That's No Moon

It's an interesting suggestion. I've thought about the logistics of that before and the biggest hurdle I run into is time. We'd have to play somewhere else for at least a year. In order to make that work in such a way that it's not an absolutely gargantuan structure I think it be easiest to peel off the existing upper decks and go from there. The new upper decks/suite levels would be part of the new structure. Failing that you'd need to have something that spans the whole complex right now which would be really really big and since the main goal is to add revenue not shelter from weather I don't think it would meet NFL goals.

Bizarro did not do well on the Wonderlic

The Eagles offered a pre-paid parking pass for $350. Cash parking on game day is $40. Penn State Football is $40 on game day but you can pre-pay for the whole season for $100. Ford Field is $45. FedEx Field is 57.50. All the the Heinz Field lots on the North Side are pre-sold...the caveat there is the same as it would be in Buffalo. If you're willing to walk, you can park for $5 in the Golden Triangle and walk across the bridge. If the Bills put a stadium downtown be assured the stadium lots will be pricey but because there are so many other lots and places to park in a reasonable radius you'll be able to find a cheap spot somewhere within a 20 minute walk which is basically the distance some people walk to RWS now. The other thing you see is something that happens in Philly all the time, local establishments that are slightly too far to walk will offer shuttles to and from their lot to the stadium area. I guess what I'm getting at is if you don't want to spend 40/50 bucks to park you'll find a way not to. Hell, I'm sure the Casino will figure out some sort of promo where they'll comp you the parking back in slot dollars just to get you to come in after the game.

The way the game is evolving you are basically required to pass effectively to be successful. They hardly call offensive holding, QBs can't be abused really at all, PI almost always favors the offense, the defense can't touch receivers anymore, you can't kill people on crossing patterns, chop blocks on running plays have been eliminated, WR crackbacks have been eliminated, etc. The league WANTS you to pass. Building a stadium where we can eliminate the wind as an issue only helps the team be more competitive in the NFL of the future. Force field.

So there was a 120k SF commerical space available in an actual historic building all along. Who knew. We're going to look back at the day Bass Pro decided against building at Canalside as the best thing that ever happened. If they park the new stadium down on Ohio St it's a short spur to add on. If they stick it in between the arena and the casino (like they should) it will fit right in. FWIW, in that scenario I fully advocate having an elevated playing surface so the grid can remain intact underneath. The streets can be closed to traffic on game days. Having the building itself be a part of the city grid system opens up a lot more possibilities during the rest of the non-football season rather than having an isolated barn surrounded by a moat of parking.

Which team has the better QB? For where the NFL is going, premium on speed de-emphasis on size/hitting/running the football, having a dome and getting out of the weather will help you more than it hurts.

2/15M with 6.75 guaranteed is dirt cheap, even for a back-up. Chase Daniel just got 3/21M with 12M guaranteed. People are going to soil themselves when they see Tyrod Taylor's contract figures. Brock Osweiler 4/72M with 37M guaranteed. Tannehill 4/77M 45M guaranteed, Alex Smith 4/68M 45M guaranteed. Sam Bradford 2/35M 22M guaranteed. We still gnash teeth over giving Fitzpatrick 10M dollars as though that was a massive sum of money for an NFL QB. That was low for a non-rookie contract starter THEN. Now? Nick Fricking Foles makes 12M/year. Every other established (non-rookie contract) NFL QB makes 16M+ 10 QBs make more than 20M/yr and Kirk Cousins is 47k away from being #11. Before anyone asks, he has a 5M cap hit for the next two seasons. 1M of his 2016 salary is guaranteed. After this year he has no guaranteed dollars but has a dead cap hit of 667K due to his original 2M signing bonus. Hate him though we might, EJ's cap hit is only 2.8M and his contract is fully guaranteed so we'd eat the full 2.8M if we released him.

I realize the coach kept his starters in and this beatdown was way worse than my example but in some circumstances there's not much you can do. I had a game with my middle school girls this year which was for 3rd place in our conference. The girls had lost the previous week (in ugly meltdown fashion) which kept them out of the championship game. They were pissed at themselves and they took it out on the team we played the following week. It was 22-2 at halftime the other team's 2 came as the buzzer went off to end the 2nd quarter. They went on to win 38-7. All 9 girls played more than a quarter and my best 3 players sat basically the entire second half. We didn't press at all the entire game but they defended in the half court really really well and forced a ton of turnovers. By the middle of the 3rd quarter the whole bench is in and they're still killing them defensively. What do you say to them? "Girls I know you've practiced hard all year and you play a lot less than the other girls and even though this is your chance to play a lot of minutes in a game don't try too hard to score and let them get a couple baskets."?? That doesn't feel right either.

