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Sisyphean Bills

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  1. Easily explained. They were rubbed by a different gorilla. Um ... aren't you guys on the same side of the argument?
  2. Are you implying the Seahawks should fake choking injuries so they can get their substitutions?
  3. Well, look at what he did with the Bills offensive line. Wait... Nevermind.
  4. At least we know for certain the NFL never destroyed any potential evidence that may have implicated the Patriots. Thank goodellness there isn't the slightest whiff of special treatment.
  5. I'm not sure the NFL is too worried about limiting what Marshawn Lynch says. But anyway...
  6. I just figured he got done with the stalls and had some extra straw left over.
  7. I heard he had a manditory 15 minute work break. It couldn't be helped. Everyone does it.
  8. But Belichick said the Patriots have stayed well clear of crossing the line on any rules for years. One has to simply swallow it.
  9. Want a conspiracy theory? The Bills would've already lost a first-round pick for every deflated ball.
  10. Might want to look up the definition of self-destructive. Just saying.
  11. He wouldn't be the only guy who's zenith was reached under Saban either.
  12. 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?
  13. 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.
  14. It's not hard at all. It's trivial physics.
  15. Apparently, Softballs Brady likes his balls extremely warm.
  16. 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
  17. The latest theory is that Voldemort did it.
  18. He's not too worried about Belichick competing in the lab.
  19. 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."
  20. 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.
  21. 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?
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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