Kirby Jackson

Can I interest you in the Bucs at the Lions??

Those teams don’t get ratings. No one cares about the Texans or Titans. The people in those cities are even pretty indifferent. If they don’t care the rest of the country won’t.

No problem

I don’t know!! You don’t either. The yards didn’t win the game. The scores did.

I’m being told it’s likely

Oh man I’m not even sure if you are trolling at this point? 32.5 M > 29.5M go ahead and google it

2 QBs threw for 300 yards in the game. 1 of them won and 1 of them lost.

Again, they just played the highest rated regular season game in 3 seasons!! You’ve got to keep up if you want to enter the debate. The Bills have traditionally been a very big draw when they’ve played on national TV. That was confirmed 3 days ago. https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/2019/11/buffalo-bills-win-over-cowboys-highest-rated-thanksgiving-day-cbs-game-in-27-years.html

Ha ha, sounds like great minds think alike!!

Market size is irrelevant in the NFL. Teams that draw are all that matter. The Packers are by far the smallest market and a big draw. The Steelers are in a small market and a massive draw. The Bills just drew the highest regular season ratings in 3 years. I know football is still new to Pats fans but you have some learning to do.

I honestly think it’s because people don’t care about those teams. Pittsburgh is always a draw and we are proving to be one as well.

I just texted my buddy from the Steelers and he said that it is most likely happening. Stay tuned...

This one is easy for me. If we are 9-3? Yep

Ha ha ha, I feel a wager coming on...

I like it!! I was thinking a lot of Taron with the 2 athletic LBs. I’m good with Neal getting some run. The Bills are tough to play East-west

Could totally see this. We are a tough matchup for them.

Well @plenzmd1 my guess was close

Oh and I’m fine with that too. I’m not against him throwing for 300 yards by any stretch. I’d rather he throw for 105 like Lamar did today and win than 450 and lose. That’s been my point. If 300 yard passers won 70% of the time I’d probably care a lot more. It would be a good indicator of what it takes to win. I think we are actually kind of on the same page.

I’m not trying to be that guy but you are arguing facts with hypotheticals. The actual FACTS show that it doesn’t matter.

We can ABSOLUTELY agree on that. You are making my point. I don’t care if Allen ever passes for 300 yards if he wins. It means ZERO. People that are hung up on 300 yard games need to look at the numbers. Lamar Jackson & Josh Allen are 19-5 on the year. They have combined for 1 300 yard game. They’ve combined for 9 games under 200 yards. It just doesn’t matter. I’m only going to ever care about stats that matter in wins and losses.

...and it doesn’t matter. See above, you win 1/2 the games that you pass for 300 and lose the other half. Welcome to 2019 (or 2018) in the NFL. If you want something to look for with the Bills they are 11-0 or 11-1 (something like that) when Josh completes 60% of his passes.

It’s not happening. They aren’t going to add the games for injuries or to devalue the regular season. 8 teams allows teams with a bad game or 2 a shot. Alabama may have secured a WC this year. If you get beyond 8 you aren’t talking about teams with a chance to win. Does anyone believe that ND would beat Clemson, Utah, LSU and Ohio State consecutively?!? That’s the kind of thing that we are talking about even at 16 teams. It just isn’t happening. They could maybe win a game but so what.

This is a good point too. teams trailing are throwing. I also think the bar needs to move from 300 to maybe 350 or 400. 20 years ago, 300 yards might have been the number but now that’s just a number that doesn’t have anything to do with wins and losses. Teams throw the ball more than ever. There are lots and lots of 300 yard games.