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Randall Flagg

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  1. I'm not really relating to "feeling towards others" - I understand that regardless of any group level dynamics or insane outliers, the vast majority of people you ever come across will be kind and reasonable people, and do not assume otherwise until they give me a reason I have a pretty good grasp on reality I figure, and generally my emotional state doesn't fluctuate very much in either direction regardless of what I see *****, you might have nailed me here though :|
  2. For a 21 year old? lol
  3. Is this an exercise in "the power of positive thinking" or do you guys know something about Levi?
  4. I agree with this, though I will say with confidence that he's better than the fans who think he's soft say he is When LBs get moved by guards, it's not surprising, guards often have the leverage, size, and momentum advantage. You need your DTs to not let them get freely to the second level. When Tremaine "chose the wrong gap" as people said for years, Cover 1 would show in film that it was just about always due to poor DT play giving a running back 2 gaps to choose from, with Edmunds knowing this and just having to choose one - the RB waits, and takes the other. It makes Edmunds look terrible but the mistake always happened before the back gets to the second level That said, Edmunds is not a splash play linebacker. He's consistent, reliable, and great in the pass game - we win that Minnesota game and get the 1 seed if he doesn't get hurt, Cousins was having a miserable time trying to pass around him. But 18 mil is probably money more appropriate for a LB who does all of this AND makes the big splash plays, interceptions, forced fumbles, sacks etc. But that's what happens in free agency. The middle of the field will be worse for the Bills this year but it was right to not give him that money Of the last 3 seasons, our worst defense came on the team that went the furthest, we need to be investing our money to make our offense scary again
  5. Was going to look this up at one point, thanks
  6. For all the words I used to defend him, I was ready to move on from Frazier as well. 6 years with one team is a helluva run. My initial balk was at your "can't be any worse"
  7. The fact that this video has reached us on a hockey forum, as well as my twitter feed which has nothing to do with sports or current events or anything outside of the random thoughts of my ~30 closest friends/family members, is almost certainly because he's the son of someone in the public eye. It's entirely unremarkable as far as videos of people doing ***** things on the internet goes. For example, in the past 24 hours, without searching for them, I happened to come across videos of: a.) a random bystander in public being body-slammed and robbed, which paralyzed her for life b.) a random bystander being shot in the head in broad daylight on a public street by a person who did not know him or have any particular reason to do so The behavior in these videos, which did reach the internet, is far worse than what Briere's kid did, but these videos are orders of magnitude less-viewed/discussed. But those people aren't an NHL GM's child so it doesn't catch on quite the same way in "public discussion." Sorry swamp, i'm not trying to be a downer, I understand anecdotes and sample sizes and I know the world is largely a beautiful place, just trying to defend the people surprised at the traction this story got for the relative non-story it is. Affluent DB kid at prime DB age acts like a DB, more at 11
  8. This defense and team overall can be far, far worse than it was this past year His defense was excellent in the Miami game before they all played on roller skates against the Bengals, while their healthy offensive counterparts mustered 10 points. And had high points in other playoff matchups as well, such as vs Baltimore or New England. I get that we need better playoff defenses, I do - in our losses to the Chiefs we gave up historic numbers. But Frazier was good at his job and there is no guarantee that the mystery box that follows is good, and I'd guess that there are better odds than otherwise that it is worse The Cover 1 guys know Hyde and Poyer, and have gleaned from them that McDermott and Frazier go overboard in the playoffs - in a typical playcall during the regular season, the defender in coverage has ~4 checks to make based on the offensive package/formation and route developments. The coaching staff becomes maniacal in the playoffs, wanting every play to have the perfect coverage, and will give them up to 4x as many checks to make, which causes a lot of the breakdowns that happen in the playoffs that we don't see all regular season. Far more thinking and far less instinctual play. This isn't going away with Frazier, it's a McDermott thing I really like where the Bills are still but fans that get mad about a still shot where there is soft coverage on cover zero (you don't press on cover zero in the snow unless you want a guaranteed touchdown against every time) and think we just needed to ditch Frazier to get over the hump are not correct
  9. It can't be worse than 13-3, division win, and a playoff win? Because a coordinator who called a top 10, often top 3, defense for the last 6 years left, leaving uncertainty in his place? Alright man
  10. I guess in this case it's because it's a famous guys son. But I saw comparable things every single weekend at Bonas
  11. I also have a 15 TB folder of Dodo pet adoption videos, fwiw. And being honest, I don't have either folder. But it's funny what videos will go viral in normie sphere compared to what is out there
  12. If you could choose between these scenarios: A: Levi signs today, and we go from there with whatever Kevyn decides B: Levi announces his intention to never sign in Buffalo and Kevyn adds Saros in the offseason and eventually extends his contract a few years. You lock all of this in by choosing B Which would you choose?
  13. It might not happen game 1 but it will happen barring season ending injuries
  14. I have about 15 TB of videos saved of people doing worse things than this in public
  15. Cozens just practically won us the leaves game himself
  16. I'll grant any goalie-lover that the defense sucks. No goalie lasts long in this league spitting out the rebounds that UPL does
  17. The d zone coverage issues don't even bother me, good teams will always cause those. The Sabres have the puck with time and space in their zone, with guys who are good with the puck, and it immediately turns into scoring chances against, probably 30 times per game
  18. 5, 2, 6, 5, 3, 4, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 4, 7, 2, 4, 4, 5, 3, 2, 4
  19. You can't give those leads up, simple as Don't deserve a playoff push if you can't close out games in March
  20. This is stupid lol Just keep playing OT
  21. A team that lets this game get away this time of the year just isn't ready anyway
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