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As long as we're tossing numbers around like a bunch of experts, and at the risk of coming off as a cynical nitpicker - or a Cliff Claven, I'd like to point out a little something. We need to adjust our numbers. There's a part of the CBA (Article 45) titled "Injury Protection." It hasn't always been a part of the CBA, but has been around for a few years now. Injury protection is a built-in salary guarantee for players who are injured before the end of the previous season, and who are then released before the next season while still injured (unable to pass a physical). Under Article 45, assuming (I know, I know) Tre doesn't have any larger negotiated guarantees we don't know about, he is still guaranteed $2,050,000 of his 2024 salary if released while still injured from 2023. Under the agreement, $850,000 of that would be considered player benefit - which for our discussion means nothing. The remaining $1,200,000, however, will be paid in 2024, and counted as salary - which will also count against the 2024 cap. So when we all look at OTC and Spotrac and see that cutting Tre before the season will save us a little over $6 million in cap space, the reality is, unless Tre has a different, unreported guarantee in place, cutting him will actually save us a little over $4.8 million in cap space. Now you know.

Chris Jones played for something like $20 million. What cap page are you looking at?

A broom is drearily sweeping Up the broken pieces of yesterday's life Somewhere a queen is weeping Somewhere a king has no wife And the wind—it cries, "Mary!"

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor, Would you be mine? Could you be mine? It's a neighborly day in this beautywood, A neighborly day for a beauty, Would you be mine? Could you be mine?

It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up That Model A body makes it look like a pup It's got eight cylinders; uses them all It's got overdrive, just won't stall With a 4-barrel carb and a dual exhaust With 4.11 gears you can really get lost It's got safety tubes, but I ain't scared The brakes are good, tires fair

Super Bowl XXV. Won the lottery for season ticket holders. Got two tickets for face value - $150 each. Had to pick them up at the Bills ticket office, and we only got the tickets if the Bills won the Championship game and went to the big game. And it was one of those weird years they only had one week between the Championship games and the SB. Had a guy offering us $500 each as we walked out the ticket office door. Said no thanks. Was a great feeling kicking the Raiders ass and knowing me and my buddy had tix to the SB the next week if we won. But had to do some serious scrambling to get time off work and make travel plans. Fortunately, my buddy had friends in Tampa that lived about 10 minutes from the stadium, so we stayed at their house and saved a bunch there too. Awesome party in downtown Tampa the night before - and lots of excitement all week. Wonderful experience all around except for the kick going wide right. I have no desire to do it over again, but I hope the next generation gets the chance to see our Bills in the big game again soon.

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Ahh that makes sense.

Lions always play at 12:30 on Thanksgiving. Cowboys at 4:00. Always.

Well, when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair Talking to some rich folks that you know Well, I hope you won't see me in my ragged company Well, you know I could never be alone

Your breath is sweet Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky Your back is straight, your hair is smooth On the pillow where you lie But I don't sense affection No gratitude or love Your loyalty is not to me But to the stars above One more cup of coffee for the road One more cup of coffee 'fore I go To the valley below

Yeah there's lots of "rules" and requests the league tries to adhere to when making the schedule. A lot has to do with the TV markets not competing with each other for teams in the same market. Basically, in addition to using the same stadium, the Jets and Giants almost never play at the same time. Used to be the same with the Raiders and Niners. Now it's the Raiders and Chargers. To a lesser extent they try to keep the Ravens and Commanders from playing at the same time as their TV markets overlap. Then throw in other stadium conflicts with MLB or Olympics or whatever and the league trying not to schedule 3 game road trips unless they really have to. It gets pretty complicated. Throw in more and more networks competing for quality prime-time games while CBS and FOX lobby to keep their top matchups. Then there's other things. The Jets and Giants, in addition to not playing at the same time, always request road games during certain Jewish holidays as their Jewish fans can't be out after dark or something like that. Last year the league scheduled the Jets at home during one of these holidays and caught a lot of grief for it. So usually on whatever weekend that falls on the Jets and Giants will both be on the road and at different times. There's been articles written that talk about just how many requests they get and try to deal with. Teams like the Bills don't want to play in Miami in September. Miami doesn't want to play in Buffalo in January. It's impossible to keep everyone happy. But no doubt there's a hierarchy where some factions have more pull than others. I would imagine TV networks and stadium conflicts along with the league's desire to have lots of division matchups late are at the top of the list.

