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  1. 3 hours ago, Logic said:

    Peter King solicited ideas from fans about how to improve the NFL. He received 766 submissions. He chose 30. Shameless plug: mine was one of them! Pretty neat. When I saw how many people submitted ideas, I figured mine hadn't been chosen. It was a fun to scroll down and see my name. At any rate, some of the ideas are pretty interesting. I've posted a few that I like below. There are a bunch more, some of which are terrible, but almost all of which are interesting. Give it a read!

    https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/07/11/fmia-guest-nfl-ideas-improve-peter-king/

     

    17th Game Ideas

    Tim DeLaney, Tempe, Ariz.


    My idea is twofold: grow the game domestically/internationally and create a consistent and fair way to allocate the recently added 17th game.

    Every team plays one neutral-site game (so eight home, eight road, one neutral-site).

    Continue to schedule several international games: London, Mexico City, Munich, and let’s mix in some new locations each year such as Dublin, Barcelona, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, Toronto.


    Here’s the twist, and a way to connect with casual U.S. fans who may be college football fans first:

    Schedule the remainder of neutral-site games in traditional college markets (with behemoth stadiums)—Lincoln, State College, Clemson, Tuscaloosa, Tallahassee, Baton Rouge, Norman.


    Think of what the “Winter Classic” has done to bring charm and nostalgia to the NHL. Imagine the Steelers and Eagles playing for bragging rights in front of 107,000 at Beaver Stadium. Let’s play a salute-to-service weekend matchup between the Bills and Giants in West Point.


     

    Move The Super Bowl To Saturday Night

    Rob Jensen, Voorhees, N.J.


    I know the old school fans will clutch their pearls at such a notion since it had been referred to as Super Bowl Sunday for most of my 50 years alive. But one thing we have learned in watching sports is that baseball has failed in making their most important games available to younger audiences. It makes no sense to me to hold the most important game in the season, and the parties that go along with it, on a school night. Having the game on a Saturday would make it more accessible to kids and the millions of us who have to get up early for work the next day.”



     

    Give Ownership 10 Years To Win

    Bill Miller, Savannah, Ga.


    I grew up in the fifties in Detroit, with Bobby Layne and the Lions winning three championships during that decade. Unfortunately, in 1960, William Clay Ford bought into the Lions. Over the past 61 years, the Lions have won one playoff game. We have had William Clay running the team, then Billy, then a bunch of sisters, grandmothers and others. How many coaches and GM’s have failed in Detroit over this period? The common denominator is that the Fords picked them.

    I have a proposal for a new NFL rule. If a team does not win a playoff game in 10 years, the team must be sold to another owner, or the NFL must step in and pick the next GM, similar to Pete Rozelle forcing the Giants to hire George Young as GM in 1979.

    Cool idea, but it’s one lawsuit from one spurned owner away from being overturned.


     

    Tickets For Deserving Kids

    Hank Zellman, Ohio


    The NFL could purchase a block of, say, 20 to 25 seats in every stadium for every game and provide those tickets to underprivileged kids who would never get to a game. Criteria of eligibility could be grades or community service.


     


    Adopt A Red Card—Sort Of

    Keith Heisler, Palos Verdes, Calif.


    The NHL power play is one of the most exciting fixtures in sports. Instantly, the style of play changes. Teams implement offensive and defensive strategies the fans wouldn’t otherwise see. For two minutes (or five for a major penalty) the power play injects the game with a nitro boost of offensive opportunities.


    I propose the NFL implements a power-play penalty where a team is required to play a man down for some period. For example, a helmet-to-helmet hit that knocks a player out of the game or into concussion protocol for a few plays. A 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty (and a midweek fine) doesn’t seem like fair compensation for an illegal hit that takes out a team’s star receiver. What if the team causing the infraction had to play with 10 players for one play or until the other team got a first down?


     

    The Best Teams Should Pick Playoff Foes

    Andrew Stathulis, Ann Arbor, Mich.


