Buffalo Bills 2016

[Randall Flagg]

I'm more convinced than ever that this is going to be the season we break the streak. 

[Eleven]

I'm more convinced than ever that this is going to be the season we break the streak. 

 

The streak of what?  Having enough players to field a team?

[MattPie]

The streak of what?  Having enough players to field a team?

 

Winning at least 6 games, 5 year streak. I think they have a shot at at least 4 games too, that's 14 years!

[Taro T]

The streak of what?  Having enough players to field a team?

The curse of Rusty Jones lives on. :(

 

Of all the Charlie Brownish things Mularky did; canning Rusty to hire his buddy was THE Charlie Browniest. :angry:

[nfreeman]

I believe I was a lonely minority in the wilderness when I spoke up last year against giving Dareus a fat contract.

 

$97MM for the centerpiece of the 19th-ranked defense in the NFL last year, who BTW can't be bothered to buy in to the new coach's system or stop himself from getting baked.

 

Classic Whaley-era Bills -- high draft picks, big contracts and zero meaningful wins to show for it.

[That Aud Smell]

Football is the worst sport.

 

In fairness, it's a pretty good sport. It's the NFL that is the worst league in the world.

 

I hate that league. So much.

I believe I was a lonely minority in the wilderness when I spoke up last year against giving Dareus a fat contract.

 

$97MM for the centerpiece of the 19th-ranked defense in the NFL last year, who BTW can't be bothered to buy in to the new coach's system or stop himself from getting baked.

 

Classic Whaley-era Bills -- high draft picks, big contracts and zero meaningful wins to show for it.

 

He is a marvelous talent who gives it all when he's on the field.

 

But, yeah. He's an idiot who won't stop smoking weed, and is too stupid to evade detection.

 

As for not fitting into Rex's scheme: I don't really blame Whaley for that. My take is that Dareus is the prime example of how the forced pairing of Whaley and Ryan has been a failure to date. Whaley rightly identified a terrific talent, but Rex's vaunted system has peculiar ideas on how that sort of talent should be deployed. Dareus liked life much better under Schwartz - when it was pin back your ears and go.

[Eleven]

Jeremy White noting on twitter that none of the other big four leagues are concerned with marijuana in the slightest.  

[LGR4GM]

Jeremy White noting on twitter that none of the other big four leagues are concerned with marijuana in the slightest.  

That is because using weed doesn't matter, it is like the backup quarterback, no one cares. 

[Eleven]

That is because using weed doesn't matter, it is like the backup quarterback, no one cares. 

 

It also is a better pain killer option than what these guys probably are taking at the insistence of team doctors.

[ubkev]

Football is the worst sport.

 

I agree with this statement. And on a related note, I have canceled NFL Sunday Ticket. So I'll be watching exactly 1 Bills game this year.

[darksabre]

It also is a better pain killer option than what these guys probably are taking at the insistence of team doctors.

No kidding. 

 

For the record, I know plenty of extremely athletic people who smoke weed. Like, marathon runners, ironman competitors, weightlifters, on and on. 

 

They're all in way better shape than me, the guy who drinks the legal nectar. 

I agree with this statement. And on a related note, I have canceled NFL Sunday Ticket. So I'll be watching exactly 1 Bills game this year.

 

Dear god how did it take you this long to cut that cord? 

[LGR4GM]

The NFL continues to get more unwatchable for me. If it weren't for fantasy football, I would probably just look up the Bills score. 

[nfreeman]

In fairness, it's a pretty good sport. It's the NFL that is the worst league in the world.

 

I ###### hate that league. So much.

 

He is a marvelous talent who gives it all when he's on the field.

 

But, yeah. He's an idiot who won't stop smoking weed, and is too stupid to evade detection.

 

As for not fitting into Rex's scheme: I don't really blame Whaley for that. My take is that Dareus is the prime example of how the forced pairing of Whaley and Ryan has been a failure to date. Whaley rightly identified a terrific talent, but Rex's vaunted system has peculiar ideas on how that sort of talent should be deployed. Dareus liked life much better under Schwartz - when it was pin back your ears and go.

 

How about "when your employer pays you $97MM, you do what your employer asks, to the best of your ability, while maintaining a positive attitude and taking care not to do anything that would keep you away from your workplace?"

 

As for Whaley -- a good GM figures out whether a guy will be a good team player and will keep his nose clean before giving that guy a franchise-crippling contract.

[darksabre]

The NFL continues to get more unwatchable for me. If it weren't for fantasy football, I would probably just look up the Bills score.

I don't even know if I'm going to play fantasy this year. My team just gets arrested every year and I lose.

[That Aud Smell]

It also is a better pain killer option than what these guys probably are taking at the insistence of team doctors.

 

Lord, yes. The hypocrisy seen in the fact that the NFL allows its teams to push all manner of heavy duty painkillers (including opioids) on the players without regard for their well-being, but then denies them the use of marijuana is just -- I don't know. I'm so over the NFL.

How about "when your employer pays you $97MM, you do what your employer asks, to the best of your ability, while maintaining a positive attitude and taking care not to do anything that would keep you away from your workplace?"

 

Well, there's that. But I'm also sort of past giving a sh1t about whether these guys are exemplary employees, or even good employees. If Rex's system rankles one of the team's elite talents, then maybe Rex is the idiot.

 

As for Whaley -- a good GM figures out whether a guy will be a good team player and will keep his nose clean before giving that guy a franchise-crippling contract.

 

Yes, true. My fatigue here is really with the NFL - not with a guy like Dareus who's personable and fun to watch.

[JJFIVEOH]

The NFL continues to get more unwatchable for me. If it weren't for fantasy football, I would probably just look up the Bills score. 

 

I agree. Fantasy is the only thing keeping me in it too. I've gotten to the point where I can't even name 10 players on the Bills roster. 

 

If I didn't have to run a league, I'd have given up already. 

[Claude_Verret]

:lol:

 

The Bills.

[Hoss]

100% playoffs or bust for Rex and Whaley. This is out of control.

[WildCard]

How is it their fault their players get hurt and are morons? Besides Shaq, who would have made a different roster move?

[TrueBlueGED]

How is it their fault their players get hurt and are morons? Besides Shaq, who would have made a different roster move?

Seriously. We're reaching Ruff territory with the blame game.

 

Even with Shaq, we'd have taken Ragland if not him. So still out a 1st round pick.

[That Aud Smell]

I'm more convinced than ever that this is going to be the season we break the streak. 

 

There is something to this.

 

#Anticipatethenarrative

[Randall Flagg]

The streak of what?  Having enough players to field a team?

I know you're joking, but some of those 05-09 Bills teams had probably 3 players that could start on any other team in the league. So that streak isn't very long.

 

There is something to this.

 

#Anticipatethenarrative

Even before this offseason, I've long thought that it's going to end in a season where the sky had fallen and doomed everything at some point during April-August. 

[That Aud Smell]

Even before this offseason, I've long thought that it's going to end in a season where the sky had fallen and doomed everything at some point during April-August. 

 

You, sir, are a genius.

 

Or you might be.

 

Or you might not be.

 

But ... there is something to this. I can FEEL it.

[Taro T]

I know you're joking, but some of those 05-09 Bills teams had probably 3 players that could start on any other team in the league. So that streak isn't very long.

 

 

Even before this offseason, I've long thought that it's going to end in a season where the sky had fallen and doomed everything at some point during April-August.

 

But at least 1 of them was the punter. :unsure:

 

:doh:

[SabresBillsFan]

Looks like a top ten pick coming and both Ryan's will get the boot after this season.