The current lease runs until 2022, It will be interesting to see what football participation numbers look like by then. High School numbers are down almost 3% nationwide and Pop Warner was down more than that. Fewer kids getting into the feeder system now will lead to fewer kids playing in high school etc. I love watching football. I have 9 and 6 year old boys who also like watching football. They will not be permitted to play football.

I don't disagree with that but I feel like they've been setting her up the past couple weeks to have a Tyreese type self sacrifical, I hate what I've become, death.

We needed food. Simple answer. Also, I like that Negan's satellite camp had a giant satellite dish in it, gave me a giggle. The only way to make it more obvious would be to have Dave Matthews playing inside the camp walls. Also, gleaning clues. The group who dies this week hadn't been to the "safehouse" in more than a month - someone had cleaned out the supplies in the interim - yet oddly left the fuel behind. Had someone from the Alexandria group been there recently? If not them, who? The Saviors group is clearly large in that they can expend 20ish people and still have enough to mount a legitimate offensive. Subtract 20+ fighters from any group we've seen thus far and they lose their ability to fight. Also, Negan's group still, in theory, doesn't know the Alexandria group exists. Rick and Carol whacked all of the known Saviors so far. Now, what would make sense would be if when the redhead radioed out for help that the satellite base had fallen the person she spoke to was a relay who then passed word back to home base. The limited range of the walkie talkies was implied with the conversation about static in the transmission and the Negan group is well coordinated enough to have thought of that. I need to go back and re-watch the scene where they were in transit to the safehouse where she was on the radio. IIRC the radio didn't answer her, she was communicating out about others not following protocols and telling the listener what channel to be on, then she switched channels to talk to her immediate backup. That would put the actual Negan in much closer proximity. Also, we never got a good explanation about the female Wolf zombie who was tied up in the woods. Spencer? Negan? Random? In retrospect it doesn't seem to be in the Wolves M.O. to do that - they were all about killing immediately. In regards to who dies, if we use the comics as a guide there are some immediate suspects, Abraham and Glenn immediately come to mind. But remember, Judith died at the prison in the comics, Carol killed herself at the prison as well (and was WAY less of a bad-ass), Morgan died when Alexandria was over-run by zombies, and Daryl doesn't exist. Eliminating any of them realigns with the books.

I wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers but she's not my preferred look. I've always had a thing for Dana Delany - she's 60 now, this picture is from last year.

Shipbuilders and construction companies didn't know that asbestos was as nasty as it is at the time, nor were they able to project the impact of exposure to it.

It also raises the argument that the NFL is not responsible for the damage because it's impossible to know when it started and which specific head traumas were the issue.

1962 Tom Sestak - Round 17, pick 132 (equivalent of a modern 5th round pick) 1987 Howard Ballard - Round 11, pick 283

Teams are waiting for him to finish the 40 yard dash he started last Thursday.

Of course he said publicly he wouldn't take a discount. If you say you'll take a discount the starting point of the negotiation is automatically lower. Saying you'll shop around lets you start from the highest possible point and work backwards, not from your concept of a discount backwards.

I'd much rather Wallace than Harvin

Rex prefers to take in his snacks privately.

Mike Mayock pre-run "I'm surprised he came out this year." LOL I was hoping for a 3 point stance comment as well.

Point of order, Douglas. You want the Bills to win because you're paid to. I want the Bills to win because it is ingrained into my soul. I seriously doubt that you want to win more than I want you to win.

It's not my year

Something about that story smells fishy.

That would be an excellent blitz alert call. Picture Peyton Manning saying it with verve and throw a couple Omaha's in there or Brady saying it followed by "42's the Mike"

There is a casino on the Hollywood Park site that Kroenke is building on. It was part of the former horse track on that site. It's currently undergoing renovation and the casino's own website mentions a two year plan to "evolve and grow into our new home". There will absolutely be a casino on that property if not directly connected to the stadium. There's no way the casino operators would pull an approved, operating, casino out of the middle of LA.