carpandean

My biggest issue with Jack's statement was the "only took seven years" part, which is patently false. I haven't been to a lot of games over those seven years, and none over the last two, but at the ones that I did go to, the fans were very engaged. I was at the 10th game in "the streak" (against the Sharks), and it was crazy loud the whole game. In fact, the only issue was that the really loud "1, 2, 3, ..., 9, 10 ... WE WANT 11!" chants came too early in the 3rd before the Sabres blew the lead. Fortunately, the pulled it out in overtime. If Jack had said that he hadn't heard it that loud in years, or something like that, it wouldn't have been a big deal. As you said, a poorly run team has caused an undeniable decline ... consistent losing will drain the most ravenous fan base. Instead, he literally said that the fans weren't engaged at all during his entire tenure ... horse s**t! A player isn't entitled to express "feelings" that are lies, especially when they're shots at the fans, not management.

He also said that they must have been booing because they wanted him here. All-in-all, he came off like a real douche in that interview.

Well ... there's a reason that they're billionaires in the first place, and it's not because they invest in things that they know will lose value. Plus, they have lots of options for places to move the franchise, but could you imagine the impact of losing the Bills on the community (and I'm guessing that it would have a disproportionate emotional impact on the poor guy working five jobs.) Can you say leverage.

Is it just me or does putting the brand name and NHL crests on the back of the pants shells make them look like they're on backwards? Especially since there isn't a Sabres logo on the front anymore.

I would say that once you actually have a core, you don't have to ask who they are.

Alex Tuch 19GP 7G 14A 21P $4.75M through 2025-26 Jack Eichel 3GP 1G 2A 3P $10M through 2025-26 And we got other cool stuff (Krebs, late-1st) 😁

Interestingly, they actually tried to split the difference between the two original Arenas jerseys. The first one just had a big white 'T' with no 'ARENAS' at all. The second was a true 'ARETNAS' jersey will all letters in white. Here, the name is contrasted to the point where, from far away, it looks like the original. Up close, however, you see the 'ARENAS' name like the second one. Kinda neat, from that standpoint.

So ... somebody said there's a football game on. Anyone hear about it? 🙈🙉🙊

I didn't realize Skinner was in a contract year again already. 😉

Yes, play it every day. Another spinoff: https://wordle.starwars.guide/

Unfortunately, I don't have faith that the Bills will move on from him if he doesn't get a HC gig.

Josh called tails. It came up heads. Bengals called heads. It came up tails. Mahomes is one lucky SOB.

That replay looked like a soccer player taking a dive.

I'm pretty sure the line about drafting a RB (actually, that whole post) was sarcasm, as "needing to hand off more" because "we can't beat kc" is clearly nonsensical. He even said previously that JA moved the ball at will. LGR actually wants the CB and LB that he mentioned in the second line because that was a much bigger part of why we didn't beat kc.

I just looked at this thread and thought, "wait, aren't they playing on Friday?" Yeah, it's been one of those weeks.

And only one has four receiving touchdowns in a playoff game ... Davis last night. Because Buffalo (and that thing about him being the future.)

I was glad to see Mahomes give Allen a heartfelt embrace after the game. I was afraid that it would go much differently ...

That's actually kinda dumb when you think about. Finish regulation up 1, it's +1; finish regulation down 1, it's -1, but finish regulation dead even, it's +/- 3 or 6? 🤔 The Bills did better than losing by 1 in regulation, but didn't cover the 1 point spread? To me, the game ended even and they just played a tiebreaker in OT. Should be worth +/- 0.5, or something like that.

Dumb question, and I know I could look it up, but does going to OT mean the spread (for betting purposes) was 0, or does the overtime outcome mean it was +6 for KC?

Looking at who's left, are the Chiefs the favorites to win it all now?

There were mistakes, no doubt, but we were leading with 13 seconds left. Some bad coaching calls in that last 13 seconds cost them the lead. Then, the NFL's OT rules meant that a coin flipped determined that their unstoppable offense faced our gassed defense, instead of the other way around.

I did not see that coming ... the comeback, yes, but not giving up the long bomb to make it all for naught.

Rut-roh

Right now, Rams fans are trying really hard not to think about Superbowl LI.

I'm not a fan of the look, but it wasn't all Hasek ...