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    Josh Allen and Buffalo: The Perfect Match

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    19 minutes ago, Inigo Montoya said:

    The heart and soul of Buffalo has always been our football team.  For two decades we have been downtrodden as the Bills struggled to do anything positive.  We watched the lowly Aints become a contender and win a Super Bowl.  Even the Tampa Bay Bucs won a Super Bowl.  We were humiliated by that team from Boston over and over again and the Bills became a punchline.  Just like our city.  A professional football team shouldn't be so important to the psyche of a city, but the bottom line is..... to Buffalo it is.

     

    Josh Allen has given all of us hope that we might finally win a championship again.  He means hope and a chance at redemption.  It means we won't have to hear about losing four straight or wide right again.  Just one championship would mean so much to this small city and its loyal fans. The fact that Josh Allen seems like such a genuinely good guy makes it all the more easy to jump on the bandwagon.

     

    My father passed away last year.  He was a life long Bills fan and raised his three boys to be the same. He never got to see his beloved Bills win it all. We laid him to rest in his favorite Buffalo Bills sweatshirt.  I kept his Buffalo Bills belt buckle, and on the night when Josh Allen finally wins a Super Bowl for this city, I will be wearing it. When Josh Allen brings home the Lombardi Trophy to Buffalo he will exorcise fifty years worth of demons from this city.  That is what Josh Allen means to this city and its fans, a chance at redemption.  That's a lot to put on the back of a 24 year old and we all know it.  It's also the reason that as long as he is our guy, and he is representing this city, and fighting hard for us, that we will always have his back.

     

    Got a little teary-eyed reading this. My dad passed away in 2018. He too was a life long Bills fan and we bonded more than anything else going to Bills games. I inherited his Bills gear and wear it religiously on Sundays. I just wish he had gotten a chance to see Josh play in a Bills uniform even if only as a rookie because I know he would have seen his potential from the get-go.

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    2nd and wrong

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    3 minutes ago, Augie said:

     

    Bob Kaufman lived right behind us and my sister used to babysit their kid during games. Great guy! Used to play hoops with the local kids at the community court. She also would babysit for Butch Byrd in the same development. It was an awesome place to grow up! 

     

    Loved Gar Heard and Ernie D and all the rest back then!  Fun times! 

    Great stuff. I went to basketball camp one summer in Derby, NY so I actually met Bob Kaufman. I was the skinniest, youngest kid at the camp and I remember him looking after me. He was genuinely a great guy. RIP.

    Loved Garfield Heard too! I remember he had such a high arching shot that dad would say, "he arches that shot so high that he forgets where it's going" lol

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    2nd and wrong

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    3 minutes ago, John Gianelli said:

     

    Gianelli was just a nickname given to me by friends in college, for my (lack of) ability on the basketball court!

    Haha! That's a great anecdote! The old Braves drafted a guy in the 1st round (ugh!) out of Princeton named John Hummer. He was, to put it mildly, a bust. Dad and I referred to him as "Hummer the bummer."  Gianelli was a superstar in comparison to Hummer.

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    2nd and wrong

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    1 minute ago, Augie said:

     

    We split four season tix with someone back in the McAdoo days. Great times!  I loved the NBA back then. 

     

    And then I didn’t. 

    Those were the days indeed. My dad split season tickets with three other families as well; we each went to 10 home games a year back in the 70's back in the old Aud. Such a fun team to watch with big Mac, local Buff State star Randy Smith and Columbia grad Jimmy McMillan.

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    2nd and wrong

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    2 hours ago, John Gianelli said:

    I wish!

    John, nothing against you personally. I'm sure you're a great guy but that trade of Bob McAdoo for you and lots of cash was the beginning of the end for my beloved Buffalo Braves. Would have loved to have you as a backup to big Mac, just not as "the man".

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    Let’s consider permanently replacing Milano with Klein.

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    11 minutes ago, mike22nc said:

    Look at the Bills defensive numbers in games Milano has played vs games Milano has missed the past 3 years. We are somewhere around 60 yards better per game with Milano in the lineup. I hope the injuries this year depress his value closer to 9 mil per year than 15, as we are a much better team if he’s still on it.

