NoHuddleKelly12

Sorry to hear that—I guess I’m still grandfathered on that deal

I hear ya. So here’s a complicated workaround: switch your ISP or mobile to Xfinity, and they give you Peacock for free. That’s all I got! 🤷🏼‍♂️

Kelvin Benjamin misses out on another accolade? Shocking I say!

Links? “Tendency” infers a pattern, so there must be vids to back it up?

He doesn’t want to be the only one not doing it lol; that said, even a light tap from an NFL lineman prolly does sting a lot! 🤷🏼‍♂️

I really do try to put some thought into my GIF game around here! 😁

Hey, “it’s hard to win in this league!” 😁

“First World Problems” could be an alternative title on this thread, my dear Monsieur Michaels! 🤷🏼‍♂️😁

For an older stadium I thought (except for the crappy bathrooms) that they’d done a nice facelift job on keeping it looking decent—my nephew mentioned that the slope of the upper decks is so steep that it wouldn’t pass code compliance if built to today’s standards. Supposedly that helps make teams feel like the fans are right on top of them? The area by the Lombardi cases and Chiefs history exhibits was super nice, heated, and looked very modern/lots of glass etc. Apparently nothing in the works for a complete rebuild, but more development around the stadium is coming. As to noise, no question it got louder once they went on their run and tied it up—I would say it was loudest then than even compared to start of the game. I was also surprised how quickly they booed their own offense before halftime lol. But nothing compared to the stadium chants against the refs—were those audible on the TV feeds?

That makes sense, thanks for the clarification!

Basically the sentiment in the concourses and with my nephew, was that this would’ve been a highlight HOF reel for Kelce, and that even if there was a neutral zone infraction, unfair to call it in that moment—one lady in particular kept yelling, “there you go Vegas, make that money” lol. I would note that at the time, no one seemed to see the flag before the play developed, hence the Chefs fans all thought it was called late after the TD, fwiw.

I did not; but during warmups I was standing next to a fan wearing a Buffalo felt headdress w/ horns…which was a nice touch 😄 I failed to mention no Swift sightings for us lol. I didn’t, but sounds like a good tip for next time!

He literally was signing hats, posters (one kid had a poster board saying, “All I Want for Christmas is more Teeth and Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs to say Hello”) and glad handing with surgical precision like he was heading to the showers after 2 a days in camp—quite impressive! 😁