    [Higher-seeded] playoff teams should get to draft their opponent in the first round. The current system tries to reward the highest seeds by giving them matchups versus the playoff teams with the worst records. But record is not a perfect indicator of how good a team is. We saw this in the NFC this past year. In the first round, the Dallas Cowboys, the three seed, got the San Francisco 49ers, while the Los Angeles Rams, the four seed, got the Arizona Cardinals. The Rams, the lower seed, had an easier first-round opponent. Giving teams the ability to choose which wild-card team they play in round one is a more reliable method of rewarding the highest-seeded teams the most.

    Not sure how often this would come into play, but it does make sense to give the best teams their choice of first-round foe.



     

    Another Idea For Game 17 
    Matthew Rule, Portland, Ore. [It's me!]


    Make the extra game special and buzzworthy, rather than just a regularly rotating non-conference opponent.


    The slate of extra games should be hand selected by the league to draw interest and eyeballs, using specific themes and player matchups. Some games could feature area rivalries, with, for example, the Jets versus Giants battle for New York, Chargers versus Rams battle for SoFi. Another theme could be Super Bowl rematches … Patriots-Giants or Cowboys-Raiders. Using this method, the league could create opportunities for great matchups we otherwise don’t get to see often.

    If they want Josh Allen versus Aaron Rodgers but the Bills aren’t slated to play the Packers until 2025, no problem! Maybe they want one more bite at the Brady-Belichick apple, but the Bucs aren’t scheduled to play the Patriots till 2025. The NFL would have the power to create 16 monster matchups each season, however they see fit. Imagine, in the midst of schedule release mania, looking to see what “special feature” games were on the docket each year.



     

    The Birch 18-Game Season Plan

    Larry Birch, Warrenton, Ore.


    There would be 18 regular-season games and two preseason games. No player could play more than 16 regular-season games. At the beginning of the week, for that week’s game, teams must list their eligible players from a newly expanded roster. Ineligible players would have the week off and would not be allowed to practice with the team. This would make an interesting coaching strategy. Most teams would use their best players for strongest divisional opponents. 


    This plan would do the following:

    - Prolong playing careers. Players would have two weeks off, at least, plus the bye.

    - Show what backup QBs can do in real games.

    - Give more players a chance at an NFL career.

    - Players with borderline injuries may be less likely to be pressured to play.

    - The players’ 16-game season records would be comparable.


    The biggest downside would be that fans would not always get to watch their favorite players in every game.

     

     


    Great ideas all around.   I LOVE the powerplay ideas!!!!!  It really does make those potentially illegal and damaging hits take on a while new dimension.  

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  2. 3 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:


    Acid Trip GIF

     

    Friends I have done more shrooms and acid in my life than I can accurately recall now.  So yes, this thread could be related to such past activity.  
    Seriously, probably less than 50 individual tabs of old fashioned LSD, but that was all back in the 90’s and not all of it was worth my money.  Shrooms probably whatever a quarter ounce times 25 or so adds up to.  But shrooms aren’t nearly as bad for you IMHO.  Can possibly be a treatment for severe depression.

    BTW…LSD occurs naturally in rye grain products that have molded.  The Salem witch thing (among many other similar historical occurrences) was very likely a case of a few villagers tripping their respective nutz (Deez or otherwise) off without realizing it.  Just food for thought.

     

    Good night all

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  3. 2 hours ago, Peace Frog said:

    1. The Lovin' Spoonful "Summer in the City"

     

    Hot town summer in the city

    Back of my neck Deez Nuts getting dirty and gritty.

     

    2. Lynyrd Skynyrd "That Smell"

     

    Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars

    Oak tree Deez Nuts you're in my way.

     

    Music will simply never be the same.  I’m old enough to have already lived through that first round of pop Deez Nuts humor.  Somehow,  our Joshy Boy had resurrected it and my maturation is forever completely derailed.

  4. 4 minutes ago, Doc said:

     

    My boys have been using that one for a couple years now.

    As stupid-silly and less-than-mature as I am, I have never considered such a connection to this band.  My life will never be the same!

