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Thanks! It really was! My wife took me to one of Gordon Ramsays restaurants, Hells Kitchen, at Ceasars for dinner after. One - We were excited to go, but both had low expectations on the food, just thought it would be fun. But the food was on point, everything we had was excellent (Seared Scallops, Lobster Risotto, Ceasar Salad, Beef Wellington, and the Stick Toffee Pudding), we just shared all those items. Our drinks were excellent (although expensive) too. We were surprised, thinking it was a menu from a TV reality show, now a chain as there are multiple locations, etc. But honestly, food we had at least was excellent. NOTE: Gordons Sticky Toffee pudding was maybe the best dessert we have ever eaten, including Italy where he had some amazing things. But two, what we didn't know was that the entire tournament went to Ceasars as they host it every year, so we saw Josh and all the players there, and tons of other other stars, athletes, etc who didn't even play in the practice round who were there. So if anyone ever goes, plan on being at Ceasars Wed Night because they are all there for a private event and then just walking around the casino. We met UFC legend Justin Gaethje, Rob Wiggle, Gary Sheffield, and stuff just gambling a little bit in the casino. Josh was hanging out with Sam Darnold, Trevor Lawerence, and bunch of people like right next to us as we were just passing by to dinner. We stumbled upon that - but now its our plan annually to hit the practice round on Wed and Ceasars for dinner and hangout at night.

After meeting his mom - you immediately know where it came from as well.

Josh, Sam, and Baker were all some of the most engaged with fans, and nicest people there. So was Austin Reeves

I am honestly curious if we met as I spoke to so many Bills fan on Wed following his group and Josh. If you were there Wed, good chance we met lol

