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And cicadas hatch every 17 years….
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1 minute ago, Limeaid said:
Rest of season is not very long and JEST is out of playoff picture.
It’s just a few weeks……
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7 hours ago, Another Fan said:
I always like to have an idea.
One of the main reasons why after the Chargers game I was still happy was because the Bills I know had a bad record versus them.
Ditto Dallas. I feel it’s a source of pride now for me that rivalry if you want to call it that isn’t one sided anymore. 6-6 in regular season match ups.
During the Josh Allen era it’s gotten better but for a while there it was bad against Pittsburgh. I think the Bills will win but yeah history sort of says it will be a tough game.
Or does stuff that happened years back to you have no bearing on the future?
bigger issue with streaks in division play playing twice a year. In modern nfl you tend to play teams in congpverrnce once every 3/5 years and 6/8 years on the road. Teams roster tend to change over significantly over 6/8 years. -
6 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:
Holy smokes, amazed Vrabel fired
I am surprised…
you had QB issues. The team also had a 5-7 one score game record.
I also get they are a crossroads with Henry likely not returning and Tannehill probably not back.
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2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
Because Superbowl is 4 weeks before free agency opens. That isn't enough time to interview, shortlist and hire a coach. Then hire a staff. Then assess the entire roster. Then try and extend our own FAs. Then try and assess the FA market and work out who you want to target. You would have to put FA back at LEAST two weeks. Then you probably need to move the draft back into mid-May. The one year we went to early May the feeling was it squeezed rookie mini-camps and ate into the one month of true break that coaches and personnel guys get mid-June to mid-July.
The schedule doesn't work unless the league is willing to lose something totally. If it agreed to totally lose pre-season you could fit it all in and move camp back to start of August. But they are not going to do that.
Yep you run into schedule problems with…
Combine— push it later you get into March madness and nfl loses tv ratings on event. Indy is a regular host of something.
UFA open date— this would need to move because of time to e v a l. If you moved drsft to before free sgrncy would totally change drsft strategy. Now free agency affects who you turn focus on drafting.
NFL draft needs to move to later— then you run into college graduation ceremony conflicts.
if they altered the playoffs where say 1-7 got in playoffs and 8-9 had a play in/WC round they could structure controlled interviewing where 28 teams are open for interviewing. The two games on Thursday and Friday. Weekend is open for interviewing those 4 teams. Playoff planning starts on Tuesday. For most teams it’s a week off before playoffs start. The 2 more games on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night and Monday night moves their too.
if it happened this season
sunday night last regular season game
mon-Friday coach interviews for 28 teams
Thursday and Friday JAX vs CIN, SEA vs NO.
friday-sun coach interview continue for thurs snd fri game staffs.
Monday decisions are due.
Wednesday-Sunday quarterfinal round games
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2 hours ago, Heavy Kevi said:
Sitting here watching gmfb.... And they are talking about Commanders, Chargers, and Panthers having requested permission to interview Detroit OC Ben Johnson as well as their DC.
This happens every year. Playoff teams are in the middle of trying to win a championship, and other eliminated teams are distracting their coordinators with interviews, sometimes even flying them in. It's disgusting and it's a problem.
Obviously this happened with Daboll too in the midst of what probably should have been our SB run. Idk if Dabolls interviews had any correlation to us being knocked out, but it stands to reason that it may have, and SURELY there have been coordinators who didn't do as well of a job because they were distracted interviewing with other teams.
The argument for allowing this is clear. It would be unfair to coordinators in the playoffs if they were locked out of the interview process in favor of coaching candidates that were at home (or from college).
So here's my solution:
Make a head coach hiring window, similar to how FA works. After the trade deadline, teams may fire their coaches and promote from within, but NO TEAM is allowed to interview or hire a HC until after the Super Bowl.
DONE! Problem solved. Would the NFL ever adopt this or do they just not care?
I agree with the premise of holding coach hiring till after conference championship game with thst off week for interviews and hiring.
the issue is setting up a staff in time for the combine and free agency.
they could move UFA opening date to April 1 and draft to weekend before Memorial Day ( but this would interfere with college graduation ceremonies) and draft combine move to third weekrnd in March , same weekend as March madness begins). NFL ratings would loose to this.
