North Buffalo

Yeh property taxes are higher, but if Clay is raising a family, NY schools are that much better. Services are better unless you are an old person, so the tax argument has two sides. Also sales taxes in FL make up for a lot of the disparity in income and property taxes. Also there are many right offs on Fed from State taxes that he can take advantage of. IMO the reason I am in NY now is because I have kids. When I retire, I will move south to a lower income tax state. Just the way it should work and they can take care of my oldness through medicaid and medicare.

I stand corrected cycling had most head trauma for kids under 14 at 85,000 cases then football at 46,000 baseball at 38,000, basketball, 34,000 soccer at 24 ,000, and hockey at 8,000 cases according to aans.org the association of neurological surgeons. Interesting, though I wonder what the percentage of these injuries vs. overall percentage of participation??

Interesting argument, but those same kids are playing hockey, lax and soccer in droves. All high concussion sports with Soccer considered the worst, high above those of football. The only difference I see is if a kid gets a concussion up North, they have to stay out of the sport for a long time under Drs supervision afterwards, especially after having a second one. Many of those kids move on to another less violent sport.

Wait the military I guess acknowledges PTSD but barely does anything about it and is a long way from effectively diagnosing it and responding to it or any other mental health disease...in an effective consistent manner. Its a rough sport, concussions are part of it, they are still learning more about the brain and while both organizations have their faults, the issue is being addressed with the current knowledge available with the fact that the game is played the way it is. Should more be done, yup. Is there a lot of effort being put in right now to better understand and treat the issue yes, but their is a lot of inconsistencies and disorganization across the board. 10 years from now this effort will look even more pathetic as we learn more, but I don't think you can compare something in its infancy of medical research and treatment to efforts that have had years of progress made. If anything, I blame the military who has been aware of these issues for years and apparently made little progress in treating. That being said the brain is truly a complicated thing and the medical industry has a long way to go figuring out how to fix trauma or miswired circuitry. Dealing with my son's neuro issues has given me a ton of insight and plenty of frustration over how little is known about treating brain injuries.

Big power forward on Fordham, backup center with softhands but build like a linebacker 6'6" gave UMass fits when he was in. Believe he was a senior.

Whole crew of Buffalonians down there, lived there for 21 years and hung out on Sundays at Grevy's in Fallschurch and CJ Nickels in Springfield. Lots of transplants.

Revis was a nice luxury, Bills really need. To lock down a guard and a TE, Clay hopefully, but they need to get their plan Bs and Cs in order

What abt Chris Long: Rams

agree with posts saying why, keep him draft one in 2nd or 3rd and unless Powell plays special teams or linebacker forget him. Jackson is a future coach, keep him on team. with Shady he wont have to the work like last year with fragile Spiller being out. And he can teach on the field.

So Suh has reportedly agreed to 60 mil quaranteed, with Miami, 114 mil total not sure years. McCoy signs extension

Western NY is different than upstate, but seriously had someone from Yonkers recently say I lived upstate in Northern Westchester. Growing up in Buffalo I always thought anyone Poughkeepsie and south was part of NYC and really so was Long Island. But hey it is all about perspective. When I lived in VA, I told people I lived in DC because I was just across the bridge. But people on the MD side seldom traveled down south to VA despite being just across the bridge and vice versa.

Ah when in doubt blame Obama or Bush... both have been incompetent boobs...

Agreed Warren Sapp is a pos, hence his recent arrest, still a helluv a football player.

ESPN stating Panthers aren't going to resigning Hardy, also he faces 6 game suspension

Exactly and Carroll admitted as much at the end taking responsibility and hey the rookie made a great play, not only stepping in front but actually catching the bullet... How many other DBs would have dropped that one as they were getting hit. They play DB for a reason, their hands prevented them from being WRs. Heckuv a catch for the rookie... no one could have expected that especially after he had been burned all game long.

Trade??? Revis is pending FA... No need to trade and I think it would awesome! Two shutdown corners and a bunch of young guys to back them up, play Nickle etc.

HA HA ha HA HA.... NEVER LIKED THE GUY... Well spoken but always talking with a chip on his shoulder and his side of the street has never been clean despite his often getting on his high horse....

