DonInBuffalo
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Ironically, they probably have a better chance of winning the division than they do of getting a wild card spot.
Somebody put together a site where he estimated the odds for each team/spot:
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The Byrd Arm thing is an illusion, not a photo edit. You are seeing the combination of his arm and Florences arm. They may have edited DJ out for sure but let's not get carried away here, lol (Oh wait this is TBD)
Upon further review, this appears to be the case. Bryd and Florence's arms are blended together, creating the illusion of one very large arm. Ralph is "coincidentally"Ya Jarius Byrd's one arm is way smaller than the other. Ralph looks photoshopped in place of Jauron.
wearing the exact same clothes that Jauron wore for the MNF game on 9/14. So in the end, all they did was paste Ralph's head onto Dick's body.
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Looking through the various press releases, apparently this picture was taken on Friday, 9/11. The players in the picture are everyone who was on the roster or practice squad on that date. The captains have their logos on their uniforms; those were announced on 9/11. They are wearing the road throwbacks, which they wore in New England on Monday 9/14. I'm guessing the picture was taken on Friday, because lots of the administrative types in the back row typically wouldn't be there on a weekend.
I'm guessing Byrd missed the picture, so they pasted him over Dick. Look how Brandon, Ralph, and Bryd are a little further forward in that row, compared to the rest of the players. Still haven't figured out where that right arm came from. Possibly Dwayne Wright or Cory McIntyre from a different photo.
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You mean 1986?
Yes, that's what I meant. Thanks for pointing out my typo.
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I noticed Byrd's right arm as well.
Does anybody else have the 1986 team photo? On that one, they pasted Marv's head onto Hank Bullough's body.
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If a coach wants to get/keep the respect of his players, he needs to reward those that play better with more playing time. Jackson has outperformed Lynch all season, and deserves to start and to get more carries. On the other side of the ball, Byrd excelled to the point where they can't keep him off the field if he's healthy, even if it means sitting Whitner.
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Even if the Bills run the table to go 9-7, which is a tall order to say the least, let's look at how much they still have to overcome to make the playoffs:
- Only one of the Bills remaining games is against an AFC WC contender, so none of their other wins will help knock other teams out.
- There are currently 7 teams ahead of the Bills competing for the 2 WC spots. Let's focus on the ones that are .500 or better to keep it simple:
- Denver is 7-4 and still has 2 games left against KC and Oakland at home. It's extremely unlikely they'll win less than 10 games.
- Jacksonville is 6-4 and is currently behind by 17. They only have one "soft" opponent left, Cleveland, so it's not unthinkable that they could collapse and fail to win 9 games.
- Pittsburgh is 6-4 and plays Baltimore tonight. After tonight, their next two games are against Oakland and Cleveland, so if they win tonight they'll probably be 9-4 in a few weeks.
- Baltimore is 5-5. After tonight, they still have games against Detroit and Oakland. In addition, Baltimore and Pittsburgh still play each other again on 12/27. Add all of that up and it sure looks like either Pittsburgh or Baltimore is going to win 10 games.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with rooting for a miracle.
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There are a few typos in that coverage map. It shows both the NYC and Atlanta areas as getting the KC-San Diego game. I looked up the TV listings for both cities for Sunday, and CBS has paid programming. That's consistent with the rule listed at the site that says that no network can show a game opposite the local team. If those CBS affiliates were allowed to show a game, presumably they would carry Indianapolis-Houston instead of KC-San Diego.
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The problem with that approach is you would have to figure out a way to keep everything secret until you got him signed. Sneaking around behind Dick's back seems a lot worse to me than interviewing HC/GM candidates with the full knowledge of the interim coach.isn't this a bad way to do Fewell?????? name him interim then immediately go out and talk to shanahan almost on the same day...shouldn't shanahan been contacted and named coach to begin with???? -
A few things to keep in mind:
There's no reason to believe that Shanahan is going to jump at the first offer the Bills make without first considering what other teams might be interested in him.
There's also no reason to believe that Ralph is going to "hand him the keys" without first considering some other candidates.
