Dibs
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I've heard rumblings that there are plans to bring many deflated footballs into the game...
Yeah, by the Patriots.
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Week 2 limerick:
There once was a man named Tom Brady
Who's actions were deemed to be shady.
The Bills got the schits
So they ripped off his bits,
And now he pees just like a lady.
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Gate-Gate-Gate. Patriots get caught bribing the judge in the inevitable appeal for Gate-Gate(above).
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Yes, I did read the article. Jerry was baiting the thin-skins for exactly that kind of response.
I'm glad we don't disagree about how the Bills utilized the concept of C2C as an excuse.
You really are a Marrone.
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My "study".
Some of you guys really allow your indignance at sportswriters to make yourselves look like haughty d-bags.
You obviously didn't read the linked article did you?
...and I thought calling people haughty d-bags was frowned upon here?
Oh it is relevant.
Because the Bills used C2C specifically as an excuse to their fanbase and the media to justify not spending when they didn't feel like it.
It really isn't. I don't disagree that it can potentially be more easily used as an excuse for not spending(by duping the ignorant public).....but the system in and of itself is no different than non-C2C in overal spending amounts.
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Fair enough... I only read the last few posts. Apologise if I was repeating what had already been said.
I think KTD's "everybody knows that" line was directed not to yourself, but to the posters here who seem to be ignoring the information you gave. I think his start line of "Of course" showed that he was very happy that you posted what you did.
I personally enjoy your thoughts....no need to appologize for them IMO.
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It was an accounting guideline that allowed Ralph to pocket mountains of profit over the last 12-13 years that he owned the team.
Changes in the collective bargaining agreement........designed to prevent exactly what the Bills were doing.........were making it harder for Jeffery C to pocket those unused cap dollars without it being indefensibly apparent to everyone that they weren't committed to winning.
I seem to recall you and I having some go-rounds over the Bills profits.....you were buying those woe-is-me numbers around $10M per year and I was saying it was more like $30M and when the books got opened up when the team was up for sale.......we had both underestimated it.
Using a C2C guideline is not relevant to the point you are making. A team can just as easily spend just the minimum requirement while using a non-C2C phylosophy as by using it.....if that is what the team is wanting to do.
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Once is okay... But haven't teams complained about this in Foxboro for a long time. Vikings come to mind about 7 years ago. Many teams, I suppose lay on the sword when it happens. ...
According to the Deadspin article, since the change in 2012 to digital technology, and considering mitary grade coding/decoding tech.....it is impossible to have stray signals bleed into the system (baring maybe some sort of dangerous electrical setup).
This is different to a signal simply cutting out due to a loose wire or connection. If this indeed is technically impossible to occur it should be thoroughly investigated.
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.... so you either bend your philosophy, or go after more modest options. it seemed we werent always firm on it there.
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C2C is basically an accounting guideline. Teams(including Bills) are regularly above and below it depending on circumstance. From memory I believe the Mario signing year was one where we were above C2C....and there were other years recently(ish) as well where we went over C2C.
For the most part C2C really makes very little difference....with this off-season for the Bills being one of the rare exceptions.
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Here's an article from Deadspin, second paragraph. The Patriots did not shut off their headphones!
If people read this article it would answer some of the questions running through this thread. I'm not a tech-head, but if the logic in the article is sound, the NFL should be doing yet another thorough investigation involving the Patriots.
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I know very little about this sort of thing, but if that article is anywhere close to the money.....Wow!
I wonder if the NFL actual will investigate this, or just chalk it up as a fluke unexplainable occurance and move on.
Oh how I would love yet another cheating scandle for the Patriots.
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it wambulance time for people. At this point the patriots are so deep into peoples heads their is no need to cheat.
....and yet they still do.
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Cheaters jamming the radio -- standard practice at Gillette.
It really makes one wonder about the tech used for radioing in the plays. Who needs to tape hand signals when you can just listen in...
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Those odds show it is probable.
If it was improbable then they wouldn't even have odds.
I think you need to check your dictionary on the definition of "probable".
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spotrac is showing 6 yrs / $95m ?
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/marcell-dareus/
- $5.35M in incentives
$107.93 m if incentives are earned if 2015 salary included[/size]
i believe the 108 includes 2015. The 100 is for the next 6 years
Thanks guys.
I imagine that the incentives will typically be reached(probowl etc) so it's a 6yr/100M extension. Better(cheaper) than I was hoping for.
I think the sportrac is correct, although the 100m is through expected to be reached incentives of 5+m from the 95, which I believe count against the cap.
Thanks to you too.
Hell, thanks to everyone! What a great day to be a Bills fan!
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Does anybody have the confirmed figure yet? I have seen reports of $108M, $100M and $95M(spotrac)....all for 6 year extensions.
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What do you mean you wouldn't read that much into it? The team controls this depth chart posting and all the other positions are exactly as we understand them. ....
RB isn't.
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Haiku!
Gazuntite.
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Defensive starters inherited by Whaley
Dareus, Gilmore, M. Williams. A. Williams, K. Anderson, J.Hughes, N. Bradham, Manny Lawson
Defensive starters added by Whaley:
Robey, Graham, Darby,
Whaley is just a guy who is a GM. He has exhibited no particular expertise at bringing in top notch talent. He is the most over rated part of the Bills.
Even the Bills additions this year on offense, Incognito and Taylor are Rex Ryan adds, not Whaley adds.
Whaley owns the wide receivers and McCoy. The rest of the team is not really his doing.
Your facts checker was obviously away on holidays when you wrote this.
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Man, did we have to go the sexual route with this?
Don't blame me. I wasn't the one boasting about their solo sexual exploits on a public forum.
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One thing is certain...As a Bills fan I'll be pulling for him hard...
The same way I'll pull hard for EJ....
Man, in the privacy of your own home you can do whatever sexual activity you want....but it's not really any of our business.
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Exact quote from article: "the Bills have basically used their last three first-rounders to come away with Watkins and nothing more"
The part I had in quotations was also an exact quote from the article....and was the part that was originally being discussed (2nd paragraph in Bills section from memory). The part that you quoted means exactly what it says.
I think the point that many are missing here is....what does it matter how badly the Bills might have mismanaged in putting the team together? It is the talent on the field that counts towards whether they are good or not....not how many mistakes, cap issues, or wasted draft picks it took to get them on the field.
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Tyrod Taylor’s agent tells me that report about him wearing diamond-studded mouthpiece is a “complete fabrication.” Never talked to dentist.
Tyrod Taylor’s agent, Adisa Bakari, says that Taylor and his family are offended by the notion that he would even wear a diamond mouthpiece.
I'm starting to get nervous about TT's indecisiveness. First he gets diamond teeth....now he finds dentists offensive. How will he cope making decisions on the field!
Not Impressed With Roman Today
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Though I don't disagree with some of your observations, I think perhaps there most likely are many factors involved....and to conclude that Roman will keep that mentality(assuming of course he had that this game) is IMO a bit panicky.
I imagine that the all-22 footage might highlight many of the other factors involved.....and we will have a better picture perhaps of just how much Roman was holding back.
Very gutsy btw to voice thoughtful negativity directly after such a big win. 'Twas bound to get you many attacks.