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No need....I am sure our name is just about as offensive to many Native Americans as it stands.

Opiod Induced Constipation.

He was, indeed. Part of the Bermuda Triangle defense with Fred Smerless. I don't remember who the third point of the triangle was.

I just heard Rex on Mike and Mike and one thing he said made a lot of sense. He said that this year they tried to make the defense a combination of what the Bills had been last year and the defense he was bringing in. When you do anything half way, it is sure to be a disaster. While I was not a huge fan of the Rex hire, if you are going to go Ryan, push your chips to the middle and go Ryan all the way....and see what happens.

Jimmy G DID play....was put in with 2 minutes to go and Pats down 10. Decided to concede the game rather than risk injury to Brady (who had been knocked around during the game).

Great news!! Now just keep Rambo away from him.

Thank you so much....and sorry for the repeat. I missed the other thread...and clearly I missed the reset after commercial. I had just seen 2:10 and then 2:10 and was wondering why nobody complained about the clock not running....so thank you again very much for the clarification.

Maybe this has been discussed elsewhere, but can someone who has NFL gamepass check the end of the Patriots/Giants game? I swear that I looked at the clock and there was 2:10 left on the clock. The Giants ran a run play that gained about 3 yards and the Patriots took a timeout. I looked at the clock and it read 2:10. I swear that no time ran off on the play....which would have been a big deal because it mean having to run more play before the two minute warning which saved NE a timeout.

Goodness?

A request: Can we stop putting "Williams" in Bills headlines and thread titles? When half the team is named Williams, it is not that helpful.

Supposedly Rex calls the defense so the D coordinator is not essential. However, since Pettine left the Jets D has been mediocre....until this year and now it is great again. Yes, they made major upgrades in their secondary...but still. I think there is a common denominator.

I seem to remember that our defense suffered quite a bit when Aaron Williams was out last year. I think he is more important to our defense than many realize.

Clearly, you weren't watching the game on TV. The announcers kept going on and on about what a great fullback he is....and then when Felton was on the field with him they were clearly confused and I THOUGHT the light bulb was flickering on....but then they just shrugged it off and ran with it and talked about the Bills jumbo formation with two fullbacks.

Yeah, pretty amazing runner for a fullback.

Has anybody been working on composing an excuse? I seem to remember someone asking what it would be after today, so we will need to work on that.

Jim McMahon has talked about having symptoms. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-06-17/sports/chi-jim-mcmahon-dementia-20140617_1_suicidal-thoughts-former-nfl-players-early-onset-dementia

And how many points do you get in fantasy for throwing a key block?

....and that is the problem with fantasy football mentality. It fails to recognize that Sammy may have been the most valuable player on Sunday...certainly the most valuable receiver...because he drew so much attention that it freed up players like Harvin and Wood.

I've heard a lot of people talking about Pittsburgh being a Super Bow contender. People talk about how great their offense was last year and that they had a pretty good record. However, NOBODY seems to remember the schedule that AFC North teams played last year (AFC and NFC south). Only two of those teams had a winning record (and the only really good team was Indy). That was a ridiculously easy schedule. When all the prognosticators talk about Pittsburgh (and Cinti and Baltimore), they seem to forget how inflated those teams records were last year.

Patriots against a team of Satans? I'm taking the Satans and giving the points.

I think some of the most underrated plays were the good runs when EJ was playing. I've noticed over the years that when a more experienced quarterback comes into the game the running game gets better. I remember this was the case when Fitz took over, for example. Not sure if it is the footwork, hiding the ball, calling the right blocking (probably a combination of all of the above) but some quarterbacks seem to be able to create better running games. That wasn't the case with EJ in the past but last night it was. He just seemed smooth and calm. Not sure if it will be TT or EJ... and not sure I care...as long as it is one of those two.

Yes, now that we let CJ Spiller go.

Two years ago a rockies pitcher was going to be out "up to three weeks" because of an appendectomy. Three to four for football does not seem out of the question. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9495509/colorado-rockies-place-rafael-betancourt-dl-appendectomy

The more I watch this competition the less sure I am as to what will happen at the start of the season. I have a sneaking suspicion that Rex and company are screwing with us. Yes, I THINK Meh is in the driver's seat...but I also think that Rex has a history of trying to hide who he wants as a starter. I listen to WFAN from time to time and I remember that a year or two ago the NY media was annoyed that Rex seemed to prize hiding who his starter was over actually preparing the eventual starter by giving him more reps. So, while I agree it SEEMS EJ is fading from the picture...I have this nagging feeling we are being played. It will be interesting to see if EJ gets his turn to start in the third game. Also, I think Rex and company are more comfortable with their quarterback situation than we suspect. Rex loves to defend his players and particularly quarterbacks (remember the Sanchez tattoo) but has almost been bashing the qbs on this team....but maybe that means he thinks they won't need defending? Or maybe this is one of the things he learned from his time with the Jets. I just don't know.

Where are the 2s? Last week they described it as Cassel and EJ working with the 1s (with Cassel getting about 3/4 of the reps) and Taylor with the 2s. If they are just running the same rotation based on seniority, it would seem Taylor and Cassel would work with the 1s, with Taylor getting most of the reps and EJ with the twos....but apparently there are no 2s today.