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Funny but a bit choppy. It's like they never bothered to practice.

So bummed. I will be in Atlanta the week of October 19th. Damn. Otherwise, pretty cool. Wish the bye was later, but it is what it is.

The crazy thing is that they only unreasonable thing there is the road win at CIN. So 11-6 is possible for the Pats. That assumes that Maye is the real deal and that all of their FA signing have career years (unlikely, but possible).

Awesome thread overall. Just look at the magnificently nerdy nonsense right above me on my screen as I type out this reply: People can approach these ranked analytics from so many directions, and employ so many different analytical tools, as well as so many different philosophical/evaluative perspectives. Personally I think it's true that fans (of teams who didn't just win SBs) overvalue their own org's FA and draft MISSES. And probably aren't nearly as aware of the frequency or impact of other good orgs' misses. Grass is always greener cliche. But the truth is that if Beane and Co had actually locked down just a couple more hits amongst the misses, especially near the top of the draft, then maybe the Bills would have a 'Ship already. Or maybe if coaching was just a little more ahead of the curve. Or maybe if good players just made one more play... You see how insanely interrelated football is. Nothing can truly be analyzed or judged in a vacuum.

I think this is more the million dollar question. I have posted on this previously, below is the allocation of draft capitol by position. It's only looking at how teams spent what they had, not how much they had. I'm summing the total point value of every pick and looking at a % of how those point values were spent at each position. Buffalo ranks 7th in defensive spend since 2018. We have had top 10 defenses in years past. We even had top 3 defenses in years past. It just doesn't translate when it matters most. Which speaks to your call out of philosophical changes. It is entirely possible Beane and McDermott could be highly effective leaders and that is most likely the case, but is our approach married to the wrong concepts, specifically on defense? Then if so, how likely is that to fundamentally change? More clarity should come this season I would think and that is part of what makes this year very exciting.

This seems to be in the Bills favor by far from the schedules they've been getting in the last 10 yrs or so.

Pro Football Reference has 2024 Bills 9th in passing yards (also 9th in rushing yards). Where are you looking? And either way, being ahead of the Bills in that category doesn't exactly correlate with season success. Not a GREAT indicator imho.

3964 California Avenue, orchard park I've never parked there, but as mentioned by @Mango its a hike for some. Maybe 1 mile walk, if you walk the road and don't cut through any paths that used to be there (not sure if those still exist). In general, not blaming those that park where they do, but the foot traffic to all these "pop up lots"/yard parking, has what's really slowed down car traffic post game from the Lot 1s/7s (since the new stadium build).

We'd all take 14 and 3 and in fact the over/under is 11.5... but I still say we go undefeated. 🙃

He's brilliant but he's also a dork (different from being a nerd, which of course he is). He enjoys being a pedantic Buzz Killington about popular misconceptions and kinda publicly yucks people's (slightly and blissfully ignorant) yums. Not a great ambassador in that he doesn't inspire a ton of wonder, at least with his noisy public persona. I'll admit his first appearance on The Colbert Report (a billion years ago) is the episode when Colbert finally figured out his own character's persona. Amazing interview. Tyson would find a way to make an amazing, season-defining NFL replay seem less amazing once you realize that centrifugal force is not actually a real thing and that centripetal force, which is the actual concept, doesn't actually apply at all in this case. You see how arbitrary and pedantic that was to read?

Appreciate the analysis and in depth, BUT... all that really matters is winning and losing. Its not about who found 3 all pro players, or who drafted better, its about the "organization"...team building philosophy to coaching to player development to player progression to on field results. Point is, I don't put anything solely on Beane. He's clearly a big part of putting together an extremely successful franchise. This organization needs a defensive reset, from mentality to personell. Im glad theyve seemed to address both this offseason, via coaching additions, what appears to be some X/Os changes to more man, and player investments in FA and draft. You don't win championships by having just a great offense. The defense has to be more than capable of holding its own when it matters most. Championship caliber has been lacking on defense, which is a problem for a defensive minded head coach and what im sure led to the draft we just witnessed. My opinion, we have the right leaders at GM, coaching etc. We need to change this philosophy that the Dane Jackson and Damar Hamlins of the world can be starters for this team....just two examples of what we've tried to get away with -- soft zone and Mahomes is going to eat that alive in playoffs, with Reids coaching. We need legit starting caliber players....my rant is over, because im glad Beane addressed most-- safety to me is still a glaring issue, that can't be hidden come playoffs unless Bishop becomes a stud.

This is funny (For context, this guy broke the news that Daboll was being hired by the Giants)

Exactly my (implied) point: "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;" and yada yada

It seems to be found in significantly higher frequency among NFL WRs than in the general population of NFL football players. 😁

The Chargers social media team are the absolute best at this annual schedule release content (and I'd think are highly thought of nationally in the content creation/marketing/promotions spheres). They really know where to go to reach new and younger fans. They keep up. Older, established fans don't matter much compared to newly acquired fans who haven't yet established a specific team as the brand they might someday spend money on. Super smart. *not sure if Capt. Andrew Luck has traction with the new/young fans above, but maybe there's some retro/cult popularity I'm unaware of. Either way, quality collab.

https://youtube.com/shorts/8Y6otl6DAZs?si=l9KpqeYd_GrfkYON

I guess journalism is dead Not everybody has time to read an entire article... Yet if a publication like sports illustrated would publish it you wouldn't think it would be a bold lie Certainly not 20 years ago If you Google Bills news there were multiple outlets that had some sort of credence that posted it We have people here posting everyday fake Bills news because there's tons of Bills Facebook pages posting fake news

14-3 Losses Weeks 1/10/13

Should be paid DOUBLE by the looks of this clip. And truly, the 2025 schedule, minus early bye week, is just another link in the championship chain of circumstances aligning to make this the year. Finally feels like even the NFL wants it to happen. **the author of the above optimism fully recognizes the likelihood of, and is even anticipating, yet another novel, season-ending calamity.

Except he lost a MOUNTAIN of money by pulling the crap he did here. He bet on himself and lost.

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I can understand some rando NFL fan or person across the country who doesn't care enough to look at the video or to know anything about what Dawkins actually looks like. All they know is they saw a headline about it and that's the deal.

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