, persistent worry and fear of the unknown and of what comes next? If I were to be done.” https://www.foxnews.com/sports/buffalo-bills-isaac-asiata-retirement-anxiety

I'm concerned. Concussions are not a good thing - for the team or the individual. And Morse was someone I was counting on to improve our OL play. I wonder how serious this concussion is. And I wonder how it might cause him to reflect about retiring. But I'm not convinced the sky is falling. A concussion is not the end of the world. In the old days, players got their 'bell rung' all the time and kept playing. We're smarter now with fears of CTE and all that. But for many players, lives and careers continue on just fine after a concussion. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

The fear is palpable. Sad way to live life.

Augie is in no mood for joy riding! This sucks! My worst fear from this offseason has become a reality.....just as soon as it started......

Yikes. Weren’t the concussions the feared issue with Morse?

Gruden will be wrong and that’s fine. We have nothing to lose when the guy fails. When McDermott thought playing him was a good idea, I had an issue. It turns out, despite his qualifications, many of us were right and he was wrong. Maybe “Billsy” isn’t the perfect term for what I was getting at but we all know that insecure Buffalo mentality. We don’t see it quite as much since the Pegula’s took over but we still see it. This underlying fear that “we aren’t good enough to have what everyone else has so we cling to the next tier to justify our place.” We love a guy like Fred Jackson (and he’s one of my favorites) but let’s not kid ourselves, he’s not Zeke. We love the hard-working overachievers. We put Phil Hansen on the Wall of Fame but not Cornelius Bennett. That’s just craziness to me. The ONLY thing that I care about is “who helps the Bills the most?” It doesn’t bother me. It bothers me that people keep a soft spot for him. He’s collecting an NFL paycheck while doing the job worse than anyone ever. If he keeps getting paid good for him. It makes no difference to me. It’s the pity that he gets that rubs me the wrong way. He has made $1,046,169 to play like he has. He will make another $645,000 if he makes the team this year. There is no reason to feel sorry for him. If I could make $500,000 a year, to be worse at my job than any else ever, sign me up.

Anyone who has had high hopes for the Bills over the better part of two decades has been wrong more than they were right. It's called being a fan. Only the negative ninnies claim "victory" each season when things go south. Congrats on that. This is fun. It's entertainment. Your sob story of "I used to be a homer but they broke my heart so now I'm negative about everything" is boring. I'm not betting schitt with you. My Ray-Ray comment was a joke, which you are incapable of contemplating in the midst of your "fear" and "worry" about how the Bills will damage you next.

LOL... This board is hilarious. The Bills have been so bad and irrelevant for nearly two decades that no other team's board would even create a Why the Bills suck thread. It would just be a given. The Giants have as many SuperBowl wins as the Bills have playoff games in 20 years. Giants are going to be a train wreck this year. It's a must win if Bills want to make a playoff run. Giants run game and the best RB in football versus a boom or bust Bills run defense. This game will be an early predictor of how the remainder of the season will go. The defense should be able to stack the box to stop the run like teams have done to the Bills for years. They can go man to man with a single high safety all game and have little to no fear of getting beat deep. If McD can't find a way to win this game he will be on the hot seat early and probably throughout the remainder of the season.

I'll put it this way. AT HOME, I'd rather face Tannehill than even Matt Moore. He was better in Miami, but still not a QB I ever "feared." He's not a gamechanger and he definitely struggles in cold weather. Not a fan.

Try going to places yourself instead of relying on media dipictions. I love Baltimore. Lots of cool spots. Yes, there’s some rough areas you don’t want to wander. You can find those same type of areas in NYC, DC, Philly, Chicago... Stop fear mongering. You aren’t getting murdered anywhere you’d be as a tourist in Baltimore.

Dude, if anyone is annoying it’s Mr. “I’m worried about this, I fear that, and oh, my heart has been broken by the Bills too many times to have hope.” You’re like a teenage girl, for crying out loud. This is supposed to be fun, try enjoying it!

Yes, I weigh the most recent more than RT’s last “good” season 4 years ago. We’ll agree to disagree. I know what Fitz is. But his best is a lot more scary than RT’s. There were very few qbs I feared the Bills going against less than Tannehill.

So if Fitz did that with the number 2 defense we had, what’s our record last year? And before you say we don’t have the receivers TB has, he did it with some scrubs here. Fitz is the second best qb in the division right now. Yeah, I’m go with the most recent year. I fear Fitz more than I fear Tannehill. There’s a reason the Fins had to throw in a 6th round pick with him just to get a 4th. Hint, he’s meh. Hot Fitz >>>> meh Tannehill bad Fitz << Meh Tannehill You’re annoying. ?. But yup, the fans of a 6 win team shouldn’t be laughing at 7 win one. Especially when 2 of those wins came against that team and they fired everyone because of it.

