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deciding NOT to use 2 timeouts at the end of the 1st half. could have started that drive with over a minute remaining instead of 21 seconds.

UPDATED Season QB Rating thru week #3: EJ's Passer rating: Rank #18 EJ's Total QBR: Rank #32 average = 25th best.

but, but, but....this team is good enough that we only need a game manager at QB.....(sarcasm). and the wind stopped blowing when rivers had the ball (sarcasm). QB Rating: EJ - 85 Rivers - 131 that is the difference a good QB makes.

folks can't even agree on what a rookie is. on a side note, that got richie incognito in trouble when he decided jonathan martin was still a rookie in his second year. EJ is not a rookie.

go bills

here is a list of super bowl winning QBs. i'd say close to 85-90% of the time a Top 10 QB won. so "most likely" instead of "only". Super Bowl 1. Bart Starr (MVP), 2 TDs Super Bowl 2. Bart Starr (MVP), 1 TD Super Bowl 3. Joe Namath (MVP), 0 TDs Super Bowl 4. Len Dawson (MVP), 1 TD Super Bowl 5. John Unitas (Chuck Howley), 1 TD Super Bowl 6. Roger Staubach (MVP), 2 TDs Super Bowl 7. Bob Griese (Jake Scott), 1 TD Super Bowl 8. Bob Griese (Larry Csonka), 0 TDs Super Bowl 9. Terry Bradshaw (Franco Harris), 1 TD Super Bowl 10. Terry Bradshaw (Lynn Swann), 2 TDs Super Bowl 11. Ken Stabler (Fred Biletnikoff), 1 TD Super Bowl 12. Roger Staubach (Harvey Martin & Randy White), 0 TDs Super Bowl 13. Terry Bradshaw (MVP), 4 TDs Super Bowl 14. Terry Bradshaw (MVP), 2 TDs Super Bowl 15. Jim Plunkett (MVP), 3 TDs Super Bowl 16. Joe Montana (MVP), 1 TD Super Bowl 17. Joe Theismann (John Riggins), 2 TDs, Super Bowl 18. Jim Plunkett (Marcus Allen), 1 TD Super Bowl 19. Joe Montana (MVP), 3 TDs Super Bowl 20. Jim McMahon (Richard Dent), 0 TDs Super Bowl 21. Phil Simms (MVP), 3 TDs Super Bowl 22. Doug Williams (MVP), 4 TDs Super Bowl 23. Joe Montana (Jerry Rice), 2 TDs Super Bowl 24. Joe Montana (MVP), 5 TDs Super Bowl 25. Jeff Hostetler (Ottis Anderson), 1 TD Super Bowl 26. Mark Rypien (MVP), 2 TDs Super Bowl 27. Troy Aikman (MVP), 4 TDs Super Bowl 28. Troy Aikman (Emmitt Smith), O TDs Super Bowl 29. Steve Young (MVP), 6 TDs Super Bowl 30. Troy Aikman (Larry Brown), 1 TD Super Bowl 31. Brett Favre (Desmond Howard), 2 TDs Super Bowl 32. John Elway (Terrell Davis), 0 TDs Super Bowl 33. John Elway (MVP), 1 TD Super Bowl 34. Kurt Warner (MVP), 2 TDs Super Bowl 35. Trent Dilfer (Ray Lewis), 1 TD Super Bowl 36. Tom Brady (MVP), 1 TD Super Bowl 37. Brad Johnson (Dexter Jackson), 2 TDs Super Bowl 38. Tom Brady (MVP), 3 TDs Super Bowl 39. Tom Brady (Deion Branch), 2 TDs Super Bowl 40. Ben Roethlisberger (Hines Ward), 0 TDs Super Bowl 41. Peyton Manning (MVP), 1 TD Super Bowl 42. Eli Manning (MVP), 2 TDs Super Bowl 43: Ben Roethlisberger (Santonio Holmes), 1 TD Super Bowl 44: Drew Brees (MVP), 2 TDs Super Bowl 45: Aaron Rogers (MVP), 3TDs Super Bowl 46: Eli Manning (MVP), 1 TD Super Bowl 47: Joe Flacco (MVP), 3TDs Super Bowl 48: Russell Wilson, 2TDs

i'm not rooting against him. I would love to see him become a Franchise QB (Top 10). based on what I've seen so far, I think his upside puts him around 20th best, which isn't good enough. his last 2 games of playing at about 15th best is encouraging. but that 2 game body of work is even less reliable than last years 10 game body of work.

