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I think you'd remember this one. Your Steelers almost ended Carson Palmer's career in the 2006 Wild Card game. Pittsburgh won the Super Bowl and the Bengals remained the team that was destined for greatness but fate had to snatch it away at the last second.I wouldn't be surprised if the Bengals played dirty on purpose against the Steelers in every game since.

A thug would be Pacman Jones in the day but he really cleaned up his act.

It goes two ways. Remember Kimo von Oelhoffen? Bengal fans are still miffed about that.

What's your point? It's already been proved the world over that the PLO will claim people to be innocents before anything. Like that "13 year old kid who was executed" according to Abbas who is not only alive but now standing trial on attempted murder. Looking at all your comments, I think you're more anti-Israel rather than pro-Palestinian. And yes, there's a difference.

Best possible result for the Bills happened this week. Jets losing, Dolphins lost. Steelers and Browns lost. Wish the Texans and Chiefs also lost but the Bills will be in the Wild Card race. Maybe there is some hope after all.

So here's the situation (11 games in but fuck that, I want to see post-season action). Winnipeg has a huge problem. And the problem is how good their division is in general. Colorado's kinda crap but the Blackhawks have 6 wins and 12 points in 6th place (as a point of comparison, Boston is in 2nd in their own division also with 6 wins and 13 points). The Jets are sitting in 5th in the division with a 7-3-1 record (unheard of but whatever). As I've been saying, going 6-in-5 probably makes the playoffs. That means 6 points every 5 games (3 wins or 2 wins and 2 OLs both work). That will roughly translate to 98 points or so at season end which should make the playoffs. So all Winnipeg needs to do is to stay ahead of 4th place in the Pacific division (that's San Jose with 10 points on a 2 game skid currently) and we'll see the postseason. Hopefully one of the teams in our division decides that they're going to implode (I'd love it if it were the Wild or the Blues) but I don't think that'll happen. EDIT: This is my issue with Byfuglien personified. He'd rather deliver a hit on the PP instead of keeping the puck in center ice and it leads to a shorthanded goal. He's not a smart hockey player. And... now we're down 4-0 early in the 2nd. Yeah, we're done. Too slow and too sluggish off the get-go.

Roethlisberger gets an early snap and everyone hears his response. "Oh fuck."

I'm not. That looks like the end of his career.

Being originally from Toronto, it actually gives me more joy watching the Leafs fail year after year rather than the Jets being a good team (which we are). Anyway, we've succeeded in our second 6-in-5 and started off with another win. Problem is we're playing in Montreal tonight.

So apparently, Israeli athletes are now not allowed to officially compete for their country. YNet's report of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam because I can't find a non-Israeli news-station that bothers to mention this atrocity. This is why there's going to be no peace here. We're stubborn and when people tell us that we're not allowed to exist, we don't exactly listen to them. Especially when you're going to fly the Palestinian flag but not ours. EDIT: Did a bit of research and the IJF confirms it. Israeli judoka are actually listed as IJF and not ISR on the IJF's official site.

And the world is also unicorns and rainbows. And genocides accidentally happen. This is so stupid of a debate. By forgiving the man, you're basically apologizing for surviving in the first place. Let him know that it's OK that he feels "remorse" over his help in the massacre of millions of people just for your own self? I must have missed the part where I feel better after all of this... because it would sicken me even more to forgive him.

You still have yet to explain why the SS soldier is entitled to even asking for forgiveness just because he's on his deathbed. "Oh, I'm dying so I just want to apologize for helping to systematically murder 6 million innocent people because they were Jews." It's ludicrous that you're actually entertaining the notion that "sorry" is worth something here. Forget the fact that he doesn't deserve forgiveness; the fact that this officer has the nerve to even ask for it simply because he's on his deathbed should sicken any rational human being.

The only way that you'll lose is if you forfeit. Which would be hilarious because I could then tell Toronto fans that their team is so bad that they only win when others forfeit.

That's an auto-win. That's how bad the Maple Leafs are (and I hope they stay that way because FUCK TORONTO).

I would. I deal with this shit on a daily basis in the modern world. I don't feel sorry for anyone who wants me to die simply for being Jewish/Israeli and I don't lose a second of sleep over it. If we were talking about your average Hamas terrorist instead of an SS officer, my answer would be the exact same. He doesn't deserve forgiveness and nobody should feel any guilt about an evil man dying (in a hospital bed with good care, no less).

