BADOLBILZ

I employ quite a few people and it is really annoying when they see me out and about and the next time they see me they ask me how Wegman's was. That's the exact type of answer I give them only because "none of your fxcking business" could require me to have more discussion about it. Now multiply that by being the local NFL QB. These guys have a lot of time to contemplate these questions they ask.........no excuse to not know better.

@purple haze doesn't see a problem with tickets that sell for 10 cents on the dollar late in the season with 3 home games left on the schedule in a season where the team leads the NFL in point differential and is a likely playoff team. If they lose this week and are only all-but-promised a lousy wild card berth().......could be looking at sub 50K actual attendees next week and less than that the week after when the people visiting family in town have left. But keep polling fans in spring and summer about whether they want a lid on the stadium or not..........but make sure they have to tell you if they attend all the late season games in their response.😉

Everyone knows that the NFL makes most of it's money on TV packages but that's all shared revenue. The unshared funds are like found money.......all the more valuable to ownership and important to keeping a team in town. If you don't foresee attendance issues in December and now January then you likely haven't been a season ticket holder for the past 30 years. There are always attendance issues once the winter weather hits because people don't want to sit out in the cold. I don't really foresee the next generation of Bills fans being as inclined as the last to sit out in the freezing temps. The seats "mostly" fill up late in the season because they get given away or sold dirt cheap to people who wouldn't otherwise buy them. And those folks certainly do not represent the demographic that will spend money on other things at the stadium either. When the costs triple we will surely still keep our own seasons but I know how our group will respond.......by not collectively owning 2-3x more seats than we have regular, paying attendees for. This is fairly common, most ST holders I know have extra's because they are currently a fairly cheap way to get friends together or reward employees or people who do favors for you etc..

And yet Singletary has averaged 4.8 ypc on 441 career carries and his best season ypc (5.1) was when they were not yet a pass first team in 2019. Taylor is a stud but he's also running behind maybe the highest draft pedigreed OL the league has ever seen........#1 overall + #6 overall + #18 overall + #37 overall..........when you are that invested in the OL and RB positions you should expect to be dominant on the ground.

Yeah........but unfortunately, long term it's hard to justify being top heavy in investments on defense(both in the draft and in cap space) when you are built around a franchise QB.........they are going to lose equity on that side of the ball in the near future so finding a fit and getting something back might end up being the play. Oliver, Edmunds, Beasley and Stevenson to Houston for their #2, #4 and Brandin Cooks. 3 Texans traded back home and a MLB the opposite of the guy they just cut. Who says no? (probably Houston if they even have the picks I didn't check)

The lot right next to Hammer's house. 13 Glen Street. TSW folks always welcome to stop by(as they've always been).

It's just always a thing in the lower bowl. And it's not because the few people who buy the view-obstructed lower seats want to stand to try to get on TV or have to stand to actually see the action on the crowned field. No, the second level of the lower bowl stands too.........and it's just because a few OCD people can't stay seated and THEN the rest of us have to stand. But it's not like dominoes from row 1 up to the 40's where I sit. When the game isn't going well and people really want to sit.......it's not uncommon for disputes to break out over those handful of "always standers" and for them to get disciplined for not staying seated.......because technically you aren't supposed to obstruct the view of your fellow fans. I'm mostly oblivious about it but I do like to have fun with the situation from time to time.

You stand the entire time in the upper deck? I had seasons in the upper deck for a couple decades and never saw a whole section doing this all game. A few random people that the rest of the crowd wanted to kill.........but not a whole section.

There is some truth to that.........cutting the stadium down to 60K makes the ticket more exclusive.......but keep in mind that the cost of the ticket will likely triple when you figure in licenses. I'm all for making the stadium smaller capacity. But I can tell you from 3 decades of personal experience attending almost every single preseason and regular season game........that Carolina game was the game when you bring those dudes that would normally never pay for a ticket. Tickets were literally $10 online and not selling. I sit in the lower bowl and not only were lot's of seats empty but the two people next to me and 6 directly in front of me were all just there because they got the tickets for free or next to nothing. That's not a good business model. And you have to be open to the idea that the NFL just might be greedy. The league doesn't want you looking at the ticket buying, parking and pretzel as the entire process. Then they will want you to come in very early and gamble at their in-house casino(something nobody would have imagined 20 years ago), partake in their expensive food and booze rather than tailgate(and on average it probably costs us $30 per person to eat and drink at our tailgates cuz we eat good) and buy merchandise to commemorate this joyous event (and not necessarily just NFL merchandise). And they should feel confident that it will work. If they can squeeze in other events or get people to show up for some of that year round that's just gravy. I remember my parents generation complaining about the cost of Ralph's $20 tickets but when they would drop $1K at the track or casino on the weekend that was just "the high cost of entertainment". The NFL is less than half-way into fans pockets on gameday. At least those select 60K. They know it they just gotta' figure out how to get it. IMO they will have a much harder time extracting that dough if a lot of the actual paying customers don't show up for the last 4 games or if they have to show up in a snowsuit/rainsuit with 6 other layers of clothing.

