SirAndrew

That’s a great question, I suppose I would, but I don’t know if that’s technically correct. Personally, I think they are all demented. Society tends to glamorize the gang/mob world, and it creates more sympathy towards those figures. I think we also view it differently, because we don’t see their “victims” as being true victims. We see the victims as having guilt, and don’t have the same sympathy we do for others. Tony Soprano was a demented character, but the show portrayed him as human in a way we could all identify, while others are portrayed as sub human. We’re all human at the end of the day, but evil is evil.

Welcome to college in the modern world. This is why I base genius on accomplishments and actions, rather than what school someone attends.

Yes they clearly are, but most people who are violent enough to kill are going to do it again if they don’t get caught. I’d consider any killer demented.

That’s only because all the others get caught before the serial part is added.

No one. I said that BB exposed the “absence of progressive coaching”. Meaning he became an all time great partially due to a lack of creative coaching around the league. BB took chances other coaches wouldn’t. Game plans that sometimes involved throwing every down, and going for fourth down in situations where the odds were in his favor. Most NFL coaches don’t accept data that supports more risk taking at the proper time. Coaching is coming around to new ideas, but my point was in reference to head coaching turnover. This is a fickle league, but coaches don’t do themselves any favors. You’ve got guys like Doug Marrone punting on fourth and one with mediocre rosters that need to take chances to win.

I’m over watching NBA players in the international game. The original Dream Team was one of my greatest early sports memories, but it no longer holds the same allure. It’s a lose lose situation for pro players these days. If they don’t demolish every opponent, it’s seen as a failure, but losing is the ultimate failure. Victories are the expectation, meaning that gold medals don’t feel like an accomplishment. I found it intriguing to watch superior pro players against inferior opponents with the original Dream Team. Now the gap has closed a bit, but we’re still expected to win. I no longer find it interesting without witnessing the pure dominance.

I often wonder if this proves how fickle the NFL is, or are NFL teams doing a bad job of hiring coaches ? I think it’s a mixture, but the NFL is full of stale ideas. The league recycles the same old coaches, while taking years to incorporate ideas that are proven effective, but aren’t old school enough. Belichick is the best example of a guy who exploited the absence of progressive NFL coaching.

Usually I forget why I hate the NFL during the off-season, thanks for reminding me 😆

That’s fair, and they are all true points. I just don’t know if I’ll ever be convinced that traffic in the city would be so bad it’d make building the stadium a poor choice. The old Rockpile held 46,000 back in the day. I don’t think an enclosed venue is going to hold more than 70,000. We’re not building a Jerry World stadium of 90,000.

I completely agree. Everyone always says, “wait until you see how bad the traffic is in downtown Buffalo, Sabres games are awful”. I don’t see any legitimate proof that it’d be a train wreck other than Sabres game anecdotes. I’m probably just being thickheaded because I’m in favor of a downtown stadium, but I don’t understand why the traffic would be much worse than OP. I’m open to an explanation, as I don’t understand much about this.

That was interesting, there were a few I never knew. I’m also somewhat surprised how many players Syracuse produced. Rochester doesn’t have anyone of note, Roland Williams is the only name I can think of, but he didn’t make the list.

Especially considering the fact that Fitz is gone. They had to know they’d be handing the reigns over to Tua this season. Fitz wasn’t coming back to be the backup, and they never had any intention of making him the starter. If you’re going to use Fitz as the “closer”, they should have been open to the idea of brining Fitz back as starter this season. Let Tua sit for a season or two, and give him his chance in 2022 or 2023. The Dolphins had no intention of bringing Fitz back, so Tua should have just been allowed to sink or swim last season. The Fish were never Super Bowl contenders. Desperate attempts at a platoon QB system to sneak into the playoffs didn’t mesh with long term plans for Tua imo. Why take away valuable reps for your future starter in hopes of a likely first round playoff exit ? If Fitz were in their immediate plans, I’d view it differently.

Dawson Knox, his improvement would be huge for this team.

Fair points, but are there any real life examples that demonstrate Allen outplaying an opponent in poor conditions ? Allen has looked awful in bad weather tbh.

That’s fair, I guess for me it’s just a preference. There’s nothing about buying tickets to January regular season games that appeals to me. I can deal with snow on a 30 degree day, but when I think of January I have visions of 20 degree days with blazing wind.

The thing is, it’s not just snow that impacts the game. Freezing temps and nasty winds have a huge impact on the game as well. I was always against a dome, because I’m not a fan of the atmosphere. I’ve come around to the idea because this league has become QB vs QB, and we have our QB. You might as well improve the on field product if you’re building a new stadium, and I genuinely believe playing indoors makes this offense better.

I agree about the impact of weather. Expect the influence of weather to grow as the league adds games to the schedule. We have two regular season home games in January this year. That’s huge with potential playoff implications. There seems to be a big difference with WNY weather before Christmas and after Christmas. These January games have the chance of being brutal.

This is exactly the reason coming out is huge for an NFL player. We live in a society that traditionally expects lies for the sake of making others comfortable, when the person forced to live the lie is doing nothing to hurt others. Our sense of “morality” has never been about living the prescribed way, rather just telling people you live the prescribed life for sake of show. We all benefit from a world with more honesty, and respect for staying true to oneself. Nassib being real about who he is does nothing to change the lives of his teammates.

Ranking Kyler Murray above Brady proves your point very clearly. Simms understands what hot takes will fill up internet news articles with his name attached.

I get that, but I immediately think of the point differential impact. Apart from losing Allen, the loss of Diggs would result in the most points lost imo. Allen matured a great deal, but his leap from 2019 to 2020 was incredible, and Diggs was a huge part. I can’t see losing anyone on defense causing us to give up more points than the amount of points we lose by taking Diggs off the field. I love Tre, but in an offense oriented league I have to go with Diggs.

There’s Jays fans in Toronto ? That place is a morgue unless the Jays are playing the Yankees, or Toronto’s bandwagon fans come out for the playoffs.

I really don’t understand how Diggs wouldn’t be number two on everyone’s list.

It’s not necessary at all. European soccer clubs who don’t play in the wealthiest markets use the same stadiums for decades. It’s all about the NFL wanting increased revenue that comes with a new stadium. The Pegula’s don’t seem to have a choice. I realize the NFL isn’t too concerned with the average fan, but I question what an open air stadium in OP has to offer that differs from the current venue ? I’m sure there will be plenty of upgrades, but how does this affect the guy sitting in the typical stadium seat ? The only difference I see is increased ticket prices. A dome could be marketed as a guaranteed comfortable game day experience, a downtown venue can be marketed as increased tax revenue and boost to local business. I don’t see enough to be enthusiastic about an open air venue in OP.

That’s fair, I’ve just felt like OP was bad enough to ease my worries about a downtown stadium. Location and surrounding infrastructure would have determined the severity of traffic downtown. Obviously there was never a location selected, and there never will be. I’m not convinced downtown had to be a traffic catastrophe, if the team, state, and county could have gotten their act together. That’s honestly the biggest hurdle a downtown stadium faced. Cleveland has a downtown location that doesn’t suffer from worse traffic than OP.

You’re correct, Sabres games to Bills games is an apples to oranges comparison. Don’t get me wrong, a downtown stadium would probably be a traffic nightmare in Buffalo. I just don’t know how much worse. OP is not one of the better traffic situations in the league. There’s lots of NFL stadiums that have much better traffic flow. Difficulty in leaving the stadium is sometimes cited on reviews of Highmark that compare NFL stadiums. I can’t say how much of a mess downtown would be, but I think WNY folks are fooling themselves assuming OP has good game day traffic flow.