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This comment hits the nail on the head.

Honestly? Do you really not understand the difference between sexual orientation and sexual behavior?

Helmets don't affect the change in speed, but they increase the time over which the change in speed takes place, lessening the impulse to the brain. More padding leads to a more gradual change in momentum, and thus a lower impulse. This is the important factor. The density of the padding is the result of helmet manufacturers "guessing" at the momentum of the most common and most dangerous collisions the helmets will see, and then optimizing the density of the padding for those collisions. There is, of course, some margin-of-error

You're really burying your head in the sand. Of course it's illegal - it's a violation of trademark. DH Gate is still in business because it's in China, where international trademarks are not respected. Of course you can do it if you want - just own the fact that you're doing something unethical - don't try to justify it with sob stories. That might work for necessities, but not for Bills jerseys.

A team can have a few injured players on its roster, and still field the full number of active players on gameday That's why

It's always nice when a player you root against joins a team you root against.

How many D-linemen does that make? Carrington, Marcus Stroud, Kyle Williams, Spencer Johnson, Dwan Edwards, Chris Ellis, John McCargo, Chris Kelsay. That's not counting Schobel and Maybin who will likely move to OLB.

what's the value of football at all? It's fun. Some people think mock drafts are fun to look at, even if they have little grounding in reality. I'm one of them. relax

CORRECT! excellent post to sum it up: Signing bonuses are amortized whether the team wants to or not. The cash-to-cap philosophy is simply an internal method of accounting. Everyone should re-read this post.

Are you sure that scoring is correct? If that was the case, then a score of 2 would show the same intelligence at a score of 10, just with some bad luck thrown in. I don't think that is how it works, since I've heard that '10' indicates basic literacy, and lower than that is indicative of something less. Do they deduct points for wrong answers to discourage guessing, like on most standardized tests I know of?

again, think about context. The American flag is obviously not trying to capitalize on the Bills, so there is no problem. If someone wanted to sell a shirt with the words "Let's go Buffalo" on it in the Bills colors, then it's obvious that he is trying to capitalize on the Bills. The NFL would have a case.

It's all a matter of context. You're correct about the color scheme business. Trademark issues are not blind to context. While the phrase "Who Dat" might be in the public domain, it is possible to trademark its use in the context of the New Orleans Saints. If someone is selling shirts in Saints colors outside the stadium, well I'd say the NFL has a case. Here's an analogy: If your last name is McDonald, and you want to open a restaurant named "McDonald's", then you will probably be sued. You can argue that your family name existed well before the fast-food restaurant McDonald's opened, but it doesn't matter. McDonald's has the name trademarked in the restaurant business. You would be free to open an electronics store and call it McDonald's if you want, as long as there is no allusion of an association to the popular restaurant. So, it doesn't matter that "Who Dat" may have existed before the Saints - the NFL has it with regard to the Saints. Same goes for the Fleur-de-Lis. The NFL/Saints own the trademark with regard to the Saints, and any product that uses the fleur-de-lis in a context that alludes to the football team (in a judge's opinion) is probably infringing.

I hope you're joking. It would be the worst value ever to pay that much money for only one or two useful seasons after a lengthy "project" period

If he's only getting 30 days then there must be a mitigating circumstance.

I'm surprised they think Lee Evans is a better #2 receiver than Anquan Boldin. I'm not sure who is better, but it surprises me because Boldin is a much bigger name

I don't think Russ set this precedent Deion Branch? Pete Kendall? There are probably more that I can't think of right now

KC's theory might be outlandish, but he backs up everything he says with actual investigation His theory will probably never be tested, and that's too bad, but his methods look sound to me.

I think you're reading the list wrong. The first number is the questions answered correctly, and the second number is the questions attempted.

Why don't you actually read the last few sentences of my post before you huff and puff. I'm not talking about Peters' previous years, or his future potential. I'm only talking about his 2008 stats. Nor am I discussing the reasons why he had a bad year. His holdout probably had something to do with it. Regardless, that was not the subject of my post. My only point was that the stats, while not official or precise, do have some meaning, and are not rendered completely useless by their lack of accuracy. In stating that they do track something, albeit with a large margin of error, I was supporting the idea that Peters had a sub-par year in 2008. I have no idea where to find 2007 sack stats. I assume Peters' 2007 sack numbers are good, as it is universally accepted that he had a good year in 2007. If they somehow explain what kind of year Peters had in 2008, then I'd love to hear why.

Sure, the "stat" is imprecise, but that does not make it a matter of opinion. There may be some interpretation involved, but even if we add a reasonable margin of error, Peters still looks bad. Let's be reasonably scientific here. Say we assume the statistic is so imprecise that we give a margin of error + or - 3 sacks. Does that sound reasonable? Now, the 15th ranked tackles gave up 4 sacks according to the chart. Peters gave up 11.5 according to the chart. Given that big margin of error, even in the best case Peters still isn't in the top half. I'm not one of the folks saying Peters is terrible. That's ridiculous. But it's also ridiculous to deny that he had a lousy year. The stats may not be exact, but there is a such a huge gap that they can tell us he wasn't near the top of his position in 2008.

State income taxes are based on where the earner lives, not where he works, so they definitely don't need to pay taxes in all the random states that their teams visit. This is all that I am sure about. I do no know how the whole "offseason home" thing works.

I think you need to do some more thinking about what you wrote. The notion that do not need to worry about the salary cap is ridiculous. Of course they don't need to worry about the salary cap - they only need to worry about their own "cap", which is even more restrictive. Over a prolonged period, there is no advantage to cash-to-cap other than saving money

I don't know how credible this guy is, but he seems to know what he is talking about http://www.askthecommish.com/salarycap/faq.asp scroll down to question 1.7e

THis has come up many times before, but I'll clear it up again Cash to the cap is an organizational strategy, but it does not affect the way signing bonuses are counted. They are amortized over the length of the contract whether the organization wants to do it or not. "cash to the cap" is just a way for the Bills to say they don't spend real dollars in any given year over the cap. It's a self-imposed limit.

That's only 24 carries inside the 25. Not enough to be statistically significant