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I think all of first round qb talk is crazy. I'm thinking that this will be very similar to the year ponder and locker went in the top of round 1. Some reaches and a lot of surprises. Outside of the top tier of guys I like tajh Boyd and mccarron. McCarron plays great against top competition. Boyd's physical tools intrigue me. I would be very happy to add either of them outside of the top pick. I think of either of them are sitting there in the top of the 3rd pulling the trigger would be a sound move. If the Bills went to camp with Manuel, Lewis, and one of these guys I would feel very confident about the qb situation. It would also allow the top 2 picks to be used to strengthen the team.

Between the ducking and the clear fixing of matches nobody cares about boxing anymore. Even if pacquio was to fight mayweather the draw wouldn't be near what it could have been a few years ago. Mayweather has ducked him for too long and now pacquio is a shell of himself. The fight fixing is the main culprit of why people don't care as well as no Heavyweight class. Nobody cares about the Klitchko's (sp?) - although the fight he won throwing only lefts was impressive. I don't think this is the case at all. I go to Wild Wings for the fights every time they are on and the place is packed. In a town of 25k there are 2 places that are packed for any of these fights. I am outside of your 22-29 range as well. This will never be a huge mainstream sport but it does well and has cornered the fighting sports market. As you pointed out Lesnar was a bit of a circus but true mma fans didn't really respect him (his after fight comments at UFC 100 were legendary though). He brought some fans from the WWE as well. I don't know how you can knock Cain though. He is an absolute stud. He has handled Dos Santos twice in a row seemingly with ease. His dominance in this division is quite impressive. As for bad boys, Chael is over the hill but the Diaz brothers are still loathed by many. Add in Rousey (who is awesome btw) and there are some "bad guys." You are spot on though with the marketing new talent issues. There are too many seasons of TUF to keep up with. Silva and GSP retiring is going to be a big blow to the sport. Bones and Velasquez are certifiable stars but don't have the longevity that the other 2 have. The UFC on Fox are hardly marketed and rarely include fights with big enough names to be a draw. Add in the every 3 week ppv and following UFC becomes not only difficult (too many weight classes) but expensive as well. Ronda Rousey is awesome. She is a force right now and put a beating on Meisha Tate who to me is everything that is wrong with women fighters. She can't cry about a lack of respect in the fighting world and simultaneously have the nickname cupcake, come out in a cupcake robe, and to Katy Perry. She also looked like she was there for the money while Rousey looked like she was there to hurt someone! This sport will never (imo) cross into entirely mainstream. It will never be as popular as basketball, baseball, or football. That said it is the strongest and most popular fighting sport out there and there really isn't a close second.

I have a theory about this show that it will end up something along the lines of I Robot. Where the machine will determine that humans are incapable of not causing each other harm and the best way to protect them is control them. It is entirely baseless speculation on my part but one way I could see it heading. Since we are late to the party I don't think it would hurt to recap. I can't believe they killed Joss off. I thought for sure it was going to be Root or the new helper. Root's communication with the machine is interesting as is Howard's jealousy of it. I find myself many times during and after episodes saying (out loud to nobody in particular) that this is the best show on tv. Can't wait for it to come back!

All week long I have thought that the ravens will beat the bengals to insure that the pats have at least a first round bye. Why? Just because that's how freaking lucky they are!

I had to quit on that show. It got worse and worse until, during the middle of an episode I said to my wife I don't care about this show, you can watch it and delete it. She said "I hate this show." Turns out we both just put up with it because we thought the other one liked it. Shows I'm loving right now: Person of Interest - best show on tv. hard to get into if you miss the beginning but worthwhile to go back and get caught up. I seriously can't say enough good things about this show. Psych - last season starts soon. I really enjoy this show but unfortunately it may be good timing for it to end. Blacklist - This is one of the best new shows out this year. Really enjoy it and it keeps you guessing! Goldbergs - Probably because I am a child of the 80s but this show is hilarious to me. If you grew up in the 80s the comedy is spot on. Hannibal - will be returning in February for the second season. If you missed the first I highly recommend it. This is an excellent take on the whole Hannibal Lector world.

Reading the comments in the article it looks like find fans were onto this as well. Go was a pass play and go go was a run play. I'm sure this helped them tremendously as well.

