SageAgainstTheMachine

Simple counting stats like tackles rarely mean anything without solid context. Given the amount of plays that George Wilson makes at or near the line of scrimmage, I have no problem with him leading the team in tackles, be it for one game or the whole season.

Fans of Revis say he gets the calls because he's great. Detractors say he looks great because he gets the calls. The truth, as usual, is probably somewhere in the grey area; Revis is a great cornerback whose reputation precedes him enough to get the benefit of the doubt from referees on subjective plays. Now, no player deserves any positive bias in a theoretically fair game, but we must remember that referees are human. They can still remain impartial while bending to preconceived notions. We all do it. There are examples across other sports. Andy Pettitte had an awesome pickoff move, the results of which were exacerbated because he never got called on a bevy of well-deserved balks. Dwyane Wade is an all-time great at driving the lane, but it certainly helps that he's essentially allowed to approach the free-throw line whenever he pleases. I'm not as intimately familiar with hockey, but given that penalty calls are subjective I imagine there is an analogous example somewhere. These are all examples of officials who fall victim to self-fulfilling prophecies. Revis is certainly a top-tier CB, but is his actual greatness exaggerated by his reputation for greatness? I think it's a fair assertion.

Typical liberal.

I'll also admit that I was wrong about Marshawn being better than Freddie. People on this board would insist that Freddie was simply better at finding and hitting holes and I didn't believe. Shows what I know.

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Animal is the correct answer, though I'm a little surprised at absolutely no love for Kermit.

The 2nd half will certainly be easier than the 1st half. If we can just get ourselves to 6-2 by "halftime" I'll be quite comfortable with our playoff hopes. That said, 11 out of 16 AFC teams are currently above .500 and it's going to be a down and dirty dogfight. Out of those 11 teams... Very Surprised if they make it KC Tennessee Surprised if they make it Oakland Cincy Up in the air NYJ Baltimore Buffalo Surprised if they don't make it New England Pittsburgh Houston (because somebody has to win that division) San Diego (because somebody has to win THAT division)

If we're gonna open this up to Sesame Street canon, it'd be too big of a **** show. Snuffy is the dude, though, yes.

This is a spill over from the shout box. While this is technically an opinion poll, there is only one correct answer. And it plays one mean drum kit. Bear in mind, this is very serious business.

Is the internet such a cesspool of misbegotten humanity that this guy is well-spoken by comparison? I shudder at the thought. He's an Idiot™.

I'm consulting my 15 year old self, and I think he'll say yes. I just have to wait for him to finish into that stale bagel. Yep, he says yes. I say no.

No, the Cubs suck. Any billy goat will tell you the same.

Nobody does much against Brandon Flowers. He's Revis without the NJ hype machine.

Complaining about a Washington football curse. He does realize that the Skins have won a SB during his lifetime right?

I think for a lot of people, it's a conditioned response where anything good that happens for the Bills must be a fluke. Some folks are just so paranoid about a potential collapse that they can't be objective. They can't imagine any other scenario than losing to the Jets next week, which starts the slippery slope toward missing the playoffs once again. Here are the facts: 1. The Bills are 5-2. 2. The two losses have been by an average of 3.0 points against teams with a combined 10-4 record. 3. The five wins have been by an average of 14.0 points against teams with a combined 18-16 record. 4. The Bills are 6th in the NFL with a +64 points differential. 5. The Bills have allowed an NFL-low 8 sacks. 6. The Bills have intercepted an NFL-high 14 passes. 7. The Bills are 4th in the NFL with 5.0 yards per rush attempt. Objectively, what part of this seems like a fluke? I've spoken to some of my more pessimistic friends and can't seem to get a better answer than "Remember 2008?".

Dismantled? They lost by 6 and 7 points.

As of right now, Fitz should only be behind Brady. The AFC isn't strong at QB this year.

Interesting. One counter-example is Michael Turner, who went directly from light use in SD to heavy use in ATL without any ill effects. But obviously there are exceptions to everything. EDIT: Upon further review, Turner did suffer an injury the season after advancing to 376 carries, but he was still effective in the 11 games he started, averaging 4.9 YPC.

That's a good point about the receptions. I don't have enough time right now to dig into the stats, but I read once that Eric Dickerson is the only RB to carry the ball 400 times and not get seriously injured or see a gigantic dropoff in play the next season. Two recent examples of overused backs are Larry Johnson who had 416 carries in his last season of competency and Shaun Alexander who had 370.

Gee, ya think? It may be a business, but I don't want to root for a team that treats its best players like **** in return for wins.

I'm not worried about Freddie's touches. At his current pace, he'll rack up about 300 carries. 400 is dangerous territory where RBs get injured more often than not. 300 is just right.

I agree with your premise that getting swept by the Jets effectively !@#$s us. I disagree with your premise that losing next week's matchup lowers our chances of beating them Week 12 in New Jersey. The Bills are good enough to beat the Jets on the road regardless of Week 9's results.

More accurately, we destroyed a team that we should have beaten. I would have reacted like this to a ho-hum 23-13 win, but we killed 'em. In fact, we've played 2 bad teams this year (and KC is on a 3-game win streak now so who knows) and we have destroyed both of those teams. That's what really good teams do.

Among the players that we were leching after back then, and it comes up somewhere in that thread, was Laveranues Coles. I remember the board throwing a conniption fit when he signed elsewhere. Then he basically never did anything again.

Umm, no. That was about as obvious as it gets, especially seeing as he said "they will come up with others".