    I like Matt Milano. The problem is, even if you pay him AJ Klein money ($18 million/3 years) not to mention $9 million per year (!!), that's $$ you don't have to pay harder to replace positions (Feliciano & Daryl Williams). Then you've got Tremaine and Josh coming up for big pay days. If Milano takes a home town discount, sure, but some team out there will pay him more than we ever should.

    [Incomplete Title] Even if we are not as good on defense.....

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    15 hours ago, Sharky7337 said:

    At least we are not Houston! The team who beat us in the playoffs last year!

     

    GM/HC ruins the team in the off-season, team tanks, gets fired, and has no number 1 picks!!!

     

    Just goes to show you its always year to year, and there are no guarantees of success the next!

     

    I think miami will be a problem for us if tua pans out and hope we figure out a way to sustain success.

    Agreed that we're better off than Houston. My big concern is that Tremaine and Ed Oliver never pan out. That would be two whiffs on high draft picks and while it's better to whiff on those positions than QB, it would still hurt our ability to be elite.

    Why the defense got it's mojo back

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    4 hours ago, Billznut said:

    The Bills have given up TONS of 3rd and long conversions this season. They are one of the worst 3rd down defenses this year. The reason the defense looked good today is because we were playing the Jets. Don’t kid yourself into thinking it was anything other than that. We haven’t stopped any other offense this year. 

    This.  The Jets are the only team in the NFL south of 100 total points scored, coming in at a whopping 85 points, or 12 points per game. Period. End of story.

    Slot CB - Immediate Upgrade Required?

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    4 hours ago, NewEra said:

    Yeah, I was really hoping he’d step up and play 50% of the snaps this season.  Instead, he’s basically our 4th string safety that is rarely seen.  Taron has remained healthy, but his play isn’t nearly as good as his rookie year imo.  It seems like he’s always late to the play.  
     

    I hope we use every pick on defense this season other than maybe one TE.

     

    I believe Siran Neal has been part of the Bills witness protection program this year.

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    Milano is week-to-week with injury

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    3 hours ago, JohnNord said:


    I remember availability being a big trait in players that McDermott wanted on the team so I would not be shocked if this is a major factor in how much they want to offer.  Maybe they’ll reconsider given how Dodson plays in his absence.  Week 2 wasn’t pretty 

    Dotson was an UDFA so is probably irrelevant to how much they are willing to offer Milano. Quality LBs are easier to replace and they can do so at a tiny fraction of the cost of a second Milano contract in the 1st, 2nd or 3rd round of next year's draft.

    McBeane: 25-23, 2 playoff trips, drafted/developed potential HOF QB, all during complete teardown and rebuild

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    21 hours ago, Thurman#1 said:

     

     

    I believe it too. Particularly the first two years those teams outplayed their talent level significantly.

     

    And 25-23 is insane for the first three years of a rebuild, insanely good. If you look at arguably the most successful rebuild of all time, where the third year was a Super Bowl victory, the first three years - including that Super Bowl season - were 21 - 27. Jimmy Johnson's Cowboys rebuild put up 19 wins the first three years. 

     

    I do disagree with one thing from the OP. This was absolutely a rebuild. But it wasn't a complete one. Keeping Tyrod, and Shady as well, showed that very clearly. I wanted them to rebuild completely. Time has vindicated their methods and made my objection irrelevant.

    On the diametrically opposite end of the spectrum are the Sabres who arguably tanked twice, first for the McEichel sweepstakes and then for Dahlin. Further proof that complete tanks can be very, very problematic.

    What Part of The SB Puzzle Does This Team Miss Compared to 90’s

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    13 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

    This team is a stud edge rusher away from being a legit Super Bowl contender in my opinion 

    This.  There has never been and will never be another Bruuuuce. We are spoiled because of him. Having said that, I don't believe with all that offensive firepower that the Chiefs juggernaut wins last year's Super Bowl without Frank Clark. I'd be willing to part with next year's 1st rounder for a DE of that caliber.

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    A Troubling Trend

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    14 hours ago, BuffaninSarasota said:

    I didn't realize the Raiders had a juggler on their team......did he just get promoted from the PS ?

     

    I am troubled by your post .....

    I totally understand the mentality of "going for the juggler". It's tough for a defender to punch the ball out of a rb or wr who secures the ball tightly. A juggler, on the other hand, is just flaunting that ball loosely in the air as if to say, "come and get it". 

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