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    So this was my first NFL game (London)

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    That's not accurate for the London games. The huge merchandise stands outside Wembley Stadium sold all 32 teams, and with the exception of the Browns, I saw multiple jerseys from every team being worn in the stadium. The locals apparently buy the jersey they like best and wear it to any game they go to regardless of the team. The Londoner next to me was wearing a Manning jersey (one of several I saw). A row of people down a bit from us was all in Dolphins gear. It was very different than an NFL game in the US where 95% of the people wear the home team, 5% the visiting team and that's it. Consequently, there's no comparison between the crowd in London and the crows at the Ralph (or any other home team crowd in the US).

     

    Certainly there has been an effort to push the Jags as the local team so there were plenty of people in those jerseys, but it seemed to me that 90% of the people wearing Bills gear at that game were actual Bills fans.

    My point was to the propensity of people buying merchandise within the stadium and how it can seem rather biased to a teams support - not the vendors situated on Wembley's concourse or surrounding lots.

     

    Sure there's actual fans that attend, its the only chance a lot of Europeans have the chance to attend a game of any merit and show off their adoration for any respective team. If you go to the Ralph to watch a game you're either there to root for our Bills or the visitor, few are there just to "watch an NFL game".

    So this was my first NFL game (London)

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    No disrespect to the actual fans who attend those international games but the merchandise on sale within the stadium is 99% teams who are playing - most of your casual attendee wants a Jersey as a memento and will usually buy on. Given the fact the Jaguars have several games in the international series, it would be best served to buy the alternate team jersey as a memento - which in this case was the Bills.

     

    I can't say the support wasn't there for Buffalo because it was, big time! But in all honesty, it pales in comparison to game day at the Ralph.

     

    Believe me I will be coming early season..... I am not sure I fancy the real cold stuff :cry:

    Come on Bill, don't be a kitty!

    :lol:

    Again the Defense....

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    The most bothersome thing to me is the defense's belief that they are elite. Gilmore's comments post-game exemplified this yet again. We have more talent than anybody etc. etc. They aren't.

     

    Elite defenses make huge plays to seal games. They step up when it's do or die. This defense is pretending that the ending of the Titans game is how they play every week. It isn't. I don't know why their heads are all up their asses, but I can't imagine the player's coach doesn't have something to with it.

    They did step up... I mean granted they slipped up at the end and it was the lackluster Jags but they stuffed them in crucial short yardage positions and allowed our team to get back into a position to win. You are right though, there seems to be a lot of pretending we are something we're not... Consistently reliable and "elite".

    Streaming of the game?

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    Wow, what a bad viewing experience watching this game on Yahoo. Lots of hesitation and blurry images all throughout game. I watched on a Samsung Galaxy Note 10 tablet ... in same room as router.

     

    Back to the drawing board NFL and Yahoo. Terrible experience! Nothing like watching TV!

    The picture quality was pretty good for me to be honest, the feed just paused or needed refreshed way too often. However for people who have limited to zero access to games week in, week out (cable, Sunday ticket or GamePass) its not too bad... Free is free, right?

    Leave Rex in London

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    look on the bright side. We are putting ourselves in a great position to draft a QB.

    Personally, I'd like this team to win and make the playoffs and then accquire a QB in any which way - draft, draft day trade or trade for an established and successful starter in this league.

     

    Scratch that, I'd LOVE for this team to win and make the playoffs. We have had way too much middling and ineptitude around here.

    Leave Rex in London

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    I like Rex, just as an opposing teams head coach. He's all talk - full of hot air if you will. Never see him back his talk up. A few of the guys at work and I were talking about this prior to the Bengals game (as they're all Steelers fans). Rex is masquerading his way out of a DC gig. Talk about riding coattails... Guys been doing it for years.

    Awful

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    EJ put us in bad spots all game---dont blame the bad pass interference newr the end. He needs to go after this season. And Rex also---that is all.

    You're right, he made it incredibly hard for our team to win whilst proving once and for all he isn't starting material.

     

    However, a win was salvaged until that PI call.

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