Old Coot
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Were he on another team I might like him but I sure would respect him. I can't say I ever liked Brady but when he went to Tampa Bay and continued to play at a high level I respected the hell out of him.
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12 hours ago, Hebert19 said:
Let's hope Von can help us close games out.
Von will be double-teamed on crucial downs. Either he'll need to beat those double-teans or someone else on the DL-LB corps will need to step up.
I'm not saying that Von can't beat the double-teams. When he is double-teamed that means there's an opportunity for the other DL or a blitzing LB to get to the QB.
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4 hours ago, Steptide said:
There's like 10 people at this game. Probably rain and Easter
A story perhaps apocryphal: at one of the AFL NY Titans early games there were so few fans that the players went into the stands to thank those attending.
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How many "Greatest Games ever Played" are there? Too many criteria for there to be just one.
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Now I can afford some sleeves for my shirt
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12 hours ago, Limeaid said:
Sometimes I like German better where you are not allowed to make up words and alternate spelling
I delight in your uneasyness over English unpredictable spelling rules. The Germans probably even have a word for my delight.
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On 4/5/2022 at 1:37 PM, T&C said:
April 5, 1974 - BILLS INTRODUCE NEW LOGO
The Bills announced a major change in the team's logo for the 1974 season. Gone was the red standing buffalo that had been the team's mark since 1962. It was replaced by a blue charging buffalo with a red streak, the crowning achievement of artist Stevens Wright.The initial Bills' helmets in 1960 & 1961 were silver with the jersey number in blue on each side:
https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2011/2/9/1984140/buffalo-bills-uniforms-throughout-the-years
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With all the bitching about its cost, I thought I'd post an artist's rendition of the new $1.4 billion stadium. Corporate suites in the white building on the right
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2 minutes ago, Old Coot said:
I remember Tommy O'Connell handing off to Ritchie Lucas
I neglected to mention that the clothing store O'Connell, Lucas & Chelf was founded by Tommy O'Connell, Ritchie Lucas & Don Chelf (an offensive tackle on the team).
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I'm an Old Coot. I remember Tommy O'Connell handing off to Ritchie Lucas & throwing passes to Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion, Jackie Kemp handing off to Cookie Gilchrist and throwing passes to Dubenion & Glenn Bass. Ed Rutkowski (former Erie County Exec) was on that team.
I remember the loss to the KC Chiefs in the 1966 AFL Championship game. If the Bills had won they would have played in the first NFL-AFL Championship game. Somewhat later the annual game was renamed the Superbowl.
My interest in the Bills has waxed & waned over the years with the team's success. It's waxing now. Hopefully the team will win a Superbowl before I join the Choir Eternal.
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On 3/25/2022 at 3:09 PM, mushypeaches said:
I think that your logic here is accurate - the salary cap structure isn't going to tolerate having top WR's paid like QB's. What's going to happen is that smart GM's start to understand that the incremental benefit of having a top WR isn't worth the incremental cost, and the position overall will start to get de-valued. Similar to what happened with RB's over the last 20-25 years.
It's not quite the same comparison, but the market correction will occur, and eventually teams will begin treating WR's like more "fungible" assets. That's going to be a hard lesson to learn for top shelf WR's, but it's going to happen now that these salaries are getting downright ridiculous. And the value of first contract WR's is going to be even more critical
This is a very interesting theory. If the WR position gets degraded because of huge QB contracts and the RB position has already been degraded does that mean that offensive production gets degraded & defenses improve? Is this why in recent memory the NFL has tweked rules to encourage offensive production?
I remember when you could mug the receivers until the ball ws in the air and then mug the QB for good measure.
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How about a booth where fans get to live an NFL experience: Getting hit by a real NFL blitzing linebacker. Only fans with current medical insurance could participate.
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59 minutes ago, gobills404 said:
Who needs more than 1 healthy outside CB when you can just have 10 DL instead
Good point. I think they are planning on using 21 personnel package on D -- as in 10 DL and 11 other guys.
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I'm guessing that Beane & Co have a plan for this since they let Levi Wallace walk.
Whether that plan is successful is another matter.
As the noted philosopher Michael Tyson once said, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."
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Brady sets yet another football record -- shortest retirement.
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It was a business decision.
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NFL channel reporting on this year's Combine with QB's throwing Go routes to WR's played a video of Josh's 70 yd throw at his Combine. His throw started at his own 10 yd line and caught by the WR at the opposite 20 yd line.
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1 hour ago, NewEra said:
gen·er·a·tion·al
/ˌjenəˈrāSH(ə)nəl/
Learn to pronounce
adjective
relating to or characteristic of all the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively.
"generational differences in television usage"
relating to the different generations of a particular family.
"a compelling generational saga"
it’s a word. Why is this even a thing?
It's a perfectly cromulent word.
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Let's try this take on the discussion:
Assume Edmunds is no longer with the team. Who is a better MLB fit given the Bills' protect against the pass first scheme?
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For those disenchanted with the NFL there is always professional pillow fighting:
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21 minutes ago, JayBaller10 said:Just read in this same article a NY better laid down $5,000 for the Jets to win it all at 200-1 odds. $5,000. I mean, there’s better ways to blow that kind of money. It’s easy to see why Vegas stays rich
Those fancy casinos aren't built by the winners; they're built by the losers.
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59 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:
Except when it’s intercepted.... seemed like Carroll forgot the old chestnut about 3 things that can happen when you pass and 2 of them are bad.
You are right on both counts but its a low risk throw. Malcolm Butler made a great play on the ball. I read afterward that the Pats practiced against that pattern and Butler wasn't able tp prevent a completion but learned from his mistake.
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10 minutes ago, BobbyC81 said:
Nothing may ever…ever…ever…be worse than the Seahawks throwing a pass at the goal line when they could’ve just handed off to Marshawn Lynch.
I thought so, too until I heard Pete Carroll's reasoning: If Lynch does not get in the clock keeps running. By throwing a low risk pass like that, it's either a TD because the Pats expect a run or its incomplete stopping the clock and giving the Seahawks more time to run more plays.
Remember Lynch is hard to bring down once he gets going but he can be stopped behind the line.
I'm not saying that I agree with carroll but his reasonong makes some sense.
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I don't understand the Burrows haters. How can you not like a guy who looks like a 1930s G-man?
RD 1, Pick 23: CB Kaiir Elam, Florida
in The Stadium Wall
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Elam should fit in nicely. He has two relatives who played in the NFL so he knows the score.
My only concerns are that he missed three games last season because of a knee injury and that his play was a bit inconsistent.
Why come out after a junior season like that?