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Agreed. I don't even think that is a big upset, honestly.

Week 1 is almost impossible to pick. Throw a dart in the air. I would take UNLV +2.5 all day.

I shall call you Frankhawk.

Pretty sure next match will be a Primetime slot (maybe Thu night)?

I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about the Bills for the past year. A different kind of thinking. It used to be that one season would end, and then the focus was on building the team for the next season. My thinking was season to season. This year I’ve been thinking more about the history of the Bills, the bigger picture. What is this team in the bigger story about a franchise and where it’s been. As a result, I’ve been less invested in who the free agents actually were and what they might or might not turn out to be. Same with the drafted players. In my mind, everyone is wait and see until the real games happen. Yes, I know there are reasons to expect one thing or another from each, but I just have been very interested in studying all that. Maybe I’ve been thinking about the big picture because it’s the end of my era. I’ve been a Bills fan since 1960, I went to the first game ever at the stadium in 1973, and I plan to be at the last one, sometime deep into January. It will be my last season with season tickets. I’ve been thinking, for example, about what how big this season is for one of the most memorable runs in Bills history, as memorable in many ways as the Kelly-Smith era. This is a team that has accomplished so much, more than any team that hasn’t won a Super Bowl, for sure. The Bills have been good so great by so many measures. If the Bills actually go on to win the Super Bowl in the 2025-26 season, as so many observers think is a good bet, it would be both a climax of a great story and the beginning of what could be a period of true dominance, a Chiefs-like dominance. On the other hand, if the Bills don’t win the AFC Championship, the season will be remarkable because a good team was once again unable to get it done. A good team like in the Kelly-Smith era. So, how do I feel about the Bills as the season is about to begin? Honestly, I don’t know what to think. I know that over the course of training camp and preseason I didn’t see much of anything that said, “this is a great team.” On the other hand, we saw so little of the starters, it was hard to develop much of an impression. I’m concerned about the secondary, with the Bills down for a while to Benford and several guys who present questions as well as answers. I’m hopeful about the front four, because there seems to be real depth from which a few quality guys should emerge. I expect Josh to take it to yet another level. I have stuck in my head the images in Hardknocks that showed the evolution of Josh’s throwing motion. I think the same kind of improvement has happened, still is happening, in his mindset, his game management, his decision making. I think this is the first season when we’re going to see Josh Allen fully in command, the way fans came to see Peyton, Brady, Rodgers, and Mahomes. Josh and Shakir already have a solid connection, thrower to receiver, and it was clear to me that Josh and Coleman worked hard and had serious success getting together this summer. The others will eat. The offensive line is ready, with some decent depth, and I expect more out of Davis this year, giving the Bills a truly versatile three-man committee at running back. It’s a team that could be good. I’d love it. GO BILLS!!! The Rockpile Review is written to share the passion we have for the Buffalo Bills. That passion was born in the Rockpile; its parents were everyday people of western New York who translated their dedication to a full day’s hard work and simple pleasures into love for a pro football team.

I can't make the argument that Josh has beaten Lamar in the playoffs as a reason to rank him higher while at the same dismissing that the same argument for arguing Mahomes over Allen. You just have to look at performance. Allen and Mahomes are in a tier far beyond Lamar (and pretty much everyone) in the postseason. Allen, Jackson and Mahomes have distinct and unprecedented regular season achievements related to their performance (vs, say, Burrow who operates the position at a high level but not a "special" or unique level IMO). The dismissal of arguments against Lamar's 2x MVPs for not really having the stats to justify his selection is now flipped on it's head by Ravens fans since he finally had his outlier statistical season - a lot of which was achieved after MVP voting and a result of "running it up" against tomato cans - and is used to retcon a narrative that Josh's award was a "pity award" when either of Jackson's prior MVPs would better fit that argument. If nothing else, just be consistent in evaluation each player's play at the position and who was most VALUABLE to the team's level of success.

The difference between Lamar and Mahomes and to a lesser extent Allen is when Lamar makes a mistake the defense isn't getting him the ball back. Josh can play like complete cheeks and be giving an opportunity to win the game. Lamar was given that very opportunity and marched his team down the field scored the TD hit the TE in his belly and the TE dropped the ball. The silly thing is Josh severely underthrows the TE. The TE makes a heck of a play to get back to the ball an attempt to save his QB and its somehow the TEs fault they lost the game however Lamar hits his TE in the stomach and the narrative is Lamar couldn't get it done.

I'm actually surprised this is the biggest spread of the week. I expect the Eagles to win but didn't expect a 8.5 point spread

Moore is most in danger.

I dont see them as counting, but Google AI thinks they do (lol that changed today prior to posting lol). Please provide links cause this is a weird subject. I have ESPN below. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46078884/what-nfl-practice-squads-eligibility-salary-rules-know

I don't expect Wilson to recapture his Seahawk days but if he gives the Giants decent QB play, then they will win more games than expected. That defense is no joke.

This would be the funniest one by far, too, alongside being somewhat likely. I can root for a division rival for one week.

Birds of a feather…

So we get to hear Nantz and Romo utter the words "Big game Gabe" again?

This team keeps me in a near constant state of......

Entirely possible. The only reason I think the Saints have a chance in this one is because the game is in New Orleans and it's only 6.5 point spread. I just got a feeling about it. I could be wrong, though

Or a toss sweep. James Cook is getting one foot one on one on an island with a corner. After the second failed attempt, go outside.

Hoooray.

Bills winning the Super Bowl. Unless injuries hit them hard the Chiefs are not missing the playoffs.

He does know the backroads to the stadium.

You know, that's really funny! It is such a great point. I guarantee that when they get there, McDermott will have something better to say. Guaranteed.

Brown and Beasley were great FA WRs. the record since then is less that stellar.

I like the Giants pick. I have Washington missing the playoffs this year. And that Giants D line is nasty.