zonabb

My money's on a DB.

Move the Super Bowl to Saturday. Sunday 6:30 kickoff is ridiculous. They hype the hell out of it and everyone has to work the next day!!!! Stop the international talk, it's an absurd idea meant for shortterm gains for owners. They know, and we know, it'll fail, but if they can make a few millions each on a team fee and more merch, and destroy the game, they will. Stop fighting gambling unless you the league gets a cut, ie fantasy sports. Was wondering today what happens in the UK where you can place a bet every 500 yards and inside Premier League stadiums. Yes, you read that right, you can place a bet on a game in the stadium. Does the NFL overstep its bounds and lobby Parliament to restrict betting in the UK and give the league a cut? If I'm the UK I tell Roger to stop the imperialism and beat it.

First off, I didn't read the entire article but did check out the score. The intent of the Wonderlic is like every other measure or variable used by teams and more importantly was not nor should be consider alone. Great Wonderlics with poor athletic skills won't mean hall of famers. Poor Wonderlics with great skills don't mean super bowl winners. The intent is to measure cognition and the arguments that is biased against education is true, it measures how, in a simplistic manner, "smart" you are. Is that biased because the dumb ones underperform? Oh, you don't like that you don't do well when we test what you know or your ability to think? Here's where I think it matters and I am glad one player was shown on the QB list. I think it matters for QB for one reason. The job of a QB is purely one of cognition. A test that can measure that is a great assessment of a QB. I've made this point probably 5 times in threads on this forum. If you look at SB winning QBs, I believe Bradshaw is the only one who scored less than I think 22. Lost the file I had the data in. Bradshaw apparently was/is dyslexic or had a learning disability so he may have great cognition but poor reading skills, not the same thing. So here's my point about the Wonderlic... it's a good measure to add into the assessment but it's very interesting for QBs. You're about 99.9% assured of never winning a Super Bowl with a QB who scores less than 22. You are by no means guaranteed of winning one with a QB scoring above 22 or we'd have one already with Fitxpatrick. But if I am a GM, I would never, ever hitch my wagon to a QB who did poorly on this. Again, I'll be clear it's simply probability, which is basically you're 99% guaranteed (Bradshaw being the only reported exception) of never winning one with a moron under center. And testing for persistence (how?). determination (how?), or the other suggestions above are worse ideas than the Wonderlic. What do you mean by will power? How are will power, determination, and persistence different? Sounds like three synonyms. I'm determined in a lot of things, but not always. Give me a test on physics and I won't care, does that mean I'm not determined? Or persistent? Or have will power?

There will NEVER be a reason I'll go into the stadium earlier. They want that because they want us to spend more money. Why on earth would I put down a great beer I paid $1.50 for an buy a $9.00 warm, flat buttwiper? Downtown stadium will be the end for me if the tailgating goes away. I enjoy the "community" of it and although I enjoy the games immensely, I'll invest in a huge TV and watch from the comfort of home and avoid what are sure to be major transportation problems. Honestly, it's this type of profit seeking attitude that drives me nuts. My taxes cover your stadium, my season tickets help pay the Bills, everyone in our group buys a least a beer and food every game and you want me to come early now. Nope.

So statistically speaking, there's no difference between winning percentages for home teams on Sundays or Thursday. Someone could conduct an analysis of variance and see but my guess is its insignificant. So the problem is one more of respect and equity than competition. The distribution of these prime time games is unequal. And when the Bills get passed over for the Jags, who can't even sell out games, that's in our minds as Bills fans, disrespect. It's especially egregious when the team has a new owner who should have been thrown a bone here and with the offseason hype that has come with RR. If they're worried about ratings, make it a Pats game. I'm not crying about it because I'm more concerned about the 5-in-6 road game issue.

Downgrade, majorly. Don't care for Sal, don't like guys who get hyper and talk loudly to get a point across, and usually a point full of hyperbole and nonsense. Comes across as a major jock sniffer actually. I actually won't listen to his shows.

Best part is the pathetic statement that in addition to competitive issues, the NFL also considers television. At least they said what we always knew, that when it comes to setting criteria for the league on all levels, selling ads and maximizing profit always comes before the product on the field. Oh yeah, when you conduct research on schedule making as an academic endeavor Mr. Aiello, you probably aren't given stadium schedules and availability so you have to proceed without it. He tried to basically take a shot at undercutting their work by almost saying "And these idiots didn't even consider stadium availability." My current refrain... the team I love plays in a league I detest as much as anything on this planet.

Gotta be place I've never been to and offers more than just the game. Been to Miami and NE for games. Been to London, NYC, Washington, and Philly already. So it's Nashville, looking forward to the city more than the game. No interest in KC, ever.

Can you build the world's tallest skyscraper on a foundation designed for a house? I think 11 wins would be a shocker and if anyone here believes it's remotely possible, get to Vegas and put your money down. Defense will keep them in games as usual but the OL and QB are substandard in a league where those two components, when elite, can win you games with average skill players and defenses. The Bills are trying the reverse of the Patriots model, which has been to have a great QB and generally above average line with average (save Gronk) skill players (they shuffle WRs and RBs in like spare parts) and an average or slightly better D. I doubt it works to the 11-win threshold.

