Offside Number 76

Right? I don't think people understand the enormous amount of infrastructure needed to pull it off. Detroit couldn't handle it last time they hosted; we sure can't. We *might* have the infrastructure for NCAA basketball regionals (round of 16). But even when we host opening round games, it gets a little tight. The biggest sporting event I've seen here was the 2011 World Juniors, and everything downtown was booked solid--as were several of the suburban hotels and a number of NF hotels. (2018 drew significantly less interest.)

I think you overestimate the capacity of these hotels. The Embassy Suites might look big, for example, but I'll bet it has only about 150 rooms. The largest hotel in Buffalo, the former Hilton and Adams Mark, now called the Buffalo Grand, has 400. My figures come from Visit Buffalo Niagara, which ought to know. https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/majority-of-buffalos-hotel-rooms-booked/71-ebd86012-b73a-4d58-8f69-ed768d206c03 And there are not a few thousand hotels in the area. Not even close.

There are 2,385 hotel rooms in Buffalo. This includes tiny boutiques as well as large hotels, and it includes the entire city, not just downtown. That's roughly 1% of the total needed. I don't think the other 99% can be found in the surrounding area even if we include NF Ont.

I will admit to being one of them. Sure. And so can every other team. But some teams have coaches that make the most of the plays where balls aren't dropped, routes are run correctly, blocking is perfect, etc., and McDermott is not one of those coaches. If the players are playing A- or B+ football, which is fine because I don't expect 11 guys to execute every play perfectly, McDermott's coaching is a C or a C-. He is the most easily identifiable problem.

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Not my problem, Leon. Either look at the post or shut up. No wonder you name yourself after Seals instead of Smith, you lazy man.

I posted a link to the actual playbook. Not sure what would be more authoritative than that.

It was 12 formations, not 12 plays. And I generally agree that they could take a little less time to get plays off--even at the expense of time of possession.

It's been a while for me, but wasn't it the deal that one network would carry AFC home games, and the other, NFC? Is CBS not carrying the Bills game?

How about a game *almost* won on a tacky-tack PI call in Cleveland?

Yes we are. And that's going to be a complete blowout. It's also going to be my nap between the 1pm games and the Bills game, so personally, I won't care.

I can't imagine most of us want to watch out-of-conference Seattle against 2-3 Cincinnati, but that's what we get at 1pm on CBS instead of rooting for Carolina against Miami, or watching a tiebreaker matchup atop the AFC south between Indy and Jacksonville. Fox doesn't have anything interesting at all in that time slot, so I guess SF at Browns is the best the league can do. But why is our CBS affiliate carrying a game that few of us could care about?

And how are they?

I don't see a reason not to.

A dozen penalties in a half is concerning. And meaningful, even if preseason.

They named a Sabre after former RB Curtis Brown.

It's really starting to look like about twelve months, give or take.

Gaining next year's capital.

Yeah, because Reich is going to fix a defense. Have another Genny.

Maybe based on the Bills D allowing 24 today. With Thompson QBing the fish. The Bills need to be better.

But isn't that its own safety issue? Like the reason we don't see Andre Reed-sized pads anymore is because the pads themselves could be used as a weapon?

Well, the odds of being struck by lightning increase significantly when there, you know, IS LIGHTNING.

There's no need for a rule change. It's a one in a hundred million shot. Unfortunately, that still is a non-zero chance. It's happened in hockey a couple of times--one guy (Chris Pronger) even went on to have a HoF career. Hopefully, Hamlin will live a long and full life, maybe even with football as a part of it. But there's no need to change the rules for what is essentially a freak occurrence. I did read somewhere that some softball pitchers choose to wear extra protection over the heart to prevent this type of thing; I guess that is one possible rule change.

Some serious undervaluing of AJ going on in here, IMO. No, he's not Bruce Smith, but his play above replacement level is greater than Bass's play above replacement level. (And I like Bass, don't get me wrong.)

It's not insensitive. His health is not his first priority and it certainly isn't the team's. The league needs to fine Miami over this.