That Aud Smell

The 1999 Eastern Conference Finals would like a word with you.

Or under-reported, as the case may be. So I've heard.

I take as an article of faith that, while no government's approach is ideal, some are better than others. As for what the data supports, I'm just not sure. If Florida is imposing much stricter requirements on what constitutes a COVID-19 death than New York is, then I'm not sure what can be drawn from the data. Apples and oranges. And I allow for the idea that there can be debate on whether COVID-19 hospital admissions and/or deaths are being over-reported. It's dang near impossible to get good information on that issue.

I'll hasten to add, but only in summary terms so as to avoid too much political talk: Comparing data from Florida and New York is problematic for a number of reasons. Chief among them: Florida's thresholds and criteria for reporting COVID-19 deaths are reportedly quite different (stricter) than in New York. Florida is also the state where a governor's detail of state police raided the home of a COVID-19 data whistleblower. Weird things are afoot in Florida, IMO, which, really, is not surprising. Because Florida.

The issues here are enormously complicated and nuanced, and plucking stats out like that is akin to leaving a campfire in the middle of a dark forest and trying to find your way with a candle.

I don't think anyone reasonably disputes that New York and New Jersey suffered for having been on the leading edge of the pandemic as it flowed in from Europe. I also thought @North Buffalo's post actually addressed the issue.

I'd say that factoid is mostly not worth noting. There's definitely far more of it going on than is advisable. Our neighbours have continued to have their Bills-watch parties. Grandpa is in attendance, as are 12+ guests. It's madness.

Don't forget the Gettys, Rothschilds, the Pope, the Queen of England, and Colonel Sanders.

Bills should pull away here - they’re obviously the better team. C’mon!!

I reckon PA was referring to non-medical matters?

C'mon, man. Get in the spirit of the thing. Great post. To @Eleven's point below about the special level of stupid, there was some dust-up at Oberlin College about the food service's offering of banh mi sandwiches - that the sandwiches weren't really banh mi and that the menu item was therefore unjustly appropriative. I don't recall the nuance of the debate. I mostly just recall reflecting on the fact the banh mi sandwich itself is a product of cultures mingling. Cultural appropriation as a no-no generally contemplates a marginalized or disadvantaged culture getting raided, if you will (e.g., Elvis getting rich doing songs originally written and performed by Black Americans). So I don't think that example above really plays. Hell yes - more of this!

@PASabreFan - I really enjoy this thought experiment. Thanks for bringing it to us.

It's wonderful that the cultural practice is being preserved and honoured. The reaction of these NBA all-stars makes me chuckle: And apparently it's not always a challenge?

The internet is totally bananas.

I'm not sure I follow, given that Stevie Wonder can see just fine. I'm sympathetic to that. OTOH, my kids and I were pretty geeked about there being a "Christmas color" game. Interesting. I think there's definitely a lot of the EA Sports influence in what's happening with the jerseys/gear. Remember when they went with white face masks for the ... what, 49ers game? That is a move straight out of Madden. My son will spend an hour modifying every detail of "his" team on Madden. In conclusion: I love the color rush reds.

By the sounds of it, you’d prefer uniforms with black dress socks pulled up to players’ knees. The all-reds are fun.

It looked to me like Daboll countered their max pressure with max protection, and just told Josh to hang in there until Diggs got open. I know it’s way more complicated than that, but it was glorious to behold a Bills team that won the in-game adjustment battle. (Not for nothing: That was something at which Marv Levy’s staffs were famously not so good.)

Beane deserves the extension, obviously. And it shows to go: An NFL GM’s job security is largely a function of the team’s QB situation.

Man, just do it. My fandom of English soccer has completely desensitized me to the presence of sponsorship brands on teams’ jerseys, etc.

Seems to me that the days of WR's - burners or otherwise - taking time to become useful in the NFL are gone. I'm not sure whether that's because the NFL has adopted so many elements of the college game, but it seems like, every season, there are several very good rookie WR's - this season that includes Claypool, Jefferson, Davis (which sounds like a pretty good law firm name).

I think that is exactly it. It also strikes me: He may not be a very good recruiter. The Harbaughs both strike me as better fits in the NFL. As for this, the NCAA's findings of long-running, pervasive academic fraud at Chapel Hill tell part of that story.

It has certainly evolved to that point. It wasn't always that way, of course - at least not to this extreme. Common cause and sacrifice used to be something most Americans embraced without thinking too much about it.

Allen is responsible for Brown’s improved drop rate? Again, there’s nothing constructive I can say in response to that. The clip shows an audible that required the QB to be in sync with his WR in an instant. The result was an easy score. I’m certainly not here saying he’s elite. I’m saying he’s a very good WR2, in Daboll’s system. I think it’s fair to want someone in the 11 personnel who’s a bigger target. Davis looks to fit the part - what body control that kid has.