May Day 10

I watched it last week actually for the first time. My 10 year old kid did too which was awesome. I thought it was pretty great. It framed the entire thing in a very positive light. It was pretty thorough for the length of the episode. It's crazy to look back on. I was 12 for wide right. It was a great ride

Houston is going to be a major problem for the next 3 years.

Literally can't feel safe anywhere. Someone needs to fix this. Mental health, guns regs, whatever it is.

I thought the Super Bowl OT was equitable. SF got the choice and wanted the ball (wouldnt have been my decision). They drove down and took a FG. KC got their chance and did better and got a walk-off touchdown. As far as wondering if a 3rd possession is fair. I think that is far enough down the trough that we can say tough luck. If you win the toss, you can choose the ball 1st (which IMO is a disadvantaged position) and get that 3rd possession. The team with possession 2 has the gift of knowing the result of possession 1. They can be in 4-down territory if need be. They can decide not to settle for a game-tying field goal and go for it. They can go for 2 instead of the PA to claim the win. If the 3rd possession is in a scoreless game, I think we have had enough plays and movement in field position to let things fall as they may. Team 2 did get a chance.

Im not sure Im a gamer. I go through fits and starts. My kid has a PS5. I bought an XBox to play Starfield. That was OK, but didnt keep my attention for too long. Went on to Baldur's Gate, then started playing XCom on it again. Im a big fan of retro gaming. I have all my old systems and games. I also bought all the mini consoles released... But what I really like is creating the Raspberry Pi/Retropie system. My recent build has everything pretty much ever made from Atari through PS1.

I got into collecting baseball cards a bit during Covid, but stopped. Too much clutter, and the industry in general is very cumbersome. There are great products out there, but also, just too many variations, and so many base-cards to get to any sort of keepers. I morphed that into vintage baseball cards. Love that. Cards from the '50s and '60s. Would love some older stuff, but that's high-roller territory. I also have a bunch of autographed stuff. Mini football helmets and pucks mostly. Best helmets I have are a nice Herbert, a Barry sanders, and a chrome Drew Brees. I have a full sized Ricky Williams ravens helmet autographed and inscribed with 'smoke weed every day!". Also have a full sized autographed Ozzie Smith Cardinals and Freddie Freeman braves helmets. In my garage I have a bunch of old pennants from when I was a kid in the 80s and early 90s.

I hate to say it because it is a loser way to go, but I will chalk it up to bad luck... at least the past 2 seasons. Last year, they had a lot of adversity with the schedule and a traumatic on-field event. Injuries too. This season was especially bad with injuries. It is understated, but they also had a scheduling disadvantage vs the Chiefs. They had a short week, Chiefs a long one. Plus the Chiefs got to rest starters an extra week. The 13 seconds game was a coaching/program error. I do think McDermott is a good NFL coach and has his teams motivated and ready to play. It was proven this season. Things could have gone south quick at 6-6 and instead the team came to play, and especially when McDermott came under attack. Overall, I think the Bills can/should beat the Chiefs. They have done it repeatedly in the regular season. The last 2 times in the playoffs should have won, and I would err more to the side of coaching than I would the Chiefs being too good in both of those instances. The Bengals seem to be a worse match up than KC. So its generally a combination IMO Lots of luck bad coaching/execution at a few critical times The Chiefs/Bengals are good (but the Bills should beat them if healthy and we dont have to postpone games and people dont die on the field)

I take pride in our table smashing and general hijinks. We don't have many fights or violence in our crowd compared to other places. Imo our rep as fun and welcoming is best in the league. Embrace the goofiness. Including feeding the pit

Id say some form of the college OT is great Start from the 50. This version isnt too bad though

I hate them, just by way of they are our main rival in terms of winning the AFC and Superbowl. It's tough. I also think Mahomes is a bit overinflated by the media. It is nowhere near the Patriots though. They were there for so long. They were insufferable and boring. I never liked Brady and always thought Manning was better. You had the cheating scandals too. Plus they were in the Division. To think I was kind of pulling for them in Brady's 1st Superbowl. The Chiefs, as a franchise is always one I considered a cousin to the Bills. Old AFL rivals, great fan bases, a lot of lean seasons, 2-sport midsized cities. Their fans enjoying a dynasty is almost like us being blessed with one. I cant hate their fans as I think they deserve it as much as we do. Andy Reid is a coach who I am happy for. The Chiefs havent really dominated the Bills either. Just the 3 playoff losses. 1 Was given away, and this year's was right there for the taking if only the team converted on bleeding the last 2 minutes and moving the ball 28 yards. Also, the Chiefs going through a gauntlet made it feel like they earned it a bit more. Had to play a WC game, then won in Buffalo, then Baltimore, then beat the NFC's best team. Respect.

It comes down to a few things: Injuries Can they improve the WR room with limited cap resources? Can they fill out a reasonably capable D-Line with limited cap resources? Can Von Miller give us a season at decent form? Tyler Bass gets his foot straight

Big plays by multiple people. Jones was creating havoc on every single big 3rd down play. Blocked EP Butker is nearly automatic. Some good YAC plays by Kelce and Rice Mahomes did the job when the game was in the balance. Adjustments at halftime.

Taking the ball 1st in overtime is a terrible move. They also got all joe brady near the goalline

Why take the ball first? My god shamahan should be run out of the league

What a dumb decision. Wow

Chiefs are so lucky. But blah blah blah mahomes

Mahomes looks like Tua out there

Wow kelce. What a great guy

Illegal forward pass ok?

At that point, you need to just make the move. Basically giving your GM and coach an ultimatum just invites bad and desperate decisions that will continue to doom the franchise years after they are gone.

I guess I will wait and see what the bundle looks like, what it offers, and what the price point will be. If it is something that gives me a few things I already pay for, and I would have to spend a marginal amount monthly, but I have access to a lot of RSNs and hassle-free sports under 1 roof, I think I will be down with this. Its possible I would turn the service off for various seasons as well depending on what is offered

My son got into lacrosse last Summer. I thought it was a nice breath of fresh air from the hyper-competitive parent-ruined travel sports. It feels very grassroots. It was easy to pick up for beginners who have any athletic ability. The referees all seemed to enforce different rules, but they would always articulate all fouls and teach the kids. Parents, overall do not know what is going on, so everyone just sits there and watches. Baseball locally is a joke. Its like the wild west and at every age group, 6 or 7 new travel teams pop up every year with some zany new name started by groups of angry parents/coaches. The season here is like 2 months, yet everyone thinks their kids are going pro. Hockey is bad too, but there is a framework of a governing body(s) and any ordinary Joe cant just go and start a team.

I agree, but I think they have this one shot at it. I'm definitely not shoveling dirt on the idea that they are going to be a contender for the Division next season. If they start out poorly though, or even have a bad slide, the drama is going to be off the charts. I also do wonder how Rodgers will be health-wise. I also don't think you can just fabricate an O-line overnight, and they don't exactly have a ton of cap space and are short on picks.

This x1000. It describes everything perfectly. I have been in this for 8 years and it's a nightmare. The cliques (I call them cartels) are infuriating. My kid tries out and makes top elite teams out of the area for the spring and summer (paid coaches), but the local parent coaches won't even return a call or email. I have yet to see a fist fight among parents.