CodeMonkey

I think we are all very ready for a repeat of that!

I do not share the thought of many in this thread about how great the play was today. To me it was two bad teams in bad weather. Those two factors combined makes a Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz game, which is what I saw today. I thought Robey and Freddy J. had great games. Several on the Bills D had solid to good games. Spiller impresses me less and less every game. Thad could well make a decent backup. That's about it. When the Bills D has that good of a result against a good team in good weather, and the offense joins them, then I will be optimistic. Until then a win is always better than a loss, but unfortunately it's just same ole, same ole.

It should be blacked out.

Sadly for Buffalo and good for him, when he leaves Buffalo he will probably land on a team whose offense will be well suited for a situational back like him.

A superbowl ... in Buffalo ... in February ... with no dome. No way in hell. And that's not even mentioning not enough hotel rooms and 5 star establishments for the rich people to party in.

The idea was to reward the area for building the new stadium. Who in their right mind would want the superbowl played in crap weather. The NFL wants to showcase their product, not to put on a showcase of how to handoff the ball or incomplete passes.

Yup, except for the fact that covers a LOT of people if you consider that the economy in the Buffalo area is not exactly stellar and the number of elderly in the area as well. The NFL is a business and should have the right to conduct it's business however they choose. But when the business accepts taxpayer money, and also is given special exemptions regarding anti-trust etc. then in my opinion they forfeit some of those rights. And how about the elderly who were season ticket holders for many years? The NFL expects loyalty from it's fans, but how about giving some of that loyalty back.

For the future of the franchise it does not matter at all. But Bills fans, and any fan of any team I would think, would rather see their team win than lose.

I have to believe that even if blackouts motivated people to want to get tickets, they are smart enough these days to go to stubhub or some other reseller outlet where the prices for "throw away" games are in most cases significantly lower. Thus not affecting the teams bottom line except for incidentals like parking, food and beverage etc.

What a refreshing new perspective worthy of its own thread. It's not like there is a pinned thread discussing this already or anything.

Man that is the perfect one line synopsis of Spiller.

But if he plays in the NE game and he sucks, the excuse will be that he is still injured (see some of the spiller threads/posts recently). So this year is done for Manuel's evaluation. Let the healing begin.

Maybe this is why you don't enjoy watching him play?

I don't give a !@#$ about the Pats*. What I want is a healthy Manuel next season so the Bills can see what they have in him with no excuses.

Little point in Manuel even playing that game. Just consider him as being in the offseason and get the body healthy. Give Thad an audition for backup and see if he is Thad the Impaler or Thad the Impaled.

Exactly and I'm not sure why this is hard to understand. I enjoy watching the games with my family in the comfort of our home and in 75 minutes considerably more than being there. Some prefer the stadium experience and that is great as well. It's all good as far as I'm concerned. I certainly can understand people not wanting to sit in freezing rain for 3+ hours watching that game. If there is complaining to be done, it should be about the blackout rule. And that has been done to death many times before.

Geez I might not even bother to record and watch the game .... ahhh who the F am I kidding

Nah, no such thing as Christmas shopping anymore in this Amazon age. I'll be watching the game during dinner as usual with my family.

You used to be able to change the zip code on the smart card to get around that with the DTV receiver. Ahhh the good ole days.

Isn't the blackout deadline Thursday at 1pm? I know there are 16,000 tickets left and you would have to be very fiscally irresponsible to buy a ticket from the Bills at full price when you can get one almost free on stubhub. But for Brandon to declare a blackout already?

I went into this season thinking that 8-8 (slow start and picking up momentum the last half of the season) and Manuel steadily showing improvement defined a good season to me. But the team has been erratic, as has Manuel. And the coaching, particularly Marrone and Hackett, has been below my expectations. I would say my expectations were fairly reasonable, and I am mildly disappointed. Next season should hopefully show dramatic improvement across the board.

More "culture" nonsense. This team gets a new coaching staff every 3 years, and lots of new players every year. It's like people think some voodoo priestess put a curse on the ralph or something. If you have quality coaching and players, particularly QB, you win. If not you range from mediocre to putrid. With or without the voodoo.

Like most playoff bound teams, when there is nothing to gain from winning and everything to lose by having starters injured. Being Bills fans though we have forgotten what that is like

Spiller so far in his career rips off some nice long runs, but a lot more of his runs are for little or no gain. It's not a matter of him being hurt, but rather just a fact of life for a scat-back. Hackett not realizing this is far more puzzling.

You can think of "conventional wisdom" as statistics-without-the-math. You know from experience what generally works best without the actual numbers being crunched. But thinking that NFL head coaches base a lot of their decisions on fear of being second guessed is asinine.