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You’re exactly right. Then, what happens the play after that, and the play after that, and the play after that, and the play after that, and the play after that, …. and the play after that. I don’t know you from Adam, but I do know that the check down Allen was never a thing, isn’t a thing, and will never be a thing. Thank the Almighty for that. I think the Allen debate provide as much insight into individual posters as they do into Allen. The guy is a thermonuclear bomb tossing freak with instincts for kill shots and the so, so, rare ability to back that package up way more often than not. Having that horse in your stable, and hitching him to a plow, suggests a view of life I don’t understand. Maybe it’s me. If only Monet painted inside the lines and if only Picasso connected all the body parts correctly. Total respect to you, by the way. I’ll cast my lot with the guys who want the ball and swing for the fences when they’re good enough to be that guy.

I”m not a fan of “hot mic” leaks … seems a little dirty to me. But, that’s me. My life would be radically different if some of my “hot mic” moments were broadcast. All of ours would, I suppose. I’m in Tampa and can say the feeling among the fans is they’ll be glad to have him back. While I’m generally not a fan of the “cocky”, I think Baker got a raw deal coming out and has matured and turned things around - or, perhaps, simply shown us what he could be with some stability in the organization. Good for Baker, good for Tampa.

Bills Redskins in Minneapolis. The lost helmet game. One, what a clean, gracious, city. Hit a Bills Bar the night before. Five of us drank for hours and bought everything in red, white and blue drinks. Settle up time, the bartender handed me the tab. I thought he was doing “my share” when I saw the tab. It was for all of us. You can’t afford to stay sober in Minneapolis was my conclusion. Naturally, we missed the last shuttle to the hotel. A volunteer said she could help, but unfortunately “it was gonna take fifteen minutes.” She arranged a bus just for the five of us with a walkie talkie. What a nice crew. I sang “hail, to the redskins” all the way home. It was played after every Redskin score. I had the song memorized by the third quarter.

I’ve been reading and reading, and I think I’ve been persuaded. The league is definitely fixed. That’s not to say it’s rigged, however, which would be all together different. It’s clearly not scripted, which would be right out. It’s not surprising that some are confusing this with influenced, even though the two words are different. I have this gnawing sense that, from time to time, I’m watching something that’s engineered, of sorts. Lacking a degree in the discipline, I offer no conclusion. Concentrating greatly, I don’t confuse this with results that are derived, or falsified. And jury-rigged is simply a subset of rigged, as a whole concept, and therefore not up for consideration. You’ll never get me to agree, try as you might. that games are contrived. I have no evidence of prepense despite years of watching players and referees. I say this even though I saw a linesman fiddling with his back pocket flag before a snap in 1993. I am happy with my personal growth and my willingness to confess to an error in my thinking. I live. I learn.

He’s an excellent number two receiver with an intolerable number one receiver attitude. Who’d rely on him to excel in a super bowl? Dante’s undiscovered Tenth Circle - those whose self admiration and compulsion to talk exceeds their ability to produce or provide insight. Last thought. He’s often defended, and his childish behavior excused, because he runs around and yells on the sideline. What a competitor! Being a competitor requires more than sullen days and weeks interrupted by occasional bursts of anger. No one even looks at him during his fits. Sayonara, Steffon. I hear you believe “you’re him.” Hope that works out for you. As to the question posed. He’s slower and less shifty than he used to be and he drops footballs more often than he used to.

Careful, you’re thinking clearly …. “they” are going to silence you. I’m sure they can create some after the fact “facts” video to challenge what you wrote. Ads are sold, and revenue generated, long before the pairing is known. WAIT, could that mean the 100s of thousands of employees at the advertisers are in on it, too? If I read this thread correctly, the only people not in on the fix are a small portion of the fans. As I type, it occurs to me that this THREAD is rigged! ISPs and POP UP ADS. Cuz, you know, they’re businesses, and in it to make a profit. This is entertainment, after all. Is Netflix rigged? ‘Alas, Queeg … “Ahh, but the strawberries! That's - that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with - geometric logic - that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox DID exist! And I'd have PRODUCED that key if they hadn't've pulled the Caine out of action! I, I, I know now they were only trying to protect some fellow officers -“

I am quitting a rather long hour, high stress job. I had no idea I could profit in terms of clicks, market share, and ad revenue by writing and producing material that appeals to the paranoid. Paranoia, I thought, was a narrow niche disease afflicting a tiny segment of society. And so, I’m off. DM if you’re interested in anti - Big Foot weaponry or want to know the Super Bowl winner. I’ll be announcing it in a video after the Super Bowl’s played, not before, to “demonstrate” how the fix was in.