Sure he does, but that doesn't mean he should. This especially Sherman, There are ways to do it and even though I agree with him too, there are times when the mouth piece should be someone else other than the player. If he feels that strongly about it he should go after the perceived injustice through alternative means and stay above the fray. Let others carry his water and bringing out the facts and making the accusations. Be the guy keeping up the pressure without leaving finger prints. Lynch is a knuckle head that can run. Yes he came from tough circumstances, but he is clearly a sellfish mommas boy that has no consideration for anyone but himself. Sherman just needs to find a way to use others as a mouth piece and take the focus off himself if only to protect himself and keep the agenda of making the league transparent and responsive going. I think a lot of folks would support him even more.

And the Jets let go of their two best corners in Cromartie and Revis. They didn't have patience to wait for Revis knee (over 1 year normally) to heal. Bad GM decision making. Rex wanted him back... but shorted sighted Isik screwed the pooch on that one.

Interesting read, living in the NYC area and being lifelong Bills fan, but not as close to Jets as you, the Jets D as you, imo Rex has been defensive coach. So part of what you write about his style has worked for the D despite your criticism of the Bart Scott deal. On offense, management screwed the Jets offensive line and skill positions and left running the offense to an over the hill veteran and a ill supported wet behind the ears rookie who may not be NFL material. The Bills have plenty of skill on offense and an improving line that may be better for the ground and pound that Rex espouses. That being said, we shall see what space Rex gives the new OC Roman to run it and with GM who is a much better, though unclear if elite growing personnel guy, how much talent especially at QB he is able to bring in to support Rex. Roman has a rep as a discipline kinda guy, so maybe those concerns that you expressed are unfounded. But yes on the offensive side the jury is out. Interesting.

Agreed, but some button pusher, er bean counter justifies it to increase minorly the bottom line so useless middle thru top management can justify their outrageous raises. And we complain about government incompetence... A guy I play hockey with works for a company that comes in buys companies then reorganizing them by firing middle management and restructuring CEO pay while supporting key personnel.... Novel idea, support the guys that actually do the work. Don't be surprised to see SI bought out again... forget who their are owned by?

As a former professional photographer, you have no clue what it takes to achieve printable images that are worthy. Knowledge of lighting, angles, the gear you use, different styles of shooting, depth of field. Yes taking pictures of models seems ... whatever. Still, in order to do it well, you have to put your balls on ice and work with all your skills with your gear and then you have entertain the models or whatever subject you are shooting in order the achieve the desired look and image. Then there is the business side. What you do has to be able to make money and operate under a budget. The gear needed to take the quality of images produced in a magazine can often cost over $100,000. The cameras cost $40,000-$50,000 before lenses and lighting. So its not the employees that cost, but the gear and the people involved in a shoot set up. Internet postings don't require the same level of expense, but newer monitors are starting to allow greater definition and therefore better gear and knowledge of photography. Too bad SI is unable to bridge that gap:(

This may have been already said, can't believe that this thread is 111 pages long... but adjusting air pressure, yup their is a rule, has been going on for quite a while in the NFL from reports I have read and heard. So really the only big deal about it is the Brady obviously lied and Belicheat explicity condoned it with knowledge and therefore lied. As far as the crime, it seems pretty minor and occurred largely because the Ravens were crying over not figuring out the eligible deal soon enough to defend it and let the Colts know about the rule that I bet Andrew Luck has violated. Still, I say give Belicheat and his gang all the grief they can handle over this I love to watch the bumbling NFL executives tripping once again over themselves in their handling of an issue that the press got traction with. My only question now is are the games fixed and does the Superbowl minus the creative advertisements... less creative last year, mean anything for the sport. Somehow the two teams involved and the game seems tainted and almost unwatchable.

Kinda like Bill Clinton saying he didn't inhale, or saying he didn't have sex with that woman.

Brady is a bad liar, and Bellicheat you can tell is lying when his eyes start moving back and forth and his lips start moving. I know it won't happen, but imo they both should be suspended for the Superblow and short of that, they should be suspended for next year. NFL needs to take action immediately or Superbowl becomes irrelevant. Patriot lemmings are justifying it because it didn't affect the outcome against the Colts, but it did against the Ravens and possibly other games. I assume they have been doing this for a long time and again any close they have been in should be vacated this year. P.S. AFC championship game should be replayed with the Ravens and then the Superbowl. I am going to avoid this year's Superblow. Can't stand Seattle and now Patriot cheating makes this whole thing again seem like WWE,. scripted and planned. What a joke the NFL has become, worse than the NBA.