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another one: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/austin-emerges-as-possible-relocation-spot-for-bills-amid-new-orchard-park-stadium-negotiations-per-report/

It sound like a situation where the Bills management let this go.....at this point a phone call might/should have been made. If it continues, a nice few minute 'Cole, sit down in my office' conversattion should happen. If THAT still doesn't slow this down, then maybe severe action will be taken. It is hard to be known as a coach/GM/organization that 'stands by its players' and lets them 'be who they are', but then to come down too hard on them for their social media use. The Pats? Yeah, they might have cut him already. But the Bills I think pride themselves on giving the players a lot of rope....lets see just how much that is though.

Ok, the inflation is as much (or more) a result of supply shortages, labor shortages, transportation issues...a backlog of services...basically things CAUSED by the pandemic....more than the actions of any 1 of the two parties. Go ahead, Libs blame the right and the right can blame the libs....that is just you being a 'blowhard' for your own side. Deficit spending and increased money supply...does that ADD to the issue? It sure does, but that is the fault of BOTH sides. Commodity prices have already come down alot. When the supply chain gets better (it is GETTING better already) than inflation will level out. Now mind you, that doesn't mean prices will go DOWN...just the rate at which they are going up will flatten.

I agree with most of that...it does make preseason more enjoyable.

It would be nice if these threads didn't get locked so we could actually discuss the topic. Too many times I'll start reading a thread and get into it, and want to make a legitimate response and then it gets locked. When politics get involved, how about a mod removing some of the offensive posts AND banning the posters who bring up politics for a good week or two instead of just closing threads we want to talk about? I guess the mods do a pretty good job, I'd just like to see less threads closed and instead just do temp bans on the dumb posters who get the closed.

0 for 2 with us. Wasn't terrible, but overall experience was average to below-average both times. So much potential, hopefully the new place will be an improvement.

Terrible, decades long missed opportunity to make it a dome and downtown (if that was possible) real mature, lets keep this message board civil by attacking people who don't agree with you.

I agree. I grew up a Bills fan, had season tickets to watch most or all of the Kelly years from the time I was a kid, and I'm glad the Bills usually beat the Dolphins and Marino....but overall I thought Marino was a much better QB. No Super bowls, but I think he was the best of his generation and maybe the best of all time. He was the Peyton Manning of that Generation, but maybe even better based on what the Defenses were allowed to do back then. Elway was brought up in this thread, I never really saw how people think he was one of the greatest ever. As a kid and teenager I watched as many NFL games as I could. Almost ever playoff game but I probably saw Elway play in a few dozen regular season games across his career....and my memory tells me he had more average games than great ones. And I'm talking throwing the ball over WR heads, throwing it into the chest of DB's for the interception...Deciding to run for 8 yards on a third and 10 when you can see someone wide open on TV right at the first down market...Other than 'the drive' and a few clutch plays, game to game I thought Elway was one of the most overated.

I agree with your premise. There doesn't have to be a direct correlation between the Sabres and the Bills.....the idea is that....things happen. Every single team in any sport can have a season that is below expetcations. The difference is....'below expectations for the Sabres turns out to be historically bad because of where they started from. The Bills are not likely to have that kind of season...but, there is always a chance they are going to be a certain level below expectations. With that team it could be a .500 record and fighting for a wild card spot. I'm not saying that is my prediction, but it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibilities.

Unless Belichick has Brady and/or is cheating, he isn't anything too special. He doesn't have Brady, and hopefully he isn't cheating so I'm not worried. If anything, his 'attitude' seems to be driving players away from the Pats (without brady there, a lot of guys don't want to put up with that staff)

Look at the charts today (Sunday). Yesterdays report numbers were a tad bit better week-over-week, but today now they show a slight uptick week-over-week by the day. So as of this morning, we are at 4 of the last 5 days where the number of cases reported on a given day this week is slightly higher than reported on the same day the previous week. Alarming? Maybe not? A turning point in the trend? hopefully not, hopefully just statistical noise...but certainly something to keep watching if this continues for the next few days. Dig a little deaper into the numbers....for the last 4 or 5 weeks, the 7 day moving average on a state by state basis was steady or moving down in just about every single state. That has changed now also as of this morning. The 7 day moving average of cases is now rising in...Maine, New Jersey, Texas, Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Nebraska, TN, Arkansas, N. Mexico, Nebraska, S. Dakota, N. Dakota, Idaho, and Washington....with another handful of states where the moving average is close to turning up.

Ok, its only 3 days, but its getting a bit worrisome than cases are starting to trend back up (No news seems to be reporting this yet...maybe its just something they think is too small of a sample?) More cases reported in the USA yesterday (Wed, 24th) than last week (Wed, 17th). More cases reported Tue of this week than Tue of last week. More cases reported Mon of this week than Mon of last week. I'm not taking a shot at your or your comment....as I have a problem with both sides of the poltical debate (truly, I really REALLY think i'm someplace in the middle) but...what I laugh about is message boards, twitter and most forms of social media I follow....when it comes to politics VERY LITTLE time is spent promoting what 'your side' is doing well, most time and effort is just spent bashing the other side and basing what the other side is doing.

