SageAgainstTheMachine

Yep. I mean ultimately Le Chiffre's call with A6 is one he has to make (Bond is probably also shoving with 44, 66 and 88 on that board) but that he would smugly assume his hand is best when he's beaten not only by Bond's ridiculous hand but also A8 is unrealistic. My assumption is that the producers of that movie consulted with a poker expert and disregarded the better hand he scripted because like with most bad art they assume their audience is too dumb to understand a more nuanced scenario.

In my mind it's the worst poker scene ever put to film. It's just a massive 4 way cooler but you're supposed to takeaway that Bond somehow...outsmarted them all? The only mistake anybody really makes in that hand is that Bond doesn't fold 75ss pre flop from the small blind in what I assume was a raised pot. Like, why not show Bond making an insane hero call with A high to take down Le Chiffre or something? Edit: Also, just the notion that there's a massively high stakes tournament where ONLY the winner makes any money. Even for the best poker players in the world that's just lighting money on fire.

I feel like it should be reversed since in the movie Bond knows he has the nuts but his opponent snap calls behind three all-ins with only the 3rd nuts.

Why would you pass on the opportunity to give meaningful snaps to the guy who would actually replace Josh if he went down in a playoff game? Barkley's a vet and I'm sure he's prepared but he's taken one snap that mattered all season.

I think it's safe to assume that Terry was behind the pick of Tre White, the greatest cornerback/goaltender in history.

Good point. Terry Pegula will have to murder Brandon Beane.

In the NFL the moment you think you know how it will all play out, the opposite happens.

I think the only fair thing to do is to cut Josh Allen after this season and let Terry pick another QB. If he gets it right a 3rd time in a row you fire Beane to save money.

All over the world people are on their telephone line talking about our wild west hero Josh Allen, a real 21st century man. Don't walk away from the tv when Bills games are on because you don't want to miss a play, do ya? You gotta hold on tight when you watch him make defenses turn to stone. When I think back on his performance against Seattle in particular I can't get it out of my head. Even when the rain is falling in a divisional showdown he plays so fine.

He's having a great time and I'm sure that's what's important to him right now. I suspect that later on in life no amount of memories of getting laid by strippers can make up for the fact that you blew your opportunity to be great at something.

I definitely prefer the Dolphins matchup. I just think any threat to our mojo right now is a bigger deal than any particular opponent. We've been stealing lunch money and rubbing faces in the dirt since the bye.

My bad, I didn't understand this.

There's no such thing as a meaningless game where you play the same opponent the next week. Handing over a mental advantage could be drinking poison. I already acknowledged that I'm fine with playing the backups in this scenario but purely because of the injury concerns. Do you really expect McD to address the team and tell them to intentionally lose? He wouldn't be able to look at them after. To be clear if you have a desperate team of starters vs a team of backups actively trying to lose in an NFL game the score would be something like 55-3. That's not the team morale I want heading into the playoffs. Give me a swaggering Bills squad against the Ravens over a simpering one against the Dolphins trying to pick their dignity back up off the floor.

I don't think I am. I'd like an easier opponent in the first round but not at the cost of turtling in a game because we're afraid of a bubble team.

I completely agree with resting the starters but not with your premise of intentionally losing. I'd hope the backups beat them soundly.

The Ravens are designed to get an early lead and then choke you out like a python. They really do struggle playing from behind though and we're the type of team to put them in a hole. Honestly I think any of the AFC teams can beat any of the other AFC teams. Some results would surprise me but none would shock me. We play our game and we can beat any of them.

I love how the team is a steaming locomotive right now and so many of the fans seem content with just scoring the easiest possible wildcard matchup and winning one game.

Honestly though, why worry about this? We'll likely need to beat the Titans and Chiefs anyway on the path to the SB and they're both better than the Ravens this year.

***** losing. I've seen enough losing.

Absolutely not. Make Ben drive 90 yards. He's been bad.

Titans would have the tiebreaker on us.

The times are a changin'. Increasingly young players do not respond to that.

"Mike Tomlin has some of the best sayings in football and you wonder what he'll say at halftime." I mean you'd think two bad losses in a row would have already called for some sayings.

2 yards of total offense for Pittsburgh. And that's without a sack. Just straight up 13 plays for 2 yards.

He's pretty washed. 41 receptions on 88 targets.