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agreed. The Browns and Jets did what they should’ve done in 2018 like buffalo which is build a solid line to give your young QB time. They went for splash Buffalo went for substance and the results showed. This year I do think Cleveland wins 9-10 and is playoff caliber

The COVID crisis kinda killed my ability to predict. I did a post back in March but I’ve been working from home and truthfully haven’t been on the way I like. I appreciate the kind remarks. this was my latest mock schedule Great point. People forget 1pm games are preferred by teams because it keeps a routine and are the best to prepare for. Coaches don’t want a ton of night games despite how fun they are because it throws off the plans for the week. I’d prefer if they danced in front of me like the halftime show

This year the Bills Chiefs game is this years version of the game that has to be at night because bills fans really want it to be. I don’t disagree with the fact the Bills Chiefs would be a great matchup and at night be a really special thing as a fan. Unfortunately I will be very surprised if that happens at this point for three reasons. 1. The Chiefs being Super Bowl champions means every opponent the Chiefs play on the road see this is as their marquee game for the year. The Super Bowl champion always is a lucrative team for opponents hosting them and the Chiefs have a very appealing team nationally. A down team like Miami hosts KC and this would be an opportune matchup especially with Tua. Buffalo will be in fierce competition to land the game which brings me to point two... 2. KC is on the road against the Ravens, Saints, and Buccaneers. TV crews will absolutely prioritize those games ahead of Buffalo and in division Denver has a rising team while the Raiders are opening a new stadium and what a way to do it. Buffalo isn’t just competing against 7 other teams for KC at night there facing two of the NFLs bluebloods in terms of TV attention (BAL & NOLA) and a TB team with Brady which is now the most sought after team for TV after KC. 3. Sal C from WGR had Mike North from the NFL who handles the schedule who was really interesting in regards to how the schedule is made. One of the important things he noted is that while everyone wants a home game against their top opponent at night they have to balance that teams needs and what’s fair to them. Figure KC is getting 2-3 homes games and if they go to NOLA and TB at night, is it really fair to KC to force them at night for a 5th or 6th night game that’s on the road? The Patriots did play three on the road but one was in division vs the Jets, another was a quick flight to Baltimore with only the HOU game being a longer road trip. Overall I just dont see it at this point. I’d love it and. Buffalo certainly has a good case with the playoffs two of the last three years, a great defense, and some rising young players. But after looking into this deeper a 4:25 spot would be nice at this point.

I’m going off the assumption the states are opened. There is no season if things are closed. now I do agree with I’m not sure how fair it is if the three California teams play in stadiums with no fans but other states do

having training camp at a team facility is the equivalent of the Bills doing it at Fisher. The equality piece matters more in terms of opening team facilities in general

Yes and no depends on travel and what teams prefer. Packers Eagles played last year. The guy in charge of the schedule said they try to honor requests like if you want to play back to back west coast they’ll do it, but don’t get made if it isn’t 100% what you want. Every team wants to be home at night but you need to have opponents

Hello everyone it’s been quite a bit since I posted but now that I’ve been working from home I have more distractions from my computer haha Anyhoo with the schedule postponed until Thursday and delayed in general it made it tough to post about it. There has not been a schedule with more uncertainty then this one which makes all prior beliefs and predictions incredibly tough. There has been some really really good posts by many and Yolos topic is awesome currently. Before I get to my piece just a quick insider tip about training camp. I have a very tight source to Fisher where training camp is and at this point things are expected as normal. If it is cancelled/moved it is because of the NFL/Bills decision to do so nothing more. Now schedule wise going with the fact that nothing is normal expect the unexpected. Is it possible the first four games are NFC? Absolutely. Is it possible the first six games are all NFC and two non division meaning the first division game isn’t until week 7? Yes. While I believe the NFL is hell bent on 16 games they will set it up in way to maximize to their liking so if they need to go to a 12 or 14 game schedule they protect the division piece. With that said I expect more flex games then ever this year with the 7th wildcard. A lot of people including myself saw the Bills with 3-4 night games in stone, but at this point I think it’s two night games and ability for the NFL to move the last 2-3 weeks worth of games to night. With the NFL already facing reduced revenues due to Corona and the uncertainty of full stadiums you will probably see them go to their favorite big markets teams a bit more given the ratings guarantee. That’s no slight at Buffalo we will get our games, but expect NE NYJ to get equal or more for no reason other then it’s more money. Additionally with no international games it means more teams competing for primetime. Primetime games to mean are any evening games and the 4pm national slots. My final predictions for national games are as follows: @ARZ TNF LAR SNF @SF 4:25 nationally KC 4:25 nationally Flex Games: at NYJ Saturday NE home Sunday final week

