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In a vacuum, I don’t see any reason why Taron Johnson wouldn’t make an excellent free safety, allowing Bishop to play the box. He’s faster than Rapp, has obvious coverage skills and I believe would adapt very well to the position.
Of course, this should have been an off-season, not mid-season move. Plus, it would be dependent on Hancock moving into a starting role. He looked pretty good in the pre-season but I have no idea whether he’s ready to be a starting slot CB. Maybe you could play more 4-3 and keep Johnson on the field.
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I’m Honestly, didn’t you feel more comfortable with Prater kicking rather than Bass?
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4 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:
I know it wasn't at Highmark but that Terrance McGee kickoff in New Orleans to me is sooo disheartening.
It would be in the running for greatest single play in NFL history if he had scored a TD. I’m guessing his percentage chances of scoring when he was around the NO 20 probably was in the range of 80 - 85%.
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The freakin’ wedding will probably take place during the halftime show.
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State and local governments are WAY too generous to billionaire sports team owners. Great example was local governments financing 80% of costs of building new stadium for the Florida Marlins to the tune of in excess of $500 million (cost ultimately could exceed $2 billion). A couple of years Jeffrey Loria sold the team for $1.2 billion. None of that money went back to the local governments that financed the bulk of stadium construction. Why not at least make the financing a zero percent loan that has to be repaid on the sale of the team?
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If you recall preseason 2024, certainly the media and maybe a chunk of the fanbase were extremely pessimistic regarding the Bill’s outlook going into the season. More experts were picking the Dolphins and Jets to win the division than the Bills. Too many veteran losses, too many holes. The reality? Josh Allen MVP, 13 - 4 and as close to a Super Bowl as the Bills have been in the Allen Era.
Going into 2025, I was optimistic as can be for two reasons. One, the schedule is as favorable to the Bills as humanly possible. No overseas trips, almost all of the hardest games are at home. Two, loading up on D in the draft hopefully would add some additional speed and talent so that we avoid a playoff collapse on the D side.
i get that it is preseason and I get that preseason is essentially meaningless but I’m no where near as optimistic heading into the season, again for two reasons. One, last year’s turnover count and turnover differential were off the charts good. It would be miraculous to repeat those numbers. Two, like many on the board, just not seeing much of anything from Bishop, Hairston (injured), Sanders, Jackson or Walker.
So what say you, do the two preseason games have you less optimistic or still bullish on the upcoming season?
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10 minutes ago, Jerry Jabber said:
There’s no doubt McDermott turned the team from a perennial loser to a perennial contender. I’m not sure if he’s good enough to win a Superbowl.
Problem - big problem - is look at EVERY other Pegula pick for both Bills and Sabres other than McBeane. Rex, Ralph Krueger, every single Sabres GM. They have been universally horrible. If McDermott is fired, I doubt we end up with someone better, probably someone considerably worse.
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1 hour ago, st pete gogolak said:
Good get. It’s tough though. Superstar QB’s get to Super Bowls.
Forgot about Rivers as well. Any other Charger QB’s who need to be included?
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5 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:
We'll get there and win.
This QB and this team is way too good not to.
If The Bengals OL could have held up for another second in their SB Burrow Zach Taylor and freaking Mike Brown would have SB rings because the WR was wide open for a game winning TD
Don’t want to be a downer but I said the same thing after the SB loss to the Giants. This team is too good and too talented not to win a Super Bowl. Alas, it never happened.
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54 minutes ago, Gregg said:
What about Danny White. He had a pretty good career with the Cowboys after Staubach retired but never got them to a Super Bowl.
Good get. It’s tough though. Superstar QB’s get to Super Bowls.
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It’s difficult to come up with good to great QB’s in the Super Bowl era who never made it to a Super Bowl and are now retired (let’s keep active QB’s like Josh and Lamar out of the discussion). There’s Fouts and Moon of course. Bert Jones, John Brodie, heck Joe Ferguson? Does anyone have anyone else who could even be considered in the conversation?
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Does anyone remember Dwight “Ike” Harrison from Lou Saban’s second go-round? I believe he started out as a WR and ended up a pretty solid CB on some good Bills’ teams in the mid-70’s.
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Best third string D Line ever.
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Another factor pointing towards a difficult season for the Chiefs. The Division should be very tough. On paper, both the Broncos and Chargers will be tough outs. Raiders should be better. At least they have a legitimate QB. Kudos to them if they come out of it with best record in the AFC.
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On 7/3/2025 at 12:06 PM, First Round Bust said:
congrats to the Knoxes:
suggestion for names: Seymour, Northrup or Albright....as for boys..dunno
Chuck. Good solid boy’s name.
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If we really and truly have the fifth best D line in football this year, we win the Super Bowl. End of discussion. I have my doubts.
