SoCal Deek

I’m not a huge NBA fan but I think what’s being witnessed is similar to the transition the NFL went through after a generation of star QBs got old all at the same time. I remember a lot of NFL fans wondering at the time whether the ‘glory days’ of the league were over. Then, out of seemingly nowhere we got an entirely new set of young star QBs.

Fabulous We’re clearing playing 5D chess here.

I don’t have trouble at all Shaw. I just see zero connection here. Sorry.

Wait! We’re now referencing a completely different sport, that hasn’t yet reached its championship series mind you, to try and justify what McD’s been doing with the Bills, who also has yet to reach the Super Bowl? Really? I’ll chalk this one up to it being the dog days of the NFL offseason.

And I hear he’s still just 21 years old.

I used to carry around the stub from the game where we beat Miami to end the decade long streak. The face value for our sideline seats was $13.00. Yikes! I got a kick out of the County Charge on your photo. Erie County was apparently sticking it to ya for 25 cents to pay off the new stadium. Those bastards!

Yeah…but the PSL back then was brutal! 😉

So, greed is confined to the NFL? I actually think it's due to an utter lack of creativity by the Commissioner. He is, and has always been, horrible.

I still believe there should be one bye week for the ENTIRE league mid season. It’s done in all other major sports.

If you look closely you’ll see that the Divisions are all grouped together. Playing those six games against each other influences the strength of schedule more than where you finish.

Preseason will eventually go the way of the pro bowl, the do do bird, and the schedule release show. A total waste of time.

Okay….So I just entered the entire Schedule into my Outlook calendar. Can somebody tell me why I want to listen to NFL Network talking heads yap about it for hours on end? What a waste of airtime!

With all due respect….so? That just means you start and end with a home game. The rest would all alternate home and away.

Four of the first Five at home? Really?

It always seemed like when they threw him the ball....he caught it. Isn't that what one wants from a Tight End?

Achilles injuries seem to have become the new ACL of the modern athlete. One could say they’ve become a veritable Achilles heel.

We’ve never had any difficulty making travel arrangements for a regular season road game and that includes two trips to London. Not sure what all the stress is about. People travel to these major cities every day for business on much much shorter notice without batting an eye and that’s during the traditional workweek. Go Bills

True, but the drains wouldn’t require a ‘dance floor’. They’re not spaced often enough. But the heating system might. I guess we’re going to see.

While not disagreeing, I believe it’s more complicated than that. Individual teams and the league in general have to navigate a really complex calendar of dates and events. Not every venue is available on any given weekend.

Perfect it’s normally freezing down there by mid September. 😉

What I noticed from one of the videos is that the temporary ‘dance floor’ I mentioned previously runs the full length of the one sideline is actually suspended from the roof overhang. I’m not sure what it’s for but I’m guessing they’re installing some specialty ceiling finish on the underside of the roof. No idea if that’ll be true around the entire stadium but with the speakers already hung in other areas, I doubt it. And they’re starting to install the glass on the exterior of the stadium concourses.

Thats pretty amazing. It means on average the Bills only fly 1,200 miles per road game. That’s something like a two hour flight. Nice!

Awful for who? Their second opponent…, the Browns? I thought we all agreed that it’s preferable to go over there for two weeks like Jacksonville did when they played us.

Who? The Bills or Verizon? You do realize this is how EVERY business works, right? They sell things people want to buy. Not quite sure where people think the Bills get $400,000,000.00 to pay their QB. It’s not from charging you $12 for a beer….thats for sure.

Hanging the speakers is actually more to be expected. In construction you generally work from the top down. It’s so that you can set up scaffolding on the floor below or work off of cranes or buckets without concern of obstruction or things falling and damaging already installed assemblies and finishes below you. Once completed, you don’t want to have to go back up there again. For example, if you look at the field level video you’ll see huge sections of scaffolding in the upper deck that allow them to set up what’s known as a ‘dance floor’ on which workers can stand to reach the underside of the roof. I’m not sure what that dance floor is for. I’m guessing there’s something different on the underside up there along that sideline.