TrueBlueGED Posted December 9, 2014 Report Posted December 9, 2014 Thinking on this a little more, maybe the perceived good team bias really is just a good player bias, and good teams simply have more good players so it appears there's a team-level bias. It would make sense that Calvin Johnson would get the benefit of the doubt whether the Lions are good or bad.
nfreeman Posted December 9, 2014 Report Posted December 9, 2014 Who is talking about why the Bills have stunk for 15 years? We are talking about the refs being biased and having effected the outcomes of games this year, which they have. I know in your magical football fairyland, every Bills rush should be a first down and every Bills pass should be a touchdown, then we wouldn't care about bad officiating. In the real world, though, of close games decided by a single score, an officiating crew that brings its biases with them and makes calls accordingly can be the difference between winning and losing, and IMO has been that difference in some games this year. So you haven't complained about the refs in previous years?
SwampD Posted December 9, 2014 Report Posted December 9, 2014 So you haven't complained about the refs in previous years? Of course I have, the Bills have been terrible forever.
Hoss Posted December 9, 2014 Report Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) I remember the days when others would get called out by freeman for calling somebody clueless or immature for any reason... Edited December 9, 2014 by Tank
Eleven Posted December 10, 2014 Report Posted December 10, 2014 I still think it boils down to this: Good teams get the calls. I don't think it's limited to the NFL, either. (Fines for "player selection," anyone?)
nfreeman Posted December 10, 2014 Report Posted December 10, 2014 Jeremy White @JeremyWGR 3h3 hours ago Turns out the officials were fine. See the calls they didn't miss, and the plays the Bills did. #Bills #Broncos http://www.wgr550.com/JW-All-22-Review-Playmaker-Wanted/20485040 … Retweet 1 Favorites 2 5:40 AM - 10 Dec 2014 · Details
SwampD Posted December 10, 2014 Report Posted December 10, 2014 Of course they were. You can call something on every team on every play. The thing is they don't. And I'm sure Jeremy went and looked at every Denver play and couldn't find anything the refs couldn't have made a call on. Jeremy is annoying.
LGR4GM Posted December 10, 2014 Report Posted December 10, 2014 So something I heard last night on WGR about how teams like Green Bay and New England have drafted roughly 8-10 QB's since they got Rodgers/Brady and the Bills in the same time period have drafted 3... Is that accurate and if so, fire everyone, Scouts, Coaches, Management. Gone.
shrader Posted December 10, 2014 Report Posted December 10, 2014 So something I heard last night on WGR about how teams like Green Bay and New England have drafted roughly 8-10 QB's since they got Rodgers/Brady and the Bills in the same time period have drafted 3... Is that accurate and if so, fire everyone, Scouts, Coaches, Management. Gone. Do you realize how many changes there have been in the scouts/coaches/management over that time?
LGR4GM Posted December 10, 2014 Report Posted December 10, 2014 Do you realize how many changes there have been in the scouts/coaches/management over that time? Not enough? But honestly no I don't. The Bills are secondary to the Sabres for me.
ubkev Posted December 10, 2014 Report Posted December 10, 2014 Hey, does that Shop NFL family make anyone else was to commit a Manson Family style murder? .... "now we're a Vikings, Packers, Broncos, Yankees, Red Sox, Heat, Lakers, Seahawks, Steelers family."
MattPie Posted December 10, 2014 Report Posted December 10, 2014 Hey, does that Shop NFL family make anyone else was to commit a Manson Family style murder? .... "now we're a Vikings, Packers, Broncos, Yankees, Red Sox, Heat, Lakers, Seahawks, Steelers family." Bad parenting.
Johnny DangerFace Posted December 10, 2014 Report Posted December 10, 2014 Hey, does that Shop NFL family make anyone else was to commit a Manson Family style murder? .... "now we're a Vikings, Packers, Broncos, Yankees, Red Sox, Heat, Lakers, Seahawks, Steelers family." http://deadspin.com/the-worst-nfl-family-in-america-must-be-stopped-1663369466
ubkev Posted December 10, 2014 Report Posted December 10, 2014 http://deadspin.com/the-worst-nfl-family-in-america-must-be-stopped-1663369466 Thanks for that. I'm sitting in the break room laughing at my phone while people from other departments are looking at me like I'm an idiot.
Johnny DangerFace Posted December 11, 2014 Report Posted December 11, 2014 (edited) It really is the worst! And while deadspin is okay, drew magery cracks me up "… got married, moved to Cincy, and had Bengal babies." What the ######? Why are they Bengal babies? Neither Brendan NOR Unicorn Sports Gal Bartender like the Bengals. "Then my daughter Julie met Emmitt Smith and never let us forget it!" Really? Well then, get ######, Julie. All it took was one selfie with Emmitt and now you’re a Cowboys bandwagoner? What is wrong with you? And you’re BRAGGING about it? "And after years of eating Roethlis-Burgers, my son Dan became a fan of the guy too!" Dude, did these people even like the Vikings at all to begin with? haha Edited December 11, 2014 by Johnny DangerFace
Taro T Posted December 11, 2014 Report Posted December 11, 2014 http://deadspin.com/the-worst-nfl-family-in-america-must-be-stopped-1663369466 :w00t: Good rip into one of the most annoying commercials EVER.
darksabre Posted December 11, 2014 Report Posted December 11, 2014 The Talley's have decided to accept the approximately $140,000 in donations raised for them. http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/talley-family-to-accept-150000-raised-by-supporters-of-the-bills-legend-20141210 Talley’s pride didn’t want to let him accept about $140,000 quickly raised for him on a crowd-funding site, but his financial and medical bills are steep. Former teammates and business advisers told him to take the money. He also was swayed by the pleas fans wrote online to the 54-year-old Bills Wall of Famer. “I still am not comfortable with the idea, but I’ve talked to a lot of people I trust,” Talley said Wednesday from his home in Orlando, Fla. “They said, ‘Darryl, you’ve got to do it.’ Otherwise, it would have been a slap in someone’s face. “For people to do this, especially during the holidays – I didn’t know what to say. They have their own kids and families to worry about. It just showed me how much people care.
Claude_Verret Posted December 12, 2014 Report Posted December 12, 2014 Bills going blue on blue http://blogs.buffalo..._medium=twitter
Taro T Posted December 12, 2014 Report Posted December 12, 2014 Bills going blue on blue http://blogs.buffalo..._medium=twitter Why?
Taro T Posted December 12, 2014 Report Posted December 12, 2014 They want to look like smurfs. :lol: So THAT's why they went back to white helmets.
Randall Flagg Posted December 13, 2014 Report Posted December 13, 2014 I've played with them blue on blue in Madden 15 a couple of times. I'd rather see white on white.
cdexchange Posted December 13, 2014 Report Posted December 13, 2014 From the article: "Buffalo Bills players and fans have been asking for this combination for some time!" This claim seems highly dubious. <_<
nfreeman Posted December 14, 2014 Report Posted December 14, 2014 Y'know, if the Bills wanted to start paying their fans back for the last 15 years of loyalty in the face of organizational cheapness and incompetence, today would be a great day to start.
wjag Posted December 14, 2014 Report Posted December 14, 2014 Y'know, if the Bills wanted to start paying their fans back for the last 15 years of loyalty in the face of organizational cheapness and incompetence, today would be a great day to start. I so don't care about today's results. The season is over; the remaining games are meaningless.
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