I don't watch anime.

Exactly the topic title. You can vote for multiple options on the poll but every show will get watched or rewatched.

Bad, bad and very bad. Forget the obvious "person may be a 42 year old pedo", I have real experience in this shit that fucked me up emotionally over the course of the last decade.

I watched that game and we were a defensive stop away from tying it with about 3 minutes left in the game. Trust me, we were about a sack away from going to OT. But a missed tackle (by Bradham if I recall correctly) made it a two score game. It's his feet and general accuracy in the pocket. What's been surprisingly nice about Taylor is his ability to hit receivers in stride on the long ball, something Buffalo hasn't really seen since the Kelly days (Fitzpatrick was on and off with this). The chemistry between him and Charles Clay has been unreal and when Tyrod really needs to move the chains, he'll keep plays alive the same way Flutie used to. He's been quite accurate for the most part but he's also dealing with no pass protection. Summer summed it up quite well. He doesn't look rattled with pressure in his face and he's always looking downfield before taking off (assuming that it's not a designed run). He really learned a lot from Flacco but brings his own style too.

At this stage, I need one more person to sign-up. This game will be fast, fun and will hopefully make everyone change their minds about OC.

Jets host the Kings tonight. Meanwhile, Buffalo is somehow beating Philly 2-0 in the 1st and the other good games are VAN/MTL and STL/TBL.

You missed the point. Of all of this. First of all, alcohol is going to lower your inhibitions and make you calmer when it comes to thinking. Secondly, I wasn't clear. I've had 15 failed relationships. Not actual dates. Slip of the tongue. Number three, it's absolutely OK to ask someone you've only just met on a date. My most recent ex is a great example. The only reason we broke up is because I was working 70 hour weeks and just couldn't make enough time for her. The fact that you think otherwise simply means that you have very little experience in the matter. Most relationships start because of mutual attraction from the beginning. Very few are actually built up over time. First impressions are key and pretty much set the tone of how much time and affection you want to give the other person for the remainder of the relationship. Hence, I do not believe that you know what the fuck you are talking about.

