May Day 10

For me, in large part, the NHL. I used to be a crackhead when it came to hockey and the Sabres. Knew every player. Would watch every minute of the Sabres. Would watch other games if the Sabres werent on. Loved it. The league/sport is horribly boring now. I go to games and all I can think about is leaving. There is little to no action. Players are too big, fast, and skilled. Coaching is too perfected. Goaltending is being a spreadsheet for where to stand to make themselves bigger and cut down shooting percentages. Games are a slog to wait until a team makes a mistake or there is a odd bounce so a team can get a scoring chance. To make it worse, the NHL has created "coaches challenges" to take goals away (it never works the other way). Silly things like if a toenail was Offside a minute before a goal was scored, completely unrelated to the scoring play. Goalie interference challenges where nobody really knows what the rule interpretation is or should be. There is no more fighting and raw emotion that made the sport great 10-15+ years ago. Players are very careful to protect themselves and their earning. The NHL is scared of concussions and refs break up anything, and the league is quick to suspend. Most games just seem like a recreational skate. The league structure is also terrible. Horrible divisional structure, with no rivalries. The Sabres play the Leafs 3x and need to play Anaheim, San Jose, Utah, and all the other Western Conference teams 2x. Games mean nothing. To make it worse, the league has that terrible points structure where some games are worth 50% more than other games on a particular night, and rewards both teams for playing boring in the 3rd period and getting the game into overtime. Everything is a slog. The playoff format is also silly. Divisional-heavy with a confusing wild card system, and you barely play the teams you need to battle with. It also doesnt help that the sabres havent really been a good and relevant team, other than a blip in like 25 years. Then they do a clown, loser thing, like retire Ryan Miller's jersey. The NHL desperately needs a new commissioner (and board of governors) with new, fresh ideas to capture the imaginations of potential (and old) fans. NBA has done a good job, as has MLB (and I was very anti-Manfred), the NFL is the NFL and could probably do anything and it would succeed.

What a weak team. They get punched in the mouth whenever they try to step up a class. I don't know if it's toughness, preparation, age in some key spots. They just can't get it done. Putting so much stock into Tua, those 2 receivers, chubb, and Ramsey is a systemic failure too.

Should be an instant-firing

To be fair, the Lions have been bad, really bad since Bobby Lane and the 1950s. With the Bills, we had the Super Bowl years in many middle aged fans' memory. Even during the drought, the Bills were pretty mediocre, even fun/competitive at times. The Lions, since Barry Sanders, just hit rock-bottom repeatedly.

No wonder they have a losing record. Clown stuff

Philly will beat Detroit.

I am finding it super annoying that any commentators who say anything remotely negative about the Chiefs immediately needs to give a 30-60 second disclaimer about how they know they are going to win all their playoff games automatically and none of this matters. I don't think you can assume they will win all their playoff games. Especially if they lose the 1 seed. They don't have that New England feel to me, at least not yet.

Are the Ravens not good?

Any news about Purdy? Can't sift through the silly debate

That synthesizer in the beginning sets the tone for awfulness

This is the correct answer.

What a fun game to watch. Down with indoor stadiums

Dorsey is poo

Pickens cries for flags every target

Can't even tell where steelers are with white jerseys

Hanging Chad

Great turnaround by Lembo. The Conference is probably out, but should have 8 wins and a bowl game. Great for a 1st season after the disrepair of that Bozo from Michigan. Very exciting team for both good and bad reasons. It feels like a 2-3 score lead could evaporate in minutes.

If they can get through these next 3 games at 2-1 or 3-0, then look-out.

Don't overthink it. I can't think of many songs about throwing and kicking footballs. It's a fun thing. They play metal at many points in the game on defense. Pump up hip hop songs before and during the game. All that. Time and a place. As someone said, it's a vibe. The crowd loves it and participates, the players love it. There are a lot of fanbases who wish they could draw this kind of thing out of everyone. Just have fun. I didn't know or like the song prior to the perfect game use. It instantly became one of my favorite moments at a bills game. The bills were up by 30 on new england in the playoffs and everyone was still there bellowing out the lyrics.

It started rather organically during the Patriots' "perfect game". They played it in the second half and it was a wild sing along. They had done it a few times since and the same thing. Since the Dawson Knox wedding thing, and maybe them putting 2&2 together, it seems to be a "scheduled" thing. *Also, it has been a Michigan Wolverines football thing for a few years.

I have watched Ryan a bit on the pregame show over the last month-+. If you look at it the right way, it seems clear that he has been purposely going for soundbites to claim momentum for the Jets' coaching job.

Just a terrible choice by both sides. Well, I guess Ryan could get many millions of dollars for a year of work I can't imagine Ryan running a competent football program in 2024.

The nfl is such a juggernaut

I dont know. It makes sense, either way there is an imbalance at this point, but the Bills official website has it that way. https://www.buffalobills.com/schedule/future-opponents And I couldnt find much else, but this: https://www.si.com/nfl/commanders/news/washington-commanders-look-ahead-future-schedule-opponents Unless the NFL is able to weasel an 18th regular season game out of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) we know the Commanders will play one more road game than home. That team will be the AFC East Division team that finishes in the same positioning as Washington does in the NFC East. According to early projections, it's likely that team will be either the New York Jets or New England Patriots. Either way, it's an east coast trip, so good for mileage. https://www.giants.com/news/new-york-giants-future-opponents-schedule-nfl-cowboys-eagles-commanders This is a Giants one that shows them away @ AFCE in 2025 https://www.newyorkjets.com/schedule/future-opponents Jets home vs NFC East in 2025 https://www.nfl.com/news/expansion-to-17-game-season-promises-to-keep-nfl-growing For fans, the rewards are more inarguable and straightforward. The 17-game regular season starts this fall, meaning the universally hated preseason shrinks. AFC teams will host nine regular-season home games this season (the NFC goes next season, and they alternate thereafter). The scheduling formula -- teams from opposing conferences that finished in the same place within their divisions the previous season will face off I do not see anything pointing to the possibility that NFC hosts the AFC again next year for the 17th game.

They were on the right track. Douglas failed to build an o-line, and zac wilson was a huge miss, but the jets were well positioned in many areas with young talent. Had good assets, cap situation, and a HC that the players seemed to show up for. Whoever decided to steer left and stake the fanchise into that galaxy brained qb and his whims is at fault. If they played everything smart, and ended up with Mayfield or cousins or something things would be much different.