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I think we'd better get used to scenarios like the one in Buffalo. It's become relatively commonplace to suspend games and clear out fans when there's lightning near the stadium, and to cut exhibition games short when weather conditions dictate it. Now a playoff game has been rescheduled. Such moves...

ChrisBabcock wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:46 pm I'll just head to my upstairs office and tune the game in on the radio. The rest of my family will probably be in bed anyway.

That's usually what I go with for night games I don't especially care about. Thank goodness for Westwood One.

So now we get to pay for the privilege of watching an NFL playoff game. I'm surprised it took this long, honestly.

For a lot of fans, the thing that drives them crazy about NFL officiating is the inconsistency. Something gets called in one game, and the identical thing gets ignored in another game. I too thought there was no way that wasn't a penalty.

Tangentially related factoid: During their Super Bowl era, the Vikings played 10 out of their 11 non-SB playoff games at home. And most of these were before playoff teams were seeded; they just benefited from the luck of the rotation system that many times. The one year they would have had to go on ...

Lance Mehl?

Carl Barzilauskas, who played defensive tackle for the Jets and Packers from 1974-79, died Dec. 20 at age 72.

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Nobody was better than 10-3 at this point in 1979 (Hou., Pitt., S.D.), 1993 (NYG), 2002 (Phil., G.B., T.B.), or 2014 (N.E., Den., G.B., Ariz.).

That '83 game resulted in one of John McKay's better tirades. “Capece is kaput. We will not kick a field goal next week if we are on the 2-yard line, the 1-yard line, none.”

Jim Carter, linebacker for the Packers from 1970-78, died Nov. 23 at age 75.

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