Rochesterfan

Does his CFL knowledge make him understand why the coaches and GMs changed the rules? He is still going back to a old era that modern coaches and GMs are trying to move away from. Does his knowledge exceed Reich, Newsome, Vrable, Tomlin, and Rivera who all sit on the competition committee and implemented the rule changes he is proposing against? Bud Grant is an incredibly knowledgeable football man, but his rule suggestions do not fit with what the modern Coach and GM want - nor what a more powerful NFLPA demands - which limits the plays that lead to the most injuries. He is from an era where it was ok to physically beat the heck out of each other and you got a concussion “you just got your bell rung - smelling salts and get back in”. Therefore forcing teams to try and run a play versus goal line defense trying to prevent you from getting a yard would be a plus in his day. Today there is no reason for it - just increased risk of needless injury.

It is a good thing then Goodell doesn’t put rules in. Bud Grant comes from a different era and really should no longer be taken seriously in regards to modern football. These rules harken back to a pre-lawsuit day.

It is obvious why Bud Grant isn’t a part of the modern NFL. These are terrible and the first 2 are going to require judgement by the Refs and then people will complain about that. The forward a yard rule - how do you write it - is it a full yard, half yard, forward progress - because then are you stopping to measure or is it just an attempt. Plus the worse plays for both OL and DL for injuries are short yardage/goal line. Plus QB sneaks give unnecessary shots at the best players. It is totally stupid for very little overall impact. The kneel down is the best play when you are ahead and the worst when losing, but it is perfectly fine. The five yard fair catch rule - why are fair catches an issue? Why open a guy up to a huge hit when the NFLPA has been working on getting rid of those hits where the player can’t brace. The NFL already does a poor job of enforcing the safety zone around these players - can you imagine the outrage if a guy is 3.5 yards but in the air launched at the guy. These are all fixes looking for non-existing issues. The NFL and NFLPA have been working on these changes - specifically to get away from the Bud Grant era of football with players - playing through these injuries and repeated long term collisions in short space. For some reason - you always blame Goodell when in reality these changes all come from the competition committee of coaches and GMs with discussion with the NFLPA many times. The changes are designed to specifically help keep players healthy and playing and to lessen the chances of additional concussion suits. Goodell does not make the rules - that is a committee of coaches and GMs. Goodell is the face of the owners only. Overall Bud Grant is looking to bring back 1970’s football - get over it. Games are close and they have increased ways to keep them closer, but don’t make part of that lead to more high injury situations.

You say it was out of context, but then you state this crap - which is directly in line with the other stuff. It was already pointed out that the players messed up on defense in the last 13 seconds. Wallace missed a call and did not rotate into the right area. The play was called by the DC and the players adjusted as they have for years under this regime. McD demonstrated his philosophy and let the players play - sometimes that works, but every player I have heard from the defense has said they messed up - not McD. As to the second part - there have been mass shootings all over the country and no place has a sports community come together in that way and especially 100% of the football players. Yes what McD has done here is special and the players buy in to the community aspect. Things go hand in hand.

A better option - Brian Flores 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Good God - the man coached a team to multiple playoff less seasons where they underachieved and he totally mishandled the QB position and screwed up an entire organization - yeah let’s bring that in 🤢🤢🤮. You can say McD was worse last year, but the fact is - like most excellent coaches - he is trusting his coordinators to do their job and he is managing the ship. The X’s and O’s Are handled by the coordinators - McD ensures they are aligned. Did he have issues - yep there are 2 or 3 games he couldn’t get his players ready for, but that is countered by games like KC early in the year - where when his #1 DB was healthy they manhandled the Chiefs. Or look to the NE game #2 or Playoffs - where they dominated a division foe that was playoff level. The thought at this point of replacing McD is being driven by a frustrated Miami fan that wants to see us fail. It is incredibly stupid timing as the Bills have been and continue to be an ascending team. If McD was a bad coach or a coach players didn’t want to play for - how likely is it the biggest FA chooses Buffalo over LA for similar money? You do not let that man go at this time - you look at places like Pittsburgh and Philadelphia (with Reid) and KC (with Reid) and you stay the course and let him bring home the wins.

The fact that they could take that team and end a playoff drought- tells you yes - they can win. The fact that they recognized what was good and what was bad and moved on from Taylor - shows they understood the NFL. The fact that then then recognized what turned out to be the top QB and despite what fans here and elsewhere expected/wanted/screamed about - they made their pick tells you the most about them. The Leadership could of taken Taylor - looked at the playoffs and said we can win with this guy not making mistakes, build a running game and defense and try to win. It is actually what people expected with a defensive HC in McD, but he recognized that trying to win in that manner is a failure and set out to build an offense to dictate and a defense to slow teams down. I think this group could of gone many ways and built a winner, but only 1 way was going to build a SB contender and they were not afraid to shoot for the moon.

