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Personally, I’m fine. I fly back to Florida next day. But I’m bringing my sons in and one’s in Buffalo. He needs to drive home, post game.

NO! I bought my plane tickets, today!

Not if she’s on the deed and you’re on the mortgage. Godspeed Mr. Pryor and all stabbed homeowners, renters and people without places to stay.

I generally appreciate Sullivan for coming at stories from other angles. I can read and decide the merit. I’m better off because he wrote and I read. In this case, I’m surprised only that Sullivan expresses surprise at this event. Every NFL head coach is control freak. Every business has emotional interactions in the “are you with us or against us” context at the most senior levels. Did it bleed over into the press, in this particular situation? The press, where everyone’s an independent seeker of great truths and beyond reproach? Yes, Jerry, it did. Did a former wrestler and alpha male in a universe of alpha males swell his chest and lean in? Yes, Jerry, he did. Yawn .... pass the chips. Can’t be his first movie ....

Well, I wasn’t taking salary, structure and bonus into consideration when I used the word “cost”. I should've been clearer. Cost in terms of trade assets and risk to the program was my intended use of the word. You are correct. He’ll be paid.

Spectacular for NE. There is only upside. AB will thrive, or be shown the door without having cost the Pats a penny or jeopardized their culture. The Pats are bigger than AB. The Pats have all the leverage. He’ll walk into the locker room as just another interchangeable part in terms of value to the team. “We won with Chris Hogan. Shut up, work, or go home”. There will be no Gruden pandering. There will be no series of escalating fines. If he gets in the face of Bilichick, 52 guys will kick his a**. He needs them. They don’t need him. Whether he recognizes that or not, I have no idea. He’ll star, or go home without leaving a trace. The Pats are the best organization in four sports. Whether it’s circumstance or genius, we can debate. That they are, we cannot.

What a pandering weenie Gruden is. AB’s problem is not that he’s misunderstood. AB’s problem is that he is understood.

I felt the same way when Marlin Briscoe retired.

Paternity tests for $200, Alex ..

I am! Don’t just lurk ...

I “met” Bart Starr as a boy reading “Instant Replay” by Jerry Kramer. Imagine those titans to a nine year old. Starr was a Brooks Brothers navy blue blazer on that checkered plaid team of all stars and hall of famers. Flustered, one day, in the huddle and with all eyes on him, he told a teammate what he thought of him. He finished with “... and stick THAT in your diddy bag!”. Starr couldn’t curse, yet he never lost the room with the biggest and baddest. It was a different time, and I’m grateful it formed me. Rest In Peace, Mr. Starr.

Best wishes ... truly. Wasn’t EJ one of the initial “buy NFL futures” guys as a rookie? You made a purchase and the value increased or decreased as the player’s career unfolded?

Acknowledgment ... I am not a good looking man at the top of my profession earning millions. That said, here are two dressing rules for all of us. 1). Do not size clothing like you size sausage casing, regardless of physique. 2). Wear a white tee shirt under a white dress shirt.

Logged in just to laugh at this ... understated delivery, timing!

I’d love to send Josh “The Human Hurdler” to recruit!

ulcerative colitis His large intestine was removed and he wore a colostomy bag (iirc).

Drane’s friend is giving much better odds than Vegas could.

Dane should take the bet. He’d have to lose 50 consecutive years to pay out $10,000. For rounding, assume 30 teams in each league. Assuming parity, each team has a 1/30 chance of winning. At least one team winning is 2/30, or 1/15. Buffalo should have a “one or the other” once in each 15 year period, or over 3 times before he’s paid out $10,000 at $200 per year. Of course, I’m assuming the Buffalo teams are as likely as any other to win it all. If Dane declines, have the guy call me ...

To the learned ... Does an NFL team do its own physical evaluation of a prospective draft choice or does the NFL make a report prepared by its physicians available to all teams for their review?

Nothing scientific. I've been to most of the 90s era games mentioned here. This game gets my vote.

Confirmation bias or arguement from final consequence.

239,548 passing yards 1,536 passing tds 0 rings

Buffalo 4-2, Miami 2-4 Edge Miami * * sportswriter try out

Legitimate mistake .... Incognito and Wood during warm ups.

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/05/sports/switzer-arrested-on-gun-charge.html