Westside Madness

But how contained is it really? The general response in these forums to anything non-football related and tied to any form of social issue, is a flurry of non-surprising, but still eye rolling comments. And I mean WELL BEFORE COVID-19 and the George Floyd murder. Given the demographic that make up a large portion of Bills fans/season ticket holders, I shouldn't be caught off guard when it happens, but often I am. <-- guessing this line wont earn me many fans... Another poster said something that mirrored my feelings. Lately when these types of threads take the dark turn they often take, more posters have stepped up to be the voice for logic, common sense and decency. I see a glimmer of hope out there... *puts on flame resistant onesie* <-- didn't like the proper word for obvious reasons...

This used to be my stance as well. We had some bad defenses when he was our QB. I felt that point forced him too often to try and cowboy it to keep the ball in the offense's hands. While I still feel this way to a degree, I have to also admit that he is extremely hot and cold as a QB and much like Jameis' 30/30 performance, teams can't succeed that way. I see Tyrod in a similar light; can be damn good, but not consistent enough to be a starting QB. I am glad he has found a way to stay in the league. He truly has fun playing this game and his teammates love him.

I was in Vegas at the end of Feb, beginning of March. We were decently represented for the Sabres game I attended. I saw the new Raiders stadium, looked impressive. I joked at the time about coming back for the Bills game, but I knew that was a pipe dream.

Its nice to find someplace where I, at 42 years old, feel like a baby in comparison... I am sorry you all have lost this person/player. I might havr to check out some old game film as I am not familiar with this player. Certainly sounds like he was well respected.

I thought Lee Smith was a poor man's Lee Smith...

ALso, I forget who's room it was, but there was one dude in the bottom right with braids that looked pissed off. Then looked like he was arguing with someone.

ESPN and NFLN are now showing the same feed...

I have NFLN 1080, NFLN 720, ESPN 1080 and ABC on easy toggle...lol. If one crashes, on to the next.

Looks like I am going to have to bounce between NFLN and ESPN. WIth the pandemic, the traffic hitting the IPTV servers is nuts.

Wrong city in Ohio...

NFLN and ESPN seem to be what most are watching on. I understand there is a CBS feed as well. Thanks for the reminder. I am on IPTV so I cant hit refresh here too quickly...lol

I remembered about the draft yesterday and then forgot about it until around 2pm today. Def excited.

Nick Saban's voice could put a crackhead to sleep...

I was going to bring up ESPN to compare to the NFLN feed, but only one of the two PCs in this room have IPTV installed...

Maybe when the draft starts, but a bit ago on ESPN, Saban was giving a boring lecture on play calling...

I wasn't sure what feed to watch. I am on NFL Network currently.

Pretty sure only 57 needed 32 hats...

And Diggs is our second round pick? Hmm..

If you look away from TO for a moment and stare at AB for 5 min, then look back at TO, TO looks like Fitzgerald...lol.

I came here to echo the same line, we overpaid. Then I did some reading...didn't realize his age and 3 more years at around 10mm/year. That aside, I like the player himself. Seems like an inspired hard working man. We didnt get a discount, but we didnt overpay.

Just because children haven't yet died, doesn't mean they aren't a vulnerable demographic. Then you get into immuno-compromised individuals such as those with Lupus or folks with a weakened immune system due to battling cancer. You don't have to 'keep up with anything' to follow this concept. But, to your point, lets assume an ailing mother is enough...

Agreed, but then if they incidentally infect their new born child or ailing mother, those demographics are at risk of more severe responses and or death. This is transmittable before symptoms present.

You used a Cali salary perspective in a conversation that was using a WNY salary range to skew your image in what was being discussed. I would said weird flex, but not really weird, just patting your own back. High(er) end jobs that you find in WNY pay much more in higher cost of living areas (such as Cali) to counter-balance...well, the cost of living. I am glad you have a well paying job in Cali with a family and life is good. That being said, yes, you can live comfortably in many parts of WNY (not all) with a personal income of ~66k. This assumes another person is also adding to that household income. If not, it shrinks where you can live, and puts a bit of a squeeze, but can be do-able. No one would hire you at your current salary in Rochester, NY. You would need to take a pay cut. Not saying you likely wouldn't still be well off (not curious either way due to the teenage BS you peddled earlier). I think the point is, don't derail the conversation just you rub yourself off. I am doing well as compared to the WNY market. As a household, we are in great shape...and oddly, we still haven't bought a house as we are cleaning up debt. As another poster added, sometimes how you manage your money/debt/expense ratio is as important as income. Back to the topic: Yes, these players are playing for additional shots to make it upstairs to the NFL, even if its just the practice squad at first. I like that it gives us more football and that it gives them more exposure. Win/win.

Indeed. My gf is Irish and left handed...not a ginger though. She has to be warmhearted to put up with my shenanigans...

I trust left handed people as much as I do gingers.... Thanks for the clip, but the one pass was out of bounds and the other two would be INTs waiting to happen.