HardyBoy

Think Miami and Suh is a better comp actually. Bills didn't (and still don't) have a franchise qb contact taking a huge chunk out of the cap. The dolphins were on the verge of a potentially huge qb contract and it hamstrung them everywhere else. Suh played really well in Miami, but it was a dumb deal. Ha, so since we don't have a franchise qb contact on the books, the Mario/Mack comp might actually be more solid than Suh/Mack!

Would you have taken an 0-16 season for the chance to draft Peyton Manning? Not saying Allen is Manning, but the colts had to have a pretty crappy year to be in position to draft him. Would you give up this year to give Allen the best chance of reaching his ceiling? I would, we're talking about a potential 15 year run here that could be ruined by focusing on one year. Sort of like RGIII (his knee injury might have been the most mad I have been ever watching sports, he could have been so freaking good)...but you could look at the other way, and the Nationals could have won the world series, but held out Strasburg, thinking they had a 5 year window that ended up slamming shut basically after that one year...we're not in a window right now though, so why rush...

The winter was so hard and cold, froze ten feet 'neeth the ground? Or is that a game of throws reference? For what it's worth Martin is a big Grateful Dead fan, so maybe that's some inspiration for the book/show...

Given: 1) You absolutely cannot bench Allen once you start him, or you might ruin him. 2) You might have to bench Allen. Therefore Conclusion: You must start Peterman.

Count me in that group! Thanks for clarifying, I'll have to look for the hands to the face on Mills. First I've heard it wasn't a blown call.

Got it, so based on that logic you are claiming that the Backstreet Boys made better music than the Jackson 5. Wow, that's quite a claim sir, you certainly either have poor taste in music, or your logic has a flaw. https://www.top10hq.com/top-10-successful-boy-bands-time/

He's got a hamstring he's dealing with though, doesn't he, or did I misread something? Would be best if he took it easy, but if he does go deep, hopefully it's double move or something that gives him a chance to be moving before he goes into full acceleration. Also would be worried on the slow down, or if has to jump awkwardly, especially if his legs aren't fully in game shape yet.

Heck of a block, but I think his teammate kicked his leg, amd tripped him up.

You're stretching...women should be able to have platonic alone time with friends of either gender. Men should be able to have platonic alone time with either gender. Feminism is the first statement being true. I really like dpberr's comment, thought it was very insightful, but I'm not sure how that's related to feminism. A strong independent feminist woman doesn't need your (or my) hairy ass around to make her feel compete, she can go out and be fulfilled on her own. Plus, if you're fortunate to actually be friends with your significant other, sports can be a cool thing to share with him/her. The overall point though, where being able to live independent fulfilling lives that allow you to enrich one another versus having a gaping hole when the other is absent is the key. Has nothing to do, and is actually the opposite of the concept of feminism. Unless you think men should be able to tell other humans that they are not allowed to be interested in something, which just kinda makes you a jerk. You could always ask that she find a platonic friend if you wanted to watch with a different group, but that's just effective communication of needs, and men have been shafted by society in providing us the ability yo communicate our feelings effectively.

Not sure the motivation for the behavior matters, humans are not evolved for head first contact. These sheep not only have the skull features described in the video, but their necks and muscles along their spines are designed to defuse the force down the full body. Also, they instinctively align their head, neck and backs into a straight line. Unlike humans, they don't duck down, instead they straighten up and turn themselves into a line. Both to give out as much force, but more importantly to create as long a path as possible for the force to dissipate down.

No, this is what something looks like that has evolved to instinctively lead with the head. Humans drop their heads on impact to make themselves as small as possible to avoid contact.

20-3 home loss to the dolphins dec 2003. When the bills won the toss the game was over, because the wind was so crazy. Dolphins took the wind, scored quick and bills couldn't throw. Rode back to Rochester with my buddy, literally spoke no words the entire ride home, and haven't talked about it since.

The biggest issue I have having read the summary of the study (will read the detail pdf later on), is he is not accounting for median disposable income in this (he does say he is accounting for market size, but not sure exactly how until I read the details of his methods). For the fan equity piece, if tickets prices are higher, but the same number of tickets are purchased between two fan groups, the higher ticket prices win, even though the same number of units are sold. This seems to be more best city to build an nfl stadium in a lot of ways, more than best fan base in terms of support.

Me too...plus the screen name

No, you can help someone who fell asleep while on train tracks. Further, pulling them off the track long before a train is coming is helping them, as is pulling them off moments before they are hit. I feel as a society we point and laugh at people who fall asleep on "train tracks," often because we don't realize that is what is going on. Again, Charlie Sheen was having a severe manic episode, and was in legit mental crisis, but as a group, we largely laughed (both with and at him). It is hard to recognize a lot of mental illness without that train speeding toward the person though, and sadly a lot of times we don't catch it until it's too late (Parkland, or self injury), or even with help, some people just 'fall asleep' in dangerous places.

Man this has a Charlie Sheen aspect to it. People laughing at a mental ill person, without realizing it until that person either gets help and states they had an issue, or they exhibit clearly irrational behavior. Not judging, I laughed too, until I realized what I was laughing at, which in this case, was right this moment.

Can we please get the thread title updated to reflect he was cut?! It is very misleading. [edit: done -mod]

Can this thread title get updated to reflect he was cut please?

Nice post. Anyone know how this plays into comp picks compared to him retiring? If he signs somewhere and say makes the pro bowl, what happens?

Personally I think there is some 3d chess going on, but time will tell.

We don't know all the details on the situation. If he plays for someone else it's interesting, if not, and stays retired then it changes things. I don't think you're wrong per se, and mostly the thought of using the Whaley line cracked me up a bit (I know, laughing at my own jokes). It was the absolute nature of the comment though that got that response. There are several potential benefits of the move, depending on the details, which likely will be made clear in time (if he doesn't even try to play, or tries and fails a physical, etc.).

Whaley? Potential free agents, current players, past players, nflpa, fans...is that enough groups of people who would care about doing the right thing by him?

What were her thoughts on merlot?

I totally hear where you are coming from, and in a lot of ways I think it's really great. I'm not even looking to get into the ways that I don't think it does, because I prefer to focus on the amazing things that drive people forward. The one piece though that I think is relevant to this discussion, and I would like some more clarity on is what I quoted above, specifically how it undermines your argument slightly. I am weary of people when they say that all people are flawed, in fact a lot of people a extremely flawed, but all will be forgiven if you follow a certain set of rules that we agree with, but you better not follow those steps...or else the worst thing you could ever imagine is going to happen. He's looking for good people, solid humans who stand strong together and believe in the power of connection that is larger than any individual person and stretches across time and space. Period. End it there, ya know. That's universal. People make mistakes, but when you promise people that the only way to make up for those mistakes is to submit and have unwavering faith...I think it allows flawed people (aren't we all) to be confused with broken people. It's disingenuous. I hope he is building a team based on universal truth, but that is not limited to the teachings of Christianity, nor does that exclude those teachings per se. Universal truths are universal regardless off the tool used to dig them out...let's be amazed by their universality and not squabble over and measure our tools (lol, no pun initially intended).

Not to quote myself except that my post was already too long, but the Walls of the Cave reference wasn't random (enjoy, it's a pretty cool song):