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Sup, Mup?! Yes, long time no speak! This is the first that I’m hearing about your health scare! Please feel free to keep in touch with me on it, if you’d like, by PM or by any other way. Obviously, you have my best wishes and prayers! Any strong thoughts on the 2025 schedule?? FYI: my parents back home are working on tickets for weeks 17 (Eagles) and 18 (Jets). I may also attend the week 2 Jets game in Jersey. Let me know if you’ll happen to be in Buffalo or NYC during those times and would like to meet up! I’ve been lurking around these parts, both here and at BillsFans.com. I’ll post and write, on occasion, if the inspiration happens to strike at that moment. I’m looking forward to the summer and hope you are too! The warming weather, in fact, is inspiring in me a variation of a famous poem from Harry Chapin: There are so many summer fashion options nouveau: Floral cut-out dresses for weekend fun. With Yasmin Wijnaldum struts and a catwalk glower, Slay resplendent blazer dresses of threads well-spun. Fair enough, Leh-nerd. But don’t think you can completely get out of this one, with your disarmingly sanguine offerings of such wonderfully mellifluous poetry…which incidentally evoked a particular childhood summer redolence while frolicking in an upstate New York meadow of yore. < heavy sniffles > I am prepared to offer you ONE sincere apology and ONE forum concession. But in return, I want you to think about how YOUR posting habits contributed to the breakdown in our PPP conversations. To quote ComradeKayAdams: “There are so many MAGA’s in front of my crossbow. Too many MAGA’s, so I’ll switch to a large gun. I see Leh-nerd and I see him cower. With those chubby legs, let’s hope he can run!” Fear can be a powerful motivator for self-improvement, Leh-nerd. I patiently await your mea culpa.

Outside of all the stats and advance metrics, I'm just not seeing Kincaid as a dangerous weapon in our passing game. Hopefully that changes. But as of right now... He hasn't been a threat in the red zone. He hasn't been a threat downfield. He hasn't been a reliable target on third down. He hasn't been a producer of YAC on short passes. Ignore his drops. Give him a pass because of the injury. Show me that many of his passes were uncatchable. I'm still not seeing a guy that puts fear into the opposing defense. Even if he's not on a Pro Bowl level, Dawson Knox has proven to be superior in all of the above areas. Even though he's had some drop problems himself, Knox has also made some spectacular catches. He's a decent red zone threat, and can make plays downfield. And he's shown the ability to run people over to get extra yards after the catch. Kincaid has shown virtually nothing so far that we couldn't get out of a typical Day 2-3 pick.

This is the bottom line. Everybody is different, and if Josh is comfortable that’s all that matters. Period. There is no point in anyone trying to pin their personal fears or concerns on his relationship.

I think the first time you worried about law enforcement officials being in danger, or assaulted and beaten was when there was a political reason to do so. I think your posting history reveals, in fact, that you support an assault on a police officer so long as certain conditions are present. I supported the police officer who shot Ashli Babbit, you moron. I tried to put myself in his shoes, understand on whatever level the type of emotion, fear and adrenaline he was feeling as some lunatics were smashing through a glass barrier in attempt to gain access to a restricted area with officers on the other side with guns drawn. My general rule of thumb is as follows: 1. The officer’s job is to go home at night; 2. The officer has no idea the intent of the other party, or what weapons they may/may not have; 3. Facts leading up to the incident influence the outcome; 4. It’s extremely unlikely, and very rare, for an officer to want to shoot anyone in the chest and end their life; Still, you fools crowed about the outcome of civil cases like E Jane Carroll, completely oblivious to the things that impact the outcome of civil suits. Now, you don’t like the outcome. Venue matters. Emotion matters. What’s reasonable behavior is judged looking backwards and considering outcome. The relative likelihood of a positive or negative outcome is considered. When all is said and done, an unarmed female was dispatched without a warning shot fired, and during a time when multiple political figures talking about how things like warning shots, restraint and leg shots should be the default. The officer has at least one incident of reckless behavior in leaving a loaded firearm in a bathroom, and it’s impossible to know what else may be in his personnel record. My assumption is that the concern was political sentiment would influence the outcome, and whatever they decided to pay resulted in a preferable outcome to taking a chance pursuing that a jury might return an award of $0, or $100,000,000. Autopsy photos/report of a 30-something year old female dead on a table alone could swing people toward an award, rationalizing that the shooting was not criminal but perhaps excessive force was used. Beyond that, it’s just the way things go.

This is an option I have come to accept as well. For many years, especially under Bush's GWOT, I was in the decidedly liberal camp that criticized the attempt to label Islam a threat for fear of contributing to xenophobia and racism. And there are certainly racist and xenophobic people out there. But that doesn't change the fundamental truth that there are enough Muslims moving to the west who don't respect Western integration and who would decidedly vote to turn western democracies into Islamic theocracies. The term I've seen that does a good job describing how and why liberals turn a blind eye to the very real harm of Islamic ideology (and other toxic states of affairs) is "toxic empathy." That is, allowing for extremely toxic behavior out of fear of being called racist or sexist, or xenophobic or anti-trans... And this conglomeration of toxic states of affairs, from letting anyone and everyone cross the border illegally, to telling every five year old in school that changing their gender might solve all of their problems ECT... Is why millions and millions of people who haven't voted R in their lives saw Trump 2024 as the lesser of two evils.

