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"Its a tradition unlike any other"! #JimNantz lol

Yep. Home no matter what even in London going 7-2 shouldn't be a problem even with some tough games and they typically have a mess up game every year at home. Road there is no almost no freebies outside of maybeee NE/WSH who are both OK and NYJ/MIA/PHI/CIN/KC/LAC 5 of 6 being playoff teams last year. 4-4 really is the goal on the road and do your job at home.

Lions yes Rams no someone else had that. I was actually surprised they put Buffalo in

Oh don't worry I will, aiming for tomorrow morning. I wanted to wait a day so the post draft threads can work their way out. My goal is usually a week to 10 days in advance to beat the leaks.

Correct. Mike North said the NFL crew does listen if a team has played a few years in the same spot and had some frustration. It was not just MIA last year, 2020 was nearly as hot just had rain and actually had a delay due to lightning. Without giving away too much of my prediction (preview/prediction tomorrow) with Miami making the playoffs, adding Ramsey, and the fact teams finish week 18 vs a division opponent I am guessing Buffalo finishes in Miami week 18 with a possible flex to being the SNF game. I can easily see the NFL guys pegging it as a possible division crown battle.

Post coming in the next day or so. Be ready and if you like 1pm games be ready to get mad

True although May from schedule release until end of July is the one quieter point of the year.

I'll have a schedule preview like I do every year with NFL updates and Bills info. I would prep though for max primetime games (6) and a game set to be flexed.

Forever one of my favorite office lines At the time I would've told you unequivocally yes.. whoops

Nope won't do it. Either its a home run or they just cost us the Super Bowl and franchise is imploding. THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND, THIS IS SPARTAAA!!!

Now that we finally are moving towards some real news and action in the NFL I finally am starting to think about the season and I had a thought of what month is the most enjoyable to watch football both in terms of excitement, teams having a chance, and overall quality of play. Going through the months I kind of thought of them like this: September: Always exciting to start the season as hope springs eternal, but overaction season also to the max. Also living in NYS the weather is still really nice where maybe staying inside all of Sunday isn't as appealing. Also the NFL typically puts some of their lesser night matchups them so if the team isn't great it is gone quickly. October: The games seem to really take some true importance and teams are at the point to many losses sink a season. There is something kind of mystical of a nice late October day watching football and its mid 50s out. Pretenders usually start to fall at this point while the real teams emerge. Last year on October 31st 11 of the 14 teams in the playoff spots made the playoffs with the Bengals were 4-4, the Jags and Bucs making made season runs while the Jets, Titans, and Falcons eventually fell. Basically you can trust what you see November: The big games matter more but some lesser ones really emerge in national windows, the weather can get dicey where attending a game outdoors can get precipitation, and college football seems to take some of the limelight. Also a lot of teams have byes so your options of games to watch lower giving less quality matchup options. Thanksgiving is 50/50 with some years giving some really entertaining games and other years not as much. The Lions forever holding America hostage at the 12:30 spot has not helped the quality piece although maybe they are finally turning the corner. December/Jan: Five of the eight division winners basically had their spot by Dec 26th. Despite the NFLs claims of parity, usually most division races are decided early in the month and the end is more about the playoff spots (still fun). At the same point there is no dodging the bad games at primetime and if you choose to watch them more power to you. The Saturday games haven't been too bad as the NFL smartened up with 5 options at night at least. Also you do get a big matchup like CIN-BUF or DAL-PHI late which is pretty cool, but realistically those games usually happen by the start of December with the NFLs focus on division at the end. The holidays falling on the weekend also make viewing difficult or challenging in a way which is never any fun. For me if I were to rank the greatest enjoyment of when I watch the NFL by month and what it brings I would do the following: October September November December/Jan

In my Bills adult fandom (post college 22 on) I know because of the dumb blackout rule I missed a few in 2010-2011 so it was listen to Murph or nothing. They also were so bad I probably did not watch a few. But of since 2013 the Bills have been such a part of our Sunday routine that the only time I can think of ironically was the Bills Phins this last season at home. My wife went to the game and I wasn't gonna spend a bunch of money on a TV package for one night so I worked on my trains in the basement and just looked at ESPN from time to time to see an update. To be 100% honest I was far less stressed about the outcome which even though they won people were annoyed with the game and the refs.

Some whiskey, maybe pizza wings, clean my shotguns if I'm feeling wild

Honestly I despise playing on Thanksgiving before even thinking about guys out injuired. My family has people over at 12:30 then I drive back to Rochester for dinner at 4pm, then come home to get the kids in bed by 730. At least the Dallas game we could stay the whole time, but the other two either I missed part of it or it was late where I was passing out. Thanksgiving Sunday is an elite football day to relax after the holiday and games on that day when it is your team blow.

