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The owner of this message board can attest. I'm a southern boy who fell in love with this team and the city of Buffalo, the football and food is that good. My first game was in New Orleans. My 2nd game was in Buffalo, the day before my first game in Buffalo it was 70 degrees, the next day it was 20 and a foot of snow on the ground. I'm all the way in and will fight.

Honestly they all become the same for me. I expect that to continue after 50-60 years.

It sucks. It is what it is. No more respect for Chiefs or their fans. I will still take Josh every day of the week, he would win in a street fight against Pat or Andy. As long as I'm on this earth and the Bills are playing, they are my team. Offense is set and I hope we re-sign Cook, Hollins, and Cooper, in that order. Find a way to exploit Cooper more. We need to invest in defense. Especially, pass rush and secondary. No more traditions, no more songs, no more sweet potatoes, I want this team to take on more of a killer mindset. Beane and McD aren't going anywhere. My respect for McD grew this year for the first time in a few years. But Beane has got to be more a leader. He's built a good team, but over 70% of that is because he got lucky with Josh. Von Miller, Stefon Diggs, Matt Araiza, Zay Jones, 2018 draft after round 4, 2019 draft besides Knox, and 2020 draft are on him. Full stop. He can't control injuries, but we had two consecutive drafts where we retained 1 starter and that's not including FA. IMO Beane is living off the success of Josh while McD is trying to win a Super Bowl. Bills should be much better next year. Our hardest games are at home. We have plenty more cap space. Josh grew the most this year and that's obvious if you watch his play and interviews. He's continually becoming better and more disciplined, they need to extend him for life this offseason. This season was a success IMO. Based on the losses from last year, I expected us to miss the playoffs or barely get in. This season was a success IMO. That's all I got. Go Bills!

It just feels like a lot of things are aligning.

So I found a deal already that totals $500 RT for me to get a ticket plus travel to KC for the game. I'm thinking about it honestly now bc this is cheap. And Josh is great.

The amount of negativity about Damar from before the season from our fans to now is amazing. A lot of fans didn't think he was any good. But he showed a few flashes in 2022 before he died when we needed him to step up. It's been nice to see him have the season he's having.

If you're McD... what's the last thing you communicate to Josh tonight about the game tomorrow? Whether in person or over text.

I agree with all of this and love the detail except the scoring of Harbaugh and McD. I think they're above Campbell and Sirianni.

IMO, this year with him and the team, it seems they've all matured and become even bigger leaders with more confidence, but especially him. No drama, no turnovers, and the most consistency of his career. Couple those things with the fact he's hanging out in the offseason with other champions like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, etc... it seems he's gotten that killer instinct instilled into him even more this year.

And on synthetic grass.

I thought the article was good. I don't think McD has enough experience to compete with the likes of Andy Reid, his game management is a sign of that, but I do think he's gotten better at it over the last 7 years, and I like him. I don't think he's in danger of losing his job this year so I hope he continues to get better. I think he's really trying to coach a wrestler's mindset into the team, if you look at the players, that's really how it seems. The way players quoted talked about him was very in-depth.

For what Beane and the FO crew marketed as a down year and FA shopping at K-Mart, I'd like to retain some of these K-Mart players, especially Coop and Hollins. It seems like Josh has finally found his main trio of wideouts with Shakir, Coop, and Hollins, and I hope we can keep that going for at least another year or two. Cooper is what we need as a #1 wideout: no talk all business, great hands, fast, physical, and just seems to fit personality wise.

Some new person in marketing probably pitched this and whoever pitched it last time for us has been fired.

Nice full circle for these two.

Yeah he's had three 100 yard games since the bye week with 14 or less carries. He and Josh have complemented each other nicely.

He's making $1.5M per year now, I'd say an increase of 6x to $7M-$8M in this offense is doable and fair for all sides. Our system isn't built for much more than that at the RB spot.

I like reading your analysis and I didn't realize a lot of this, but have felt this season was different and really special. But I'm also a greedy ahole and wish we could do something to keep Brady for a few years. He and Josh are on the same sentence same page, very good chemistry.

I still find it hilarious Eric Mangini knows Woody Johnson so well he predicted he'd fire Saleh if they lost that London game and sure enough they did and he did. Like you all understand how bad he must be if folks like Mangini know you that well they can predict things like that? The Jets aren't going to get solved until they get a new slate, new GM, cut Rodgers, and new HC.

I worked with his co-host once and he hated me bc this girl he brought to a work event once kept flirting with me. He also was a Josh hater until a few weeks ago. He's a former Eagles scout, I think he even worked with Sean.

Last year he played half the season with a "partially torn" UCL. As much as we btch about the Bills sometimes, we are lucky to have this guy. He is insanely fun to watch and deserves multiple Super Bowls. Full stop.

I grew up outside of New Orleans, Bills fans are harder. My first Bills game was in 1998 at New Orleans and I never felt more at home than then.

It's all over Twitter and so annoying. IDC who we play if we get there, let's just get there and win the damn thing.

I see a lot of takes now that a "Lions/Bills Super Bowl is the Super Bowl that America needs" and I just want to say very loudly and definitively.... F%#& THAT!!!!! I'll take the Bills in the Super Bowl against anybody, I'm not picky... Fk any team we play! Just get there and win. Ohhhh "battle of lake erie" man wtf! Who cares?! Just get the damn trophy. Why are so many of our fans falling into this narrative? I mean I guess it's kinda cool... but you know what's cooler?? Just getting to the Super Bowl and winning the damn game!!! I could not care less if it's the Eagles, Lions, Vikings, Packers, or Seahawks. Could not care any less! Get to the game and win. That's all that matters. Is a Super Bowl win against the Lions better than one against the Packers? No! A Super Bowl win against the Packers or Eagles would be much sweeter bc they've WON SUPER BOWLS BEFORE, especially the Packers. But just get to the GD game and WIN! That's all that matters and should matter. Anything else is weak sauce. That is all.

I'm thinking about it... especially after Sunday Night... I'm in SF.

It is funny we're analyzing Bills fan drunkard levels right now. What a great time to be alive and a Bills fan. Go Bills!