stevestojan
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!@#$ that. Im driving this wagon.
I thought we played VERY well yesterday. The ONLY negatives were a case of the fumbles. That will NOT be a season long thing. If it isnt for that, we looked great (minus lindell, of course). Our defense is NASTY and our offense looks way less CONFUSED that last year.
Go Bills.
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Maybe it's just me but I was absolutely repulsed by the incessant advertising at RWS. I don't ever remember it being this bad. The only thing missing was the proping my eyelids open and forcing me to stare at the jumbotron. Is is any wonder that the fans aren't paying attention, their brains are numb from the incessant advertising blitz. Fuggin bus races for Christ sakes, do we really need to be conducting a bus racing contest? Top's launching t-shirt s and people clamoring like they just discovered clothing And if you want to give a free seat away, yea for you but I still ain't flying your fricken airline.
If someone has a spare RPG in their closet, please fire it at the freaking jumbotron.
Hey Mike,
was your seat uncomfortable? Beer not cold enough? Too long of a line in the john? Drunk person behind/next to/in front of you? Was it too hot? Cheerleaders too ugly (thats a given)?
Damn, man... i mean, Im a pessimistic Bills fan, but i think you take the cake this week. First, your ranting on another thread about our 8-8 season after one game, then how the fans didnt seem into the game, and then this? Come on. We make that last play, and we are all crapping out roses today. Singing show tunes. Smiling ear to ear. One play. In week one. It will be OK.
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There is a lower class school disctrict around here (well, there are many, as west palm beach has some areas that arnt the greatest). Anyway, I saw a bumper sticker that said "Proud Parent of a honor student at Lake Worth High".
Now, its been a while since I've been in school, but when a word starts with a vowel, or any letter with a soft sound, such as HONOR, shouldn't the word prior to it be AN, not A? I might be off here, but I dont think I am.
That was the exact time when a camera phone would have been handy.
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so, you're content in saying that "urban america" cannot or will not speak proper english? Stuart Scott is TRYING, but I think urban America has gotten smarter than this.
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first, tasker had to stand up from the blow bang he was giving to the entire Jags team, then he said "there's no way they can overrule this" ..
man, i loved Steve Tasker as a player, but he pissed me off yesterday.
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just get rid of the red line in hockey. Want more fans? open the game up... sure records would break left and right, but they would be *post red line era.
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did you also notice that he ripped on the Bills an AWFUL lot? I dont know if he was trying to distance himself to look neutral, but he certainly did alot of Buffalo bashing. Just plain awful.
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well, this was my response to Mike's doomsday thread.... it works here:
Man, I am as negative as anyone else (or more), but the funny thing is, is if that last catch had been tipped, not caught, caught out of bounds, intercepted, etc, etc, there would be no mention of a lack of enthusiasm.
I was watching at a bar in south florida, and one drive, the jags were in the red zone (or close to it) and Leftwich obviously couldnt hear a damn thing. He stood up and called a timout. I immediatly thought of the fans i know that were at the game (you all, EZC, and others). Sure, its not 1990-94. But then again, last season we were 6-10, so that is to be expected.
If anything other than the miracle play for Jax had happened, I think all the posts around here would be "wow, the defense looked great!", "bledsoe, only sacked once, and no picks - great", "moorman (and more suprisingly our kick coverage) looked stellar", etc.
Don't get me wrong. After that catch, I had to leave the bar i was at, because i couldnt force myself to be happy or have fun anymore. For being a regular season game, I was thinking it was just as bad as "homerun throwback" or at least close. But come on, its monday, Oakland game is Sunday, and without that one magical catch (and not magical in a good way), this talk would be non existant.
With the level of defensive battle going on (the #6 and #2 defenses in the league) you can't expect 75000 people to stay that loud that long.
So, dooomsday thinking will have to wait for me. I thought it was a good game for the Bills.
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this is where coaching is key.
If you dont treat this right, the players may lose all their "gusto" due to this loss.
But, play your cards right, and use it as a motivational tool, and who knows.
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simply didnt want to give up one big play (big yardage). And they didnt. They just nickle and dimed us to a touchdown.
There's a reason there is a popular saying:
Prevent defense prevents you from winning.
Just wish Milloy could have been part of it.
