Heavy Kevi

I agree wholeheartedly with OP. These guys are just as promising as anyone else we have had in quite awhile. The talent just isn't there. "The process" doesn't happen overnight, and I do believe that will have 3+ years no matter the outcome. Bills owe it to themseoves and the fans to follow through with a plan and give it a real chance. Now I could see a coordinator shakeup or something after the year is out, but I highly doubt we will see a coach or staffer scapegoated, simply because I don't think anyone is feeling the heat yet. Rex knew he had to win right away with all his bluster, but I get the feeling these guys will be given the lattitude to figure it out (or at least try) without Terry and Kim breathing down their neck.

Oh, he had that sucker waiting I'm sure. He puts todays date on it and nobody knows it's the 6th time he put out the same article because it was on point the first 5 times, too. I generally dislike him, but these are the times that call for these types of pieces.

I doubt they do that, but Peterman is the type of QB fit for the system. Tyrod is a square peg in a round hole, and it's not neccesarily his fault either. Make the system fit TT, or put in the QB that fits the system. I have had suspicions that they threw TT to the fire intentionally, so he could either become what they want him to be, or justify releasing or trading him if he's bad.

So predictable. Sad but true, I still have the T-shirt from the 2011 cliff diving. Yuck.

I saw 120 minutes of garbage time in the last 2 games.

"Easily go 4-3" Easily? EASILY??

But he hasn't even clossd on his house in Buffalo... In all seriousness - no.

It starts with R and rhymes with Muss Phandon I don't really know why, but him still working there makes me a bit woozy. Maybe he IS the curse?

First round bye!

In just a few short hours, we will know alot more about the 2018 draft!

Haha... We got nothing No offense No defense No special teams And we can't even tank worth a shite To slightly modify Dennis Green's rant "They are who we thought they were"... A 6-8 win team and a draft pick around 10th

We are still (right now) 5-3, anybody want to get in one more "relax" before the season ends?

I'm torn. Clearly he didn't want to be here, but this could essentially end up being alot like the Jason Peters trade.

Scary stuff. Last week put our backs against the wall. Let's see how they respond, it will tell us alot.

Ah, yes. Touche sir. My point remains about it losing popularity, I was just trying to back it up with numbers. https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/9630782 This article points to some of the reasons. Also makes my point about nostalgia given that 50% of baseball fans are over 50.

Well since CTE is directly linked to brain trauma, and you take less head trauma in MMA, I would argue you don't need a long term study to apply already known outcomes. There are many unknowns about CTE, but the cause is not one of those things. It is fair to say MMA is safer, at least from a CTE perspective. My $.02 I get your point, but it is a fact it is much less popular than it used to be. Also 162 games a season, 72 mil is less than 15,000 per game. Hockey draws 17,000 per game, and the NFL per game numbers are over 68,000

Most of the scary things about MMA are fallacies. They are due to politicians that know nothing and propoganda, some of the UFC's own fault. They used to market it as "no holds barred' even thojgh it was never the case. It was much closer then, but now it is regulated and one of the safest contact sports you can partake in. Like 716 said, MMA wounds are usually superficial, so they look dramatic because of all the blood and broken bones, but they aren't taking anywhere near the head trauma of a boxer. Broken bones and cuts heal fully and obviously you would rather break a finger or leg than get brain damage. Lol. Baseball had it's moment, and it was a long time ago. Being one of the most boring sports ever, it would be difficult to get a major increase in fans. I believe it is mostly nostalgia that holds together the MLB these days.

MMA is much, much safer than Boxing. A knockdown in Boxing, where the fighter will continue to take hits, is usually a kO in MMA. Fighters in MMA take alot less famage, can have longer careers, amd a much rexuced CTE danger.

Yeah I agree with this. That's why I said long and slow. I don't expect it to ever completely go away, but to take a major hit. Perception is big, and will lead parents to disallow kids from playing. Obviously the choice to be poor vs hurt yourself + money is something that won't change, but after they retire the tune changes. Once the cash is in the bank and the house and car are paid for, that's when they start to talk about it, and I could see it influencing lots of prospective players and/or their parents. If there is another option (college or tech/office jobs that pay well), I believe more people will start to take them. The one big thing the NFL has for it's longevity is the popularity of fantasy football. Will give it a "safety net", or some type of popularity floor. This is also a fair point. Kids these days don't even watch tv. If it's not on a smartphone and part of social media, they aren't interested. Even if they follow on their phones, internet, etc it will make the rating drop bigtime, leading to loss of revenue to the NFL (already happening). Also, I don't know many young folks who have a 3.5 hour attention span regardless of how it's delivered.

I think Bob Costas is right. CTE not only hurts the players, and will scare off tons of new talent, but also forces unpopular rule changes. Prospective players don't want to play as much, and viewers don't want to watch as much, as well as costing the NFL hundreds of millions on it. Gone the way of boxing. It will be a long, slow death by a thousand cuts.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taxes-nfl/nfl-opposes-u-s-republican-tax-plan-on-stadium-funding-idUSKBN1D72PP https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/nfl-kneelers-lose-big-tax-subsidy-in-gop-tax-plan http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/19622965/senators-introduce-bill-prohibit-teams-using-municipal-bonds-fund-stadiums I provided a few links to tell each side of the story. Link 1 from NFL's perspective, link 2 from conservative perspective, and link 3 from July where a Dem and a GOPer supported killing the subsidy. Basically blocks teams from using municipal bonds amd could be a death knell to the public funding of new stadiums. About freakin time from my perspective.

Ah, a little cranberry juice will clear that right up. This really happened? Hilarious

Quoting Miko Grimes is like quoting Alex Jones Only with somehow less credibility.

He's so tall he has to be one of the best WR's. Plus, our defense will be unstoppable with Michael Jasper in at DT.

That's great, but obviously there IS a huge bandwagon for your cheaters. The folks that live in Boston are diehards of all the sports, but it's the tens of millions of fair weather bandwagoners everywhere else in the country that gets me. If you are born and raised in western NY, or anywhere else really, and are a Pats* fan, you are a piece of rotten dog ****. I don't like you folks from Boston, but I don't fault you for being a fan. But don't you have anything better to do than troll Bills message boards?