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Boston Globe writer insults Bills. Predicts Fromm will start over Allen.


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18 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said:

Shocker.  A pain in the ars Boston reporter trashing the Bills.  Never heard of that.  Just like when I competed, I’ll let my competing do the talking.  When we sweep them they’ll change the tune.

 

This is just testicle-tickling for a nervous Pats fan base. They need to be soothed into believing their team didn't hit rock bottom. We'll see who melts when they play. 

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4 hours ago, class_of_2012 said:

Kind of a ridiculous opinion piece by Dan Shaughnessy. I had fun laughing at it. Here are some excerpts:

 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/30/sports/worried-about-patriots-standing-afc-east-dont-be/

 

"How can Belichick be so Bird-like, cocky and calm, while the Patriot dynasty seems to be crumbling?

I give you three words: Bills, Dolphins, Jets.

Meet the New Tomato Cans. Same as the Old Tomato Cans. The Jets, Dolphins, and Bills are still Moe, Larry, and Curly. They are knuckleheads, porcupines, and lamebrains."

 

"Have pity on those poor folks in Buffalo, Miami, and East Rutherford, N.J. They are naive, innocent, and foolish. The pathetic Bills Mafia and New York’s Fireman Ed actually think the Patriots are going to fall from their perch atop the AFC East this year."

 

"The Bills went 10-6 last season and are the flavor of the month now that Brady is gone. Sorry. Not buying. Mistake-prone quarterback Josh Allen is not the answer. Allen is the Joe Kelly of NFL QBs and will lose his job to 167th draft pick Jake Fromm."

 

"Meanwhile, based on what we saw from his choke job against the Texans in the playoffs in January, it’s safe to say that Bills coach Sean McDermott will dissolve whenever he looks across the field and sees the Hoodie. The Bills over the Patriots? I don’t think so."

He's a Dick. Stop reading NE press. 

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4 hours ago, Logic said:

Meh. Deliberately inflammatory clickbait. Does anyone expect a guy named Shaughnessey from Boston to think any differently? Getting mad at him for being an arrogant Pats homer would be like getting mad at a cow for mooing. 

He lives off of making declarative statements without worrying about backing them up. in 2011 I think he said the Red Sox would definitely be in the playoffs-at least the one game kind- and literally 35 minutes later he was wrong, his opinion is Boston homerism at its largest.

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To be fair if Fromm beats out Allen for the starting job the bills are in a really damn good spot.

 

Multiple first round picks coming the Bills way for either Fromm or Allen in that scenario.

 

So congrats to the Pats write for predicting a scenario the greatly benefits the Bills?

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I realize since Brady left that I want the Patriots to be bad forever.

 

And not some metaphorical forever.  Literally forever.  Like if the universe collapses in a few billion years and comes back in a new big bang, and somehow football is still being played, I want the Patriots to still be bad.

 

What a buffoon this guy is.  They've been winning so long they don't even watch other games anymore. Allen will be outstanding, and no way whatsoever are the Pats coming close to the division title.

 

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5 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:

 

Why bother giving asshats the time of day? 

 

seems the writer shouldn't post stories while in quarantine while quarantini-ing  

 

Every single write sees the Bills fans flocking to articles in groves to defend the Bills and Allen

 

What better way then to get press then to float an article trashing them.

 

Seems pretty simple. he went the extra mile to add key words to really stand out.

 

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Shoot, I clicked.

 

Read the comments - most slammed him for being a homer stuck looking in the rear view, and said the Bills should clearly be favorites.

 

The Pats were tomato cans - or, as was known in popular culture, the Patsies - and will be again. Soon.

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6 hours ago, RyanC883 said:

Josh Allen is "mistake prone?"  I could be wrong, but he rarely turns the ball over.  

 

Can't wait to own the Pats** twice this year.  

He had 9 fumbles and 5 dropped Ints last season in a 9 game stretch. 

 

He got lucky. 

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I've read Shaughnessy's stuff for 35 years since I moved from Buffalo to Boston. He's a decent baseball writer, but doesn't know jack about football. I think he must have been drinking when he wrote that.

 

For what it's worth, I've been wearing my Bills hat for my daily quarantine walks here  -- along with my amazing new Bills Zubaz mask that an old friend from back home just sewed for me! -- and if the locals comment at all, they're saying, "Bills are looking good this year"; "Bills are going to win AFC East with Brady gone", etc.  The tide is turning ...