    1 hour ago, JDubya76 said:

    Lamp Reaction GIF

    You goin' over my head (metaphorically) with some young-folks, internet stuff that makes me feel uncool when I don't know what you're talking about.  And it can be so obvious sometimes.  I love ya JDubya76 anyways though.  I'm assuming the "76" is a birth-year reference (and I could very well be so wrong).

    1 hour ago, Conlan58 said:

    SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A CASE OF LIGMA

    And now I feel even more dumb.  Pray to tell, what is "LIGMA?"

     

  5. 1 hour ago, Pabstblueribbon said:

    Apocalypse, you should do an Imagine Dragons song.... 

     

    .......... because then you could Imagine Dragon Deez Nuts across this thread.

    Pure GENIUS, Pabstblueribbon.  Pure Genius!!!!   😂

     

    5 minutes later edit:  I will never listen to Imagine Dragons without thinking about this!   Hahahhahaha!!!!!   That's a good thing!

    Pabst, I will buy you a case of PBR for this contribution to my nonsensical thread.

    54 minutes ago, Gene Frenkle said:

    As a 48 year old man with with the sense of humor of a 14 year old, I appreciate this thread.

     

    OP is 100% correct. The possibilities seem endless.

    Gene, I don't even know you, but I love you anyway!!!!  LOL!  Hopefully we can meet up for a beer (or coffee) in Buffalo sometime. 

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  6. Seriously, after reading that recent article on our boy JA17 messing with everyone with those classic (if not tired) "Deez Nuts" jokes, I have become trapped by this comic tractor-beam to no end!  It has invaded my life and I cannot listen to a song without inserting "Deez Nuts" into said lyrics.  It just works so well, and on so many (shallow) levels!

     

    A small sample, if I may:

     

    1.  Journey "Who's Crying Now?" - not hard to imagine but I'll indulge you all:

     

    One love feeds the fire Deez Nuts
    One heart burns desire Deez Nuts
    Wonder  Deez Nuts, who's crying now
    Two hearts Deez Nuts born to run
    Who'll be the lonely one
    Wonder  Deez Nuts, who's crying now

     

     

    2. Peter Frampton's classic "Do you Feel?"

     

    Woke up this morning with a wine glass Deez Nuts in my hand
    Whose wine Nuts? What wine Nuts?
    Where the hell did I dine are my Nuts?
    Must have been a dream
    I don't believe where I've been
    Come on, let's do it Deez Nuts again

    Do you, you Deez Nuts, feel like I do?
    Do you, you Deez Nuts, feel like I do?

     

     

    I think you can catch my drift (Nuts) at this point, eh?  The list can go on and on infinitely.

     

    Seriously, the possibilities are endless.  That is, if you're a 48 year old man with the sense of humor of a 14 year old. 

     

    Anyway, food for thought...

     

     

    P.S. I have to give props to Key and Peele (Sp?) and their absolutely classic and hilarious "Deez Nuts" skit a few years back, which I assume is more than likely JA17's inspiration for these jokes. 

     

     

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  7. Love to see Jordan getting badly overdue respect for his hard work and amazing instincts.  He deserves every bit of it.  Time and time again I am blown away by his tackles that save sure touchdowns.  Reminds me of Antoine Winfield in many ways.

    But no discussion about Poyer is complete without Micah Hyde.  That INT of Mac Jones in the playoffs was the best pick I have ever witnessed live and probably one of the best individual plays I have ever seen.  And that’s just a fraction of what Hyde brings to this defense.

     

    Mad love to our boys at the safety positions right now!
     

     

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  8. 8 hours ago, Greg S said:

     

    The 90's look would be cool for one game a season. I prefer the white helmet over the red one. The charging Buffalo stands out more off the white helmet.

    Totally agree here but seeing Josh and Stefon et al in the 90’s uniforms would just be the bee’s knees.  

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  9. On 6/3/2022 at 5:59 AM, Marlton Bills said:

    Jim Kelly currently sits at number 29 on the all time passing list. Had Fitzy played this year (or even most of last year) he likely would have passed him. Dalton is right behind him as well.  When I look at the list of top passers I marvel at Jim because he did it in 11 years. Has he played in 1983, 1984 and 1985, I always assume about another 10,000 yards. Do you all think that would be a reasonable amount of yards to add?  It would put him in the top 20. 