There's no use tryin' to be what you're not You run on a treadmill and you'll get tired a lot So why not take some advice from me? Even though I ain't no McCartney Well, the moral of this story escapes me at this time I've been too busy sitting here, just tryin' to make it rhyme I'm a crazy drunken fool, and when I finish off this keg I'm gonna piss on the fire, call in the dogs, an' head it on back to Bowlegs

Gimme dat, gimme dat, gimme, gimme, gimme dat Gimme dat ding, gimme dat, gimme, gimme dat Gimme dat ding, gimme dat, gimme, gimme dat Gimme, gimme, gimme, dat ding

I get no kick from champagne Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all So tell me why should it be true That I get a kick out of you Some get their kicks from cocaine I'm sure that if I took even one sniff That would bore me terrifically too That I get a kick out of you

Hey, laughing in the playground Gets no kicks from little boys Would rather make it with a letching gray, yeah Or maybe her attention is drawn by aqualung Who watches through the railings as they play Hey, cross-eyed Mary finds it hard to get along She's a poor man's rich girl and she'll do it for a song She's a rich man stealer but her favour's good and strong She's the Robin Hood of Highgate Helps the poor man get along, hey

The upper deck chutes only go to the tunnel exits at the bottom of the upper deck where they can grab it with bobcats and tractors with buckets. They don't shovel the upper deck snow down to the lower bowl,

They don't shovel the upper deck onto the lower deck and then out. The upper deck just gets shoveled to the bottom where the tunnels come out.

The biggest problem with the last game is the snow fell the day and night before the game. Not only did that hinder people being able to get there to help clear it, but, as you've probably seen, the way they clear the seats is with chutes that run the snow down to the field and then truck it out. At some point well before game time you have to stop doing that, remove the tarp and get the field ready. This latest snow should be done by tonight or tomorrow at the latest. That's a lot more time ahead to be able to clear the seats. Although as mentioned above, the snow from before is going to be packed super hard and will probably create issues. Field wise it should be fine with sun, temp in the 20s and minimal wind.

You hand in your ticket And you go watch the geek Who immediately walks up to you When he hears you speak And says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?" And you say, "Impossible," as he hands you a bone And something is happening here But you don't know what it is Do you, Mister Jones?

Takin' 'em to the train station.

The reason for the 5-minute rules comes from the evolution of the rules. There was a time, way back when we were young, that the clock stopped for every penalty regardless of when it happened. And it used to stop every time the ball went out of bounds. In an effort to shorten the ever-increasing length of games, changes were made. Now when you go out of bounds before the 5-minute mark the clock only stops until the ball is spotted for the next play, then it starts again. And the clock used to stop every time there was a penalty. They changed the rules to restart the clock after the penalty is assessed and the ball is spotted for play - except in the last 5 minutes. In both cases the 5-minute rule was kept in place for exactly the reasons stated - to keep close games interesting longer. Should it be changed? Probably. It's certainly not the first time a team used a penalty to game the clock. In the below example the rules call for an unsportsmanlike if they did it a third time. I don't know if the same holds true on the defensive side. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipsxeWIZnYY And this vid is shared because it's just fun to watch Belly get steamed when the Titans did the same thing to him the next week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTsvc9pkZ04

I haven't spent a lot of time on this board, so I haven't seen a Rockpile review in a while. Nice writeup and thanks. I also don't mind Collinsworth as much as some. I guess maybe it's because I know he played the game - and played it well - so I just like to hear what he says about the game. But I'm also reminded of a poll done years ago (probably more years than I want to think about). The overwhelming favorite announcer at the time was John Madden with about 45% of the vote. But when it came to least favorite, he was also the overwhelming leader with about 45% of the vote. Anyway, yeah despite the early miscues, you could definitely see the refuse to lose mentality kick in. As mentioned by someone earlier, the run by Josh on 3rd and 13 was absolutely huge. Gritty and determined. Another first down with just over 3 minutes left and Miami had to start using timeouts. Also as someone mentioned earlier, I too immediately thought of Ronnie Harmon when watching the Cook pass bounce off his hands. Shudders. Thanks again. Go Bills.

Through the night, through the dawn Behind you another runner is born Don't look back, you've been there Feel the mist as your breath hits the air And it's underneath the moonlight Passing some Still your heart beats in the moonlight Like a drum And you will run your time A shooting star across the sky And you will surely cross the line

Precious love, I'll give to you Blue as the sky and deep In the eyes of a love so true Beautiful face, you make me feel Light on the stairs and lost In the air of a love so real