That Aud Smell

I may need to take a break, and reflect on how I feel about Taylor as a QB. I dunno. I’m confident I don’t dislike him because he’s not a prototypical dropbacl passer. His limitations and shortcomings eventually made me nuts, and maybe that Jags playoff game distilled it for me. (I always admired him for being a consummate professional, good teammate, good guy in the community, and so on.)

Taylor is a capable NFL quarterback? K.

Taylor’s name has come up because it’s being implied here that his departure signified the loss of a capable NFL passer.

So did Taylor.

The fervor with which some cling to Taylor is a little Stockholm-ish.

They also game plan relative to his limitations as a a passer. I bet it’s a wash.

That first piece is precisely my view of the matter. That second piece is also spot-on. Remember that insane run of turnovers? The 2017 Bills were a 6-8 win team. It was glorious fun that they got 9 wins and snuck into the playoffs. Also, not for nothing, they’d have probably beat the Jags that day if they had even slightly better quarterbacking.

I’d lay even odds that AJ McCarron can yield the same net QB impact as Taylor. Which isn’t even saying enough to be damning with faint praise.

Entering his age 30 season. He had a big year with SF 2 seasons ago. He improves the WR corps, which is still probably the worst in the league (?).

He’s ... a guy. Ain’t he old? (Edit: Not really.)

They do some stuff well (?). Was that video game simulation farmed out? Didn’t Kim hire her brother into a significant creative position?

I’ll add my voice to emphasize: It isn’t that PSE used chatsnap lexicon to communicate. It’s that PSE tried to use that lexicon to communicate, and failed miserably.

Burn it. Burn it all. Burn it to the ground.

Incognito can eff off.

Came here for ROR talk. Found E. Kane, parallel universes, and angels on the head of a pin.

excellent!

You're so cute when you're obtuse.

Hmmm. Process?

This is my hang up.

Hey! Welcome! Please post more. I generally agree with your take. That said, Terry Pegula's made several mistakes as the owner of the Sabres. But he hasn't been shy about trying to correct those mistakes. Here's hoping JBOT's the guy to lead us out of the wilderness.

I can't recall who said it -- Housley, Botterill, or both -- but I heard it said on WGR that the way to create a winning culture is ... to win. You win, the winning culture comes. You don't install a winning culture, and then win. It's a bit of chicken and the egg, eh? It still intrigues me a bit. So, how do you win? Getting better players seems like a straightforward way to do it. But we also hear about the need for the players to do dozens of "little things" that help ensure success and/or the players' best efforts, and also the need to buy into what the coaching staff is implementing (paging Mr. Ristolainen ...), and so on. So there does seem to be some need for a "winning culture" to precede the winning. But mostly, you need to win to have a winning culture. And in order to win, you need good players and depth and competition. That is clearly JBOT's focus.

For my own part, I didn't vote because I was not on board with the extra language associated with "no" (which I viewed as editorial content, not fluff).

Good ear. And this is consistent with d4rk's (and my) take on E. Kane's feeling about being in ... Buffalo.

Even accepting that d4rk was a Kane-basher (and I'm not sure he was (I know I sure was)), the point has the ring of truth to it. Kane seems very much like a big-market baller. I acknowledge what's said above re how players don't see much of their team's city/area during the season, but I think that overstates matters. The player is still in and of the area -- driving here and there, doing this and that. I wish I could find the blog/status entries that Ryan Miller made on ... was it MySpace? ... back when he was first in Buffalo (under an account that was intended to be anonymous). There was lots of normal stuff discussed there, even in-season. 'Peg and Buffalo have small-town vibes (and, for my part, I am happy with them, thanks very much). Now E. Kane's in Siicon Valley, northern California. Totally different scene. I think he's happy as a pig in sh1t. +++ One more observation re the mic'd up video. His strategic conversation with his linemate struck me potentially as reflective of the sort of hur-dur-Kaner-skate-fast-up-the-ice mentality that frustrated me when I watched him play in Buffalo. I don't doubt that his magnificent physical skills and intensity could be very useful in the correct setting. It wasn't happening here, though.

A lifetime ago! Really lovely city. We didn't do a SOM tour, but we found some of the sites on our own. (I'm not ashamed - it remains one of my favourite movies ever.) We also found a restaurant up on a local hill/mountain/bluff and had a lovely meal overlooking the city. The beer halls also come heavily recommended.