BADOLBILZ

It was a lot of fun and exhilarating to be back.........I've been to hundreds of Bills games but it definitely felt special because of the circumstances. What stood out most was that it was like a sun-drenched October game..........not even a hint of breeze so even though it may have been 40(?) it was MUCH more comfortable than that. The crowd was so sparse that part felt more like being at an open OTA...........not even like a preseason game. Maybe it seemed loud but there definitely weren't nearly enough people going McClappy or banging the seats.........30 year season ticket holders aren't exactly the most energetic group but even the 20 somethings left a lot on the table. I didn't take a defensive down off despite all of the frustrating 3rd down conversions......I'm pretty exhausted but it was great to be there.

Said this many times the past 3 seasons.......when Daboll is bad he is over-guessing what the D will be and trying to pick the perfect play instead of doing what the team does best and/or playing with tempo. When they finally got untracked and were playing hurry up the Colts quickly had an injury(real or otherwise) which allowed Daboll some time to go back to over-thinking it. He's done a good job but as a play caller he CAN be upgraded.........it's not like it's all downhill from here if he leaves.

Not bad. One inaccuracy........Hammer's lot was empty until the Disney style parking and 9am lot opening debacle in the main lots forced most of us to private lots about 10 years ago. I'm not even sure Kenny was in Lot 1 in 1992........I think he might have joined us over there when the Field house was put up. Putting up that practice facility really filled up Lot 1 and created something crazy. Key point at the end........it has drawn so many of us even closer. Before the season I was long resigned to no fans in 2020.....but I would have told you that I'd rather be able to go to the games and tailgate than a Super Bowl win without it. But not being able to go to home games has actually made us gather and tailgate in smaller groups for EVERY game. We've been very careful to stay healthy and made it thru 16 games with none of us getting the crud and we've eaten like kings and had an awesome season that will only improve our tailgates next year or whenever we can return. I hated to see the regular season end. Say it all the time but the journey is the reward and this journey has been fun.

We didn't even get our QR's scanned at all at the test site. After all the e-set up we did.........we got to the tent and had to fill out a form with none of the code info etc.. We have our tix on the Bills app but some of our group had to set up accounts with the testing company and get their results from the website because emails didn't come. I filled out a questionnaire for NYS and they sent me confirmation of my negative test result via text. I assumed there was going to be a lot of confusion so not the least bit surprised or upset that it didn't go like clockwork.

It doesn't work both ways with regard to the throws............JA has a cannon but I've never seen Josh make one that Mahomes hasn't already. They are different athletes.......Mahomes is like a great SS and Allen is like a great third baseman.........the "range" of platforms Mahomes can put himself in to make a throw are larger........and it's mainly because he has natural accuracy and doesn't need the feet to follow. Allen has had to work much harder at becoming accurate. Time will tell which is the better player but there isn't a throw Mahomes can't make that any QB ever has.......including of course Allen.

The Hole that Ralph dug at Taxpayer Park?

Yeah our fanbase is quite bi-polar and one minute their BBFS makes them superstitious and afraid to hope for greatness..........and the next they are trying to take credit for it before it's achieved. It was the same in the early 90's. The question of the week leading up to SB XXV wasn't if they were going to win..........it was how many SB's in a row were they going to win. I'm anticipating Allen being great but Mahomes is a potential GOAT with a 50 TD pass season and a ring and he is so dominant he cruise controlled his team to the best record in the NFL this season. Allen will have to win a SB before it's really a reasonable conversation.

It's good. Nice production. Like the echo on the James Brown sample........it's different than I've heard it 1,000 other times which is saying something. It would be better in application........it would be very nice for a slower time of day on the pole at Sundowner.

Yes. We got a bunch of accounts. Furthest holders in our group are from Albany and Columbus Ohio (yes you are allowed to have season tickets in NY if you are from Ohio).

Anyone who says Allen can make all the throws that Mahomes can really hasn't watched much of Mahomes. He can make a wider variety of throws and from more platforms than anyone who has ever played the game.............which is why he has one ring and really should have 2. Allen is a great arm talent too but his effectiveness is more the product of hard work and mechanical improvements........which is also a great plus.......but it's a difference. I love the fact that Allen has the chip on his shoulder and has faced adversity that Mahomes has not. Mahomes was a top prospect in 2 sports and the son of a long time MLB pitcher and he was basically handed the keys to an offense at a name college and was allowed to do his thing his way..........he's had very little adversity compared to Allen.......honestly in part because he was GREAT so quickly. But that edge that Allen has is something that so many QB's have turned into motivation to be the best. Case in point........if motivation/dedication was equal would Tom Brady or Drew Brees be better than a beast like Ben Roethlisberger? I don't think so. It matters.

