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So... Looks like Donald didn't just go ballistic on some guy who innocently and barely bumped into him after all...

I agree, and I think the difference between the Bills and Sabres is luck. Same owners, except they got it right with Beane and McDermott. Maybe REALLY right, it looks like, when you add in the Josh Allen part. Is Kraft really so much smarter than every other owner, or did he luck out with Belichick and Brady, a QB even the Pats* passed on 5 times. They didn't consider him worthy of a 5th round pick. That's luck to me. One thing is for sure: we ALL lucked out with the Pegulas buying the Bills and the timeline of Mr. Wilson's gamble. The whole Bon Jovi thing was hilarious, especially his attempts to rewrite history. We all know the deal, and honestly, if Tommy Shaw or Alice Cooper had enough rich friends it might have been one of them if the idea was to somehow make WNY happy with the deal until it was time to pull the rug out and move the team.

I for one am glad that this garbage is not part of the game anymore. I can't help but think that today's players will be much better off in terms of CTE and long-term effects of injuries due to the rule changes the league has made over the past handful of years. Sadly, it won't help guys who played before that, though.

I think for the Toronto group it's mostly that the CFL is 2nd fiddle to the NFL, and they want to be in the big league. The Toronto Series was 100% about moving the Bills to Toronto after Mr. Wilson passed away. At least from their (MLSE and Rogers) point of view. It was the "in" they needed to secure the team when it went up for sale. Rogers and MLSE paid almost $80 million for a couple of football games a year and nothing else. To think they weren't going for something bigger is willful ignorance. If Mr. Wilson had passed away before Ted Rogers then this team would the in Toronto full-time right now. I think that Mr. Wilson saw what was happening and played it brilliantly. Tannebaum and Rogers had come right out and made it clear what their intentions were in 2006. They wanted an NFL team in Toronto, full-time, and were openly petitioning the NFL for a sign that it was willing to play ball. For the Bills to survive in WNY there couldn't be a Canadian team right across the border. 2 year later, Wilson makes his move: take 120+ million from Rogers over the course of the deal and renewal, and lock down Toronto as his market so no other team could relocate there. Not only did he pocket 100+ million dollars (in unshared revenues) to help bolster the Bills finances, but he also established that Toronto was the Bills territory. Assuming his estate could find a buyer willing to keep the team in WNY, it could be sold for whatever huge price PLUS he already has Rogers $120 million. It's a nice double-dip. PLUS, if an NFL team ever tried to relocate to Toronto, the Bills are likely in a position to claim ownership of that market, meaning some sort of compensation would have to be agreed to. It was an absolutely brilliant business move.

I was really surprised that Vince cut the cord so quickly. He spent years getting back up to speed, spent tons of his own money, hired seemingly competent people and the XFL was doing pretty well prior to COVID, as you mentioned. COVID threw a wrench into every business, but he had to know there would be a post-COVID. It's just odd that he shut it right down and walked away so quickly. or does the NFL merge with the CFL and admit 4 Canadian NFL teams, 2 NFC and 2 AFC, and realign to 6 divisions of 6 teams each? West, Central, East divisions in each conference like the old NFL days. You play 10/17 games in your division, with 6 crossover games from one division and a conference opponent that rotates based on division and standings.

With all the high schools in WNY playing spring football due to COVID, I have to admit it's pretty cool to see football in the spring. A spring pro league that had its stuff together AND didn't start until late March or so might work. It's great weather for football right now! The economics are the hardest part. It's expensive to run a football team.

I wonder what a typical person's actual Madden rating would be? Somehow the Browns can sign everyone in the world and still have vast amounts of salary cap space.

This just seems odd... Donald, having to know that a fight was going to cost him millions, just decided to destroy some guy who was totally innocent and bumped into him accidently? Given that both men were told to leave the club, there's probably a lot more to the story.

It's just a ploy to get down to Tampa with Brady and Gronk. Can't stand "JE11" but I also can't blame him. NE seems like a joyless place now that the winning is gone. Their own fans care more about Tampa Bay than NE, and will probably be cheering for the Bucs when that game happens in Foxboro this year.

The 2020 season was every bit as good as any other season, and no team lost a star player in a meaningless August game. These players are totally different from the old timers who worked another job all offseason and needed to get back into football shape. Preseason didn't happen and the only difference was that the NFL didn't call holding on the OL all season. With a 17 game season AND the expanded playoffs teams can afford a few "tune up" games to get everything right. Just look at Tampa Bay. They started off shaky then went undefeated the rest of the season.

