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Yep, if the Bills drafted Jesus, a lot of folks whould complain we shoud've picked Buddha because he's more of a space eater and can anchor the D-line better!
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The Greater Washington area has the 3rd largest concentration of wealth in the nation. Supply and demand, baby!
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Patriots | Brady will toss coin at Super Bowl XL
Thu, 2 Feb 2006 15:24:18 -0800
The Associated Press reports New England Patriots QB Tom Brady will toss the coin at Super Bowl XL on Sunday, Feb. 5. Brady will become the first active player to toss the coin in the Super Bowl. The NFL plans to honor 30 past Super Bowl MVP's before the game.
Then again:
Patriots | Brady to have groin surgery
Thu, 2 Feb 2006 09:07:36 -0800
ESPNews reports New England Patriots QB Tom Brady (groin) will undergo surgery on his groin.
Think the two stories are related??
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Steelers | Roethlisberger sets NFL best
Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:15:01 -0800
Pat Kirwan, of NFL.com, reports Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger's 26-4 record (including the postseason) is the best start for any quarterback in NFL history.
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eh?
05-06 stats
Ward - 15 games, 69 catches, 975 yards
Moulds - 15 games, 81 catches, 816 yards
... Ward held out last year.
I wasn't aware 159 was the difference between washed up and WR stud. Ooooooohh and lets not forget that Pitt is a power running team, meaning that defenses were looking to stop the run long before they thought pass. Ooooooooooh and lets not forget that Moulds had JP losman and Kelly freeking Holcomb tossing him the ball, while Ward had RoboQB at the helm.
Never bring facts into any good argument.
Year___rec___yards___avg__TDs
Moulds:
2004:___88__1,043___11.9___5
2005:___81____816___10.1___4
Total:__169__1,859___11.0___9
Ward:
2004:___80__1,004___12.6___4
2005:___69____975___14.1__11
Total:__149__1,979___13.3___15
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Ryan Neufeld = $510,000 cap savings (with only $90,000 in dead money)
Joe Burns = $538,840 savings ($6,160 dead)
Git 'er done Marv.
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Every year...same old, same old...always a bunch of jackasses who party too much, solicit whores, talk smack, etc. Not saying he cant have fun, but I hope he's keeping it in check at least to SOME degree.
But if hes not....No worries, Benny! Youll have your whole lifetime to think about that great party while you stare down at your empty ring-ringer.
Where does it say these shots were taken this week, and why are people so quick to assume this website has any credibility? For all we know, these photos could have been taken a week or more ago.
Hot pockets, anyone?
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Duh...did you ever think that more people are off on Sunday than Saturday. It's a much bigger TV viewing audience.
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I have many friends and relatives in Western PA, so I'm rooting for the Stillers.
The team's more important than any coach/individual (that the Bills fans' matra, isn't it
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Busts? That's way too strong. All three guys are average NFL players, IMO. You can do a lot worse than that, and those guys are not why this team regressed last year.
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make sure you're logged in. If you aren't, you won't see them.
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That I buy. While i know the NFL and the networks think they have to entertain the millions who watch the SB, but do not usually watch football, I seriously doubt many of those viewers watch the game in order to see the lame half-time entertainment, etc. Of course, that's a research question. I'm ready to do the study.
A little old, but still valid (and I wonder how many 50-something women will be tuning in to see the Glimmer Twins at halftime!):
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The women are watching
with more female viewers than the Academy Awards, this Sunday's Super Bowl will air ads that cater to broader interests
The Christian Science Monitor
1/30/2004
Clayton Collins Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
If you believe the twangy beer jingle, a lot of men like football on TV, shots of Gina Lee - and twins. In at least one of those supposed preferences - televised football - men are increasingly being joined by women. Consider:
---* An ESPN poll three years ago revealed that women who watched TV sports favored NFL games above all other sports broadcasts.
---* In 2002, a survey by Scarborough Sports Marketing, in New York, estimated that 50 million US women avidly followed professional sports - and confirmed pro football's top ranking.
---* When last year's Super Bowl rolled around, nearly 40 million women tuned in, says Andrew Rohm, a professor of marketing at Boston's Northeastern University, "which is 10 million more than turned on the Academy Awards."
So if you fire up the television for Sunday's big game, will the commercial breaks offer signs of bold new thinking meant to capitalize on those numbers? Well, maybe. Advertisers have been waking up - slowly - to this long-dawning shift in viewer demographics, experts say, adopting creative approaches they think will appeal to both sexes.
