(11-08-2017, 12:15 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(11-08-2017, 11:39 AM)Billsfan1212 Wrote:  People will dislike it bc it paints your new toy in a new light as is essentially the problem NYC has with the posts hes outlined above. Dont take it personal. You dont need to defend him or take offense bc we dont know how this plays out for the Jags. Once he balls out - go nuts defending him saying the Bills were dumb etc. If he has more issues down the line, then say it was a low risk high reward move. But dont get cheesed about a comment about why a player didnt work in an organization that wasnt even yours. No point in dwelling on it, but dont pretend it didnt happen either. Just be aware what his issues were and like everyone hes not perfect Fresh start, clean slate, and only 1 way to go - and thats up. By this point this has all been said 100x anyway and we ALL know so lets just do Marcell going forward and what he brings to your team for the rest of the year. Deal?

Here's the thing. You're the one taking things personally. Your posts are laden with salt throughout this thread. 

No one has really defended his stupid mistakes in this thread. We realize there is a possibility that stuff rears it's ugly head again. We've seen plenty of that crap from our highly paid players over the years.  

 Most of us are just happy to have landed a guy that has the skill set to fill a major need on our defense  - and his salary plus the pick seem totally worth it to us. He may be the guy that puts this defense over the top and into the playoffs. 

Why in the hell does that seem to upset you so much? 

 You seem to be ping-ponging back and forth between trying to be civil and optimistic that MD may work out well for us  -- or throwing barbs and insults our way because we didn't read every article you read in The Buffalo News since 2011.  You should pick one side of the fence and just ride with it.

See, this is grossly misunderstood then.
This ping-ponging is due to the fact that the majority of the early part of this thread was me getting dumped on for being truthful about his time with the Bills.
I wanted to make it abundantly clear that while this acts as a clean slate that was much needed, there was simply a reason he ended up with you guys as no team just decides to dump a superstar for peanuts as was being initially speculated. Maybe I overcompensated in the sense that my 'future optimism' was interpreted as hallow, but the fact of the matter is the ONLY thing I got salty about was fans (and maybe I'm giving them too much credit as I dont know who has what reputation around here) were naive enough to think this was the Jags 'fleecing' the Bills. I made it a point to keep mentioning I hope he succeeds b/c if I didnt, its seen as 'salty'. Who knows, 5 years from now it might be. At the moment it was addition by subtraction by jettisoning a guy with a huge check who had become more of a distraction than he was worth.  And I'm not going out of my way to bring this up again, or regurgitate previous statements that we've all moved beyond but YOU are essentially asking me to defend myself. 
Like your previous post picking out some of my 'gems', nothing was bad - nor really even my opinion, but talking points from in and around the Buffalo area. Because those points happened to have a Buffalo slant and took digs at Marcell (again from before his time with the Jags, so theres no need to defend him because it didnt happen on your watch) - that makes me unintelligent? By that logic if you came to a Bills board and started discussion re: records the Jags could potentially break that would make you unintelligent? To me, that dosent add up. Expressing optimism or pessimism toward YOUR team is something you are entitled to do. I dont see why my intelligence comes into question because it doesn't have a home team slant.
So we are clear.
I'm a Bills fan who has always liked the Jags.
I had high hopes for Marcell.
Marcell didnt pan out and became a hindrance.   
He was unloaded to a team that could make an already good defense even better.
$$ is essentially the biggest risk here so depending on how you feel about that $$ equates to how big of a risk it actually is or isnt.
If he returns to form, its a slam dunk.
I like and have liked Marcell. I'm rooting for him to regain his form. 
I'm happy it is with another team.
potential win win.

Thats that IMO

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(11-08-2017, 12:45 PM)B2hibry Wrote: Well, this thread seems to have run its course!

we at least have to hit 30!!!!

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