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  1. 14 hours ago, Shaw66 said:

    As for the free ticket, one guy has expressed interest.  There's a thread that says tickets are going for $8 on Stubhub.  I don't get that.  I don't care if it's January, I don't care if it's the Jets.   I find it hard to believe that people in western New York aren't buying up every available ticket to go see their team.   

     

    Maybe nobody wants to sit next to me.  

     

    I will be on the road from Connecticut to Rochester Sunday, or I would have replied to you or grabbed a cheap seat. 

     

    THIS GAME CAN DECIDE THE AFC EASTERN DIVISION CHAMP, FOLKS!

  2. On 1/3/2022 at 2:44 AM, RunJoshRun said:

    "Review" - can't we all remember what we saw just a few hours ago???  It really doesn't need an interpretation or explanation.  It's written like a historical paper about a silly football game.  

     

    Not everyone saw the game.

    Some of us were interrupted by our lives while trying to watch the game, so a thoughtful recap is worth reading.

    I am not paying for other news media to read what I can read here for free in one forum, often written better.

    I skip the threads I do not find interesting without criticizing the author, unless they really hit my funny bone. 

     

    Nice read, "Shaw". I enjoy your threads.

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  3. When I was at the Rockpile in the AFL days downtown, a guy near us was drinking from an orange juice container while cheering for the Jets. After a while he got quiet, then puked on a lady in front of him. Then he tried to wipe the puke off her. I was a kid and don't remember what happened after that!

     

    At another game, also at the Rockpile, a guy walking behind me fell and literally landed on my lap. When he stood up he tried to apologize but I just told him to go away (I was afraid he was going to hurl). He got to the railing above one of the concrete ramp entrances and people were hollering at him and laughing. One guy yelled "Jump!" 

     

    I drank my share when I was younger, but realized I was missing half the game in the beer line or the crapper, so I limited drinking to moderation before and after the game.

     

    Others can do as they like but leave me alone!

     Jimmy Fallon Yes GIF by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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    1 hour ago, BillsfaninSB said:

    Yesterday was my first game since the early 80’s when I was a kid.

     

    Man how unlucky was I to pick this game.

     

    My biggest issue other than leaving the stadium was the people in front of us were standing 100% of the time.  Is this a thing? Granted the people in front of them were standing quite a bit but these guys were the worst offender.  It felt like they were watching a high school football game behind a fence.

     

    I get standing for key plays.  I felt bad for my Dad who has health issues to have to stand much of the time. 
     

     

     

     Some people believe that it is their right to stand 100% of the game. I have MS and standing for the whole game is VERY difficult.

    Standing when there is a reason is fine!

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  5. 1 hour ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:


     

    how bad is it for you at playoff in Jan?

     

     

    The coldest game I was ever at was also windy, so the chill factor was negative 28 degrees. Now I have been to a lot of cold games with no complaints, but that was the tipping point for being too cold for me to be outside at the game. 

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  6. I found this FB rant I posted on October 21, 2012. 

    When put in perspective, things are not so bad today.

     

    "Speaking as a Buffalo Bills fan for almost 50 years, all I can say is they are a pathetic organization.

    Ironically their best ever general manager, Bill Polian, was put on the stadium's Wall of Fame at half time today. 

    He was instrumental in building the ONLY Bills Super Bowl team, so of course, they fired him.

     

    I love the Bills, but the current mismanagement, clueless coaching, and player under-utilization over the past 10+ years makes me ill.

    With three minutes left in the game today, I was sadly sure they would find a way to lose. I usually LIKE being right.

    End of rant, on with my life now."

     

    The Bills allowed a late TD by the Titans in Q4 and lost 35-34.

     

  7. On 10/20/2021 at 2:58 PM, oldmanfan said:

    Of course I can.  As I said football is about beating the guy in front of you.  None of our guys beat their guy on that last play.

     

    With your logic Jerry Kramer isn’t in the Hall because it would have been unreasonable for him to block Jethro Pugh so Starr runs his successful sneak.

     

    Your O line has to be able to get a gain of several inches.  They have to.  They didn’t.

     

    Basically, Lombardi said to his team (paraphrased) if you can't get a yard you do not deserve to win. I agree with decision to go for the win.

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  8. On 4/14/2021 at 9:13 PM, Big Blitz said:

    I hope to God this gets bumped in September.  Great.  Good.  Hope so.  

     

    However here is why this is a looming disaster.  

     

    They have all the fatal flaws championship teams do not.  

     

    Not one.  Not two.  ALL OF THEM.

     

     

    They rely way too much on the long ball which is fine but....

     

    They strikeout too much.

     

    They are God awful against great pitching.  

     

    They are slow.

     

    They are injury prone.  

     

    They have 1 reliable starter. 

     

    They are terrible in the infield.  

     

    They make lazy stupid plays on the bases and on defense.

     

    Sanchez is a liability behind the plate.  

     

    They don't have a legit left handed bat or #3 hitter.    

     

     

    Did I leave anything out? 