The proof is in the fact they took a Tyrod Taylor lead team to the playoffs - pre-Josh Allen. Even a poor excuse for a Dolphins fan should know that. 🤷‍♂️

The timing is perfect for the Pegula’s on this. Currently they are capping Season Tickets at >60,000 and have a small waitlist forming. The new stadium will have just over 60,000 seats - so the new cap will be what about 52,000 max for season tickets with many of them looking to lower PSLs. They will sell out the vast majority of PSLs around the stadium and then have some very high priced seats left to sell on the secondary market. The team is good and interest is high - sell out as much as you can and then use the supply and demand from a smaller venue to help drive costs further. I understand people hate PSLs, but I think they will sell enough in the less desirable areas to be fine with it and there are more than enough people who will justify the cost.

I understand that, but to repeatedly argue that Josh gets overhyped for home games is no longer accurate at all. He had issues with being overexcited as a rookie and going into year 2, but it was both at home and on the road. He admitted as much and has learned to deal with it. The issue becomes the OP ignoring the difference in weather from season to season and saying that is not the issue - it is the home crowd. The home crowd may have a small impact on Josh, but it may also have as big or bigger impact on the OC and what plays get called. The weather also has a huge impact on the entire offense as it is harder to pass and as a poorer rushing team - we might get put into different situations that impact the play calls and therefore the results. The point is there are many factors that could cause a difference in the home and road split season to season, but the OP came into the post with his reason tee’d up and when people have placed legitimate proof that the weather changed dramatically season to season and the impact 1 bad weather game can have - he dismissed it as - it can’t be the weather the 2 seasons were played in the same stadium. His theory was not a tinfoil situation 2 years ago, but he has shown that high pressure home games no longer bother him based upon the end of the season, but he has stated that weather does make throws more difficult.

Why? You have been shown multiple time that the weather in 2020 for home games was significantly better than 2019 or 2021 - especially in relation to wind and rain. We are talking about small, limited numbers from 1 year to the next - less than 8 games worth of data. The weather in 1 game - say NE alone had 5% of his throws with a 50% completion percentage. If you replace that 1 game where weather was a huge factor and replace it with a nice weather game like NO the week before - his total season completion percentage goes up by 2% and his home completion percentage goes up by over 3%. Just 1 bad weather game accounts for 3% of the difference and there were 4 games that could be looked at. Weather 100% accounts for the difference - anything else is you just trying to insert your point of view into it. Josh has repeatedly said that warm weather and sunny dry conditions have helped him feel the ball and many of his best days are in those conditions. Cold, windy, wet days account for some of his worse days. Weather is the biggest factor.

Maybe do a touch of research on this - my god - Josh has been his best in high pressure games both at home and on the road. The Hype thing is stupid! Lets do a quick review - last year there were multiple home games like: NE - 27 mph winds (gusts to 50) and rain, Indy 20 mph wind and rain, Houston 35-40 mph gusts and rain. There were additional days with weather just as bad - rain/wind, combinations that made passing difficult. 2020 - No fans, but look at the beautiful weather. The worst home game in 2020 was NE on 11/1 the temp was 41. The wind peaked at 17 mph and it was lite rain on and off. That was the worst weather the Bills played in at home. The Denver game in Denver had the worst wind at 24 mph on a beautiful sunny and 47 degree December afternoon. There was not another game - home or away that hit 20 mph winds and the NE and KC home games were the only 2 with precipitation. The weather for the 2020 season was incredible and is the biggest thing that accounts for why his splits were similar. The Home versus Away weather last year was a horrific split with weather being colder, windier, and wetter at home by a significant margin. The 2019 season most home games were earlier in the season - the Nov and December games against Denver and Baltimore both had 20 mph winds and the Baltimore game said gusts to 40 - so they were easily as bad or worse than any game in 2020. Josh also missed out on the last home game against the Jets as everything was clinched. So if you are serious in asking about the split - look to the weather. Don’t try to pawn off the difference as some type of hype related crap - because the higher the pressure - the better he has played both at home and on the road. You want to fix the splits - suggest the new stadium is a true covered stadium where the weather is constant and no rain or wind and he will put up huge home numbers year after year. Go and look at the weather - do the work if you are going to make stupid claims. Yes the weather in 2020 was significantly better in Buffalo compared to the year before and after. It is a huge factor. Do the work to prove your point rather than making stuff up.

