May Day 10

IF the Bills can finish the job this season, as well as get out with a 14-3 or better regular season record.... I believe they will deservedly join the conversation of a top 5-10 all-time NFL team. The offense is one thing. It is impressive, explosive, and I daresay Josh Allen is one of the most electric football players ever. And he is likeable. But this defense has got to be a nightmare to gameplan for and execute.

The Jets have made some decent strides. Winning NFL games is tough no matter the opponent or QB. The Jets have won 5 of 8, which is far better than they have been able to manage for like a decade. Their QB seems to be their biggest weakness. The Jets arent ready to truly compete with the upper echelon of the league though. If they get a bunch of bounces and calls, they could stand a chance to win a flukey game against the Bills... but odds are that is not going to happen. All things equal, especially without Hall, their offense cant even imagine trading punches with the Josh Allen offense. That's said ignoring that the Bills have one of the best defenses in the league as well.

Lets go through playoff teams and rough seeding without looking exactly where they fall. Buffalo vs Philadelphia: Buffalo KC vs Dallas: KC Tennessee vs Minnesota?: Id give Minnesota the edge Baltimore vs NY Giants: Baltimore Miami vs Seattle: Miami Jets vs SF: SF Chargers vs Falcons: Chargers I give the NFC in 2 match-ups, and Tennessee/Minnesota id say is close to pick-em. If the Bengals jumped on there with Chase, Id sat theu are superior to the bottom 4 or so NFC teams. I look at it this way. If you had this group of teams, who would you rank as the Bills' playoff match-up if you got to choose? Id do: Falcons Seattle Jets Giants SF Minnesota Miami Chargers Tennessee Dallas Baltimore Philadelphia KC That is weighted with NFC teams as being 'easier' match-ups from my perspective other than Philly and Dallas.

I doubt giants or pats. He won't go to cold weather. I don't think he or belichick see use for one another. Perhaps if there is a new regime there and kraft gives brady puppy dog eyes. He would probably only come back and sign with a warm weather super charged team. I think he would retire rather than play out the string on a team he didn't deem super bowl talented on offense. He could fling 5 yard passes to waddle and hill all day and rack up 4000+yards as a 46 year old.

Stevie Johnson dropped a pass in overtime of a "big game". Lol, I think the bills were 0-8 or 2-9 or something.

Just thinking of teams Brady would consider who might have a need: Miami... Indy, Raiders?, (I dont see him doing Vikings or Lions or NO), 49ers? Rams? list isnt all that long. He wont do cold weather or a team who wont be stacked to compete

Its sad to think about honestly. All the time I wasted hating the guy. This really has to suck for all involved and I feel some empathy. I wonder if this will free him up now to take some extra HGH, get his facelift touched up and double-down for next season with the re-vamped Miami offense.

Not even close The bills are trending to be an all time great nfl team Let's see this Sabres team squeek into the playoffs, or even play a meaningful game in February before putting them on that tier

Yeah, I work with various engineering and surveying firms and I get it. I wonder if there is some sort of funding mechanism that prevents the Bills from taking ownership of the products and/or release them to the public until that deal is signed.

Its likely that these things have been accomplished by Populous or whatever, but they haven't been paid the full amount (maybe its on contingency or something). The Bills wont/cant cover the whole contract amount until these long-form documents are completed (hopefully December now). Once the funding is freed up, the Bills can pay Populous, the model/renderings are delivered, and the Bills release them to the public. They were probably waiting for this, but someone somewhere got antsy to release them today, October 27th

I agree. These 2 images seem purposely obscured and basic. Furthermore, lots of things seem out of proportion. I thought the big reveal would show a lot of detail, including concourses. They must have gotten pressured to release something, either internally or from politicians. They provided the bare minimum, plus those two panels of weird platitudes. This thing is supposed to break ground in months. Im sure there are very detailed shop drawings and renderings out there. This is the first time I have felt a little nervous that all is not so smooth.

The ribbon board on the far end zone side is starting to bother me. Its thickkkkk

Id say itll be pretty cool.... depending on how severe that grade on the lower bowl is. Those huge gaps in the corners make me nervous too. From the rendering, they seem unsightly.