This is going to be a long post about an incredible experience for anyone who wants to read it - if you don't want to read the bulk of it you can skip to the most important part - look for the bolded header below. Quick back story - Lake Tahoe is a special place to me and my wife, we both spent a lot of time up there when we each were growing up. Now we are blessed to live about 90 min from there, and my mother-in-law recently bought a house in Truckee (about 20 min from the Lake) where we will be spending lots of time with our 2 boys throughout the years to where they get to grow up with it also being a special place for them. My wife surprised me for my bday (which is actually today) with tickets to the practice rounds on Wed and Thursday to the ACC Golf Tournament, something I have never attended before, and just so we can try and see and meet Josh. She is a die hard Niner fan and even with some of her favorite Niners there too like Kittle, she made this all about Josh - shout out to my amazing wife. I moved to Southern California in 1997, so I had not gotten to spend too much time in Tahoe after that and never been to the ACC, nor did I even realize how big of a deal it was in South Lake Tahoe. I spent most of my time in west Lake Tahoe around Tahoe City and Truckee growing up, so it was a treat to spend time in an area only been a couple times in passing. NOTE: We will be making this an annual event for us and cant wait to bring our boys who were too young this trip with my oldest just turning 2 and my other son 9 months. I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend this event to anyone who has thought about going. Players are so accessible, event is so much fun, and its on the Lake. The ACC Golf Tournaments - Josh's tee time was 1pm on hole 16 - his group showed, but no Josh. Great group of 4 guys telling the fans there to see Josh he was late (his flight was delayed and landed late), but is still coming, so to follow their group if they want to see him as he was going to join the group once he got there on whatever hole they were on. Steph Curry was the group behind them, also not there on his tee time, but due to arrive as well. So we used this time to go check out Austin Reeves (I am also a Lakers fan) in the group in front of Josh's and lag back and watch Steph arrive and follow him a couple holes before catching back up with Josh's group a few holes later expecting Josh to arrive soon. I spent a lot of time approaching any Bills fan I saw on holes who were not there to get the info telling them they will never see him if they stay on that hole, to follow the group that just passed if they want to see him. It felt good as a Bills fan to share the news and excitement, especially for kids, but it was also just so much fun meeting so many fellow Bills Mafia too. Makes me wonder if I met anyone from here without knowing it lol. It was on hole 2 where I got to meet Josh's mom, who was following the group with Josh's clubs and stuff. My wife and I talked to her for probably 10 min, and my wife and her mom'd out talking about raising Josh, us raising 2 boys, etc. Listening to his mom talk about him, raising him, the adversity he went through, saying god always had a hand on him through all the struggles to get seen and taken seriously was incredible. She oozes class, warmth, love, pride, humility, and just kindness. We had a great couple of conversations with her. Then as my wife and I are walking from the tee to the green after Josh's group tee'd off and were half way down the fairway, my wife says look out, there is a car coming - ITS JOSH - and we don't realize until he is passing the two of us where we shouted out GO BILLS and he yelled back GO BILLS as he passed us with Sam Darnold. Kids start racing up the incline to the green, kids who had been trickling around following the group who were lucky enough to know. The best part about the practice rounds is that it isn't crowded, makes a more intimate feel for everything, like you are watching your buddies play. Josh took the time to acknowledge all the kids, even sign things even though he kept telling everyone he will sign after the round as he had to keep the round moving, especially since they were a large group. Other people we saw were not like this, they were not giving much time to the fans or kids, even in a practice round. Josh was different, and it was majorly apparent just how different he is as a person and his full awareness of just how important he is to the kids there to see him. First green, hole he joined mid way, he was chipping maybe 2 feet in front of me, thats how close you could get in such a causal setting. Got a great video of it. He kept making time for kids in between, telling adults who were IMO inappropriately trying to get Josh's attention to sign their stuff "Just the kids right now guys". There were some adults inappropriately IMO trying to get in with the kids to get stuff signed even though Josh kept saying just the kids right now because he really didn't have a lot of time to do much with the pace, so he wanted to use that for the kids, and rightfully so. Funny story - his mom and one of the guys from the original 4 some who I had spoken to a lot were driving up to the next hole and she hit me in the arm with her golf cart (at a slow pace, it was funny, nothing other than that). When we got to the next hole I told her "Well we should probably exchange information now and have my people call your people and get this worked out" and we had a big laugh about it. So next few holes anytime she passed me in the cart she would swerve at me like she was gonna finish the job as we kept laughing about it - again, his mom is awesome. My personal best moment with Josh came when he passed by me walking to another hole and I just congratulated him on his marriage and he gave me a fist bump. My wife got in on camera on her iphone, it was awesome (also congratulated Sam Darnold on his season and new contract and also got a fist bump from him). My instagram stories post was a shot with Josh reaching out for the first bump and a shot below of it of us fist bumping and in between was my caption that said: "I went to the ACC Golf Tourney and all I got was fisted by a GOAT" WHY JOSH IS DIFFERENT AND A MVP IN LIFE After hole 9, there was no break as they didn't start on 1 remember, so they had to get rushed over by golf cart to the 10th tee. Josh and Darnold were walking the course, so they brought a golf cart with a back seat that faces out the back to shuttle them with the rest of the group quickly over to 10. As they were driving right in front of us the most incredible moment happened that says EVERYTHING you need to know about Josh. They were passing someone in Bills gear standing by themselves with the person they were there with. Josh yelled to the golf cart driver STOPPPPP as they passed him recognizing this person was a special needs person with Down Syndrome. Josh jumped out of the cart and went over to him and gave him a huge hug, signed his stuff and took pictures with him. I want you to realize that the person did NOT ask him to stop, the cart Josh was in was just driving down this path and Josh saw him and immediately demanded they stop and let him out so he could go to this person. It was one of the most impressive and touching moments I have seen in person from someone of his stature. For comparison sake - Aaron Rodgers in a recent year refused to sign a kids stuff or take any pics with him who was there to see him wearing his jersey and told him "I am too hot right now, I need to stay locked in" in terms of the tournament - a celebrity tournament these guys play for fun mind you. We were walking at this point just behind where they stopped, as we walked by this person who was so blessed to have Josh stop, someone was talking to him about how cool that must be and he said "Yeah, we are like best buds now" and it was one of the sweetest things and my wife was tearing up just amazed at who he is. Mind you, he showed a ton of fun, class, humility, etc the whole time, this moment was just different. In a rush, rest of his group already ahead of him, he still demanded them to stop to take the time and make an unforgettable special moment for this person. And we felt blessed to have a front row seat to just witness it. They say never meet your heroes - they will just let you down. And while this is true in many cases - JOSH BREAKS THE MOLD. He is an MVP in life, he does the little things, important things, untold things...things when there are no cameras to capture it...things that are bigger than anything he has done or will do on a sports field. And on top of that - I can proudly and legitimately state "My wife got me fisted by Josh Allen" - Best. Wife. Ever.

I met them (Josh and Sam) on Wednesday at the ACC (and Josh’s mom too) and will make a post about it a little bit later. Amazing experience

I think a lot of people being named so far aren't really "sleepers"

