Thurman#1

Sorry, man, that's just wrong. Being light and breathable is fine, it's the best they can do. But blue gets hotter than white, and not by a little. Which has an effect on human beings. All of them. On hot days it's huge, and has a major effect. Does that mean the Bills will lose? No, of course it doesn't, but it's a big disadvantage, same as having the Fins up here when it's really cold has a big advantage for us.

Yes, they're very smart. No, they don't give a crap about who wins or loses and are not especially good at picking that. What they're really good at picking and predicting is how their bettors will bet. They don't get anywhere near 99.9% right on who will win.

Nah. Winning doesn't necessarily mean you're a better team. It just doesn't. Were the Bills worse than the Jags last year? No. Were they worse on the day? Yup, there's no arguing that, but they were a much much better team. The Fins will have to show much more over time to be considered a better team, even if they win.

Dolphins wanted them in those blue tops. Hotter in the sun. The white pants/helmets will be a bit cooler. Won't be a huge factor, but it will have an effect.

It's rude. More so depending who's behind you. If it's a kid or a very short woman or someone who has physical problems with standing up (and you often simply don't know about that) you're basically destroying the value of that person's ticket.

Ah, I see. Your earlier statement seemed bizarre, but with clarification makes perfect sense. Very much agreed that he's likely to get much more time as the year moves around. I think after mid-season makes sense. That's the way it tends to go under McDermott for rookies, with occasional exceptions.

Heh heh heh.

No, that's not right. Engaged or not, if he's downfield before the pass is thrown it's a penalty. The rule is to prevent confusion for the defense, so they don't see lots of guys downfield that they think they have to cover. It's got nothing to do with blocking. Though officially they should call this penalty quickly, it's almost never actually called until someone is five or more yards downfield. You can see from the Cover1 footage that Brown stays within about 3 yards of the LOS until well after the ball is thrown.

Again, those studies do not show the impact of shortened careers. Looking at a career like RGIII's, those studies generally say that he only missed a few games to injury. Which really misrepresents the effects that the pounding he took over the years has had on him. (Granted, bad coaching may also have shortened his career, but he's 30 and out of football. Same with Cam. Just not very good after age 29. Look at Vick. Stupidity in picking a hobby certainly had a major effect on him, but he had an excellent year at age 30 and was never the same after that. Again, the reason they take place more there is simply that they spend more time there, all of them do. It's like arguing that between the goal line and the 10 yard line is really very safe because most football injuries don't take place there. True. But doesn't show what anyone making the argument thinks it does. Indeed, happy hunting. See you around.

Well, of course it's a pointless exercise because the coaches do what they want. Same with fans complaining about absolutely anything teams do. And yet people do complain and tell their opinions here. Some might say that's the whole point of being here. And I don't see how anyone could say conclusively that a QB in the pocket is in a more vulnerable situation than a QB running, excepting of course QBs who slide. QBs running into contact as Josh often does are often facing collisions that are more opposing in direction.

That couldn't be because they pass way more than they run, could it? I mean Allen has thrown 2030 passes in his career and 432 rushes. Of course most injuries take place there. It's where they spend the great majority of their time. People keep saying that as if it was a good argument for restricting the amount of runs. It's not. Also, it's a mis-statement of what the studies have actually shown. The question shouldn't be where more people are injured. It should be do people get injured at a higher percentage when they pass than when they run. And none of the studies has said that. It should further be does running a lot tend to lead to fewer healthy career years. That also has not been demonstrated, either way.

Less a rescue than a guy committing himself to be better. But I'd read it yesterday and totally agree that it was an interesting and revealing article.

Hell, yeah. Coaching is very important, but not as important as having a great roster and in particular a great QB. Being a crappy coach is capable of torpedoing even a great lineup, though. And while Belichick may not necessarily be the best of all time, he's one of a small group with a possible claim to that title.

Not so. Crowder played about 1/4 of his snaps outside with the Jets. No reason to think Crowder won't play some outside WR. My guess is that if David indeed doesn't play - he might play - we'll see a whole bunch of folks playing outside, varying for different situations and personnel looks. My guess is we see Crowder, McKenzie and Kumerow at different times, with Shakir figuring in more and more as the season progresses. We'll see. But there's no reason to think they won't play Crowder outside.

"... desire to win at no cost ..."?

The point is that both Cam and Big Ben were almost certainly worn down and physically effected by the cumulative effect of the pummelling they took. Cam much more so, but both of them really. We can't pretend that it was only hits that cause immediate serious injury that matter. It is very much not. Oh, and while Ben was never a smooth quick runner, he was much more mobile at the beginning of his career than the end.

The 1st week is always crazy, but this one was exceptional. 60.5% of the entries in my pool are out. My pool has a post first week buyback that I planned to use. I picked the worst team I could find, so I'd have a better team left in the later weeks. I picked the Texans. And in the 3rd quarter it looked like they were going to win, so I wouldn't have to pay but had still picked a crap team. Then the damn Colts forced a tie. Shoot! Not the worst result, but I do have to pay to re-enter.

He said he looked like, not he is like. From what I can see with a quick look at the play-by-play, in the Bills first seven drives, he'd run once. He did look like Brady there. You're certainly right that overall Brady's not a great comparison because of Allen's running ability. But in that part of that game I was thinking much the same thing. Short, surgical passes, and he was killing them.

Collinsworth is an excellent announcer. Of course he gushed over that performance. Announcers are supposed to be even-handed. That's what he's done about the Bills and Allen. Over the past two years he's been very positive, throwing in a question or two for balance. This week was such a great performance there really wasn't a need for any balance. It was simply terrific. I didn't see him eating any crow, nor had he done anything to have to. Doesn't mean you have to like him, or agree with his opinions, but he's an excellent announcer and all of his emmy awards speak to that.

Kelce had 6 games last year of 34 yards or less. The Chiefs won 4 of the 5 games. He also had four games over 100 yards. Not "every week." Four games. The Chiefs lost two of those four games. So no, it's not the key to stopping them. It sure wouldn't hurt, but it's just not that simple.

Yup. But he's not taking advantage of that entitlement. You are.

Best? On a team that has Ed Oliver? Yeah, um, no. Discussion over. But, "welcome back,"? Absolutely.

My Survivor pool allows you to buy in again with a loss the first two weeks. This year I decided I'd take advantage of that the first two weeks, picking terrible teams and paying my way back in so I'll have better options later in the season. I have six entries and went with Houston in all six. That'll save me $60 this week, apparently. I'm a genius.

Dude, please.

I see it. You listen to the whole thing and he's not being the least bit negative about Allen. But yeah, expressed himself very badly.