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Highest ticket prices of any wild card game thanks to both teams being out for so longer. For Jax its also party like 1999 because that is the last time they hosted a playoff game.

I would love to see them resign Gaines. Problem is his injury history and the amount of money he can get in FA. The numbers I have heard for Gaines start at 8 million and thats alot for your #2 guy who also has injury issues. I love him in this defense, I just wonder if its worth 8 mil.

With Gaines in the lineup the Bills are 8-4 are play markedly better on that side. Gaines allows far more man coverage on D with him and White so more attention can be focused up front to cover the run. This game is very winnable to me because he is in the lineup and we can stack the box on JAX. Just hope and pray that knee stays good.

Sorry we got the playoffs first to worry about But for reals GB is on the list to go to if we could. Only thing isn't the tickets for GB insanely hard and expensive to get?

Exactly. Only reason I look at schedule is for possible night games. I am going to start a thread on potential night games especially because of the playoffs now.

No one is arguing that this isn't a severely flawed roster and a lot of work to be done. That said: They just ended a 18 years playoff drought that hung on everyone fans head like a noose, something that only haters would use to reaffirm our irrelevance during this period, something media nationally loved to bring up as a passing insult, something like people like me who have one memory of watching a Bills playoff game with my dad had to wonder if it really would and countless others did the same with family, and something that had caused years of frustration and mistakes by the team itself. This roster had less talent compared to any team the last 5 years and yes the coaching staff deserves credit for that. No one is saying McD and Beane are the all time greatest, they do deserve credit for a good year one given everything that happened. Don't let people being excited who may be in euphoria for the reasons I stated hit nerves because you have a healthy grounded POV on the team and coach. This is great and let it be, if others may be building a statue that is OK to that is what they needed. GO BIlls!

He is at best average. When he has good LB's around him like Bradham and Spikes in 2014 he can be elevated in play, but as a whole he isn't worth the money they are better off drafting and grabbing a new LBs in FA to add to Milano. If Alexander would want to stay as a rotation piece I'd also be fine with that.

Gaines I am not surprised at 9.7 especially given his success this season. Matthews though will not get 8.8, he has had now two lackluster years and with the amount of young talent available at WR in the draft I just can't see him getting that for a slow possession WR.

Don't disagree but from how I see what they are building they are fine with an offense that averages 24 pts with a guy like Smith and think their D can hold teams under. It's a conservative safe style of coaching and not wrong per say but I'd rather do what you said. I view McD/Beane as trying to model what Vikings have. The odds of getting a QB out of the gate equal to Brady/Rodgers isn't high at all. Build a solid D with an offense that can do enough until you can find a QB that suits you offense to manage it. Given the needs at DE/DT/LB and the want to win at the same point I see them attacking those needs first and bringing a guy like Smith or Keenum in to manage things unless they can move into 1/2 or perhaps get Cousins in FA. Then in 2019 perhaps pulling the trigger for real. Fair or not we play Brady twice a year and having a D that can fight him is a faster solution early on then finding a stud QB. Like I said I would rather do growing pains but I get their logic they just better be right.

IF the Bills make it my father is having a party at his house which I will be helping to decorate for and he has fireworks from PA to shoot off. Yeaaa were not excited or anything.

1. Yes (24-17 Tyrod has career day because of course he does) 2. Yes (Bills lose in KC close) 3. No this has been an overblown story he is back next year and dare I say for another after even if he is a rotational guy. 4. Yes not that I still want him. 5. No I think the Bills will say Tyrod's lack of passing contributed more to losses then scheme and that Dennison had some really good games they will build with. (Their words not mine) 6. No but Taylor leading the Bills to the playoffs and a close loss in KC creates a harder situation with fans and media when he is released and the Bills acquire a QB like Case Keenum or Alex Smith who aren't that much different or if they go with a younger QB that is less proven and have a rougher start to 2018.