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but really, i mean honestly - how much more specialized a job can you have? For a living you either kick, or practice kicking fieldgoals. there should be guys in the NFL that can kick a 75 yarder, simply because they dont do anything else. But i dont even care about that. I just want consistency from 35-45. Is that so hard to ask? Every time this schlep lines up, i get scared.
How about someone from a world cup team? Obvious leg strength. Just get him a coach, and make him practice for 12 months. At least next year we could have a kicker.
I know, crazy talk. But really, when your leading point scorer (as most, if not all kickers are on a team) cant do s#it, it's time to start shopping.
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Ok, Lindell can eat a bag of dicks for all i care. This guy has one purpose in life. To kick a football between two uprights. And he is astonishingly bad at that. His kickoffs seem to have gotten a touch longer, but has he ever kicked one into, much less out of, the endzone? (ok, i just looked it up, 3 of his 60 kickoffs last year made it to the endzone). As for his field goals, he has shown decline over the one good season he had, for the Seahawks, in 2000:
Last year, 2003, he was near perfect under 40 yards (14 of 15)
But, over 40 yards, he was 3 of 9. THREE OF NINE. (33.34%). Sadly, that includes 3 of 7 from between 40 and 49.
an off year? Well, lets see:
2003 - over 40yards: 3 of 9 (33.34%)
2002 - over 40yards: 5 of 9 (55.56%)
2001 - over 40yards: 9 of 19 (47.37%)
2000 - over 40yards: 10 of 11 (including 3 over 50 yards!) 90%
Let's compare to an elite kicker (again, all numbers for kicks 40+)
Vanderjagt
2003: 13 of 13 (100%)
2002: 9 of 14 (64%)
2001: 15 of 20 (75%)
2000: 5 of 7 (71%)
1999: 11 of 13 (85%)
Vinatieri
2003: 5 of 9 (56%)
2002: 9 of 12 (75%)
2001: 8 of 13 (62%)
2000: 8 of 11 (73%)
Morten Anderson
Career: 172 of 279 from 40+ 62%
And when you factor OUT the ones over 50 yards (so just FG from 40-49), he has a 68%.
To those of you at camp, was anyone even looked at?
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i do have Q Griffith. Too bad he sat on the bench... moronic move by me, but i thought maybe preseason was just a fluke... i was wrong.
He will be starting for me from now on.
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just offer him a beer (import)... you should be fine.
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Sure, that loss hurt. We know. We all feel it. It hurts really bad.
Buuut, I really feel that this defense is one piece (coy wire) away from being elite.
That being said, I think they will pull us out a game or two.
And the only negative i saw from Bledsoe yesterday was when he missed a wide open player (and forgive me, but i couldnt figure out who #31 was) in the endzone. But maybe he saw a saftey coming in that i didnt.
Remember, Jacksonville was the #6 defense last year. And Bledsoe looked good. He looked young. Quick release. I was happy (and this from a guy who wanted Losman in!)
So, after you pick up the piece of sky that you think fell, put it back up, and lets get ready for Oakland.
I DID NOT WAIT 8 MONTHS to give up after one pass. F-ck that! ...
So, how do you think we match up against oakland. Gannon had 300+ yards yesterday, so lets hope the secondary can hold it together. That said, our run defense is scary, and even though OAK scored 21 points yesterday, they gave up 24 ... to the Tommy Maddox led Steelers.
GO BILLS.
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Yesterday, I bet as follows:
$100 on Buffalo -3. So that catch killed me emotionally, and hurt me financially.
$100 on Baltimore -2. Ouch.
$100 on Detroit +3 (yeah, even though you guys disagreed, I had to go with that one.)
So, I was down $100 after the 1:00 games.
I was gonna leave it at that, but I kept going back to LABillz talking about a home team in week one favored by more than 7 and the total being more than 42 covers the over 75% of the time (or something along those lines!). So, I made the call in.
$200 on the over 42.5
After the first half, I felt pretty damn good. 34 total points. The, after the third Qtr, 41 points. Ok, I only need 2 points in the 4th to win... gotta happen, right? Then, Eli manning comes in. Oh crap... But no... he hands in to Tiki. 70-some yards! Touchdown.
And now i have $100 to play with for next week. (well, $80 after the juice gets paid).
Thanks LABillz, I would have never touched the 4:00 games if it wasnt for that off the wall stat.
(OT) My wife is sick
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well, I hope you got my PM, but just wanted you to know we will be thinking about you thursday. let us know how everything went...
all the best.