May Day 10

I like the Ryans. I just wouldnt trust them to coach my football team

Just play fake players the next 2 games

I wonder if it has to do with players being larger/heavier and faster? Maybe footwear can be blamed? I know in the running world, there is a growing belief that foot/overuse injuries have grown a lot due to the amount of padding/cushion in running shoes.

I do trust the process. McDermott (and beane) seem like stand-up guys who respect the athletes and will command a reciprocal respect (without treating players like children/property). IMO, that is a powerful engine. You need some leaders, a QB, and wisely spend cap-money and the team will be on the up for years. This might be a down year though.... but I wouldnt count them out. I believe McDermott is great at motivating players and the defense might be good enough to carry them close to the .500 mark, plus a little luck and it wont be a bad season. If Allen pans out and with that cap money and a good draft. 2019 and beyond is the target as New England degrades.

Is it me, or has there been an increase in achilles injuries in the NFL?

This reeks of posturing of the plaintiff, threatening to drag mccoys name through the mud in a court.... true or false. Hitting dogs, hitting kids, roids, etc .. Unless he agrees to either pay her to go away with a tidy sum, or marry her Is he going to want someone giving testimony, detailing how he beat his dog? Or spanked his kid or whatever?

yeah, I dont know who is worse in this

yeah, she isnt looking very good at all.

I have no problem with better food options being served more efficiently as well as craft beer options. Also, efficient and comfortable bathrooms wouldnt be horrible. Wouldnt mind a concourse-deck either for standing room only tickets. Improved aesthetics, some kind of roof/protection from the wind and direct precipitation, etc. However, a lot of the "lounges" and extra-exclusive "clubs" inside the facility IMO would be lost here.... and have no value to me personally. If I am paying an extra premium per ticket for access to an interactive fantasy football lounge, and during the game, anywhere between 20-40% of people are constantly wandering around like its some sort of high end football-themed pub crawl... I'm probably going to stop going (and I believe many Bills fans would, while there is a shortage of corporate types to fill the void).

I would also say that the in-stadium "idiot" has been marginalized to great extents over the past 10 years. There is a huge security presence, and any trouble they swarm. Granted, its still not the most polished crowd, and you shouldnt bring a 5-year-old... but the in-stadium hi jinx is a shadow of what it used to be.

That's the catch 22 with a new stadium. Buffalo has the fans.... but not the high end clientele to pony up several thousands of dollars-plus just for the rights to buy a seat. People will punt on that and wait on the secondary market to go to games. Seat Licenses would have to be very careful and modest. If the team becomes a competitive and well-run one, there is plenty of room to increase ticket pricing/ We also don't have the fortune 500/100 presence and clientele in the area to fill fancy suites and clubs. We are a largely football-oriented fan base, so a lot of the bells and whistles will be lost on us. It will detract some % of people from the game, which will kill the atmosphere they have built. Fan inclusion/crowd noise effecting the play, etc. I think studies have uncovered some of these realities, which may have taken a bit of wind out of the sails to rush a grand facility approaching what MIN and ATL have put up. They may be back to the drawing board for something a bit more modest. I just want a place built for fans to watch a football game. Great sight lines, seats close to the field. Good noise harnessing. Wouldnt mind improved bathrooms, concourses, etc. I really have no desire or use for all sorts of lounges and such.

Stadium is smaller now Regionalization, nfl is more popular, and a larger pool of fans. Visiting teams travel better. Internet, online sales, secondary market, speculation, etc. Id say, even if they were on par with someone like baltimore... season tickets would be capped with a locked on waiting list. Right when home playoff games are a realistic possibility

Completely different now than 1992 for a number of reasons.

how did Xavier Oman do?

He is gray

Mine just appeared on my broken One Buffalo app a day after the fact. Make sure everyone takes care of any ticket transfers way ahead of time

Its not an embarrassment. For my work, I speak to and deal with people from everywhere. Often, football/the Bills come up. Not one person has indicated that they are disgusted by it and said anything to shame me. In fact, most think its funny and they usually mutter something about how they NEED to come up for a game. And overall, it is a very small amount of people who do this. I have tailgated for several hundreds of hours in various hot-button lots, and have seen 1 table get jumped through. If it is me who does this and it goes viral, or drinking out of someone's tush, or what have you, I would be embarrassed for myself.

In my estimation, the amount of upheaval and cost downtown would be much more than $100-$200 million worth. I think we are talking $200-$400 million range. Land acquisition, demolition, disposal (likely hazardous materials mixed in there), numerous additional engineering studies, re-building a piece of 190 and access/egress, rebuilding roads, pipes, electric, etc. There is a LOT of work that needs to be done. When it is all said and done.... why? 10 games and a few concerts. The same new stadium could be built in place with virtually no 'overhead' costs they (we) need to pay for downtown. If we were a bigger city and could build something and attract the volume and prestigious events that Dallas and Atlanta could get, I would be all for it. If it were a baseball stadium with 81+ dates a year, or even an ampitheater that gets 20-30K down there 40+ times, sign me up. Football stadiums, as has been proved by many studies, do not help or revitalize an urban area This has nothing to do with nostalgia of Orchard Park. I kind of loathe the drive down there, I live in the north towns. Its just economical. Also, not sure how the 'city of buffalo' would receive tax revenue from a downtown stadium.

I am struggling with this. I am moderately computer savvy and can usually work around nearly everything. I share season tickets with a friend who manages the account, but can usually only make 1 or 2 games. I have printed the tickets for me and whoever goes and it has been seamless and easy. I cant get the tickets. The One Buffalo App is broken and unusable. I can see them on a browser somewhere if I follow the thread the ticket transfer email leads me... but this doesnt seem like a good or dependable solution... not to mention I guess I will have to enter alongside whoever I attend the game with no matter what? This is silly. You would think they would try to roll this out once they have a mobile app that isnt broken

It sounds like at&t has let off their harder line stance on retention. I called in the spring and was basically told to pound sand, but offered savings if i bundled their internet and phone service.

You also would have to add on the extensive work that would be needed downtown with land acquisition, demolition, infrastructure, impact studies, etc. A new building on the current 'campus' would be much cheaper than downtown.

Sorry to tear off the band-aid of this again, but Lauren Hall is apparently out as in-game Sabres host

lol I heard that The Undertaker was spotted at a coffee shop in town. Word is that he is going to be named Highway Superintendent

I wouldnt complain if we had some sort of roof and wind block (not enclosed).