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just to add...Niagara Falls draws tourists from around the world....think of the global marketing opportunities from an NFL wide perspective if the build this walking distance to the falls. It would be key for them to get an NFL experience park that operates year round. With it, they could get some stuff from the HOF StaThey could also create a dedicated security line to the stadium after clearing customs that means the ticket holders only need to go through this once. this will add a level of effiiciency. Its easier to process pedestrians than it is cars. Also remember for those that drive over there are two other bridges they can use rather easily to cross. this will add efficiency of transport.look at other stadiums Hopefully they would build such a stadium to also comply with soccer size field requirements ---they could host a few world cup games whenever the USA hosts again I think Erie might be able to come to some sort agreement on revenue sharing from the taxes, or the team as a corpooration stays in Erie county.. Look at the Potatoskins///dadium in Maryalnd, team HQ and practice facility in Virginia.

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when I looked at the draft chart Buffalo could have done this for this for just their 2nd. The talk was Detroit was also looking to trade up. That may have driven up the price.

Bortles----suprise

From clevealand pick on down Buffalo can trade up at a more reasonable price based on the draft chart pick values where they only need to give up their 2nd round pick

Buffalo doesnt need him. I hope they dont draft him. What they need is a WR/TE with size.

Try 1987 he was drafted..... My first draft was 1981 or around then. I was too sick to go to school....

Last time I checked there ws a Sabres game tonight so they do preggame coverage for that. If Buffalo had signed someone Im sure they would have changed and covered it.

If I am not mistaken ----compensatory picks are given for lost drafted players by the NFL. they usually appear at the end of the 2nd round, end of thirsd round, etc. based ona formula where the player was drafted and what he was signed for.

Byrd isnt worth $9M

Off the whale option---look at some of the very good defenses at 4-5 and pluck the DL/LB coach (Seattle??? San Fran??? Carolina???) I think Singletary would be adecent DC

My concern with Wade Phillips is that Bufalo goes to a 3-4...if he can stick with a 4-3 system then fine but changing to a 3-4 system just cant happen.

Pettine---you really dont want this gig. they just fired the coach adter 1 year.Do you want to get fired after 1 yr too? the team is in dire straights where it appears they are gutting and trading away their team and need to rebuild from scratch again which will take a 3+ yr project. In the NFL now you will get canned for certain after 3 yrs because many sr mgmt dont realize how long it takes to rebuild a team. Dont you enjoy facing the Jets, Pats, and fins 2 times a year??

I think the officials made a mistake..... The face masking was done from where the play was stopped not from the original line of scrimmage since it was a negative play. There are scenarios where there is an incentive for a defense to do face masking to drive back the team. 1st down at the 1... You see a back running around the 6.. Just one hand yank him by the face mask at the 6 and you replay 1st from the 3 instead of the 1.

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To go to a 4 division 8 team per division format.... 8 divisional games (1 against 6+ H &H against 1 team) + 4 interconference games+ 4 intraconference games. then you would have a very imbalanced schedule so the standings could be readically different because instead of now where divisions have 14 common games, under the new format, divisional teams would have something more like 10 common games. In some seasons a team like New England could be very top heavy playing many of the top teams in other divisons, while Buffalo play a far weaker schedule--this will cause more year to year swings in standings.

If they beat Atlanta they likely win at Tampa. They were very flat against them. At 7-8 how could they have made the playoffs...... W + MIA L + BAL L + PIT L + SD L BUF-BAL-SD tie at 8-8....tiebreaker #1 since nobody beat the other 2 it goes to conference record...BUF & BAL would be 6-6 vs SD 5-7....then it resets to BUF-BAL which BUF wins in a H2H. Had they beat Atlanta, they likely would have beaten Tampa Bay (they wouldnt have been flat) and actually been 8-7 going into this weekend. At 8-7 they would be in 2nd place....for the WC win + SD L BUF loses a tiebreaker to SD based on strength of victory.

