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6 hours ago, Doc Brown said:
5 hours ago, Bferra13 said:Man, I can't wait til she dumps him. I could give two craps about either of them, but the whole thing is so ugh. NFL capitalizing on it for money. Just gross all around. Seems like a relationship thought up by two money advisors for financial gain. Go away.. Both of you.
If y'all really don't care about Taylor Swift, why does mention of her prompt you to post that you don't "give two craps" about her like the bell prompted Pavlov's dogs to salivate?
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RIP Russ Francis. Condolences to his family.
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It was unanimous!
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On 9/26/2023 at 11:58 PM, Airseven said:
There’s been a clear drop-off from Daboll to Dorsey. He was creative. It didn’t always work, but I’d take it again at this point.
Such an insightful observation! Dorsey was certainly lacking in creativity against the Fishies.
10 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:Jauron would still be trying to figure Allen out. Williams wouldn't be impressed. So unimpressed that he would be leaving rubber mats all over, and sneaking up behind Allen with an air horn. Marrone would be similarly apathetic about Allen's abilities. Mularkey would have just suited up and assigned himself to the practice squad as TE. 😁
You are being much too kind to Dick Jauron. He would have benched Allen for a Tentative Trent Edwards clone because Allen wants to win rather than being satisfied with not losing by too much.
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28 minutes ago, Virgil said:
You should refrain from mentioning the Bears and Broncos if you are trying to defend the quality of the NFL 🤪
The NFL is entertainment, and the game was entertaining. Lots of passing early on, some great defensive plays late. Drama. You want to talk about an unwatchable game, consider the Bills-Browns game from 2009 which resulted in a 6-3 win for the Browns on a FG after a muffed punt. The Browns passed for fewer than 75 yards. The difference is that fourteen years ago there were fewer non-Sunday afternoon games, so that kind of game would have only been shown in the local markets. With fewer options on Sundays, more games are sent to larger areas.
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1 hour ago, Virgil said:
I would challenge you to look at the schedule for yesterday and primetime games so far and count to see what percentage of them you would consider to be watchable/competitive games. It's not about who wins them, it just feels like bad football to me.
Yes, I may be spoiled by the Bills.
The Rams/Colts game featured a 23 point comeback by the Colts to get the team to OT and then a walk off TD by rookie sensation Puka Nacua.
The Broncos came back from 21 points down to win by 3 despite Fields having a career game.
The Commanders recovered from their butt-whooping by the Bills last week to take the Eagles to OT where the Eagles won on a long FG.
The Vikings overcame from behind late to win over the Panthers.
The Raiders almost came back on the Chargers.
The Cards hung with the much more talented Niners until late in the game.
The Jests came back from 17 points down to tie the game at 20 late in the game.
That's a good number of OT, one score or competitive games for a Sunday.
Of course, I was partial to the 48-20 thumping the Bills put on the Fish but then I have never forgiven the Carpies for Zero for the Seventies.
1 hour ago, Alphadawg7 said:Those are not fans, they are not going to stick to watching the NFL the second Swift isn't dating Kelce anymore. Literally the only gain for the NFL is utterly minuscule in value with a temporary bump in a single players jersey sales that won't even make an impact on their books by years end as it is such an insignificant amount of money. And the moment there is a breakup, they will be hating on Kelce and the NFL, burning jerseys, etc.
The "boost in ratings" are for a single game, and all that results on is a slight bump in advertising premiums for that one game a week, which again over the course of a season is a minuscule difference for the NFL, its books, and company value.
So it is one thing to have some fun with it and capitalize to some degree, but its a whole other level to utterly annoy and piss off your entire fanbase that made your corporation a $100B company for a small boost that won't even register in NFL value over the long term because none of those fans care 1% about the NFL, they just showing loyalty to Swift until she writes her next album about the Kelce breakup.
In my book, pissing off the fanbase that actually makes your company as valuable as its to cater to some people who bring no value to your company and are 100% temporary is not a great business strategy. NFL took a ton of heat for last nights over the top approach to Swift...I would be surprised if they don't tame it down some moving forward.
Your opinion doesn't represent the opinions of all NFL fans, particular female football fans.
1 hour ago, BullBuchanan said:
I think you're a little off the mark.
