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I actually don't find this to be true in a general sense. I am a fan of a number of teams that have won "world championships" and "national championships". Once you get the first one out of the way it's a lot easier to handle the ups and downs, IMO. Bills fans have a number of anxieties built up but for the majority of the fan base winning a SB will change all of that.

Just a reminder that winning is supposed to be fun........not just a relief. We all know the 2020 Bills were the first AFC East team to sweep NE in two decades. But also since 2001 NFL team has beaten Belichick 3 straight times in regular season play. This is how you earn respect.......stacking up wins against the most respected HC in the game. I'm not equating era's but Don Shula used to own the Bills too until the Bills beat him 6 straight times in the late 80's. That tore the unlikeable, underhanded Don Shula up........and you know it will pain Belichick to his core if he loses these upcoming games to the Bills. It will eat him up. We probably won't ever get the chance to see the Bills send Belichick out quite like they did Shula.........he's not tied to the Patriots like Shula was the Fins.......he'll jump ship to his beloved NY Giants and Mara family before he has to field a team that's half as gutless as those Dolphins were. So don't be a Dick(Jauron)......don't fan "not to lose". I blame Ralph and his drought for instilling that mentality but it's time to move on and expect success but also relish the W's.

Notre Dame has always been Urban's dream job.

What's not overstated is that the WR corps has lost a lot off of it's fastball this season. Certainly don't see people talking about them being "the best in the league" like we constantly heard on here last year, that's for damnsher. Sanders was supposed to be a big improvement over "2020 injured Brown"........that's not really been the case to this point...........mainly because he needs more time to set up his specialty, the intermediate routes......while Brown had more of a high-low combination because of his quickness. That's fine when the line has been giving Allen time, but with the pass blocking a mess Sanders has been almost entirely erased for the last month. But it's A LOT more than that..........Davis has regressed so far this season..........and Beasley is producing a pathetic, runnin' back-like 8.5 yards per reception.

Honest Urb just got his second bone'r of the calendar year. Also, Mike Tomlin is re-thinking if there IS actually a booster with a big enough check.

Dotson seems like a first rounder........nothing wrong with taking a WR1 type in round 1. There are usually quite a few very nice interior lineman available in free agency..........All Pro's even............teams draft them early but then often let them walk because they desperately need to spend UFA dollars at high $ positions.......or their team just falls apart and they figure they have bigger concerns than paying market rate for a very good guard. The ideal formula is to draft your QB/passrusher1/LT/CB1/WR1 with your #1's..........then extend them a little early so you get a bargain rate..........then if you come up short at lesser $ positions like interior OL you can buy high quality at that position in UFA.

Actually Sanders has basically produced about the same per game as John Brown did last year....50 yards a game.........but with a lower catch % (Brown 63.5% to Sanders 59%). Brown was hurt and we were down on his production. So it's all relative. Sanders had a very nice stretch in October but yikes..........he's been invisible for a month other than missing drive killing blocks. WR is a big need for next season.

Where the Bills miss him are on those WR screens. He had some big TD's on those in games against Baltimore, Seattle and NYJ. If I recall they tried to run a couple in the Tennessee game this season and ended up killing drives tryin'. They just don't have a good option for those on the roster. Diggs can do it but he draws so much attention that it makes it more difficult than doing it with Brown on the opposite side of the field. Maybe.........but they've been missing some of the things that he brought to the table all year and they didn't pick him up then.

Yes, there is. Shane Wright. And this is considered an extraordinarily deep draft(1st round at least).......teams have been hording picks for the last few seasons.

They leveled the recruiting field for lesser schools in Texas.........they shouldn't even be playing those schools every year. Florida has an issue with too many football schools too but what gives the big 3 Florida schools a chance to avoid Texas fate is that they aren't sharing league's with all the of the "new" Florida schools. Gotta' keep them at arms length and not share the $ with them to keep them in their place. Riley gives the conference the first superstar HC + big school combo since Pete Carroll. In fact, he's probably bigger now than Carroll was when he was hired.

This is the degree of difficulty order, IMO: Chiefs Pats Ravens Bengals Colts Pats gotta' be near the top because it's a divisional opponent they will have had to play twice already. Anything goes. Hoping the Bills can manage to get the #1 seed and that the WC round is a bloodbath. The wear and tear of the added game certainly took it's toll on the Bills in AFCCG. I agree that I am envisioning a re-match with Baltimore in the playoffs at some point though.

