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It’s the only thing. People move to OP knowing that the Bills play there. Knowing that a new stadium (and all that comes with it) is coming. Knowing the traffic involved. Its just the money.

Someone finally said it. This is the real reason. It has nothing to do with locals. I’d venture to wager that there are very few people in Orchard Park saying, “boy I hope we don’t have more things to do and places to eat. ugh, hate fun!” Its the market. They decided to keep the stadium in a spot that, while desirable for some things (tailgating), are super undesirable for others.

No argument there!

I was in the corner endzone where Stevie scored. My friend, a Panthers fan, was kicked in the head right after Stevie caught the ball. Hurt him pretty good. As we are leaving the game he turned to me and said “I wonder what would have happened to me had the Panthers won!”. Rewatching that drive makes me question what we were all thinking when we thought EJ Manuel had arrived. He had one good play that drive and was bailed out three times. Once by Fred dropping the ball and another time by the ref. He also threw a pass behind Spilled that was deflected and almost INT’ed.

If, as an OC, you’re calling plays that the QB hates… you’re doing it wrong.

Yeah I mean this is part of what makes him great.

I wouldn’t give up a solid corner either. But we are talking Elam.

If that is true, then the poster from back in March or April may have legitimately had an inside source. They posted this before anyone really knew much about pricing at all. Look at the last 2 sentences. He also said sales % was beginning to dwindle and a couple months later the Bills publically said that their 75% sales rate was down to 60%.

I hate playing the Jaguars.

He definitely got there early. But I have seen FAR more egregious PI’s not called on last second heaves. That is my largest issue. Lack of consistency. Remember this? Two offensive players mugged - no call. Happens all the time on those last second gotta-have-a-miracle plays. It seems like it’s called when they want it called. And that means it’s less about the rule and more about what they feel like doing in the moment.

Yeah, that’s true.

Ehh… The defensive player has just as much right to the ball as the offensive player. Its all about perception.

Studies should be done on want Lou Anarumo does when he faces KC. It is like magic.

And its one of my favorite things about him.

Definitely didn’t see Baltimore starting 0-2. First time they have started 0-2 in almost a decade.

I say this with kindness: Your understanding of physics is deeply flawed and it’s preventing you from seeing how far off-base your suggestions are. When you squeeze or hit a glove filled with air, the air simply moves - it’s redistributed, not absorbed, dissipated, or dampened. Redistribution of air does nothing to negate energy; it just shifts the energy to another area. In the context of a helmet, this would be dangerous. Redistributing all that impact energy to specific points on the head means certain areas could take much more force, increasing the risk of injury. The point of a helmet is to absorb and dissipate energy across the entire surface, preventing it from reaching the brain. Redistribution, on the other hand, does nothing but move the risk to a different area without reducing it. As you and Sierra are finding out, this is a very complex problem. We have many PhD’s working on this issue and it’s difficult for them as well. There is no simple answer.

The problem with pressure relief valves are three-fold: 1) The existence of such valve mitigates the cushioning effect of the air bladder. Thus why the Zorb balls you posted above don’t have them. If they did, the human inside would feel the hit of the person upon them, rather than being cushioned. 2) Another problem with a pressure relief valve is, even if you found some benefit (which is doubtful), you would have to find a way to reinflate to specification after each collision. 2) The next idea you will likely think of is a pressure relief valve that slowly dissipates energy. The problem with that is energy does not wait for you to dissipate. The kenetic to potential energy will spring back faster than you can relieve it over time.

And then where does that compressed air go?

Padding on the outside of the helmet doesn’t use air displacement. The padding functions by absorbing and dispersing impact energy through the padded outer layer. It compresses on impact, which reduces both linear and rotational forces that reach the head. This in turn helps to slow down the impact by spreading the force over a larger area and increasing the time of deceleration, thus reducing the peak force that reaches the brain.

Justin Jefferson my goodness. Hindsight is 20/20 but imagine if we drafted him

The Saints offense has been absolutely explosive through 2 weeks.

Titans lost to the Bears last week. Im shocked at how bad the Jets look.

Are you trying to reduce concussions or increase the risk? I assume you mean external air displacement. How familiar are you with the physics involved? If you introduce air displacement into a helmet, you’re converting the kinetic energy from an impact into potential energy stored in the compressed air. When that air decompresses, the stored energy is released, which could cause the head to spring back after an impact. Now, picture a football player falling backward and hitting their head on the turf. The energy from the impact would be stored as potential energy, but when that energy is released, it could cause the head to rebound off the turf. This ‘bounce-back’ effect would increase the risk of concussions or other forms of traumatic brain injury. Managing impact energy is about absorbing it, not releasing it back into the head. Sounds like a good way to sever brain stems.

There is zero evidence of this. Due the mechanism of concussions, the hard shell is not meant to prevent them. It is meant to prevent TBI’s and skull fractures. They were developed because humans were dying, right on the field and in emergency rooms, from head hits before helmets. Someone else in this thread mentioned crumple zones and helmets similar to motorcycle helmets. But those are one-time use. You are supposed to throw a motorcycle helmet away after a collision. NFL would be throwing away between 240 and 300 helmets every game.

The “problem” (so to speak) of donating to these player foundations is that they are often the least effective way of helping. 1) The players often have little to nothing to do with the foundation outside of lending their name and maybe a minuscule portion of their time (mostly for photo-ops). The management firms that actually run these foundations do so in order to make money off of donations. For example, of the ~$400k that was donated to Andy Dalton’s foundation, ~$100k of that was paid to a management firm. 2) These management firms, after taking their cut, divvy up the funds to organizations or causes of their choosing. Tua’s foundation, for example, has a very wide-spread and generic focus which means they can pretty much donate their funds to anywhere and anything. With these two facts in mind, it is easy to see that it is far more beneficial for a fan to donate directly to a cause that uses their funds for a purpose that is meaningful to the fan and and is wholly used for that purpose, rather than donate to a middle-man player foundation that dilutes the money and then chooses where to send the funds. My final concern with the donation trend is that it is ego-driven. This is why we often see updates “Up to X amount” and “Keep it going, we are almost over XX amount”. All that being said, I have no problem with people donating. Especially if Tua matches it, like he did last time. I genuinely think Tua is a good human being and I think the money will end up with a good cause, but I believe that it is undeniably the least-effective way of donating due to middlemen.