The Jokeman
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Anyone know the corresponding cut?
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This is bad for us. I don't see the Chargers contending for a wild card spot but the Steelers will when Ben comes back. We needed them to lose as much as possible with him out.
Right now it's good for us as it puts the both Chargers and Steelers both 1-2 in the Conference compared to our 3-1 mark. This 6 game stretch against the AFC is going to tell us if we're contenders or pretenders in the Conference. The way I see it we need to got at least 4-2 with a must win against the Jets.
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2 vs 3: 3 has better remote sensor. You have more options in hiding the console and remote. Also a little better gaming options
2/3 vs 4: 4 has 4k support
2/3 vs 4: I'd go 2/3 unless you want to be cutting edge
2 vs 3: Today 2 is more cost effective but 3 will have a longer supported service life. When do you plan on upgrading? But like I said earlier, the only reason that I had to upgrade my 1st generation Roku to Roku 3 was the remote batteries corroded. My 2010ish Roku had no problems with Netflix, Amazon, or HBOGo
I don't plan on upgrading for a few years. As I don't need top of the line as even with my cell phone I bought it the same year a newer model came out and still very happy with it. I think your line about longer supported service life makes the Roku 3 the best option.
Roku's great. I've got one that looks like a flash drive that plugs into an HDMI port on the TV. You still have to run an electrical cord to it but it's a skinny one. It works great (much faster than my 5 yr old blu-ray player), it takes up virtually no space, it has tons of audio and video apps, and has a great platform. I dig it.
I've seen the streaming sticks too and thought about as the size/non box aspect seems nice, yet do they plug into a flash drive input or HMDI input or both?
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Sorry, misread the part about cord cutting
If you're staying with a cable provider, that re-enforces my part about the DTV whole home DVR. You may want to look into your providers DVR sharing capabilities
No worries, I've looked into the whole house DVR thing but holding off as it mean losing stuff I've already recorded. I'm just curious which Roku to go with. Ie 2 vs 3. As most reviews say that 2 is good enough but as eluded to earlier am wondering if I should just hold out a little longer and go 3 or 4?
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You sir are correct
Roku 4's big selling point is 4k, which isn't that widely used atm. Roku 3 will serve you just fine. In fact to give you an idea how long a Roku generation will serve you, I just recently upgraded to Roku 3 from the original Roku circa 2010. And the only reason I upgraded was the batteries in the remote corroded (original batteries btw)
If you're concerned about your Blue Ray/DVD collection you should probably just buy a stand alone player. Unless you enjoy collecting box sets or displaying your collection on a shelf, there's really no need for physical media. Just get the Torrent/MP4 and set up a home media server on an old PC. Roku has a Media Player that can stream from a local media server (such as Plex) or a USB drive. I know you said you're cutting the cord, but if you had DirecTV whole home DVR, the Roku can even stream from your DVR
I'm not cutting the cord. I do display my DVD collection but I'm running out of space and it's obvious that the smarter thing to do is go streaming then collecting more. The reviews I've read indicate that Roku 2 is the best value for the money but with the recent release of Roku 4 I don't want to be too far behind. I'll admit a big reason am leaning toward Roku is I bought my dad a Roku tv for his birthday a few weeks ago and I set it up for him. It was really easy and admit that I'm jealous lol yet my HDTV tv is less than 5 years old and don't have room for a bigger tv and no sense in throwing out a perfectly good 40 inch Bravia IMO.
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So I'm about thinking about venturing into the world of wifi video streaming and curious what people thoughts the best way to go is? I'm not going to cut the cord on cable yet I want to explore this new world. I'm debating because I own quite a few DVDs and will probably keep buying them to complete some of my collections but I'm also at a point where I know owning DVDs is a wise investments and doubt I will ever buy Blu-ray DVDs so that's why am looking to jump into the world of streamers yet my current dvd player is a dvd/vcr combo so it could be upgraded but it still works so not mandatory.
So I've done some homework and it seems like Roku is the best streamer out there. Or am I wrong? For what it's worth I have an Amazon Prime Account and a Motorola Moto X 2013 phone (which supposedly supports Miracast). I'm looking for something that will allow to use Spotify, Amazon Prime, Youtube on my non smart hdtv So which streamer do you think is the best one to go with now? or should I wait til more info about Roku 4 comes out? or should I just buy this Blu ray player instead? http://www.amazon.com/Sony-BDPS3500-Blu-ray-Player-Wi-Fi/dp/B00TYFCJ8S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444608660&sr=8-1&keywords=blue+ray+wifi+dvd
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The menu for Breakfast All Day is a reduced menu. Egg McMuffin might not be offered.
