Rocky Landing
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Let me first say that I don't know the first thing about the LA Stadium proposal or LA traffic patterns in particular, however in general, stadiums built downtown function much better from a congestion standpoint than ones built in the suburbs.
Downtown areas already have built up transportation systems that are designed to carry many more people every weekday than go to the stadiums on Sunday. Also, downtowns are typically centrally located which means that traffic is arriving and dispersing in multiple directions. There are bars and restaurants all around the downtown that people can meet before the games to "tailgate" at, eliminating the need for giant parking lots full of drunk people.
The stadium here in Charlotte is downtown and you can drive within a few blocks of a sold out game 30 minutes before game time and not even know that there is a game going on. Within 30 minutes of the game ending everything is clear. Compare this to Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo. Almost everybody arrives and leaves from the same direction and there are only a couple of roads to get there. What's that area like before or just after a game?
In LA, you can get on just about any freeway at 4am, and possibly find yourself in a traffic jam. The last time the President of the United States visited LA, it changed my commute time from 20 minutes to almost two hours. We have a situation here later this month where they are going to shut down the 405 for two days on a weekend. They are calling it "Carmageddon."
That being said, I am actually all for the LA Stadium Project- as long as the Bills don't leave Buffalo!
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48. Grew up in Rochester, but now live in Los Angeles. (And, no, I don't want to see the Los Angeles Bills!)
But, here's the funny thing. My wife is from Boston. Patriots fan.(How did I come to marry a Pats fan? What can I say? She's totally hot!) Her father is downright rabid. The solution? My daughter, six, wears a Patriots jersey (Welker, at the moment). My son, two, wears a Spiller jersey. Good times.
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I live in Los Angeles. The downtown stadium project is considered by most residents, even football fans, to be a really terrible idea. The congestion it will cause alone will be massive. However, it also represents such an enormous revenue stream coming into the city that I very much doubt that any number of sign wielding hippies, or lawyered up environmentalists will be able to derail the Stadium Train.
That being said, I still don't think that the Bills will leave Upstate New York.
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Some of you seem to have some pretty crazy and unlikely predictions here. I think some of you people really need a little dose of reality. Here are my predictions:
The Bills get off to a frustrating start as the twelfth man makes the stadium so loud that Chiefs starting Right Tackle Eric Winston can’t hear the whistle and doesn’t release the headlock he has on Mario Williams. Williams is then ejected from the game for cursing at the replacement ref (with Johnson still hanging from his neck) for not getting a holding call.
Ryan Fitzgerald, Fitzsimmins, Fitzpatrick, or whatever his name is, still has trouble connecting, so Chan Gailey, out of sheer frustration, has Tyler Thigpen open up Fitzpatrick’s head and throw his brain deep downfield to Wide Receiver, Ruvell Martin, who just can’t haul it in.
Towards the end of the first half, The Bills score their first points when Brad Smith shows more of his versatility and kicks a field goal. Unfortunately, the points are overturned when Cordy Glenn is called for holding after he hugs Smith. After the play, the replacement refs are seen looking up the definition of “holding.”
The Bills go into the locker room at halftime with some of the drunker and more confused fans chanting “Tebow… Tebow…”
During halftime, the Bills fortunes seem to turn around when Dick Jauron is found in the Basement sticking needles into various Bill’s Bobblehead figures.
Also during halftime, Ken Johnson, the famous tailgater, holds a Satanic ritual in which the first born son of Jim Kelly is sacrificed on an alter (or as most would call it, the hood of his car), and then grilled to perfection. Kelly is then served to dozens of craven, bloodthirsty Bills fans. A good time is had by all.
Early in the third quarter, the game finally turns around for the Bills when Marcel Darius becomes so infuriated that he tears fellow teammate Arthur Moats’ arm out of its socket and uses it to beat Chiefs center Rodney Hudson into the turf. The replacement refs are unable to find anything in the rulebook regarding body parts and allow the play to stand. The Bills Fans follow suit and begin tearing out, and throwing various body parts all over the field. The Bills are then able to repeatedly march down the bloodstained field as the Chiefs defense mostly huddle in fear in the endzone.
Final score: Chiefs 10, Bills 189
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Who do you think was a better QB for his day/era Jack Kemp or Ryan Fitzpatrick?
Which do you think is a better trolling lure: the Yozuri Hydro Magnum, or the Sea Stryker Jet Head?
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Spiller played pretty well last year in as WR, also.
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Well, well, well. I don't even know where to begin. When everyone here was praising Fitz, I was doubting him. When everyone loved the Brad Smith pickup, I hated it. When everyone was bashing the Jets ineptitude during the preseason, I said it meant nothing. When everyone was saying I was a "negative nancy" for saying the Bills would be an 8-8 or 9-7 team this year, you all called me a "troll." I tell it how I see it and we're far from being a good team. I think paper champions is what we call it. Call me a troll, annoying, or whatever, but don't ever doubt me. Just read my sig. It says it all.
There are plenty of people on these boards who were saying the same things as you. They just haven't been on here gloating. Essentially, leading up to this opener, there were people who were optimistic (admittedly, like myself), and those who were pessimistic. Congratulations on being right. Douche.