Quitting your season tickets in the offseason when McD was hired was neither an example of loyalty..........or particularly reasonable. It could be seen as funny that you did that tho'. You can be funny, I will give you that.😆 I don't dislike you.......I have never met you........I just make fun of hypocrisy. Bottom line........a lotta' people made business decisions with this team during the drought.........I get it and don't blame people for doing so........the Bills were a bad product. I've kept going because it's about supporting the fanbase/friendships and the region as much as the product. It's too bad you quit. You'd have definitely been in line to choose GOOD seats. 12 of our 30+ tailgate group have them including the mid-90's ones and there were even reportedly folks with McDermott era ST start dates. There really aren't THAT many old season tickets left anymore because people like you cut bait when their loyalty was tested. Those seats were quickly filled. We've been stacking them as they come free.

I can confirm that you are that type. Shoulda' put your money where your mouth was all these years and had season tickets, handsome. PSA........If the Bills continue winning and any of you guys hope to get good playoff tickets in the non-quarantined future.........get season tix for next year ASAP........because with stadium capacity much lower than in the 90's and already a large season ticket holder base ALL of the tickets would have gone to season ticket holders if we had been allowed full capacity. There are barely enough non-ST seats in the building for each season ticket ACCOUNT to add just one ticket per game and some would buy 10 tickets if they could. Being a season ticket holder this week was like being a player after his team advanced to the SB.........every Tom, Dick and Mookie that hasn't been to a game since September of 2009 is checking in to see if you can hook them up.

The NFL tests they gave us were just a nasal swab..........not the deep stabber you hear about.

Reward them if the want to pony up? Are they auctioning the rights on Ebay?

Hammer Financial Field

In fairness, Chan is a tremendous offensive mind............he can scheme a system to whatever talent he is given.........and subsequently made something of offenses that the system-bound Daboll would have finished dead last and been fired with. Gailey is like Wade Phillips.........Daboll is like Jim Schwartz. Both work.......one REQUIRES more talent than the other to be competent. I prefer the Bills stay with this system they are in and build on it and Chan is friggin' 69 years old at this point.......but he's no joke.

I would have said it seemed like a lock but now Dean Spanos is going to be involved in the hiring so there is hope yet that the Bills won't have coaching turnover.

Yeah he is full of hot air.....he literally said that Darnold had pretty much the same ceiling later in the segment.......... but there is some footage of his footwork and mechanics at the bottom of the article linked from when he signed with the Bills in camp in 2014.........so there is his footwork. Back then "Bills Roundup" meant "7-9? Pretty much .500".

Yeah the weather isn't going to stop his ascent

https://www.buffalobills.com/news/jordan-palmer-hoping-to-stick-with-bills-13565755

Meh......nothing new..... just another Danny Crossman-lead special teams unit getting pantsed on the field in Buffalo.

Yeah Dean Spanos needs to be more involved........like when he hired Mike McCoy prior to Anthony Lynn.

Mini-Bills 24 Colts 14

Best point they made was about not needing to be in the perfect play. That had been Daboll's biggest weakness in his first two seasons in Buffalo...........he LOVES the gotcha' plays..........and sometimes really what they've needed is to get in a rhythm with tempo or simpler play calls that don't necessarily leave the opposing defense with their pants around their ankles if everything goes right. Two former QB's get it. That drove me nuts in 2018-2019 when they didn't have the personnel to overcome all of the give-away downs and yardage.

He had a few terrible games but in general he wasn't terrible in 2018, IMO. Inconsistent and inaccurate but he made up for it with athleticism and big plays. Some rookies and second year QB's have been great though........but that too is context which shouldn't be held against him.........that was a real low point for the roster after a really bad pro personnel year and a half from Beane and staff. If the OP is annoyed by that........how about my take that we probably owe a lot of his improvement to Tom Brady? Allen idolized Brady and he seems to have taken the same "never good enough" approach to his own development and success............and of course he's been indoctrinated into the same complex system that Brady ran.