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I agree with the first part of your reply. Some people seem to 'live' on this forum, checking threads what....a few times per day? Once a topic doesn't have any posts for a few hours to them that thread is dead. I am in your position....I may check the forum a couple times per day, but then if I'm busy I might go a week or more without checking in....so why do people have a problem if we post a little while after-the-fact?

I agree. If this team wasn't against the cap with some tough financial decisions, I think it would be a 'no-brainer' that he would stay. But that isn't the case. When you are tight with money and have to let some players go, the best way to do that is not look at the skill of that player in a vacuum.....but look at how much of a drop-off your replacement will be. Brown may still be good and valuable, but if there isn't that big of a drop off in who will replace him, those are the moves you make.

Simple for me. The OL has to be better. I think this was a below average line the entire year. Allen's mobility saved them a lot of sacks (put most other QBs behind this line and they would be allowing a LOT more sacks) and they didn't open many holes in the running game.

OL....they are a bit overrated as a unit, NOT good run blocking and miss too many blitz pickups. DL...more pass rush will make your secondary look better also.

I besides K.C. just being really good, I think there are just some very simple things the Bills can get better at: 1. Offensive line. They aren't awful, but all season they haven't been great. This line is just not good at opening holes for the running game, and at times has a lot of trouble picking up the blitz. You want to improve the offense? Need to start here. 2. Pass rush. Not only can/does that lead to more sacks, but it makes your secondary look better without upgrading back there. 3. Speed. A RB or another staring WR that is just a burner. Not just speed though, they have to be good enough and well rounded enough to be on the field most of the time and be someone the opposing D fears. (Think Isiah McKenzie but with a tad more stright-line speed and someone who doesn't go down to the ground right away with a simple arm tackle) Players have bad games. Good, even great coaches get 'out coached'. Those things happen, to me its about improving the roster in the above areas.

I'm being honest, I am going to tune out of the national coverage on all networks for the most part leading up to the game. I just can't take all that talk and attention Brady is going to get. I just can't.

The Chiefs don't look as good as they did last year (tough to say for a team with their record, but they eye test isn't as good lately.) The question is...are they NOT as good as a 14-2 team should be? Or were they simply on their version of 'cruise control' the last 2 months and will turn it on when they need to?

I'm not saying I disagree with you, I just want to see a few more playoff games with both. Mahomes has a SB, 5 playoff starts, 4-1 in the playoff games (close enough to 2 SBs possibly and maybe 6-0 if not for a phantom off sides penalty), 13 tds an 2 ints, and he is likely to add to that this year. Allen so far is 0-1 with no passing TDS. Once again, maybe the regular season shows Allen has caught up to Mahomes...but I have trouble declaring it myself until I see some of it in the playoffs.

I'm happy with no major/big name offseason moves. If anything can even be debated about whether you can afford (money) a particular free agent or trade, I'd want to stay away from that and instead focus on keep the current team together. The cap is going to get tight enough already with some big contracts coming up. With that said, if there are any key pieces you CAN'T keep here long term, then look for the most cost effective replacement/solution for them. If we were playing Madden here with no salary cap, then I'd be fine with paying top $$ for a #1 TE, a great 2nd CG, and some better OL....but not if those things are going to make it harder to 'keep your own'. The only way I'd use Free Agency to bring in something major is if the next game or two...the Bills ultimate demise happens to be because of a certain position that just gets exploited badly. Other than that...I'm fine.

I'm fine with it, as long as the rules are the same for all teams, go ahead and end them. Get down to 1 or 2 preseason games, and shorten regular camp one week.

Of course the fans are going to have a hard time accepting it, and they think it is just a matter of time until they are back on top. The same thing happened with the Bills in the 1980s and 1990s. When your team has winning season after winning season...it does 2 things. First of all, it brings in more casual fans that normally would not have followed the team. Secondly, it conditions ALL fans, but ESPECIALLY those new fans who have never seen losing....to think this is just 'the way it is'. When you have winning season after winning season, you won't/don't want to chalk it up to a one time event....a once-in-a-lifetime player coming to your team that will never happen again. Instead, you like to say that it is a bunch of reasons....it is that your players are just better than everyone else across the entire roster, your teams 3rd round pick Offensive tackler is better than any other teams 2nd or 3rd round Offensive tackle (heck, you saw the guy in college and clearly he is great), YOUR GM more skillfully picked draft picks and free agents than anyone else could...your coach who is the greatest ever...the city you live in must be a destination that free agents want to come to....etc. It is a lot more fun to think it is all of those things than to think your team just 'got lucky'. So, when you start to lose, of course you think it is only temporary. "We can't lose for long....we aren't Detroit..or the Bengals" is what you think. You can't even comprehend what a team wearing your uniforms would look like being the one being beat up on. You can't picture walking through the gates of your stadium in December and not having the game mean something. What will it take for the Pats fans to feel differently about their 'entitlement' of winning? This season probably changed the mind of only about 5% of them. Another season without playoffs next year would maybe get 10-15% more.....another year after that and you get another 10-15%. Give them 4-5 years of no playoffs (or maybe ONE playoff appearance but being eliminated early) and that is when the fanbase in general will come back to earth with their expecations and entitlement.

Personally I love 1pm games. I also love Saturday games. I know that is the 'worst' and 'least desirable' slot, but that would be my choice. Get hyped up for the Bills game, watch it first, and then relax and watch the rest of the games after.