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    Stadium Construction Discussion (No PSL/Seat selection posts)

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    1 hour ago, Mango said:

    It looks like basically everything where the benches, coaches, medical tent, etc. are is turf. To me there are just two many plays where players end up running OOB for a turf/grass split to make any sense. Even if the risk is small, it is a $2B project. Just do it right. 

    This is NOT wrong. It’s done that way in virtually every stadium in the world. The artificial turf is put down around the perimeter to assist with drainage and to keep the sidelines from becoming a muddy mess where all of the people stand during games.

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    Stadium Construction Discussion (No PSL/Seat selection posts)

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    Just now, zow2 said:

     

    The overhead shots from drone or helicopter look like pretty good coverage.  But all the views I've seen from inside the lower deck or field level looks like a lot of people will be getting rain or snowed on. 

     

    I think we can agree the upper decks have the coverage and certainly if you are in the last 10-20 rows of upper deck you are not getting rained on....but you're also not feeling any warmth on those chilly but sunny late fall days.

    The ENTIRE UPPER DECK IS UNDER THE ROOF!!!!

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    Game week thread - Bills at Falcons MNF

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    7 minutes ago, fergie's ire said:

    Agreed.  Part of the problem might also be schematic.  Bills have been getting quick pressure, but if receivers aren't facing tight coverage, that doesn't help.  The QB can always dump it quickly to an open receiver.  If you want to have an aggressive defense, the corners need to be aggressive and play the receivers tight from the line.  It might mean getting beat deep occasionally, but if it also leeds to turnovers and short possessions, you can live with that.  Of course, it would help to have at least one corner with speed which is why Hairston is so important, and his injury is why you probably want at least one more.

    So in summary, the Bills defense is a schematic mess. The three levels of the defense are utterly disconnected from each other in what they’re trying to do. And I’d even toss in the fourth level if you consider that our two safeties are playing so far back they’re close to being in the first row of the end zone. (Maybe they’ll catch a football back there and run up the stands on their way out of the stadium.) 

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    Behind the Scenes: Prep on Allen’s Helmet

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    8 hours ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:

    💯 agree so cal—myself included. My point was made tongue in cheek and not artfully phrased. I meant it more along the lines of this being apparently a completely OBD operation (as one of the workers is clearly wearing Bills gear) as opposed to an order sent to a specialized vendor to supply this service for the Bills, like the helmet company or the decals supplier, etc. Just speculating here, but probably the same folks handling issuing weekly equipment or laundry or any number of other jobs in the building, are also tasked with the double duty of decal swaps? 

    No worries…..just messing with you. It’s what we do here. 👍

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    Stadium Construction Discussion (No PSL/Seat selection posts)

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    15 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

    Good to know, and I believe they have talked about using it for soccer in the past so likely the same case.

    The challenge becomes protecting the natural grass on the football sidelines since the players and coaches stand within the wider soccer boundary…so they’ll typically put down a tarp there. 

    Just now, EmotionallyUnstable said:

    It appears there is a sand-like base below the sod. I am not sure what I was expecting but it wasn’t that. 

    It’s a standard cross section. The sand helps with drainage. 

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    Stadium Construction Discussion (No PSL/Seat selection posts)

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    6 hours ago, The Wiz said:

    I'd like to know how far the grass goes over the sidelines.  Going from grass to turf right on the edge seems like it would be dangerous so I'd imagine it going to carry over a few feet at least.

    I’m not sure it’s the case at the new Bills Stadium but when we design them it has to extend far enough to accommodate a soccer field, which is wider than a football field. 

    The NEW Bills Stadium and the NEW Las Vegas

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    36 minutes ago, DeepPass said:

    Is his wife really a starlet or a wanna-be starlet?  She appears with Josh in a tight dress with her boobs pushed out.  Is that what a starlet does?? I don't know if Josh likes that much!

    Say what now? Haylee’s been in Hollywood since before Josh was in high school! 

    We need a downfield passing game

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    This debate rages on, year after year. It always seems to boil down to speed at WR. I’m not so convinced. The question should be whether the offense has a variety of routes on every play, not a variety of throws. Put another way, no matter how fast your WRs are it doesn’t mean the defense is just going to let them run deep behind the opposing safeties because they don’t believe we’ll throw it deep. What you really want are route trees that cause mismatches and overloads in the opposing secondary. 

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