Yes, there are a handful of juggernaut teams. If that's all you care about, your point makes more sense, but that's been true every year since forever. If you take (in no order) Buffalo, KC, MIA, DAL, SF, PHI , the league is super interesting.- You have an evolution going on in Baltimore right now and Lamar Jackson is playing the best football of his career.
- The Indianapolis Colts are way better than anyone expected them to be and could be the next big threat to rise over the next couple of years with a QB that looks like he has all the tools
- The Houston Texans are likewise putting some interesting games together behind another highly touted rookie QB
- The chargers appear to be a great Head Coach away from being very dangerous
- The Commanders have shown a lot of grit under first year QB Howell, and while it doesn't seem he has a the makeup of a franchise QB, he might be bale to make them respectable as they retool under a new Coach
- The Lions are 3-1 and right now look like the 3rd best team in the NFC. They should coast to a Division Championship for the first time since 1993 if they keep it up
- the 3-1 Buccaneers led by the constantly maligned Baker Mayfield would be the story of the NFC is not for the aforementioned Lions. Baker is playing the best football of his career and may have just needed the right environment to reach his potential.
The Chargers don't need a great HC to be a dangerous team. A competent one would be good enough.
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25 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
Love it. He's been carrying receivers deep downfield all year. Kid just gets it, and has the speed to do it.
Exactly the type of play we were waiting to see from that other guy. If you arent getting the picks yourself, at least get in the lane to make the QB overthrow.
Finally seeing it happen.
Bernard is much more noticeable than Edmunds was, not only because he always seems to be around the ball, but also because he always seems to talking to/encouraging his teammates between and/or at the end of plays.
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1 hour ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:
Fun fact:
The Titans scored 3 touchdowns in the second quarter against the Bengals.
The Bengals have scored 3 touchdowns the entire season.
IIRC, one of the commentators said yesterday that the Bengals haven't scored a TD in the first half. ☹️
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12 hours ago, strive_for_five_guy said:
Burrow will be good once again, whenever he’s past this calf injury.
By the time Burrow gets over his calf injury, he may have more. He really got roughed up yesterday's game. I just saw some of the sacks and pressures, and they were just awful. There was one which was ruled an incomplete pass in which a defender came in on Burrow apparently unblocked and just spun him around like a rag doll as he was trying to throw the ball. The ball went one way toward the sideline and Burrow went the other, landing pretty hard. I was somewhat surprised there wasn't a flag but the play was clean, just so hard and fast and Burrow was helpless.
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Here's a Fish fan's (DZimmer000) take on the game to enjoy:
QuoteAbsolutely embarrassing this week. I don’t want to hear about us being down our starting center and starting safety. We were embarrassed all the way up and down the roster. Plain and simple… The Bills are the better football team. That is a fact and it is indisputable. On to the grades:
QB — D + : Tua was not good today. Period. Admittedly, the OL being as bad as they were didn’t help. The Bills defense was great. They timed their blitzes based on our pre snap motion. Brilliant. Tua and the offense had no answers. The only reason this wan’t an F is because Tua was the victim of bad play calling and a horrible offensive line today
RB’s — D + : The reason this isn’t a F is because of Achane. Ladies and gentlemen, he is our starter from here on out. Mostert was below average and fumbled twice. While Buffalo only recovered 1, they both cost us.
TE’s — D - : Smythe had a few nice receptions today. Hill with the false start on a third down hurt us. Overall…..An underwhelming game from this unit.
WR’s — C - : This is the best unit on the team today. They were open enough….Tua just didn’t have the time to see them. Not the best game from these guys….But not the worst either.
OL — F : Awful showing by this unit. Eichenberg should be cut today. Period. He has been and is still awful. How he made the team is a complete mystery. Is anyone else tired of Armstead getting hurt? I’m just wondering when we can get out of his contract. Wynn and Hunt and Jackson even got tooled today. Embarrassing.
DL — F : No pressure on Allen. Can’t stop the run. Wilkins wants Aaron Donald money?? Not happening. Sieler was the only decent lineman today and even he was getting blown off the ball most of the day. Horrible day by these guys.
