BarleyNY
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I thought we were ranking beer. That said, if you’re ever near Stowe, VT it’s worth going to The Alchemist to get a Heady Topper from the hand pull.
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1 hour ago, YattaOkasan said:
Thanks but thats not counting Miller right (thought you mention Miller later...)? I had 8 from Groot, 6 from miller, 6 from AJ, and then Smoot and Solomon had another 4.5 and if we count Toohill he got 1 as well.
Considering the underwelming nature of last years DE performance (and better DT play beside them), I think the over is pretty easy. Also not sure why Hoecht is considered in this group. Its all EDGE to me. If groot takes a step forward (AGAIN) then thats half the total right there. If Bosa stays healthy I think he easily surpasses his 5 from last year.
That counts Miller’s 8 sacks per ESPN. They have him listed as a LB, but he was a DE here. There was another DE listed as a LB I included too.
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Bills DEs had a total of 18.5 sacks in 2024, 23 in 2023 and 26 in 2022. 2022’s success was behind 8 each from Miller and Rousseau. 23.5 probably would require Bosa to stay healthy and ball out.
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Someone is going to walk by me and say “What’s up, Mahomes?” - and it’s going to be devastating.
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18 minutes ago, PrimeTime101 said:
oh now we like PFF? lol. js.
for the moment
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1 hour ago, Lionel Hutz said:
Don't know if this has been posted yet, but is this a fair ranking for the Bills?
It would be very difficult to argue that the Bills aren’t in the bottom quartile wrt to the criteria given.
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On 7/6/2025 at 9:01 PM, WotAGuy said:
Well I’ll be damned; it’s called Sexual Misconduct and Molestation Liability Insurance. Good God Almighty.Organizations that work with children, the disabled, the elderly and other vulnerable persons almost always carry a Sexual Assault and Molestation (SAM/SML) rider to their general liability policy. But that’s for the organization. Even that would not cover damages the individual assailant would be liable for. Though the policy might cover some/all legal fees.
Individual liability policies usually don’t cover intentional acts or damages. It’s doubtful Hairston would’ve had that policy while in college anyway.
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1 hour ago, Gregg said:
Beane did a lot to try and improve the defense this offseason. We will see if those moves pay off or not.
Exactly. So many fans get excited about every draft pick and year after year assume many will make significant contributions. I’m not sure how they miss how rare that is - especially when teams are without a high first round pick. It would not be difficult to find year old posts predicting that Coleman, Bishop and Carter would vastly improve our passing game and defense. That certainly wasn’t the case. I hope our 2025 rookies all hit big, but assuming big contributions from the class - especially in year 1 - is not realistic. An Eagle (or any other) fan assuming that none make a big difference this season is simply paying attention to the odds.
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12 minutes ago, first_and_ten said:
Right in that very article:
A spokeswoman for the Lexington police said the department did not have a report matching a sexual assault allegation against Hairston. A spokesperson for the Fayette County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday.
Conflicting reports. Or maybe she spoke with campus police o the Fayette County Sheriff’s office.
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2 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
It is NOT suspect. He literally had nothing before this so there was no point in a civil lawsuit until now.
The bigger timing tip-off is how she went to the police IMMEDIATELY.
Even now that they can, I'd be surprised if they did since there were no criminal charges.
Agree with all of this. No criminal charges, only one alleged victim and no big PR issues means the NFL is better letting this one go. No need to keep it in the ews.
5 minutes ago, first_and_ten said:I could be wrong, but I read the police had no record of a reported sexual assault. I know she claims that she reported it, but I read that the police had no record of a sexual assault from her.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45644674/woman-accuses-bills-maxwell-hairston-sexual-assault
This article says that she reported the alleged assault “within hours” to law enforcement.
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On 6/30/2025 at 11:50 AM, Einstein said:
Wow that sounds so lame.
And the "expected to come" part is pretty funny. "uh, yeah, we think these people might show up"And the price of entry is $30!?
I assumed that those listed as “expected to come” are the people that bought tickets already.
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Either Aaron Rodgers at this point in his career, Kyler Murray or Trevor Lawrence.
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26 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
I'd rather have Ramsey on the Dolphins than Fitzpatrick.
Josh shreds Ramsey. Fitzpatrick is a very competent player.
Players gotta watch their knees around Fitzpatrick too. Nick Chubb was killing the Steelers in the game Fitzpatrick took his knee out. We’re all still waiting to see if Chubb will be able to even get close to the same player he was.
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7 hours ago, BigDingus said:
Is that really an issue? I know WNY isn't a huge market, but it's not all about population size with some of these franchises. Like MLB teams in Miami & Tampa Bay, the Islanders in NHL, the Wizards or Suns in the NBA, etc. all have big markets, but they're lower in attendance than most of the leagues they play in. Meanwhile, you have Cleveland, not a huge city, supporting an NBA, NFL & MLB, having great attendance, all with Cincinnati just 3.5 hours away with their own NFL & MLB teams.
It's often just about team success, other times it's about fan loyalty over sheer numbers. In terms of loyalty, look at New Orleans. I doubt the average person living there makes much more money than those in WNY, yet the Pelicans had the 3rd highest NBA attendance & the Saints had the 14th highest NFL attendance.
I think Buffalo can definitely support the Sabres, it's just that they've been terrible for too long, and the organization hasn't done anything to inspire confidence things will improve.
I think that there’s something to my speculation. You are correct that WNY is big enough to support both the Bills and Sabres. And that the Sabres’ longtime ineptitude has worn away loyalty and sapped any enthusiasm. That’s a big part of the problem. But what I’m talking about is the bet the Pegula’s would have to make on turning the Sabres around - and the possible financial outcomes.
