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Maybe it's fake, but I've noticed that Ditka has been deteriorating mentally for a few years now. We're just laughing at an old guy who's losing control of his body. I think it's sad.

When Pegula starts making the NFL money like Kraft is, then we can get the refs in our pocket: http://thefixisin.net/patriots07.html

I mean, didn't Pettine come in here with the Rex defense and do amazing with pretty much the same personnel? Rex's defense is very complex, and TBH at times I feel we're better off just playing basic football instead of sending Kyle Williams into coverage on running backs like we did in the Pats game. I honestly don't know what's going on. I want to congratulate the Bengals pass protection but then I realize they played as well as every other O-line we faced. I'm going to be following this thread closely. I want to hear from someone knowledgeable what they think is really going on and how it can be fixed.

He had 3 great drives today. 4 if not for the penalty on the last drive. Had some piss-poor field position too. Made some ballsy throws. Accuracy was inconsistent. Overall, it was probably one of his best complete games as a pro IMO. I still think his ceiling is higher than TT. The problem is in his head.

He was fine today. We gave up 31 points.

At least it's not season ending.

Hey two nice touchdown drives with EJ at the helm. We need to stop judging style points and start judging our QBs by the points on the board.

Not yet. Cease and desist letters scare the crap out of your average person.

This strikes me as a situation where he was unhappy, wasn't seeing improvement, and went to his agent to ask what to do. Agent recommends meeting with Bills brass and talking to the media. Same thing worked for Dareus and his contract. Sounds like Watkins took his agent's advice and fell into the media trap. Now all of a sudden lots of people around the country think negatively about him. He should've been better prepped and had a better script. Sammy can't trust the media. This is his first lesson.

How do you respond to his claims that you are an Indian call center employee? Do you deny them?

Read the full article. Love the confidence and candidness. Some fans just can't ever handle it. It touches some sort of insecurity.

This is what I've been wanting to hear from a while now. If he doesn't speak up, nothing is going to get done. I've been wondering if he's pissed off that OBJ is a superstar and he's considered a borderline bust. He has every right to talk. He should ignore anybody who doesn't like it. Sometimes you got to be pushy to get things done.

Like anything else, you get good with experience. You do some things on automatic and others on manual. Think of how incredibly difficult it is to drive a car, yet most of us do it without thinking. And none of that changes my point that they only do what they're told and they only toe the company line.

This is assuming they want better informed fans. The better informed the fan, the more he realizes the commentators are wrong a lot and the more he questions penalties and sees certain star players as overrated. I think the NFL's goal is to keep fans as uneducated about the game as possible.

Even the games are starting to get worse.

Couple thoughts here: 1. There may be a ratings dive among the younger generation that prefers to look at vines of touchdown plays instead of watching the game. That's obviously damaging to the NFL so they would like a way to "sponsor" the vines. Milk any money they can. 2. It's not all touchdowns and great plays on those vines. There are bad penalty calls, dirty plays, and embarrassing moments like the Brady high-five or the Jags fan shaking his head. If the NFL is in control, you're going to see less warts and less publicizing of bad calls. Vines are now going to be about good things and NFL-endorsed "funny" things.

Is there anything about him that makes you think he's NOT racist?

Their job description pretty much entails reading scripts and toeing the company line. The ones you see every year like Tasker are good at doing what they're told. That's why they never call out refs for making bad calls, they only make "tough calls", they never admit when they were wrong, and many times ignore what's going on on the field in favor of human interest stories. My recommendation is to watch games on mute. I guarantee you that post-game opinions differ between those that watched with the sound on and those that watched it with the sound off.

Why is "filming" illegal, and not filming totally OK? I feel like I'm arguing with league employees, like johnnygold likes to say. The fact that everybody is defending somebody sending "spies" to watch the Bills is over my head. I don't feel like this is the place to defend myself.

Why not just send Titans personnel out there in Titans uniforms if it's so totally OK. Why send "spies". Why feel the need to hide it?

Because it feels like league-sanctioned cheating to me. I can't believe I even need to defend myself. Now explain your reasoning. You are a magnet to any conspiracy posts. You just can't leave them alone.

Explain to me why you're cool with this, whether it's against the rules or not. Why do you condone this behavior?

Neither is fixing games, but people seem to have a problem with it. And just because it's "not cheating" doesn't make it OK.

Funny coming from you.

You seem to really want to make this story seem like nothing.