That Aud Smell

That is not his style. (I'm not sure what your post means, actually.) I'd like to think so. But my guess is it's something far less compelling than that.

Hamilton posted the forward lines just now. He keeps replying that the lines are going to change once the opener arrives.

^ I don’t think he had the luxury of time to make the least destructive hit. He set his feet 3’ from the first down, and then braced for impact. If he goes lower, Allen likely goes over top for a first down.

Yeah, if you’re reading those colour charts and thinking dark red in front of *your own* goal is “good” ... well, you should read up a bit. https://hockeyviz.com/howto/shotMap

Paging Mr. Dahlin. Paging Mr. Dahlin. Mr. Dahlin to the nearest blue and gold courtesy phone, please.

He does have a sorta stupid face.

As I read this litany, I fell into this cadence:

The only benign explanation is that RaKru is trying to showcase Sobotka. It's an absurd idea, but it would be benign, if true.

Sobotka skates over Rodrigues. K.

I like it.

And it's indicative of shittitude with RaKru.

Had to be DFL. He had to be.

Got an email-forward this morning from a vendor who always has tickets for biz development purposes. They are fairly begging someone to take their tickets for the home opener. I blame Sobotka.

^ *EXACTO

See ya, summer thread. Thanks for all the lulz and rumours.

You ol' so and so. New hashtag: #PAanalytics An entire advanced stats regimen could be developed based on @PASabreFan taking a view contrary to prevailing wisdom here.

Sobotka with meaningful minutes in the first 15 game : No playoffs :: Downstream troughing : Cold snowy winter Looking like both shall comes to pass in 2019-2020.

Am I getting this right? @PASabreFan is fully, enthusiastically on board with RaKru's rehab project with a washed Sobotka? Welp. Iconoclasts gonna ... icono? ... clast?

^ I saw a Tweet this morning that showed that, absent his running heroics (which are really quite something, but, as stated, unsustainable), Allen is just about the same QB as EJ Manuel was at the same point in his career. Again, if he weren't so charming and on-brand, I don't think #BillsMafia would be so high on him. I remain ambivalent, but still hopeful.

I'm not looking to compare the two hits - just adding something to the conversation. And I'd forgotten about that hit - wowza. I'm not sure who's calling you an hysterical homer - not me, anyway. I definitely think people who are seeing an ejection there are biased. Which is fine. That's a fan's prerogative. No idea of the context. I just saw on Twitter that someone posted a clip of the hit relative to something Brady said. Brady's quote: "My career started when Drew (Bledsoe) got hit on the sideline. Drew was running for a first down and those defensive players are very fast and very physical. Actually, I had a play like that early in my career in Buffalo where I was scrambling up the right side and tried to hold on to the ball and tried to slide late. A guy hit me and my helmet flew about 10 yards away. It kind of riled up their whole sideline. "I'll never forget this. The next day coach Belichick said to me, 'Hey Brady, if you want to have a career in this league, when you're running like that, you’re either going to throw the ball away or slide.' A lot of quarterbacks who do run and try to make yards and that’s great, but at the same time you are susceptible to big hits. Whether it’s flagged or not, or whether it's a penalty, a lot of the rules have changed over the years, but from a quarterback standpoint I feel like it’s always best to try to be available to the team and take the risk reward (for those plays) and so forth. … "Again, nobody likes to see anyone get hurt out there. But from my own experience, I try to do the best I can to avoid taking any big shots I can."

Ha - right. Keep looking at the less accurate of the available angles to draw the conclusion you prefer. Anyway, apparently Brady referenced this 2001 hit when asked about what happened to Allen: All fair points. It's the day after. Recency bias and such.

We're looking at the same thing, and seeing it differently. Without even knowing the ejection standards (I just ... don't know them), I don't see that hit as the sort of egregious, flagrant foul that gets players ejected. The DB is trying to keep Allen from getting a 1st down. He sets his feet, braces for impact, and absorbs a hit that is coming at him. He doesn't launch himself at Allen. It is the QB that is initiating the (head to head) contact there. He is terrible at his job, btw.