shrader

The lesson of the day is that no matter how many times you check to make sure the nails you're putting in the wall are level, it doesn't matter when the hooks on the back of the picture frame aren't level. I'd say that hopefully the wife won't notice, but she always does. It reminds me of a few years back when I put a big picture of our son up on the wall. I went all out, as scientific as humanly possible, to get that thing level. But as it turned out, no matter how perfectly level it is, it still looks off thanks to the light switch below it that was mounted poorly.

If he pushes for shorter term, I still think he would get that done before the start of the season. So that lessens the risk of that serious injury. What really are the chances of that injury though? I feel like we haven’t seen many of those career threateners at all during recent years. Maybe something minor pops up that costs him a million or two, but that long term ability to make a ton of money will remain. I’m not so sure it’s a serious risk.

It does seem like a reasonable risk to take when you’re talking about $16+ million a year. I wouldn’t be surprised if McDavid winds up doing that if he actually re-signs with Edmonton.

A shorter term deal and then even more money 3-4 years later?

So some super hero origin story? Superbowl's bigger.

You mean like how the entire identity of the Buffalo sports fan would have changed with a probably microscopic difference in how one football was kicked?

With a brand new stadium? Yeah, you don’t ever have to worry about that again.

Well that’s awkward.

Winter classic 2030

It says a lot about the state of college hockey that BU just named two juniors and two sophomores at their captains. Last yeah they had a sophomore captain. They have one senior on the team and he’s a transfer. I’m sure it happened, but I don’t remember any non-senior captains under Jack Parker. We’re deep into the days of one- and two-and-dones.

I do get a kick out of the games people say by saying down by 15 with 4 minutes left. I do it too. They started that drive down 15 with 7:16 left (how’s that for an omen?). So this was really a 7 minute comeback, not 4. And I don’t mean to take a thing away from them by saying it. We need to add as much drama as we can to make the stories and memories that much better.

The other part of the Bills win is that they had to score 3 times due to that missed conversion. I’m guessing you’re probably right with your suggestion here that these type of wins probably come in OT.

Or how about if the last two point conversion actually works? Baltimore gets the ball with around 2 minutes left in a tie game, only needing a field goal to win. The whole thing is just a perfect (and lucky) sequence of events that resulted in the perfect ending.

My random thought during that sequence of plays was that if you're Baltimore, maybe you don't call the timeouts. Anything you do is an incredibly low probability at that point, but maybe keeping the clock running messes with the Bills' plans.

Where‘s @inkman when you need him?

They weren’t wrong. Take it easy on Skynet, they might forgive you later.

Seeing Jackson wearing that stupid hood reminded me of exactly why he will continue to fall short in the playoffs. I’m pretty sure I said the same exact thing during that playoff game last year where he looked like he was freezing to death early.

This win means so much more too knowing that the Ravens have actual competition in their division. That battle for the 1 seed is off to a good start.

I hope you had the defibrillator ready.

What a slacker

I feel like Coleman is going to make the leap this year.

All I’m saying is that I would gladly have McDaniel coaching in the AFC east for life.

The only problem is that, just like the jets, when they fire their coach we run the slight risk of them finally making the right hire.

If you want them to do something like this or to spend to the cap, those are two completely different animals. Pick a lane… or at least pick an eastern conference team.

You mean like Buffalo did when they traded for Ben Bishop? You’re right, it’s not something the Sabres would do.