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So is every week going to be the new benchmark game now? The Bills are legit, everyone knows it now.
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no thanks...he is a selfish prick
So you'd pass on top tier talent if they're selfish pricks?
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Don't know that anyone considers it the ONLY causal link. But, think of it this way: If it isn't worth 3 points, why do it? Why break the rules, and risk being caught (it is very clear that Bellicheat KNEW the rules and decided to break them) if it isn't worth a few points?
The Pats* won TWO Super Bowls by 3 points.
A lot do. I don't think filming the other team turns you from an average team to an NFL powerhouse. If that were the case, a lot more teams would be attempting to cheat. Just face it the Pats won those Super Bowls because they were good. People are only using this scandal to justify why they were so good. Honestly, it doesn't matter to me. I don't consider it cheating.
10, or so, years ago, I did some consulting for a couple of Albany TV stations. According to the research that I reviewed (but did not conduct...so I won't vouch for its veracity), the Bills were well behind the Jets, and the Giants, for "Favorite Football Team" in the entire DMA. It really wasn't all that close.From my days as a student at SUNY Albany in the mid-70's,, it seemed that way, as well. Of course, the Bills were going through pretty rough times, then.
Maybe, when the Bills are winning and/or exciting, the data would look different.
That was 1998 or so, so that was well after their Super Bowl days. I'd be interested to hear the methodology behind this study because just from experience of living here all of my life, I rarely see anyone with Jets attire on. I do see a lot of people with Giants and Bills attire on.
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Even if that is true (combining the fans) which I doubt, the station has likely made themselves the JETS station, in the minds of the audience and the advertisers. You don't dump the team you've built a commitment to carrying (and sold advertising packages to the REAL customer...the advertisers), for one game that might be more attractive, this weekend. I understand you are a Bills fan and are pumped about them, but you are naive to think that the Albany area is not Giants and Jets country.
The Jets are honestly #3 in the Capital District. The Jets fanbase is equivalent to the Mets fanbase here. The Red Sox and Yankee fans outnumber Mets fans here considerably. The same goes for football. Giants and Bills fans outnumber Jets fans considerably, yet CBS6 had the idea of making itself the Jets station. I don't get the logic, but Doug Sherman is an idiot anyways.
I'll never get the whole "lets put an asterisk next to the Patriots" argument. You can't convince me that the only causal link for the Pats winning three Super Bowls and going 18-1 last season was only due to them filming the other team.
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Kick is blocked and we get !@#$ed... no thanks
In the unlikely scenario that happens the Bills would still have the lead regardless of whether they converted a 2 pt conversion or not.
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Honestly, I would of kicked another field goal to run up the score, but that's just me. Class is too PC.
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Well they flourished. Even when San Diego took back the lead a couple of times, I knew the Bills would strike back. What an awesome day for Edwards and Mitchell.
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Ralph Wilson is an overrated owner. Thanks for mostly a mediocre product, and running out Bill Polian. You can't get by on the "well I brought an NFL franchise to Buffalo" card on me. Here's to hoping the new ownership is more dedicated to winning than Ralph is.
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Meanwhile I'm stuck watching Baltimore@Miami
That's horrible.
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The Bills being the premiere game hasn't been too kind to them for awhile now. Do they end this streak today or will it continue?
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Exactly. That kills clock.
Don't get me wrong. I don't think they let them get the TDs on purpose.
You don't go into bend but don't break mode over who's QB. This defense all year has been a lot more aggressive and it has what made them successful. I think the book was already out on Warner in the previous game against the Jets. Blitz him like crazy and he'll make turnovers. The Bills thought differently and judging by what they were running on defense thought Kurt Warner was just going to gun it down the field the whole day.
If anything, having J.P. in the game put more emphasis on the defense and special teams winning the game for them.
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yeah, but those were the days before a two back system happy league. most starting runnging backs had a lot more carries per game than do today's backs.
wasnt 88 ronnie harmon's year as a starter?
He was a backup. He played in all 16 games, but only started 1 game. He only averaged a few carries per game.
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This coming from the guy calling Perry Fewell mentally retarded.
If you actually read my post in that thread, I explain why.
So you're agreeing with this guy? Starting QB gets injured, Dick Jauron and the crew say to themselves "ah sh-- better allow Kurt Warner to pick us apart all day cause this J.P. dude sucks."
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The defense had a great third down rate all year and yesterday they can't even make ONE stop? It may not be obvious, but that was on purpose. The Bills went into "bend but not break" mode to try and shorten the game. By letting the Cards stay on the field, they kept JP off. They would not have done this to Trent. The part that is really the defenses fault is that when they had to stop the score, they could not. You can't give them 100% of the blame for that, because they had put their own backs to the wall on purpose. Most of the fault has to go on JP's shoulders.