So with the NFL allowing gamepass for free I am watching every Bills game from 2010 to present I could've started in 2009 but I didn't have the heart and I wanted the full decade. So far I am five games in and the Bills are leading the Jags 13-6 as I speak (they will lose 36-28). Here are some fun observations a decade later between both teams, the stadium, the NFL etc.. : · The Bills were bad but they just also feel sooo irrevelant in every way. The stadium looks bland, the ownership is a question mark, there are no real players of young exciting name value outside of Kyle Williams and Jarius Byrd. They feel like a rudderless team trying to re-establish themselves and they play that way also. They feel like a franchise that’s a decade behind. I am soo happy this is no longer the case. · The uniforms yikes! I have thought at times when I see the dark blue jerseys on fans “oh they weren’t that bad” and then I watch this.. yes they were that bad. I get why they made the change but they couldn’t have done worse other than changing the colors from blue and red in general. · The stadium presentation is so much better now compared to then. The fans are louder which is noticeable, but the renovations did do a good job to make the stadium look better on film. The overall in stadium environment just feels so much improved. Also noticed fans did not stand as often in the lower bowl. Perhaps it was just because the team stunk, but I do believe that has changed · Some of the starters on the team are just downright hilarious. Reggie Torbor? He’s there! Jeff Hangartner? He’s your starting center over Eric Wood whose at guard. Hope you like Jonathan Stupar at TE because he is there. Roscoe Parrish either drops the ball or catches the ball and runs to the wrong area. · The defense was soo bad. Any time a 3rd down or big stop was needed just pencil in a TD haha. I appreciate that for a few years now you can at least depend that 50% of the time will get a stop. The lack of talent just is soo noticeable but even the execution is pathetic. I remember a decent debate about Paul Pouzlousny leaving and whether we should’ve paid him. Watching it back I can’t believe that conversation happened. Credit to McBeane for the work and comptenecy they have brought to the team, but I will even credit Whaley a bit for at least bringing a talent expectation back. There was nothing with Nix and crew. · Someday I will get the full explanation for why when we had Fred Jackson and Lynch we drafted Spiller. For the record CJ shows her bursts of talent and I wish had a longer career, but such a dumb decision. · The lack of flags and referee focused calls is refreshing and I miss. You don’t have nearly the reviews or controversy the game just flows. I really do think the additional rules are the problem watching this back. · The Jills are there… I truthfully could care less there gone · Following up with that players really could hit each other still. The rules weren’t in place the way they are now and guys still lit each other up fairly regularly. Safety is good and I do not want to say the NFL today is soft, but it is noticeable how the game has changed. You can see how much faster players are which may also play a role in less hitting. · CBS really I mean really was hyped for Hawaii 5.0. · Peyton Manning was with the Colts doing his thing which was a cool throwback · Kyle Orton was with the Broncos…also doing whatever his thing was · This was Vick’s return season with the Eagles and man their Kelly green unis need to come back · Watching Gronk as just a rookie and knowing what he would become was weird, cool, and sucked all at once. Watching Aaron Hernandez was just straight creepy knowing what he would do. · The CBS broadcast during the Pats Bills week 3 game talks about how each decade an AFC East team had taken the division for themselves Dolphins 80s, Bills 90s, Pats 2000s and asks if the Pats can keep it going or if the up and coming Jets would take them down or someone else. Can I just say how much it blows that NE really has gone two straight decades without a divisional challenger. I hope we beat them 200-0 both games this year. - Speaking of Gus Johnson in the booth is soo missed he was awesome · Lady Gaga was the jam at the stadium · For those Rochester folk like myself Paetec had a big sign right behind the one endzone. Crazy how they went from being a big deal to nothing now. · The Browns are starting Seneca Wallace at QB. I generally just feel bad for their fans. We had our drought but at least we finally have had some good years and in general since 2014 the Bills have been .500 or better most years. That franchise needs some luck. · Carson Palmer is the Bengals QB in his last year. Crazy to think most thought he was nearly washed up and yet would revive his career in Arizona. · Aaron Rodgers is not the guy he is now.. and Brett Farves shadow still looms large. Funny how time passes and players become legends and other guys take their place. Rodgers now is the old guy

I have hard time saying I blame Ralph. Buffalo swung and miss but it seems that at the time the move made sense and was of fair value. If it is true also that the Lamonica had an affair or they had concerns on his medical health then it makes even more sense. Unfortunately with trades sometimes they work great, sometimes they are equal, and sometimes they are a disaster. Buffalo missed with Darryl but we hit homeruns with Bennett, McCoy, and Jerry Hughes to a lesser extent.

