Wayne Arnold
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this doesn't make much sense to me. I haven't noticed other players around the league getting big extensions and FA deals having to prove they can "last a full season." Even if he did "prove this" this year, how would that guarantee he doesn't get hurt the following year? He's either worth it as a player or he's not but I don't see how if he doesn't get hurt this year it proves anything for the future.
His injury last year wasn't some anomaly. It was his own fault attempting a dumb shoulder tackle. He hasn't played a full season since his rookie year. That's legitimately concerning if you're looking to invest that much in a player.
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Really hoping they don't break the bank for Gilmore right now. Let the season play out. If Seymour is good enough, he and Darby can hold down the fort. If not, then you sign or tag him. I'd rather they use that money on the front 7 and/or the safety position.
Agreed. As good as Gilmore may be, he has to prove that he can last a full season and if God willing Bills ever play in January that he'll be available. Otherwise he's worthless.
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Doc, not trying to argumentative...but i am pretty sure you can hit a a "runner" in the head. That includes receivers after they have established position and are no longer defenseless. I don't think you can target and launch a runner( they changed that cause of the Pitt/Cinci playoff game....
or did i miss a massive rule change and all hits to the head are now illegal?
I am trying to be argumentative - and you are correct.
I didn't think the hands to the face on Harris was bad on the zebras. I thought it was atrocious that a veteran corner was lined up in press coverage and undisciplined with his technique.
The Cam-Slam is another story. He just doesn't get calls that other QBs get.
I still haven't seen a gif from last night where Newton should've received a call but didn't. Anyone?
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It was a penalty but it was offset.
Should have been an ejection. There were more:
If anything, spearing could have been called on Newton here. The defender is leading with his shoulder while Netwon is putting his head down and hits the defender square in the side of his helmet.
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I am not whining but I do think it is an interesting rules question. Should something like intentional grounding a "technical" infingement really offset a potentially dangerous physical infringement?
Think of it this way:
They enforced the legitimate intentional grounding. Which pinned them back and lost them a down so it's 3rd and extremely long. Then they enforced the personal foul penalty, which gave them an extra down and the yardage they lost back.
Do you feel better now?
I agree.
Also consider the fact that the reason he couldn't get it past the line of scrimmage is because a guy was in the process of spearing him In the face.
He had already thrown the ball before he was speared.
Some of us are football fans as well as Bills fans, and some of us also care about things like player safety and blatant rule violations being ignored or minimized by game officials.
I've been reading threads for years about how it's not fair that quarterbacks don't play by the same rules and you can't touch them without a penalty and Brady can play until he's 50 because he can't be touched, etc. Now there's an uproar from the complete opposite perspective. Crazy.
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hey man as long as he gets it done without getting a wellness violation its none of my business!
You bumped a 10-day old thread for that?
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How is this not a penalty? One of our players was called for personal foul for hitting the QB at the waist this preseason
It was a penalty. I don't know why so many are whining in this thread. Unless they're all Panthers fans on a Bills forum.
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Kumar Aiken flat out balled last year. Kid can play.
The former St. John Fisher camp body?
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We’re told that 1 in 3 NFL players will suffer from Alzheimer’s or dementia at younger ages than their peers; that they’refour times more likely to die from degenerative brain diseases; that 78 percent will be broke or nearly so within two years of retiring; that they may be disproportionately inclined to beat their wives; and that they live, on average, to the age of 55 or 60. It’s enough to make you wonder if banning football would be good for America. --Slate
1 in 3 NFL players. Not 3 in 3 people who participate in football.
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Trust us. You don't want to miss this. Rex and Rob Reunited presented by Dunn Tire airs September 10th on MSG!
For those whose cable provider does not offer MSG - is there a way to watch?
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Just refuting you saying it doesn't. I'm okay with my choices. I don't buy tickets or nfl Sunday tickets or merch (unless its second-hand throwback stuff on ebay). Just pirate games.
Saying football destroys all lives is ludicrous.