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1 hour ago, H2o said:
I actually think that Eberflus could get the ax in Chicago still. Then they would push everything to the forefront in going after Harbaugh, with Harbaugh being a former Bears QB. I could see them throwing a ton of cash and power his way. Chicago also has the #1 and #9 picks in the upcoming draft. Very enticing for anyone looking to build a franchise. I'm sure Harbaugh could get the most out of Fields as well if they chose to keep him. Look what he got out of Kaepernick, and Fields is definitely more talented than him. It will be an interesting next couple of weeks.
I agree…this would be a very unique situation with Chicago having #1 pick and Harbaugh on the market.Eberflus does not deserve to be fired.
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12 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:
And with a few exceptions (Rich Eisen, Jim Rome) there definitely seems to be an anti-Bills/anti-Josh Allen sentiment...and that's a good thing.
The average take today goes this way: Dolphins were injured, Josh was bad, Miami should have won but they blew it. On several shows the Bills/Dolphins game and Buffalo's miracle climb to the 2nd seed wasn't even the lead story. But I'm fine with this. I hope the Bills are lucky and Josh is "bad" all the way to las Vegas. Last year the Bills were the media darlings and we fell short. This year our "window is closed" blah blah. But I always felt like Buffalo succeeds more when they are disrespected. So I say keep it coming.
In other news….the world is round…….
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Many of the Bills fans you see are not travelers but locals to that area of the country who are connected to buffalo.
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2 hours ago, TheFunPolice said:
Yet another reason I say Andy Reid is the ACTUAL GOAT HC
182-120 record without Mahomes, including a 11 playoff wins (with 13 losses) and a SB appearance which he lost to NE and Brady
Those 182 wins before he had Mahomes would put Andy Reid in the top 10 all-time in HC wins. That's before he ever even coached Mahomes.
Then you add Reid's coaching tree:
Sean McDermott
John Harbaugh (SB winner)
Doug Pederson (SB winner)
Ron Rivera
Todd Bowles
Leslie Frazier
Steve Spagnolo (SB winning DC who shut down Brady twice in the big game with NJ)
Some pretty good names there.
Belichick's is awful.
Bill is a great coach, and will be known as the GOAT unless Reid and Mahomes win a couple more. IF Reid sticks around long enough and they do win 4 or 5, then Reid is also probably right there on the all-time wins list as well at #1. Then it's a serious discussion.
Bellichrck ….I don’t view him as GOAT. he rode a QB. He also hasn’t had success off his coaching tree.
since he hasn’t succeeded post brady with QB. I expect them to draft a QB in the draft.
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Another interesting stat continues…
Steelers and Rams both went 5-1 in division and made the playoffs. Since 33 teams this is > 95% chance of playoffs if 5-2 in division.
the % could be higher if they didn’t start with final week division games and have div winners rest starters and lose and end up not being 5-1.
only about 5 teams went 5-1 and missed playoffs since this division format started.
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Its interesting to see one score games and good and bad seasons explained.over the past few seasons Vikings have bern known for many one score games. 2023 was no different going 6-8. That's 14 out of 17 games. That's not factoring in their QB rotation.
Tennessee also had a bunch of one score games going 5-7.
Denver 8-9 this year, had a bad season last year in one score games. This season, as with most teams, thry were near 500 going 5-4.
Buffalo went 6-6. All loses were 1 score . Baltimore also had all loses in one score losses going 4-4.
Dan Francisco went 1-3. Only Cincy game was a 2 score loss. They also had the fewest. Dallas went 3-2 in theirs.
Pittsburgh on the other hand went 9-2 , Philadelphia went 8-4. This could signal a drop off next year. Houston went 7-3., Cleveland 6-2.
on the flip side…Charges went 3-8, Saints 3-6.
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8 hours ago, Big Turk said:
Uh no...KC has a high of 14 and low of 4 on Saturday. At 8pm, temps likely in single digits with negative wind chills
I looked at one weather forecast system …thats where my sources was.
others might have difference but 7 days out still is unreliable
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7 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:
Yea but fields is TT on steroids
He's bigger faster and stronger... And has a bigger arm...
It's like the Justin Herbert to Josh Allen comparison... Sure they might be physically the same stature on the field or close to it
But one place like he's Superman and one plays like he's not...