I think Texas problem has long been that there are too many schools in Texas competing for the same talent. Staying in conference with most of them has been "playing down to your competition" in recruiting. Moving to the SEC should improve them on the field in the long run. It has improved Texas A&M for the same reason........they had something to gain on the field by moving to the SEC. Now.....if you want to go to a place like Baylor or Texas Tech or TCU instead of Texas or Texas A&M you are voluntarily going to a lesser conference. In the past too many recruits were just choosing their local school or family alma mater and still getting the same league experience and exposure as if they went to Texas. Oklahoma has benefitted greatly from the in-fighting in recruiting in Texas and have been able to cash in while Texas basically carried the conference financially. It's definitely not a "gain" move or lateral move for them, IMO.

There is a lot of uncertainty and little on-field upside for Oklahoma moving into the SEC. No more cake-walks into playoff contention. Riley has a chance to go to USC and dominate recruiting in the west and basically turn them into another version of what Oklahoma has been.

When the Bills have problems defending the run it's about a lack of want-to and poor technique. You will never see a greater example of it than the Bills team in 2017 that got trampled in the worst 3 game stretch in team history.........but then later went into their wild card game against Jacksonville the most short handed they had been all season and gave an inspired performance stoning the Jags running backs for a 2.6 ypc average on 25 carries in limiting Jax to 10 points. Want-to and technique. These Bills have no excuse for being weak against the run...........they are 10 deep with DL players who are capable and healthy. And at this point of the season no DL is more well rested than the Bills. It's not a thin unit up front like the one that finished 2017. Hopefully they are past their "dog days" for this season and come into that Patriots game focused on being physical and disciplined.

Peters would have been great to have this season. He was just out there looking for a chance to play for someone this summer. I'm not a big sentimentality guy.......I root for the laundry mostly.......but would have been cool for him to finish his pro career where it started. But the way he's playing this year the Bears will probably offer him a 2 year deal with the intention for him to be their starter for that period. He's been their best lineman.

I've been out on Bourbon Street a number of times now without personal incident.........but once when I was there for business 5-6 years ago a guy that I know and don't care for got rolled leaving Bourbon Street and ended up being brought back to his hotel by police wearing only his underwear. You definitely want to stay in a decent sized group at least. The violence has been more by accident in my experience.......my wife bumped heads with another woman when they were intoxicated .......one of those "oh you dropped that let me help you" moments.........and that woman had an enormous black eye at the business function we were at the next day. Why companies/industries think they can have productive business gatherings in New Orleans I don't know.

I thought McD handled it as well as he could.........he said it.......then told reporters he wasn't going to expand on it. Don't want the refs pissed at you as a HC. What's important to remember is that officials have been tasked with keeping the faces of the franchises on the field............it's not so much about the letter of the law............if they are legitimately concerned that a QB might get knocked out of the game on their watch.........then they will be quicker with the flags. You can't fight the law in the NFL. You gotta' bend it to your advantage.

If Allen wants the roughing calls then he needs to swallow his pride and act like the hits are hurting him. When he gets hit.......stay down for a minute.......get up with a limp.......act like his availability is in question if he takes another hit like that. Then the hankees will follow. I'm not advocating that.........but that's the only way a beast of a QB like Allen who intentionally puts his body on the line to make big plays is going to get them. The rules are in place to protect the vulnerable...........if you don't act like one of them you won't get the calls.

Man......now Bama wins...today has really been a kick in the nuts for you. Take some NyQuil, have a good cry and catch up on them Z's. Need them links hot and fresh tomorrow. No excuses.

You must be new. "I have a feeling" is code for eball wanting to take credit for calling something. What Bills fan hadn't contemplated the team "maybe" winning out at that point? They lost the very next game........and not because of injuries. His feeling couldn't have been any more wrong. (Actual footage of eball's boozy kiss of death)

Your memory doesn't serve you correctly.

Not even close to a re-build. It's basically like when the Steelers went 6-10 in 2003 with Tommy Maddox(after winning 23 games the prior two seasons) and then drafted Roethlisberger and went 15-1. Teams that have winning cultures and coaching/management continuity like the Patriots do just re-tool. Not surprising that a fair-weather Pats fan would doubt Belichick and not understand what re-building means........it's a lot more than just switching out players........but rest assured the Pats won't actually be rebuilding until the next HC comes in. As for BB not overhauling a team.......I think you better go back and look at some of those rosters 3 seasons apart. Nobody turns over a roster more than BB.

Well you must have wandered aimlessly into the wrong place then. The topic of the thread is literally about the draft. If you don't care you simply shouldn't have opened it. Not every thread has to be about what's happening today in relation to a game this week.

Correct. It was not a re-build. They had a ton of opt-outs in 2020 and no QB but they were still competitive and never had a culture issue. They just saved up their shekels in 2020 and spent with abandon in the offseason.........and Belichick always turns over his rosters relentlessly and ruthlessly so it wasn't any big deal adding a ton of new players.