Neo

I could write for hours. The game has always changed, era to era. The forward pass was once a “fad that defenses would figure out.” The game of our youth, our first exposure, is always the measuring stick. I miss games where premier running backs had 30 carries a game and teams marched up and down the field four yards at a time. Rule changes for more “big plays” simply made big plays less big. Replay review. Ten minutes of nothing that in the aggregate changes nothing. Over the course of a season, it’s zero sum. The magnitude of any change for one team is equal to the magnitude of the same change to the other. But, it’s more accurate! Accurate? There are 20 callable offenses every play. Every one reviewed is associated with 19 un-reviewed. We went from “over officious jerks” to an “over officious design.” Replay is opium and dopamine telling us the results are better. Fantasy, betting, picture in picture, Networks, cable, alternative broadcast companies, Apps. So, today’s game ain’t “my game.” What’s that mean? I don’t miss a Bills game. I subscribe, I pay, I travel. I also don’t watch five non-Bills game a year. I haven’t watched a full Super Bowl in decades. All that said, the leagues is not declining. Quite the opposite. NFL revenue is growing at nearly 9% annnually over the last 20 years, up every non-covid year (to the best of my earnest effort to assemble and review data). The league is thriving even though it’s diverging from my ideal. The two issues are different.

I think they’re the best 2-4 team in the NFL.

I am awarding “cutlass” the word of the thread. Sword, sabre, cutlass. Short, curved sabre designed for close quarter fighting on naval ships or cavalry. Think swing or slash, not thrust or chop. Edit to add: I was typing this while “stiletto” was being posted. Stiletto, and the Hailee double entendre, are worthy of consideration. I will confess an abundance of enthusiasm and pre-mature decisioning.

Save it for tomorrow. Parent of the Year.

Inimitable wins word of the day.

Call him when the sexual assault lawsuit settles or is adjudicated.

You can’t improve your team by cutting a guy who can’t make kicks unless you simultaneously acquiring a guy who can. The posters arguing the other side of your argument are asking you if you’ve solved the second side of the equation. The first side of the equation is the simple side.

I’ll whisper to her after her nap and let her know you’re interested.

DEFEND THE SIDELINES!!

Ego call …. the worst of the worst in high level sports. “Hey, big fella, you think it’s about YOU? I wear the stripes, I’m the OFFICIAL, I carry the flag!”

In September and October, he does.

Give Bass some more time to think about it.

Bass’s agent knows who he’s going to call if the Bills cut him.

That may be the best “doink” sound I’ve heard on a tv broadcast.

We’re not sure, yet. There’s 12 minutes left.

Unwatchable product. Can you imagine “selling this” to a person who’d not seen a football game, before?

If that replay showed the penalty call on Dawkins, man are these refs amateurs.

I just asked this question. In that situation, does he have to be closer to the line?

To the learned. Brown being “uncovered” could be the formation’s fault (missing a WR on the line outside him) or his fault (in no WR to his side formations, he has to line up closer to the line of scrimmage).

“I’ve got a big, new, contract. I can afford fines.”

PERSONAL FOUL, BOOKIE MAN, UNNECESSARY CRITICISM.

Relax, we’ll learn from this.

Pssst … Bass, cough, Bass … cough, cough.

I think Brown draws scrutiny because he stands around and jaws after plays. Play mean, keep your mouth shut.

Jets DC: “Ok, they’re feeling like they’re good, but they’re feeling like they’re lucky. Be ready for run, run, run to “re-set to the first possession and take control.” I am in hot take heaven. Three and out, here.