I wish we were bringing our kids in their Bills gear too but this is our first parents night away trip for my bday, so grandma is gonna spend the night at our house with the kids. They put out the tee times and pairings the night before We asked ChatGPT: “we are going to the ACC Golf Tournament practice rounds Wed and Thurs and my husband hopes to meet Josh Allen. How do we find out the times the celebrities are practicing in hopes of meeting Josh”. And it gave a detailed and great answer, so write something similar. But we are also booked to go rafting down the Truckee River at 12:30 on Thursday, so hoping we meet him Wednesday as we plan to only be there a little bit in the morning Thursday. DM me and we can grab a beer or something on Wednesday there By the way, not sure how old your kids are (mine are a little too young at 8 1/2 months and just over 2 years old), but if you want to do something awesome with the kids, rafting down the Truckee river is amazing. Starts at the mouth of Lake Tahoe and ends at a restaurant called river ranch. Then they bus you back to the start to get your car. It’s super easy just booze and float type rafting. Fun swimming along the way, relaxing, very small and light rapid spots, easy with kids. I grew up going up to Tahoe for the week of the 4th and rafting the river was my favorite part of the trip growing up. It’s about 45 min to an hour away from where the tourney is I think. https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChsSEwivyc7Zr6yOAxUeB60GHQ1hDDEYACICCAEQAhoCcHY&co=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw4K3DBhBqEiwAYtG_9GLL2Us17AB0uBGs8-aTm3d-Kv209RLx595i8BSn9qKEgW3jijUvRhoCTvgQAvD_BwE&cce=1&sig=AOD64_04MvhZercbcTIVyv4OJf5mxelrOw&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwiB_snZr6yOAxUhHjQIHWAtKy0Q0Qx6BAgUEAE

Damn - my friends parents live in the same community. Was hoping to visit and then "bump" into him (some might call it rubbing up on him - tomato/tomatoe) at the clubhouse. My wife and I are gonna do an overnight in Lake Tahoe Wed and Thurs to do a little rafting and just an overnight trip for my bday away from the kiddos. And Josh is playing in a golf tournament there this week, so she surprised me with tickets to the practice rounds to see if we can "bump" into him or meet him and maybe get a pic or another autograph for my wall. She's the best

Twice I believe…and wasn’t the primary WR when he did

I am still curious to what he could have done in this offense with Josh and Brady

Ok this was funny...nice work

I understand, but you misunderstood the context of my statement. When I said "You can only operate off what is known, you can't condemn a kid for life off an allegation that is yet to be substantiated", that had nothing to do with TSW or peoples reactions here. It was about how Hairston should have been viewed and treated on draft night. That at some point, life goes on, and if he was cleared then all you can do is treat it as such and Beane, or any other team, on draft night rightfully treated it as he had been cleared. And no disrespect, bringing up Diddy is no where near relatable, not even 1%. What Diddy was found not guilty on they had weak evidence of from the start...you just listed a lot of things that were NOT part of the actual charges he beat, like the video tape. I wanted Diddy to go down as much as anyone, but I said it right from the start, people do not understand what he is actually charged with and most the hard evidence showing how bad of a person he is not supporting evidence against him pertaining to the more serious charges he was on trial for. With Hairston, there was no evidence, nothing to corroborate the story this woman accused Hairston of after multiple investigations, including the authorities. And what all of them said was that there was no evidence to support the claims and that the incident didn't appear to happen. And that may be correct or that may not be correct...but 5 years later, its the only thing anyone has to go on which is why teams like the Bills didn't rely only on that, they also did a deep dive and due diligence on character witnesses to try and best understand who he is and the type of person he is and weigh that as well, which he got rave reviews on as well, further supporting his proclamation of innocence that the investigation provided.

You can only operate off what is known, you can't condemn a kid for life off an allegation that has yet to be substantiated. One of my best friends in High School was accused of all kinds of crap from a psycho we worked with and he briefly dated. She would call the police and fabricate things on nights he was out with me and crashed at my house or I crashed at his house so they couldn't possibly be true. I was even staying at his house one night after we went to a Kings game in Sacramento where she showed up in a hoody and broke his car windows but then called the police and claimed he came to her house, roughed her up, and broke HER windows and then claimed he broke his own windows to frame her lol. She even tried to create accusations to get him kicked out of the Navy before he even left for bootcamp on some psychotic hope they could be together if he didn't leave for Texas. So only him and the accuser know the truth - but just because he didn't have money back then doesn't mean she wasn't capable of fabricating or exaggerating information either. And to be fair, no charges being filed does NOT mean innocence either. But the bottom line is that nothing was ever found to corroborate the accusation, and his name was cleared through thorough investigations by many different parties, including the police. So life has to go on, and people can only operate based on what they could find or determine. So until something else changes, this kid had his name cleared and there was nothing wrong with drafting him. And if something damning comes out that was previously unknown, I have no doubt Beane would make a correct and swift decision to release him. But on draft night, I wouldn't fault anyone for drafting him after all the investigations by authorities, schools, and teams found nothing on the matter.

Man - If this isn’t a testament to how remarkable his comeback was. I can’t believe he was able to play football again on that leg. What a heroic story and effort of determination after one of the most gruesome injuries in the sports history. Hats off to him 👏 #Warrior