The other factor, and I'm sorry to bring up hockey, which I know is a dull subject for you, but Terry Pegula is the absolute worst owner in the NHL. He hires inexperienced GMs, and continues to keep an inadequate fella in the role, at least partly because he feels heard by Kevyn Adams. The Bills were dysfunctional before McD and Beane arrived. They have built a strong and competent culture. I fear what would happen should that be gambled away, though I appreciate the concerns of those who question the ceiling on the regime.

These seats confirm my greatest fear. I was hoping for a modern stadium with comfortable seats, a wide concourse, easily accessible bathrooms, and good concessions. If these seats are an indication, we might see more of a “basic model” stadium that doesn’t do much to upgrade the experience.

I am worried you dont have a life @BillsFanNC and that has turned you into a hateful MAGA moron who just posts on a Bills board for 10 other people. Why dont you go work for Breitbart or something where your deep hate and fear can reach more morons like yourself.

I do want to backstep a bit and reiterate that I think Cook is an exciting RB. He has really come on and IMO is close to top 5. While everyone seems to dread the Lamar/D Henry combo I thought there was a little disrespect to the Josh/Cook dynamic - it's that much of a factor. I would prefer an extension, and for more years than several on this thread (just not at $15M/yr). I think the 200ish carries will preserve Cook and he has several good years left. Unfortunately I guess I don't like seeing the negotiations playing out in front of me. It makes me fear things have gone South.

Except the placebo effect is real. On paper it shouldn't be (your perception), but its reality is measurable and quantifiable. The opposite analogy for the point you're trying to make. Maybe as an athlete you ignored your emotional state, I did and regret it, because my best performances were when the stakes were the highest and I was totally and desperately invested in winning. It gave me massive focus and fear of mistakes or failing vanished. That's just me and everyone's different so I get what you're trying to say, I would simply conclude that perhaps you should open your mind more and that for some, influencing their mental state increases their performance.

He is one of the only "bang you miss me and I'm gone" guys we have on offense. As a professional baseball scout, I can say, with clear conviction, I don't know what we should do. Probably not 15 million. How much of him being able to hit big plays is the result of the fear of Allen running? Linebackers in limbo. I really don't know. But I like him at 10 mil per for three years. Good money for an a RB if you're not saquon. Or, maybe other guys could take the same advantages of having linebackers in limbo for 3 mil a year. Welcome to running a running an organization. Not easy.

That's supposedly the narrative...everyone was afraid of Amari Cooper. So afraid, in fact, that the covered him even when he was on the bench getting less than 50% of our offensive snaps. No, we were just saving him for big third downs...as a decoy. The fact of the matter is, he got more than 50% snaps in two games last year as a Bill. We lost one (rams) and lost our consecutive 30 pt streak in the other (NE) This narrative that the fear of Amari Cooper transformed this offense from trash to top scorers has got to stop. He was a good swing. It didn't work. He's not on the team anymore.

I remember when I feared losing Gabe Davis to free agency because the FO might try to prioritize re-signing Tremaine Edmunds. Fun times.

I sort of think that the reason he was repeatedly running loose all over the place against KC is because they had no fear of him whatsoever.

This is my worst fear, that people are going to start taking me seriously 😁 Good question. I'd put coaching first honestly, and I want to be more specific by saying that it's Andy Reid having McDermott's number that has been the biggest factor holding us back from a Super Bowl. KC's offense is regularly producing much better against us in the playoffs than they are throughout the regular season and in other playoff games. They've never punted more than twice against us. Our defensive talent and their offensive talent have changed but the outcome has always been the same. So I think McDermott takes the bulk of the responsibility. After that I'd go defensive talent. We haven't had a legit #1 CB play a full game against them since Tre White played in our first AFCCG. Our DL talent has always been middling. We've had injuries throughout the defense, and I don't think that fully explains the utter collapses we're seeing on that side of the ball but certainly it has been a contributing factor. And then lastly I'd put the offense which has regularly kept us in those games but has also failed to close the deal in the last two games when it had the ball last. So all that being said I do understand wanting to focus on the defense this offseason, especially since both the FA class and draft class were stronger on defense. I'm not blind to the fact that the defense has been a massive disappointment in each of our playoff losses. I just feel like I trust Allen to get the job done more than I trust McDermott so I wish we'd give more of our resources to him.

