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  1. 7 minutes ago, Billznut said:

    Thank you. Don’t you love it when people make fools of themselves spewing facts that they had NO clue about? 

    Okay. Before you look in the mirror might want to review Brady's impact on that team. He became amazing, but his team carried him the first year.

     

    I'm not knocking Brady. What I'm saying is he wasn't brought in as a "savior." That's what happens when you bench the starter rather than getting traded for to injury.

     

    If you see my earlier reply, you'll see why I stand by my comments that the Pats weren't a bad team looking for a spark with Brady.

  2. 3 minutes ago, PeterGriffin said:

    NE was 8-8 in 1999, 5-11 in 2000 and 0-2 in 2001 then Mo Lewis happened and the rest is history. 

     

    So, no the Pats were not a good team, record wise with Bledsoe that year or the prior years either.

    Brady's first three games with the Pats:

    1 win, 2 losses.

    In their win against the Colts, Brady was 13-of-23 for 168 yards and no TDs. But the Pats won 44-13.

    Next game against Miami (loss) Brady went 12-of-24 for 86 yards.

     

    The problem with the Pats was they relied on Bledsoe to win every game. He had just signed a 10 YEAR EXTENSION that year. With Brady they realized they had to play as a team, and they were actually a good team.

     

  3. Just now, KW95 said:

     

    Brady was a 6th rounder.

     

    By the way, how many 1rst rounders have been busts in the last 10 years?  Dude.  Enough with the round a QB was chosen.

     

    Cheers

    Did you quote the wrong person? I just said I'm tired of hearing how 6th round Brady was a savior, so that implies other late round QBs can be, because usually they're put into a much worse starting position.

     

    I.E. you appear to be agreeing with me by saying quit with the "but, but, Brady" comments.

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  4. 28 minutes ago, KW95 said:

     

    Mr. Brady wants a word with you

    For the love of...

     

    The Pats were a GOOD team with Bledsoe that year. Brady wasn't in the picture until Bledsoe's injury. Their offense actually regressed initially after Brady was forced into a starting role BY INJURY. He wasn't brought in to save a struggling team.

     

    This retconning of Pat's history where Brady was the savior as a 6th round pick cracks me up. He got the opportunity to play OK on a good team and learned, got better, became arguably best ever. But no one expected him to even continue at Bledsoe's level. There was less pressure on him than Peterman. That's the problem with bringing in a rookie to "spark the team." Usually that implies the team ain't doing so great, so they're put into a difficult situation.

  5. 1 hour ago, blacklabel said:

     

    Unfortunately his height is a main factor in his issues. He simply can't see the field well and unlike Brees and Wilson, he's hesitant to zip the ball through tight windows, which is how those guys have been so successful.

     

     

     

     

    You realize Peterman is a whopping one inch taller than Tyrod.

     

    I agree with your comments about a faster release and Tyrod's lack of anticipation/reluctance to throw to an "NFL open" receiver, but it isn't going to be better with Peterman because of the height difference.

  6. On ‎11‎/‎1‎/‎2017 at 2:13 AM, T-Bomb said:

    Owner should not be messing with this stuff IMO.

     

    Also, who the heck would trade for Brady at 40?

     

    Mark my words, if Brady were traded to the Bills next season, the Brady Bills #12 jersey would eclipse even Kelly's jersey sales.

    Either from fans that would buy it because we finally had a worth successor, or to burn in effigy.

    Either way, I'd trade one of our first round picks IN A HEARTBEAT for him, and I'm as big a hater as any.

  7. haha. I'll never forget the Raider game at The Ralph in 2002. They had Jerry Rice and Tim Brown. It was early in the season and Bledsoe had our offense rolling. I had gotten someone's season ticket and was sitting behind a guy who was in his 80s. STH, minding his own business. Trashy Raiders fans were pouring beer on him and shouting expletives at the poor old man. I had a few words with them but they were beyond wasted. I think they were mostly girls and couldn't have been older than low 20s.

     

    The Bills lost.

     

     

    That was my first Bills game. I was sitting in the upper deck next to a guy dressed as a Bills clown. Red wig, big red nose, zubaz, a cape, the works. The Raiders had just ended our little comeback with another TD and lone Raider fan in the section, sporting serious plumbers crack, stood up to give us Bills fans another emphatic Nature Boy style "Wooooooooooooo!". The clown threw his beer at him and offered to "come down there and kick your a$$ in front of your kid!". Everyone else around me agreed that was a very good idea. In a rain of popcorn, beer, and verbal abuse, Raider fan grabbed his 7 year old son and made a break for the nearest exit. That's when I knew that this was the team for me.

     

    I just want to make sure I understand how to react here. We're supposed to be pissed at the stupid Raider fans that were making an ass of themselves, but proud of the Bills fans that were taunting a kid and his dad.

    And this is what made you want to be a Bills fan.