And companies are beginning to use football games to push products that research shows are more commonly bought by women. But many firms and their ad agencies have been reluctant to let go of the "regular guy" imagery that football has traditionally evoked. And even with 150 million sets of eyes ready to watch the Super Bowl, companies see more cost- efficient ways of reaching women than spending $2.3 million for a 30-second spot.
It's clearly a high-stakes buy. The Super Bowl may crown a pigskin champ, but it also traditionally showcases the ad world's premium pitches, making the commercials as great a draw as the competition.
"It's the only broadcast event that exists where you can capture so many people at the same time," says David Blum, senior vice president at Eisner Communications in Baltimore, which released a survey last week on Super Bowl ads.
"There's been a shift away, over the years, from a few products that would tend to be more male- dominated in tone and approach," he says. You'll still see ads for Gillette razors and Viagra. But rounding out the mix now are "broad-based products, soft drinks, snack-food products," adds Mr. Blum. "There are some car manufacturers, movie studios."
Procter & Gamble will advertise Charmin in Sunday's Super Bowl. That could represent a more typical game-time advertisement, going forward, than the manly old Master Lock spot that had a rifle bullet failing to break a padlock, says Blum, who has tracked Super Bowl marketing since 1988.
"They're trying to straddle the fence and not alienate women," adds Professor Rohm. "Women tend to be more highly involved with commercials [than men] and typically in a Super Bowl, because of the large audience, you're less apt to have more of the messages that employ females as sex symbols."
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Women buy 68 percent of all new cars, according to Barletta, and 65 percent of tires. Yet she calls Detroit "especially bad" at speaking to women. The points they make - about torque and horsepower - miss the mark. "Women want to know what it does for them," she says. "It has to be about people."
"The Super Bowl is something of a shotgun approach," agrees Northeastern's Rohm. "There are other programs, like 'Friends,' or some of the reality shows, that are much more efficient media buys on a cost-per-thousand basis."
Blum, too, notes the allure to advertisers of reality programming, though he argues that many viewers count the Super Bowl, an unscripted drama, as a reality show in itself. He's interested to see how much of the Super Bowl audience can be retained by "Survivor: All Stars," which airs after the game.
Still, such short-run series come and go, he says. Cable offerings change. So advertisers across the spectrum would do well to monitor that shifting Super Bowl audience - and learn to mine it in ways that are more inclusive.
"The only thing that it seems you can really count on, year after year," he says, "are all those viewers that are going to tune in on Super Sunday."
© Copyright 2004. The Christian Science Monitor
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"Son of a B word!!"
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Great analysis, especially in reference to the Colts and Bears problems (although those Bears' CBs falling down didn't help
) in the playoffs. I just hope Dick can add enough "change ups" so the Bills can be the exception to the rule.
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I think its 50-50 he's an interim HC by the end of the 2006 season. It's a risk, but he could be a hot commodity later in the year when some disgruntled owner is looking for a credible hire to stop the bleeding on some team (assuming Bob McNair doens't get his way and sign him before the season starts
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Here are the Seahawks UFA's (starters in bold):
Shaun Alexander RB
Steve Hutchinson OG
Mack Strong FB
Rocky Bernard DT
Tom Rouen P UFA
Jimmy Williams CB
Joe Jurevicius WR
Peter Warrick WR
Joe Tafoya DE
John Howell S
Kevin Bentley LB
Kevin House CB
Marquand Manuel S
Maurice Morris RB
Rodney Bailey DE
Ryan Hannam TE
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On that note, here is an article about Hutchinson becoming a UFA.
It is not that promising (he and his wife are from Florida), but I will not give up until it's over one way or another.
Seattle's $21 million under the 2006 salary cap, (sixth best overall), so they should be able to lock up Alexander, Hutch and Hasslebeck through some creative financing.
I wanted the Bills to pick Hutchinson in 2001, but they ended up trading down to get NC.
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Since the Bills aren't in Detroit this week and Super Bowl XLI will be played Feb. 4, 2007 in Miami, I'd say they're pretty low.
Bills to Play Regular Season Game in Toronto?
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I doubt very much the Bills would ever give up a home date to play at the 53,506 seat Rogers Center. The Bills get to keep the suite revenue at RW and 60% of the bucks from the extra 20,000 seats at the Ralph (assuming they sell out).
I could see the Raiders play there, however, as they've long been a favorite of Canadian fans when they've played in Buffalo.