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I'm in the hood as well! After leaving Admiral's Cup was at a nearby spot in Fells Point area where bartender commented that no other team comes even close to how BillsMafia turns out!

Big step down from last year, which was the best halftime show they ever had!

I like that diagnosis!

No kidding.... I could see the hole, but unfortunately run a 9.3 40-yd dash 🥴

Just as a stupid thought exercise, I would love to see the Bills play a game w/ Allen as he is now with current offense and instead of Diggs/Davis, he had Foster and Zay Jones as his WR1/2.

That's an April consideration...

Also, generally true of any large market. I'd imagine that big stars in LA, Chicago, Dallas, NY, Boston, Philadelphia would make more in endorsements in the local markets than Buffalo, GB, Cleveland, Cincinnati....

Allen is the QB. He's going to get 100x the discussion anyone else is. That who the whole team sees as its leader / face of franchise. I don't think we see players speak about anyone in a similar manner; Hyde, Poyer, Milano, Diggs, Morse, Dawkins??

Not sure what's going on at the Chiefs board, but if that was a Bills player this thread would be on page 18 with the vitriol being hurled at him

I haven't seen his highlights in a long time, but looking at that brief clip, it made me think of Cole Beasley

That would be pre-McB... Whaley and Rex Ryan would have had to have the same foresight to develop someone like that

I was at that game as well! It was my wife's b-day present for me. She held out and was a trooper through a miserable rainy day, so she forever gets credit for that! I agree that the energy picked up when Allen entered the game. He held his own in an unexpected appearance as described by OP. Great journey from there on......

Living outside of Buffalo, I've watched more Sabres this past year on ESPN+ than I have in the last 5+ years combined

One of my favorite players and all-time best trade! if the Bills win SB this year the ONLY regret that I would have is that he wasn't on the team. Never know, if there's a few injuries maybe we'll make a move for him at the trade deadline to shore up pass rush for "future considerations"

You should probably update the title to this thread adding an '!' after the word "released". Your enthusiasm warrants it!

I don't want to belabor it as I have much respect for Bill's insights, but a miss of a few slots in the top 5 penalizes almost as much 2+ round misses on QBs that people were projecting going in the 1st

Very happy with both of the first two picks, but have to go with Shakir. Its always sweeter when you feel like you really swiped someone with a later round pick. We'll see how it turns out!

I always read @GunnerBill posts as he has excellent insight, but is that the best way to evaluate? There's a big point slide scale across Round 1. Won't that over-penalize for inaccuracy at the top of the round vs. those at the bottom. Make a mistake on one guy in the top 10, Stingley was picked much higher than many expected, and you've blown the whole mock. Perhaps some of these guys in the lower end of your list did much better later in the round, where the picking is far more difficult.

Bills will not be picking at #25. They're trading back and selecting Breece Hall w/ pick #3x (maybe #32 w/ Lions or early 2nd round)

Doesn't the tweet on Ronaldo's say that its "the Niall Quinn statue". Who is this guy.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall_Quinn

Actually the source for this story is...... Spencer Brown,

Isn't that the strategy that we mostly navigated through the drought? Fitzpatrick and Tyrod scream out as the types of QB that it could theoretically work with. We had the best rushing attack in the league for a few years with Shady + Tyrod. But we ended up with .500 teams with just Tyrod barely making playoffs once, because of Dalton/Boyd heroics.... and then 1 and done in playoffs. I think the strategy could get you to a fringe wild-card team, but not much further. Even if they had beaten Jacksonville in playoffs, I have a hard time believing they had any shot at winning SB

I'm confused.... OJ's 2000 yard season was in 1973, he was traded in after 1977 season and had retired by 1980 when this game is?!? Also, the most exciting 1:47 seconds of football just happened in January the last time you saw them play...

Perhaps a brief summary of what is interesting about this particular game without having to watch it for two hours??

As someone who doesn't know jack about college football, I'm a big consumer of mocks. They lead me to watch YouTube videos of players the Bills may pick. By the time draft-time rolls around I have a pretty good idea of who's going where and what their needs were. While any given mock itself may have been inaccurate, the process of seeing them in the two month leading up to the draft are great for the fan experience. That's all they're meant to be... entertainment for us fans