May Day 10

time to scrap the reds. they look awful. go with these for a throwback

if the timelines of the vaccine and NFL season were different, then yes. As it is now, the rollout/availability of the vaccine will be very limited through the playoffs. That, and time is short for the Bills/NFL to even create some sort of framework of a plan and verification procedures.

All they need to do is make some marketing muppet the gm/owner for life

Thats a brutal Division. I think they should swap Buffalo and Carolina. That would be a cool division to be in for a year

not happy until the hype video has some sort of major apocalyptic theme to it.

He was terrible last season. For all the variables a football team needs to worry about, getting a halfway decent punt shouldnt be a concern. I didnt necessarily want the guy from the jets, I wanted them to look at options. Bojo has been awesome this season though. It cant be the same punter

It was Bobby Rayburn for sure

Yup. Awesome news.

yeah, it stinks, because it appears this team has potential to keep putting up crooked numbers and could get itself on the National stage (even more). They might score 80 against Akron though.

crud

next up is when they announce a new blue stripe on the pants. It will be a tattered man groping around, desperately scavenging in a post nuclear wasteland and finding the white pants with a blue stripe, just in time for the authorities to come in futuristic tanks and weaponry to apprehend him.

I worked M-Th 10 hours/day for awhile. It was amazing. I would do that forever if I could. Honestly I believe I was way more productive.

Haha. Mine is all gunked up from my kid. He has a playlist that resembles a weird version of Jock Jams. He listens to his playlist over and over again and tries to act out sports highlights. 1. Stop Me (a song that was on Madden a couple years ago) 2. We Will Rock You 3. Song 2 4. Dynamite 5. Vegas Lights Top Artists though kind of represented me better 1. Primus 2. The Claypool Lennon Delirium 3, Panic! at the Disco (from my kid) 4. Pearl Jam 5. Brownout

Just a really bizarre hype video. No words.

An interesting point about the saturation of the NFL and sports in general. I do agree with that. Also, I do see that there was no other evolution to this point. I remember the Sunday routine of ESPN NFL Gameday, 12:00 (or 12:30?) pregame show, then NFL Primetime on ESPN. If you were a crackhead, you might watch George Micheal Sports Machine later. That was all there was. Watching the 1 hour loops of Sportscenter every morning, most of my sports memories from like 1988 - 1997 were directly from that show. You had to wait to see the sports/highlights you wanted. I still remember huge sports moments through the lens of Sportscenter and what the host said. This was also the case with Empire Sports Network. I remember waiting through a Syracuse Orange show, or Ivan the Impaler (RIP) talking about wrestling, to get to the Sabres portion at the top of the hour and it was like drinking from a desert Oasis. It all seems somewhat quaint, but the limited exposure made it better and more 'mystical' as someone said. Now, I could probably tune into any of 4 or 5 syndicated sports radio talk shows, endless podcasts, twitter of every media member, can look at every thought that Tre White had this week on twitter, a team produced Cribs show about someone, countless sports websites, regional sports networks, national sports networks, and youtube. It is great and also a curse.

Get your 1986 Steve Young and jerry Rice graded as well as 89 Barry Sanders and Troy Aikman. If they are in perfect condition (including centering which you have no control of), they could be worth some bux. The rest are basically worthless (other then sentimental value of course).

Lots of interesting perspectives here on all sides. I think part of me thinking the NFL is great today has something to do with the Bills being an actual relevant team after living in kind of a darkness/B league for about 20 years. I also see a lot of the great, young, exciting quarterbacks that have taken the stage and it is kind of an unprecedented time. We get to see it first-hand all the time. because we apparently have one. The lack of 'violence' in the NHL kills it for me on an excitement level. As mentioned, there was always a possibility a game could turn into a mess of fights, misconducts, excitement, etc, and it could happen at any time no matter the score (actually more likely sometimes in a lopsided game). It made watching a crappy team bearable. Things would truly devolve a handful of times per season, but it was enough to keep me glued to games from buzzer to buzzer. It felt like we had our squad of warriors who represented Buffalo and would fight against 'evil' in the Bruins, Habs, Whalers, Flyers, etc. There were clear villains. I still hate Lyle Odelein. I remember going to games, getting the lineup sheet, and first looking at which players on the other team could fight. Now, nothing notable really happens. There is a glut of young stars with immense talent surpassing even gretzky probably.... but they dont really shine that much as per the nature of the sport. You could see a few amazing plays by McDavid, maybe a rush or 2 and even a goal every other game. But he could be completely neutralized on many nights. Contrast with the NBA. You see the best players playing a large portion of the game and doing awesome things. I realize there are great players, but not enough happens any given game to keep my attention for 2.5 hours 82+ games a year.

very sick of Tampa Bay. I went from thinking they were an interesting team to rooting for them to lose every game. It doesnt help that most Patriots fans are now bandwagoning for the Buccaneers because god-forbid their 'favorite' team isnt a top Super Bowl contender one time.

I was shocked at how poorly Lynn and the Chargers were prepared for contingencies with clock management, wasting timeouts, indecision, etc. Reminded me of the Gregg Williams era here. No wonder they lose every close game

That was a mess for the chargers No wonder they lose every game by a point

I say it every time, but I really wish they didnt have a horrible venue A record slashing skill position player makes that possible

This is a bizarre halftime show. No idea what is going on

Buffalo is in the elite tier I think, but the elite tier might have 5-8 teams in it this season. Pittsburgh KC Buffalo Tennessee GB New Orleans Seattle Arizona Rams? Raiders?

Yeah, thats a good comparison. Its like we have 10 Lindroses out there at all times. Complete with analytics and sports science. That is also a big reason why fighting became obsolete. These guys started to get huge, fighters even bigger and could do a ton of damage with 1 punch. I'm not sure a standard International rink would be the answer.... but something. Pittsburghs and Detroit's arenas should have had a bigger sheet. We would have varying sizes of ice surfaces for 40-50 years maybe, but that was a cool thing in the 80s and teams would be built based on their ice size. As far as goalies go.... I base a lot of it on Ryan Miller. Wasn't a big reactionary or athletic goalie. He just seemed very prepared to be in the right place and cut down the angle and make himself large. Its effective, but not fun to watch.

I agree the players are 1000x better.... Like Mike Weber would probably be a hall of fame franchise defenseman back in the day. but IMO it makes the NHL games worse. It all cancels itself out on a playing surface that everyone has outgrown.