Rice's case appears to have been handled more harshly, in fact, because of his fame, said New Jersey defense attorney James Leonard Jr. and John C. Lore III, a professor at Rutgers School of Law in Camden. Two other defense attorneys said that Rice's celebrity could have played a role in the case getting more legal attention. More than half of the 15,000 total domestic violence cases were dismissed or referred to lower-level municipal courts. Rice's case started out in municipal court, but county prosecutors later took over the case. Rice pleaded not guilty, and prosecutors signed off on his request to be placed into the Pre Trial Intervention(PTI) program, which is available only in state Superior Court. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/16/ray-rice-intervention-program-rare_n_5829004.html'>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/16/ray-rice-intervention-program-rare_n_5829004.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/16/ray-rice-intervention-program-rare_n_5829004.html

going forward, if EJ has two below average games in a row, will that be identifiable proof of regressing ?

funny how 10 games of below average play from last season (ave rank 27th) is not a big enough body of work.... but 2 games of slightly above average play from this season (ave rank 15th) is proof positive.

you mean like if a player attempted to kill someone by running her over in a car on chippewa at 3:30 am and then fleeing the scene ?

Benjy Bronk of Howard Stern's show crashes Roger Goodell presser http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/benjy-bronk-of-howard-stern-s-show-crashes-roger-goodell-presser-201253383.html

how about the commotion off to the left of roger during the presser. sounded like some guy was getting escorted out while repeatedly screamimg "don't take me on an elevator"......bizarre.

Roger was off his game today. he's rattled. having said that, he's not going anywhere. nor should he.

Trump Soho Heads to Foreclosure Due to Unsellable Condos. Trump doesn't seem to concerned with all of this, telling the Journal that the foreclosure is "a situation between the lender and the owner," and said that they will continue to manage the hotel, which "is doing extremely well." http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/09/17/trump_soho_heads_to_foreclosure_due_to_unsellable_condos.php Atlantic City loses fourth casino as Trump Plaza closes http://www.cdapress.com/news/national_news/article_6d4fa815-5906-5452-a2c5-244aa2e63ac9.html

WE HAVE WON WITH #1- outstanding defense #2- outstanding special teams #3- positive give away/ take away

crime is trending DOWN. feeding the news cycle with fresh content is way UP.

Cortana the computer who is 3-1 ATS picking upsets, picks SD+2 this week.

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Trends that matter: Buffalo is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 home games. The Bills, though, are 2-22 ATS in games following a win over Miami since 1997. San Diego is 5-0 ATS in its last five road games. The UNDER is 4-0 in its last four away. The Chargers, though, are 1-8 ATS in their last nine road games against AFC East opponents.

over the nearly 15 years that the USA Today data goes back, the 713 arrests mean that 2.53 percent of players have had a serious run-in with the law in an average year. That may sound bad, but the arrest rate is lower than the national average for men in that age range. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/upshot/what-the-numbers-show-about-nfl-player-arrests.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1

NFL Player Arrest Database: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/arrests/

the NFL is king......and it will stay that way for at least another 20 years. Ratings are soaring. the "nonprofit" NFL (cough/laughable) hopes to achieve $25 billion in annual revenue by 2027, up from about $10 billion now. the only question is the year in which that happens. bad behavior and head injuries are not stopping this train.

Last season, E.J. Manuel was the second-worst quarterback to drop back to pass more than 100 times according to our NEP data, and his future was already looking a bit grim, despite only being a rookie. But as of this moment, he sits in the 10th position in our Passing NEP rankings, an obvious step forward for the former first-round pick. The Bills take on the Chargers this week, who were seventh from the bottom in passing defense last year, and have started this year as the 12th worst team in our NEP ranks. Manuel has looked good, and is developing chemistry with Sammy Watkins, which will help him post a solid day for fantasy owners against the San Diego. http://www.numberfire.com/nfl/news/3176/week-3-fantasy-football-quarterback-streaming-ej-manuel-s-time-to-shine

addressing the doubters as "to all the EJ bashers" is like addressing his supporters as "to all the EJ apologists". I say it's a little inflammatory.