    It's all a hoax.  Just because it seems like it's reality, and all normal indications available to human beings with any level of common sense in this country lead us to this same conclusion, does not mean that it's not a hoax.  It's a hoax simply because I refuse to believe it.  And I refuse to allow you to believe it.  It's just that simple.  I say it ain't true, so it ain't true.

     

    Sound familiar?

     

     

    JK of course

  10. So did Jimbo.  So did/do a lot of the big-name players.  That's passion right there!

     

    FWIW, I used to after some of the bigger games.  Albeit for different reasons I guess.  You know, as a solid Gen-X-er, I really hope our follow-on generations are a little smarter than we were.  But then again, having all that weed legal (medicinally or otherwise) was a real pipe-dream (pun totally intended) for us X-ers.  The stuff dreams were made out of.  Very cloudy dreams.  We also paid $50 for some of the crappiest bags of stems and seeds that's like fertilizer today.  The kind of quality that gets you today is beyond any of my dreams of Yore. 

     

    But I digress.....(as my high school memories of discovering Pink Floyd's "The Wall" dance in my cloudy head)

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  11. 1 hour ago, T master said:

    It's great to see Miller teaching the younger guys I think this D will be more number 1 then last years D & the offense will take another step which well i'll just have to wait & see the out come but i'm hyped to see just what this season will bring !! 

     

    I got this feeling about the additions of Settle and Jones on the DL.  Sneaky-type upgrades at their positions that I think can really, with Von Miller of course, push the rest of this line across that domination point. 

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  12. All of this is, and will be, just nonsense at the end of the upcoming season.  The front office has put some very nice finishing touches on this defense, and I predict that Elam will be a significant enough improvement over Wallace to get the Bills the Lombardi Trophy.  And I am a big Levi Wallace fan.  Just now having looked at Elam's tape enough, I can see he'll be just enough of an improvement (if not more) to put this D over the top, when you take into consideration Tim Settle and the other additions on that side this year.

     

    Add to that, James Cook will be a huge plus.  And I think he'll make a much bigger impact running than most people think. 

     

     

  13. 3 hours ago, Shaw66 said:

    This isn’t a real Rockpile Review.  It could be, because Brandon Beane once again has orchestrated a lot of change. that's worth talking about.

     

    This is just a simple announcement that I don’t intend to write The Rockpile Review on a weekly basis for the 2022 season.  I probably still will write occasional pieces under that name, but not game-by-game, as I’ve done in the past.  I’m cutting back for a variety of reasons, but probably mostly because finding the time to write and finding fresh things to write about was becoming a chore.  It’s easier to be creative, I’ve found, when the team is 7-9.  These days, I find myself struggling every week to find a new and better way to say “WOW!!!”  

     

    I expect to continue to be here regularly, writing my usual long-winded stuff.  Just not every Sunday night.  

     

    Go BILLS!


    Well we certainly appreciate all of your hard work and input here over the years.  Can’t say that I read everything, but I always appreciated your “seasoned” point of view.  Especially now that I’m sniffing at age 50 myself.  
    Time to sit back and smell the football roses now that our garden in Orchard Park is finally growing sweet ones vs the stinkers we had grown accustomed to for the last few decades.

    Thanks again Shaw.

  14. On 5/18/2022 at 5:02 PM, Ethan in Portland said:

    Great Division foe thread.  There was good conversation on the topic of AFC competition during free agency and leading up to the draft. Now that most of the moves have been made let's revisit it.

     

    My take is the Chargers are the biggest obstacle to the Bills making the SB.  They have a superstar QB, multiple weapons on offense and they have on paper made significant upgrades to their defense.  I think they will win their division but will only be third in the conference standings because of how competitive their division is.  I believe it will be Buffalo #1 followed by Indianapolis at #2.  I think Tenn takes a step back and the Colts win that division by 2+ games.  Bills get home-field in the playoffs and win at home in the Conference game.