Can't emphasize enough how much this will impact the Ravens. He was a stabilizing force and when those go on O-line it takes a bit to get things back together. Buffalo lucked out that Dawkins has emerged as such a leader and quality player after Eric Wood left. Ravens will still be a very very good team but this will make their road a bit tougher.

81-90 He has established a winning RESPECT culture that now has players wanting to come here with expectations. He's had some misses with players but he is responsible with so much of the good and drafted quite well. I can't go past 90 until the division is won and playoff games are won.

Oh it will be joyous, just after 20 years of this you get use to seeing them in there lol

That's a good point I have read that the big date is March 18th on whether he returns to NE or not. That would be a little less then a month and I am sure given that they have thousands of schedules they make they have some set depending on where he goes. At the same token they generally already have more of it done because you don't have that uncertainty. If he does leave it will be weird to see NE get less primetime games then normal.

The Bills sign Jadevon Clowney to replace Shaq

Don't disagree. But Patriots had 5x night games plus 5x 4:00pm games last year. KC will probably have similar and I think the Bills game could be at least a 4:00pm matchup, but KC hosts at home Texans, Patriots, Chargers, & Raiders. Brady is going to at least one of those three which will be a night game. On the road they go to Ravens, Saints, Bills. The real question is where Buffalo rates against those teams plus Falcons & Panthers. There is a shot but the Bills are notorious about trying to keep as many games as possible 1:00 pm for traveling NYS fans. If Brady goes in division those games will become primetime quickly. Also I guess 2014 still hangs on me where I and every other Bills game swore we were getting Bills Packers on MNF only for it to be confirmed wrong. I know its different and I believe they will get more night games and press, but I am still skeptical we'd get KC at home because we are still small market and they'd want em for a bigger market.

Not surprised in the least. Figured London was a long shot, maybe Mexico and even that I still think they will pick a bigger market for. I know a lot of people think the Bills will host KC at home at night but that's another game I just don't see swinging that way. There are limits to how many primetime games teams get and I just can't see Buffalo being prioritized to the top for KC.

West coast teams have regularly played at 1 pm. Depends on what the schedule makes want for TV. Seattle played at 1pm at both PIT and CLE last year.

the only plus is the entire division has more or less the same thing. If New England truly is weekend it actually helps us

Week 2 against LAC in 2018. But the Bills also have opened in Baltimore in 2016 and 2018 week 1 so just because they were recent it isn't a pre-req for not happening.

Los Angeles Chargers

Thanks. Peter King had Rams v Cowboys week 1 and truthfully idk what would be better ratings wise for the NFL so I'd go with that also. But I agree NE or SF would be really appealing also. Thanks. The hard part with schedule making for the Bills is removing your fandom and thinking what would be relatively fair but possibly annoying as a fan/team. The bye in between road games, the 3 road games in four weeks, and heavy road schedule after the bye was me trying to be unbiased. The 2017 schedule was kinda insane the way the NFL gifted the Bills such a nice start with home games. If people don't believe having a lot of home games early isn't a clear advantage their lying. I will say the Bills did take advantage of the two road games to start last year which typically is a tough deck to handle.

We only have the money to travel to do one and Vegas we have a better deal set with. Nashville though we've wanted to see and is our backup at this point. I don't wanna miss too many games at home we generally do 2-4 a year so that factors in especially given how good of a home schedule we have.

I'm willing to bet the Bills have given me worse hangovers and sickness then anything the corona virus will do.

I'm predicting 30-40k bills fans go (hopefully including myself). I am just wondering how many Bills fans swim in the fountains at the Bolagio lol

I do think will see the Bills in London sooner then later, but the four west coast trips and London would be pretty unfair and even the NFL generally tries to avoid that type of scheduling... well until the 17th game is added which is always an international game. I hear that. Vegas is doable for my wife and I as long as its from late Sept into early Dec. The NFL loves to celebrate new stadiums and LA is week one which is why I think they make Vegas open week 2 so they get SNF.