San Francisco has no clinched a wild card.... SF W they are seed #5 SF wins and SEA lose they are division winner and #2 seed SF wins and SEA lose and CAR lose SF is #1 seed SEA win or SF lose and SEA win division and #1 seed NO wins, or AZ lose, they clinch WC and #6 seed NO wins, SF loses they get seed #5 NO wins, CAR loses, they win division and get #2 seed CAR win they clinch division and seed #2 CAR win and SEA lose and SF Win then CAR #1 seed AZ win and NO lose then AZ seed #6 PHL W they get seed #3 DAL W and GB W they get seed #3 DAL W and CHI win they get seed #4 GB win they get seed #4 CHI win and DAL win they get seed #3 CHI win and PHL win they get seed #4 DRAFT ORDER 1 HOU 2 134 highest 1, lowest 2 2 WAS 3 123 1, 5 3 JAX 4 121 2, 8 4 OAK 4 124 2,8 5 CLE 4 124 2,8 6 ATL 4 132.5 3, 8 7 TB 4 138 3,8 8 MIN 4.5 123 3,8 9 TEN 6 121 9, 13 10 NYG 6 125 9,13 11 BUF 6 125 9, 13 12 PIT 7 113 13 NYJ 7 118 14 STL 7 133 Based on order the net gain any team can make up is 2 wins in the standings because every team who loses will increase by at least 8. With an all division schedule a team played 2 other divisons so in each division the net gain will be 2 for each division so the 2 divisions makes 4. The other two teams in the division play each other so that adds 2. If your team loses, then the win total goes up by another 2. The only differences will be in the non common games which are 2. If your two non common teams both win that adds 2 at max. teams tied in wins of schedule are decided by coin flips. If Buffalo wins the worst they can fall to is 13. They will not get a higher win total than STL because current difference is 8 > 2. The highest Buffalo could get is 9

SF W on MNF NO W AZ W/SF L---NO #5 SF #6 NO W AZ L/Sf W--SF #5 NO #6 NO L AZ W/SF L--SF # 5 AZ #6 NO L AZ L/SF W--SF #5 NO #6 IF SEA L to STL and SF W then SF win division and SEA is seed #5 IF NO wins, and CAR L then NO wins division, and CAR is a WC SF L on MNF NO W AZ W/SF L--NO #5 AZ #6 NO W AZ L/Sf W-- NO #5 SF #6 NO L AZ W/SF L--AZ #5 NO #6 NO L AZ L/SF W-- SF #5 NO #6

Nobody controls ther own fate in the AFC MIA w, BAL w Sd w---MIA--better conference record MIA w BAL w SD l--BAL---H2H win MIA W BAL L SD W- MIA--H2H win MIa W BAL L SD L--MIA MIA L, BAL w Sd w---BAL--better conference record MIA L BAL w SD l--BAL MIA L BAL L SD W- SD MIa L BAL L SD L---IF PIt W then PIT, then BAL--why--Jets beat MIA , Jets in 2nd, PIt W, BAL L, PIT in 2nd, PIT win a Jes-tPIT-SD tiebreaker because of conference record. There is actually a strong correlation to teams that finish strong the season before. for example CAR started off last year slow but finished strong. It also depends on how stable there coaching staff and players on the team are.

I didnt see the play so I dont know if Gilmore could be blamed. Was he expecting safety help? was it just a great throw that no matter what a cB does the player would still catch it?

Duh--you have 4 home games before Columbus Day its going to skew warmer not to mention moving a December game to Toronto.

NE L and..... CIN W IND W 2 CIN 3 IND 4 NE--CIN beat both so they are #2, IND better Conference record so they are #3. CIN W IND L 2 VIN, 3 NE, 4 IND CIN L IND W 2 IND, 3 NE, 4 CIN CIN L IND L....2. NE, 3. CIn, 4 IND

I said that in my original post----They want the games to be competitive. since the #1 seed is still alive with a win by NE and a DEN loss---If NE lose then DEN sits their players. I am surprised they are going to move GB/CHI to 4:25 because FOX doesnt have that great of a schedule for 1pm. The only game would be CAR/ATL with cAr winning to clinch division. They lose and NO wins then NO get division. NO needed to move to 4:25 was because of the wild card spot still at play. If SF lose tomorrow......NO clinches and SF/AZ becomes a winner takes all game. NO has H2H against both. IF SF win tomorrow---they clinch a wild card and it becomes a situation of AZ needing to win and NO lose for AZ to get the WC.