Simon

Just because it differs from yours doesn't make it wrong. It's just a perception. Objectively, I doubt there's been any conclusive research done that would make either of us know whether we're right or wrong.

Sorry, but a bunch of people buying jerseys in the midst of a media frenzy doesn't change my perception that there is something biologically that generally makes heterosexual men more physically aggressive than gay men. By extension, I think this would suggest that there is likely a somewhat lower percentage of gay men hitting people for a living than there is gay men among the general population.

Are we still doing phrasing?

I edited and added to the original post, but I meant I thought Poyer was the best player on the Bills D last year.

Yup. If they had been willing to work outside the box and take a chance on it earlier, I think he'd have been an effective offensive player his entire career.

imo, Poyer was probably the best player on the Bills defense last year. And that's coming from a guy who had never been very high on him previously.

No data for that could possibly exist. But of the 8-10 gay men I know, not a single one of them has ever showed the slightest interest in any sport. I don't think it's pejorative to suggest that gay men are less interested in football or any other sport. It just seems like a general observation that holds up more often than not.

Ooooh, a list

At the risk of insulting usually reasonable people, his detractors have no clue what the hell they're actually looking at

And I don't think it's just the opportunities for more singe blocking that are going to help him, but he's also likely to be fresher and less beat up throughout the year. Taking on doubles is a grind and even though he actually managed to beat a fair amount of them, winning against two guys burns up a crazy amount of energy. The less often he has to totally sell out to beat two blockers, the more often he's going to have some extra jump on downs where there's plays to made.

"on the Bills defensive front" Yes ; - )

He already has. He was the best player on the Bills defensive front last year and it wasn't really close.

I remember that was my favorite signing of that entire offseason. I still laugh thinking about it.

I've been thinking that knocking Carey Price out of this tournament is going to be a very serious problem.

If he slows down he's not going to get there and he knows it; the timing on the whole play couldn't possibly have been any worse. I don't think it was dirty because he checked him at high speed. But I do think following through with that chicken wing ended up making it dirty.

If he tries to dive at that speed he's going to break his neck on the dasher. A diving play was not an option.

He seems like kind of an ass but he only averages like 20 PiMs a year so I doubt if he has much of a rep as a dirtbag.

He's not going to dive into the endboards at that speed but a poke check might have been possible. But if he misses the poke, it's game over. He was definitely looking to bury him but I thought it was more to prevent the goal than an intent to injure. Although seeing the replay now and watching that arm follow through high makes it look a lot dirtier than it did in real time.

If they deal the pick then does the rule not apply? Or can they not even be eligible to win the lottery again regardless of where they end up picking?

I happened to be watching it live and had a tough time deciding if it was really dirty or not. There's some additional context here that nobody is mentioning and that is that the reason Scheifele was driving that hard was because it was the only way he was going to get there in time to prevent the goal that ended the game. I'm not sure I'm convinced he was headhunting, he was just trying to get back as fast as he possibly could to get to Evans before he tucked in the deciding goal. The only thing I thought was dirty about it was that he got that chicken wing up there and followed through with it. If he had kept that arm tucked in it would have just been him digging hard to get back and catching Evans in a vulnerable position while he was trying to save the game.

Thank you for picking up the the slack for all us cynical dummies with such outstanding intellectual contributions.

Because he's half-stepping in sleep shorts with Mitch Trubisky ? - )

if the title of the clickbait, errr article, is inaccurate in its original location, then I'd suggest it is inaccurate here as well. Just trying to protect our peeps from blatant clickbait.

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