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I make my own using Excel and then print them on magnet paper to stick on the side of the fridge. I give my mom one so she can keep up with the games and scores as well. PM me and when I get around to doing this year's I'll send you one.

Great actor. Looked terrible in recent years, wonder what did him in.

Offer 3.5...you never know.

I'm not buying any of this "it would be too much of a distraction" talk. Pretty simple -- coaches and GMs start their press conferences with "I'm not answering any questions about Colin Kaepernick. We signed him with the hope he can help our team win football games." I just can't take anyone seriously who says CK didn't deserve an opportunity to play in this league considering the absolute dogschitt we've seen at the QB position over the past five years (particularly backups). He was blackballed and there's really no legitimate debate on that issue unless someone can prove to me that he turned down backup-level contract offers because he insisted on starting. I'm pretty sure that didn't happen.

Seatgeek

…any other TBDers headed to LA?

Yeah, I’ve been thinking that as well. I personally don’t care one bit about the Pro Bowl but if they insist on continuing it take the safety concerns away and put flags on them. Or, have the players compete in non-football activities like a “Superstars” sort of event.

Dawg, it’s not us you need to worry about. Nobody at OBD is going to overlook anyone, particularly after what happened in Jacksonville last year. If Tua has a clean pocket he’s a very accurate short-to-mid range passer. Guys like that can be successful in the league, but you never hear their offenses described as “explosive” or “dangerous.” Teams will respect the Fishes’ speed but until and unless Tua can throw the accurate 25-30 yard pass consistently they’ll continue to struggle. It’s amusing to see all of the threads and posts “warning” or “preparing” us for improved competition in the AFCE, as if every team isn’t trying to get better every year. All of these teams have a common issue they are facing — the freaking behemoth that is the Buffalo Bills. I’ll start worrying about the rest of the AFCE when they figure out how to stop Josh Allen.

…I’m a troll.

Hey Chicken Little...go tell Pat Kirwan and Jim Miller their rankings are trash.

That's my point. Concerns about the OL are always legit -- for the Bills and for 31 other NFL teams. But if a couple of guys who study the game do a deep dive into all 32 teams' lines and come out saying the Bills look to be pretty good, we can take some comfort in that.

If it's any consolation, I rarely read your posts because they are too long and i have a short attention span.

The “must gain 1 yard” rule is interesting, but in order to be put into practice it would need to be drafted carefully. I think it would have to be “must make an effort to advance the football” language rather than a specific yardage amount, to avoid ridiculous pauses to determine whether a yard was gained. The offense simply has to “try.” If a QB throws the ball away it stops the clock regardless. There’s also the issue of plays at the end of the 1st half. If a team has the ball on their own 20 with 10 seconds to go they have to run a meaningful play? The other two suggestions by Grant are indeed worthy of discussion.

First of all, I think Kirwan and Miller do a very in-depth job when they take on a “league-wide ranking” exercise such as this one. It’s not fluff. They also value OL play quite highly and have frequent guests/experts on their show on the topic. If they believe the Bills have the 2nd best OL in the AFC it’s not a snap judgment. I believe the overall discussion of the OL on this board, however, reinforces a couple of common tendencies among football fans in general: 1 - fans who tend to focus on “areas to improve” almost always bemoan the team’s OL play and don’t seem to take a big picture view (i.e., compared to the league); and 2 - fans tend to forget (or ignore) that every team in the league has issues with consistent OL play. I bet if you visit the other 31 teams’ primary fan message boards you’ll find 31 fan bases who gripe and moan about their team’s OL. It’s just what we as fans do. I’m always an optimistic fan, but getting rid of Bobby Johnson and bringing in Beach Chairs is still the most important move the Bills have made for the offense this offseason.

Momentum is a state of mind and is indeed a real thing in sports. Most often it occurs in a negative sense for individuals or teams who see things going badly and then press to recover, usually with poor results.

Nope. See below. Exactly. The point isn’t that good teams never lose to bad teams…it’s that the W-L percentage in those games is historically consistent regardless of who the good team played the week before or the week after. Really simple concept.

McDaniels may be the 2nd best HC in his division. Nathaniel “run him until he pukes” Hackett is a 1st-timer and Brandon “I’m smarter than you” Staley was a tire fire with his in-game decisions last year. McDaniels has likely learned a lot since his first stint as a HC and will be better than you think.

I’m just waiting for the inevitable “will Josh Allen regress in year 5?” thread. You all know it’s coming.

It shouldn’t be. Give me the current organization and roster and I’ll take my chances over the next 10 years. Easy decision.

Yup. If you need to get some strange don’t eat at the family table. Good lord.

Don’t let the door hit you in the arse on your way out, Jon.

One can differentiate, just from reading some of the responses in this thread, those who examine and contemplate life and relationships, from those who are more “reactive” in life to what happens to them. Not suggesting either group is “good” or “bad” but it’s interesting the different ways in which we all go through our lives and perceive what goes on around us. I don’t believe the Bulls won six consecutive championships with Michael Jordan only because he was the best player in the game. There are many, many great players who never achieve team supremacy. One who immediately comes to mind is Dan Marino. He may have been the greatest pure passer the league has ever seen, but never even reached a Super Bowl after his 2nd year. A lot of people bemoaned the fact that Shula “never put together a good running game” to take pressure off of Marino, but is that what really happened? I doubt it. Marino’s ego was his worst enemy. Look, it’s an obvious reality that you need great players to win championships, but discounting the relationship aspect of team building and failing to understand the power of getting every man on that roster believing in (a) the same things and (b) each other is naive, IMO. McDermott (and Beane) are outstanding team builders and understand the chemistry/DNA necessary in their players to achieve greatness. That doesn’t mean they are infallible — McD himself admits he still has much to learn and improve upon — but there is no duo I’d rather have leading the Buffalo Bills at this point in time. I truly believe we are at the cusp of the greatest era of Buffalo Bills football ever known.

Not if the seller of the product places restrictions upon purchase. The devil is in the details; I could see the Packers facing some lawsuits if there is nothing in the prior STH purchase agreement about limiting resale of tickets. That said, I would fully support a STH agreement in Buffalo that limits the resale of tickets at a certain level. You just have to tell people what the limits are and then they make their own decisions.

Yet another reason why it’s so unseemly. The sheer arrogance of structuring a deal in anticipation of a suspension for abusing women…it’s repulsive.