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Big Ben says no matter what he will be there for the birth of his child. Can you imagine what would happen to this board if this were Fitz... http://sports.yahoo....52439--nfl.html

I thought more about this topic last night... It's awfully easy to sit on your couch and have the mistakes of the referees pointed out to you by an announcer. You get the benefit of multiple replays in slow motion and then declare that they are incompetent. Have any of you that are bashing the refs ever actually tried to ref a game? It is an extremely difficult task that involves split second decision making with extremely large and fast moving parts. Sitting on your couch and having replay after replay of course magnifies flaws but in real time it usually isn't so heinous.

Crabtree brown and Moore shouldn't even be in consideration. That makes it between Stewart and Hillis. Hillis may poach a td but Charles is the lead back. As much as I hate the Stewart/Williams split I would say stewart

Had to share this as it looks like Finkle is Einhorn.

Yup Madden on ps2 was pure perfection. I've never played a Madden on PS3 that felt right, the mechanics, graphics, and game play were never as good as they were on ps2. I always played offline and did the franchise mode as well and so I was curious about this year too. So what says you guys? Worth my 60 bucks?

I don't think people are attacking you as much as the op. The title of the thread is....Replacement Refs Sucked Last Night. Pretty cut and dry and many people disagree with that notion. Also as stated you could pick any game and nitpick a few calls here and there. They didn't have an effect on the game (and I know you agree with that) which to me is their job and in turn means they didn't suck (not that you are saying that but the op most certainly is).

my nominee for worst thread of the year

It's set in Rhode Island but the resto of your post is spot on

we have a poster on here who's sn is lifegetsbetterafterralph there are many people who are idiots (not saying that poster is) and most of them can be found on the internet. Hell even the comments in the ralph is in the hospital thread had some people happy/not upset he was there. I understand Cleveland's ill will towards him. If Ralph moved the team we would all hate him - most of us wouldn't celebrate his death but some would and many others would be indifferent to it, just don't act like this board is filled with angels

If they didn't effect the outcome of the game why is it such a big deal? I actually thought to myself wow these guys are doing pretty good last night. They missed in your estimation 3-5 calls? That happens every single game - the old axiom of there is holding on every play it's just whether or not the officials call it that makes it a penalty. Put me in the camp of if people didn't know they were replacement officials we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Jamaican Soccer team vs the u.s. and Jamaica's interesting strategy. I'm sure many a good joke can be made about this http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/jamaica-strategy-opponents-come-kingston-them-high-then-212052612--sow.html On a side note if you've never seen the ras trent video they link in the article it's worth the click

I agree with everything you say but the internet isn't the best place to get a true representation of people's feelings. I think when Ralph passes some ppl will act like idiots and we will have to hope that they aren't the ones that the nation thinks represents us Bills fans/Buffalonians

More a reference to the thread about the new rush album. I had to voice my hate for rush in that thread because it kept popping up at the top and I do hate Rush... a lot

KD I gotta disagree with you on this. I understand that it might not be right but I don't see it as wrong either. I remember being 15 and wanting badly to bang one of my teachers. If she said yes it would have been awesome - not traumatic. Every case is different though and 15 is too young so I'll agree with you that it shouldn't be happening but not every 15 year old is a victim simply due to their age.

Always a band I wished I had gotten to see live. When we were teenagers and just introduced to Mary Jane we came across one of my friends parents greatest hits album that and Wayne's world (yeah what about it!) made me a fan. Under Pressure being the hook for ice ice baby didn't hurt either and they were way better than Rush!

All correct here... anyone that plays Madden knows this!

defer and break their spirit by forcing a 3 and out after potter causes a touchback

man your logic is right on with mine bufforange! Glad we don't share leagues as we'd be battling!

That's some good statistical analysis and logic there Qb's just throw so much these days and throw for so many tds. Even in a standard scoring league 30 tds for a qb equals 120 points - you would need a rb to score 20 tds to equal that production and it doesn't happen often especially with the rb by committee these days. The hard part is because of those rbbc it's important to get a good one early eschewing a higher scorer (read elite qb). As for the bolded - man I hope so! Rivers was available so late I snatched him in the 9th round as our starter. 6 qbs went in the first 2 rounds so I knew I could wait but didn't expect to be able to wait that long. I got Peyton in the 9th round as well in another league (as my backup Stafford in the 3rd was to good to pass on). I got burned bad by Rivers last year but I too think he'll have a bounce back.

the numbers I pit by the qbs are the tiers I would place them in. In Jim's heyday for elite there were Montana, Young, Marino, Himself, Aikman, and Moon. I would say it's very comparable not the gap he implied. edit: just saw your post above and think you framed it very well but don't forget about Warren Moon he def has to be in your elite category.

No they're lucky. The only planning that goes into the schedule is how best to screw the Bills. The rest is just gravy.

If I win I'm going to buy tbd and lock this thread... with myself as the winner of course!

as long as the top of her head is cute it doesn't matter.

already sent to my jet fan friends! Absolutely Awesome!

how many people kept qbs? Buftex did a pretty good job of summing up what I'm about to say but... Look at the other teams around you and what there needs are. If all of them kept a qb then you should be good. However I would still take Brady. Fantasy Football is not a rb driven game anymore. It's all about the qbs and having an elite one is important. Brady is great to own. As someone else mentioned when he does well so does your team - when he doesn't you get to enjoy Brady sucking. I took him 5th overall the year he blew out his knee and I still was excited when it happened (sick bastard that I am) bc i thought the Bills had a shot at the playoffs. Fantasy Football is fun but real football trumps what I root for.