That was one of the best analyses I've ever seen. Time to match that. Reasons why the 2015 Buffalo Bills have managed to both surprisingly and expectedly disappoint me: Before the season, I was raving about the Bills. Why? Because on paper, this looked like the single best team the Bills have fielded in 15 years. The defense was one of the most complementary defenses in the league. Sure, the front 4 made everyone else look like high-schoolers but the fact of the matter is that guys like Preston Brown/Nigel Bradham/Nickel Robey/Corey Graham... were no names and they played at a very high level. Aaron Rodgers got picked off twice by a guy named Baccari Rambo. I hadn't even had heard of him until the Green Bay game last season. The depth was absolutely incredible. Now let's look at this season. Our front four cannot break through any offensive line. Period. It's a combination of three things: 1. Under Jim Schwartz, we were attacking the line. Rex has decided that setting the edge is that much more important. Which is great if you're working with speed demons who can't physically push their way through an OL. The problem in Buffalo is that Mario/Kyle/Marcell/Carrington are all physical maulers who go through rather than around. Sure, Jerry Hughes and Corbin Bryant are better at the speed game but even if you field both of them, you still have half the line needing to play powerfully in the trenches. Not to mention dropping Mario and Jerry into coverage (there's a reason why Jerry was terrible in Indy and it's because he played a lot of coverage as an OLB rather than DE). 2. The refs are biased against the Bills in no small manner. Over the first 7 weeks, a total of 11 Offensive Holdings have been called on the offenses against the Bills. That's about 1.6 per game. The Bills D averaged over 3 sacks per game last season. Now they average about 1. The same front four are still being fielded. Saying that the DL has regressed is silly. The obvious answer is that they're simply being held at the line and could be averaging maybe 2 sacks per game instead of 1. And considering how close the Jacksonville/Giants games were, a single extra sack could have the team at 5-2 instead of 3-4. 3. The best way to hurt this Bills D is to release the ball in under 2 seconds. Checkdowns, screens, 3-step buttonhooks... The list just keeps going on. As solid as Brown and Bradham are, they've had to contend with running all over the field and they're dead tired midway through the season. Week 1, they weren't missing any tackles. Now? I don't expect them to wrap up their guy and just watching Yeldon proves it. The Linebacking corps is solid for the most part but they're starting to look absolutely gassed. Nigel Bradham looks the worst because he was never fast to begin with (solid hitter though and plays the run excellently) but even Preston Brown and Manny Lawson can't finish tackles. The CB position is probably the best it's been in over a decade with Darby having an excellent rookie campaign and Gilmore has really stepped up his game. He's pressing and challenging which is wonderful to see considering the Bills DBs have never been known to frighten even a flock of sheep. Corey Graham is the other bright spot of the defense at FS but Aaron Williams has been playing awful (cannot play zone to save his life) and Duke Williams can't hit hard and can't ballhawk whatsoever. The offense is just plain old depressing. Half the team is injured or out for any given reason. The offensive line looks porous which is nothing new if you've been even watching a random Bills game in the past two decades. Eric Wood might be a team captain but he's barely average when it comes to actual skill (probably the only thing most Bills fans are delusional about because they want to believe that Wood is half decent). Incognito has actually been playing well and John Miller's quietly having a pretty good rookie season. The issues are on both ends. If Glenn, Kouandjio and Henderson played for any one of the other 31 teams, they would not be starting and I'd be surprised if they were even on the 51 man roster. Glenn is a penalty machine, Henderson gets beaten around the end even single time and Kouandjio can't play the inside move. Tyrod Taylor may be the only reason why this team is 3-4 and not 0-7. He put the Tennessee game on his shoulders and won it. Miami and Indy were probably because both teams were rusty coming out of the gate. As for EJ, I'm fed up. He was Buddy Nix's way of saying "fuck you" to Bills fans and it's kept us from even attempting to draft a QB since. But when it comes to the Bills and QBs, we haven't drafted a good one since... Jim Fucking Kelly. And that was before I was born. RBs and WRs are a mess due to injuries. Which is a shame because if Karlos/Sammy/Shady/T-Mobile were all healthy, the team probably sits at 5-2 with wins against the Giants and Jaguars. Sammy's injury hurts the most because of how much we gave up to get him, how promising he is and the fact that he just can't stay healthy. But hey, he's still been more productive as a first round pick than say... Aaron Maybin. Long story short, if the Bills can't get healthy and the DL can't generate any pressure on opposing QBs, I don't see us doing better than 6-10 for the rest of the season. Which is sad considering how fucking weak our schedule is. Jets x2 (I'm not convinced that they're actually good and I think they're just lucky), Chiefs, Texans, Eagles (another team that is weaker than everyone wants to admit) and Redskins. That should be 6 wins with Miami and Dallas in Buffalo making it 8 but that would mean that I expect this team to be good. And it just isn't.

I recently asked out a former co-worker. I swear to god, she sent me this text (translated from Hebrew). "Can I ask you something? This isn't a date, is it?" I had asked her out for drinks since we both came back from trips (me to USA, her to Ireland). I told her that it's whatever she wanted to call it. If she wants to call it friends going out for drinks, then OK. If she wants a date, it's a date. Long story short, we went out for drinks as friends and nothing more. As long as you have the right attitude, no relationships get harmed. As for relationship advice, the best I can give out is to not overthink shit. A lot of socially awkward people (AKA the vast majority of this forum) tend to run themselves in circles, going over every possible outcome. Just go with the flow and be cool with everything. And have a beer. Alcohol always loosens people up. If you don't like alcohol, you're shit out of luck. Oh and don't listen to either of these idiots. Coming from someone who has gone on a lot of failed dates (try about 15 different in a year and a half), both of these ideas are terrible. Don't try to play smooth and don't trick her. Be upfront and yourself about that shit. A lot of women really admire self-confidence in a man when it isn't forced (and due to women sometimes being Ninja-Jedis, they usually can figure that shit out). If you make it obvious you have a crush on her, so what? Some women like the attention and think it's endearing. Contrary to popular belief, there is no formula for dating women. But only the gullible and the ones seeking instant sexual gratification will buy into con-artists. Trying to be smooth is sleazy and tricking her insults her intelligence. So... don't do either.

Maccabi Tel Aviv has done absolutely crap in its return to Champion's League. Lost all three games (Chelsea/Dynamo Kiev/Porto) with a combined score of... wait for it... 8-0. Seriously. Not a single fucking goal. Israelis suck at soccer.