Arkady Renko
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There was an article about 3 years ago that listed the 5 worst fans in Pro football. The guy with the arrows in him for the chiefs and Big Dawg for the Browns were 2 I can remember.
Fireman Ed was also on the list. The big reason was that he wasn't even a real Jets fan until he got popular.
I can't remember the magazine though...damn!
If someone could find this article, I would be very grateful. There's someone I really need to show it to...
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90% w/ 13 miles average error 172 seconds
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I am ignorant of this issue, but is it really the convention centers that is the problem or that it is more expensive to have things in general in NYC?
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I never really got why most players who fall out of the NFL don't try to go to the CFL or AFL instead of selling cars or whatever which most end up doing.
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Let's also not forget about what the new stadium mean for the Jets fans and the Bills fans. More revenue for the Jets will allow them to have richer signing bonuses and strengthen their ability to attract FAs over us. Also for the Jets fans this means significantly higher ticket prices, no real parking, no tailgaiting, crappier season tickets, etc. I am not sure who really benefits here besides the owner and Jets fans living on Manhattan. For Jets fans in most areas, it will be more difficult to go to a game.
The state had much more important things to spend its money on and it has things they could get a much better return on investment from. If they are going to build them a stadium, at least find a more cost-effective way to do so.
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And I have always been one of those people who has recognized not only the down side, but the up side to NYC. I am not one of those who argues that Upstate would be better off without NYC........quite frankly it would not. But this is just another example of downstate politicians working with a blind eye toward upstate. Yes a new stadium would be nice in NYC, and any help to bring in Olympics would be good as well, however, when will Albany ever look west?
Upstate New York would be better off without NYC. Yes, NYC can generate a lot of tax revenue, but its existence masks the true economic woes of this area. Wouldn't we be the poorest state in the country if we seperated off of NYC? Having that distinction would bring some national attention to the problems people face here, instead they are ignored. Besides, any revenue advantage is decreasing: the school aid changes will have disastorous effects on upstate either in decreased spending or increased taxes. The Assembly is run by city politicians and the Senate is run by Long Island. Upstate and downstate are too different to effectively coexist.
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Interestingly enough, before Lindell started kicking in an open-ended stadium on the shores of Lake Erie, he was 24 of 37 outside of 40yrds. That's about 70% and I'd imagine a fairly respectable number for an NFL kicker.
Can we do better? Of course we can.
But taking into account whre teh Bills play their home games, it's always going to be more important to have a guy who is rock steady from inside 40 where the VAST majority of your FG attempts are going to come from, than it is to have a guy who can bomb teh occasional 50yrdr in Rich stadium but may not be as consistent overall.
Over his career Lindell is 71 of 78 from inside 40 which comes out to a over 91%. I'd also like to have a Top5 NFL kicker, but the one we have now isn't all that bad.
Cya
Except that we have had kickers here in the past who can hit the kicks outside of 40 yards in the same element. We shouldn't accept mediocrity because things could conceivably be worse. Nevertheless, I am glad that even Lindell has his defenders on this board. The universe is now in balance.
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Bledsoe wasn't the starting QB when the Patriots went to the Super Bowl after the 96 season?
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I don't think you judge the intelligence of someone just by how well they speak in public. That said, the intelligence of a running back is far less important than the intelligence of a quarterback.
The wonderlic tests are garbage, but I don't think it's a coincidence that the QBs score the highest and the RBs score the lowest in the NFL.
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Being an Orioles fan, I care and can't say I am too excited. Hopefully the Orioles won't give up many prospects and the Cubs will be paying the majority of the salary.
Angelos has ruined this team... Orioles fans are a dying breed.
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Poor man's Alvin Harper
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For an objective measure, why not try to calculate market side as compared to attendance? You would have to adjust things for size of stadium, if there are waiting lists, etc. but I would bet Buffalo would be towards the top anyway you sliced it.
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I am not saying he blows Testaverde out of the water, but I watched a fair number of Vinny's games this year and it was pretty sad. The guy was missing receivers and throwing way too many interceptions. I really don't think this can be completely pinned on the talent around him. Their ratings were about the same but the stat that sticks out to me is this:
Bledsoe: 20 TDs 16 Ints
Vinny: 17 TDs 20 Ints
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I hear Jason Gildon might be available...
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Is Jim Drukenmiller or whatever still available? Last time I saw, he was in the XFL.
OT - Anyone here involved with oversea's shipping
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So many bad jokes to make...