["We're close / must win now" mode or "rebuilding"]

I feel a 4-12 year coming on. I'm not sure how we achieve 7-9. Maybe that will become apparent in the fall.

[Bills ticket prices to remain flat 2017 season]

Any perks for early renewal? I didn't notice any in the email?

[Say a prayer for Danny, my son....]

Sorry for your loss.

[It's Groundhog Day!]

I have a Buffalo sweatshirt that proclaims, "Just one before I die."

I've been worrying lately, that 'Just one before I die' refers to playoff game, not Super bowl

[Post your Super Bowl Menu!]

To the bar - for whatever the bar has.

[How has your life changed since we were in Super Bowl 28?]

I got married in June of 1994. I've been married for 22 years since Super Bowl 28.

 

IF I had put away $10/month since then for future Super Bowl tickets I would currently have around $2,640 (without interest).

[Which will make you more depressed Falcons or Patriots?]

Come to the dark side... WE HAVE COOKIES!! Lol

 

I love football but at the end of the day I am not being depressed over it.

What kind of cookies?

[Season Ticket Sales 2017?]

Did they send out the renewal notice? I'm heading into year 14, and for some crazy reason I must stay on until I get a 15 year certificate (plus I love the tailgate).

[I don't want to say I started this, but...]

 

You can get that at Rite Aid - Like $20 a 30 pack. Choice of OV, Labatt or Molson Canadian.

 

If you have Canadian buddies over the border, take some to them. They can't buy it that cheap in Canada.

We (Canadians) can thank our 'free' health care for that.

[How much money have you spent on Bills in the last decade?]

It costs 70 bucks to park in Chicago. Want open air to grill? +$100 a game.

 

That's the model The League wants to move to. Do away with "the cooler toters."

Everyone has a different 'in' and 'out' point, that would be my 'out' point for sure.

[I don't want to say I started this, but...]

I've written Kim a few letter, but she didn't answer mine.

 

I did get a letter baring me from ever buying tickets again though???

Winner!

[How much money have you spent on Bills in the last decade?]

Ugh. Terrible thread. I don't want to be reminded of how much I've spent.

 

Yeah, but if the money didn't go here it would go somewhere else. You can't take it with you. For me the $100/game I spend is good value for what works out to be about 10 hours of entertainment (thank god for tailgating)

[AFC playoff: Steelers at Chiefs]

Wait a minute, as a Bills fan, why don't you hate the Cowboys more than the Packers? I know I do, hands down.

 

No kidding

 

Jan 31, 1993 Cowboys 52 - Bills 17

Jan 30, 1994 Cowboys 30 - Bills 13

 

I can handle Atlanta or Green Bay winning. I'll be annoyed if the Steelers win it and physically ill (due to drink) if NE wins.

[Things you want to hear McDermott say in his press conf.]

"Get ready man, we're going"

[What show to start?]

If you like a good, slow moving, British comedy check out seasons 1 & 2 of 'Detectorists' - The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.

 

Mackenzie Crook - Pirates of the Caribbean, The Office (original), The Brothers Grimm

[AFC PLAYOFF Steelers Dolphins]

Watching this game and thinking, is it better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all? As much as I want to see the Bills in the playoffs I don't want our first playoff game back to look like this one looks for Miami.

[TBDers tailgate featured on Viceland Show!]

The basic details from what I was told is that the original intent was to get the ketchup on the burger without getting any on Kenny.

And if I remember the story correctly the Bills won that day and a tradition was born.

[TBDers tailgate featured on Viceland Show!]

I'm 4 or 5 cars up from the ketchup and mustard every home game, have been for ages. I've seen the ceremony enough that I don't really watch it anymore, instead I watch the people around it. It's fun to watch the reactions, people get excited, cellphones are out taking pictures, people want photos with Kenny, the crowd cheers. Fans that may only make it to a handful of Bills games in their lives make a point of being there for ketchup.

 

There is a story behind it, Kenny's told me a few times, but I'm not great with remembering fine details so I'll leave the story telling to someone else.

[Opinions on most of the games on Christmas Eve]

I could swing New Years Eve or New Years Day with no problem. Christmas was always going to be a non starter for me. On one hand I hate the idea of Christmas Eve/day games, but on the other hand it gave me a chance to show my wife I value the big family traditions over football traditions. I actually came out of this pretty good. Thanks NFL!

[Season Ticket Sales 2017?]

"This Time We Mean It"

[Tyrod to remain starter]

According to Wiki

'If a player has a legitimate long-term injury, his cap hit is still counted; however, the team is permitted to replace him with one or more players whose combined salary is equal to (or less than) that of the injured player, even if the additional players would put the team over the salary cap. If the team's cap room is larger than the injured player's cap hit, they may take on as much as their cap room; however, the injured player may not return to play until the team is again compliant with the original cap.'

 

So if Tyrod is severely injured in the next 3 games, never plays again, gets his money then

 

An insurer probably pays him, in 2017 the Bills can use the $16 million cap hit and 2018 the $17 million cap hit to sign someone else.

 

I don't claim to understand this stuff, but if this is the case the risk of playing Tyrod does not seem too bad.

 

** so the $27 million being thrown around is his guaranteed money for the next 2 years ** I think?

[Tyrod to remain starter]

I wonder if the Bills buy insurance to offset/cover injuries? In other words, if Tyrod blows a knee and gets his full payment I wonder if an insurer would actually be on the hook for the full payment and not the Bills.

[Season Ticket Sales 2017?]

Looking at our future home opponents for 2017 and I think season ticket sales will be okay. 2017 offers a few teams that opposing fans will want to see and Bills fans don't get a lot of chances to see (especially if you include preseason) 2018 will be full blown mayday mayday mayday - to me 2018 just looks ugly for sexy value

 

2017

Denver

Oakland

New Orleans

Tampa Bay

 

2018

Jacksonville

Tennessee

Chicago

Detroit

[C'mon people.]

I'm staying in the 'we have a chance camp' until Sunday. After Sunday I'm facing the prospect of no Bills games with Bills playoff implications until Sept 2017. Let me hang onto the dream for 6 more days.

[Weather forecast for Steelers game]

100 chance of a beating from the Steelers as a crowd of black and gold buy up tickets and head north to invade. I've got mine posted on CL in Pittsburgh!

I don't think Steelers fans are too pumped for their team this year. Prices on Stubhub are hanging around face value on the seats I've checked.