First let me doff the cap to most of the KC fans this weekend—welcoming, genuine and all around good sports is what my experience was. I was a little bit nervous that my son’s first regular season Bills game would be an away game, and how that would go, but I needn’t have worried whatsoever. We both had a blast. A minor exception would be a few hotheads who lost their minds in the final few minutes of the game and let loose with profanity riddled screaming diatribes (not directly at me or my 8yr old) that I was doing my best to shield my son from by way of me sending over the shoulder disapproving “dad” stares in the direction of said persons, but to zero effect. 😁 Only heckling I got all day sounded like this: “No, don’t go Bills…but I hope you have a great time, and safe travel back!” 😂 Our local guide for this trip was my Chiefs fanatic nephew, who along with his wife, arranged getting the tickets and showed us around everywhere. We started out from my brother’s house in Independence KS, close to the Oklahoma line, meaning an almost 3 hour car ride up to KC…but talking football with my nephew helped that go by quick. (Side note—KS roadways are catnip for speeders like me, as the roads are straightaways for miles, no hills or cop presence in rural communities to worry about, and well maintained). First stop was QC39 BBQ in Overland Park by 11:15am local time, where we beat the worst of the lunch rush, and I counted at least 5 other tables of Bills fans…a good sign! I had the Brisket sandwich with a side of their 5-cheese Parmesan encrusted Mac, and let’s just say this was almost worth the trip by itself. @Zerovoltz, there should never be any doubt about how solid that place’s BBQ game is. Then we headed to the stadium lots, (long car ride when that trash Tech N9ne KCMO anthem is blaring) which were about 3/4 full by 12:45, and heavy rising smoke from the tailgaters. Saw plenty of Bills fans sprinkled like seasoning throughout the tailgates, and witnessed zero fights or altercations of any kind between the 2 sides, fwiw. Went into the stadium when gates opened at 1:30, and were “treated” to a tour of the Lombardi trophy cases and other Chefs propaganda by my gleeful nephew…all in good fun of course. Another side note—amongst all the Chiefs historical dioramas, hung a Bills letterman jacket straight from the 60’s, in the case talking about the early years of the League. We got to go down to field level seats and watch warmups—Stef and Gabe came over to where we were and waved—Gabe played catch a few times with the Bills fans near us, but no autographs were signed by any players that I could see. What I thought was kind of cool was Diggs playing corner against Davis for some of their drills, and Davis always caught those contested throws—unlike the game of course 😢. Also got to see Sal Capaccio hold court with some fans in the roped off VIP experience paint, signing autographs and taking selfies like he was on the team or something! 🤷 (Whatevs…I’m just jealous he didn’t make it over to our area). BTW, Bass made all of his warmup kicks until getting to about 45+ yards out—he for sure missed the 55 yarder he attempted, by kicking at least 5-10 yards short of the goal posts—I wonder if McD had this in mind when he decided a Hail Mary was preferable to trotting Bass out right before the half? Then on to our actual seats in Section 302, Row 4, on 40 yard line–they were great—far enough away to have an all-22 type vantage point, but still close enough to clearly see jersey numbers, and feel like we were right over the action. Bathrooms were “vintage,” with Chiefs fans in line being good humored about the troughs and only 2 stalls setup—they know these are originals in sore need of upgrades! Concessions are what you’d expect—a pretzel and 2 waters cost 20 bucks for example, and beers were 14 on the cheap domestic end, 16-18 if you were going to”fancy” import cans. Here’s what I found most shocking however—the noise while the Bills were on O was loud, but I was expecting my ear drums to burst given the reputation of the place, and yet it was strangely totally not like that. Even my son who can be sensitive about loud sounds, never once mentioned the crowd noise to me as a negative thing. The game itself was exciting of course, and I finally broke my own streak of only seeing the Bills lose when in person! I won’t rehash the game details as we have all sorts of threads for that, but a few quick observations: I never saw other players really interact with Von on the sideline whenever I was watching—in the 4th I noticed him sitting by himself on a drinks cooler almost dejectedly—I did find it ironic to overhear Chiefs fans talking about how Von shouldn’t even be playing in the game, he’s a woman beater who should be in jail right now etc., when we all know the long and sordid history of the DV offenders who have trotted out for the Chiefs through the years, but I digress. (I did mostly agree with the sentiments, fwiw). Cook looked fast and electric out there—ala Thurman in Super Bowl XXV—so why did he only get 15 total touches?? 164 yards, the man was a beast today. Allen was under duress a lot, but he didn’t lose his cool, and he showed a lot of poise just in how he carried himself at the line—the man just flat out looked comfortable despite his line doing him no favors, and his WR 1 being uncharacteristically sloppy. Seeing Rousseau running stride for stride down the sideline in perfect pass coverage for a breakup was another highlight for me—a “double mint double take” type moment (fellow Gen Xers will know what I’m talking about, ha ha). While the Chiefs were in meltdown mode having just witnessed the Billsiest of losses in the Mahomes era happen to them, I had to constrain my celebration, out of sportsmanship empathy with my distraught nephew as well as having felt like we literally stole the W, not so much earned it on that final drive—but hey, I’ll take it!! (Still bumped a lot of Bills brethren fists walking out, sharing knowing grins and solemn “Go Bills”) Anyway I think I’ve LAMPED long enough for this OP, thanks for reading! I’ll edit this in the coming day to add some pics.

Sure Ty, go post this on the eve of the KC game. 😡. FWIW, ye ‘ol anonymous sources. A welcome shield to hide behind for anyone with an axe to grind (note how Ty often refers to “former” players or coaches) and a convenient way to avoid a fact-check; (2) attributing an actual psychological diagnosis to McD (narcissistic personality) without any actual medical expert opinion to support is more than problematic for a serious “journalist” as Ty doubtless perceives himself to be, imho. All that said, I’m sure some of his piece is accurate and my estimation of McD continues to slide—but my hope is we rally and kick the Chefs in their tails, as one thing I will never do, is root against the Bills under any circumstances, HC notwithstanding.

I'll bet that the coaches, esp. Brady, were still logging long hours fine tuning on gameplan wrinkles that they otherwise could not with the time normally afforded to teams between games. Then install with the players like a normal week when they come back!

Wasn't that the brainchild of Wilson and the Bills themselves as a way to broaden their fanbase (cough, cough...revenue stream)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bills_Toronto_Series

The Bills always seem to play up or down to the level of their competition--I like our chances against the Chefs and Cowboys accordingly! I'm much, much more enthused about traveling to see this game than I was immediately following the Denver game, that's for sure! Despite losing to Philly, it's clear our O is getting it back together with a new play caller. The key to this game will be jumping out to an early and significant lead, so that any of McD's late game "boneheadedness" can't lose it for us! That said, it is noteworthy that Mahomes has had multiple opportunities to lead a GW or tying drive their last couple games, and come up short, FWIW.

To clarify… “I just don’t like them. At the end of the day, I just don’t like the taste,” Brady told People in a new interview. “I don’t like the smell, the texture or anything.“ https://www.thecut.com/2018/03/tom-brady-strawberries-dieting.html#

I don’t trust anyone who dislikes strawberries, sorry! 🍓 🤷🏼‍♂️

Watching a middling Green Bay offense (they now have the same record as us) convert the majority of their RZ trips and overall not look stymied at all against the KC D makes me a bit more optimistic than your take. Josh is also light years beyond what Jordan Love brings to the table imho.