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I actually like this. The closest thing on the web I found is this (but the red makes it too much NY Giants like): Better yet, for my preferences, at least (but with white buffalos and no buffalo stripe): and

Thank you to @Simon for changing the title. I had no idea what an "MVA" was until I had to look it up. [Sigh...new poster.]

You good. Me Chong Li. Can't talk English good but me strong. Me like men talk simple. Me hate smart folk.

Good find, but always post the link.

The NFL also has plenty of teams that got stronger after a gut-wrenching playoff loss. Here are four Bills examples: 1. 1980: The Bills, despite a hobbled Joe Ferguson, lose the divisional round game to San Diego 20-14 after a late 50-yard TD pass with a little over two minutes left in the fourth quarter from Dan Fouts to Ron Smith, blowing a 14-3 lead. Buffalo safety Bill Simpson missed the tackle for the NFL's number one rated defense that allowed this to happen. But Buffalo goes on the next season to the playoffs again, this time beating the Jets in the Wild Card game after Bill Simpson redeems himself by making a game-saving interception at the two-yard line with 10 seconds left in the game to win 31-27. 2. 1989: The Bills lose to Cleveland 34-30 after Ronnie Harmon drops a game-winning TD pass from Kelly with nine seconds left in the game. The Bills go on to the number one seed in the AFC the next season with a 13-3 record and make it to the Super Bowl. 3. 1990: The Bills lose SBXV to the NY Giants on "Wide Right" by Scott Norwood. They go on the following season to another AFC number one seed at 13-3 and to another Super Bowl. 4. 2019: The Bills lose to Houston 22-19 after blowing a 16-0 lead in the Wild Card game. They come back the next year to win the AFC East (going 6-0 against the division) and a 13-3 record, where Josh Allen has a break out season.

When I paste the title here, it is not in all caps: https://sports.yahoo.com/las-vegas-raiders-led-nfl-in-ticket-revenue-in-2021-142301916.html "Las Vegas Raiders led NFL in ticket revenue in 2021"

Thanks for finding this. I had never heard of the term "dyed in the wool".

Damn...this is good! Definitely post of the week!

I had forgotten about 2003...and for good reason!

He wouldn't have dared to do that under McDermott (I hope).

Same with Peerless Price. For the first time in his pro career, he had over 1,000 yards receiving with Drew Bledsoe in 2002 (1,252). Then we tagged and trade him to Atlanta for a 1st. He never had 1,000 yards again. What a steal for us!

No fair for those areas with area code second and third digits higher than "31". We don't get our own day.

Wow...almost two pages of arguing about the definition of "retread". The season can't begin soon enough! I'd rather argue about Edmunds, lol. I'm psyched.

^^^^^ This. And remember Gary Anderson. Nothing is a given in the kicking game.

And the Bills got bye weeks in Weeks 3 and 7! Someone in the NFL didn't like the Bills I guess, lol.

I am not so sure about that. I thought Zach Wilson was getting thick? And Jimmy Spagnola says we had a nice run, but the Jets now have an unstoppable receiver and a guy to smack that smug look of our surfer quarterback’s face:

I see what you did there. I agree...wish they would start the season Labor Day weekend, like they used to. But the NFL wouldn't like because of lost revenue due to people vacationing. I say: stay home, watch football on Sunday like you are supposed to, and have your barbeque or whatever Monday. School starts that week, so you shouldn't be traveling anyway. September is about football. Life is not all about money.

The Super Bowl years 1990-93. At the start of the 1993 (or maybe it was even 1992) season, Jay Leno of The Tonight Show joked in his monologue something to the effect of: "The NFL season starts Sunday. This is the time that each of the other 27 teams begins to compete to decide who gets to beat Buffalo in the Super Bowl". I was not happy after I heard that. Buffalo had become the laughingstock of the nation.

Sorry for taking so long to respond (work and all...). You make some very valid point. I think I failed to take this into consideration when I posted. I guess having to play a good team like Green Bay, in your original example, can be interpreted as the price you pay for being a good team, or having a good QB. As you said, the NFL does take measures to try to maintain a fair balance to all team (like no MNF during the last week), but they have also relented in the ways you mentioned in your post. Teams themselves also have relented at times in the name of revenue, like the Bills in Toronto series, or Green Bay playing three home games each year in Milwaukee in the 80's (and probably before). (The NBA Boston Celtics used to do this too in Hartford). I guess the other objection to having an interesting matchup for the 17th game is who gets to decide this and what are the standards? Would both LA teams play each other every year? Would some playoff teams have to play each other, while others play an easier game against a regional rival (like maybe Dallas vs. Houston or Tampa Bay vs. Jacksonville)? But your conclusion in your post above, which I will repeat below, is one that I now have to agree with completely: "I understand the perspective you both espoused, though, and I think it's ultimately why the NFL will never enact the idea I proposed. I stand by the notion, though, that it would add entertainment value, viewership, and bring in extra revenue for the league."

I thought this was a recent post, and I was about to jump in and say "me too!". Tomorrow and Wednesday (July 12 and 13) is Prime Day. I managed to get $32 in free credits from them off of a $40 purchase for use on Prime Day. Pretty psyched. I'll take $40 of merchandise for only $8! LOL.

Ahhhh, I went back and re-read it. Your name is (pronounced) the same as the Carolina coach?! You must get teased about that a lot. The name threw me off so much I didn't see the "[It's me!]" part. Also, I was also thinking why is this called the "Matthew Rule", sort of like the "Tuck Rule"? Anyway, I also don't like your idea either [sorry...grin!!]. By having a Bufffalo-Green Bay matchup, for example, this would force us to play another good team. Or the Rams would have to play the Chargers, who are also good. I suppose it could work the other way in bad years, but then it wouldn't matter as much whom we play.

People are going to hate me for this...but here's an idea: How about acting like an adult and showing up for work and school the next, ready to be productive? Do you need to make every event an occasion to party? This is life...deal and stop whining. We've become a nation of participation trophies. EDIT: hope this wasn't your idea, Logic. :-) No disrespect intended if it was.

Before the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia (and the previously-named Wachovia Center), it was the First Union Center. I often referred to it pejoratively as the "FU Center".

That song drove me crazy. [And my friend in elementary school sometimes sang a song like "We're the Houston Oilers, Houston Oilers...we're gonna win!". This was growing up in Chautauqua County, btw. They were a good team in the late 70's and early 80's. And another friend of mine in school was a big-time Pittsburgh Steelers fan...ugh. Eventually we became not friends anymore, lol]

Yeah, same for me. I first thought: "did someone post this same topic here on MLK, Jr. Day?".