Pretty awesome that a democrat is proposing cutting billionaire handouts. Let's see if the Republican's align their votes with their ideology (free market economics and competition) or with their donors (who think competition advantage is who has more money to give). Rather than being taken for what it is, free market competition, it'll be spun as "anti-business" by the GOP!! And this is the state of our system today... just rhetoric and no substance. This sums up the problem of rhetoric over substance: http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/03/16/3633972/ted-cruz-makes-impassioned-plea-repeal-federal-legislation-not-exist/

Couldn't even finish that article. Wow, is he horrible. I don't think he has much of an understanding of the cap, scheme, and the owner. They appear to be a team willing to spend to the cap so any suggestion by idiots like this that they are in trouble with little cap room left is conjecture and in his case just his Pats-bias. He doesn't know anything about actual football for someone in his position, glaringly under qualified to take any Xs and Ox, just like me, but in my case, read national writers who do, so when compared to others, he woefully lacking. Someone started a thread about his a while back and I read this one only because I wanted to see if he could spin it into a negative, and sure enough that was the tact he explicitly and intentionally took. Stop reading him. I'm basically down to boxscores now! Not much out there worth reading.

Did I miss Brady's retirement announcement? No? OK, then until retires, they're a perpetual contender. That is all.

+1. It's so childish and ridiculous. Time to grow up Peaked in High School Cheerleaders.

Wow the things that make people made and get their goat. Upstate, really?This IS upstate NY. The term is used because New York is generally used for the large powerful city known as New York City. Upstate differentiates from NYC and is widely used and accepted. That simple. Get over your inferiority complex and deal with it. Buffalo can't carry NYC's lunch. We're not even a top tier city in this country, deal with it. Accept the truth.

Have you been into the City of Buffalo? It's not all HarborCenter/Canalside and Elmwood Village. It's as physically destroyed as any American post-industrial wastescape.... Detroit, Cleveland, Philly, etc. It's simply a giant festering craphole run by visionless leaders. So it's basically a smaller version (population and geographic area) of Philly. This blindness to what Buffalo is by many is astounding. The region still has less jobs than it did prior to the recession. Still among the most impoverished and segregated cities with one of the worst urban school systems. Yeah, it's awesome.

I didn't read all 23 pages but saw someone mention Kiko didn't want to be here? Where's that coming from?

We'll see. Not a fan at face value. RBs are overvalued and a $10M hit is a whopper. You mean to tell me that they couldn't have offered similar money to Demarco Murray (5 months older) and kept Kiko?

As an unabashed critique of the garbage media in this town, JB is the only one who puts in the extra effort to actually not rehash everyone's work. He seemingly works endlessly, he bases his opinion, unlike most other idiots, on facts he's researched himself, he's style is intentionally accessible, again unlike the arrogant tools on that channel and at the snooze. Put it this way, anyone who watches as much tape as this guy and puts together his own ranking system is a pro in my book. That's why more than others who rely on what they did in college and their job as all the life-long learning they need. Good for him, I knew and said before he wasn't long for that hack station and he won't be long for this little league market, book it. If you're bashing this guy, I'm afraid to ask who's good in this town?

Season ticket holders like me who are growing sick of the NFL and its idiot players. Win with dignity and character or otherwise let's just watch the guys play in the yard at San Quentin and root for them.

Still won't read him. Hack job all the way.

It started with baseball... why? Because in baseball, every single event has a given situation with it and far less randomness. A strike is a strike. One pitcher to one batter. One ball hit to one spot. Football is way more random and hockey even more so. I laugh at the WGR66 types who talk analytics all day long, in particular elementary measuers based on some simple probabilities. They stand behind them vociferously and when the improbable happens, they chalk it up to luck. Exactly. Luck is a huge component and it limits the use of prediction in football and hockey more so than in baseball.

Not sure what channel was on while I having breakfast yesterday but that big lunkhead OL that played for Denver whose name I can't remember and some other honk were talking about Kaepernick yesterday and saying just the opposite, that he regressed this past year because the offense did not adapt to his strengths and instead tried to open up. Further that he was sacked the most of any QB last year. His QBR has decline EVERY year since his rookie season. His rushing yards have gone up each of the last season. I never thought he was great, just an average QN who early on lucked out with an excellent line and RB, each of which seems to be regressing, which to me suggests that Kaepernick isn't going to carry a team, he needs a strong running game and line. I would also argue that Wilson is the same thing, the games I've seen him, he's totally underwhelmed. He's fallen into a great situation with an OL and RB that allow him to limit his passing attempts. He was 19th this year in attempts because they don't base their offense on him and when they have to, when the OL and RB game decline, we'll see the true Wilson IMO.

I think we all agree as a human the guy's garbage. So he's an average NFL player!!! Just watch the arrests that happen in the offseason weekly (sometimes it seems like daily) and you'll see! I've read people suggest all sort of human waste from this team from child beaters to wife beaters to bullies to dog killers. You're never going to have a team of choir boys. We've had our fair share of garbage (Marshawn anyone, who by the way was celebrated for running over some woman downtown with a tshirt that said something to the affect that Marshawn Can Hit Whoever He Wants). Everyone has a priority list of offense, some will gladly take the dog killer but are disgusted with someone who verbally abused another human being (who by the way could stick for himself more than a defenseless dog... you have to bully a bully). So debate it all you want, the bottom line is, you'll go nuts getting into the debate over who's a good person for your team. You're better off sticking to the green between the lines. I hate Richard Sherman, I think he's a deplorable, hypocritical, ignorant, classless human. I'd take him in a second but I'd still hate the act. Does this guy, all things considered, better this team? That's the question. Do you think Wood and Freddie and gonna let him get out of line. I'm not worried about the room at all.

Q: Is Gronk supposed to be attractive? A. Both of them are trolls, IMO. I'm pretty sure you answered your own question in a monologue. Lots of women find young, tall, ripped men handsome, which I know makes no sense.

+2. Hunting for pleasure rather than subsistence is as lame as it gets. Probably had a guide in some fenced in canned hunt. Diehard Alaska the Last Frontier viewer and respect their entire approach to hunting, trapping, fishing and the subsistence lifestyle, hunting because you think it's sport is pathetic.