Big Turk
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Wow we coming!! Mario 3rd sack??
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Our D is balling...
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Pettine is confusing Newton badly...his throws are nowhere near anyone...6 of 13 68 yards, 2 sacks, bunch more hurries and hits and a pick
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Games are a lot more fun when we don't have to put up 35 points to win, lol
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EJ just so calm and unflappable back there...love his demeanor
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Lawson fantastic off-season pickup...great edge setter against run and very disciplined against read option
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Bills playing run VERY well, watch Lawson stay home against the run option...textbook...
See what good coaching can do? Remember how we looked last year against Wilson?
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If you like awful winters, high taxes, and a woeful economy then, yes, Buffalo is a great place to live! Second highest poverty rate of any big city (32.9%), trailing only Detroit. Woo-hoo!
*ducks and runs for cover*Very misleading facts. The majority of people in the area with money have moved to the suburbs, there are only a few nice areas of the city that are affluent(some areas of North Buffalo, the area surrounding the zoo heading towards Nichols school, and the area off main street near Hertel(Depew Ave, etc). The rest of the city is either normal or ghetto like.
The area economy is on the upswing, and in fact we have been ranked very highly for a few years now by various magazine/studies/research groups regarding the recovery here. Of course nobody ever bothers to read or pay attention to those because it doesn't fit their 25 year old views of what is happeneing here. Much easier to continue on in fantasyland I suppose. We have an exceptional university here in UB with almost 30,000 students and their partnership in the Bio-Informatics industry here is huge...
Awful winters? We handle a foot of snow here much better than most other places handle two inches. Our roads after a foot of snow are pretty much clear within a few hours. Other places...well...let's just say its pretty funny. Temperature wise we are very similar to the northern third of the country, except that we rarely get the bitter cold other places do, due to the large body of water that is warmer than the surrounding land, relatively speaking. It was much colder when I lived in central Ohio in the mornings than here, getting below zero quite frequently. The worst part of winter is the lack of sunshine.
Also, there are very few places in the country you can say have "good" winters. Southern California and southern Florida, and the very southern tip of southern Texas near the gulf, south of Houston, and that's about it. Everywhere else averages temps in the low 60's for highs at best(yeah even Phoenix), which isn't even close to a fair tradeoff considering you have to live through at least 3-4 months of absolute hell in the summer in those places.
If I'm dealing with that type of heat and/or humidity, and/or tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, etc it better damn well be 75 and sunny in the winter months. So with all due respect looking at it from a full year point of view, I'd say our weather beats 90% of the country, because 90% of the US has "awful" summers. Having to stay indoors from 10am-6pm for 3 months a year becasue its too damn hot outside to do anything is no way to spend a summer, and I know that is what happens because I know plenty of people in those places and read their facebook posts in the summer months, plus I have spent time down there as well and they look at you kinda crazy if you are planning to do something outside...
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I wonder what the cost to taxpayers is over the last 100 years for dealing with snow as opposed to dealing with hurricanes?
It seems like things like constant snow removal, rebuilding of roads and bridges, etc would be damn expensive.
On the other hand much of the damage hurricanes cause when they "attack" is dealt with by insurance companies.
So basically it comes down to snow removal/damage and heating costs versus:
sinkhole damage, tornado damage(Florida is 1st by a landslide in number of tornadoes, although most are not of the strong variety they still can do damage), fire damage caused by lightning strikes(Florida also first by a wide margin in lightning strikes), flooding, water damage, hurricane damage, wind damage from the multitude of thunderstorms each year, cost of air conditioning running all day for months on end, and heat/humidity damage to various structures...
I think I would have to say it costs far less up here becaue there are many years where snow has been minimal(under 60 inches) but all of those things happen pretty much the same every year down there(other than huricanes). Its always hot, with lots of T-storms, lightning and tornadoes in the summer months with 10+ inches of rain a month. Yes, let me say that again. Many places in Florida AVERAGE over 10 inches per rain a month during the summer months, or more rain than we get in the entire summer they get in a single month.
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Snowstorms are of equal damage?? No sorry, not even close.
A hurricane that can destroy your house, flood it to the point its unlivable even once its drained or cause serious damage to the house. Not to mention they spawn lots of tornadoes inland as well.
Snowstorms do none of that. Just look at your insurance rates to see how they view it, lol...
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EJ said they plan on taking shots down the field this game in his conference call...
And yes I agree, would have loved to see Gailey's offense with EJ instead of Fitz...he knew how to get players open and design plays...
That being said, everything else was a disaster with him, lol
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My understanding is that HGH actually heals small muscle tears, which is partly (but not only) why players take it. It's actually medicinal, which is one reason (again, not the only one) players don't want testing for it. It's also my understanding that steroids, on the other hand, do contribute to the sorts of problems you discuss above.
Yes HGH helps heal much faster and promotes new muscle cell growth versus other things that simply grow muscle cells you already have.