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On 7/18/2023 at 12:31 AM, 4merper4mer said:
He also had beautiful hair. And he wasn’t very good.
Terrance McGee had the greatest non-touchdown kickoff return in the history of football.
Don Smith scored the first Super Bowl TD in Bills history.
I’m guessing that McGee had about a 90% chance of scoring a TD on that play when he got to around the NO 20 yard line. It was a total fluke that he went down. If he had scored that TD, it would have easily been one of the 10 greatest TD’s in the history of the game.
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On 6/20/2025 at 5:26 PM, mushypeaches said:
He’s got to at least get to a SB. No QB since Warren Moon has made it without that criteria
Fouts never made it to a SB.
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Pete Gogolak. How many Bills can you honestly say revolutionized an aspect of the game (first “sidewinder” style kicker). If you look at his stats, however, they are laughable bad compared to modern kickers.
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Some of the comments on this thread are pretty silly. Bills aren’t cutting Coleman this year. I doubt he will be out of the league in 3 - 5 years. He certainly has the talent to be a productive NFL receiver for a long time. To me, the key is using him correctly. I’m in the camp of those who think he can flourish as a big slot receiver. That may not end up being in Buffalo but some team will be able to utilize his skill set.
i’ve commented before that it would have been very, very difficult to trade up to obtain BTJ in Coleman’s draft year. In hindsight, would our #1 and Kincaid been enough to get it done? Fan base would have been screaming following Kincaid’s solid rookie season but Bills don’t seem to have any interest in a two TE set so Knox and Kincaid seem redundant at this point.
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If the Bills had won a SB over the last five years (or even appeared in one), this topic is moot. Because we’ve been so painfully close, it’s easy to point to Beane’s misses as the reason (Ford instead of AJ Brown or Metcalf, Basham instead of Humphrey, KC jumping us for McDuffie and we whiff on Elam, he’ll even Oliver instead of Wilkins, Simmons or Lawrence). But as been pointed out many, many times every GM, even Veach and Rosman have misses. The teams referenced here - SF, KC and Philly - have all had huge misses. SF picking Lance #3, Philly Reagor over Jefferson or Higgins, KC with numerous whiffs over the years. If we win or even reach the SB this year, all this goes away.
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1 hour ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:
NO INTERNATIONAL GAME FOR THE BILLS!!!!!
Absolutely AWESOME news, and we have the extra home game this season!!!!!!
That is awesome news! No international games, extra home game, relatively weak division, NFC South, AFC Central (at least Pittsburgh and Cleveland). Could not ask for anything much better than that.
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If I'm remembering correctly, Tony Greene's injury killed us that year. Greene was heart and soul of the defense.
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Thought it might be nice to have a quick break from draft talk. The run ‘n shoot offense was groundbreaking in its late 80’s early 90’s heyday. Four wides, no TE, QB under center with one RB. Houston Oilers were primary users. Went away when D’s decided best way to attack it was make sure QB was hit every time he attempted a pass. Of course, four wides are still in use as occasional formation.
What’s interesting is that with one significant addition, Bills would be in a unique position to run a ton of run ‘n shoot. Would that happen? Of course not. I think McDermott and Brady would put four TE’s out there if they had the opportunity. But look at our personnel on offense and what makes a run ‘n shoot click.
Great offensive line? Check.
RB who can cause havoc running against 6 DB’s? Check.
Mobile QB with great arm who can also do major damage running the ball against 6 DB’s? Check and check.
Two dangerous slot receivers? Shakir yes but also Coleman. A lot of chatter last year about how Coleman could be a real weapon as a big slot. Samuel #3.
Two outside wides? Well, no. But imagine if we had acquired DK Metcalf with Palmer on the other side.
Of course, you don’t want Josh running as much as he did in the past so the time has already past when this would be a go to option. Neverless, I’d like to see a healthy dose of four wides this year, especially if we add Moore or someone similar. I’d like to see Coleman flourish as a big slot.
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At Some Point Some Team is Going to Moneyball the New Kickoff Rules
in The Stadium Wall
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It’s pretty clear teams really aren’t sure how to approach the new kickoff rules. I’m not sure it makes sense to kick it short of the goal line in order to avoid the touchback, which gives you the ball on the 35. At best, the kickoff short of the goal line ends up close to the 30 or worse. Also have the possibility of busting a big return. Why not just kick it deep and have the opposing team start on the 35?
I thought the Ravens were clever hitting it very short and having it bounce to our returner. Of course, they botched a kick and gave us the ball at the 40.
At some point, analytics will come into play and some team is going to figure out how to play this.
Me? I’d give the receiving team the ball on the 20 and make them earn their points. Replace onside kick with a first and 15 on the 35. But for whatever reason the kick return MUST stay in the game.