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Ever seen some of the pictures of the old time Hockey Goalies, Gump Worsley, Jacques Plante, Terry Sawchuk [400 stitches to his face] before masks were mandatory. Their faces look like jigsaw puzzles.

Listed at 76,000, since it's a track & field stadium, has to be a certain size to fit a 400m track around the field. One of the most spectacular and technically complex construction operations in recent Canadian history is underway in Montreal. The city’s iconic Olympic Stadium — famous for its distinctive roof and monumental tower — is undergoing a major modernization designed to prepare the structure for decades of future use. Sounds like Prepping to host NFL games there.

Olympic Stadium in Montreal seats nearly 80,000, but is basically the same age as Highmark so would need updating.

Mark Kelso famously wore a padded helmet during the Super Bowl Years. He was prone to concussions and the medical staff gave him a choice padded helmet or stop playing.

If we get an international game doesn't it have to be from the type of games [Home/Away] where we have 9 games? I suspect teams wouldn't be thrilled only having 7 home games if they were on the road for 9. [Jax always the exception]

Many NFL quarterbacks have had kids before winning their first Super Bowl, with prominent examples including Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Patrick Mahomes, Joe Montana, and Terry Bradshaw, who were already fathers.

Hopefully Spencer is able to play at a high level this week, there is a drop-off when Van Demark replaces him. I do worry about our WR's against especially Gonzales and Jones. if we have good ball security our running game should prevail. Defensively someone [?Benford] has to step up and contain Diggs like they did Chase last week. Neither Hollins or Boutte are as dangerous as Higgins. Our DL should get some pressure on Maye, and please play Thompson ahead of Milano and Bernard. Our ST's have to come to play as Jones is an elite punt returner with a nearly 19 yard average and two TD's on the season.

I think Kim's health is a distraction to Terry, and he does own two major sports franchises. He strikes me as the type that hires people, pays them well and expects them to do what they are paid to do.

PFF says the Bills have 5 offensive players ranked in the top 10 at their positions Allen - #5 QB Hawes - #2 TE Kincaid - #4 TE Cook - #10 RB Gilliam - #1 FB On Defense - We have 3 guys in the Top 10 [Ed O. played too few snaps to qualify] Rousseau - #9 Edge Shaq - #5 LB Daquan - #8 DL Bishop lurks just outside at S at #12 S Benford has elite run defense and pass rush grades in the 90's, but his pass defense is graded around 50.

What I want to know is How Cinci manages to pay a top tier QB and TWO top tier WR's plus gesicki, who is a top 20 TE.

Just curious since we played both and lost to the Falcons and beat the Bucs, would this game affect the Bills deep in the weeds of tiebreakers for seeds?

Bills - def Pats at home.

2026 - Closing: Sunday, October 4th (Traditional gun salutes)

If 7 beats 2, do they reseed so 7 plays 1 in the next round?

October game in Munich might be appealing to those of the beer drinking persuasion.

Still curious what's going through the Vulcan mind meld of McD, Babich and the rest of the defensive staff In the Cinci game, PFF had our DB's graded as follows: Benford - 59 snaps - 90.7 grade, key int for TD, sack, basically neutralized Chase Hancock - 22 snaps - 69.1 grade, solid day Bishop - 45 snaps - 60.5 grade, cramped up in the 4th Qtr Hairston - 25 snaps - 59 grade, not bad for a rookie against the Bengals receivers Poyer - 47 snaps - 51.6 grade, showing his age Taron - 59 snaps - 39.3 grade, not a great showing Tre' - 36 snaps - 34.9 grade, yikes [and frequent victim of Higgins] Lewis - 25 snaps 27.7 grade, can we do better? So basically 40% of our DB snaps are below replacement level.

I'm hoping that McDermott and Babich start Thompson at LB this week. Think we need his size and savvy. I can see Stevenson running over Bernard and Milano on short yardage. I worked in Nashville from '99-02. Was at the Stadium for the Music City Forward Lateral.

My DIL is from Statesville NC, but lives in Vermont. Trust me she uses y'all.

Falcons game was another comedy of errors. How did we lose to a team that lost to the panthers 30-0, [a team Bills beat 40-9] and only put up 14 points???

I can remember when Tech and Iron City were delivered door to door along with Charles Chips.

The deal Mac Hollins signed with NE didn't exactly break the bank, and we let a trusted guy who blocks his tail off go to the competition for Chump Change.

There is one really elite unit in this game on Sunday - Buffalo's offense. If they show up to play, avoid turnovers, and McD gets a halfway decent game from the likes of Milano, Taron, Tre White, & Poyer, we should have the advantage.

I was also impressed how he kept the db in front of him, to avoid a phantom holding call. Vet move there.

Cooks doesn't have Keon's size, but that signing suggests the Bills know they need to get faster on the boundary.

Second time Bills will have had him this season [Baltimore - wk1] last year ranked #2 crew in the NFL.