I was glad to hear the Royals were putting the crown back up on the new scoreboard. Now I'm not so sure.

Footnote to all Prayers

He whom I bow to only knows to whom I bow
When I attempt the ineffable Name, murmuring Thou,
And dream of Pheidian fancies and embrace in heart
Symbols (I know) which cannot be the thing Thou art.
Thus always, taken at their word, all prayers blaspheme
Worshiping with frail images a folk-lore dream,
And all men in their praying, self-deceived, address
The coinage of their own unquiet thoughts, unless
Thou in magnetic mercy to Thyself divert
Our arrows, aimed unskillfully, beyond desert;
And all men are idolaters, crying unheard
To a deaf idol, if Thou take them at their word.

Take not, O Lord, our literal sense. Lord, in thy great
Unbroken speech our limping metaphor translate.

From Poems by C.S. Lewis, page 129

Is this a good move for Buffalo? Yes. He'll be a good teammate for one year. He'll produce the stats to justify the money. And he might even get you another win or two. If either T.O. or Lee Evans is on the board in the fifth round of my fantasy draft, I'm taking him. Hands down.

But will you get into the playoffs with the Tuna, the Rex, and the Hoodie in your division? No. No chance. Buffalo will get 2-3 wins in the division and that's just not enough to make the playoffs. The other three teams were fighting for playoff spots while the Bills were sorting through the still packed boxes in the basement of the division, wondering if they should retape them and head to Canada.

Sorry Buffalo. He'll do everything you hope for, except win.

They go nowhere until they make major changes.

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