It also significantly raises IGF-1 levels which causes the body to build muscle more readily. This is what they need to test for, elevated IGF-1 levels and not HGH since that only lasts under 24 hours
I know this because I am big time into weights and read up on lots of things plus am on boards where people talk about HGH, steroids, peptides and SARMs regularly...
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I,ve seen the worst D's against the run limit stars and I've seen the better D's against the run get run all over. again I predict a breakout week.
Remember what our D did to Jamaal Charles last year as an example, lol
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Yeah, we live next to a creek and NC has many venemous snakes. Saw a 3-foot copperhead while out walking the dog a few years ago. I'm not scared of the snake as much as I'm scared of what they can do to a dog or small child.
Ha, yeah, those too. I get a few mounds in my yard each year. Found a fantastic and uber CHEAP way to deal with them though. Just boil up a huge stock/lobster pot of water, pour on the mound and voila: Fire ant soup.
Was reading about these new ants called crazy ants that are supposed to be worse than fire ants and are also super aggressive...apparently they destroy fire ant habitats and take them over...crazy stuff you all deal with down there, lol
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Columbus!!!! Schools are closed when there is a flurry of snow. And, don't even think about having your street plowed unless you live on a major highway. At least Bflo is prepared for their snow, which cities like Cbus and Cleveland aren't, ever, even though we get just as much.
Columbus averages 20 inches a year, Cleveland 60, Buffalo 96...
Suburbs of Cleveland in the snow belt get quite a bit tho, like in the 100-150 inch range, suburbs south of Buffalo in the snowbelts can get anywhere from 150-250+ inches...and yes for as much snow as Cleveland gets they are horrible at dealing with it.
Main differences in winter weather in Mid Ohio is they get lots of sun in the winter but its still cold, we go weeks without seeing the sun at times here in the winter...
Snowbelt off lake Ontario north of Syracuse tho is the stuff of legends...
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They'll be a breath of fresh air after 7 years in NC. Picture the hottest, most humid 95+ degree day WNY might have experienced a couple times in the last few summers. Now live that day every single day for literally two months straight, and that's summer in NC. It blows. It's way easier to stay warm in the WNY winter than cool off in the NC summer.
Yeah, I went to visit some family near Columbia, SC in July last year and of course they had to hit their all time record high of 110 while I was there. You literally could not breathe it was so hot...took 10 mins of running the A/C before I could touch the steering wheel leaving the Kids museum in downtown Columbia...
Just brutal...its kind of funny cause their "average" highs in the summer are 93 for June, 95 for July and 92 for August...so basically about 110 days where its supposed to be 90+ when you factor in May and September...yeah, no thanks, lol...
Do like the southern women tho...mmm, mmm, mmm...at least the non 300 pounders...
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Actually, about the only thing I really don't like about WNY is the hot, humid summers.
Huh?? Our summers are some of the best in the country...75-85, sunny with a nice breeze most days
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Lol, if he plays well, maybe that can be his name this weekend, hahaha
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I agree, taxes are high, but cost of living is very good...
Housing is low, food prices are way lower than most places(was shocked at food prices when we visited some relatives in South Carolina)...
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I know the feeling...I play in a touch football league and was punting and when my foot got to the top of the punt I heard a "pop" and felt my hamstring pull.
This happened last Sunday. It hurt so bad I could barely stand to touch it and just started driving yesterday. The pain was excruciating when I tried pressing the pedal, not from the pressing but from the hamstring being pushed into the seat. Yeah, that small amount of pressure was literally unbearable.
Still hurts pretty good and I'm still limping. Today has been the most improved day so far, but I can barely move, and am not even thinking about playing right now...
I imagine they probably have better treatment options, but grade two strains/pulls are no joke...they hurt and they hurt bad...
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I agree . I think it's not just the Jets D. Brady doesn't have any good receivers to throw to at this point with the recent loss of Amendola . Makes it hard for the Pats to get anything going .
Vareen was also a big loss for them...very good in run and pass game, kinda like Kevin Faulk type player...
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Only positive is the CBA limits amount of practices
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Guys, don't throw stones from a glass house.
We also have a rookie QB, and I fully expect EJ to have some clunker, 3 pick games, like Geno had last night. That's part of being a rookie QB.
EJ doesn't look clueless...he might have some bad games but he is not gonna look like THAT
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After watching the vision and patience of LeSean McCoy on Monday Night, I am even less thrilled with Spiller. This has been the case with Spiller his entire career, but he can't break tackles, not even arm tackles. McCoy looked worlds better. Darned.
And whether it was Freddie, or how the Pats played our Offense when we switched up backs, it was obvious Freddie was producing better. Gotta go with the hot hand, Spiller had a bad day and Freddie a good one, go with Freddie. That is on the coaching staff.
Spiller led the NFL in yards after contact last year...
Another seriously misinformed post.
Buffalo vs. Carolina: Official Game Day Thread
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Inexcusable for us to be going in at half losing