And yes, the Red Head from Wendy's rocks !!
But she's a natural blonde that said I agree she looks good in the commercials. My buddy complains about the commercials though as he's liked there's no way that girl be that thin eating that much Wendy's food.
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Anyone watch last night? Looks like they're trying to get back to the extremely creepy. And boy do they push the limits on the sex this season! Overall I thought it was a great start to the season!
I DVR'd it and just watched it. It seems like this season is going to be playing with time suspension/travel/agism. As it felt like to me the son of the guy who bought the Hotel toward the end of the episode was a younger version of the detective. I also felt as perhaps that Lady Gaga was a grown up version of his daughter. As I couldn't help notice the focus on the alarm clock that woke him and the Swedish girls and the detective seemed to show the same time (I think it was 2:25?). Also Kathy Bates' line about being stuck in time stuck with me. Also I think they purposely showed Lady Gaga and her partner going outside in the light to prove that these flood feeders aren't vampires etc. Not the strongest of opening episodes but it looks promising. As it stands I rank the seasons in my preference: Asylum, Freak Show, Murder House and Coven.
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I've never seen that movie, don't know much about it. I guess I'll put it on cue.
It's a great movie but it's not so much about his job. More of a guy who goes through a mid life crisis and finds himself. It and Spacey won an Oscar as it was a great, great film.
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All this talk of the original Road House and no talk of Kelly Lynch, what is wrong with you all?
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Final season starts tonight on FXX. Hopefully this can become a thread for the show and fantasy football talk. Anyone else watching?
Sad to see it go as it's been funnier than Always Sunny in Philly for years. The Lynch joke was tongue in cheek humor at it's best. Raffi emerging from the port a potty had me going too.
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Tyrod Taylor pass incomplete short left intended for Robert Woods. 17 first downs.
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I think the Bills are getting very fortunate here...maybe a little lucky too. I watched TT all 4 years in Baltimore preseason games. He always tore it up in preseason. Great stats. This year was nothing new for him. It's just that Flacco never got injured and no one ever got to see TT perform in a meaningful game. TT must have been burning up inside watching guys like Thad Lewis get to start NFL games while he was warming the bench.
Anyway, here we are now. No one really knows how TT will perform with full game plans designed to stop him. That's exciting though. He could be another Russell Wilson for all anyone knows?!? We do know he's fast, has a great arm, seems pretty accurate, has great pocket presence, knows when to get out of bounds and slide, commands the huddle, gets praised for his leadership style, etc.. I think he's gonna exceed what the national pundits are expecting.
Which games did TT tear things up in Baltimore?
As I am looking at his game logs and color me unimpressed:
http://www.nfl.com/player/tyrodtaylor/2495240/gamelogs?season=2014
http://www.nfl.com/player/tyrodtaylor/2495240/gamelogs?season=2013
http://www.nfl.com/player/tyrodtaylor/2495240/gamelogs?season=2012
http://www.nfl.com/player/tyrodtaylor/2495240/gamelogs?season=2011
His best statistically game was this one, http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012082352/2012/PRE3/jaguars@ravens#menu=gameinfo%7CcontentId%3A0ap2000000053910&tab=analyze&analyze=boxscore
Yet even as good as his stats were he did throw an INT.
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I hate that Cassel will be the 2. EJ gets screwed
I think it's because if EJ is going to be successful he needs more game day prep where a guy like Cassel might not need it. It makes sense and I say this as EJ supporter.
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I am an EJ guy but am rooting on Tyrod as he proved enough to me in his final showing against the Steelers he might be able to be a good enough passer to get things done. I won't deny he's a better than EJ as a runner. That said Tyrod has some limitations and they worry me. The first is his lack of height which think hurts him inside the redzone. I als worry what's going to happen when teams bottle him up and they take away his first read. Last but not least his lack of NFL experience. I've said it a few times but this whole situation reminds me of 1998 when we were gearing up with a young upstart QB by the name of Rob Johnson yet RJ had a better track record going in. Does anyone remember RJ's first two starts against San Diego and Miami? They were ugly and I say that as a guy who rooted for RJ. Now RJ did get better as the season went on until getting hurt enough that Flutie got hot and the rest as they say was history. I am only going to call for Tyrod to get benched if we go 0-2 and if Tyrod shows he can't complete 60% of his passes and/or costs us a few TDs in the redzone that end up costing us wins or starts throwing picks. I know it seems like a really short leash but losing two Conference home games to start the season is going to severely hamper our playoff aspirations.
