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Reading comprehension my friend. 34 (half) of the cases were informal at a private home. You know anyone who has an AED at home? Didnt think so.

Good topic Royale. A few thoughts. 1) We're all shaped by our personal experiences. But I think its important to be able to take a big picture view of things. How likely are bad outcomes? As tragic as Damar's injury is, its extraordinarily rare. Much more common are concussions, broken bones, and soft tissue injuries. A child died at one of my sons lacrosse games; brain aneurysm. And my neighbors daughter ended up in a ped ICU for 2+ weeks playing soccer. She was a goalie, dove to cover up a loose ball, and got kicked in the head. 2) Exactly what is the likelihood a high school football player develops CTE? Hard to know, since CTE is usually diagnosed postmortem. But all available data indicates that college and NFL player are at far more risk of CTE than a kid who stops football after high school. Its cumulative brain trauma thats important. The C in CTE is "chronic". Think of it this way. There are over 1 million high school football players in the US. If they are all at risk for CTE, that would be roughly 35 million males in the US between ages 50-85. So our nursing homes would be filled with male patients with CTE-induced dementia, right? In fact, women are about 2X more likely than males to develop dementia. 3) Life is not risk free. All decisions we make have a risk-benefit ratio. So whats the benefit of playing football? -teamwork -discipline -training- -camaraderie -staying out of trouble Now sure, many other after school activities have the same benefits. But, both from personal experience and my kids experience, football is king at many of these. I encouraged my son to play high school football. He played hockey and lacrosse until high school. Many of his high school teammates remain his best friends today. And although he went to a diverse high school, our neighborhood was largely white. Most of his black friends were from the football team. Kids who ended up attending his wedding, and he attending theirs. In the end, its a personal decision. My opinion, learn the facts, learn what is really known about high school athletes and injuries (high school sport with most injuries is......cheerleading), and support your kids.

During gulf war 1 in 1990 or 91 they skipped the 2 was and made it a one week break. That was the Bills Giants super bowl.

My best guess is that this is correct. The Hit didnt look severe enough to cause commotio cordis, and if it did, he would have sudden vfib, and wouldnt have stood up. I think a vascular injury, vertebral artery (neck seemed to take most of the blow) or aortic/subclavian artery rupture/dissection is most likely. Seems that he's stabilized now, but may have suffered brain injury due to cardiac arrest or hypotension.

Just my opinion of course, but I thought that the first Jets game was the only game this year in which the Bills were beaten. Our lads lost to Miami in a perfect storm of injuries and heat stroke,and sorta choked in the Minnesota game. But Jets clearly outplayed Bills in game one and deserved the W. They have a strong DL, strong run game (prior to Hall injury), and a promising #1 WR. I thin Wilson is OROY. Long term, I see Jets as toughest completion in afc east.

Your math is off. You need to divide the 250 snap by 3 players. So it really 83 snaps, or 1.5 games at the most.

Huh. According to this link, Brown has elite speed and agility. But far be it for me to argue with labillbacker’s eye test also, call me crazy, but moving a 6’8” guy with back problems from tackle to guard may not be the brightest idea

“Nutrition is at least half of player performance” I’m curious if there is any data to support this quote, or whether it’s made up out of thin air. I went to Chefs when I was in Buffalo a couple months back. Waiter told me that Bruce Smith used to come in every Friday for a 3 pound plate of spaghetti “parmed”. These guys are incredible athletes with monster caloric demands. I’m thinking that the most important thing is to get sufficient protein and calories. Don’t really need a personal chef for that; it’s a luxury, but not necessary. Weight, speed, and endurance training are necessary.

? Brutually means with extreme force. Don’t see a problem there.

50:50 chance that gets flagged as personal foul unecessary roughness today.

Ahh... i 'll see you the Allen unsportsmanklike and raise you the Allen trifecta. Facemask one Rams DL, throw him into another, and stiff arm AAron Donald for good measure. Never seen a QB called for facemask before.

Of the three AFC East teams the one that worries me most is Jets. I think Jets loss is the only really legit loss — where Bills was outplayed—the Bills have this year.

Kick was from the 15 yd line so it was 25 yd not 20. where did your figure of 1% come from? Is this based on any facts or simply made up!

Taiwan Jones. Guy must have some compromising pictures of McD.

Hey, just curious. after seeing missed 35 and 38 yd kicks this week, is everyone absolutely sure that not taking a sure TD was the right move? My opinion is that it was a close decision, but that McD should have taken the TD. FG, especially in bad weather, might be 90+%, but it’s never 100%

I think Josh is the MVP. 1) Re: passing stats, consider the windy, rainy, snow bad weather games for Josh. Also consider that bills receivers have highest drop rate in NFL. Despite this , Allen is a top 3 passer when considering all passing stats. And a top 3 runner. 2) Consider supporting cast. Mahomes has Reid, and a top 5 OL. Hurts has the best OL. Burrow has the best trio of wr in NFL. Josh has a below average OL, a first year OC, and 1 top WR. 3). Someone might say Josh has advantage of a top 3 defense. Although this is clearly an advantage if you want to win a Super Bowl , it’s a disadvantage in the mvp race. A top scoring D means you need fewer points, and therefore less offensive output, less gaudy passing stats to win a game. I think it would be interesting to see how DC would vote as to which QB they least like seeing. I guess it would be mahomes and Allen, then burrow, then Herbert, then hurts.

Huh. I do recall a threaD about last weeks game in which posters were debating whether a 25 yd FG was automatic or no.

Love those Genny Cream Ale pounders. nowhere to get them in the DMV.

Hmm.. I searched 2007 mock draft. Looked at the first 10 results. All had Russell #1. A “bust” is a player who doesn’t fulfill draft expectations. It follows immediately that the players with highest expectations are those drafted highest. Therefore, ipso facto, ergo insalatum, Jamarcus Russell was one of the biggest busts in modern nfl history.

Hmm… Jamarcus was the #1 #1, played in only a handful of games, and was out of the league in 3 yrs. And he’s not a bust? ok

I’m guessing you haven’t seen NFC pro bowl roster.

Ahh. If you score a TD there is 100% chance that 6 points go on the board for you. That’s the rule. Lookit, I agree it’s a debatable decision. It seems to me that too many coaches try to overthink situations. Score points whenever you have a chance is a good general guideline.

Your analysis of the situation is correct. But the determination that it was the “right” decision is dependent on the percentages assigned. Where did you get those numbers from? I could just as easily say in a snowstorm there is a 5% chance of missing the kick and a 2% chance of a TD with 40 sec left. Then it’s the wrong decision.

Am I crazy for saying that the media seems to like Allen, and rather than give it to Mahomes a second time, a tie goes to Allen or Hurts? And if Hurts is hurt, then maybe Josh is favorite, so long as he wins out and plays well the rest of the way. I think Allen is clearly "more valuable" than Hurts. Hurts has a stronger supporting cast (OL, RB, WR). Look at it this way. If Allen was on Eagles, whats their record? 14-0 maybe? If Hurts is on Bills, whats Bills reccord? 8-6/9-5? Who led more comebacks? Mahomes is a different story. He's every bit as valuable as Allen, maybe more so. But Allen is a likable guy, so it wouldnt surprise me if Meida decided to give him a win in a close race.

Not true. this is really a simple and well known statistical question. You simply need to do a students t test comparing the yards gained for each of the 11 plays he was out vs the 72 he was in. My guess is that you would have a significant result.