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I'm waiting to see if, unlike Daboll over the past few seasons, Dorsey has four running backs active tonight (plus Gilliam). I don't believe that the Bills gave Zack Moss a bunch of valuable training camp and preseason red zone reps with the starters just to have him inactive on game days. I still suspect they may change their modus operandi this year and use all three of Singletary (between the 20s), Cook (3rd downs and passing game), and Moss (red zone and short yardage) on game days. We'll find out soon enough!

Joshua Allen and his friends will be playing football for real tonight in a game that counts. Holy ***** *****, I can't wait.

Thanks for this. I appreciate it. Too late for me this season, but I’ll keep it in mind next year for sure.

I am using a U.S. based credit card. I do have to enter the address associated with my credit card. It has not been an issue.

It's been 50 years. It might do you some good to let go of the anger you're holding in your heart towards the stranger you never met.

Yeah, I don't know of a cheaper way to (legally) watch the games. Gamepass breaks down to about $11.75 per regular season Bills game. I figure that's less than I'd spend going to the local Bills bar 17 times. It's definitely possible to watch every game for approximately zero dollars, but it's not legal and, in my opinion, not dependable enough in quality and consistency.

Nope. This one will be on NBC. Starting in week 2, it's Amazon only.

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None in that thread, but there IS a separate thread simply titled "Josh Allen", which is four pages devoted to lamentation. As far as I can tell, a Josh Allen thread just like it pops up every few months. I've said this before, but I have to reiterate it: Going from 17 years of Brady DIRECTLY into the Josh Allen era has gotta be ROUGH on Jets and Dolphins fans. And imagine being four days from the opener and getting the news that you get to spend a quarter of your season watching 37 year old Joe Flacco under center? I would say I feel sorry for Jets fans, but I definitely don't...because I've MET Jets fans.

Jets fans are, um......NOT taking this news very well! 😳 https://forums.jetnation.com/topic/167954-flacco-starting-against-ravens-wilson-out-until-week-4-merged/ I'd copy and paste some quotes, but the whole 18 page thread is a real banger.

If Del's cool with it, I'm cool with it.

Agreed on both counts. Of the three defensive guys, Ed Oliver is priority number 1 with a bullet. I love Poyer, but he's getting up there in years, and the McDermott has proven he can coach up defensive backs, meaning they should be able to find a capable replacement. I like Edmunds fine, but I have no desire to pay him the amount of money that I think he'll command.

Totally reasonable take. Me? If forced to choose, I'd rather have Knox than Davis, simply because I think very good tight ends are harder to find than very good receivers. Obviously, I hope they re-sign Davis, too. But if they can't, I have faith that they can find a capable replacement at WR. There are simply too many good ones coming out every year. As it is, we've seen them hit on a 4th rounder (Davis) and it appears they've hit on a 5th rounder (Shakir), too. It's harder to find very good, very productive tight ends, AND it takes longer for rookie tight ends to get acclimated. A matchup-dictating tight end is also more important to overall offensive production and ceiling than a WR2, in my opinion. Anyway, hopefully it's a moot point and they find a way to pay Gabe, too, because I agree, he's a potentially special player. Key point to remember: The Bills control Davis for the next three years if they want to, even WITHOUT signing him to an extension.

These three things have already been said, but all three of them bear repeating: 1.) You pay a player for future production, not past production. 2.) However expensive a contract extension may look, just wait a few months, and it'll seem like a bargain. 3.) It's useless to evaluate a contract until all of the details are known. The first reports to hit the media always come from the player's agent, and are phrased in such a way as to paint the contract in the most favorable light possible. Key facts like "guaranteed money" and "void years" and "bonus incentives" enter the picture later, and almost always drastically change the perception of the contract in question.

My favorite quote so far is that Dorsey's playbook is like "A Beautiful Mind". I also enjoyed reading that during his time with the Panthers, he had all these crazy plays dreamed up, but one of his players told him "Dorse, we can't call that. We don't have the talent here to execute it". But now he DOES have the talent on board to execute those plays, and I'm excited to see what they look like. Could Dorsey be a dropoff from Daboll? Sure. He could also be an improvement, and that possibility isn't discussed enough.

This is such great news to start my day. On the football side, I'm thrilled. Our key offensive players are all now locked in for the foreseeable future. Having a franchise quarterback obviously comes first, but after that, it's important to protect him with a quality left tackle, and give him a legitimate #1 WR and a matchup-dictating TE. Allen has those things now, and he'll have them for the next four years, at least. Knox is sort of the Josh Allen of tight ends: incredibly physical traits and athleticism, lackluster college career. Like Allen, Knox was molded and coached up, and is now one of the best at his position in the league. Best of all, he's still ascending as a player. I don't think he's reached his ceiling yet. On the personal side, this is awesome for Dawson and his family. Obviously, nothing can erase the pain of what recently happened with Luke Knox. But having this newfound financial security is certainly a nice thing.

My wife used to work every Sunday. She'd find out from co-workers or customers what the final score of the Bills game was so that she knew what to expect and "how to act around me" when she got home. What saints they are to put up with our foolishness! I've gotten much better over the years. I used to let a loss ruin my whole Sunday (and maybe my Monday, and maybe...). I'd be all sullen and irritable. Not any more. Life is too short. Losses suck, sure. They hurt bad. But not bad enough to let it affect my life or the way I interact with loved ones. Life is just too damned short.

I don't get much pre-game anxiety. DURING the game, though? Oh man. I can often be found pacing back on forth, standing mere inches from the TV, or sitting literally on the edge of my seat. I have to have a book to read on commercial breaks because I have no chill for the three minutes that the game isn't on. My wife often says "why do you do this to yourself? Do you even ENJOY watching football?!". The answer is...."it's complicated". 😆

Steven Ruiz was/is one of the biggest Josh Allen haters in the analytics community. It's clear from Ruiz's "analysis" that he's still locked into his pre-draft take and dislike of Josh Allen, and likely nothing that Allen can do will cause him to drop the "big dumb oaf throws the ball hard enough to overcome his idiocy" opinion of Josh. I'll only say that Bill Belichick is not known for simple, easy-to-read defenses. He threw everything at Josh Allen in the playoffs last year. EVERYTHING. The result? The first perfect offensive performance in modern league history. Ruiz needs to get over his hurt feelings and accept that his pre-draft take was wrong. He won't, though. Some of these analytics nerds hate being proven wrong so much that they will go to the ends of the earth to justify their awful takes.

While it always stinks to miss a Bills game, I second the "record the game, stay off social media, watch it after the fact with fresh eyes" notion. I used to have to work on football Sundays fairly regularly, and this was the only way I could do it. Total media blackout. If co-workers started talking football, it was fingers in my ears and "LA LA LA LA" until it stopped. Enjoy Burr. I'm sure it'll be a great show. You've got 16 Bills games to enjoy live after Thursday night!

The people who get all upset at loss predictions always crack me up. As if the Bills are gonna go 17-0 every year 🙄

24-20 Rams Bills move the ball well but fail to cash in on red zone opportunities. Rookie corners struggle a bit. TSW melts down and freaks out over Ken Dorsey and the secondary. Bills ultimately get things ironed out over the first month, go 12-5, and win the division…but there are growing pains with the new offensive scheme and young secondary along the way, and it starts on opening night in LA.