Thank you for your perspective. And i dont want to come across as an expert- as i said before there are no experts in this field and if they did exist, i would not be among them. It is apparent that my concern has rubbed many the wrong way, and for that I apologize. My original post addressed what my lingering concerns were. i could cite specific couples i have worked with that faced similar issues but my post would long and many details i cannot divulge because of privacy. So we are just going in circles. what i can assure you is that i am not a robot/bot etc, i am a real fan of the bills since i was a kid in the mid 80s. I rode the highs and lows evey qb from kelly, to jo losman, ej, fitzmagic, flutie etc. no we have the greatest qb in the league who is an amazing person as well. He carries the weight of this city on his shoulders. I just dont want feelings at home to be heavier than the emotions on the field. My fear isnt what she has done (very little) to what her willingness to do those things may mean in the future. once again, i apologize if my thoughts were out of line.

A serious question for you. Why are you seemingly obsessed by this? A number of folks, myself included, have said to you that this is what actors do. I have pointed out to you that my daughter is an actor and that they are trained to be able to do scenes and leave it behind when the job is done. They have specific intimacy coordinators for such scenes; my daughter would tell you that such scenes have nothing romantic about them given the direction that goes into them not to mention being surrounded by cameramen and crew. They go out on travel junkets with fellow actors to promote their films. And yes they are friends with fellow actors with whom they have done such scenes, but at the end of the day they all have lives. Lives that include their wives, husbands, children and so on. But you just want to ignore all this. Let’s say instead of the role Hailee had in this film, she plays a role where she is a psychotic murderer. Would you be here worried that she would grab a carving knife and stab Josh in the throat one night? You have indicated your profession is psychology. If you had a patient who, despite getting input from numerous sources as to the lack of harm about some conduct, refuses to accept it and continues with ungrounded fears, would you as a professional be concerned? Josh and Hailee from all accounts appear quite happy and if rumors are correct will be getting married later this month. Why not celebrate the love this couple shares instead of being fearful of non-existing monsters lurking in the dark?

It was a weird game…the rookie safety got burned deep in the first half, the awful offensive play…but once the game was over I had no fears about facing that team again.

Aisle for me. Convenience for me to beer line and if someone is crossing over, I can just jump in the aisle and let them out. I now prefer sitting under cover and with heat, but back in the day, anything above row 20 was fine for sight line. Steeper upper may be a bit too adventuresome for me with a fear of heights.

My experience in a quite different context with the Saudis. What I'm saying here is "let them fight their own fight" should apply equally to them as to Ukrainians? As to the Baltics, who fear that they are next in Putin's reconquista? We have legitimate U.S. interests in conflicts and conflict avoidance all over the world, and I think this fight - even a proxy battle we're involved in vs. the Houthis - shows that an isolationist America First/no involvement in foreign conflicts is simply naive and dangerous, and that everyone except JD Vance understands that.

As far as geopolitical risks to the U.S.: given our energy independence/dominance, I'd say that the Russian New Imperialism is a much more serious one. I notice that oil imports (other than Venezuela) were not tariffed. Why not? If you want to encourage U.S. production and marginalize the Middle East as a threat to U.S. security, that would seem to me to be the best solution. After all, a cartel is kind of the definition of a manipulated market. But I guess Trump couldn't stomach the fear of increased prices at the pump. Off topic, Sherpa, and probably belongs in the tariffs thread: would you expect tariffs on European (and other) wine imports to impact your wine business? My guess is that they won't, and that world trade in wine and encourages the development of wine aficionados (to use a snobby term) and is ultimately good for small producers everywhere, and that something like tariffs on foreign wine will be counterproductive. Maybe it would help at the very low end, but I can't see any help for smaller or boutique U.S. wineries. Thoughts?

except I don't believe he fears God or believes in him. The bible is just another profitable widget to him. His mockery of Christianity extends to fundamentalists https://www.newsweek.com/anthony-scaramucci-says-report-trump-mocked-conservative-religious-leaders-true-1535021

True. And usually that doesn't take much time. The law requires someone claiming citizenship to come forward with some evidence of it. That's usually easy: a certified U.S. birth certificate. Sometimes it's showing that your parents were citizens for a certain amount of time even though you were born abroad. But typically not a big deal. So the "process" isn't necessarily a lengthy trial; it's a fairly quick document inspection. The whole issue is this: the constitution requires "due process." But it doesn't define what kind of process is due. For example, under the law someone who is in the U.S. for under 2 years can be removed expeditiously, without seeing a judge. If he claims asylum, he gets an interview about the nature of that fear. If it isn't a plausible asylum claim, he's gone.

Yeah, that’s my biggest fear. We’re enjoying it now, even more than I expected, but keeping a close eye out for signs of trouble. The problem is, they are very sneaky little critters and it’s hard to shut it down early.

Cincinnati because they have zero fear of our team. Why would they? We haven't beaten them. That is a monkey I would like to see this team get off their back - boils down to defense too. The last few meetings they ate up our defense that basically gave up everything underneath and waiting for their timing offense and receivers with good hands to make a mistake - ended up looking like a knife going through butter. They just ate up yards, TOP, and scored on just about every possession. Would like to see if this defense has evolved to challenge the 1st and maybe 2nd reads you have to take away with more elite QB play.