The Red King

This is getting silly. Iffy penalties and the Bills' D looking like the red carpet. ...and there goes Oliver...uncalled leg whip. Could today get any smurfier?

And now the refs are gonna take this from us too?

So many points left on the field...

Lil extra scare I didn't need there. >.<

Tyrod was not the reason the Bills made the playoffs, and his terrible performance in that playoff game was a microcosm of the Bills' season. If the Bills' offense would have mustered more the a wet fart, they would have won that game. I cannot fathom how anyone that actually watched that game could think the Bills should have kept him as a starter. His tenure in Cleveland then confirmed it wasn't the Bills' fault. Tyrod makes precious few mistakes, and that helped the Bills. At the same time, he made precious few big plays. That ain't gonna get you a ring. That is actually all you want out of a backup QB. Someone that can step in when your starter goes down. Someone who can at least play consistantly and give you a chance. Tyrod is an ideal backup, but time and now multiple teams have proven he's not a starter. That...not race...is why Tyrod is no longer a starting QB in the NFL.

Whoa, easy there Tex. I've said absolutely nothing about Kap himself there, good or ill. You're a bit quick to pounce. My comment solely regarded the NFL and how they might give Kap preferential treatment, so as not to appear biased against him. A valid concern, given a lot of people currently feel the NFL is exactly that right now.

My fear is this. If Kap signs, the NFL is going to do it's best to not seem like they are discriminating against him. As a result, he's gonna get the same BS calls Brady does.

Ironically, I really like the Jets' alternates, black with green trim. That aside... My daughter looked at them and replied "What are they gonna do for color rush?". Those unis are horrible. Looks like a generic football uni made in Photoshop in 30 mins. All three flavors are bad.

Actually, many of the Jets fan on that thread are giving Bills decent credit. Several think we can beat or sweep them. While the quoted reply was a lil silly, the thread itself really isn't that bad.

Every fan is a homer on their own message board. If Jets fans wanna talk trash here, you arc an eyebrow and lower the boom. On their own board? More power to them. Seeing Bills fans here getting bothered by hype on the Jets' board...and Jets fans getting bothered by stuff here is kinda silly.

Agreed. Dalton would be an upgrade at backup QB.

They have a great record in their color rush unis, like 10-1 or something, so they made it their main and whipped up a matching road uni. I don't think they're terrible overall, but the shoulder-stripes certainly are. If TB12 has left, this was a good time for a newer revision. The silver helmet still looks off, there needed to be more silver in the uni to tie it together. I would have melded old and new. Add more red to the dark blue, and bring back the old helmets. Or something like that. Ah well, just helps cement Buffalo's unis as the class of the AFC East.

Kidding aside, I'm all for adding offensive weapons.

The man was, as noted earlier, classy while he was here, and while I am in no way saying he'd be a solution, the Bills have struggled mightely with the red zone.

Back to the OP... https://nypost.com/2020/04/12/cowboys-dak-prescott-party-cops-found-no-coronavirus-violation/amp/

The main problem is, people can be asymptomatic and still transmit it. We tend to be of the mindset that if we're feeling fine, there is no risk. That's why some people mistakenly believe large gatherings are perfectly fine so long as nobody appears sick. Stories like the OP infuriate me for just that reason. There is no reason to be that reckless. If even one person there had it, even without symptoms, it could now be passed on to any number of others in attendence. Hope a party was worth potentially spreading this further. Idiots. Real science is...it has been proven that you can have the virus and pass it to others, even if you show no symptoms. That clear it up?

If we could have defended those 2pt conversions...

It was very much doom and gloom. The Bills were a mockery. There was talk of the worst team in the league, or even all-time. There was real concern for 0-16. The Bills went to Minny the following week as record-underdogs. What the Bills then did to the Vikes...well...changed the narrative. As some have said, I can respect knowing you're at a point where you've lost a step and simply can't compete. I would have had no qualms with him retiring after the game and saying as much at his presser. It was the whole "Screw you guys, I'm going home!" act he pulled at halftime that rubbed everyone the wrong way. It was a slap in the face to the Bills and fans, and made the organization a laughing-stock.

Loved this read. Articulate, big heart and hungry. I liked the mention of him and Allen being competetors. When the game's on the line, the Bills down but within a score, we have hope because that's when Allen shines. But we still fell short the biggest games. If Diggs fights with the same passion, there may well be a revisit of the Cardiac Kids of the '90s.

Eh, not as hideous as the hat in the OP. I still hate it, but I don't loathe it. Still a case of trying to do too much. You meld LA with a wave with a ram's horn. Symbolic, but fugly. Exact same thing that spawned the hated buffaslug. Symbolism cannot substitute for aesthetics.

I'll take that wager! ? Just been extra-busy today. Let me clarify, I never thought Diggs was an AB or such. Nor was the point of this thread questioning how Diggs will do in Buffalo. That is bring discussed in other places. For the record, I love Diggs and the trade that got him here. The point of this thread was to discuss the potential shift in culture, and whether the Bills have moved from a position of looking for players that could help the culture by having those special qualities McBeane wanted...and have since moved to a position where Buffalo can start taking players that they instead hope their culture can imprint on and assist, much like New England does. That's all.

So, the Diggs signing left me wondering about the Bills' culture. When McBeane took over, we had culture like the kind you find in petri dishes. They began the slow and painful process of turning things around. Players were purged, and others brought in, and always the question was, how well did they fit the culture McBeane was trying to create. A key point was, what impact could this player have on the culture? Were you a "Process" player or not? And it seems to be working. Just listening to the players makes it clear. Diggs does not fit that mode. His squabbles with the Vikes show that. Two, three years ago he wouldn't have matched the image of a process player. So, have they turned a corner? Is Buffalo's culture now strong enough that we can move from asking what a player can do for the culture, and instead ask what the culture can do for the player, in a similar (but lesser) manner to New England?

After watching the Super Bowl I'm left thinking the Bills could have won it all. I didn't see a team the Bills couldn't beat, and that gives me some hope. Now, before you all rise to flame me, let me make one thing clear... The Bills could have, but wouldn't have and didn't. In four games against NE, Baltimore and Houston the Bills showed they could run with the big dogs, losing by just 6, 7, 7 and 3. But at the same time they were indeed 0-4. Remove the throwaway Jets game and the Bills only lost by more then one score once. Flip that though, and the Bills never really crushed any of the teams they were supposed to. And there in lies the problem. Buffalo has no killer instinct, and would regularly drop into "Oh please dear god just run out the clock and don't lose!" mode. Originally I thought we could make it past KC had we not choked the Houston game away. But now? No. KC battles back when down. Had we made it to them, the KC game would likely have played out like the Houston game. Buffalo jumps ahead, drops into turtle mode and watches KC claw their way to victory. I think the Bills are more competative then people think. I think they are on the cusp of top-tier and that gives me hope. But they obviously need some talented receivers and a coaching philosophy that is willing to go for the throat. I'm desperately hoping the former will lead to the latter, because this team is closer then expected.

The guy gave it his all. Nobody expected that miracle run in the Hoth game that helped get us to the playoffs. I wish the guy well, and if he gets a ring, great. At the same time, the Bills did what they had to. Shady was not immune to Father Time's gifts, and he didn't/doesn't see that. All of this...really doesn't change my opinion, of him or of how/why the end played out as it did.

Yeah, you got it exactly. I do see how it could be abused, was just a rogue thought.