SageAgainstTheMachine

Prove it. Do Superbowl winning teams historically have kickers that are better than the ones on the mediocre teams? If you research and find that Superbowl winning kickers have statistically significantly better numbers than their non-championship couterparts, I will concede your point.

Kicker stats are about the least significant in the game, due to small sample size. Many who are not enamored with Lindell feel that way because he missed 8 FGs last season. But what about the two seasons before last when he missed a combined 5 FGs? Everybody was probably pretty happy with him headed into last year. A kicker's success in one season does not indicate success in the following season, nor does failure indicate failure. If a running back in his prime has two consecutive seasons averaging 4.5 yards per carry, and then drops down to 3.5 the next year it is definitely cause for concern. If a kicker in his prime has two consecutive 90% seasons, and then drops to 80% it shouldn't raise any eyebrows. Why? Because a starting RB carries the ball 300 times a year and a starting kicker takes about 35 FG attempts. Sample size, friends, sample size.

You said, in regards to Everett, "the rest is history". I took this to mean that you thought there was a direct causal relationship between Everett's relegation to special teams and his injury. If I was wrong, I apologize.

Hardy: That's not a fiasco, that's a rookie with a learning curve who got injured in the middle of the season. I optimistically predicted 20 receptions for 300 yards and 4 touchdowns at the start of last season. Anybody asking for much more than that would've been foolish. Eddie Royal's success is NOT the norm. Everett: What are you, some kind of numbskull? Are you actually trying to argue that the Bills are responsible for his FREAK ACCIDENT because they didn't coach him up well enough to be our starting TE?

I agree, the Bills are extremely important to Buffalo. The city just wouldn't be the same without them. You've gotta mention the Sabres too, though. Anybody who remembers the atmosphere of the city when the Blue and Gold were making their playoff runs knows how much the Sabres mean too.

Wow, Jack White should be allowed to kick each of those guys in the teeth for that abortion of a cover. Who the hell thought it was a good idea to use vocals for the bass line?

I'm with you, Tim does an awesome job and he legitimately knows what he's talking about. In an age where "sports analysis" essentially seems to boil down to talking points and overused cliches, Tim is as refreshing as a tall glass of lemonade in the Mojave.

Do you know the definition of the word murder?

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

The game isnt lame, it's probably just you.

This is Jessica White...TO is a traitor! http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/swimsuit/i...painting_02.jpg Potentially NSFW (she's got body paint on)

He slaps opposing players on the ass, gives them creepy looks, and other suggestive things. Basically, he's there to make the other team uncomfortable enough to let their guard down.

Kan Jam is getting pretty popular up at Cornell. I brought one from home when I first came here, and so did a few other Buffalo natives, and it's really spreading like wildfire. You almost always see a few Kan Jam games when you walk across campus on a sunny day.

Yeah, he screams at his players and people around here have heard of him...don't you know that those are the two prerequisites?

Time for my dramatic comeback...I win

This just made my day...easily the best was Moorman's pass to Denney in week 1. That one had me cheering and on the floor laughing simultaneously.

So let me break this down...The Czar thinks that we will have a "QB controversy" because... 1) The fans want Trent to win games for the Bills, but we've somehow "forgotten" about Jason Peters being gone (I wonder exactly how many Bills fans he's spoken to) 2) Fitzpatrick makes more money than Trent 3) We now have another big offensive weapon, which puts more pressure on him I don't really get this. I guess this proves that you can spin anything into a negative. I can't believe Czar actually thinks adding TO makes Trent less likely to succeed.

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Pro Bowl appearances aren't a good judge of greatness. He had about a combined 1,100 yards in those 3 seasons. By comparison, Tony Gonzalez totaled 1,058 yards just last season at the age of 32. He is great, Bubba Franks was good.

I wouldn't say he was ever great. He was a nice producer in the red zone, but the highest he ever averaged was 27 yards per game. Good blocker, but never much of a receiving threat.

When I actually got around to visiting Yale, I found it to be just about the most pretentious place on Earth. Every professor, teaching assistant, tour guide, etc that I came across was so full himself that I just knew it would be 4 years of hell. My sister was already going to Cornell so I was familiar with the campus and the general atmosphere. I find it to be the perfect mix of great academics with a genuine college experience. Cornell, to me, is for intellectuals who want to attend college and not a country club full of trust fund babies where you happen to take classes. Might I add that grade inflation is running rampant through Yale, Princeton and Harvard, while at Cornell it is still challenging to pull a 3.0. Despite delusions of grandeur, those other schools are actually quite a bit easier to graduate.

Back in the olden days, Ivy League football was the cream of the crop. Cornell has 6 national championships on its resume. These days, it's about the same quality as my high school football games.

Unfortunately, Ivy League football these days is just painful to watch. But with Son of Tasker on the team, maybe the games will be interesting enough to brave the weather.

Well my plan was for me to get into Yale, so the standards had to be high. I was accepted, but I ended up at Cornell. I've learned to appreciate the tough standards I was held to. When you get the ball rolling with a successful high school career, it opens doors, and my parents knew what I was capable of.

I don't think anything anybody is trying to call you a bad parent. It's just that the tone of your post made it seem like you thought his life was over because his football career is currently sidetracked. I understand your frustration at the injury, but football isn't everything. As for his GPA, maybe monitoring things isn't good enough. In high school, I was pretty lazy but I knew that swift punishment was headed my way if I wasn't pulling something over a 3.8 on a quarterly basis. Perhaps there's a deeper problem, but I think you'd be surprised how motivated he becomes academically if there are TV or phone privileges at risk.