I would rather get rid of the idiotic fans that masquerade as Bills fans on this site. Go back to your forum. 🤦‍♂️

I would love to see them put him on the commissioner’s list for this year. Can’t play, but Cleveland has to pay him and then one the proceedings are done next year - suspend him for a full year at no pay. Then if more complaints surface - add to the suspension. He makes his 1 million base for the year and loses out on the real money. Scummy player and scummy team - both deserve bad things.

Not a surprise really - I think there are teams that also get favorable grading over other teams. The numbers don’t always match up to what the players talk about when listening. I think the boost scores and don’t grade evenly across positions and styles. Oh well - I hope he has some proof that can comedown on the entire PFF model - get something neutral to actually grade plays.

I think because they like him as a person and he is good depth. They knew they could sign him and place him on PUP and decide mid season if injuries hit we have a potential guy that is better than what you could find on the street. The cost was minimal and it shows good faith to let him come in and rehab with the team after a big injury and it sounds like he was fairly well liked. Basically you can upgrade with little cost and it shows you care and protects you a bit in case you need mid season depth.

I don’t know if it is AJ, but they will have a regular roster player that will practice a couple of times a season and a few more than that during training camp/ pre-season in case of injury to the primary. So typically the Back-up QB will practice holding a few - the punter will practice FG kicks, the kicker will practice punts, other lineman will practice snapping, etc. That is all done within the confines of practice as they work special teams, but you are talking about practicing it maybe a handful of times in the season - versus thousands of times for the starters.

Man talk about Whining. Give me Thanksgiving every year - always off and always watching - love it.

Disagree - they were literally on the phone working trade calls when the NE trade out was announced. They did not know who was moving up. With what they showed and what Beane said afterwards and the timing as the KC trade was announced - things fit together. The Bills were looking really at 1 player and were willing to give up a 4th round pick to ensure they got him. They were not willing to give up a day 2 pick to get him the difference in value was to great. Beane originally said they started calling once the draft reached 20 seeing if a 4th could get it done. It sounds like even 130 and 168 was deemed to rich. What I saw was concern when KC moved up, but no real change when McDuffie was the pick - they did not seem to scramble as if suddenly we need to move - that action had already began. They want Elam - I still do not think McDuffie was on their board in reality - he was more a guy they were waiting on as a potential start of another CB run. Beane did talk in post draft about moving down if their last guy was drafted - he also started thinking they might have to move down when 4&5 went as CBs.

With ABC and ESPN owned and run and spending huge money - they are looking for exactly this - multiple games to ensure getting viewers on each game. The Monday night games have been bad for a while and adding games increases the chance on 1 game hitting and allowing them to push advertisement dollars to either game.

Forgive me if I have my doubts. The guy seems like a weird person to have a “confirmed” leak - not a real sports guy. If it was confirmed- the Bills would tweet something out - just like for the Titans confirmed leaked released for Week 2. He may be right, but I just doubt it at this point - although I would absolutely love it. Give me Detroit early or a Home game on Thanksgiving every year.

Maybe - Beane also said he looked as high as 20 - which was before the KC move. Around pick 20 was where a move up cost a day 3 versus a day 2 pick. If he only had 3 CBs with 1st round grades - that would explain looking as high as 20, but Pittsburgh went QB and didn’t want to trade. 21 was NE - not sure the Bills wanted to over pay as KC gave up a day 2 pick - which Beane said he wanted to avoid. 22 was GB and they did not want to move 23 was Baltimore and they were looking to move - so that fits. It very well could be they had 4, but based upon visits and Bills drafting history with Beane - it is just as likely they did not feel McDuffie was an ideal fit and was not graded.

This could solve an argument - which 4 had a 1st round grade by the Bills. I have heard 3, but not this elusive 4th?

I agree - I think that gives most eyes - just not sure they give Dallas 2 years in a row. They and the Bills are the remaining marquee match ups - so if they want the best that would one of them, but if they figure they are getting eyes just as the first game then pick a more middling team. Can’t wait.

Well now we have the confirmed Broncos at Rams on Christmas. So what is new with the source? I have no source and do not think the Bills/Rams game will be week 1, but the NFL has quietly reduced the other teams that make sense little by little. It could be Bills or Dallas as marquee match-ups. It could be divisional rivals - SF or Arizona (but without Hopkins not sure Arizona is the draw. The Raiders is the final team and I do not see them as a huge draw, but being that they used to be the LA Raiders - maybe they can push that narrative. If I had to guess - I think Raiders for the LA vibe and the fact that it gives the SB champ a fairly easy opponent to get the win. The Home team wins this game so much - I have to believe that is part of the charm - give a good, but winnable match-up.

Well to be fair (to be fair 🎶) the guys in NY are the same ones that brought Hickey to Buffalo - so it is not a surprise. Now we are bringing in guys associated with other hires like Gaine.