That is the biggest thing IMO. If Miami was the one winning 5 SB's, going to the AFC title game yearly etc.. no Dolphin fan would even step foot in the Ralph with how much that rivalry hits in terms of passion. I still think it can comeback with some real passion but one of the teams needs to get good again to piss the other side off. If both are good at the same point it would be to the level Seahawks 49ers were.

DD based off everything I've read and seen from you/major media sources this is where I fall with the Bills and correct me if I am wrong: -Belief is Bills just need a QB who can manage the game given belief in defense and with Zay/Benjamin offense is not as far away as it seems. -The defense showed shades of its true potential this season and this draft/FA will most likely be used to bring in DE, DT, & LB to strengthen line and pass rush. If Hughes doesn't shape up he is out because they can get someone in FA/draft for better price -Main fix on defense is the front 7 with secondary overhaul working out quite well. Milano's arrival will help the focus more be on DE/DT -Only thing that alters this would be if the Bills somehow could land a trade to either jump the draft board for Rosen/Darnold OR Cousins comes here as you have hinted -Dennisons future is basically connected to either Cousins arrival or a playoff birth although importance to the former. -Assuming Bills don't land Cousins/Top QB they want a guy in the mold of Alex Smith, Case Keenum, or Sam Bradford who is that safe game manager that hits more passes then Tyrod but will not make turnover killing plays. -Shady is probably here another year unless a player like Barkley falls to them, but expect a decent backup to arrive that may be the heir apparent -Longterm QB future is see if Peterman can learn the job behind Smith/Bradford/Keenum, if not you have the 2019 draft available where the team has the defense strengthened and offense in the place where a rookie QB can be succesful. -Stadium is the only area I disagree and still say its downtown where Pegula has bought so much property. IF it were not to be there my guess is either in Niagara Falls or an area by the 90/Blue Water tower that still would be considered "Buffalo". No way Batavia would ever get the respect for being Buffalo name wise. Stadium design and surrounding area sounds on point, no secret Pegula admires what Kraft has done and would love to mimic that around here. Respectfully my .02

I was not alive for the 70s but my Dad distinctly spoke of a Bills Phins game where Buffalo had the lead we punted and the Miami player never called for the catch or something like that, Buffalo made a clean hit that forced a fumble but the ref threw the flag anyway. Miami proceeded to go down and score for the win. It was something in this regard I am sure someone know better then I what happened and utter BS to the level of Benjamin or "Just Give It To Them"

There is merit to some of your points but in general I think its just the league itself. It does no good for the NFL to have an issue were it looks like teams are favored ie: New England, Seattle, Green Bay, Pitt etc... I think as fans who are on downtrodden teams like BUF, CLE, CIN, DET who haven't had much success we will find the flaws even greater then perhaps an up and coming Rams team or Panthers team. That said I do find it pretty hard to digest that NE has now benefited big time from four major calls that have gone there way with major impacts on the outcome of their games (HOU Cooks catch, PIT James catch, BUF Benjamin catch, & NYJ Jenkins catch). Even a non bias person would say that is really bad for the league to have a team benefit that clearly from calls that are blatantly wrong. At the same point if your the NFL think of how bad it is optics wise that a team like NE who people do not like and people are always looking for a reason to bash is again in the cross hairs of a major call that allow Patriot haters more ammunition to discredit their success. That does ziltch for the NFL brand to help it and I say that as a Bills fan and fellow Patriot hater. This is where replay, not knowing what a catch is, and the massive amount of stupid rules/rule changes have forced the refs far more into the spotlight then ever needed. That is 100% un-equivalently on the NFL as a league. The Chargers point is pretty bad. They have a lot of talent on that team and the last two years led the league in losses by like 7pts or less. Their schedule also was relatively soft after finishing last in the division. I understand that from a distance it looks shady but you could say the same about the Rams success. I will say this though the NFL is notorious that if you piss off the ownership circle they will have it out for you. Al Davis was despised for how he did his business and battled the NFL. Kraft and the Patriots are not respected in certain ways by a lot of owners and the deflategate suspension/penalties levied were a show of that dislike/jealously by other owners. I think Jerry Jones is very close to actually being shunned into a corner as the crazy old guy especially with Richardson's passing thanks to the stink he created with Elliot and Goodell's contract. At some point every sword loses its edge and Jones is teetering there.

