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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?".

For some strange reason, this post made me burst out laughing. EDIT: A minute later and I'm still laughing.

Thanks for this info. I did not know that about Jacksonville. The same is true with San Francisco (I used to live there). The city itself is considered a county. But the 49ers play in Santa Clara, next to San Jose, which is an hour away from SF. Both cities are over 900,000 population-wise. [You actually could call the 49ers the "San Jose 49ers", like the NHL San Jose Sharks, lol] Then you can also include Oakland, 10 minutes away, across the bridge from San Francisco, which has around 400,000 people. Each of the three cities has their own pro teams. And then to complicate matters even further, the NBA's Golden State Warriors moved from Oakland to SF a few years ago. Green Bay is so lucky they have the support of the entire state, including Milwaukee, even though Milwaukee is much closer to Chicago. The same can't be said of Buffalo. They don't even have all of upstate NY, thanks to Albany being Giants fans.

Your post made me go look up the size of NFL cities/markets. I was quite surprised one site listed New Orleans as smaller than Buffalo! Also surprised that Pittsburgh is bigger than 10 NFL markets: Charlotte Cincinnati Las Vegas Kansas City Indianapolis Nashville Jacksonville Buffalo New Orleans Green Bay This above is according to a Packer's wiki: https://packers.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_NFL_cities_by_number_of_major_professional_sports_franchises This list doesn't jibe with largest US cities by population (where Jacksonville is the 13th biggest city, for example but 29 of 32 on the Packer's wiki list above): https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities So I am not sure how their totals were comprised. Maybe market size instead of city population. I don't have the time to do all the research. But, I have to agree, Pittsburgh is small, by any numbers, and they are lucky to have that franchise.

Under today's rules, where there is no preventing two teams in the same division from playing in the divisionals, #3 Buffalo would have gone to #2 Cleveland instead of #1 San Diego. #1 San Diego would have hosted the Wild Card winner #4 Oakland. I think Buffalo would have had an easier time against Cleveland, and then would have hosted Oakland. (BTW, all three AFC division winners that year had identical 11-5 records, and Buffalo had beaten San Diego in the regular season as well. I'm still smarting they didn't get to host San Diego.) Also, as I stated in another of Chandler#81's threads, I have the full videos of the Bills at Chargers in the playoffs that year, but YT won't let me upload them since the NFL completely bans them, even if directly viewed on their YT channel. I'm pretty annoyed by this because there are no videos online of that game.

This video brings back awesome memories! This is the game where retired safety Bill Simpson, who was sitting in the stands that game as a fan, was convinced to come out of retirement and join the Bills, who had just lost both starting safeties to injury (Rod Kush and Jeff Nixon): https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/25/sports/simpson-of-bills-valuable-retread.html "The Bills won the game but lost their starting safeties, Jeff Nixon and Rod Kush, because of knee injuries. Afterward Simpson dropped by the Buffalo locker room to say hello to the coaches - Chuck Knox, Tom Catlin and Jim Wagstaff - for whom he had played in Los Angeles. Wagstaff, the defensive backfield coach, looked him over like a butcher at a cattle auction . ''You ready to come back?'' he said. Wagstaff had to be joking. Simpson had last played for the Rams 21 months before. After that had come the last knee operation and a failed physical examination in 1979 that led to an official retirement. ''Let's not even talk about it,'' he said. At midnight the telephone rang at his home in Garden Grove, Calif. It was Wagstaff in Buffalo. ''I need you, you know our system, how do feel physically?'' Wagstaff said in one breath. [...] Even though his knees felt fine after almost two years away from football, Simpson agonized. ''I was out of the game and happy in another profession,'' he said. ''I wasn't itching to get back, waiting for a phone call.'' But the job could be put on hold, and his wife and friends approved. So Simpson went to Buffalo, reporting Wednesday and starting Sunday, when he intercepted a Baltimore pass."

Some of the things I (try to) live by: Prepare for the worst, but expect the best. Let's just take it a game at a time. Expect the unexpected. Don't take any opponent lightly. Don't become too emotionally involved where your week is ruined after a loss. Have balance in your life.

Maybe this is why @Gugny never got a card from @Chandler#81?!

Nah, they won the World Series and NBA Championship a few years back. More than Buffalo (so far). They're good

Expectations were big in 1990, but not like this. I remember Thurman had "Tampa" written on his clears during TC (the site of SB XV). Sure enough, the Bills went there and were favored to beat the Giants.

Hey. no problem I'm sorry they wouldn't post. YouTube must have somehow marked them as banned videos, lol. [If anyone has any ideas how to actually post them without drawing the NFL's ire, let me know!]

Yeah, I guess times have changed. I'm ok now...Jim appears so happy in that pic, and TB signed some items for his foundations. I hate to admit it, but I would have probably done the same if I were Jim. [And now that I compare the two pics of TB and Wood side by side on my computer, I can see a difference.]

Haha, it's all good. Yeah, I guess I'm old school. For example, they say Magic and Bird hated each other back in the day and would never socialize before the game. (But that didn't stop Magic from coming to the Garden for Bird's retirement ceremony). So in all seriousness I suppose it's ok they hugged, but I wouldn't want to publicize it, lol. And re the bad with faces, I haven't seen too many pics of Wood to really recognize him, but I am seriously super bad at spotting people. I would be the first to admit that.

Yep, as BUFFALOBART said, I thought it was TB, lol, especially with his known penchant of going to the Derby. I still think it looks like him (the height looks right), but I guess the hat threw me off (and I'm used to seeing Wood in a helmet and pads, lol). ------- EDIT: I should have known JK would have had the common sense never to take a picture with the enemy!

Ok...I have to admit your jacket does look nice. I love the red front!

Ok, I am an idiot. I said I was bad with faces. See?! Haha. I thought that was someone else. He looked a little slim to be Eric Wood, but I guess he has lost weight since his playing days.