I had thought the same but with 9/11 Monday and Giants/Jets playing this year I have thought they put that as the opener for SNF or MNF. Fields was pretty dynamic last year and Chicago is a massive market. As long as the NFL thinks the game matters come 4th quarter I can easily see it happening.

The logic Mike had is that they usually draw pretty strong opening night and with Detroit being a hot team last year and Chicago having Fields and some hype they can draw similar numbers without touching Bills - Phins - Bengals- Eagles or AFCW. Pretty much every home game for KC you could make an argument for primetime. As a Bills fan I am all for not starting in KC.

Genius they would be going to KC

Hey everyone the annual interview Sal from WGR is up with Mike North on the NFL schedule. It is a superb listen and informative on how everything comes together: My takeaways as a schedule guru: -opening not prob not BUF, CHI or DET might be the fav -thanksgiving for Bills no, but Black Friday def possible & I could see Thursday game before or after with new rule -at MIA week 18 pencil in -Saturday Buffalo probably likely again in the group of 5 games that is selected. -Probably more home games earlier this year but still some DEC. -Bills Jets will happen TNF/SNF/MNF probably first 5 weeks -Buffalo will max primetime (6 plus one flex) and it will be spread throughout. -Bills KC my guess MNF close to holidays -DEN very possible opponent as they have said they are open to going again

Heck if the defense could've made a tackle on 3rd down they could've won by two scores lol.

I break it down like this: 2019- Met and might have exceeded as he was part of Josh's development 2020- Exceeded to the max. 2021- Met although with an asterisk for the playoff loss to KC. 2022- Failed to meet expectations. 2022 was when Camelot fell for me and it was before the CIN game. It was the first season with him as coach where some true questions had to be asked on how the team played and how keyed in he was with it. The way they lost to CIN more then the loss forced open some true questions that we will get answers to the next 2-3 years good or bad. I have said many times that record wise 2021 felt like 13-4 and 2022 felt 11-6, but they lucked out in one score game in 22' in ways they didn't in 21. The back half of the season the 21 Bills felt like they were peaking, 22' felt like a team struggling to find itself and I am sure the amount of distractions and uncontrollable things happening had an impact.

But I don't see where he McCoy was wrong about the team itself. Lightening the load for Josh by adding a WR is more helpful then a RB. Kelly played when feature backs were a thing and real, that isn't the way anymore. Heck McCoy himself was a feature back and says as much. And he is not wrong either that Kelly loves to talk every offseason and everyone eats it up. It was a low blow to go about the SB losses and they seem to have a difference on quite a few things. But if the idea is what helps Josh more Shady is far more right then Jim.

OIder non cookie cutter 70s style stadiums were built in a way which fans were on top of you and it felt intense while also intimate. Some newer stadiums have managed to keep this like Seattle while others Dallas/NYG-Jets/LA to a lesser extent are beautiful coliseums or just big and the fans are really spread out by design. All of the AFC North stadiums have always had an intimidating feel on TV with how they look whereas the AFC South minus TEN does not have that impact at all. IND stadium is beautiful, but the Dome actually felt more intense IMO.

This is correct. Buffalo has been voted best sightlines routinely as there is a good view all over and the fans are on top of the field in a sense. Many newer stadiums like Metlife took the crowded on top feel away for much larger longer spacious environments. I have read that its not as loud anymore at Metlife because it is so much spacious and giant/jet fans do not like that.

Yes she was there representing the team. I read it from a few places: https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/ryan-ohalloran-laura-pegula-represents-bills-at-nfl-meetings-and-other-topics-of-note/article_91f31434-ce47-11ed-8735-1b192691c8fa.html

So without getting into the Allen v Mahomes piece, the 2017 draft literally set the table for the current Bills. Buffalo added Tre, Milano, & Dawkins 3 top starting players plus with the KC trade it also was used to get Allen & Edmunds by extension of the draft capital they had. The Bills literally added 5 top starters which included their QB to build a new base. Had the Bills drafted Mahomes you are not getting half of that and without going down the rabbit hole Mahomes is in a much different starting point himself then in KC. Circumstance and surroundings matter in every sports and organization and what worked somewhere does not mean it will work in the next. Remember the Bills cap situation itself in 2017 and 2018 was f*cked. EVEN if Mahomes went off you were not building around him until 2019 with more established pieces. By comparison while KC had a tighter cap they were in a far more ready made situation out of the get go something that took Buffalo 3 years to do. It is just so incredibly difficult to play What If when things are so vastly different in so many capacities.