Yeah that's probably the number.

The thing about studies is that they rely on old data. Things change. The people who just want another hole in the ground in OP also can't really imagine what the league is going to look like in 20 years when the stadium is approaching it's half-life.......nor do they care because they will likely be unable to enjoy it then. The people on this board are definitely not the demographic that will be paying for this stadium and enjoying the entertainment options etc..

I hope you quit playing lung darts but maybe have one before bed to relax.........because it seems like this topic is stressing you out. But when you do quit...........PLEASE don't make me part of your (insert #) of steps process by apologizing to me or telling me I was right. You can just assume I knew smoking was a dumb choice........and didn't take your nonsensical denials and illogical insults personally........and that I just assumed you'd wise up and swallow your pride/ego and quit that habit.

Yeah, he had a really bad game against NE. Otherwise we'd be a lot higher on his performance this year.

Yeah, actually by saying "though" you are accepting that "you are the choices you make" is fact..........which is admitting that making dumb choices identifies you accordingly. Again..........when you get serious about quitting an expert can help you work thru the ego issues that won't allow you to separate your identity from your choices.

You are the choices you make. If you haven't heard that one yet then you have never gotten serious about quitting. That's beating addiction 101 stuff.

Well then I guess you are a really ignorant when it comes to math.......or how to make a comparison.........or understanding what most people constitute as a healthy lifestyle. Smokers who also eat chicken wings 3x per week, don't get any exercise etc...........probably less than 1% of the population. Morbidly obese.......18%.

Man, you are a seriously damaged fan if that's how you feel.......in reality a win put them in position to play for the division lead......one of their 5 best seasons to this point in the last 25 years. But I agree there are a lot of permanently mind-fxcked Bills fans who have felt that they were promised greatness this year so they really aren't enjoying any of this. The drought drained all of the blood out of some of you. But a lot more people didn't show up Sunday because they don't like sitting out in the cold. Or watching the weather compromised product we've seen too often this season. It was a pretty lousy attendance day for a team who still has a chance at a SB run..........but that's just like it always is late in the season(even in the 90's) because people don't want to sit out in the cold. Wait until the regular season gets extended 2 more weeks with the 18th game and the 2nd bye. Then the outdoor-playing Bills will have two months of fans making business decisions because they don't want to sit out in the weather.

Only about 14% of adults in the US are still dumb enough to smoke. Approximately 18% of adults in the US are severely obese........like Dion Dawkins, for example. I think, as your screen name suggests, your head is still in the 1970's when 40% of adults were smokers.

It's just the AFC........the C is for conference.

@nedboy7 has been predicting that covid will cause the NFL to cancel the rest of the season for 18 months now. He gets all the credit just like @eball gets all the credit if the Bills win out because he predicted it 3 losses ago.

"Cottonhead" Nicky Mullins is actually a pretty good stat producer.

All true criticisms. And it's been beaten to death........but it's true........literally every team has significant issues this season. There is no truly outstanding team at this time. Which is unusual. In certain other sports it's not really uncommon for a "not great" team to make it to the finals and sometimes win it.........the Montreal Canadiens in NHL last year or the Washington Nationals in MLB a couple years ago would be a couple examples. We aren't used to that in the NFL so I think our tendency is to write this Bills team of because of it. When I think of SB teams that didn't look like one during the season I think of teams like the 1985 Patriots or the 1994 Chargers........not so many since.........and unlike those two seasons there really isn't a "super team" waiting on the other side of the bracket. So maybe this is the year where one or both of the SB teams has a lot of flaws. But considering the Bills huge and likely to expand point differential..........I don't even know if anyone would be able to look back and say the Bills were a weak SB team if they reached it this season.

In fairness..........there probably aren't a dozen RB's who both make that play to get the cutback and then also run past those defenders. That play should have been over behind the LOS. If he had those extra wheels that 4.8 career ypa would probably look more like Nick Chubb's career 5.3 ypa.

There are rarely more than 1 or 2 massive DT's in the NFL in any given season that are comparable to what Ted Washington was when he was with the Bills.......and that's being generous. IMO there hasn't been anyone with his combo of size, durability, longevity and impact since he retired.