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Thanks dude I appreciate the level of respect and discussion everyone has shown without getting dumb about stuff it makes it really enjoyable. I guess I am not an IND fan and think they are team that gets more respect then warranted. I think their WR corp is questionable, Ryan is old, the OL is not as good, and their defense has older stars which is always risky. I say this and their going to go 12-5 lol. LAC I think take the division too, I really like Vegas but of the three LAC/KC/VEG I think they have the most to prove before you buy in.

So I listened to a guy on OBD who was a Ravens media member. They basically said Baltimore is going back to running 2 to 3 TE sets and the WR corp is not going to be featured as much as that is what gave the offense the most success in 2019 when they went wild. I still think ODB is an amazing fit there in every way and he eventually signs there in DEC. As I said I really like Lamar outside of when he plays the Bills and think he will get them over the top at some point. Chargers are tough because I don't like putting them that high as they haven't proven anything despite incredible talent. But I feel if I don't put them there they are winning the AFC and I will look Feb and go wtf was I thinking. The answer probably is the middle as they make the WC and win a game before falling out. I still think they have a major home field disadvantage which forever will be a problem because that does matter to some extent.

depends on how they lose. The PIT loss was a bad loss. If you lose 31-28 in the opener that is last second I’m probably fine. You lose 27-14 probably not happy

Honestly I can’t right now. It would be a very bad and sad situation

We are at the point rosters are more or less set outside of some camp battles and you have a general idea of who most teams are. Given the moves this offseason across the conference and league I can't see much happening in preseason that will change peoples opinions. I did this last year ranking each conference with a little blurb for each team. Today is the AFC and later the NFC this week. Agree, disagree, tell me I am idiot and the reason for all of the worlds issue, whatever lay out your thoughts lol: The Class of the AFC: Baltimore- Fun fact they were 8-3 and the 1 seed before the plague destroyed their team in 2021. Whether you love and don't love Lamar (count me as love) they have a strong defense and will impose their will. I believe they are due for a breakthrough postseason wise sooner then later Buffalo- Super Bowl or bust no way around it between the addition of Von Miller and overall depth that has been added Cincinnati- I think this Cincy team is better then last years but the record may only move up to 11-6 because of the division and conference. Regardless they are an explosive group Kansas City- Tyreek takes a scary factor away on offense, but Mahomes is still there and until they are out they are always what feels like the team to beat after 4 straight AFC titles. Los Angeles Chargers- Talent wise they can match anyone and they missed the playoffs off of playoff tiebreakers in 2021. I always question what they can do as ownership has forever been cheap and they have no homefield advantage in LA which feels like it will catch them. Either way if you said they are in the SB come February I wouldn't be the least bit shocked. Playoff Contenders Denver- Could Russ and crew take the crown year 1? Absolutely, but I think their best football will be in a year or two as a new coach and system is established. Regardless with Russ they are a playoff team. Las Vegas- If you think they should be up higher I wouldn't disagree. But I would like to see the Raiders do more then just a wildcard appearance as that has been it with Carr. Miami- Regardless of your belief in Tua (I think he's average with flashes) he just has a stacked lineup around him that he just needs to do enough to make the Phins a playoff team. Biggest issue is their schedule is a buzz saw up and down. Cleveland*- They are their own category as no one for sure knows how long Watson plays. On paper, strictly paper they are incredibly solid at every spot and Watson pushes them up. But football is loaded with teams who on paper look great and flame out because of pressure and noise. I think they lose Watson for 12 games and limp to a 7-10 season as the pressure and noise mixed with no Watson beats them down. Could they do better? 100% but I honestly think no one has a solid read here. Could be a playoff team, Could be 6-11 Indianapolis Colts- If you buy Matt Ryan then they are a playoff contender, if you think he is past his prime they need the collective whole to carry this team. I am not a fan of their WR corp and I don't know how much more Taylor can do to carry the load. Jacksonville Jaguars- Doug Pederson has take a young QB and went places before and now has one who pure talent wise is better then Wentz. I can easily see the Jags offense becoming good pretty quick if they can help build Lawrence confidence and decision making up. Urban wrecked things so bad people forget the hype and talent T Law has. The major question is if the defense can go from being an EZ-Pass to something that can hang around in games. For the record they are my dark horse pick this year and I have them winning the South. New England Patriots- I actually think Mac Jones is pretty decent and could have a better year. I also look at what NE surrounded him with and outside of a Marino type heroic performance they have a tall task to compete to the playoffs. BB can only do so much to cover their holes against an AFC loaded with fast aggressive offenses and defenses not based in 1990 conservative football. Pittsburgh Steelers- Their skill position group on offense can make noise, can Mitch or Kenny drive the car fast enough to stay up with the rest of their division? The defense will do enough to keep them in games, it is on the offense being potent enough. Tennessee Titans- There is data that Derrick Henry already has started to decline going back to last year. They look weaker across the board and while I love Bobby Woods he is not AJ Brown. Their playoff hopes hinge on the Colts staying neutral and winning the division. On To The Draft Houston- A successful season could be 3-14 as Mills shows he can be the guy and the rookies develop OR Mills isn't the guy and the rest of the young roster improves while getting a top 3 pick for QB NY Jets- They already had a daunting task before the Wilson injury with the way the AFC is. Now you hope Wilson shows tangible improvement in less games then desired played, the offense has some pep while the defense becomes a formidable unit, and they finish 5-11 while getting wins over MIA and NE at home.