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There were some news/weather people that used local Buffalo news as a stepping stone to national level, CNN in particular. I can't think of anybody who worked on local network broadcasts that did anything national. The only people that come to mind are Ray Bentley and Steve Tasker, who did preseason games for the Bills before becoming network broadcasters. Tasker might even still have a weekly show on Channel 7 during the season.I was referring more to media market people in Buffalo... like imagining Mike Schlupp over at WGR as an NFL "insider".Pam Oliver? I'll have to google that.
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Ah, got it. Unwanted added pressure. I would like to think one of 3 things would happen;
1. Ralph passes sooner than later (not hoping for this) and the new owner gives the coach reasonable time to turn things around.
2. Ralph passes later than sooner and the new coach already has things turned around, so he stays
3. Ralph passes later than sooner and the new coach hasn't done anything to improve our team, he gets the can
Whichever one happens, seems business as usual to me, I wouldn't avoid a job opportunity because of any of these scenarios being a possibility.
I'm also looking at this from the perspective of someone who has worked for several companies that had a change of ownership. In all cases, the new owners made at least some significant changes almost immediately, and generally speaking all bets were off as far as being guaranteed to keep the same job you had under the previous ownership.No. I am looking at it from a Coach or GM making a decision to come here. I'll add Jacksonville to Oakland as the only less desirable places for a GM/Coach. Detroit might be debatable as well due to their epic ineptitude, but at least you don't have to deal with the very real threat of new ownership and re-location. Fan base and tradition mean nothing when home games are being sold to Toronto and the 90 year old owner has no succession plan. -
To clarify, I was thinking more along the lines of the new coach/GM thinking "I have to get this turned around before Ralph dies, or there's a good chance the new owner will decide to 'start fresh' with his own approach/staff".I may be reading your post wrong, but are you saying that if/when Ralph passes away, a guy like Mike Shanahan would be in Jeopardy of losing his job??? I don't get it... -
I agree with this. Even if Ralph gives a new coach a lifetime guaranteed contract, that's Ralph's lifetime, not his. Once Ralph dies all bets are off.I don't see it. The Bills have 1 less home game than everyone else in the NFL and a 90 year-old owner who has not ensured at least publicly the franchise stays in Buffalo. Don't see anyone with other options coming here unless they have a connection/soft spot for Buffalo or Ralph privately assures him that the Bills are staying in Buffalo. -
Let's keep things in perspective here. Fewell was a position coach for about 5 years at the college level, and a DB coach in the NFL for 7 years before Dick hired him as DC. Since Dick is a defensive-oriented coach, he presumably had a lot of say in how the defense was run. So Fewell's experience is limited to say the least.
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In the game that Kevin Everett got hurt, the Bills only had 10 men on the field for the play immediately before the game winning FG. The Bills didn't want to call timeout because the Broncos were out of timeouts and they were hoping the clock would run out before they could run a play that gained enough yardage to get them in FG range and get the FG unit on and that play run as well.
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First let's get all the facts straight.
When they attempted the 60 yarder at the end of the first half, the LOS was the 42. Jackson caught that ball about 5 yards deep in the end zone, (but directly between the uprights) so it was more than 5 yards short, let's estimate roughly 6 yards short.
On the play in question, the LOS was the 29, and it was 3rd and 6. The play lost 4 yards, and there was a holding penalty. So you're only gaining 6 yards by taking the penalty, not 10. The choice was between:
- decline the penalty. It's 4th down, and they're going to attempt a 51 yard FG.
- accept the penalty. It will be 3rd and 16 from the 39. If they gain no more yardage, the FG attempt would be from 57 yards.
Dick probably decided that since it was "only 6 yards", the right choice was to decline the penalty, because if you're defending a 3rd and 16, they'll have a good chance to throw something underneath and picking up 6+ yards, even if they don't get a first down.
Here are the reasons why Dick was wrong:
1. As others have pointed out in this thread, when you are behind, generally speaking the proper strategy is to always try to extend the game as long as possible. A 51 yard FG is roughly a 50/50 shot, and if he makes it, you're chances of winning the game drop to virtually nil. Giving the other team a 50/50 chance to essentially end the game is something that should only be done as a act of desperation.
