UConn James

Bills have been doing that for a very long time, through multiple GMs, coaches, owners, and even when we had Clements and Winfield. There’s always 5-10 yards of free space for WRs / TEs whenever we line up. I’ve seen other teams cover closer before the snap, but even when we would get dunked and dunked on quick outs in that gap space, we’d keep doing that. I dunno. As for the OP topic, I rarely see the blitz actually work in the McD-Frazier D. If it’s Edmunds, he just runs directly into a blocker… like he’s LOOKING to engage rather than actually get PAST them. And then the QB often hits a pass in the middle where he would have been. It really boggles the mind. There are times in the past two years where we literally blitzed 8 guys and still got stood up by the opponent’s OL and a chip from a RB. Granted our DLine last year and before was 🐕💩, but one might think 8 blitzers could get home, but they wouldn’t. ESPECIALLY when it was against Ratrick kittyfoot Mahomes

Isn’t that what shows up when one uses the emojis on your device’s keypad rather than inserting them by the pull-down menu for emojis on the posting format on-site here?

I root for US, Netherlands, and France since I live here, my mum’s side is from Friesland in the Netherlands (she was born there, emigrated age 6), and my dad’s side is French-Canadian and I did 4 years of French in high school. If forced to choose one… I think Netherlands / Nederland. Been learning more about and embracing the Dutch side more since my mum passed. It’s a tie to / way to remember her. In the WC Final they made in 2010, she got REALLY into it. But, also, I don’t watch other than WC. I think it’s because it’s so long between anything actually happening, the faking injury drama / waaay over-the-top diving and crying in pain when someone touches their shoulder, and because usually when anything does happen it’s called back on an onsides call. Really just don’t understand Offside. I mean… I know what the rule is, but I just think it’s stupid, just like the three-line-pass rule was stupid in hockey and made games so unwatchable and half of them 0-0 ties.

Are heated roof elements not a thing that would melt snow on contact and be led through a series of drains? Like the things to prevent ice dams that are shaped like VVVVV? They’re installing heating elements underneath the field to help the grass and melt snow. Why not the roof? I refuse to believe that it’s a problem that couldn’t be solved.

Knox was open in the flat on a pass play, and Josh ignored it and went deep right, incomplete. Didn’t keep notes but it was in the second half. Some terrible decisions by QB1 today. Tried to go for the home run throw too many times rather than taking what was there.

I’m guessing it’s for Mo-vember, which highlights men’s health issues and during which some guys grow a mustache. It really doesn’t look good and superstition is a real thing. Use that neon green silicone strip Gillette and shave that shizz, Josh

Did he have a broken leg bone? Or was it an ankle issue?

I put it at 30 years before the concrete starts failing. Acid rain and ever-increasingly wacky-weather wear are going to take a toll. The concrete from the 2013 renovations at the current stadium was already crumbling, as shown in the BN pictures awhile back. Tennessee design info said they were putting the clear roof on to minimize weather damage and the expensive upkeep that causes.

If rain comes perfectly straight downward.

With how rain and snow angle in the wind, NO ONE is going to be covered by that “awning.”

As for why there were different styles at the same time, my guess would be that there were leftover 2s and as the equipment guys had to change out worn numbers — they were HTV (heat transfer vinyl) then — they just used what they had in stock, or were told to / had a tacit understanding to do that from above before new #s were ordered. So, yes, it was literally a “Ralph is cheap” deal. By the by, I’m trying to do a jersey rehab on a 90s Jim Kelly jersey, as some of the layering of the numbers peeled in the wash. Ordered some new adhesive backed tackle twill iron-and-then-sew-on numbers on eBay. Getting that vinyl off 30 years later is a £€^%ing bear! Even with acetone, it’s extremely slow going.

It was tough following the Bills just in Connecticut(!) in the early 1990s — can’t imagine what it must have been in Italy. I did summers in WNY at the maternal family’s dairy farm helping with haying & firewood and spending time with cousins, so that’s how I started my Bills fandom. Back in CT, it was the rare game on broadcast television… vs. the Patriots* or when they got prime time on the schedule. The rest of the time was just spent watching the ticker and praying for a larger number for our boys the next time it came around, and halftime & postgame highlights. Then getting the newspaper on Monday to pore over the box score statistics and maybe three sentences in a game recap. We were so at the mercy of so many overlords for just getting basic access or information in those days. The internet and faster data transfer changed everything so much for the better… maybe most of all finding this place from its earliest days and following through all of the times it changed venues until SDS cemented TBD as its own entity. Through the drought, I can’t begin to say how much effort and frustration it was to find games online once internet 2.0 video was a thing. And now with the age of HD streaming it’s like there’s no comparison. I just watched a UConn men’s hockey game last night on ESPN+ and it’s like… wow. Unless the power goes out or the rare time when Internet is down, kids today will never know the struggle of fandom from a distance. Great to have you here from 🇮🇹!

Sweet to be getting these games on the ESPN+ now! They also carry my alma mater’s men’s games in the Hockey East. 🏒 in HD / 4K is awesome!

Yes, but you can add layers and have heaters for warmth. You can’t take off enough layers in heat / sun, and disallowing shade / air conditioning efforts bc the Phins aren’t using it is terrible policy.

Maybe because their concrete isn’t failing. I mean… in Buffalo the stuff they poured in the renovation in 2013(?) is going to pieces, if you look at the BN’s photos from that story several months ago. Buffalo weather is different than KC’s. Stuff just seems to break down faster. Also, they may have the wider concourses and such, or were able to upgrade those in reno.

Thought the sideline reporter said they brought out the cart, but Spencer waved it off and walked back to the sideline and then locker room.

Make EVERYTHING reviewable.

I know someone whose family (his dad was a CEO of a not-small but not-big company) had an oceanfront summer house up in the Cape Cod town where the Krafts summered, and sometimes babysat for their kids. The stories, as is so often the case of the rich, show how big of an * Kraft was. But his love for his wife Martha(?) was very real. Even though she was thrice more an * than he was. And yet everyone in the media just talks about how nice she was, either because that’s the mask she wore in public or they just brown-nose to maintain their access because what difference does the truth make(?). As I do for so many things these days, all I offer is a “Whatever 🤷‍♂️.”

The comment AJE made seems to be what set him off. And while Hussy is supposed to be impartial and the cooler head on the field… yes, McD is going to be none too pleased. I read in a spot piece that now including this one, there have been 5 ejections in the league this year. Hussy has done two now, both in the last two weeks. Not a great look for him either, but the ref union closes ranks and holds grudges, which we saw firsthand with JH. Would have been a wiser move for AJ to just apologize post-game.

Cook is just SLLLOOOOWWW.

Special Teams aren’t, so far. Taiwan Jones needs to kiss Gabe right on the *. WTF is this guy doing on the roster at like 35 years old if he can’t even field a KO?

It would have made geographic sense. Absolutely. But it wouldn’t have been right in any other sense.

Yes, but the Boston market is usually blacked out from a CBS game in the same time slot when the Pats* are on FOX. Promo, do you get WPRI, the CBS out of Providence? The Bills-Ravens was on there yesterday, and I would bet they’re carrying the marquee matchup, given this slate. Hartford CBS will carry the Jests, I’m certain. Slight chance Providence does too because it’s Jets-Dolphins as an AFCEast division game.

It may just be my eyes, but Cook has just looked SLOW when he’s gotten the ball (mostly in the garbage time vs TENN). This is both in hesitation and in how fast he’s running out there. SLOOOW.

What would be the deal with PITT starting Trubitsky? He has familiarity of our system, seeing it in practice all last year, but we have familiarity with him. Is that a wash?