This to me explains the improvement. Obviously stats are going to look better against weaker opponents. That said the defense is doing what it is supposed at this point. They are beating up on weaker opponents. At the end of the year all teams will have played good and bad opponents. Our schedule just had a weird breakdown of tough at the start and weak at the end. It is certainly encouraging that they have moved into the top 10. One more lb and I think they can move into the top 5. That is the one weakness in the unit and teams can still exploit it. A strong showing Sunday would go a long way towards proving their improvement throughout the year.

Yeah I already had to apologize for that one but I have no problem taking my medicine again lol.

I'm just an ignorant New Yorker isn't all of ohio on Lake Erie? I just have no excuse for confusing Cleveland with Cincy haha.

In order: Packers - my aunt was a huge packers fan and passed away this year. This would mean the most to me. Broncos - if manning gets a second I think he passes Brady in the GOAT conversation. I would like that. Panthers - wouldn't it be great if the Bills had a w over the sb champs. Also all the Cam haters could eat crow. Saints - gotta keep the streak of losing to the NFC representative alive! Bengals - Great Lakes, owner who puts money over winning, kinship with them.

I felt terrible for the girl that wipes the floor up when players fall. The court didn't get wiped and grant went down. It looked bad. It's a relief that it's only a high ankle sprain. They played well in the second half. The first half wasn't even that bad high point was just incredibly lucky first half. Lots of end of the shot clock prayers and banked 3s. In the second half they stopped getting lucky and Cuse showed their talent. Again I have to mention that Ennis is an absolute stud. He just continues to impress and improve. Keita was a big part of this game as well. He does all the little things and does them well.

I hate to say this as a bills fan but with ej and Stevie out the phins defense will prob be a good play as well.

I've said it before and I'll say it again... You can't site 20 years ago as if it were relevant today. Football has become much more popular of a sport than it was then. Baseball and basketball were much more popular than the nfl in the late 80s early 90s. That was prestrike/ped baseball and Jordan era basketball. Bills fans have been more than patient and afforded this franchise much more than it deserves. The threat of moving the team is why many people attend and spend money on an inferior product. The team is essentially holding its fans hostage.

Mosley scares me bc of the lack of succes for Bama linebackers in the nfl. I really hate that logic and won't guarantee him to be a bust bc of it but it does concern me.

That's tough saints struggle on the road but clearly panthers are the better d. Giants may be packing it in for the season and it's a must win for Detroit so I would prob lean Detroit.

I think every single fan that is on the fence stays away from buying the December games because of the weather. Oh yeah also the fact that a December game hasn't meant much for the Bills in a long time. If this game mattered and the Bills had a shot I would consider making the drive. It doesn't matter at all. People know the weather may or may not be a factor so imo people hold off on tickets to see what the game means and what the forecast will be. If the Bills were fighting for a playoff spot do you or PTR think this game wouldn't be a sell out? I'm sick of the fans taking the blame. I'll even add that I haven't thought the Bills had the best fans in the NFL for a long time, but their lack of selling out meaningless games after 14 straight years of futility have nothing to do with it. The Bills have finished in last place for the last 5 seasons. They haven't had more than 6 wins for 4 (going on 5) seasons. December has long meant nothing to the team and therefore the fans.

Calvin Johnson?

Best line in there.... Even the eye black couldn't keep the son out of his eyes.

What is going on with your formatting? I feel like every post belongs in the haiku thread. What does the bolded mean? Yikes! You do it because you're a sucker like the rest of us! Hopefully the results make it worthwhile for you!

As I said I haven't gotten to watch the whole thing and haven't seen much of his film I was just pointing out the first 3 plays are not a good advertisement for him.

First 3 plays... Drop, bobble on wide open pass, hold on running play. I can't watch the whole video yet but yikes.

Wilbon is very good. When it comes to the NBA his knowledge is unmatched. The NFL well, he is a Bears homer but he still is very very good. He and Kornheiser are why PTI works. I just wish ESPN didn't clone that show repeatedly thinking blowhards would make it worthwhile.

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tbh Mayock drives me insane more than any other announcer. He is just factually wrong so many times during games. Add in all of the times that he calls out the wrong player (or team even sometimes) and it seems like he just mails it in. Love his draft stuff, hate his announcing.

I agree. He himself though does not help his own cause. They throw a lot and he is wildly inconsistent. Some games he looks like that franchise qb others he fumbles the snap 5 times. True "franchise" qbs should be (imo) more successful than he has been.