MJS

I don't know how to navigate Twitter. Anyone have a link to vote? I have one Twitter interaction a year and this is it.

I think they want incentives for getting vaccinated. They might feel like players are no longer incented to get vaccinated if they have to get tested every day, and also may be fearing the backlash of players who got vaccinated because of the reduced protocols involved. But I think they should be doing whatever necessary to ensure the least disruption from COVID, and to me that means daily testing for everyone.

Actually, I'm a little nervous about the game too. I do think the Bills should win it, but I expect it to be closer than expected and I would not be shocked by a loss. The Steelers are a good organization. Big Ben always starts out strong before his age wears him down throughout the season. Or, the Bills come out guns blazing and lump the Steelers up. But I feel like the Bills usually start slow on the first game of the season and it takes a couple of quarters for Josh to settle down. But certainly the Bills offense was clicking on all cylinders this off-season, so maybe those days are behind us and they are truly dominant now.

I was thinking bars as in, like, bar charts. I thought you were going to give us some cool data on the game. I've been working too hard.

I get it, I just have no faith in the Jaguars organization, and Lawrence is a rookie with a bad offensive line. I just think there are probably some safer matchups.

Bold. Two bad teams facing each other.

No, I expect Josh to have a better season in terms of yards and TD's, but I expect his completion percentage and other efficiency metrics to remain about the same or only slightly improve. Allen is still a QB on the rise. The Bills have a much easier schedule this year and face easier QB's. I expect Allen to tear it up this year. It's not like Allen threw for 5,000 yards and 50 TD's last year. If he had, I'd say we would likely see a regression, but he could beat his numbers from last year, especially with the extra game. He could also fumble it less and throw a couple fewer INT's.

I usually watch quite a few games on Game Pass condensed throughout the week. I don't usually watch them live unless they are significant to the Bills in some way. I might tune in for a series or two here or there, but not often an entire game. For the games I don't watch on game pass, I'll at least watch highlights. So in some way or another, I'm consuming content for pretty much every single game each week. I'm usually up a couple hours later than the rest of my family, so that's usually when I get in my football watching. I watch a lot more that I have gotten into fantasy football a few years ago. I don't think a ton about fantasy as I am watching games, but fantasy football made me more of a general NFL fan and much more aware of other teams, so now I get more enjoyment watching other games. I used to not really know many players of other teams. Now I feel like I know most starters for almost every team.

I remember a few years ago after the stadium renovations that he made some positive comments about the stadium and said he didn't necessarily think the Bills needed a new stadium. There are a lot of reasons not to like him, but Jones isn't dumb.

I expect Dawkins and Brown to both catch TD's this season. I think Spencer Brown could be an extra olineman that they can sneak through and get some catches.

I get the argument, I just don't agree that it will be a significantly greater risk than last season for the Bills. It's never possible to completely remove risk. The Bills could have some players deal with COVID-19 this year, in fact they probably will, but that's also going to happen to most teams, including the ones with high vaccination numbers. The difference between 80% vaccination and 90% vaccination is only about 6 guys. It's just not that different to make a claim that one team having a handful of guys not vaccinated is going to keep them from the Superbowl. The Titans just had a big outbreak among fully vaccinated players because they went out for dinner. These things are going to happen. The Bills followed the protocols pretty well last year and had minimal impact from COVID. I think they can do the same thing this year. They just need to follow the protocols. After their preseason scare I bet McDermott has a pretty short leash now on players not following the protocols. We'll see. That was the assumption for the entire NFL, but the vaccination rates held steady after cut downs.

It was painfully obvious to me that he was playing for a new contract. I was very glad we did not re-sign him. I wish him well, but I am glad the Bills moved on. Same with Lawson. I was banging the tables to not re-sign either of them.

Allegedly

Such a sadistic religion.

Both?

I've never really understood sports superstitions. Is there some mystical force that is tallying up what fans do? Or is it a fickle god that blesses and curses according to its whims? I just watch the games.

Some of the greatest hits and defensive plays (and universally celebrated) in the history of the game would be flags today. That's the real shame. Defensive players no longer have the ability to make those impact plays anymore. And I think player safety is part of it, but the real motivation is making it easier for offended so that games have higher scores and bigger offensive plays, because fans generally have preferred that historically.

Nice joke, but do some research. The British non-rhotic accent didn't fully develop until the 1800's. This change influenced parts of America like Boston and New York which lead to their non-rhotic accents. But the bulk of America maintains the rhotic accent which is older and more phonetic. Of course, American accents have changed over time as well, but it's silly to say that the British accent is proper when it is a newer fad and different from historical accents. When America was settled the British accent did not exist yet, which is why it wasn't brought over.

I don't really have an interest in googling the reliability of Jeeps. I'll just take your expert word for it.

Well, I tend to agree with you. I think as the season goes on he'll prove that he is the most effective back on the team and take larger and larger chunks of the rushing load each game. I think this could be a breakout year for him. I thought last year could have been a big year for him too, but it didn't work out. But I think Daboll and the oline are determined to improve the running game, and I think Singletary is a man on a mission. At least we pronounce things correctly. Your non-rhotic version of English sounds nice, but just isn't proper.

Did you have a bad experience? I haven't heard anyone complain about Jeeps before.

Wasn't it Smith?

I just find the snap judgements to be pretty silly. I mean, a lot of the posters here, without having any information whatsoever, are jumping to one side or the other, claiming the woman is lying and only after money, or claiming she should be believed. Just have to see how things play out. I'll offer my opinion once I actually have information to base it on.

People try to bury these things and move on. I don't think it is fishy for someone to come out 30 years later. It can take 30 years for people to finally get the courage to do something. For many people, they NEVER get the courage. Have to let it play out in a court of law. I highly doubt there is any kind of evidence, so it's going to be her word against his.

Wow, someone did some homework instead of just yelling profanities into the sky?