MattM

Off the top of my head, the Tuck Rule, the AFCCG vs the Colts that led to a new rule emphasis the following year, the 2007 Monday nighter against the Ravens where several suspect calls late in the 4th gave them the game (several Ravens got fined after that one for speaking their minds), a game around the same time vs Houston when Tommy Boy heaved a game ending pick, only to see a late flag even the announcers didn’t understand wipe it out, the Saints game 2-3 years ago they won on a last play TD throw in which Solder was clearly holding the Saints pass rusher, and on and on, not ev3n counting our games against them. i do recall them losing to the Panthers on a late iffy call 5-6 years ago, but not many others.....

New England* has historically won many, many, many more close games in which bad officiating appeared to help them than they have lost that way over the years, probably by a factor approaching 5 to 1.....

And they got 70 or so of those on their first drive

Coleman is a disgrace. When one ref screws one team over and over, the League should look into it. He usually saves it up for Bills-Pats* games.

Don’t know too much about McNair and his record on race relations, but do know that he sold a minority interest in the team to a friend of a college buddy of mine, who happens to be Hispanic and very rich—self-made rich, too (he set up and ran an energy trading company after playing football at Columbia and is a nice guy as best I know from my buddy and from meeting him a few times).

I like Leftwich, too. Forgot he was there. Wow—awful way to end a game.

Nice drive by Rosen. He did, however, seem to have lots of time on most plays.

Musee D’Orsay, all day and every day.....

Look at their rosters—those teams are stacked beyond the QB.

No, it’s $90m as per Spotrac. We’re 3rd in the League, but there are few good FA’s at positions of need. The draft remains our best bet, which means 2-3 more years of a rebuild.....

I really hope you’re right.

WTF? Vontae Davis?!

OTC also has that on some other tabs there. interesting to see that we can potentially be over $100m with a few cuts. Also interesting to see that the Pats* only have $21m next year and are losing a bunch of starters to FA next year. Of course, they have 6 picks in the top 105 or so (although 3 of those are likely in the 92-105 range). Miami oddly also looks to be in cap hell next year. 2019 is definitely the year McBean has circled on their calendar.

Yup—totally agree. His play has earned the chance. He also seems to have the intangibles, too—you can see how guys reacts positively to him and he always seems to be bucking up his teammates. Leadership counts at the QB position and he seems to have potential there.

I wonder how much of the bad O line play was Bodine making the O line calls rather than Groy, who started last week? They looked light years better vs Carolina when Groy started. Also remember Myles Garrett went 1 overall for a reason.

Here’s an article on the disparity of pot arrests in NYC—studies show roughly similar usage rates between blacks, Hispanics and whites, but show blacks and Hispanics getting arrested at much higher rates than whites. The police tried to explain it by the volume of calls on it in different neighborhoods, but the NYT debunked that explanation with their own study. https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/5/14/17353040/racial-disparity-marijuana-arrests-new-york-city-nypd

I was wondering if anyone else noticed that. As a fan, that was probably the most disturbing thing about all of this. We need him to make steps forward and not back this year....:

Definitely. My dad grew up upstate and all his family were Giants fans, as was he until 1960. When the AFL came along he was all in, especially about the Bills. Some of my parents’ first dates were Bills games. My first game was at the Rockpile during its last year. (A loss to the Johnny U led Colts, 17-0–we got blanked by the same score the next game I went to, too. It took my 3rd game vs the Butkus Bears to see point and a W.) He passed away 2 years ago and is a big reason why I’ll be crying tears of joy for both of us when they eventually win it all.....

If we have one FA signing left this year, please let it be OL. Has anyone signed Joeckel yet? If not, I heard he turned into a decent guard who could also play tackle. Bring him in for a look see

I’m from Roch (ER) myself and have a friend who taught at Fairport and knew her dad (who was a school administrator) and taught her brother—very nice family is what he’s always said. I was lucky enough to watch a game in the one of the Bills team boxes on the road last year and had a brief discussion with her on Roch and what we both loved about growing up there—Wegmans and Abbott’s figured prominently. She seemed pretty sincere to me in her love for both the team and the area generally. I’m very glad she and her husband bought the team.

When your boss indicates that all Italians are suspected criminals, until he realizes your last name and turns white as a ghost flailing to backpedal as fast as he can, yeah, that’s eye opening, and indicates to you exactly where you may stand with him. It goes beyond self-image and touchy-feels stuff. That kind of thinking by people in management can have real world impacts on people and their careers and bottom lines. As noted, I can only imagine what people in groups that have suffered real discrimination must face on a daily basis. As noted also, I’m no snowflake, and I laugh at the Internet “alpha male”tough guy talk. If you’re implying that I’m somehow “beta” for understanding how wrong and potentially harmful such thinking is, well, that’s something I also just laugh at. I’ve done quite well for myself (educationally, professionally and financially, the first leading directly to the second and third) starting with next to nothing—I’ll leave it at that. Have a good day.....

I’m half Sicilian, but don’t look it—other side is Northern European. Over the years I’ve had more people than you’d imagine make disparaging statements about Italians in front of me, only to realize (too late) who they’re talking in front of. The look of realization that comes across their face and the stumbling back pedaling is priceless. That said, I’m not a “triggered snowflake” by any means, but depending on what’s said and who’s saying it, it can sting and it certainly opens your eyes to the ignorance that’s still out there. I can only imagine what others (like African-Americans, Hispanics, gays, etc) go through in that regard.....

Me, too—that or Richie coming back. I heard that Joeckel was having a good comeback year last year before getting hurt.

He meets a need—we need nickel and dime guys this season.

No—I looked, but nothing closer to the 50 was available (other than the 2 seats right next to us!)