being a western Canadian I began life as a Raider and Seahawk fan and was not "converted" until a trip to the Ralph in my late 20s. Yes I still hold affection for those former teams but I live and die with the Bills now
I agree about the Seahawks, Steelers and Ravens. The Giants, Packers and Broncos never seem to be out of contention for long either. I'm comfortable calling BB a genius even if i hate the outcome
Ralph was in it for the money and didn't care about winning. The glory years were a divine accident.
the Buffalo market cannot support a modern stadium so the Stan Kroenkes and Jerry Joneses of the world will force a relocation
the Patriots are successful because they work harder at building a winning culture than everyone else. This includes studying game film for "tells" from the sideline and recording and analyzing snap counts. This is called industrial espionage - a fact of everyday corporate life and certainly not criminal. If it happens on the field of play, including the sideline, it is fair game for recording. The rest of the NFL is either Mom and Pop franchises that are just happy to have a team or ego maniacs like Jerrah Jones and Danny Snyder playing real life fantasy football. All the cheating in the world doesn't explain why Tom Brady finished games with a clean jersey from going untouched.
Ryan Fitzpatrick - if only to complete the ACFE jersey collection.
In all seriousness I expect Jacoby Brissett. Apparently BB was quite upset at having to turn him loose at the outset.
Your debate instructor must have been hot if you're still quoting her. Did anything go on after school that is material for a "would ya?" Teacher thread?
We should not go all in on the WR position unless the goal is to destroy Josh Allen like Ryan Grigson destroyed Andrew Luck. We have many holes to fill with the aging out of Gore, Lorax and soon Jerry Hughes. Our OL is far from a finished product as well
As the NFL continues to tamper with its golden goose to the point of the game becoming unrecognizable I offer my opposition to its latest attempt at milking the cash cow dry.
The human body was not made for the pounding the game inflicts on its players. We already have a 30 percent rate of permanent disability among retired players. One more game will mean that none but punters and kickers will play a full season. This will weaken fan's relationships with stars and starters as the game evolves toward a platoon of unknowns. But the money you say? One more game cheque won't matter if you're going to spend it all on painkillers and physio. We already have players retiring earlier now that CTE risks are in the public domain.
Where in the current schedule is the league going to insert the additional game? After Christmas when home games in cold climates are a tougher sell? Before labour day when the south is either unbearably hot or in hurricane season? How many more tweets of empty seats do we need to see before we understand that we have an oversupply?
What makes the NFL great is that fewer games make each one meaningful. Watering down the product will make it indistinguishable from upstarts like the XFL.
The Quebec government was roundly criticized for its handling of the most recent such incident where people were stuck in their cars overnight before help arrived