There was never a time when I was nervous to face Tannehill. It’s my fear we end up with Allen being a Tannehill player. Ok enough to not want to give up on him but deep down, you know he’s not good enough. there is no question I’d rather play again Tannehill than Fitz. Fitz might throw 4 ints but he also could throw 5 tds. Tannehill is the definition of meh. The most empty 4, 000 yards ever. It’s liek when Stafford had 5,000 yard passing seasons. They were pretty much meaningless.

I’m not sure how I feel about this. He always struck me as a complimentary receiver. I guess it’s also how you view a number 1. Could I see Brown leading us in yards? Sure. But I view a number 1 is a guy the opposing DC goes all out to stop. A guy who needs to be doubled. A guy with the game on the line, you can go to. I don’t think Brown is that type of player and we lack a “true” number 1 receiver. my fear is we have a Tom Brady receiving core without Tom Brady.

More fear. Brennan is a traitor to every oath he's ever taken. He knows he's *****. Why isn't he going on TV this week talking about all the evidence he has about Trump's treasonous Russian collusion? Oh... right, the music stopped and John doesn't have a chair.

Very tough backs, absolutely. However, of the three teams, I am not overly concerned their QB will strike enough fear in our defense to not sell out to stop those guys. Used to happen to Buffalo, we used to hear we made QB "x" have to play QB, the following Monday- after watching (any)one of our former lackluster QBs be abysmal thru the air. With our secondary constructed the way it is, I think we can absolutely commit to the run, leave the secondary on an island so to speak. Make Darnold beat us, make Manning/Jones beat us, make Dalton beat us. Mind you, especially without AJ Green, none of these three teams have WR weapons that scare me.

Fear of being let down. Just relax and enjoy the ride.

This is what fear and panic sound like: Chuck knows he's in heaps of trouble.

Most other cities are HOPEING Allen is bottom 100. The fear the (real) possiblity he might be the real deal franchaise QB when he gets the rough edges smoothed out a little! As for other Bills not in top 100,,,small market equals no national exposure and no incentive for those national media types to say or even see small market types. (that was one of Gilmore's complaints btw)

Golden Tate is an OL or does KB still think he can play WR. Yes because Tate is Julio Jones or something. I dont think Golden Tate strikes fear into the hearts of the #1 pass D in the NFL.

Interesting article (what I can see). Thanks for posting it. I don't see any mention of breaking the will of the defenses by running the ball on them. Just bowing up and smashing it over and over because you can. Ripping the voice away from the hopeless home fans, and just demoralizing the opponent. We've all felt it both ways. I think the play action works because this is fear #1 for a defense, maybe 2nd to 'don't get beat deep'. Do not let them run on us!

Ford was the only actor I was nervous to meet. Nervous for two reasons: 1) I didn't want to geek out or make an ass out of myself in front of Indiana Jones, 2) I didn't want him to end up being a dick and ruin both Han and Indy for me. I don't know if I've ever told you that story, how that meeting went down, but it's one of better ones. End of the day, he was one of the nicest guys you could hope to have a drink with, about as far removed from the Hollywood vibe as you can get (while still being a ***** movie star)... and even though I did make a slight ass out of myself, he was very kind about it and continued our conversation well past the point of politeness. At first I really wanted to meet Bruce, but I deeply fear #2 being true with him based on other stories I've heard so I'm hesitant now. Worked with Cooper very briefly on a development project (as a pleb, not writer/producer), but it was before he really blew up. Nice dude and a real hard worker. He gets after it in a way most Hollywood types don't -- so I respected him unlike others I've had to be a pleb for. Don't know Pratt at all, but been to two wrap parties where Pratt attended -- right before and after Guardians 1 came out . He is authentic and funny as hell. He had two comedy writers (who are also stand ups) I was with cracking up when he was describing his daily routine when he used to live in his van (with Scooby Do on the side of it) on the beach while trying to break in. Making stand ups laugh is a badge of honor.

You have basic facts wrong. Facts which have been backed by multiple testimonies before multiple Congressional committees. The FBI never gave Trump a full briefing on Russian interference, or clued him into the fact that several members of his campaign were under investigation. That did not happen per McCabe, Comey, and Baker's testimonies. It was supposed to happen but didn't. Because they weren't trying to protect Trump or the election, they were trying to frame him. (because it was a coup) Comey also denied, three times, that Trump himself was the target of the investigation -- while running an investigation against a sitting President. You've been lied to so much you no longer know which way is up and which way is down. All this fear about "Russia" interfering in the election and no concern whatsoever about what our own intelligence agencies did to interfere. Why is that?