Richard Noggin

Before that, it was Tommy Doyle (#72?) who started the trend for Buffalo. We had some fun with him reporting each time as that season progressed. But for sure last year the Bills were super successful using that package (with Anderson).

My main offensive complaint with McDermott's post-Daboll approach is that he seems to prefer CONTROLLING the game in the first half, rather than WINNING it. He could help his poopy defense so much by just unleashing Allen early and often. Then they could run more and lean on teams with a lead in hand, if he insists. Well then have I got a Head Coach for you!!!

No one should question the winning, resilient, growth-minded, and selfless culture McDermott has built here in Buffalo. He quickly built a culture of success out of the ashes of historically prolonged mediocrity. That happened. Continues to happen. HOWEVER The Bills continually look overmatched against the league's best teams, and often rely on Josh Freaking Allen to dig them out of deficits caused in part by conservative gameplans and truly substandard defensive performances. The best offenses/QBs have mostly figured out McD's defenses, year after year. Bottom line. And for whatever reason, McD's offenses, post-Daboll, do NOT attack the top teams with confidence and aggression until it's (almost) too late. Which is a criminal offense when you have a generational QB.

The Ravens defense, pictured in both graphs almost entirely hiding behind other team logos like COWARDS, were not much better last week, and were WORSE last year.

At least a PORTION of Ed Oliver's success Sunday night was due to how lost that RG Faalele looked. Oliver was a large part of making Faalele look so hapless, but did anyone see the play circulating online tagged as one of the worst plays EVER by an offensive lineman? Bruh wtf (and I don't even talk or type like that, but...)

Hoping for this kind of resilience/fortune at the END of the season now...

LOL never saw it from our section.

For real?

This one. Obviously.

We were vaguely aware that Hamilton was injured at one point. Didn't know any details.

If we had known any of this from our vantage in the stands, I think some people would have heart attacks. Legitimately. It was bonkers enough as is.

I mean, Oliver ripped the ball away from the ideal, prototype, game-icing RB in the 4th quarter. So...

Proud of you. (Proud of both of us.)

But Ed Oliver, though... Saw Dorian Williams out there a bunch, didn't we? Difficult to keep up in the stadium. Feel like he made a play in the 4th quarter.

Feel to anyone else like NOT playing in the preseason hurt the Bills early on tonight? Coaches AND players tbh.

As for #2, I can understand the logistical argument for an early departure, and it REALLY felt bleak at the point you mention....HOWEVER....I am no effing quitter. I'd rather feel the full brunt of a home loss. I thought the Ravens were MUCH better prepared to try to WIN a game tonight until...they weren't. And I was there to absolutely go insane with the people around me who stayed.

Never had more fun leaving a game (AFTER IT ENDED!!!) in my life, and I've been to a bunch. Who needs a high-five?

Franklin will be active and Jackson will be inactive, imho. Just signed Franklin to the 53 and why would they need to do that if he's not going to play STs? Unless another team was looking to poach him so the Bills had to sign him or lose him? Either way, he offers more value on the gameday roster than Jackson does right now.

Nah, would rather the players have that underdog mentality tbh

I expect Baltimore fans to be more visibly and audibly present Sunday night than Bills fans care to admit. Anticipating increased ST resales this year (to recoup for looming PSLs and to simply capitalize on market value in last year of venue and a marketable matchup). HATE that approach to being a STH, but can't completely blame someone for doing it. The AFCN and NFCN fanbases travel. We'll see it and hear it Sunday night.

I see the showers ending by nightfall, but will be cool and breezy for sure. Have to imagine we'll see that missing heat and mugginess for one or more of the September/October home games.

Do not worry for the squatting Chiefs fan who recycled a common refrain without any obvious wit or unique tone, and therefore caught some tame pushback. They deserve much worse than any treatment they will receive here.

Broadcasting rights are sold to highest bidders which are then sold back to us the ticket holders and cable and streaming subscribers at increasingly higher prices across increasingly disparate platforms, yet...the league has congressional anti-trust exceptions carved out while relying upon HUGE tax dollar investments to fund stadium projects that billionaire owners could otherwise just pay for, seeing as the vast majority of profit goes primarily to the top private stakeholders (team owners, athletic brands, telecom conglomerates, giant hospitality vendors, etc)... Sure, individual citizens are wrong for finding a way to watch that doesn't add yet another layer of unreturned investment. We've all already paid for this entertainment, many times over.

fer eating, silly

Is there still a way for a TBD member to get some kind of reservation (did that years ago), or nah? (Will ask on Fb I guess)