LB’s — F : Baker is comically bad. We should put him on the same bus out of town as Eichenberg. What’s amazing to me is that this group gets an F even with Van Ginkgo’s great day. You know your LB’s are bad when they get an F even with one of them landing 2 sacks and being all over the field. Disappointing to say the least.
DB’s — F : WTF was that?? Everyone on this unit was awful. Kohou might not ever recover from this beating. Even Holland was bad today. Horrendous.
ST’s — C : Average to decent day for these guys. They did their jobs as well as could be expected.
Coaching — F : McDaniel got schooled today. All of his motion was for nothing. The Bills showed the rest of the NFL that you just play fast and time your blitzes with the motion and it gets ugly fast for the Dolphins. As for Fangio….. So much for him being some defensive genius. He’s not. I’ve been saying it since the last preseason game….This defense is a liability. They cannot stop the run and cannot rush the passer. That’s a dangerous combination for our playoff hopes.
Conclusion: This was an ass whipping in Buffalo. We have 2 games in a row against mediocre teams coming up at home. We have a lot of work to do on a lot of deficiencies. It starts next week at home.-
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23 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
Miami is a legit top 5 team. anyone disagree? we're better.
In the NFL, I would disagree. In the AFC, probably. Of course, Cincy, PIttsburgh, and Jax -- all teams that seemed likely to be contenders -- seem to have taken steps backwards early in the season.
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25 minutes ago, Goin Breakdown said:
Shoot. Thank you! I have to feed the cats.
for real. Thank you lol
That's my cat, Slinky's, favorite food
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5 hours ago, MPL said:
I wish I exaggerated.
Lombardi and Star won their first championship together in Lombardi's 3rd year coaching. It wasn't called the Super Bowl yet but still a championship.
Hank Stram and Len Dawson won their first championship in 1962—Stram's 3rd year coaching. Again, not a Super Bowl but still a championship in their first 5 years.
Ken Stabler was the backup QB in Oakland until the 1973 season and only played 2 games between 1970 and 1972. Madden and Stabler won their first Super Bowl in 76—their 4th year as Head Coach and Starting QB Combo.FYI: "Past results do not guarantee future performance".
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20 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:
If I'm Terry and Sean again fails to get this team to a SB, I'm keeping Beane and offering Ben Johnson whatever he wants. I know the McDermott apologists will lose their mind, but I don't care. I'm not waiting another 8-10 years for Sean to get that Andy Reid moment. The next 6 years is Josh's prime. We need to go full throttle on building a dominant offense. I just trust an offensive HC over a defensive one in this era. 13 seconds was and will always be egregious.
FYI: Since you aren't Terry Pegula, your rant is moot. You sound like a petulant adolescent ... or an embittered septuagenarian ... chasing after the "next big thing".
12 hours ago, hondo in seattle said:I'm a McD fan (call me an "apologist" if you want) and I won't go apoplectic because I don't lose my cool over people saying stuff online. I do disagree with you, however. Here are some random reasons why...
* The fixation on 13 seconds isn't rational. McD has coached the team for more than 360,000 seconds but you want to use those 13 seconds to define him. During those 13 seconds, a great offense executed at a high level, and a couple of Bills players made mistakes. I don't think the game even makes it to OT if McD was a lesser coach. I don't think we even get to that game in the first place if McD was a lesser coach. And, btw, even great generals (Caesar, William the Conqueror, Napoleon, Patton, etc.) had bad days and suffered defeats. Even talented leaders sometimes fail to deliver.
* We have not had the best roster in the NFL in any year that McD has been here. I'm not sure why we require him to beat better teams in the playoffs and win the Super Bowl without a Super Bowl-quality roster.
* Repeatedly firing coaches doesn't work. I prefer the Steelers model. They've had 3 head coaches over the past 50 years. That stability has given them 6 more Lombardis than we've won.
* Statistically speaking, each team has a 3% of winning the Super Bowl - all things being equal. In fact, each year there are maybe six teams with superior rosters/coaching with a roughly 10% chance of winning it all. Thanks to both Beane and McD, the Bills are in that elite group.
* McDermott has the highest win percentage in Bills history. Objectively, he's the best of the twenty guys to have the title of Bills HC.