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8 hours ago, matter2003 said:

Email this dotard and let him know what your thoughts are:

 

dshaughnessy@globe.com

I'm not able of copy and paste the article.  If I could I'd save it, hope the bills crush the Patriots on the way to a division title, and then email his own article back to him next year.  

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10 hours ago, Juice_32 said:

I think a good portion of the narrative on Josh is being driven by the lateral attempt in the playoff game. He’s perceived as reckless for better or worse until he changes people’s minds.

Josh does play like he's out in a school yard. Until he can lift his football I.Q. above a 12 year old on the playground this narrative, on him,  will stay and be justified.

9 hours ago, Cal said:

Here we go! The Allen hate continues. Since the day he been drafted, 90% of you don't like him and still hold on to that. Smh

And the reason to change is ??????

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11 minutes ago, MOVALLEYRANDY said:

Josh does play like he's out in a school yard. Until he can lift his football I.Q. above a 12 year old on the playground this narrative, on him,  will stay and be justified.

And the reason to change is ??????

Sorry, you may have missed these. Feel free to catch up at your leisure.:thumbsup:

 

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14 hours ago, 1ManRaid said:

I don't get too offended by a guy who calls people "porcupines" as an insult.

Worked for Moe...but then again, only with Larry...?

 

15 hours ago, RobbRiddick said:

This guy is in more dire need of a b**wjob than any white man in history

Well, send him an appliance like the fan sent Brady at NEF...

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17 hours ago, Logic said:

Meh. Deliberately inflammatory clickbait. Does anyone expect a guy named Shaughnessey from Boston to think any differently? Getting mad at him for being an arrogant Pats homer would be like getting mad at a cow for mooing. 


 

You, Sir...get it.

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Obviously a troll article...but I think the shot at McD is honestly a fair one.

 

0-6 vs the Hoodie, the last 2 coming in a year where the Pats were not very good, and hasn't really shown any kind of improvement with his game management skills in 3 years. I like our talent, but am concerned about this guy's ability in big moments and if he is the kind of coach that can battle with the best. 

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Shaughnessy is a prototypical Masshole with stupid hair.

 

That said, and inflammatory rhetoric aside, if Jake Fromm turns out to be better thanJosh, wouldn't that be a good thing? I mean, Josh is good and getting better...if Jake turns out to be better than "good and getting better", then going with the better of the two betters is better, right?

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1 hour ago, Sweats said:

Fromm is not the answer at QB, but then again, i really don't think Allen is either..........so, flame away.

He's got a better shot to be the guy then anyone else has since Kelly, so I'm behind him...as is the rest of the organization which has done mostly everything right and has assembled a top notch roster and culture.

 

But you're failure to believe is noted...

 

 

15 minutes ago, HomeskillitMoorman said:

Obviously a troll article...but I think the shot at McD is honestly a fair one.

 

0-6 vs the Hoodie, the last 2 coming in a year where the Pats were not very good, and hasn't really shown any kind of improvement with his game management skills in 3 years. I like our talent, but am concerned about this guy's ability in big moments and if he is the kind of coach that can battle with the best. 

I will also give him that.

 

I think McDermott has shown some serious flaws, but he's obviously done well building a culture and a very good defense.

 

He has to show more of a killer instinct instead of playing things on the side of caution, and he has to be better when matched up against Belicheck.

 

 

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28 minutes ago, HomeskillitMoorman said:

Obviously a troll article...but I think the shot at McD is honestly a fair one.

 

0-6 vs the Hoodie, the last 2 coming in a year where the Pats were not very good, and hasn't really shown any kind of improvement with his game management skills in 3 years. I like our talent, but am concerned about this guy's ability in big moments and if he is the kind of coach that can battle with the best. 

The record isn't good, and there are no moral victories - but few coaches were able to limit Brady as consistently. I think McD's defenses were very effective against their offense.

 

Honestly, the thing that bugged me about that article was "pathetic Bills Mafia."   I get that it's a troll, but I will put our fans up against the current crop of New England fans any ol' day.  They actually have long debates on their boards about "are you rooting for Tampa or the Patriots now?"  And they're easily the softest fanbase in the world at this point - no way a lot of those younger fans would make it through the kind of drought we went through, which actually strengthened our loyalty and resolve.

 

That kind of shot from a lame Boston fan is silly.  And the writer should know better.  He lived through plenty of years (actually decades) of both the Pats and Red Sox being "tomato cans."  One of the wonderful ironies of Boston sports fandom for me is how much they hated the Yankees & their fans for years, and now that's exactly what they are. 

 

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