mjd1001

Yeah...I still don't really like it..but if you were the FIRST person to ever do it..fine...you got your few mintues of fame. But now when people do it after hundreds of others already have....I just don't get it.

Yeah..but that takes the fun out of it...and pretty much takes the whole point out of a message forum.

So, for the National TV game on Thansgiving Vs Dallas...what will the Bills be...8 and 3? 9-2? If you split Cleveland and Philly...and beat Miami both times, Denver, and Washington....That gets you to 9-2.

I'm good, FOR NOW...if Allen just plays like he does, but stops too many stupid ints. He's not throwing deep well or at all, but he does seem to have the 'comeback' trait in him. Just stop making soooo many stupid throws.

I'm not ready think think Allen is a top 5 qb in this league at all, and not anytime soon. However, as others have said, he has had some good games, and for the past few years most people have wanted not much more than a QB that can lead a 4th quarter comeback. He has a few already. I will not support Allen no matter what, but I want to give him time and am in no way looking for or even thinking about a replacement yet.

I'm actually looking forward to playing a team like the Titans. The first few games were games you HAD to win against bad opponents. The pats game is...well, the pats game and the angst that comes along with it for a lot of people. The Titans though? A decent team that should lead to a good game.

I feel better about McDermott and the overall 'team managment' than before, but a little worse about the actually strategy implemented by the coordinatos (offense, Special teams) I feel better about the D-unit, but a tad bit more concerned about Allen.

Yeah...no. I try my best to not repost things...but the article I read it in was new (not 3 hours old) I'm not going to search EVERY topic I read and want to post....some of us don't have all day to sit here and read every post for hours and hours.

A close loss is always frustrating. I hate it too. But...because of how close this game is....I get from now until the next matchup with the Pats NOT thinking the season is over...and if the Bills can win the next couple of games and the Pats show ANY weakness (like they did today), i'll at least be thinking there is a chance of the division being in play. Moral Victory? I guess I'm looking at it that way, but if the Bills follow this up with a win next week and the pats lose or play some closer games...It make the season really interesting.

I apologize if this was just posted..posts coming in faster than I can read them. Apparently McD noticed pats coaches/staffers watching Bills pre-game a little longer than they should have. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/sean-mcdermott-escorts-bill-belichicks-son-off-the-field-during-pregame-warmups-for-patriots-bills-game/

I guess hes thinking better to throw too low than too high.

Funny thing, on the Pats forums that I look at occasionally (used to live near Boston, have a lot of pats fan friends), they are saying the EXACT same thing...McDs calling a terrible game, but they are referring to McDaniel. Oh, a lot of posts over there wanting the Pats to resign AB as a receiver right after this game.

Right now...the pats look like the better team...but they look 'older'. The Bills look like the young-up-and-coming team that may be physically as good as (or more talented) than the pats...but the pats old age and experience and treachery are still winning out.

On that PI call...that is the stuff that SHOULD be PI. It was obvious the intent was to cause a pick, and while contact may not have been made, it did cause the play to happen. Brady would not be even close to be considered 'the greatest ever' if it wasn't for a record number of pick plays that team runs every game. But for now...what they do is part of the game it is the rules.

He's not the same as he has been in the past, that is for sure. He didn't play well toward the end of last season....and the rest of the team and the D carried them through the playoffs and to the superbowl. He has decent numbers coming into this game against some bad competition, but doesn't look good against a good Bills D. The pats are real good, but Brady seems to not be who he has been in the past...for sure.

D is playing pretty good so far. The times tv has shown it, wr's are open. Gore has had some good runs. Honestly, most things are going pretty well up to this point, other than the QB play.

If the Bills win this week, and then beat the Pats next week....I'll strongly entertain they can win the division for sure. Beating New England is the hard part...but if they pull it off...sure, they might win the division. Brady looks good through 2 weeks, but for the last few years...he has (mostly) faded as the games pile up during the season. He is usually not the same QB in December and January as he is in September. The suspension a couple of years ago actually helped him and the Pats...if you look at his performance...having only 12 games played by the end of the year gave him one of his better Decembers in the past few years. Last year he faded for sure late in the season and in the playoffs he did not carry that team. BUT, that Pats game is critical. Not just because its the Pats though.....I love that the Bills are 2-0, but personally I won't feel great until I can see them get a few impressive wins over top 10 teams (Pats, KC, Rams, Chargers, Baltimore, N. Orleans...etc)

I lived in Daytona Beach in the early 2000s..and was a big fan of Nascar at the time. I'd say the popularity of Nascar kept going up a few years past the death of Dale Sr. Through at least 2004 or 2005, a ticket to the Daytona could hardly be found for list price. I think it was sometime around 2008-2010 that interest dropped off a bit. Dale Junior was just as popular as his dad (maybe not with the old-timers, but with the casual fan for sure). Jeff Gordon was polarizing but he brought in a lot of fans and eyes to the TV. I think Jimmy Johnson hurt the sport. When he started winning a lot...he just had so little personality...on the track or off. Add that to the car-of-tomorrow fiasco...and the whole playoff thing (we watch Nascar to see who wins EACH race...not to have a made-up playoff system pushed on us,) and I think the decline of the sport really started about 2008...and accelerated dramatically from 2012 on.

For me the tipping point of staying home was in the early 2000's. I had season tickets with a friend for years...and one day we were sitting outside at the Stadium during a December game...it was in the upper 30's...kinda windy..raining...and that day we BOTH had the same idea...we could be sitting at home eating food for less than half the price in a dry, heated living room. That was the day. The arrival of High-Def big screens cemented it for us. The reality is..for many/most people, the gameday experience is better at home. That is why a lot of stadiums and arenas are adding more restaurants, meeting areas, games for the kids on site. The die-hards will still go to the games...but you need to keep adding more and more to get the casual fan to go to the stadium. I am now one of them.

Rotate them 50% - 50%.....keep them both fresh.

I have trouble keeping separate the last couple drives for the win with the rest of the game. Up until the last couple drives, the rest of the game he was a C or C- to me. Last drive was an A. He led a come-from-behind victory. I guess you can average it out to a B-....but if I were a teacher I'd not want to give a grade yet because I really need to see more.

Agreed. I don't know how it would work, but they took away his bonuses from what I heard because of his conduct...so now suspend him without pay and make him sit and wonder and stew about things...and not let him sign with another team.for as long as possible. As far as him saying you will upset a lot of people when you do what is right for YOU? When you have already made millions...and you are playing games like this that are a large part about money......AND, when you do stuff like this 'for you' that has a potential huge negative impact on your entire team (your teammates, your coaches...everyone in the organization) because you think you have the right to stop your feet like a little baby.....yeah...his comment is really crazy, just a stupid sound bite he is trying to apply to himself that doesn't work.

I'm voting for home...or a friends house. For me..that is even well ahead of the stadium experience.

No interest in Gordon here either. At the RB position, I didn't get too excited over McCoy when he came here and I wouldn't get too excited over just about any other back. Give me a group of specialists....have a competition of young guys.....I don't want/need the big name back. Plus, if the Bills ever went for the 'high priced/elite' back..it would probably just mean they are committing to running more anyway, which I don't really want to watch.

Watkins is drastically overpaid for the player he is and what he brings...but with that said...the comparison isn't taking all things into account. The issue with RBs is....how much do you pay NOT for what you get, but rather for what you get over the possible/potential replacment. The best 'journeyman' RB is going to be closer in talent and production to a top RB....more so than the best 'journeyman WR' is going to be to a top WR.