What a Tuel

2012 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-07-19/suddenlink-agrees-to-buyout-led-by-management-bc-cpp Of course it was also PR speak because of the buy out. 2015 http://www.bcpartners.com/news/2015/21-12-15?sc_lang=en

I see what you are saying but it is absurd, and it is no way to look at the season. You are saying that when everything is said and done, and two NFC teams are tied at 10-6, the team with the least amount of NFC wins is going to be the odd man out usually. Usually that is correct. So to apply it to the Bills, you are saying it is inevitable for us to be 10-6 tied for a wild card spot if we have any opportunity to make the playoffs. You are saying we should prefer more of those 10 wins to be AFC wins rather than NFC wins. But this is assuming that the Bills will ONLY get 10 wins. A win against the cardinals does not mean we will lose against the jaguars to even us out at 10-6. A win against the cardinals means we might make it to 11-5. You are applying your logic to a set win/loss record which is the wrong way to go about it.

Taking a loss absolutely makes no sense to help playoff chances. But it is a very "billsian" thing to do, when we beat tough NFC teams like Green Bay Packers (12-4 in 2014) that help our playoff chances, but lose to the Oakland Raiders (3-13 in 2014) the next game. Anyone saying beating the Cardinals doesn't help our playoff chances is an idiot, but anyone who says the loss to Baltimore didn't hurt worse is mostly wrong outside of strength of schedule tie breakers and stuff. Edit: where is this thread anyway? I need some entertainment haha

Um, what is an expert opinion or member of the industry worth when he wasn't even aware that time warner cable does not do data caps. So his "expert" opinion about time warner presently doing data caps to lighten their load on their networks was what? A guess? Expert opinion? You guys are grasping here based on 1 member of the industry's so called opinion utilized which might be based on his perceived experience, but it proves it isn't infallible. I don't expect you to believe me, not after these reactions, but cord cutting is a thing. And it is a thing that the cable industry (who are in large part ISP's) are moving to address. Believe it or not. That is the opinion of a wide number of experts and analysts of these company's. Look it up. The company did not sell for those reasons. They were actually bought out 2 times since 2010. The latest purchase by "Altice" was to gain a foothold in the US market.

What the heck are you talking about? You have to be a real piece of work to think that my argument is for free stuff. Yep, I am sure you absolutely know the ins and outs and infrastructure costs of all the major ISP's because you "work in the industry". You just know man. I understand your bias, it's tough working in one of the most hated industries. It is understandable to be defensive about these companies policies, but it isn't politics. Edit: Oh and I missed this that you said: "Time Warner started putting data caps on their customers years ago - not in an effort to "monetize data", but instead to manage the ever increasing load on the network." Time Warner tested out data caps in a few areas, and got rid of them after the ensuing customer backlash. They have been doing fine without data caps for some time now. I guess, their networks must be quite overloaded right now. But you know, you are the all knowing expert. You can join the club of "I know what I am talking about, just trust me, I work in the industry" then. He has shown me nothing outside of "I know infrastructure, and trust me, it costs a ton." Meanwhile CEO's of ISP's say; no, it is actually declining.

It's because they think that people did it just because he is black. They think that it wouldn't of happened to a white candidate, except they did it to Ted Cruz soooooo...... As for the debate, how is this poll even this divided? Come on, I don't like Hillary but she wiped the floor with Trump. He has no substance. I haven't made up my mind. Leaning 3rd party, but one of the candidates just has to woe me. I don't think they will.

If that's how you see it then fine. Maybe you are letting your bias for your industry cloud your vision. It happens, but I haven't said anything that isn't true.

Sammy Watkins has 2,092 yards and 15 touchdowns in 31 games. Stevie Johnson has 4,764 yards and 34 touchdowns in 99 games. Sammy is on pace to exceed Stevie Johnson's TDs, and his yards in 30 less games and he hasn't even hit his stride yet.... Not saying Stevie Johnson was bad, he got a raw deal with our QB situation as well as Sammy. But Sammy is on another planet.

Huh, this is an interesting site that I will come back to when I have time. Seems relatively well designed and useful. http://operations.nfl.com/the-officials/inside-nfl-gameday-central/official-review-with-dean-blandino/

Michael Thomas and Julio Jones didn't outscore Matt Ryan so my bad advice didn't make him lose I don't think

Its the lasting effect he has! Just look at the irreparable damage! Welp I'm sorry if I botched this at all for you! Julio Jones has 2 points.

This is likely it. Best time for him to get some rest until the BYE week, and we are playing at home. People act as if Sammy just doesn't want to play or what? I don't understand the conspiracy theories.

Just for the record. Rex Ryan has a better win percentage (.473) than the last 6 HC's so far. Not fantastic, but after 19 games, I believe he is the most criticized. We get it, you don't like the way he talks, and that the bills haven't made the playoffs. But let the man do his job. Sheesh.