You’d not ask if you ever heard, and saw, Haley Reinhart and Postmodern Jukebox’s version … Oh, baby!

You’re right, but I had to consider the other play and its impact, also. There was that second and seven where Baltimore picked up four yards, setting up the third and three. Flowers had a hand full of jersey four yards deep on a corner, and the so the KC safety slid right, allowing for at least one yard of the four picked up. Had that not happened, KC is likely to have passed on third and five instead of handing the ball to Pacheco, who picked up the first by half a yard. That allowed the clock to keep moving and led to a touchdown 11 plays later, most of which had penalties of one sort or another either called or not called, some against each team.

Have you watched any Bills vs KC games? How do you define “not hang”? Do you know what delusion means?

Imagine that … a field goal from THAT DISTANCE!

Lamar can’t be MVP because of turnovers … or, so I hear.

“I fired the bonehead that did that mistake.” Irony …

I have thought about this. I’ve considered the same with Aaron Rodgers. Do they love him, or is it just easier to say you do if you’re one of them? I’m not in that locker room and don’t know. Your point is valid. Irony … I’m lounging before church, sipping a coffee, interwebbing, and wearing a Diggs tee shirt given to me as a Christmas gift last year.,

Who’s playing?

Sixty two years of waiting and my hopes and dreams are in the hands of a man who both prefers ranch and is willing to say it out loud! My work is done, here, God … take me anytime.

I agree. Allen definitely took a dive. Imagine the choreography that went into scripting Jones and Dawkins to bump him milliseconds before the release. These guys are GOOD! I imagine the agents and marketing companies were involved, too. After all, simply throwing a pick in a critical situation would decrease Allen’s contract value at the next signing. You have to imagine the DBs were also briefed. You know, leave TWO men open. Of course their agents, and staffs. I have been watching football for FIFTY years, and your hypothesis still holds. I’m waiting for the All 22. There had to be a lone figure on the grassy knoll scoreboard, in case something went wrong. You know, a Jack Ruby of sorts in case something went wrong. A closer, or fail safe. We’ll know we’re correct if we see Allen driving an unexplainable nice car, or a new stereo or something. You watch, the losing quarterback in the AFC Championship is going to throw an incompletion, and we’ll have even more evidence. I have to stop, now. One of my transmitter molars is coming loose and I don’t want to miss an assignment. I may be sent to discredit some of the “sharps” who had the wrong side of Vegas. They’ve been edgy since small market Green Bay beat big market Dallas a couple of weeks ago. Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel.

Grateful for the effort. Putting a bunch of numbers into paragraphs doesn’t meet the minimum requirement for “math” to take place, though. I do see a bunch of numbers, certainly!

Well, I can’t answer for everybody, but for me it’s because he’s a self impressed turd of a teammate who can no longer be cloaked by performance. He’s over priced, too, but that’s not his fault.

Prayers and best wishes …

What’s an expleeetive?

Sometimes you find your words when another man writes them …. grateful.

I agree … if you get the opening kickoff, the best series is a thirty minute drive scoring a TD on the last play of the half. Then, no matter what happens on the opponent’s first drive of the second half, you take the kickoff and bleed the entire second half down to one play. If the opponent scored a TD on their opening drive, you either score a TD or a FG to win. If the opponent failed to score on their drive, you take a knee and win. You should always pass on scoring TDs and instead bleed the clock to the end because nothing ever happens to end a drive.

It was me. The lead was changing possession to possession. Bills by four, Chiefs by three, and so on. At 8:59 PM, late Q3 or early Q4, I sent the following text to my friend. Cut and paste. Three, seven three seven … it comes down to Tyler Bass missing a field goal … i’ll say 44 yarder.

Absurd ….. I’ve been Bills fan for fifty years. Traveled to SuperBowls and had season tickets. He’s the best quarterback, arguably player, we’ve ever had. He’s a first ballot hall of famer. His team struggles against the Chiefs who are poised to become an all time great team in the same conversation with the Packers, Steelers, Cowboys and 49ers. They, and only they, have Allen’s team’s number. If you mean he’s not the greatest of all time, I’ll congratulate you for an astute grasp of the obvious but ask you who is. If you mean he’s not good enough to win on any Sunday, at the top of his class, great in any meaningful definition of the word, I’ll not congratulate you, but I’ll forgive you for a profound lack of history, context, proportion and vocabulary.