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Football will destroy your life. Handy interactive graph to toggle between leagues. Pretty stark.
http://graphics.latimes.com/workers-comp-interactive/?q=*&p=1&s=nfl&c=lastname&o=asc
Then stop supporting something that destroys lives.
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I don't read it that way. He's just pointing out something everyone sort of knows but prefers to ignore. Football, and other sports to some degree, will destroy your life. You can choose to play but know what lies ahead for you. People still smoke even though they know lung cancer is a possibility.
"Football will destroy your life."
I think it's unfortunate that there are people who really believe that football will (not may, not could...WILL) destroy every life that participates in it with no exceptions.
I like Dunne's writing and I'm glad we're getting more and more information about the effects of hits to the head because I want football to continue to become more safe. My problem with Dunne is that his tone is so dramatically apocalyptic. For instance...
"This sport remains intoxicating as ever, set to dominate America's attention yet again.
"Yet Borland might've cracked a fragile foundation.
"His decision still casts a pall over football."
All that's missing is a gif like this...
The needlessly separated three paragraphs above is followed by a list of players who have retired before age 30 - as if it's a bad thing. I think it's great that non-quarterback players are retiring early. If Borland truly had 30 concussions before age 24 then he should have been done with football long before he retired. More should do the same.
But not everyone is as prone to concussions/CTE as others. We need to continue not only making the sport safer but make medical advancements to see which players are more susceptible to CTE.
I don't think any players aside from quarterback or kicker should play beyond the age of 30. Those players are more likely to live happy lives after football than those from 20 years ago who played into their mid-30's with no concussion protocol systems. Those players having retired has not effected the health or popularity of the sport. There are players to take their place.
Instead of positively endorsing change to football and showing how the information we are receiving is positive for the long-term health of the sport, Dunne's tone (spin) is one of a dark, depressing relishing of the negative publicity the sport has been receiving for many years now which has led to more and more parents disallowing their children from participating in it.
You can't compare fake life (NFL, NBA etc) to real life (factories etc). The same rules don't apply to both.
This is true.
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If he gets picked up it'll be like week 2, maybe. All in all there's a huge risk with Williams with his weight and with his concussions. He's pretty much one concussion away from being done forever and with the way he runs it's bound to happen sooner or later.
Yep. Anyone prone to concussions like that should be ineligible to continue. He's going to have major issues later in his life if he keeps playing.
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Good to see Dunne continues his noble goal of contributing all he can to end the sport of football.
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Captures the wind blown look by deflating footballs..
lol nice
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He hammered someone? I am getting visions of those chicks putting a strap on and hammering HIM
He did but not until she put this over her face first.
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This had better be the end of the Buffalo Bills organization's infatuation with Gay and the last we ever hear about him.
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That pick is huge. Definitely will be the biggest contribution EJ has made to the franchise. I agree to keep him then let him walk for that.
In that case...watch for Whaley to trade Manuel shortly before New Year's for a conditional 7th.
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The EJ Manuel obsession many have is beginning to border on perverse.
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Speaks volumes that a player who led his team in touchdowns as a rookie just a season ago passed waivers and still hasn't been signed to a team nearly two weeks later.
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That article was very poorly written.
You know you're dealing with a gem when he can't even get the facts right...
Rex Ryan has been an NFL head coach for seven seasons. Care to guess how many winning seasons he's had? The unavoidable answer: One. Just a single season, all the way back in 2010, when a team he led finished above .500.
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Can't wait to see @OldTakesExposed re-post this article five years from now.
"There's no joy in this. I like Rex Ryan, what he stands for and who he is, but good times and jolly moments and jokes about tattoos and toes don't cut it at this level. This isn't the local Elk's Lodge. This is the National Football League."
Yeah - no joking around. This football stuff is serious business!
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Tom Brady discusses his recent retirement from football and aspirations to tour with an N Sync cover band.
TNF: Panthers at Broncos - 8:30 PM ET on NBC
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Thanks. If that one wasn't called then that was a huge screwup.