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Yeah, that's what we've always called them. The thing that annoys me most other than the obvious black cloud constantly hovering around is when they land on the bottom side of the brim of my hat. I don't know why, but seeing that out of the corner of my eye is really irritating. It does wind up being a free kill, but that still leaves the other half million flying around.

What can they change? We've seen it a million times where the guy who falls on the ball first doesn't every actually get possession of the ball. It was pretty clear from the replay that no one fell directly on that ball. Once you signal something like that a TD, the Steeler players in the pile are going to stop fighting for the ball, so it means nothing that a Dolphin walked away with it. The correct call was made based on the review. If people want to complain, they should complain about it originally being called a TD on the field, not about the replay.

And you hear the quotes from the random idiot saying that they're willing to take the risk associated with playing that way. I wonder what Everett has to say about that.

We've pretty much nailed the easy examples of pure evil in this thread with the things you mentioned. There's so many other less obvious things out there though. The first that comes to mind would be Fred Phelps and his incestuous army of wackjobs.

I don't believe in this whole leather helmet thing for one second, but I'm sure they could work out a way of having the logo on there. If David Puddy can have an 8-ball leather jacket, they can put running buffalo on a leather helmet.

How many teams actually have veteran backups like that though? Your examples seem borderline geriatric.

I love how they randomly threw Matt Hasselbeck in there.

There were these tiny little black bugs at the golf course I played at growing up. They'd take over each summer and you'd pretty much have a tiny black cloud hovering around you all day. I'd get rid of them. Now if only I knew what they were.

Personally, I think that would make things even worse. It would probably make players lead with the top of the helmet even more. Those are the most dangerous hits for both the hitter and the hittee.

I can't see why that is a bad thing.

I'm not so sure that its about them not knowing how to tackle, but more about the whole culture of making that big hit. They can make those tackles, but there's no attention gained by doing it.

Please retire. No one will miss you after this pathetic response.

The mustache would be enough to earn my vote.

Prediction: the entire team will look bad against Baltimore.

Is that sarcasm or have you never actually seen a ceremonial faceoff?

Yeah, it's mostly because the team sucks, but it's also the bye week.

I've been out here in Boston for a little over 10 years now (that number can't just be a coincidence). Over the last couple seasons, people stopped saying anything. They could not care any less about Bills fans around here anymore.

Thanks to this one, I can't help but picture Stroud riding a bike to One Bills Drive.

Why would the person making the sandwich even have to ask? S/he doesn't hand you the drink cup and they have bags of chips sitting all over the place. The sandwich maker doesn't have to give you any of that stuff. I realize that people have said it's all about selling you on that meal, but the two subways around where I work (don't ask why there are two so close together) never ask unless it's the cashier.

I forgot about that one. They completely snuck that one past the audience. I got back for right in time for the "that's better". Crappy timing.

Not just one first round pick. They get Toronto's 1st pick in 2011 too. And Boston had no problem trading him within the division because the return they got was absurd. How could they pass on that. Oh, and one quick note. Satan wasn't signed to replace Kessel. He was signed midseason after being available all year.

I'm going to miss a lot of his old bits, but I can't wait for that show.

And that whole bathroom scene was straight out of Teen Wolf. I love how they throw stuff like that in their show, but don't actually flat out state what they're referencing. If you catch it, great, but if not, you're really not missing anything.

I stepped away for a second and missed that at the end. It went back to the "normal" look, but I missed the explanation. I wish I had caught that part.

Thanks for answering my question before I even asked it. I haven't read everything he's ever written, but I don't remember seeing a single opinion piece. Does the AP even have any of those? Anyway, there seem to be some ridiculous expectations out there of writers lately. If they're not bringing down a presidency or singlehandedly ending a war, people are going to complain. Who am I kidding, they'll complain even if the writer does something like that. Unfortunately, in the minds of so many people lately, there's no place for a basic recap of events.