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2 hours ago, T.E. said:
Their fans are, by far, the worst of any team in the division, so there's that.
When you meet NYers/people from NJ, you can usually tell who they root for by their personality:
Classy, friendly = Giants fan
Obnoxious, douchebaggy = Jets fan
That stereotype almost never fails.
I don't usually feel animosity or hate towards public figures or others whom I only know through media, but I'd like to hit that obnoxious A hole Fireman Ed with a water hose from a hydrant and then run him over with the ladder truck.
Nothing wrong with being an enthusiastic fan, but that guy gives off a vibe like he wants the whole stadium crowd to focus on him and his massive ego. Such a D-bag.
The way he carries on, you'd think the Jets, (winners of a grand total of 3 division titles since the AFL-NFL merger, 55 seasons!), were some celebrated juggernaut with a trophy case full of Lombardis.
F him.
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54 minutes ago, Whites Bay said:
Probably out of the OP's time window, but it's hard to beat the winery tour at Dr. Konstantin Frank in Hammondsport. About a 2 hour drive one way. But wow. What a view.
Assumed it's not practical for short visit.
My statement was a general counterpoint in a side note and the perception by some that "there's nothing to do in WNY".
It's the sort of thing that used to be said in regard to Free Agent NFL players who might prefer the glamour and action in South Beach as opposed to the cloudy skies and slower pace of Buffalo.
For families living in WNY, there's more options for entertainment and recreation in the region than there are in many cities, even if there aren't white sandy beaches and palm trees.
I believe the Bills actively recruit the type of mature family-oriented men who are comfortable with the Buffalo lifestyle. A lot of these guys grew up on farms, experienced rural life and a small town lifestyle. I'm sure a good number of them have no desire for instant access to parties in La-La Land or South Beach.
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56 minutes ago, DrZ said:
Wife surprised me with a trip to Buffalo for my 40th bday. Would really appreciate any suggestions/local spots/recommendations on must do things. We are staying at Curtiss Hotel Thanks everyone!
What sort of things do you enjoy doing?
Dining, drinking, hiking, museums, dancing/nightlife, touristy stuff?
This may seem obvious, but as you're coming to a Buffalo Bills message board, I'm assuming a Bills' game is already on the docket.
Will you have a car?
And yes, Niagara Falls is compulsory if it's your first time in the area. Don't miss it. The Canadian side offers more attractions and places to visit than the American side. (sadly, Niagara Falls, NY could've been a great tourist destination had it been developed by someone with vision, but instead it's surrounding neighborhoods are dumps).
If you're coming in the fall, WNY trees, parks, rivers, and other natural areas provide beautiful landscapes for just walking and getting some fresh air.
For inside museum stuff, Buffalo Albright Knox Art Gallery is world class. There's also the Buffalo science and history museums.
Buffalo also has a very nice (and underrated) zoo.
As far as good eats, there are an infinite number of great places to test the local fare for wings, beef on (kimmel)weck, pizza, Friday Haddock fish frys, etc.
Some of the little hole-in-the wall mom & pop gin mills often have the best of these local favorites. But, there are so many great places for Bistro-style to fine dining. Don't waste your time with chain places like Applebee's when you're there. The food in WNY is outstanding.
If you're unsure about where to go, ask the locals. You'll find most people of WNY are extremely friendly and helpful.
Enjoy, happy birthday, and GO BILLS!
Another thought...check to see what other entertainment is going on the week(end) that you visit. There may be some good music acts coming through town, maybe a touring play at Shea's Theater, or even an NHL game with the Buffalo Sabres if they're iplaying that week.
One more piece of commentary:
The Buffalo/WNY area has been branded as someplace where there's "nothing to do". I challenge that. I live in the Atlanta area and in my opinion there's a far greater number of things to do and see in Buffalo and within a short drive, especially if you include Toronto and the southern tier and finger lakes regions.
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It's crazy that these NFL stadiums are being replaced after 25 years. The Georgia Dome came and went from 1992-2016. The Cleveland stadium and now the Denver stadium, neither of which are that old, are in the process of being replaced.
I was half kidding in an earlier thread about in the near future starting a feesability study and the planning for the next stadium that will replace the new Highmark stadium. Maybe that tongue-in-cheek thought wasn't so far-fetched.
How is it that so many college stadiums are viable and still used for 50+ years?
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1 hour ago, Augie said:
My preference is the multi focal lens so I can go without any glasses for reading. What scares me is I tried multi focal contacts and hated them. They just never got comfortable for me from a vision standpoint. It was simple enough to say the trial box isn’t good for me. What if I have surgery and have the same level of dissatisfaction? They’re not “wrong”, but they don’t do well for “me”. Each brain seems to process this stuff a bit differently.
I have countless questions and I’m interested in your situation and results. Did you ever try multi focal contacts? How was that for you?
EDIT: My current solution with my contacts is to give up something on distance so I can read without cheaters. I’ve had better distance before, but I’ve also had cheaters hiding everywhere I went.
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I never had the multi-focal. When it became obvious distance and reading both needed corrective lenses, I opted for mono-vision. i.e. one lens/eye handles distance and the other does close. Two completely different prescriptions for left and right. The brain makes the adjustment, so it’s like having near perfect vision.