* If you fired McD, who would you replace him with? The best coaches (Andy Reid, for example) already have jobs. Most college coaches who are hired to be NFL coaches don't turn out to be very good. Most coordinators who become head coaches don't turn out to be very good. Most head coaches the Bills hire don't turn out to be very good. In other words, it's most likely that McD's replacement will be worse, not better.
I hated the McDermott hire in 2017. He reminded me of too much of Dick Jauron (whom, if you don't know from my previous posts about this cretin, is my most loathed Bills HC ever) which suggested the Bills were going to continue their decade plus of mediocrity into the future. Well, my initial take was wrong, and I am a proud McDermott "apologist". IMO, he's among the top five HCs currently in the NFL, behind only Belichick, Reid, and Tomlin.
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4 hours ago, Matt_In_NH said:
OK, Maybe I misheard....I thought it was NFLN....that works for me.
You didn't mishear anything. I heard that same commercial repeatedly. When I checked, it turned out it's also on NFLN. I think it's a ploy to convince viewers to buy into NFLN+.
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11 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:
The Jets should’ve retained Mike White or went after a dude like Garappolo or even Gardner Minshew in the off-season. Going into the regular season w/ a 39 year old QB and Zach Wilson as your backup was extremely stupid and the Jets deserve everything coming to them. What a waste of a great defense. Now they are forced to go through the QB scrap heap and no doubt Siemian will be starting sooner rather than later. I’m happy. One less AFCE rival to worry about. Miami will always be Buffalo’s true rival.
The Jets couldn't afford Garappolo nor would he have signed on to be a backup. No team can afford to pay a superstar QB and another starting-caliber QB. The Jests couldn't afford Minshew because they spent much of their available cap space on bringing in Rodgers' pals and adding Dalvin Cook.
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4 hours ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:
Honestly, they got totally screwed by the officials (legitimately), half their team was injured, and the Colts had the veteran Minshew starting.
Indy's kicker was apparently inspired by "Minshew Magic" and out kicked Justin Tucker, whose just missed a 61 yarder at the end of regulation that would have won the game for the Ravens. Matt Gay kicked a 31 yarder, 2 53 yarders, and a 54 yarder in regulation. He then kicked another 53 yarder to win the game in OT.
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4 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:
Honestly, which Trevor will play better this year? Siemian or Lawrence?
This is sad but it may be true. Three games into the season, it looks like the wheels have fallen off, and Lawrence has been part of the problem.
4 hours ago, Charles Romes said:Siemian is a metaphor for rag arm journeyman JAG backup qb.
Better a rag arm than a mushy brain like Wilson.
2 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:10-12 guys who are great at the NFL level...
Simian can go up against the best college team in the world and drop 60 on them tomorrow
The talent Gap from an NFL quarterback to even a division 1 starter is insane ...
He's not a ***** QB lol he's just not good enough to start for the NFL or be a primary backup
That's why there's 40 professional basketball leagues around the world.. you might not be a good enough point guard for the NBA but you can be a professional PG
That pro point guard in Turkey doesn't suck.. he's actually great.. just not good enough for the league
That's how I view all these bottom roster quarterbacks.. and QB3s
They are still better than 99% of the quarterbacks in the world... Which is an accomplishment.. they just aren't good enough to consistently crack the NFL
Sam castronova from williamsville South... Division 3 quarterback.. impressive arm.. team scored 55 a game in college .. got some invites to NFL camps.. but never even made a roster
He still throws locally trying to prolong his career ... And his arm is insane... Like when you see it up close you're like damn
The way the ball spins... Even if you didn't know who he was you'd be like he has to be a pro... And he could barely get a try out to a mini camp
It's because being an NFL quarterback is the hardest job in sports.. and even the 4th stringer does have immense talent .. even if it doesn't hold up in the NFL
Excellent perspective on QBs!
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15 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
I still have to wonder why the Jets thought going into the season with a 39 year old starter with Zach Wilson as his backup was a good idea. With the talent on defense and some offensive skill positions, they could be a playoff team with some Teddy Bridgewater type at QB. It now seems too late.