     

    Now I have no doubt they'll get hot throughout the summer.  They'll win 90 games maybe and get to the WC game.  Maybe win a round. 

     

    But there is no chance this is a championship team.  Zero.  None.  Zip.

     

    Talk me off the ledge because I'm currently hate watching them.  

     

    Or if you hate them pile on fine by me.  

     

    Sadly, your crystal ball was working very well  back in April. I miss Torre and Girardi too. 

  9. I have a couple friends that I stay in touch with since the sixties. In keeping with this thread, one friend was in town from Seattle this weekend and we had dinner last night. I had not seen him in about 10 years, when I traveled out to Seattle. We stay in touch occasionally on line, but he is like a brother. Along with our spouses, were a couple of other long time acquaintances.

     

    There are perhaps ten people I remain close to since the sixties and early seventies, but sadly mostly on line, or only a couple times a year in person.

  10. 3 hours ago, Shaw66 said:

    Well, I sort of agree with you.   It CAN work to run ten times in a row, or pass ten times in a row.   It all depends on what the defense is doing, who they have on the field, what scheme they're running, etc.   For years, teams have run no-huddle as a device to keep the same 11 defensive players on the field, because those players don't match up well against the 11 the offense has on the field.   Brady used catch teams mismatched like that and run the ball over and over.  

     

    It's why I think the offensive failure on Sunday was so much on Daboll.   Yes, you can pass ten times in a row, and yes, you can go five-wide over and over again, but that only makes sense if you have schemes and plays that allow you to take advantage of what those calls and formations do for you.   Whether you can take advantage is exactly what the coaches are supposed to figure out during the week, and they need to have contingency plans built into the game plan so that they can attack in different ways if that's what's need on Sunday.   

     

    I mean, it's not like the Bills didn't know the Steelers had pass rushers.  They knew the Steelers were third in the league last season in yards allowed and points allowed.   The Bills have the talent to attack any defense, and it's up to the coaches to figure out how.  You can't just throw 11 guys on the field and say, "Go outplay them."

     

    The way they lined up for each offensive play was ridiculous. Five receivers meant it was a pass. Bringing in a running back or two meant it was a run. 

     

    Also, the apparent use of Josh as an RB was foolish. It seemed like a few plays were designed for Josh to run, not an on field decision by Josh to scramble or take advantage of a lane that opened up. They cannot afford to use him routinely as an RB! The exception would be 4th and short where he should run, not be assigned to attempt trick plays.

  11. 3 hours ago, mannc said:

    Agree with all this.  This is the third game in a row, stretching back to the last two playoff games, that the offense was pretty much shut down.  I’m kinda done with pass-only, empty backfield football; it doesn’t seem to be sustainable, especially against teams that can generate a pass rush with their front four. And I know it’s only one game, but the gap with KC seems to have widened.

     

    Lots of good input, after a great conversation starter by Virgil.

     

    The lack of a running game can be largely blamed on too frequent use of the empty backfield formation. When they brought in an RB or two, the Steelers defense and everyone watching was expecting a run! 

     

    It was so painful to see the PI call on Wallace. If he just turned his head to look back for the ball, it would have been a terrific defensive play.

     

    I know it is "only one game" as I have heard so many say. But as mannc said, it is a continuation of what did NOT work last season and in the playoffs. Buffalo is a contender. I am not a fair weather fan, but I am also not blind!  Id do not want to just make the playoffs, I want the Bills to bring the Lombardi trophy home. 

     

    GO BILLS! 😎

     

     

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  12. 29 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

     

    Well, in SD, with an NFL approval in January 2016 to move the team a year later, AND after the Chargers (just in case) had registered the name "Los Angeles Chargers", AND having already filed an application to move to LA AND an agreement to share the LA stadium with the Rams......even with all that, the citizens of SD still overwhelmingly rejected funding of a stadium.

     

     

     

    I understand, but it is my humble opinion that what happened in SD will not happen in Buffalo.  I can only hope I am right! 😎

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  13. 3 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

     

    Teams, not towns, own their stats/records etc--no matter what town they play in.  It's not unique to the Colts/Baltimore.

     

     

    Citizens in NY don't get to vote for or against tax increases.

     

     

     

    Say what??  Come on doc.  You know that's not true.  The lease the Bills signed WAS the beginning of the discussion of a new stadium vs retrofit.  As soon as he bought the team, Pegula joined an already formed by the Governor to look into the feasibility of a new stadium.  That was 2014.  The State hired a company to scout new sites and 4 were identified in 2015.  In 2018, Pegula hired ICON to scout "focus groups" opinions for a new stadium.  

     

    They were looking at a new stadium from day 1.   

     

    The last Sienna Poll I saw from 2015 of Erie County residents had 48% agreeing that taxpayers should pay for "some" of the cost and 48% saying "none" of the costs.  Half the population is "insane"?

     

     

     

     

    I would like to see the results of this same poll if the Pegula's announced that without taxpayer support they had an agreement with another city and were packing up the trucks.

     

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