I think we'll have 4. 2 on the road and 2 at home. Just please no Christmas or Thanksgiving games.

something tells me that if the Patriots release him that knee will get a lot better quickly in Tampa

I was listening to Richie Grant (S) on Sirius NFL radio at lunch yesterday, and he sounded exactly like a process guy. Talked about turning his program around, the importance of studying and academics to him as well as football, team bond and chemistry, just seemed like the type of guy that Beane and McDermott would love to have on defense as a depth player for now and possibly more later. Harris and Grant as the first 2 picks?

nobody skinny... I want to see a mountain of a man come to the stage to don the jersey of America's team

It looks like someone set up a living space in a real estate office.

Atlanta was winning 28-3 late in the 2nd half of the Super Bowl. After blowing most of the lead, they were still up 8 points with only about 2:30 to go in the game, with a 1st and 10 on the NE 23 (ish) after a crazy catch by Julio Jones. They could have taken 3 knees and kicked the FG and they are SB champs as they would be up 11 with less than 2 to go and NE with 0 timeouts. As it was, NE tied the game right at the very end, and needed every second to do it. Even if they missed the FG they burn time or timeouts and still win anyway. But being the Falcons, they lost. That's all anyone should ever know about the Falcons.

Rodgers doesn't seem affected by the weather in Green Bay, nor did Brady in NE or the 90's Bills offense in Buffalo. or Favre in Green Bay, or Big Ben in Pittsburgh, or even Mahomes in KC, where it can get very cold. Elway did OK in Denver. Heck, Peyton Manning, the "dome QB" had his best statistical season ever (and the best of any QB in NFL history) playing in Denver. 5,477 yards and 55 TD. Imagine if the weather didn't slow him down that season! Snow and cold are overrated as factors that would limit our offense. Wind is the real issue. How many "snow games" do the Bills even have each year, if you think about it? In November it's just as likely to be 50 as it is to be 25 and snowy. Probably more likely. Now for other teams, it's certainly a mental thing, the snow and the cold. But for home teams up north having an open air stadium does not limit them on any type of consistent basis. A dome is not worth the money UNLESS it allows the team to charge fans more for a more comfortable, controlled environment AND brings a Super Bowl to town. Even then, the extra cost is so astronomical that it doesn't make much sense. A dome is 100% about the fans, not the players or the game.

Levi better hit the BBQ stands and ice cream parlors if he is going to play DT for America's Team! If the DT doesn't come in at at LEAST 330 pounds before we get him on the Buffalo pizza diet I'm not interested...

That makes sense... The move out of SD was a mess. End up being a tenant in the Rams stadium that the Rams don't even want around...

Here's an idea: imagine LIVING in an NFL stadium. condos with a view of the field.... You don't even have to leave home to watch the game at your team's stadium! It would be like living in a luxury box, with a private entrance so fans couldn't invade your apartment.

Lots of Bills related comedy lately, which is great to see! Seems like a tight group who enjoys playing together, which is huge in sports. Plus, the organization itself obviously has a bit of a sense of humor with the facemask video. You can tell they enjoy their work. It's such an easy team to root for. This season when they go all the way I predict a lot of (happy) tears around here!

Hopefully Beane is looking for the second coming of Ted Washington in this draft.

The Chargers don't even seem like a real NFL team. Are there actual fans? I know every team can't have a great and storied fanbase, but this team played in a half empty 30,000 seat soccer stadium recently.

If you hit on the QB, everyone is a genius, from the team owner on down. Your team owner is savvy (and even attended some practices and really liked ______), your GM is a mastermind, your head coach is a top guy in the business, your coordinators are always candidates for head coaching jobs, your skill players are making plays and getting paid, your fans love the team and players, you're selling merchandise, your team is on primetime a few times a year, and you're going to at least be in the conversation as a contender for the next 15, maybe even 20 years. Nobody will care about the picks you traded to get the guy in the above scenario. and Tampa Bay has been a really stacked team for a while. Their GM has done an amazing job of drafting and signing free agents for several years, so as much as I'm not a Brady fan it was nice to see that get rewarded. But Tampa is the perfect example... loaded roster that kept going 8-8 (ish) until a real QB showed up.

only 306 pounds... are we looking for a WR or a DT?! Sign me up for one of the giant DT's in this year's draft!