Instead of bringing in all of Rodgers buddies and chasing after Dalvin Cook, the Jests should have invested more in the OL and the backup QB position. In his 22 starts in his first two seasons, Wilson has shown nothing to indicate that he's mastered the mental part of the game at all. The 2023 first round rookies have shown significantly better football acumen than Wilson. Tim Boyle is an UDFA who has been around since 2018. BTW, Bridgewater was available until early August.
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So far this season, the Fish have shown that they can:
... outscore a team with a good offense but a crappy defense
... score enough points to win against a team with a good defense but a meager offense
... score a carload of points against an outclassed team that quit in the first half.
They haven't faced a team that was tough on both sides of the ball yet this season. The Bills have the best defense they've faced so far this season, and despite all the whining about the offense on TSW, the Bills have a potent offense. Miami will score points but the Bills can score them, too. I think the Bills D will make Tua's lfie miserable all afternoon -- if he lasts the entire game.
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Zero chance he gets fired tho so this is a mute point.
Not to be a grammar nazi but the word that should used here is moot not mute. Every time I see somebody post about a "mute point", it just aggravates me. Moot has meanings relating to debate or discussion. In the sentence above, the poster means the point has "little or no relevance", so he or she should use "moot". Mute has meanings related to silence, ie "mute button". The words' different spelling indicate their different pronounciations: the oo in moot sounds likes the oo in room while mute is pronounced with the u as in use.
That's your grammar lesson for the week ... and now back to this silly discussion of what's not going to happen, ie a moot point. 😀
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1 hour ago, jkeerie said:
Agreed. I said in another thread that management ceded all decision making to Rodgers...who hand picked his coordinator and receivers. He had calf issues in training camp. Did no one consider the possibility that he might not be part of that offense at some point? Just poor planning...or no planning.
Catering to Rodgers' wishes (demands?) really suggests some serious dysfunctionality in the Jests FO/ownership, and my guess is that Jets owner, Woody Johnson, is the source. Wilson simply isn't competent. Keeping him as the starter also suggests that somebody far higher in the corporate food chain wants him there.
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2 hours ago, Since1981 said:
Pure silly to blame HC & GM for QB1-HOF(ish) going down and in chaos. I have to think they’re on the QB hotlines now but it won’t cut it.
JA17 goes down. Allen #2 is a cluster year.
Who should be responsible for the Jets' repeated failure to secure an NFL caliber QB if not the GM (the owner isn't going to fire himself)? The GM is the guy who hired the scouts and other talent evaluators. The Jets have drafted 4 first round QBs since 2000, and the only one who was even somewhat successful was Chad Pennington whom they drafted at #18 in 2000. The other three first rounders, all top five picks, have been busts: Mark Sanchez, #5 in 2009, Sam Darnold #3 in 2018, and Zach Wilson #2 in 2021, each one worst than the previous one. Darnold and Wilson weren't even serviceable starters, which prompted the Jets to trade for Rodgers. The Jets took Darnold in 2018 with both Allen and Jackson still on the board. In the 2021 draft, the Jets picked Wilson from a group of somewhat questionable QB prospects. The Jets mortgaged their future to move up in the draft twice in recent years and failed twice.
The Bills didn't mortgage their future to trade for a 39-year-old QB. They traded draft capital to get a prospect who has developed into a superstar, so their investment has been repaid, even if Allen were to be injured and out for a season.
2 hours ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:This from a man who threw more interceptions than touchdowns in almost every season he played in and for his career and the ONLY reason why he is in the HOF is because of Super Bowl III.
Namath played in an entirely different era when the rules of the game favored defenders and QBs regularly threw much longer passes than they do today, so judging QBs of that era by today's statistical measures reveals your lack of historical perspective.
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3 minutes ago, BeavercreekBillsFan said:
Bengals get back on track tonight, looks like burrow plays. Tampa wins too, I just don’t think much of hurts and especially that pass defense. Think evans has a big game against them and the conversation starts to shift to “who should we worry about more, eagles or cowboys” on all the morning shows tmr.
I'm not sure that Burrows' presence on the field tonight will get the Bengals "back on track" since he hasn't looked very good in the Bengals two previous starts.
KC moves to 4-1 on the season! * (????)
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Of course they care. Otherwise they wouldn't be complaining about her in one breath and then denying that they care about her in the next.