His point makes a lot of sense and Peter King spoke of this in his column this week. The hall use to be for true greats or players who defined their spot. I was fine with Terrell Davis making it in because he was a true great that was only limited by injuries. That is not weakening the hall to me, that is including someone who deserves it that had a crappy bit of luck. Per Peter King in the 1970s 43 men were enshrined, 1980s 45, in the last 16 months 36 new enshrined members. Some of this was because the Centennial class was suppose to bring in a lot of older type guys but only 4 of the 15 members were from the first 40 years. Figure coaches like Dick Vermil and Bill Cowher both made it in with a SB win and 120 wins. To me neither of them were greats, they were really good with their moments. To me HOF is suppose to be greats and societies switch to win or nothing has kind of caused this watered down effect. Pete Carrol and Mike McCarthy both have rings and over a 120+ wins and in no way should either see the hall of fame. It is why I am not for Eli Manning getting into the hall of fame as he was mostly an above average QB with two big moments. He was never one of the top 5 QBs consistently during his time which should be standard held for entering.

The Pats game at the end of the year statistically was nothing special. Watching the game he legit balled out and even NE fans at that moment realized he was a problem long term. After they lost to Cleveland he was quite good minus the Ravens game which hey their D is insanely good and his QBR never dropped below 60 other then that Ravens game (Jets end of year doesn't count he played a series). But he was still such a target for negative criticism at the time people really did not look deeper at what he did, their problem now.

That’s the next stadium in 2076. The Falls will have moved a few more inches further back by then to really make it more dramatic.

So I went back to my posts from like 2017 on that I started. Talk about a journey lol Josh was really fun going from 2018 then to 2019 to 2020. You can literally see the progression and especially 2019 you can see it come on for him for real and why people who solely looked at stats really missed on the signs he would at least become a solid starter. His overall jump is still rare.

2015 was the first time at training camp where the hype hit a stupid point with the team (thanks Rex lol). I remember some head scratching stuff then. This year has hit a level I didn't think was possible between Josh/Diggs getting pelted with merch and now people using rope to hang stuff. Ya'll need to find jesus! lol this is insane

Thought the same thing didn't want to say much as rumors spread like sh*t hitting the fan

Don't get me too excited with those dances moves and vibes coming at us Yolo! lol

As a rail officiantanto the line by the stadium basically isn't used anymore. Back in the 90s the Amtrak Bills train would drop fans off in Depew and they took busses in from there. An extension off the line from the stadium was proposed I have the concepts on my phone but it never came to pass. The line goes through Lackawanna which up to there is not much of an issue. The problem would be after that at Tift Farm as there are two yards and over 70 plus trains daily to contend with. You would need to spend a considerable sum of cash to build a flyover to connect into the city and another bridge over the buffalo river, but if you want a train connection that is your best bet as the major railroads will want nothing to do with the hassle of passenger trains running through.