     

    Why not KC?  It's reasonable to pick KC again and despite moving Hill they did make some nice additions in free agency and the draft.  Just seems like their star is fading while other teams are on the ascent.  

     

    IMO, Tenn has a sort of old-school, smash mouth, super physical playing style that's hard to replicate year after year unless you stay really young up front.  Henry is the definition of a beast but he's only human.  And Tannehill kind of looked like he hit a wall last post season.

     

    KC is in a prove it year IMO without Hill.  I think they were insane to trade him/let him walk/whatever.  I've just never seen anyone with that kind of speed, plus the hands and the chemistry he and Mahomes had.  I just don't think you plug-and-play just anyone into his spot and think they won't skip a beat.

     

    I can't believe I'm actually agreeing with Ethan in Portland!  So weird.  New found respect, brother.

     

     

  15. On 5/19/2022 at 1:07 PM, Awwufelloff said:

    What is this teams biggest weakness this year?

     

    CB depth/talent?

    Offensive Line?

    Coaching?

     

    If our season doesn't go as planned what will be the culprit? 

    QB1.  Clearly.  How can anyone not see that? 

  16. Is it just me, or did "The Great Aaron Rodgers" have a total Jay Cutler "I really don't give a F and would much rather be fishing somewhere" look on his face the entire NFC divisional game against San Fran last year?  To me, his expression clearly showed he could not have cared less.  I mean, it wasn't a blowout or anything and was well within striking distance nearly the whole game.  But it looked like Rodgers soul had moved out temporarily for Cutler's soul.  I was so bored I fell asleep.

     

    I don't know.  Maybe he was just worn out doing all those really, really, really dumb State Farm commercials.

     

     

  17. 2 hours ago, Tanoros said:

    The OP and others like him need to read up on the Dunning-Kruger effect. Essentially, when someone doesn’t know a subject well, they think they know it all in regards to that subject. Then the more one learns, the less they believe they know about that subject, until they truly are experts in that subject and understand that they are. 
     

    https://www.verywellmind.com/an-overview-of-the-dunning-kruger-effect-4160740

    During my illustrious collegiate career many moons ago at the Upstairs Night College, I took a basic psychology course.  I didn't realize there was an actual term for this phenomenon, but basically our professor said basically: 'Those who speak the loudest, know the least.' 

     

    From that day, I've tried to keep my mouth shut as much as possible.  Which is quite the challenge.

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  18. On 1/24/2022 at 3:34 AM, IronMaidenBills said:

    We have not drafted enough high end talent. 

     

    Edmunds rd 1

    Basham rd 2

    Epenesa rd 2

    Ford rd 2

    Moss rd 3 

    Oliver rd 1 

    Rousseau rd 1 

     

    Have all underperformed their draft statuses thus far IMO. Especially Ford and Moss. 

     

    I expect more from Edmunds, Oliver, and Rousseau given their rd 1 status. 

    You and Ethan from Portland are the same 13 year old boy aren't you?

    Listen, at 48 years old now, I'm not the wisest man ever to walk this planet.  Far from it.

    But what I have learned is that no matter how much you think you know (and by second guessing multi-million dollar professionals you clearly think you know better), you don't know SQUAT! 

     

    No more comment.  Just drill that into your head.  Trust me, you will be so better off the rest of your life if you can get this concept into your dumb head:

     

    1.  Rule #1 - YOU DON'T KNOW SQUAT!!!!

    2. Rule #2 - if you think you do know better than everyone else who's actually PAID to make these decisions, like B Beane and McDermott, then please refer back to Rule #1.

     

     

    Seriously, for those who brush this off now and say I don't know what the F I'm talking about.  If you are minimally blessed in this life at all that the Big Guy Upstairs gives you just a hint of smarts, you will surely, someday, eventually, read what I'm posting here and understand that I'm absolutely correct.

     

    Just that some of us have already figured that out, and we laugh/cry/whatever at these stupid posts you choose to make.  And sometimes, if you browse back through the history of this website, you will see others like me who try so hard to send you a message you really need to hear.

     

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