MattM

Perhaps not, but the League certainly has (a) friends in the media--many, many of them and (b) press agents whose job it is to get things in the press. Between the two, this would be very easy to get in the national media if they wanted it to be. With all the negativity around the League and this being such a great feel good, positive story I'm stunned that no one nationally is covering it.

I'm stunned, absolutely stunned, that the national sports media, like PFT, SI and ESPN, don't seem to be picking up on this story at all--mind boggling considering all the negative stories lately. What is it? Are Kraft, Jones, Snyder and company scared that this will set an expectation precedent?

This ^^^^ He put his $ where his mouth was in important ways. We should all take a lesson....

Yes, we all know that if you mean "directly". What it does do, however, is speed up the recovery process which lets the user train harder to get bigger and stronger or heal more quickly. Personally, I expect older guys to be the main users. Those early aughts Pats* teams would have been a good bet back in the day, for example.

That is pretty bad--I was at the game and couldn't really tell live. He basically had his arm on him straight out the entire way down the field. We didn't play well enough to win, but that is still pretty atrocious....

Remember, too, that Rodney Harrison was caught there using HGH towards the end of his career. The only way you got caught back then was to be dumb enough to use your own name when ordering it--the online pharmacy he was using got raided and he was caught. I've also long harbored the same suspicion about the Pats*....

I'm in the same boat (down by 7), except I've got Matt Forte. Here's to him rushing/receiving for at least 100 (or I'll take 2 TDs in a pinch)....

My bad on St Albans--it was actually Bronxville, which, although a public school, is in one of the richest towns in NYS in Westchester Cty (two towns over from where I live). That would explain the Giants recollection I had

Really? He grew up in DC, went to St Albans, I believe (about as far from blue collar Buffalo as you can get), and rooted for teams other than the Bills I seem to recall reading elsewhere (Redskins or Giants). His continued push for geographic expansion to LA and London was about chasing the almighty dollar for Kraft, Jones and Snyder and is going to cost two small market fanbases their teams

How exactly has he been "pro-Bufdalo" other than the occasional throw away remark? This guy was picked by the big market teams and represented them well (see Spygate (and. still waiting for the Pats'* Dennard to be suspended) and all the talk of LA and international expansion). He needs to go for being caught in lies yet again

Personally, I'm seeing a trend--Goodell lying and covering things up, "putting the best face on things" and hoping no one finds out the truth. This and burning the Spygate tapes and then telling us all that no more tapes existed (until, of course, Matt Walsh appears) come to mind. He needs to go....

As someone who just had to put down the canine love of his life, this made me smile (and shed a tear or two out of loss). Here's to EJ and Titan becoming Buffalo fixtures for years to come....

As TMQ likes to point out, just because the NFL is extremely popular now, doesn't mean that it always will be--look no further than boxing for a potential example of a formerly popular sport being brought low. The NFL needs to be careful to protect the game and its popularity over the long-term. Problems like those of the past week may not turn away too many of the addicts (like all of us here, most of whom are old enough to already be "hooked"), but may turn off/away potential new/younger fans, either directly, or via their parents deciding to not expose the kids to the League or the sport (ie., declining youth participation). Personally, I think in the long-run the bigger news this week might turn out to be the NFL's admission that a third of their players end up with cognitive difficulties far earlier in life than non-NFL peers. Not sure if they intentionally dropped that nugget out there in the midst of the other news or not (I suspect not, as it came out in a litigation context).

You do realize how badly you're dating yourself with that Gamera reference?

You have to go to McFadden's, it's in midtown (E. 42nd or so, I believe) and is the official NYC Bills Backers bar

For what? For arresting Ray Rice? For telling the truth about the NFL having been sent the tape (as evidenced by the voicemail )? That's about all the police did. Do you mean the judicial system? That one's another matter entirely, but some folks are mad at both the League and the judicial system.

Character matters--isn't that what Goodell means when he says things like "protect the shield"? Or is that only for the rubes, and doesn't apply to His Highness and his billionaire backers when they get caught doing something scummy, like lying about an investigation, or intentionally hiding their heads in the sand? He did one or the other here, and both are bad. He needs to go....

Could you imagine the sh*tstorm if they dare'd not approve this sale--it would be so clearly the League saying they don't want a team in Buffalo, screwing Buffalo and all of its fans, that it would be a PR disaster for the League. On top of the Ray Rice stuff going on right now, there's no way even the most greedy bastiges among the owners would let that happen.....

The NFL Personal Conduct Policy, for starters. That's the price of admission for being an NFL player. Not only are you subject to the law like the rest of us, but you're also subject to the NFL's policies. Those policies in this case were initially applied in a ridiculous manner, which was not really Rice's fault. The League so badly mismanaged that, that it's now spinning wildly to right the ship and for some of the execs involved, like Goodell, to save themselves....

First of all, suspending him for 2 games--ridiculous punishment for a very serious issue. Second, failing to find and view these tapes (if that's even true.) Everyone knows many elevators these days have cameras--this one did, yet they apparently never inquired about it with the hotel, nor asked Rice's attorneys for it (and those folks did have a copy apparently). The last two days' events seem to me to be a major back peddle by the League caught with its pants down, spinning wildly to deflect blame from Goodell and the League.

Goodell is the one who needs to go for his handling of this mess. It's ridiculous to me that they didn't see this--willful blindness at its finest. What did they think happened to her to be knocked out cold? They obviously thought this tape would never get out--he has a history of crap like that. Kraft coming out and shilling for Goodell's job today took the case. Gee, Bob, I wonder why you want him to stay? How much coddling can one team get? Afraid that might stop with the next guy? To me it's more and more apparent daily that Goodell and the League are seeking to put this whole mess on Ray Rice (who obviously needs to be punished severely as the one who punched his fiancée) and sacrifice him and his career in an effort to save themselves....

Not to kick a guy when he's down, but I remember the story about him trying to put the moves on another NFL starting QB's wife while drunk at a party telling her her husband was a scrub and how great Ryan was going to be. Karma has quite a kick, eh, Ryan?

Thank you, Mr. Wilson and thank you, too, Mary Wilson, from the very bottom of my heart for keeping the team in Buffalo when you could have made much more money elsewhere. Some of us have understood that public service for a while and I suspect others will understand that more as time goes on. My one and only time meeting Ralph Wilson was at TC about ten years ago I thanked him in person for not moving the team for money and he said to me "Pshaw, what am I going to do, sit in my kitchen counting my money?" I never forgot that and never will. You were an honorable and good man and are missed by. Bills Nation. To the Pegulas I just say this--thank you, too, and please take good care of our baby!

That was beyond a head scratcher--Marrone should follow that up with the League this week to get an explanation.....

Did anyone ever give an explanation for the refs picking up that obvious holding flag on KW on that long gainer towards the end? If I were Whaley and Marrone, I'd make sure the League hears plenty about that this week. Heard from a friend who's a Fin fan that Brady was crying all game for the refs to help him out, to no avail. Perhaps Kraft's check didn't clear this year, so we may have a chance against them after all!