     

     

    Not to be an "Internet Tough Guy" but if I saw either of these incidents I'd quietly talk to the offender, tell them they ought to take their kid to the car if they had one, and then whisper how they really ought to try taking a swing at me so I could kick their ass and still have them jailed.

  8. Shaw - I really enjoyed your comments, and agree with your later comments on the special teams. Although it clearly shouldn't have gotten to that point, the commitment of the players to "do their job" (ugh) was key in stopping a disaster. Little things like that then ending in an INT shows people that there is a reason to never quit.

     

    Another example was TreDay's fumble return. The announcers, fans - me - all thought it was an INT. He didn't do the typical pick it up and run a few yards down field dealio. He sprinted to get it, slowed for half a second, then committed and took off. The Falcons were all caught thinking the play was over until it was too late.

     

    Perhaps the only comment I don't "billeive" is true is your # 7 (" Marcell Dareus. Better start showing up, or he’s going to be playing someplace else next season.") I still think he has too much dead money to be gone. And I'm not convinced his lack of plays is due to attitude. He was used when critical to stop plays, and I'm not sure the Bills coaching staff would put him in for key stops if they felt he was half-assing it. I think he's still hurt.

  9.  

    @VicTafur

    Del Rio says Carr has a fracture, out 2-6 weeks

     

     

    "I'm glad he knows. That's awesome."

    Can we make a board for real posts, and form another for troll posts?

     

    That got ruined when BB.com forums went down.

     

    To criticize Carr's actions seems foolish. Sure - maybe he has everyone fooled, but he certainly has them well fooled then with his down to earth and helpful demeanor.

     

    To criticize EJ's game on Sunday - wow. Backup gets multiple passes including TD passes that even the announcers were impressed with dropped. And then the fans that crucified QBs like Trent Edwards for not giving receivers a chance are slamming EJ for giving a premiere NFL receiver a chance to make a play. I suppose because he was double covered it was risky, but who know what other options he had besides giving up? And the pass was *right there* for Cooper to get.

  10. I've seen guys lose control of the ball while they're in the throwing motion and it gets ruled incomplete, but that's without being hit on the arm. So if that has anything to do with the rule, it's supposedly stated here:

     

    Item 1. Forward Movement of Hand. When a player is in control of the ball and is attempting to pass it forward, any intentional forward movement of his hand starts a forward pass.

    1. If, after intentional forward movement of his hand, contact by an opponent materially affects the passer, causing the ball to go backward, it is a forward pass, regardless of where the ball strikes the ground, a player, an official, or anything else.
    2. If, after an intentional forward movement of his hand, the passer loses possession of the ball during an attempt to bring it back toward his body, it is a fumble.
    3. If the passer loses possession of the ball while attempting to recock his arm, it is a fumble.

    ...which, if I'm reading it right, doesn't exactly cover the play, since Ryan's intentional forward movement of his hand happened AFTER contact by Hughes materially affected the passer. Thus, I have to believe a fumble caused by a hit to the QB's hand is different from a ball that gets a little squirrley in a QB's hand and causes a bad pass, which I've also seen called incomplete.

    But again...why should that make a difference? It doesn't matter whether a RB has the ball hit out or simply drops it on the ground: they're both fumbles. I think they made the wrong call on that play.

     

    A RB running forward of the line of scrimmage can't make a forward pass. If he tries, i.e. the ball leaves his hand moving toward the opponent's goal line through his efforts, it's a penalty.

    Behind the line it would be the same call as a QB, of course.

     

    The key is Item 1-1. "If, after intentional forward movement of his hand, contact by an opponent..." Ryan's hand was clearly not going forward when struck causing the ball dislodging. If his hand/arm had been hit while moving forward and the same floppy movement happened, it would have been covered by 1-1 and been incomplete. Because it occurred while his hand/arm was moving backward, it's a fumble.

     

    To claim he "regained" control afterward is a stretch, as I'm fairly certain he wouldn't pass a flopping ball in that direction if he had control. Sure - it happens without being hit sometimes. And that's because the QB didn't have good control of the ball. Only then it wasn't caused by an opponent while his hand was moving backward.

     

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  11. For most educated people, it's about 6 payments of between $0 and $12 a month..greatest bargain in the history of entertainment.

    I thought that all got moved to the Gamepass, good to know its on Ticket as well

     

    Sunday Ticket MAX has Shortcuts games. GamePass has the full/condensed/home or away audio.

  12. What's the advantage of CFLs vs LEDs? Where they're made? Certainly not power efficiency or lifespan.

    LEDs aren't cheap, but if you want a bulb to survive the rigors of a garage door opener or it's in a difficult to reach spot (i.e ceiling above staircase) they're hard to beat.

     

    I'm not a light bulb expert, but I'd assume the CFLs of whatever generation can be affected greatly by power fluctuation due to the ballast required to excite the gases.

    I know some people don't like the LED color spectrum. I find it preferable, and closer to sunlight. I've grown to dislike the "warm"/yellow tint of incandescent.

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