Once Dareus left it took away a player teams had to game plan for on run D. Marcell at 70% is better then most at 100%.

Agreed. If Bills make playoffs we absolutely play on MNF along with TNF. SNF is tough unless the Bills lose a dramatic game to an opponent we'd face next season like JAX.

The home schedule is dreadfully boring outside of maybe Chargers and Lions. The away schedule is quite fun though and I plan on going to at least Baltimore and possibly Minnesota or Indy. Green Bay is too hard because of ticket costs from my understanding.

I would say this. In the AFC they at least have the potential to upset PIT or NE. I don't know if they have to go two consecutive weeks with those two if they come out ahead just given the war of attrition. BUT if I was New England I would fear them more then Pittsburgh because of that defense and how good they run the ball which NE fails to do well against. And PIT already knows what Jax can do. I wouldn't go to this extent. It was a straight up power battle between Whaley who had Brandon on his side and Marrone who would've got Polian in if he won. Don't forget for a sizeable amount of time after the last game it was expected that Polian was coming in as the football Czar and Whaley was toast. Not sure if it matters that much now we pissed 2 years away with Rex but McD isn't doing too shabby so I will give him time.

I would disagree to an extent. The games Buffalo has won in the 2nd half they scaled back their playbook considerably and were fine just running clock out in the game. Now I would not do that, but McD has been conservative to start with and IMO they feel their best chance is less risk the better (like I said would not do that). I think Dennison has been hit or miss all season and I would be fine if he leaves although I would say the parts he is working with and injuries have had a bit of a role. I am interested to see with Pats and Fins if the Jets game was just a blub for rnd 2 or if it really is an issue of adjustments.

Strong post, for some reason NE tends to play better in BUF in terms of blowouts then at home. Not sure why.

The issue is where in the penal code does it say its illegal it break a table regardless of how stupid? That's a realllllyyy hard thing to enforce

And that is my issue with holding calls this year especially. Most of these calls are complete bogus where it is a light grab not something where it is blatant which has killed big plays. And 100% agree with snow game was nice just to have both teams play and be done with it.

To me it stems to this. Somewhere in the early 2000s when we got replay we went mentally from just getting the basic calls right foot in bounds, ball over goal line, was the knee down etc.. to making every catch, TD, tackle, fumble, you name it into the dam Zapruder film. Additionally do not under estimate the amount of rule changes the NFL has had starting in 03 on that has emphasized the offense more and made the game far more complicated for how a defender can even tackle an opposing player. This also has created a situation where if Tom Brady or Drew Brees is grazed remotely wrong its a flag immediately, yet if your a lesser QB you most likely do not get that call. That's a really bad look for the NFL and only imbalances the rich from the poor league wise. I would honestly like to see a bit of a pull back on calls and replay. It is just too much and the amount of times a play is called back because of an insanely light hold that doesn't need to be call is astonishing. This season especially really seems to have had that a lot IMO. The NFL needs to do some work to clean up its game because its too messy with flags and rules to the point no one knows what a catch is.

I would disagree that Pete is the worst coaches in football, if anything he probably is a top 10 guy. I do think his game mgmt leaves a lot to be desired and I do believe he wanted Wilson to win MVP to prop him up higher which is why that pass happened in the SB even though he should've just ran the dam ball. I also think his inability to own his mistake in the SB which was well reported to divide his locker room with D vs O has come back to bite him a bit here. That team since the SB loss has not looked the same and there is a noticeable vibe that differs between the two sides of that roster. That said the Seahawks have had a very good run here, they have won a SB and played in 2, dominated the division for almost a decade and without injuries would most likely be in the playoffs right now. Pete Carroll does deserve a lot of credit for this, although I understand Bills fans having a grudge for his failure to beat our hated rival with the worst call in the history of the Super Bowl.