In summary, I would blame the time of possession stat 100% on JP. I would split the overall blame for the loss 85% JP, 15% defense.
That's the stupidest analysis I've ever heard. So because their starting QB gets injured, they'll just allow the other team to convert first downs?
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thurman barely played in his rookie year. so the low passing in 88 had next to nothing to do with him
He played 15 games that season and got a decent amount of carries per game, 14 carries per game.
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A couple of my thoughts on the Bills defense yesterday:
All day yesterday it felt like he was dropping the LB core and the secondary by at least 10 yards to not get killed with the deep ball, yet Kurt Warner never threw a single deep pass yesterday. He kept throwing flats, quick slant routes, and screens, all of which led to a huge chunk of yardage. Their YAC must of been pretty high yesterday. I was waiting for a blitz or two, or maybe some defensive plays to have a guy or two guard the flat and screen plays, yet none of those adjustments happened. Kurt Warner had a million years to throw the football, and the sh------- ass screens and flat plays went for almost 15 yards everytime. Even the couple of times when a Bills defender was there at the line of scrimmage, they barely even touched whoever had the ball and let them waltz right on by for another first down.
The Cardinals didn't do anything that impressive on offense yesterday, yet were able to score 41 points most in part due to Perry Fewell's incompetence on adjusting to what the Cardinals were doing. Is he just mentally incapable of registering what's going on the field? I mean if you're going to get killed deep, then get killed deep because it's better than watching Kurt Warner picking us apart with little dinks and dunks on 15-20 play scoring drives all day.
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Dunno if this is relevant, but Reed's first four years were 1985-1988.
I was addressing another point.
Total Percentage Of Passing Plays
1985: 53.2%
1986: 51.8%
1987: 50.7%
1988: 44.9%
Avg: 50.2%
1988 was so low because that was when Thurman Thomas arrived onto the scene. So the pre-1988 Bills were a lot more pass heavy than the SB Bills and the current Bills. That's because the Bills in the two latter groups had Thomas, Henry, Mcgahee and Lynch at RB.
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The league may be more pass happy, But our Bills certainly have not been very pass happy with Evans here. We have been very run oriented, and at best I would say we are Balanced.
Total Percentage of Passing Plays
1990: 45.7%
1991: 48.9%
1992: 46.8%
1993: 46.1%
Avg: 46.9%
2004: 47.0%
2005: 49.4%
2006: 48.0%
2007: 48.4%
2008: 48.6%
Avg: 48.3%
This current group is a little more pass heavy than the SB Bills, but they're definitely more balanced.
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Sound like there is no extra charge for HD with Time Warner. I don't think cablebabe would lie to you.
There is no extra charge for the HD channels. However, you still need a TV that supports HDTV.
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This should serve as a lesson for anyone who think it wise to have time warner.
Eh, no. I have Time Warner digital cable and I get about 70+ channels in standard and HD. This includes the local networks, ESPN, TBS etc. all in HD.
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I wonder why Ralph Wilson, due to his age, isn't going the "sign every type A free agent out there" way? I mean the guy is going to most likely die soon, and I would think he'd want to see his franchise win a Super Bowl before he does so. Kudos to Ralph for letting Marv go the long term route because the above philosophy would of put this franchise in a hole for the next decade at most.
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Some very excellent points made about the two drafts Marv took part in. I think this sums up how well of a job Marv did.
At 80 years old he gets a call from Ralph Wilson to come in and act as GM. He has nothing to prove. He is in the Hall of Fame. He is widely respected. Still, he takes on a team that had gone 5-11, had practically no one of note on the roster and which had no coach.Now, if I'm 80 I am going balls out to win today. I am buying every free agent out there and seeing if we can pull off a miracle. !@#$ you. I want my ring.
But he doesn't.
He goes out, he gets a good coach (Jauron was a re-tread but he was a good re-tread) and, seeing that he was fighting the Pats and the Colts for the next 2 years at least he starts building a team for a window THREE YEARS AWAY!!!!!
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Lori...do what I did...use the ignore...the world is a better place afterwards....
I'm not sure why you think this is a dumb thread?
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Are you 82 years old?
No, I'm just wondering what all of these non-football aspects were to his job when Ralph had divided up the front office after 2005 to prevent this?
Capital District Bills Fans
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I remember awhile back, I believe it was at the beginning of this decade, CBS6 would actually do a poll and have the fans decide which game they'd show. I don't remember the exact results, but the Bills game beat out the Jets game the majority of the time, and this was when the Bills were having 3-13 seasons.