The Toppenham stadium in ENG is the comparison both he and the team have used. It is fully enclosed concourse wise so no weather can get through. The actually seating area is covered by a roof that goes 360 degrees around. Super cool and well thought out stadium that allows an outdoor experience in a very controlled type way.

2020 showed the blueprint if you want to control your destiny. AFC #1 seed has averaged between 12-14 wins a year, 2020 KC just happened to get to 14 and we weren't ready. Bills were 7-1 at home in 2020 and they did not have a single bad loss (Without hail murray they were 14-2). Last year 6-3 with bad losses to PIT and NE wind game not including the road JAX loss and TEN conversion fail, they weren't crisp and it hurt. Get back to 7-1 at home this year and that in itself can help right the record to what you want.

I think Thad is kind of being criticized in the wrong way. His frustration is probably all of these media orgs cannot do what Cover 1 is which limits analysis and coverage they can do, yet Cover 1 because of their status and not being credentialed has free reign. The issue is more with the Bills and circumstance then Cover 1 who is superb in their coverage. The Bills are going to end up needing to decide whether Cover 1 becomes a credentialed member which would take away video OR basically say stop filming or your out. If I was a member of the media I would be annoyed if basically a similar media org could basically get away with film and coverage that your not able to. Again not a shot at Cover 1 who is superb, the situation itself is the actual issue with how two entities are being treated.

Warren is legit and he is speaking strictly in terms of betting which I get and brought up some valid points. I always look at the season like this when gauging where I think the record will lie: Games You Should Win: NYJ, at NYJ, MIA, NE, TEN, PIT, at CHI, CLE, at DET, MIN 50/50 Games: at KC, GB, at MIA, at NE, at LAR Underdog: at CIN, at BAL In theory with this idea the Bills would be 12-5 figuring they win what they should, go 2-3 in 50/50 games, and lose the underdog games. But last season showed just because a game the Bills should've won like at JAX or NE or PIT were losses. Using my model on how I view the games they basically have 7 which if they lost I wouldn't be surprised which does not give much rope to mess up in the ones you need to win. I would also add that the Bills need to be better at home as in 2020 they went 7-1, but last year they went 6-3. Go 7-1 at home this year while winning games at NYJ, at CHI, and at DET gets you to 10 wins with plenty of rope where you need just two to get to 12 which may be what takes the 1 seed again as the AFC will beat itself up.

I have said for each Bills preseason home game Buffalo goes 3 wide with Allen ten yards back under max protection first play of the game. Upon snap the 3 WRs all run verts as fast as they can, Allen throws it as far as possible and walks off for the game. Everyone gets to see Josh throw something fun, he is healthy, and that is it

Anyone not wanting free Madden let me know as I will gladly take an xbox copy haha

The Bills last year came into week 1 looking a little too hyped on their own praise and the play week 1 showed it. They got it together through the weeks up and through the KC game. After the TEN loss they looked a team expecting to coast for a bit which bit them hard. Finally from 2nd half of Bucs on they looked like the team everyone expected from week 1. This year at least through training camp they are taking nothing for granted and grinding on both sides for everything. I think the manner in which they lost to KC also has this team playing with an axe to grind in way they almost couldn't last year. It remains to be seen if that carries to the regular season we and the team hope for, but I honestly wasn't surprised week 1 when they blew it last year and were up and down a bunch as the level of praise on the team created a bit of an entitled bunch. The expectations and praise are similar this year but the attitude is visibly different across the board.

I have been waiting for terminator type body parts for a while. Holding out hope for fully robotic legs lol

While I understand people saying cancel all remaining practices and camp, you really do need these sessions to get your team aligned and in the spot they need to be for week 1. Bills medical staff has been top notch at keeping guys healthy and preventive injury so I got faith with that. Hopefully it is a hyperextension as said so far.

This is probably the two boldest so far

When Hasek was the goalie for the Sabres he was my favorite player as a kid. I sent him my playing card that was him and I got back that autographed as well as a picture of him autographed. Super nice and made my world as a kid. I still have the autographed card and it was in the blue and good which wasn't as common considering they switched colors to black and red for most of his time in Buffalo.

That is the honesty I am talking about! Huzzah!