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he was also Luck's OC in college (fwiw). And Fleener.
and the Colts HC used to be the DC in Baltimore during Tyrod's rookie year.
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Go ahead Colts and contain the edges....watch Sammy destroy the middle of the field and Clay burn the seams for at least 1 TD.
If Tyrod can get those passes off I'd feel better yet I worry because of his lack of height and experience we might not see a lot of the over the middle throws.
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@JoeBuscaglia: #Bills HC Rex Ryan says this offense will be more "multiple" than "ground-and-pound." Says "we're not going to be one-dimensional."
@viccarucci: Ryan says "ground & pound" won't apply to #Bills. "This one will be more multiple. We've got more talent on the outside."
I think it's going to be a "ground and move around offense" as I expect a lot of guys in motion (see Clay and Watkins and Felton) with a lot of short passing and an occasional deep sideline pass heave toward Watkins (and when healthy Goodwin).
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Bills website lists Dixon as the #2, and Williams 3rd, Brown 4th.
Forgive me, but perhaps I missed something here. From what I saw in the only pre season game he played against Carolina Williams had 14 rushes for 40 yards and a TD = 2.8 YPC avg.
If Shady is healthy I expect whomever is behind him might get at most 8 rushes a game. To me Karlos is going to be our goal line back and might occasionally spell McCoy in short yardage situations. I suspect early on Brown might stay active to replace McCoy until we know he's back leaving Boobie inactive early on. Also as the season wares on as people get healthy we could also see guys like Thigpen and maybe Goodwin get less and less playing time and maybe one of them get cut if McKelvin comes back as he could return as our primary punt returner and starting CB like he did in the 10 games we saw him play last year.
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So the fact that Gragg and Gray played pretty darn well in pre season now is a concern?
Gray worked with Roman before with the 49ers but I felt he had a quiet preseason. I was shocked to learn he had 7 catches this preseason as remember his drop more than anything.
I think you're pretty close, given what they showed in PS. But Roman was never that easy in SF -that an opponent could see this. My guess, and its only a guess, whoever is the 1st second TE into the lineup will be what we see predominantly- especially to hide different plays under the same look.
When Clay goes into the slot and another TE comes in, whole new package. Again, just my thinking. Belicheck* & Co. will have 10 days to review tape.... Our tape, that is..
Belicheck has 7 days to review our first game, as we play Indy on the 13th and the Patriots on the 20th. The three extra days he gets will be reviewing preseason film only.
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Aside from Charles Clay, I find the TE situation blurry. G Ro is undoubtedly going to implement multiple TE sets, using 12 and 22 personnel. My question, is who will be that 2nd guy in? Is it situational? Depth chart related?
My take would be that Clay is the Y. G Ro will utilize Mully when he wants double tight. Marquis Gray will play the H role, with Gragg being the number two guy in given a Clay injury or event he can't go.
Do you think they'll have specific, defined roles?
Or are they strictly interchangeable and will be utilized much like in a traditionsl depth chart?
I'm guessing interchangeable. parts, I think Clay is similar to what the 49ers had in Delanie Walker and here's what Roman intended to do with his replacement http://www.49ers.com/news/article-2/Roman-Sees-McDonald-in-Multiple-Roles/2ec6babb-5f40-47c4-9ebf-d1dc5aa7f04aYet I think we'll pass more to Clay than Walker got and if things go well I'm thinking he'll get 4-60 catches with about 550 yards receiving and maybe 6 TDs, whereas Mulligan I think is our #2 in that he that will be more of a blocker first,ie next to Henderson at the end of the line blocking ie a more traditional TE.
I think Gray/Gragg will be H-backs and or guys that could be shifted around as well. As Roman seems to be a guy who seems to like to create mismatches with movement and early on think it's going to be a short move the chains offense with an occasional bomb to Watkins down the sidelines.
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I'd still like to know what Norm's on. One show he seems very coherent and the next he's babbling on about nothing. He's a mess.
I think he's on the KFC.
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He reminds me of another former Titans' RB, Chris Brown former Colorado Buffaloe.
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Likely kicking the tires on Tanney, given the tweet earlier today that they were looking at QBs in addition to Simms for the PS....
Im hearing the Bills were talking to several quarterbacks for their practice squad.
That is who I heard the Bills asked a out, Alex Tanney, Phillip Sims and One other. Tanney is en route to B-Lo. Was with Bills before
2 retweets2 favoritesSimms signed to Atlanta's PS, http://www.rotoworld.com/recent/nfl/8041/matt-simms
Bills vs. Jaguars 1st Half Thread
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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That was the ugliest six minute sequence of Buffalo Bills football I can recall in years.