But as I said before, I’m now only in one contact until I need surgery on that one.btw, I’m terrible about changing lenses. I’ve only used the kind you can keep in for a few days and overnight, but they’re frequently in there for weeks. Oh well.
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Ironically, I’ve recently been working out the keyboard intro to Bloody Well Right.
It has some tricky timing that has escaped me forever, but I finally decided a couple of weeks ago to finally tackle it and practice until I have it down.
I started playing it when the record came out, but only got about as far as the first 8 bars before winging it (playing it wrong).
So now with the composer watching from above, I need to get it bloody well right.-
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On 7/31/2025 at 7:01 PM, Wacka said:
Those who are close to my age (late 60s) know what I am talking about.This is for the younger board members.
I was told I was beginning to get cataracts about 7 or 8 years ago, but could put it off for a few more years. First noticed what looked like fine mist or smoke coming out of the car dash vents when I was driving at night. Over time, the glare from approaching headlights hot worse nd worse and several years ago stopped driving at night unless absolutely necessary. Was going to get them taken care of last year, but I was recuperating from my kidney transplant. Since then, they have gotten worse, which the eye doc said could be from the anti-rejection meds I take. Last summer, totaled my car turning into oncoming traffic I swear I didn't see. This year had trouble seeing clearly on overcast days.
Got the first one done last week and the other today. I'll see how the second is with the follow up tomorrow. What a difference! Only out for 20 minutes. On the way home 30 minutes after going under. No pain at all from the operation. The only pain was the BP cuff.
My mom had it done when she was 91 by the same doctor.
I’ve only needed one, but the other one will certainly need it soon enough. Medicare covered 100%, but I elected to get the upgraded lens for an extra $2900.
I can’t tolerate eyeglasses, so I’ve been wearing contacts for about 20 years. Now, only in left eye.
What’s amazing is how bright everything is after getting surgery. It’s like somebody turned all the dimmer switches to full brightness.
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21 hours ago, K-9 said:
Glad I’ll be in Atlanta for the Falcons game. I’m gonna get five hotdogs and STILL spend less than for one at Highmark.
In the early days of the Falcons playing at the Georgia Dome, there was a vendor (Buffalo guy of course) who sold Sahlen's char-broiled hot dogs there.
He also had a couple of stores at different times in which were sold Sahlen's, Loganberry, Weber's mustard, etc. Kind of a local Ted's.
The last store that I know of was on Windy Hill Rd in Marietta. Good Buffalo food, but not very convenient hours unless you worked in the area. Basically only open during lunch hours on weekdays i believe. I think I went there one Saturday and discovered they didn't open weekends.
BTW, in defense of some of the Highmark pricing for food/drinks, it's kind of offset by having some of the lowest ticket prices in the league.
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Fortunately, they play on the gridiron, and the Bills have been relatively successful in matchups with the birds. If the Ravens are superior 'on paper' by some measure, there's data not being accounted for. The Win-Loss record speaks for itself.
When they play 'on paper' I'll GAF.
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7 minutes ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:
The new tech doesn't tell refs where to spot the ball. All it does is once the ball is spotted it tells them if it's a first down or not
Unless the ball touches the ground, the spot is still going to be subjective according to where the official perceives the ball was when the knee or other body part determines the ball carrier is 'down'. The best technology to make that determination is still high-res slo-mo with no obstructions.
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As a unit they're average at best.
Shakir is a baller and a reliable target. I'm still not sold on Coleman. The knock on Gabe Davis was his limited route running ability. How is Coleman an improvement in that regard?
I can only imagine Josh with an truly elite receiver that requires constant double teams. And yes, Diggs was really good, but elite? I don't know.
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6 hours ago, Jerry Jabber said:
Put Bass on season ending IR and keep Prater on the active roster.
That was my thought...or hope for another kicker to go down and trade him for a late round pick.
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15 minutes ago, billybob71 said:
The ravens message board has prob crashed
Apparently you’re not aware of the literacy rate in Baltimore. They're still trying to figure out how to spell ‘Google’.
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2 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:
That's my vote.
I don’t know.
It looks like a reasonably young (under 35?) bicep, and there are flat screen TVs hung on the wall in background- making me believe it’s not a terribly ancient photo.
But, I’m no bicep expert, so who knows?
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Probably not him, but it would be suitable for a guy who appeared in 6 super bowls with the Bills and Broncos- Mike Lodish.
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3 hours ago, BigAl2526 said:
The KC/Chargers game thread stipulated no Bills conversation, soooo. . .
Unlike Baltimore vs Bills, this was a divisional game for KC. That instantly means KC's bid to reclaim their division throne involves a steeper climb than the Bills would face if they lose to the Ravens. A Buffalo win would give Buffalo a huge boost in their quest for AFC dominance, but I understand that Buffalo's weakness at cornerback is at least partially temporary. I can see why Buffalo could lose the game yet not have their division title hopes be seriously affected. I trust that the Bills' are being honest regarding Tre White's groin issues - being treated as temporary. If he does miss the Baltimore game, (listed as doubtful) he should be back sooner rather than later. I also expect to see Hairston by the middle of October, and I think he will be positive addition in the second half of the season. CB may not be a strength for a while, but it's not going to be the glaring weakness it was in 2025 once we get a few games into the season, and it will continue to improve after that. I don't think Buffalo has any other team in their division who is a serious threat to win the division title from Buffalo.
