Ned Flanders

That is a HUGE advantage when negotiating. I'm a Verizon guy, so I can't pull that lever.

Reminds me of the days when Bryan Cox was Public Enema Number One in WNY. Dang, he made those Fish slappings even more special.

I thought it was very well done...I could have watched an hour more of this stuff.

I went to the DTV chat yesterday just sniffing around for a ST promotion. The best I got was $99 off ST Max, I said no thanks and when I went to my account, the clown had signed me up for it!!! So I had to then call, go through the stupid prompts, and got a less than helpful rep who told me yup, that's what happened and she got snippy when I told her to take ST off the account. I re-upped for DTV for another year with a $60/month discount, but this year is the final time...as others have said, they're now part of a huge conglomerate and customer service is in the proverbial $chitter. I just hope that someday soon, next season or the one after, that the NFL will look to streaming these games over a reputable source.

Bud Lite? Haven't these fans suffered enough?

Shirley, you can't be serious???? With all the mini camps, OTAs both voluntary and mandatory, training camp, and four preseason games, you're saying that's not enough? Granted, taking much of the training camp hitting out with the last CBA may have adversely affected the game, but good god man, the six preseason games were like the Bataan Death March, for both players and fans...even four is too many.

This is why I don't follow Sal anymore...his constant bitching about the Yankees and Cubs is beyond annoying and approaches abhorrent territory.

I'm old enough to remember when there were SIX preseason games and a 14 game regular season. Seems wacky today. I'm all for ZERO PS games, but in no way would I favor an 18 game regular season; that's just too much on the players.

Great story, thanks for sharing. Best line: "He suspected that mafia money came in on the Patriots and that helped lead to the insane finish." Seems like a logical explanation to me.

Sure they do, they're points scored, just as they count for kickers converting an XP.

Didn't need a clue here... Being in our division, I never liked them, but the despise-o-meter reached new numbers when they went to the flying Elvis on their helmet...they $chit-canned one of the best logos in the NFL.

I think there's two more years on the SJF contract? After the contract runs out, the Bills will be holding camp at OBD. With the new facilities coming and all, and with most teams now using their own practice fields, I believe McBeane, or whoever's in charge at the time, will look to get the Bills having camp locally. As a Rochester native, I hope I'm wrong, but I think the Bills are not too long for SJF.

Started watching the John Adams mini-series again on Amazon. Damn, that's a mighty fine film.

Bruce- The River Fleetwood Mac- Rumours Guess Who - Live at the Paramount Cars - The Cars Genesis - Wind & Wuthering

Not sure which one you've tried, but Dick's at Marketplace always had a decent selection as I recall.

No, just 4 straight, went to Denver after Buffalo. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LodiMi20.htm

I think he's still the only QB to be on 5 straight Super Bowl rosters, last one with San Diego.

You're not in one of the NC markets listed below? Carolina @ Buffalo 7:00 PM ET Mick Mixon, Mike Rucker WCCB (CW/18 - Charlotte) WTVD (ABC/11 - Raleigh/Durham) WFMY (CBS/2 - Greensboro NC) WSFX (FOX/26 - Wilmington NC) WYFF (NBC/4 - Greenville SC) WWMB (CW/21 - Myrtle Beach) WACH (FOX/57 - Columbia SC) WCSC (CBS/5 - Charleston SC) WVEC (ABC/13 - Norfolk VA) WFXR (FOX/21-27 - Roanoke VA) WJBF (ABC/6 - Augusta GA) Rob Stone, Steve Tasker WKBW (ABC/7 - Buffalo) WROC (CBS/8 - Rochester) WSYR (ABC/9 - Syracuse) WETM (NBC/18 - Elmira) WXXA (FOX/23 - Albany) WJET (ABC/24 - Erie PA) http://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2018&wk=p1

About a dozen years ago, was waiting for my mother to get off the plane here at DCA and Jim Kelly walks off before her. Had my Bills mug with me and said, pointing to the mug, "Hey Jim, big fan!" He said "Cool" and kept walking.

Just got off the phone with DTV. $60 off/month with a 12 month contract. Took ST Max off auto renewal, he had no promotions today but said to call back the weekend the season starts for ST deals, as also recommended by BillnutinHouston. They're also going to upgrade our equipment for no additional charge. I'm happy for now, $60/month brings me under $85/month, and I'll call the weekend of the opener to get a ST promo. Was about a 15 minute call.

Just got an email from Country Inn and Suites in West Seneca that's running a game night special. Have stayed there in the past, very serviceable hotel. https://www.countryinns.com/offers/14551198

At restaurants, I'm a standard 20 percent tipper, 25 if the service is real good and they talk to my kids. What do folks tip for carryout? Must say, I don't tip every time I go to Starbucks or Subway. There's a tip jar at my dry cleaner's...I've never dropped any money in, but do people tend to tip the dry cleaner? My haircut is $18 and I give her $25...I think that's pretty good or are barbers a "cut above" (pun intended) and deserve more? When I was a kid, I had a paper route. Now, our paper is delivered by a guy in his car. We never see him but tip him a few bucks on the monthly bill. When I delivered, Thursday nights were always for collecting. I'd go door to door, handed the customer the little receipt tab and I was happy to get two bit tip. We had a plumber show up on a Sunday recently and he saved the day and we gave him a $40 tip. He was quite astonished and refused the tip at first...we insisted and he was very grateful. This was a plumber from a corporate firm and not a neighbor who was good at tools, but we felt he deserved a decent tip. Bottom line, tipping seems to be more prevalent these days..it's nearly everywhere, and it's sometimes hard to keep up with who deserves what.

Super Bowl wins will do that to a person...

Pretty powerful stuff, thanks for sharing.

That's pretty good. The $55/month off is $15 more than what I'm getting now which would $180/year. $268-180 would equal $88 for ST Max. I can live with that. Any contract? An hour though? Sheesh, they don't make it easy. Thanks for the report! What's that about?