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    NFL is considering some rule changes in 2025

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    1 hour ago, Victory Formation said:

    I understand that some penalties need to be called, but you have to let them play the game too. Less officiating, not more, but fair to both sides.

    I would like to agree, but players don’t play to the rule they play to the enforcement. Ease up and they will just play dirtier. I don’t know how to fix that.

    NFL is considering some rule changes in 2025

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    3 hours ago, BillsShredder83 said:

    Wait, wait!  Is this the same thing we knew like 2-3 weeks ago???  Where the chip can measure FROM WHERE THE *REF* SPOTS THE BALL.  Or is this further expanding on what we heard a few weeks ago, and these HAWKEYE cameras can help spot a first down live/on review?

    I have always assumed when people want a chip in the ball that they think some sort of wireless telemetry will provide an exact position and orientation of the ball at an instant. Thus no refs spotting anything. I can't imagine such a technology exits, but I'm not an engineer. The visual wireframe they describe suggests an aid for refs to spot the ball accurately by giving a 3d model with presumably very precise positions. That tech definitely works.

     

    So yeah, I think their proposal would fix Kinkaid's spot and maybe Josh's as well. The system would prevent the whole conversation that goes, "well from this camera angle at least, it looks like his elbow is over the 45, so his toes must be just behind the  . . . " nonsense. The imaging would let us know instantly where all the body parts are to the inch and there's no need for some microwave triangulation or whatever the "chip" is supposed to provide.

     

    And, yeah, I have only once thought the chain gang leaned a flag, otherwise it's always the bad spot and with a poor camera angle it's tough to overturn.

     

    Also,  I would rather have an onside kick that must be pre-called than go to any 4-15 gimmickry. 

    NFL is considering some rule changes in 2025

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    Get rid of regular season overtime entirely. Playoffs get additional full quarters until someone wins.

     

    “Chip in the ball” probably can’t work with adequate precision so the visual wireframe reference points make sense. Might not help as much as we hope.

     

    3 sounds great.

     

     Still don’t like the new kickoff.

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    We don’t have a number 1 WR

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    2 hours ago, Thurman#1 said:

     

     

    The thing is, we've got a QB on a second contract, a very highly paid QB. I agree with you that that keeping the salary cap squarely in mind when deciding what FAs to bring in is a strategy, one that is sensible in the situation.

     

    And one of the best ways teams with that situation cope is by not breaking the bank for a Justin Jefferson type. Not all of them do it that way, but many do, Belichick and the Pats included. TEs are cheaper, so they use TEs. They do fill in with FA WRs if they don't have to pay too much.

     

    Maybe you're right that they would break the bank if they could, all things being equal. But all things aren't equal, the salary cap is a factor. And most SB winners and dynasties in the salary cap era have had great QBs and managed to get really good production with good receivers (and sometimes great TEs) and generally avoided breaking the bank at that position, particularly to bring in FAs from other teams. Tyreek is the most recent example of not breaking the bank at WR paying off very well for a team that wins Super Bowls.

     

    Oh, and efficient is a lot better than nice. It's what everyone is striving for.

     

    I'd guess they'll be striving for upgrades at WR as they always do and should do. But that we won't see any top ten WR salaries unless it's someone they drafted working out spectacularly well.

    You are probably right about the value of a Jefferson. But I think they will treat WR as a need. Our efficiency on offense is despite a weakness at WR. All teams have weaknesses, but I would prefer ours not be WR. Not sure how the Bills' corps compares to KC's but neither is exceptional which -dammit- is making your case about not needing one.

     

    Regardless, they will have some money next year. Maybe Cooper or Samuel will turn up big but there has to be a cap fit, even if it's a stretch, that's better than either has been to this point. Whatever it is, I don't think it's Shakir.

    We don’t have a number 1 WR

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    2 minutes ago, Billzgobowlin said:

    I think the players on offense can work as long as Samuel shows his old self. 

    Still think they can get there without him, but I agree. I'd be much more convinced by the everyone eats mantra if he showed what I expected when he was signed and I still think he may.

    We don’t have a number 1 WR

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    Love Shakir, but no. I think this team still needs a better receiver. I think they can win it all, but it is definitely a liability. "Efficient" is nice but it's also pretty close to cope.

     

    I think the injuries that have plagued them in the playoffs past have led the organization to prefer excellent but not elite starters and very good depth over elite starters and bad backups, particularly on oline and defense, but it looks like that at skill positions too. Their arguably league top 5-10 players are Dawkins, Brown, Cook, Benford, and Bernard who are, apart from Dawkins, draft picks that are on rookie deals or got locked up at what looks like a great value. Even Dawkins is maybe a bargain.

     

    I think that's a strategy, but I gotta believe --hope-- they would break the bank for a Justin Jefferson if they could. (Or Garrett/Crosby. . . please.)

     

    Cole Bishop should start the final two games of the Regular Season....

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    Looking back on my rookie or even second year assessments, Damar was third string at best, Bernard was an undersized player and waste of a pick, Williams was flat out terrible. What were they thinking? And I'm a homer who's a sucker for those players who "show a spark."

     

    If I continue to be a terrible judge of talent, then Bishop (who doesn't look anywhere near as awful as those guys did) will be All-Pro next year.

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    Best Player in Bills History

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    OJ is without question the best running back in history and I don't think it's particularly close. I was too young to appreciate it, but thanks to online video being a thing and access to stats everywhere, I am entirely convinced.

     

    I loved watching Bruce and to this day, I think he is the best DE to ever play. But it's debatable.

     

    I voted Josh Allen because I have seen Josh Allen play.  

     

    Week 11 - Chiefs at Bills Game Week Thread

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    1 hour ago, stlbills13 said:

    What's weird about the Chiefs is that they're really the only fanbase (except for maybe the Dolphins recently) who are willing to acknowledge just how good Josh Allen is.

    Probably because there's no sour grapes in KC. They are acknowledging Allen as the clear 2nd. Dolphins are coming to terms with Tua not being in the running at all and every other team with an also ran (LAC, CIN, BAL, etc.) is committed to pretending they wouldn't be much happier with Allen. (Well, Baltimore might have a fair claim which I never thought before this year.)

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