If the Chargers do knock off the Chiefs for the division title in the AFC West, it makes KC's path to the AFC championship and a playoff match versus Buffalo much more unlikely. The biggest obstacle for Buffalo in the playoffs might be somebody new: Baltimore, Cincinnati or LA Chargers are the best bets.
Your thoughts?
The AFC West could have the Chiefs, Broncos, and Chargers beating each other up so that none of them can grab the # 1 seed. This season may be the Chiefs biggest challenge for playoff positioning in several years.
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File this under "I'd love to be wrong", but I believe the Bills are overmatched in this one. The Ravens have a superior roster and the Bills are already dealing with numerous injuries before the first whistle blows.
1. They'll need the home crowd to stifle the Raven offense and give the Bills players extra motivation.
2. The Bills have to win the turnover battle.
3. Josh and his skill players need to bring their A-game.
4. Babich will need to scheme some looks that confuse Lamar.
Lots of 'ifs'.
The Ravens have revenge on their minds.
Ravens 28
Bills 17
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43 minutes ago, eball said:
For everyone complaining in these threads about the show, understand that for people who don’t regularly follow the Bills it was very interesting — I’ve heard that from every person I’ve talked to.
Personally, I loved it. People got to see Josh Allen the goofball and Josh Allen the master technician. They got to see how a tight-knit professional organization is run. They got some Dion goofiness. They got some “hard knocks” stories seeing Davidson, Hamler, and Rogers get lots of air time and then be cut.
I loved the D line dinner in last night’s episode and seeing Daquan’s character and heart.
Some of you guys are just miserable ****s, truthfully.
I think some of us may forget or not quite understand the objective of the HBO show. They're attempting to have a show that can be entertaining for a broad audience of hard core and casual fans - or possibly draw some non-fans into the NFL sphere.
Like any limited production, there's tons of editing choices that leave a lot of footage on the cutting room floor as they attempt to tell a story as concisely as possible. It would be impossible to feature every story line and every player that has an angle with the limited scope of the Hard Knocks episode.
I enjoyed seeing some insider stuff and getting to know some of the players better. Now I'm ready for Sunday night.
Go Bills!
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7 hours ago, stevewin said:
The one thing I don't get though is they must have had so much content that had nothing to do with drama/controvery/secrets that they chose not to use. They have hundreds of hours of guys mic'ed up - there had to be lots of fun/goofy stuff that wasn't dramatic or controversial - there seemed to be very little of even that. It's kind of amazing to me they didn't really even fully reveal the humor/goofiness of Josh, which is almost hard to do. In this last episode they end up filming parts of other interviews with Brandt and the Bills social media as their content?
I still enjoy any Bills content, including this, but think it is a letting them off a bit easy to just say it was boring because the Bills didn't want any drama.
Allen's humor was on full display when he broke the QB huddle with deliberate (and uncharacteristic) absence of enthusiasm. When he did the "win on three" (or whatever it is he says), the QBs, obviously affecting apathy and sleepiness for the cameras, all displayed the energy of a sloth.
It was hilarious.
Side note to the finale...anyone notice Deone Walker's obvious limp in one scene? With only the one clip shown, it's to say if it was chronic or a temporary irritation following a specific play.
Starting to worry about this D-line that was supposed to be revamped for 2025.
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This further reinforces the argument at how difficult it is to win it all.
When the Idiot Choir chimes in with the “fire McDermott” chorus, consider the number of teams and coaches who never experienced a Super Bowl victory more than once, and many that never get bgck to the dance again. When 31 other teams are fighting for the same prize, it’s a major achievement to get there and to win it. -
22 hours ago, Augie said:
The Raiders have another of the classic uniforms of the NFL. They shouldn’t mess with that either.
That makes me think, between the Bills, Raiders and Chargers the old AFL brought some of the greatest uniforms to the NFL table. I’d throw in the 49’ers from the old NFL to round out my top four.
These alternates are how we got the Pittsburgh Bumblebees. I wish they would just stop with this crap.
Can’t argue with those picks. I’d add the Namath-era Jets unis to that group as well.
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Guess I'm in the minority, or maybe just that the dissidents are the most vocal, but i find them kind of cool - but for one game only. Then, wash, fold neatly, and put them in the drawer until next year.
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2 hours ago, Augie said:
Very tempting! Think of all the cap space we could clear up! Good thing the cap is only an illusion.
Rough day for a lot of hopeful young men, but it’s not necessarily the end.
And if they play their cards right- top 5 draft pick in ‘26 !
I should have used that as my birthday candle wish. Damn.-
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Have the Jets ever felt like a real rival?
in The Stadium Wall
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Oh ok. That justifies being a total jerk in public for the rest of his days.