It reminds me a lot of what happened in Cleveland in 1995. The Browns were on their way out of town and the Cavs were terrible. Indians owner, Dick Jacobs, saw an opportunity. He had a beautiful new stadium, some good homegrown talent and Cleveland had a huge hole in the sports market. So he took a chance and spent large on filling out his roster. The Indians went from being ann perpetually inept team and drawing a few thousand fans every game to an MLB powerhouse that drew celebrities to the city and sold out 455 straight games. But Jacobs said he would not have tried it all if the Browns had stayed and been competitive. There just wasn’t room in the market.
It would be one thing if the Sabres had stayed a competent and competitive team. They’d have a fan base that was engaged and spending money at games. But they’re nowhere close. They would really have to do something to convince the fans to come back and spend. That would mean investing large early and in continuation to have a chance to be good enough to bring back fans. That’s a big dollar gamble with no certainty of a payout.
If you are Pegula, why take that gamble now? When you’re also selling PSLs to the same fan base? When you’re pouring cash into the Bills team and stadium? When the fans are already spending on the Bills? you can’t tell me that if the Sabres were as good as the Bills that many fans would not have to make a choice between which one to get season tickets for or that games attended for one would not impact games attended for the other. It would for many. So why take a very large gamble on the Sabres now instead of when the payout would be bigger?
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9 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
I'm pretty sure the goal of any professional sports franchise is win championships sustainability and return on investment
The pegulas are doing nothing groundbreaking there
Yeah, I don’t think anyone was debating that. Including funding your family’s lifestyle on your list of goals while aggressively downsizing and asking those that remain to take on more work is extremely tone deaf though. The article pointed out that according to many it did not help morale there.
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42 minutes ago, Doc said:
Kind of like reports of the slide showing “preserve lifestyle”…And if Terri is in such dire straits, he would just sell the Sabres immediately and/or more minority ownership in the Bills.
That slide was obtained and verified by The Athletic. See for yourself:
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6 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
I can only speak about record sales. Ever hear of Kelsea Ballerini? Her last album debuted #1 on the country charts. Also Black River Entertainment also holds publishing rights to 36 #1 chart songs.
That all great, but it doesn’t mean they’re making a profit. They may be, but it’s by no means a given - especially in that industry. You seemed certain so I thought you may have had some insight, but you were just speculating based on the popularity of some of their artists. And that’s a good thing obviously. I doubt it much matters when it comes to their sports franchises anyway.
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33 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
For the record, that "silly" record label is actually successful.
How do you know it’s successful? It is not a public company so its financials are not known.
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I think that Pegula realizes that there’s a limited number of dollars people in WNY have to spend on sports. If the Sabres were as good as the Bills, then a lot more people would be making decisions about where to spend their money between the two
It would take a lot of money up front and more in continuation to get the Sabres to a point where they’d be truly competitive. If you are strictly looking at maximizing profit, then why push with the Sabres now?
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1 hour ago, GunnerBill said:
I'd sell the Sabres if I were him. Laughing stock.
Through every fault his own.
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31 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:
Im sure beane has offered a fair and realistic contract. So far Cook,his dumb ass brother and I guess agent, are still in fantasy land.
Honestly, maybe the Bills and Cook’s camp are both correct. Realistically, players like him often get overpaid when they hit FA. These days not RBs so much, but it happens. Barring a bad injury I would bet that some bad team will overpay Cook next off-season. At minimum he should get about what he would from the Bills. So he’s gambling on himself having a good year and it getting injured. I’ve got no problem with that.
This all doesn’t mean that the Bills aren’t handling this correctly too though. They appear to have his value properly determined. We don’t know for sure because we don’t have those numbers, but judging by the other contracts they handed out this off-season I’d say they’re probably offering something that is more than fair. Sometimes things don’t work out. And that’s okay.
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41 minutes ago, DJB said:
Should have drafted Henderson and moved on from Cook while getting a comp pick back
a team doesn’t get a comp pick unless they have a player whose contract expires AND that player signs a qualifying contract from another team AND your team signs fewer FAs to qualifying contracts. Cook’s rookie deal expires after THIS season.
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On 6/15/2025 at 8:12 AM, Neo said:
Fun topic. However, I think setting the amount at $500 is similar to setting the over/under for a Bills Lions game at 11. That, of course, begs the question of me. What amount would I propose as a difficult choice? My answer is $12 grand. Not because I’m fancy or rich, but because I have dozens of deep personal relationships with friends and family, in Buffalo and elsewhere, where Bills fandom is one of the most powerful mutual bonds. A Super Bowl win would bring months of joy and years of satisfaction.
What’s the $12k up against? No SB win for how long? Life? 1 season?
On 6/14/2025 at 1:36 PM, SirAndrew said:I think that putting a specific price tag on this doesn’t work. It depends too much on each individual’s financial status, age, and level of greed. The real question should be, is there ANY amount of money you’d take for the Bills never win a Super Bowl? I love this team, but if your answer is no, you’re too insanely devoted imo.
Or better yet, what’s everyone’s individual number for no SB in your lifetime? What about your and your kids’ lifetime? Assume tax-free/after tax for ease of discussion.
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Without Allen and no one else brought in to play QB, I say around 5 wins. With Trubisky behind center we’d have the worse starting QB in almost every game. There’s a reason he didn’t get a sniff as even a bridge QB somewhere and he’s here making $2.6M/year. That’s what NFL GMs think of him.
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PSL Pricing/Seat Selection Discussion
in The Stadium Wall
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I don’t know for a fact, but I would be very surprised if there isn’t a clause in the PSL contracts about this.