mannc

Good grief

brutal

They should go for it

As long as the Jets are coached by Adam Gase, they can safely be written off.

I have been conditioned to expect to see a flag fly in after every single incomplete Brady pass.

Come on, man...

They’re not going to let Zeke beat them, are they?

I’m getting the feeling Dallas might win this game.

Gronk’s not playing again. Guy looks like a skeleton.

This is why I will always disagree with those who are against instant replay. Just too many bad calls.

I love Roberts. Fearless, and always gets positive yards.

That is embarrassing

Are you f-ing kidding me?????

Go for it

Is there a more likable player in the league than Fitz?

And here come the flags

Justin Herbert is going to be a controversial draft prospect.

I certainly didn’t meant to take a shot at Erik; he does really good work.

The team might be able to deny credentials to someone like Cover 1, who's not part of the mainstream media, but they sure as hell aren't going to deny credentials to the Buffalo News, ESPN, or other similar media outlets. They need the media coverage at least as much as the media needs them. And no one said you're an idiot. You just made a bad analogy.

Which proves my point: The Bills are a fundamentally different type of business than your typical Fortune 500 company. They allow (and encourage) daily media access to their players, coaches and facilities, without requiring confidentiality agreements, etc. They do this because they want fans to follow the team, and doing so helps sell merchandise, put fannies in the seats and eyeballs on the TV screens.

Except it's really not. NFL teams really don't have the option of keeping reporters out of the locker room and practice facility, much as some coaches would like to. Reporters who are there aren't there because they're privileged; they're there because they are doing their jobs. I don't know much about how Hollywood operates, but if you think studios don't give tons of access to reporters and publicists, you're badly mistaken. Letting them run around the set is another matter, but then again, local reporters aren't running around the field during NFL games, either. We're talking about access to players and coaches before and after--not during---games.

I was with you until this part. It’s just not true, and the Fortune 500 analogy is weak. The Bills, like all NFL teams, are in the entertainment business. Reporters are allowed in the locker room and coaches give press conferences because fans want information about the team and providing them that information is part of the teams’ and the league’s mission: to increase fan interest in the team and the sport in general, which increases ratings, which increases revenue, etc. It’s not complicated. So no, it’s not really a privilege for a reporter to have access to the locker room; it’s part of a symbiotic relationship—a quid pro quo, if you will—between teams and the media and the team’s fans. And of course, most Fortune 500 companies aren’t in the entertainment business and wouldn’t benefit in any way by providing reporters broad access to their boardrooms and headquarters, so they don’t do it. Terrible analogy.

Larry Felser said he was the best football player he ever saw. I give his opinion a lot of weight.

What shocked me is that the Colts really didn’t seem to argue the point.

Was that Jonathan Williams, former Bills 5th round pick, at RB for the Colts?