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ouch!
The opening game is where our hopes, dreams and aspirations all meet. A loss to Jets at this point in time would be devastating and an embaressment. and heart breaking.
Biggest game of the year.
Biggest game of the year so far.
(And, btw, we are three point underdogs!)
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Andy Reid is not Dick Jouron.
Exactly
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Its a huge distraction. Try going to work with a camera fallowing you around, for a month. On all your meetings, all your phone calls, all your practices, everywhere. Its not big deal to the people that watch it, but if a camera was fallowing you around all day, you would find it distracting
I live in Los Angeles. I work in television, and do a fair amount of reality tv. In fact, as I write this, I am sitting at my desk on the television show, "Hell's Kitchen." You are absolutely right about the distraction. But, it's not just one camera following you around. It is likely that there are anywhere from 8 to 15 camera operators working at any given time as well as numerous robo-cams and surveillance cams. Add to that lighting techs, sound techs, assistant directors, production assistants, etc., and you have a veritable circus in your midst.
You'll never see anyone complaining about it on the show (obviously), but you better believe that the players and coaches are hating it.
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It's a purely financial decision. A team like Miami, with a notoriously fickle fan base, that isn't doing well coming out of last season and going into this one, is looking at a revenue loss vis a vis ticket sales, blackouts, merchandise, and especially commercial air time. If the ratings for their televised games go down, so does the per second rate for television sponsorship. I would think a show like Hard Knocks would be viewed by Miami's marketing division as having serious potential to boost their ratings. I would be interested to know what those numbers were.
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It's the bettors, not the bookies.
That would be true if it were horse racing.
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Well, bookmakers certainly aren't paying attention to this thing. The Jets are still 3 point favorites.
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A more important question is how well our D matches up to their O, and visa versa. The Jets current O-line issues and their paper-thin depth at WR vs. our improved pass rush are going to force them to run and absolutely hobble their starting QB. They've also lost one TE and another is questionable. If our run D is as improved as advertised, I would say that we have a positive match-up regardless of how our Defenses compare.
On the other side of the ball, I wonder how well our O-line will hold up? If Fitz gets enough time in the pocket, Chan's spread offense might play well. We know Stevie can handle Revis. But, I think we are going to need to see some real production from some of our other receivers.
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I'm not that crazy but when it comes to crunch time I'd take Tebow over Fitz in heart beat
I wasn't completely sure before, but I now know that you're nuts.
That being said, considering the injuries that have befallen the Jet's TEs, I think that they're probably pretty happy to have Tebow at this moment.
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"He not busy being born is busy Dying." -Bob Dylan
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I live in Los Angeles (born and raised in Rochester), and I don't get to go back home too often. So, just judging by the various threads that I've seen posted today, I was wondering: is there a huge wave of Stupid moving through Upstate New York today?
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Name me one quality team that doesnt have "all their eggs in one basket" in regard to their starting QB?
The Jets!
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I'm relatively new to this forum. But, I hope that when the regular season starts, threads like this one will stop. I'd much rather read debate on players that we actually have. These hypothetical threads are a waste of time.
That being said: screw Vick. To my mind, Gailey/Nix have shown that they place a high value on character. I like that about them, and I like the effect it has had on the team. I enjoy rooting for players that I can be proud of.
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I'll say that he's been decent. Seeing Gilmore at work, I'm glad that we went with him instead of Glenn but as a second round pick? I think we definitely made a good call.
Seriously, our draft class (Gilmore, Glenn, Graham and Brooks at least) is looking very solid.
A lot of people on these boards freaked out when we chose Graham!
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Why, after thrashing the Pats in the first 3-1/2 quarters, would we decide to simply allow them to beat up our QB?
That doesn't make sense...
I assume he meant preseason game 4, and that Thigpen will make the 75, not the final 53.
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I don't sweat the Jets at all, but fwiw I'm thinking that Zebrie was playing G and not T in the Vikings scrimmage.
I think it's a mistake to consider the opener vs the Jets as a slam dunk. The Jets Circus gets a lot of media attention, but I think it's likely that, to a degree, it is hype. Most of the Las Vegas sports books still have the Jets favored by 3 points. That's down from 6 a couple months ago, so perception is trending in our direction. Depending on our, and the Jets showing on Saturday, I suspect that the spread will drop even further.
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Never in my 50 years as a fan have I seen so many people ignore a quarterbacks winning percentage.
I don't think anyone is ignoring Young's winning percentage- it's the reason there is so much discussion in the first place. But, you also can't ignore the less positive elements of his history or character. Fitz and Young are both mixed bags.
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A very interesting premise to this thread. If correct, I think this could point to the brain trust thinking they are pretty good OR they don't want to put too much on tape.
Not mutually exclusive
Video of Bills fan fight at Chiefs game
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Alcohol
And I'm sorry some of us
Given you bad name
yeah o yeah, cause without you
Nothing is the same
Yeah o yeah i miss you so
Every time we break up
Just to hit a higher note
Every time we make up
Alcohol!