Offside Number 76

That was written to be controversial and generate clicks.

Very interesting exercise. It was between the receiver and the punter for me, and I went with the punter for reasons already stated by others. PTR, the kicker only works if you GET to the 42-yard line.

That's part of it, but what really solidified it were the years where both teams were good. That's never consistently happened between Boston/NE and Buffalo. Usually, at least one of the two teams is crappy at any given point. The late 80s and most of the 90s solidified the Buffalo-Miami rivalry. When I see a New England coach jumping up and down on a cereal box with a Bills player on it; when I see both teams repeatedly play each other with playoffs and/or playoff advancement on the line, I'll begin to think of it as a serious rivalry.

That's not what a rivalry is. That's a team running all over the Bills, sure.

The Bills' current biggest obstacle is New England. The biggest rival is and always will be Miami.

Your standards are too easy, but absolute credit for the idea.

It was more fun before the headline had the word "Chris" in it, let's put it that way. But since you are 100% right, I'll just close this down.

Beerball is no fun.

Ah, we've gotta have some fun around here once in a while.

Anything over eight yards.

http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_20690527?source=commented-

South drew East and West drew North but you had to know it was going to be those two in some order, right?

Since the Giants display Norwood's jersey, maybe the Bills should buy this ring and find a way to mock Taylor with it.

http://deadspin.com/5496097/bills-entice-potential-ticket-buyers-with-punt-from-own-end-zone-shining-moment No more of this?

I want to know whether he can punt directionally and put the ball in the "coffin corner." There's been a decline of that around the league lately; it's an important play, and until last year, Moorman (as much as I like him) wasn't very good at it.

It's on HBO. And they did it with Cincinnati. I still don't want the distraction here.

The guy was cut from his starting job--prematurely and stupidly, by the way--and led one of the crappiest teams in the league to a trophy; if he wants some security, I don't blame him.

Just out of curiosity, in your experience, does a newly-signed backup quarterback give a press conference? Or is this only because he's high profile for a backup? (Let's not even get into the circus that was the presser for the Jets' new backup!)

I don't know. I don't like the drunkfest at the Ralph, but I have watched football at the SkyDome or whatever they're calling it these days. Never again. That place is bad enough for baseball; it's absolutely horrible for football.

This position is unreasonable and ignores the middle ground. Just because the activity is voluntary doesn't mean that the league shouldn't do what is possible to minimize the risk of injury. That's the "cause." Of course there's a risk of injury, and of concussions specifically, in every sport. Even soccer, which is not known for a ton of physical contact. Rules are in place in that sport, and in considerably more violent sports like lacrosse, to minimize the chance of contact to the head and to minimize the damage that will occur if it happens. No hard padding would be a good idea to investigate; maybe some rules changes, too.

That was me, and apparently, I am considerably misinformed. It has never been an issue on BBC Sport (sorry to say, that's really my only informer on rugby; I can go to soccernet for soccer or cricinfo for cricket, but for the ruggers, that's it), and I really had no idea. Maybe someone needs to take up the cause over there. I don't want to think, forty years on, that I was following gladiators.

Simon, closing the old thread and starting this one was not a great move. There was a good discussion brewing there, both before and after the signing, and I think you effectively have killed it.

This is where it got personal and the thread got stupid.

Teams seldom throw out of the wildcat. That's why the whole concept is BS, and why most teams have figured out that it's BS. Young might give the Bills an edge there, because (unlike Smith--whose value I won't argue in this thread) he actually can throw a ball. But mostly, I want a decent backup Q. Thig ain't it. Young could be. And if the team moves on without him, I'm pretty ok with that, too.

Works for rugby. Sure, there still are injuries, some of them severe, but there's nowhere near the head trauma. I don't see how the forward pass necessitates such drastically different equipment.