2. Given the choice between "hoping the other guy screws up", and "giving your players a chance to make a play", a good coach will in most cases opt for the later. That's how you instill confidence in your players; making them believe that you feel they'll make plays if given the opportunity.
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One of the problems with Parrish is he's really to small to be a regular at any NFL position.He's really small so DB would fit him better. -
No teams get blasted every week. Most teams rarely get blown out, with some tending to get blown out more often than others.Unlike some teams that get blasted every week, at least the Bills seem to be in all of their games. They also surprise a lot of good teams for most of the game, which at least shows they have some game.They beat most of the team they should beat, and play close to the good teams for most of the game.
They just need for the offense to play average to be a good team, close to the seeking in the playoffs.
They need some good luck, they always seem to get wrong end on the bad breaks. It has to turn soon.
Yes, the Bills seem to be in almost all of their games. The problem is that they really aren't. In virtually all of their games, they are overmatched in both on-field talent and off-field coaching/preparation, and it's simply a matter of time before the other team prevails.
Yes, they surprise a lot of good teams for most of the game, which at least shows they have some game. Unfortunately, since they lose pretty much all of those games, it's an obvious indicator that they don't have enough game.
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talk is cheap
and so is Ralph
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Unless they've changed the rules, Ticket Exchange doesn't allow you to sell your tickets for less than face value.
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Of course what Aristotle said/thought isn't what the quote said, and it wasn't spoken by him:I agree with Aristotle, we as a society shouldn't tolerate misguided and ignorant bigotry.No, this looks like a classic example of fake attribution to add weight to a modern statement - in this case, an anti-liberal slogan circulating on the right-wing / religious web circuit.It appears in a number of variants, such as "Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society", but a thorough look in Google Books finds nothing even like it in any works of Aristotle.
The "tolerance is the last virtue of a depraved society" version seems to be attributed to the modern evangelical minister D James Kennedy.
http://literarytalk.blogspot.com/2009/06/t...s-of-dying.html
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The biggest problem with this is the people who feel they are somehow morally superior and have some (actually any) sort of right to impose their (arbitrary) moral code on the rest of society.Or people acting as if they are above it all pretending they aren't. An act, such as homosexuality, cannot define a person. A person is above an act. Making fun of homosexual acts and the people who do them used to be something which was revered in society as they knew moral norms and displayed disgust either through disdain or through sarcasm.The biggest problem in all of this is how so many people think homosexuality is fine or normal and believe the greater consequence is the statement and not the depravity in the act.
As Aristotle, the greatest of philosphers, said, "Tolerance is the last virtue of a dying civilization."
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More specifically, I remember reading last season that:Although i still say give the kid a chance, I have to agree that just watching Hardy run routes makes me a bit nervous. He just looks like he is stumbling over himself during his cuts and when going up for the ball. I just dont get how the scouting dept. didnt see that when evaluating him because it does seem to stand out. I guess maybe they figured we could coach him up like we did with.....(crickets)....well at least they are optimistic. In his defense, I do remember them saying something like Indiana's offense had no resemblance to a pro-style offense, and basically Hardy was never taught how to run precise routes.1) Hardy never had to adjust his routes based on coverage when he was in college.
2) The Bills coaches didn't know that until he showed up at practice.
1) I can find understandable. 2) is almost unbelievable.
Time Warner-NFL Network Bills-Jets Game
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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The game is being shown by WPIX, not by CW. It's not on in the Albany area; I just checked the TV guide listings, which are usually pretty reliable.This policy goes all the way back to when ESPN first started carrying regular season games. Every Bills game shown on ESPN has always been shown on a local channel. The basic concept is that people who live in the local market shouldn't be required to purchase a cable package to watch a game that's sold out and being aired locally.
So in this case, WKBW and WPIX put in the highest bids in their respective markets, and those are the only two channels other than NFLN which will be showing the game.
That's more/less correct. If the NFL had allowed them to, and no other local channel outbid them, then they would have been able to show the game.
If your cable package includes WPIX (not another CW affiliate, but the WPIX channel itself) then you will get the game.