May Day 10

I hate Beckham. Been going on awhile. The NFL, seeing a star in the making allowed him to slide on everything and he quickly became more and more entitled and aggressive, until it ended up with a lot of egg on everyone's faces in that Panthers game last season. It seems like he doesn't get all the calls anymore and he cant take it. He has made an art form of that chicken-S move where after the play he quickly swings his helmet or mask up and hits the defender up in the chin, then trots away.

I agree with your attraction to NCAA Football. I really got into it about 10 years ago and it is a much better entertainment product. Im not bound to a team which is nice. Its also great that all hours of Saturday you have many games on... if a game stinks, you can find good ones. I also think that (like the NHL), the NFL players have become so efficient and built and conditioned like thoroughbreds. Players are so good and cancel each other out for the most part. All the teams are very similar. In college, you have a lot of players who can be exposed more, and it provides a much better, wide open game where anything can happen at any time. Teams can also be very different. A large part of boredom with the NFL for me is how the Bills have had the same vanilla season every year for almost 20 years. Really have had maybe 1 important late-season game where they held the hammer swinging playoff % in their favor. That sucks. Also being stuck in a Division with New England makes it worse because the bar is always so high. I find that my interest in the NFL increases quite a bit when the Bills had their 2 early-season runs. I tend to take a lot more interest in other teams' performance, not just due to fantasy/gambling reasons.

It seems like a real vanilla season so far...

whoa

Those receivers cost us a great deal of draft-assets though. And while their OL is protected by the quick release, they did have the NFL's leading rusher through week 3. You can also argue that Buffalo's OL is aided by an extremely mobile QB and one of the most elusive RBs. Anyways, like has been said by some. The NFL isn't so much a talent spread/gap as much as it is getting millionaire players and coaches to fully commit, do the homework, prepare, and execute. That is why NE succeeds. They get guys who will do that, and they have a coach who seems to be capable of drawing that out of players. The Bills may possibly have unified through the Thursday Night debacle and the following humilation and scrutiny. Rex may have found the nerve that gets the thing rolling. Very good signs in the last 2 weeks. Day off yesterday, everyone shows up.... Let's see if this season is different or they fall back to familiar patterns.

While 0-2 was too early to make the full determination.... 2-2 certainly is too. If this team makes a run to 10-6 Ill be thrilled. Even 9-7 Ill be happy. 8-8 is OK too depending on the path taken. While I am ecstatic over that win, and the fashion of the victory.... I am hesitant to dance on the graves of the Patriots proclaiming the Bills are better. They are on pace for 12-4 with Garrapolo and Brissett.

This stuff seems to happen everywhere and is pretty random. Lots of people go to these games and get sauced up. Just takes on or 2 lunatics on the right day

it did seem like he folded up the tent and gave up way too early. If your going to give up, at least throw 3 points on the board and ruin the shutout

the one I expected the flag on was the shove out of bounds (Preston Brown?). In real time it looked automatic.... however, on the replay it seemed like (Brown?) barely made contact at all, and Brisket was already falling/off balanced

yeah, thats the one. He just kind of dropped suddenly/sideways. IMO was the correct non-call

Patriots/Boston have good fans. Overall... especially with a younger generation of fans, there is a sense of expectation and there is a degree of indifference until the playoffs start. I have noticed it in my lifetime with the Yankees, Detroit Red Wings, and Atlanta Braves. You need lean years mixed in there to punch the fan base in the gut and give them the thrill of the chase. Fans need that feeling of urgency. The Patriots have had this division wrapped up for so long, even older fans have turned into entitled monsters, along with all those who never witnessed a game at Sullivan Stadium. It has been a LONG time. The Bills' "run" was generously 7 years and it seemed like forever. The Patriots' run is more than double that. I remember the Pats' first run, even the second and it was fun to watch the crowd there making noise and getting excited. Now its tiddly winks. They sit there, watch Brady score, and make some noise when the scoreboard instructs them to. The crowd shots resemble that of a Sabres game. A bunch of people there just to be seen or socialize.

super bowl favorites

Probably a top 5 win in the last 17 seasons as pathetic as that is... Im happy for rex ryan though. I felt bad for him when that twerp boston reporter gave him that uncalled for, unprofessional cheap shot on that conference call.

I loved the win. Excited that the season has been essentially reset. However, they are .500. Lets hold off the parade. This team is eternally at or just below .500. Banning posters because the bills won a game? Lame.

The time they walzed into a season with ej, thad lewis, and tuel as the quarterbacks... haha But that was probably.... hmmm.. marrones fault

Who picked them again? Any gm worth anything would have told the bills to take a hike and would have teams "lining up" to hire him immediately (just like we heard with darcy regier). By some opinions here, his hands have been completely tied and bad decisions forced down his throat (ej, coaches)... but then when people start on russ brandon.... the accountability magically shifts again. Either way, this football program is broken

Whaley is really good at identifying defensive talent. Everywhere else he falls way short.

He should have worked better with the head coach he picked then

IMO, (hypothetically if they are at or near the top of the draft) if there isnt a clear cut QB the Bills are sold on, they should trade down.

Im kind of bored with the current alignment. A large part is probably being stuck with a juggernaut, but 15 years is an eternity for one format in the major sports. I would like it if they went with 4 conferences Lambeau Shula Buffalo Houston Cleveland Miami Pittsburgh Jacksonville Detroit Tampa Bay Cincinnati Carolina Chicago New Orleans Minnesota Atlanta Green Bay Tennessee Parcells Walsh New England Denver NY Giants Los Angeles Washington Seattle Philadelphia Kansas City Baltimore Oakland Dallas San Francisco Indianapolis San Diego NY Jets Arizona It is treated more like NCAA football. Play each Division team 1x. rotate home/away year to year. Pair up 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 for an extra Divisional game to make 8 Divisional games. It would also keep teams at the top of the Division duking it out once more each season. Then 4 from your other conference Division with typical home/away rotation, and 2/2 from each Division from the other conference with typical home/away rotation. Conference winners get byes. #2 and #3 in each division play in the wildcard round. Then play for the conference championships and re-seed for the final 4.

just wait until Prince Uggs is tossing him the ball

Yeah, that green bay win was buffalo's most impressive since this mess began

Thanks nihilarian. Great post

i agree with you. I hesitate to give them a label yet though and would rather wait until the dust settles. The organization seems to be undergoing continued turmoil since Ralph stepped away after the 2012 season. The Sabres had a similar thing happen and now it seems Pegula is just along for the ride. They want to be very involved in keeping players and their families happy and comfortable.

Its like having a house made of rotting wood and they keep putting fresh coats of paint on it, thinking it will withstand the elements.