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Is it possible that this is a case of CYA? Is this the NFL and NFLPA trying to prevent future lawsuits from players who sustain bleeding disorders, saying "We told you not to use it."?
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I am no draft expert at all, but in my mind a player who can be a difference maker for a team would be the definition of a "1st round grade", no? I understand that people drafted after round 1 can be great players, but pre-draft, those with the "supposed" potential to help a team win now would be drafted first.
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Are sports’ drafts fair to the players?
RangerDave replied to Tipster19's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Employees of the federal government can be transferred anywhere in the country (or for some, anywhere in the world) for the "benefit of the government." Military personnel get transferred all the time. Companies downsize or close one location and move jobs elsewhere (even outside the US). Back when I applied for my first permanent job, I had to apply to a central office which would send a stack of applications to an office that had an opening. I had no idea where I could be hired. Of course, all of us could choose to decline the job offer or transfer and look for another job. Boo freaking hoo for a football player who decides to declare for the NFL draft, gets drafted, then opts to sign a huge contract with the team that drafted them. -
1969 Buffalo Bills -the long road back
RangerDave replied to Chandler#81's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Holy cow! I saw a million personal fouls and unsportsman like penalties that were never flagged. The refs were horrible back then!! 🤓 -
Will Rogers never met a man he didn't like. But, then again, he never met Edelman.
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I truly have empathy for you and others who suffer from mental illness, as I do for people suffering from physical illnesses.....up to the point where the sufferers kill others. At that point, they are criminals in my book. That leaves 99.9+% of people with mental illnesses in my good graces. The others, not so much.
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Share a story that reveals your Bills dedication
RangerDave replied to BillsFan619's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I was a volunteer member of the Luray Volunteer Rescue Squad in Virginia and used to volunteer Sundays from 4 PM until midnight. I was completely enthralled one afternoon watching the Bills-Niners "no punt game". We got a call in the middle of it! The look on my face when the tones went off was enough that, thankfully, the other two volunteers with me that night said, "Relax. We'll take the call." I was forever indebted to those two guys! -
Eagles submit rules change to onside kick
RangerDave replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
May be true, but it seems like our defense can't defend third and longs lately, so there is always that. -
If we resigned Matt Barkley, what do you think we could get for HIM in these frothy times??
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Source: LB Matt Milano looking for “top dollar” in FA
RangerDave replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I could live happily ever after with 14 million guaranteed dollars, even after NY taxes.... -
Source: LB Matt Milano looking for “top dollar” in FA
RangerDave replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
And which car is yours, exactly??? 🤑 -
The lack of 100-yard rushers can be attributed to a terrible offensive line as well as a lack of a great running back. I think Stafford played behind poor protectors, if I recall correctly. That surely had to affect his play and success, or lack thereof, no?
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What about the GM that gave Goff that horrendous contract? Should they not be a GM? I think part of the trade had to do with the Rams paying penance for giving that contract to Goff (who they obviously did not completely believe in) and trying to rid themselves of that awful sin and the taint that goes with it.
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What if, instead of "buying out" a player's contract, whereby the player still gets a percentage of his contract money, the league changed the cap rules? Can they say that each team can cut one player, but that contract would not be included in the dead cap hit. That would amount the the same situation of ridding a team of one bad contract, like proposed by OP, but the player would only get whatever is left of his guaranteed contract. Would that be allowed under CBA rules? Would that be better or worse for the player than being "bought out" of his contract?
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Could those players be used to gain intel on the teams they played against (in this case, the Bills) and who their new team may play against in the Super Bowl? Intel could be from either from playing against the Bills, or from their former team who scouted the Bills extensively? I'm sure the Packers have analyzed the Bills already, but hearing what another team found couldn't hurt.
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State by state rooting interests
RangerDave replied to CorkScrewHill's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Man, the Bills would win the Electoral College in a "landslide"!! 😄 -
That is some great next-level trash talking right there! Would this be called a "left handed assist"?
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Win big now, or lots of victories but no ring?
RangerDave replied to RangerDave's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I think almost everyone would agree that having one Super Bowl win among several playoff years would be the best option. Giving that option would make the other two options certain losers in a poll and would make the question useless. (Some think it is already useless enough! 😁 My only point to asking the question was whether you think winning the big one once is better than having a long term success, albeit without a championship. There have been many good arguments on both sides, and I am still wavering on which side I fall on. I usually lean toward "Just one before I croak!", but then bend toward "But winning a lot over a period of years was a lot of happiness in that time!" Since I posed the question, I will take a stand: Just win one, baby! If I look at the question in the reverse, winning one now will make the previous drought tolerable. Therefore, winning one now would make a future down period just as tolerable. Here is to winning the championship now and multiple rings in the future!