Agreed. They both are. Trump has to impress. I despise Hilary but Trump has shown me exactly zero reason to support him. Not clinton isn't a valid reason.

All over the place outside of this board too. A lot of people don't think of him as a legit #2 WR. I think of him as an under utilized legit #2 WR.

No way. Stick with Julio. He has a better shot at beating the points of Matt Ryan. It will be worse for rooting for it, but looking at it objectively Julio Jones has a better chance at getting 25 points than Michael Thomas regardless of Matt Ryans 20 points. That said, I need Brees to get 46 points tonight Come on 6 tds and 300 passing yards!

Think about it this way. A defensive player cannot intercept the ball standing at the 1, and then turn around and run into the endzone, and get a touchback. Same thing here. They are saying Graham landed at the one, and rolled into the endzone. You can argue momentum, I guess, but that's why it was spotted at the 1. In my opinion at least. https://youtu.be/sPB3u2zN8S0?t=307

https://youtu.be/sPB3u2zN8S0?t=307 5:08 if anyone is interested in the play. I am so glad the NFL started allowing highlights on youtube.

I had the opposite of this problem during the Bills-Colts Home opener last year. Sitting there and the 5-6 rows in front of me stood practically the whole game. So of course I had to as well, but there were elderly people behind me, that I am sure couldn't see the game, and hardly stood. I didn't know what to do, I tried to sit, but then I couldn't see. And try convincing 5-6 rows of people to sit and stand just for the big plays. It is a problem, but only if people do it for extended periods of time without sitting. Edit: In the end it's better that security monitors a problem and rectifies it because they have that authority.

Something tells me the argument would shift to "What a distraction for the team"

I understand all of this. What you don't understand is that these company's are using this as an excuse to move forward a plan to combat the relative loss of people cord cutting their TV. There are countless quotes of these CEO's backing this up. The fact that you think both can't manage their infrastructure and put together a combative plan to regain control of the media market is just plain naive. Cable companies are able to do plenty with the coaxial cable still, in fact I believe they just made a change to enable them to utilize more of it, and increase speeds as a result of the competition FIOS brought. Fiber might be faster, but FIOS hasn't enabled that speed yet, and Time Warner has eclipsed them in increasing speeds in upper packages of internet access. "The cost of increasing [broadband] capacity has declined much faster than the increase in data traffic," says Dane Jasper, CEO of Sonic, an independent ISP based in Santa Rosa, Calif. "We want to make sure our products meet the needs of customers for what they want to do and it does not inhibit them or force them to make decisions on how they want to use the product. The nice part of technology and what has happened is that transport costs continue to decline and by putting in the packet optical fabric it takes away a lot of those constraints," McCarthy said. "There may be a time when usage-based pricing is the right solution for the market, but I really don't see that as a path the market is taking at this point in time." CEO Dan McCarthy - Frontier Communications "I think one of the things people don’t realize [relates to] the question of capital intensity and having to keep spending to keep up with capacity,” Kent said. “Those days are basically over, and you are seeing significant free cash flow generated from the cable operators as our capital expenditures continue to come down." CEO Jerry Kent - Suddenlink in reference to the data caps of 250-550gb that they have placed in the St. Louis area. As for your meat comparison, how can you say they aren't trying to monetize data but then make a comparison to meat in a grocery store that monetizes data?

Depending on the results of this season, I would be open to seeing what Schwartz can do at headcoach again. He is impressing with that Eagles defense. Something tells me he doesn't want it though. Maybe we just didn't hear about it but did he even interview for the job after Marrone left?

Then there's also "the spy", but that's only because he likes to play the game "I Spy" all the time. Nothing to do with spying on opposing team activities.

All Brady had to do was cooperate. He turned it into a fiasco on his own. Belichick on the other hand simply cheated, and there are many reports that it was far worse than disclosed to fans. http://nypost.com/2015/09/08/spygate-much-worse-than-belichick-goodell-divulged-report/

No, I have not been referring to mobile caps this whole time. Mobile caps are what the home internet ISP's aspire to have which is why I mentioned them. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/12/when-will-isp-data-caps-cost-consumers-more-money.aspx http://www.businessinsider.com/comcast-ceo-data-caps-usage-based-pricing-henry-blodget-ignition-2015-12 Nope, they aren't trying to monetize data for home internet at all. Usage based pricing for internet is a ridiculous thing aimed at "cord cutters" because these ISP's are losing money to people unsubscribing from cable television. It is certainly not because their infrastructure cannot handle it. Admittedly Mobile data has more infrastructure reasonings behind their caps, however they are far too low, and are gouging customers with jacked up rates for more data, and overage fees.