Sisyphean Bills
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Jimmy Sexton is still busy (Marrone)...
Sisyphean Bills replied to eball's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Well, look at what he did with the Bills offensive line. Wait... Nevermind. -
Richard Sherman blasts Goodell/Kraft relationship
Sisyphean Bills replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I'm not sure the NFL is too worried about limiting what Marshawn Lynch says. But anyway... -
He wouldn't be the only guy who's zenith was reached under Saban either.
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New England Patriots caught deflating game balls
Sisyphean Bills replied to FireChan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
By the way, if someone was told that the probability of fumbling a football at 10.5 psi vs. 12.5 psi went down by 80%, do you think there would be no one the least bit interested in that data? -
Patriots announce press conf for 1/24
Sisyphean Bills replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I'm thinking they realize that nobody can "rub" a football through internal temperature variations of over 50 degrees. The explanation is simply slinging the smelly sticky stuff at a wall to see what sticks. -
New England Patriots caught deflating game balls
Sisyphean Bills replied to FireChan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
It's not hard at all. It's trivial physics. -
Patriots announce press conf for 1/24
Sisyphean Bills replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Apparently, Softballs Brady likes his balls extremely warm. -
Patriots announce press conf for 1/24
Sisyphean Bills replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
According to the laws of physics, the equipment man must have rubbed the football from room temperature, say 70, to a temperature at testing time of 116 degrees. Hmm. Similarly, the NFL must've measured the balls after bringing their ambient temperature down to -15 degrees just to create controversy. Seeing as this is all in their best interest and all, it seems pretty plausible. PS: Here's a handy link for the Cheatriot apologists. http://www.webqc.org/gay_lussac_gas_law.html -
New England Patriots caught deflating game balls
Sisyphean Bills replied to FireChan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The latest theory is that Voldemort did it. -
Patriots announce press conf for 1/24
Sisyphean Bills replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
He's not too worried about Belichick competing in the lab. -
New England Patriots caught deflating game balls
Sisyphean Bills replied to FireChan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Or perhaps John Harbaugh just wouldn't agree with "Once people make up their minds that you're a cheater you never come back from it." -
New England Patriots caught deflating game balls
Sisyphean Bills replied to FireChan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Bill Belicheat is still coaching the Cheatriots and many are still calling him the "Greatest of All-Time" despite several proven instances of rules violations. -
POLL: NE Cheating - What should be done?
Sisyphean Bills replied to dtgolder's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The NFL should recognize this for what it is: a complete embarrassment. Goodell may be good friends with Kraft, but there are 31 other owners in the club. Will he really drop the sledgehammer on the Cheatriots? -
New England Patriots caught deflating game balls
Sisyphean Bills replied to FireChan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
How widely enforced it is? The refs make a point of checking the footballs for each and every game. Isn't that sort of a clue in? C'mon man. The NFL doesn't want teams screwing with the game balls. It compromises the integrity of the game, regardless of whether one wears Tom "Softballs" Brady pajamas or not. -
Yes. Announcing the player is ineligible as he is sprinting to the line and snapping the ball is clearly deceptive. Look at the rule book (I've linked it before). Deceptive substitutions by the offense, to gain a competitive advantage, are not in the spirit of the rules. It is why, for example, sending 40 players out on the field for each huddle is illegal. The defense is to be given a legitimate chance to defend. It's in the rule book. That the RB reported and it was announced over the PA with split-seconds to seconds to spare isn't really all that compelling frankly. Being on the field is a noisy place. The players can be tunnel-visioned and focusing on their assignments and what the opposition is trying to do. Listening to voices over the PA system may actually be completely tuned out and relegated to the same place as Ozzie Osbourne cackling between plays with his Crazy Train. Unless you are prepared for it, having 7 guys with eligible numbers all lined up in what appears to be eligible positions, really freaking fast, can be (and there is no doubt it was) a competitive advantage. And what seals the deal that the Patriots knew full well what they were doing is that the RB-playing-OT clearly and deliberately pretended to be an eligible receiver by stepping into the backfield and calling for the ball.
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Browns seem done with Johnny Manziel; enters rehab
Sisyphean Bills replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Nobody looks perfect on every play on the film, but... With Manziel, the film actually did suggest a guy who was leaving plays on the field, particularly in the passing game. There were many plays where there was a big play obviously there for the taking. Manziel didn't always appear to recognize it and turned many of those into broken play situations. At other times, he'd push the ball down the field. As a scout, you scratch your head. What is the guy doing? The trouble is balancing the sizzle of his celebrity, etc. against the evidence that he may not have understood or processed the concepts he was facing. And he's far from the only college QB to be ill-prepared for the transition. -
Yawn. It's not really surprising that Whaley is going to talk up a young player that he drafted less than a year ago, is it? The concerning thing will be if they decide to "rest on their laurels" with respect to the OL and don't bring in better competition. The unit was erratic and highly inconsistent. It may have been bad coaching, bad schemes, and perhaps even flawed judgment, but I don't want to see Whaley try to paper over glaring roster holes with warm sentiments ranging to hyperbole. A GM doesn't build a team by being satisfied with the work he did yesterday.