Tag Archives: NFL 2009

In other news, my chips-and-dip consumption is WAY down

Readers may remember that toward the end of the 2008 NFL season, I decided that watching the Buffalo Bills consistently lose games and look boring in doing so had lost its appeal to a sufficient degree that I decided to … Continue reading

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Punt, pass, uh…what’s the other thing?

A few random football notes: :: Wow, the Saints are apparently now officially awesome. They were behind 24-3 at one point in the second quarter, pulled to being down 34-24 as they headed to the fourth — and then they … Continue reading

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Sucking is a state of mind

The Bills have just finished losing to the Dolphins by a score of…well geez, I don’t know, but it was a lot. It is now official: the Bills are terrible. Sure, they have a roster with some talent on it, … Continue reading

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Rand-McNally 2, Sportswriters 0

What is it with sports commentators and their inability to talk about geography? In today’s example, we have FOX Sports’s Adam Schein talking about the Arizona Cardinals. One narrative for years regarding the Cardinals — besides the fact that they … Continue reading

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The tarnished edifice

I always like reading sportswriters when they take a negative view on the New England Patriots, so here’s Mark Kriegel: For a while now there has been this feeling, accepted with little question, that the Patriots would pick up where … Continue reading

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Darker sides of “fandom”

The other night, on Monday Night Football, the Buffalo Bills very nearly beat the hated New England Patriots. They were leading, and were in very good shape with a little over two minutes left: New England had just scored to … Continue reading

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To the vomitorium!

One thought on last night’s Bills game, in which they led 24-13 with five minutes left and lost 25-24: they have a very young team, especially on the offensive line, so this was the kind of game that might hurt … Continue reading

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Instead of running onto the field, they should all pile out of a clown car.

It’s just about time for the NFL to kick off its 2009 season, so it’s time for me to do a little football blogging. My plan this year is to put up this “predictions” post, and then I’ll weigh in … Continue reading

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“Obviously, we’d prefer for the stadium to not be consumed in a giant fireball….”

Buffalo Bills fans have been frustrated this preseason by the display put on by the starting offense. That’s putting it mildly, actually. The Bills have had four preseason games thus far, with one more to come — they had five … Continue reading

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