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I think the next 2 games will be very interesting. Detroit fighting for a playoff spot and tomorrow we got Pittsburgh, who are the hottest team in the league right now, back to back road games.

What am I getting for making that investment? Your analogy doesn't account for the new product that is built (the stadium). If that $20 is increasing every year with inflation like ticket prices, then you would certainly profit eventually. Would that be considered a good investment vehicle for an individual person? No way. But we're talking a stadium that could last 30-40 years.

A fair question. I have no idea in Texas or Indiana.

Rest assured, as long as there is a parking lot there will be tailgating. And there are enough roads to accommodate the ~80K people that work downtown every weekday, it's not the catastrophe some are making it out to be. Why do people keep saying "a billion?" Where exactly is that coming from? The Texans build Reliant Stadium for $352M in 2002 ($464M today), and that seats 72,000 with a retractable roof. A higher-end stadium like Lucas Oil cost $720M in 2008 ($792M today). Every new stadium doesn't have to be Jerry World. It's like saying we need to spend $100K on a brand new car. No, we don't need to buy a Mercedes, there are plenty of fantastic new cars that can be bought for half that price. But, I guess throwing around $500M - $700M prices sort of destroys the pipe-dream of retrofitting The Ralph (and it is a pipe-dream).

In terms of volume of events, I think that's comparable to what we would see in this area. But how many of those events would be better off being hosted in the ~19,000 capacity FNC? Weddings and Proms? I feel the big draw of stadium concerts is that you are outside in the sunshine or under the stars. I've been to a concert at Lucas Oil, it's a pretty stale experience compared to outdoor venues like The Ralph or even Darien Lake. And don't get me started on the atrocity of seeing a concert in the Rogers Centre/Skydome. I think a lot of fans take the "build it and they will come" attitude with regards to a dome, but I'm not so certain that will be the case.

They need wingers that can put the puck in the net.

WTF Chicago.

Save your dollar.

Dumping him so they won't have to deal with the $80M+ contract he will command. Interesting.

Merril Hoge nails his prediction (about as good a QB assessment as you will ever see). Skip Bayless provides some classic comic relief (about as bad a QB assessment as you will ever see). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJKBoDrGlA

It's a good point about Ennis. In the quarter-season he played he looked a bit lost in DD's system. I also expected Girgensons to make a jump. With Jack and ROR coming to town, I know he wasn't going to get the ice time he had last year, but I though he would make a bigger impact.

It's not a conspiracy, teams like the Pats and Ravens play the compensatory pick game like a chess Grandmaster. Our front office is playing checkers, and I don't think we've taken the pieces out of the box yet.

"Win now" was all the rage around here for the 2014 offseason. We've moved past that and started chanting "continuity" since then.

Step 1: Pretend we were really a 12-4 team last year. Step 2: Pretend every player no longer here was somehow a detriment to the team.

It's 2 points, but man, the effort was really lacking tonight.

Yeah, the crowd always feels lifeless. Kane just can't score when he walks in alone.

No, they didn't. You can't look back in retrospect and use winning percentage because the outcomes are dependent events. We play 6 games against 3 division teams that also play common teams from 2 other divisions. Weaker common opponents inflate wins within our division and stronger common opponents have the opposite effect. Those statistics are almost completely pointless by the end of the year. Actually, they're not even very useful at the start of the year because every team basically plays only 3 division each year (i.e. the Jets are not as good as their record, they just took advantage of their schedule and went 6-2 against those two soft divisions). If you want an accurate estimation, take each opponent individually and rank them against the entire NFL pool. Last year we were handed a cupcake schedule. We played the two worst divisions in football, and that's not debatable by anyone with even the slightest bit of football IQ. Those 2 divisions did not produce a single legitimate playoff contender -- every single team was a complete pretender, and we couldn't separate ourselves from that mess. Even worse, a large portion of those teams are comparatively soft and don't play a physical brand of football (IND, PHI, JAC, TEN, DAL). Contrast that to this year where we are playing the two most physical divisions in the game right now (by far), including teams that are expected to go deep in the playoffs. Back on topic, No.

It's way too early to call either a generational talent, but I agree. They were billed as 1A and 1B leading up to the draft, but it's looking a lot more like simply #1 and #2 at this point. GMTM's infatuation was warranted.

That's simply not true anymore. I've watched Shady his entire career and he's not even close to his former self. He devolved into an east-west runner in 2014 and as he sheds weight to maintain his speed, his odds of playing 16 games are very low (almost zero if he tries to run between the tackles). Your comparison to the Woods/Watkins dynamic is completely off base. Take a look around the league, the position is plug and play. Draft a young RB and give him 2 contracts MAX and replace him before 28. Last year a 5th round pick and a guy off the street smoked Shady in YPA -- it wasn't even close. Giving a RB a $40M contract in 2015 is unconscionable, and it emphasizes how out of touch our GM is with regards to modern NFL trends. They should have drafted a late-round compliment to Karlos Williams (or picked up a cheap FA) and invested a large portion of that money into the right side of the OL. Now you have your assets spread out over 2-3 players and it won't be sitting on the sidelines when your high-mileage RB inevitably gets hurt (and it will happen). As a bonus, our young QB might actually get some more time in the pocket.

One of the big myths is that McCoy is critical to our success. He isn't, but then again, most RBs aren't.

That's a shame, after this rough 3-game west coast road trip, the last month and a half is pretty soft. Three games against TOR, 2 against MON, with EDM, WIN, CAL and CBJ still up.

He dominated tonight. Starting to see why TM gave up that 1st.

No.

"We're in better shape than Cleveland"