This year (and last year) is probably closest to 1991. The Bills were probably at their peak. They came off a great season/playoff run, and just lost on the last play of arguably the best Superbowl ever (at that time). They were preseason favorite. The problem is, Washington came out of nowhere and rolled the NFL that season. All the other superbowl years we had the 49ers out there, followed by the Cowboys who were usually more of a favorite. We always had a few NFC teams that we dreaded seeing in the eventual Superbowl. Also, the NFL had a nice SB winning streak, many being blowouts. I dont remember the Bills ever being this much in front of the competition for so long. The WNY vibe in my opinion is even greater now than then as far as hopes to win the Superbowl (outside of between 51-3 and XXV). The "90s Bills" won games in a lot of ways, but they really didnt smash teams on a regular basis like these Bills do. IMO, if the Bills finish the job here, they will be regarded as one of the greatest teams in NFL history.

Tunnels are fine... but those tunnels are built maybe thinking teams will have Iron Giant players by 2026.

They should have waited until they had a better package. Im kind of shocked that this is it for now. That outside view is from a half mile away (but at least we can see the cool Buffalo). But its like the stadium itself is intentionally obscured and blurry. The same goes for the internal view. Just a ton of sky in there and you cannot really see any detail. A lot of the perspective there is out of whack too (like the flat seats in the lower left corner.) As far as the general design itself? I think it might be fine once I see more detail. Steep/stacked seats are probably my #1 feature to bring everyone close to the action aud-style. Upper scoreboard end might be cool, but I cant figure out what anything is there. One thing that looks kind of messed up is the empty slices in the corners. Why?!

They wont though. Belichick and the roster is just good enough to stay +/- a few games of .500. Good enough to stay in the hunt and maybe grab a wild card spot here and there.... but not bad enough to have a serious crack at premier pick(s) (aka QB). They will probably beat the Jets next week to get to 4-4. Whoever starts at QB will look serviceable and many people will compare him to 2001 Brady or Josh Allen's stats in his 1st year. This is the purgatory we lived in as Bills fans for too long. Debating over EJ Manuel, Trent Edwards, and JP Losman. Watching a sound running game with a decent defense make up for deficient QB play in the eternal quest for a 1st round playoff exit... while Tom brady and Payton Manning Rothlisberger, (and Rivers) were playing in all the games that mattered. Also, in defense of Jones on that slide... It kind of looks like in fast motion, he slid, his ankle/leg was in danger of sticking/rolling under, and he quickly lifted his leg to avoid injury.

Another tom brady is so far fetched. That entire thing, and the length of that dynasty in the cap era is unprecedented. It was also aided by the jets, dolphins, and bills effectively going dormant for almost 2 decades. If I were a pats fan, with a good qb draft coming up, I'm hoping neither qb is the starter in 2023. The afc right now is a track meet with the qb situations (as well as the top handful of wr and te in the league).

I deal with a Patriots fan in a different forum. Last season he was "getting serious 2001 vibes", and was so excited for the future. Last night he chimed in after zappe had his drive. Said he was never so excited for the future, this kid has got it, and he will lead us to the "promise" land. Lol. They think Tom bradys are all just sitting out there, waiting for a geriatric belichick to stumble on him and somehow unlock the inner tb12.

Zappe's ceiling is Gardner minshew

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Brady overstayed his career by a season (probably 2). Could have/should have rode off after his TB Superbowl. He is looking really old and tired now, and whatever plastic surgery he has had done is making him look like a characture. I wonder if he can do the front office thing and channel that competitive energy into that. Not sure it would work out though as he might be too demanding of the players.

In Nashville's case, a covered or retractable facility makes sense. They will host Superbowls and it is an attractive venue/host city for the NFL. NCAA Football conferences and teams will schedule large-ticket games there. They will also be on the short list for other large-scale events. Wrestlemania, Final Four, etc Unfortunately, none of these are/were a realistic possibility for Buffalo. Nashville is a very attractive, fun, magnet-type of city and has become kind of the Vegas of the East. It could actually compete with the venues in Atlanta, Dallas, LA, Vegas for events.

I dont think any objective person would lay money down on the Eagles playing the Bills on a neutral field. Id say the Bills would also be favored in the Linc.