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Sorry for your loss Guff, TBD and Bills nation is with you! Loved the old school art...

Thanks eball - I hadn't seen that on the Nike site!

I picked up a Stevie Johnson Nike jerseys during a trip to NYC a few weeks back (how could I resist in that flagship Niketown store) and I gotta say they're MUCH nicer than the old Reebok jerseys. The materials are better, the cut and fit are way better and they fixed the low-cut collar that looked like crap on last year's jersey. I got a size M, where in the past I always had got an L. It fits great, though, I'm not layering up under for winter games... Personally I wouldn't go for a China knockoff, not into supporting bootlegs. Also, looking at the numbers on the Mario jersey posted above, it looks like the numbers are crooked! I'd rather pay $100 and have the legit, correct jersey! Any idea when the $135 mid-level jerseys come out? Gotta get a Mario too!!

As someone on Twitter said on draft day "Guns don't kill people, Nigel Bradham kills people."

I think Adam Schein called it with this tweet: "Stephen Ross' next good decision will be his first."

Vince was on Sirius this afternoon, here's a link to the interview: http://siriusxmsports.posterous.com/vince-young-bills-qb-joined-adam-schein-and-r Doooooooooooooooooooooomed!

In listening to Sirius this morning,they made it sound like this is not a done deal in Minny. Even the article mentions "But he said franchise owners will find it tough to stomach an amendment that would put the team on the hook for $105 million more." $105M in the scheme of $975M, but that's a lot of scratch coming out of Ziggy's pockets. Plus the team said they're not contributing more than $425M, this ups that number to $530M. I hope they work it out, I had to see any city lose their NFL team!

Several sources are saying that VY looked good yesterday... http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/03/vince-young-looked-good-at-bills-tryout-no-deal-yet/ Also, thought the quote from the Eagles GM was interesting (considering the number of people that seem to think Vince is a cancer to teams): “Vince was an unbelievable teammate when he was here and you saw him continue to get better,” Roseman said. “We felt like he was going to have an opportunity to go somewhere and maybe compete for a starting spot. So whoever gets Vince Young is going to get a steal at this stage of the offseason.” Guess we shall see...

Frighteningly, I've had the exact same thought. It's the question all humans ask in life - do the Bills finally win a Super Bowl? Well, too bad, you'll never know... The real question is, if we're up by 14 in the fourth, when the world ends - do we at least get some measure of respect in the afterlife?

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-draft/09000d5d8285445d/2012-Draft-profile-OLB-Nigel-Bradham-Florida-St

Links?

I think the real question for the this thread is - Joe Scarborough in the morning? Really?

Awesome - thanks crew!

Question for anyone that might know (*cough*Jack*cough*) - is there any issue with selling group seats on Ticket Exchange or StubHub? I can afford to pick up 15, just not realistically sure I can get 15 people to commit! At least if I can unload them as needed, I won't have to worry about the investment... We're definitely going for the RV / Weekend trip again this year, such a good way to kick off the season. Also, any idea if they go on sale tomorrow? I think the last couple years they've gone on sale when the schedule was announced. Thanks in advance!

The big takeaway from this thread is that you should follow Irsay on Twitter - you never know what that guy is going to say! He certainly doesn't come across like an NFL owner...

Not sure if anyone saw this, but a 10,000 page $27 million dollar impact study on the downtown LA stadium was released yesterday. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-stadium-eir-20120406,0,710475.story The AEG group seems to think that nearly 20% of game attendees would take public transport to the games (27% on weekday games). Even with the proposed public transport improvements and the education and incentives that still seems really high for a city that loves it's cars. NPR yesterday cited a study that shows only 3% - 5% take public transportation to Lakers games! I've been to enough events down at Staples to know that the confluence of the 10 and 110 is always a mess during event time. And just look at the HOV lanes on any LA area highway and you'll get an idea of how much people like car pool. Not to mention that PSLs and ticket prices in LA will probably be outrageous - I can just see a studio head rolling to the game on the subway Regardless, it's an interesting fight to watch...

I haven't read anything but Tim and Pat on Sirius just said they're reading reports that the way the deal is structured, it's basically a one year deal that the Eagles can easily get out of... I'm sure someone will post a link before too long!

Um, True?

Why? Did Woodson NOT score low on the Wonderlic, then go on to be a Hall of Fame player, proving (at least in his case) that the low score predicted nothing about how he was going to play in the NFL? Or because of my incorrect use of "an"?

Jim Miller just told a story about how Ralph Wilson didn't want to draft Rod Woodson back in the day because of his poor Wonderlic test score. We passed and the Steelers drafted him - I think Rod's career turned out OK (and we got Shane Conlan who went on to be a Pro Bowler, but not a Hall Of Famer). Point being, a low Wonderlic score doesn't really have jack to do with how a player will perform in the NFL...

Let me add the obligatory "DOOOOOOOOOMED!" to this thread...

Did anyone point out that the Nike jerseys that you can buy (in 10 days) are up on their site? http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/?l=shop,buffalo_bills I'm in... And 808, I have actually seen pre-production renderings of Nike gear and I'm with Blanco_Diablo, it's pretty obvious that these are fakes not put out by Nike.

I'm with ya - as I mentioned pages ago, I hated the collar on last year's Reebok jersey, it looked like I was wearing a deep V T-shirt. Not a good look in Football Here's a cool interactive overview of all of the tech in the new unis: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/story/2012-04-03/nike-new-uniform-design/53982596/1

No, really: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Nike+Flywire+jersey+collar First news link, TBO.com about the Bucs has a good overview: Most of the uniform changes relate to the construction and materials used, rather than individual team designs. Included is a "Flywire" collar used in the Nike Pro Combat line by several college football teams. "Designed and engineered from the inside out, the new uniform focuses on creating a system where the baselayer, padding, jersey and pant work in concert," Nike claims in press releases announcing the new Elite 51 line. Not all NFL franchises embraced the new technology. Nine teams chose not to adopt the Flywire collar, which Nike claims provides a "lockdown" seal with shoulder pads, and five teams decided not to use the "uniform system" at all.

$70 is a lot, but "pretty damn close" ain't authentic. You don't do all of your shopping on Canal St. do you? I mean, I suppose you could run the DHGate jersey with your Niike shoes, Oakeley glasses and drive around in your Fard Truck, but why would you?