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My son is a bulk order manager for Custom Ink. This is their business. I have an email in to him to see if they would be interested in connecting with the school and working it out. I'll see.

It would be best for everyone to shut up, especially on social media. The man has his views and he will live with them. Just now, he is a much needed and valuable part of this team. I don't know if he is getting any advice, but it would be much better for all concerned if he lived his life and dropped this apparent need to air his views on the basic issue and the fan's response. As well, better for supporters of this team to leave him alone.

I'm not as sanguine. The offense doesn't look near as unstoppable as last year. Last year wide outs were wide open. This year, not so.

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A lot? It's one Sat night per week, and that may not be a bad thing.

I agree that it seems to be much more a factor in the last two years, and like you, I go back to 1963. Obviously, the facility was designed with the more open end on the east, since the prevailing wind is from the southwest. It would be quite simple to provide a structure neutralizes that opening. Aerodynamics is aerodynamics. A stadium is no different from any airfoil. Wind flows from high to low pressure, and is impacted by structure. It isn't magic. Storms that create one off issues are not a factor in Sep/Oct/Nov at that latitude. There is simply not enough energy in the atmosphere. The problem is easily solved once the data is known, and I don't think it would be that expensive. Again, it is becoming more an issue, and I'd like to see it addressed.

That's the obvious solution. Decades ago US Navy figured out figured out how to mitigate 700 degree, 500 mph exhaust from jets on the catapults at full power. They use jet blast deflectors, and the guy who's next to launch is 20 feet behind those tail pipes, with no influence other than noise. The winds in that area are predominately from the southwest. That's why the long runway is 5/23. 23 is 230 degrees, southwest. What I would do is start there, but I'd suggest placing six anemometers on the top and compile data during a season on strength and direction of flow. Using that data, I'd consider building an angled structure and deflecting the wind up and away. I was up there last Thurs-Sat last week for the first time in about twelve years. Stayed in a hotel not far from the stadium and it was windy as hell. I think the wind is too big of a factor at that location to not be dealt with and I think it would make Allen and Bass better which has some free agent ramifications, including wideouts.

That new stadium is a ways off. There are things that could be done now to mitigate the situation at the current facility. Of course having a stronger arm that results in higher velocity throws helps, but nobody can overcome winds once they get in the 20 knot range, and the swirling inside there truly impacts both the passing and kicking games.

Two comments, one on the game and another, far more complicated. The Bills defensive line got good pressure from the outside, but nothing from the inside. Heinicke stepped up repeatedly to avoid the outside, but nothing pressure wise inside. I am getting tired of the wind at that stadium. It seems to have become far more influential on game days. The last two years especially, it is impacting games. There are ways to mitigate it, and I think its time to consider engineering solutions. Ultimately it effects not only the team's performance, but free agent signings, especially kickers and QB's. Just a thought, but I think it's time.

It always amazes me how fans misinterpret basic aerodynamics. Once a football leaves the quarterbacks hands, it is "in the atmosphere," and subjected to the same laws that all flying objects are. If a "strong armed" quarterback provides increased velocity at release, the ball will be subjected to those influences for less time, but the same influences. Works the same in aviation. Winds have the same effect on 777 as they do on a Cessna 172. Stronger arms, measured by release velocity, simply provide less time for those effects. One caveat. The spin rate of the football effects stability. Less stability results in greater ball wobble, and that subjects the ball to greater parasite drag as opposed to a tight spiral. Ergo, a tight spiral is less effected by that type of drag.

It was very obvious how quick the Bills were getting off at the snap. I'm sure teams will see that on film and adjust with hard counts and other techniques to get them offside.

And another problem is who is reading their MRI's? Monday it's bruised ribs, Wed it's fractured. I thought that's what MRI's were for?

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I'll state what I stated months ago. Last year's Bills lived off the scramble drill. Josh would leave the pocked left or right, the receivers would break of their routes and Josh would hit them with significant separation. This year, he is trying to get it to them in their normal routes. Not his strength, and not theirs. Run the scramble drill and watch what happens.

We cannot have this guy punt when the snap comes inside the 5. We had a 3rd and something from inside the 5, and I didn't care about the first down as much as I cared about getting it outside the 5 to allow for normal timing. He is noticeably slow.

Nachos this week.

Politics aside, how does a plane take off in the wilderness? I guess I'm less political and more aviation.

Can we possibly stop conversations about presidents killing people with drone strikes? The assignment of blame is a senseless, idiotic exercise. The way this works is that the CIA, NSA, or some other intel agency suggests a strike on a specific target. The president either approves it or he doesn't, but generally he does, if that is the recommendation from those authorities.

I am over Singletary. Constant drops, whether at the end of carries or pass receiving. The guy had a couple fumbles today saved by a whistle or a sideline.

Bills forecast..... Clear skies. Unlimited visibility. Light winds. Steelers forecast.... Cloudy. Limited visibility.

You must have seen those games, as I did. As a kid, at the stadium, I would watch his matchup and they would always go to the other side of the field.

Any list that does not have Robert James as the primo CB is not informed. He wasn't just a shut down CB, he was a shut out CB. Teams simply did not throw his way. In my view, here are the musts: Robert James OJ Simpson Mike Stratton Bruce Smith Tom Sestak Thurman Thomas Kelly, Josh Allen Cookie Gilchrist Joe DeLamielleure Kent Hull Billy Shaw Andre Reed Steve Christie Special consideration Steve Tasker Guys who have been mentioned that should not be: Stew Barber Don Beebe

I don't want to quibble about it, but people in cockpits don't use roads for guidance. At the end of this turn, all on the ground except the target, which is easy to spot, would have been a blur. The Pentagon is extremely easy to see. The Capitol even easier. The White House is not, until you know where to look. They didn't use roads. It would not be possible to do so. The airplane was essentially out of control when it hit the ground just prior to and bounced into the Pentagon.

The Pentagon is an incredibly easy building to identify, and it is not possible to use a road as guidance when you're travelling at 200 knots, let alone 500. What they did is use the flight guidance system to get to the DC area. They spotted the Pentagon and did a 330 degree right turn and slammed into it. Actually the plane hit short and short hopped into the wall. The reason they used a right turn was that the Captain's body was in the left seat and wasn't moved, probably because his throat was slashed and it was too messy, thus eliminating the left side window views.

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