I don't think Fields is amazing... But he's definitely got more talent than tyrod Taylor.. who is a good journeyman
I think Fields is decent enough/ above replacement that if he changes teams he might have better success.
in my season prediction thread I had bears as a WC team. They had I think 3 two score 4 th quarter leads they lost ( lions, browns, another team) and a4th quarter tie ( saints). They win one of those games, yeasterdays bears-packers coukd have been a winner gets WC game
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4 hours ago, cage said:
...there's no way this could happen otherwise, I retract my comments in other threads defending how that is not possible based on macro-level idealized outcomes
Potential playoff rematches next year…..
eagles-rams- packers all play each other
coeboys-lions-bucs-49ers pkay each other
packer-49ers, lions-rams, eagles-bucs
in AFC
bills-ravens-Texans-chiefs play each other
fins-browns
chiefs play Steelers and browns
fins-Texans
Super Bowl
bills-lions
fins-packers
bills/fins-49ers/Rams
cowboys/eagles-Browns/ravens/steelers
cowboys-texans
ravens-Bucs
lions/packers-texans
bucs-chiefs
49ers-chiefs
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1 hour ago, Just Jack said:
The Holiday Inn Express on Camp Road in Hamburg wants $500 for a Saturday night stay.
Look what it’s rates are on April 7 th and 8th….$765+ taxes
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Lake effect bands may push snow to the far south towns with NW winds so not much in OP.
KC — partly cloudy temps around 20 at game time
TB — could be a rainy game temps in 60s
DAL- dome
DET- dome
HOU— dome
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16 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:
Yeah, but we missed it anyway. At least trying the field goal is a shot at a 2 score game
The FG would have been 53+ yards…that's not a gimmie snd thry likely talked to bass on making FGs and his distance. If he said I’m a little sore and I don’t think I can kick 50+ today affects the call.
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20 minutes ago, Simon said:
If they call that series at that point with that much fear in the playoffs, it will bite them on the bippy.
They have got to run their offense there and play for points, not start clock-watching with 6+ minutes left.
McDermott, Brady and Allen should be prepared with a plan to be aggressive with a one score lead in the 4th qrtr or I think they'll regret it.
I get the play…you make the 1st it’s kneel downs and you win. A punt might mean the ball moves 17 yards down the field. They were also up by 7.they got the ball and wanted to burn the clock.
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Just now, Locomark said:
Possibility of a bunch of KC trips here in a row!!! (Finally)
They would be here in the playoffs, if we both win next week.
They will be here next year in the ‘24 season
They would be here in ‘25 if we finish the same standing as them
Plus possible playoff games here in ‘24 and ‘25
2024 and 2025 positional Afc west at afc east2026 divisional match up so kc at buffalo
the schedule cycle runs through 2025.
starting in 2026 they could switch team pairs in positional games so right now buf- Mia is a pair and kc-LAC is a pair. Switching pairs could change hime/ road pattern. In 2009 they switched team pairs in the nfc west which resulted in buffalo playing st Seattle in 2004, then in buffalo 2008 and 2012, at seattle in 2026, at buffalo in 2020, at Seattle in 2024.
there also has bern some talk in changing structure like going to just one conference of 16 teams and then only conf winner gets bye and thrn teams may play more teams in conference just once a year.
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7 minutes ago, HurlyBurly51 said:
Why do we have 9 road games? After playing in London this year?
It alternate
2023 placement nfc at afc
2024 afc at nfc
2025 afc at nfc
2026 nfc at afc
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1 hour ago, sullim4 said:
HOME
Miami
New England*
New York Jets
Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans
Arizona Cardinals
San Francisco 49ers
AWAY
Miami
New England*
New York Jets
Baltimore Ravens
Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Los Angeles Rams
Seattle Seahawks
Detroit Lions
bills win Super Bowl…it’s likely hosting jets. I don’t see any playoff rematches occurring in that game.
49ers and Chiefs home games on 425 or national TV.
Lions game rematch on Turkey day?would they move it to nbc though?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Seattle and Rams games on consecutive weeks with one on Thursday night.
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49 minutes ago, BBFL said:
Bucs/Eagles is a weird choice for prime time MNF.
Monday night must be a 4 vs 5 match up because the schedule opponents is set after Sunday nights game where the MNF winner plays on Sunday. 2/7 and 3/6 winners determine 4/5 opponent.
Monday night winner WILL play on Sunday the next weekend
it was eagles at bucs or browns at Texans. Given abc did the Texans they probably wanted the nfc game.
Nick Saban Retiring from Coaching
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