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Well, the way this thread has been going the last three pages, I wonder how soon it will be closed for no longer contributing to meaningful discussion?

Never understood why some have to see politics in everything.

Well, other than it will now be harder to verify a true account.

Well, not that most care, but Stefon has lost his blue verified Twitter check mark, as have many others. Good for him for not paying. Here's a cached screenshot of Diggs's check mark:

He was a top 5 pick who fell due the injury. It was too tempting to pass on him. He wouldn't be ready until 2004 at the earliest, so TD still could use Henry for most of his contract (who became a RFA in 2005), then would have McGahee later on still on a rookie deal. Plus, we actually traded McGahee later for two 3rds and a 7th, which is not a bad return.

It would depend more on if the team felt they could continue the game. Accordig to Spotrac, he is under contract though 2024: https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/damar-hamlin-72596/

Also reminds me of 1999. The Bills lost to the Titans in the Music City Miracle. Tennessee went on to beat Indy then Jax then to the SB. The Bills should have never lost that game. Had they won, could they have beaten Indy, whom they just beat a week earlier, and then Jax, and on to the SB?! We'll never know. [BTW, that was the year Seattle won their division at 9-7, and Dallas got in as a WC at 8-8. Washington, who won their division at 10-6 and the aforementioned Seattle at 9-7 both got byes as division winners, but Buffalo at 11-5 didn't since they were a WC.].

So did Kirwan mention any reason?

Ok, you make a fair point and give a good explanation. I now see what you meant. Make no mistake about it I want at least one SB win too. The two Bills AFL championships were actually before I was born, but it is all I (and all Buffalo fans) have. [And I agree: Romo's comment was premature.] Let's just win it...finally, and get the monkey off our back.

Buffalo won two AFL championships. What more could they do? Sure, I would have preferred if the two leagues played, but it's an imperfect world. And don't give me this "more established" stuff. Favorites don't always win. As I said, the Jets, from the AFL, beat the NFL in SB III, after Green Bay won the first two. The Bills, AFL champs in 1965 would have faced Green Bay in the Super Bowl, but it didn't begin until the next year. We'll never know. Do you give the Lakers full faith for winning their bubble championship, or put an asterisk next to Roger Maris's homerun mark? It amazes me some don't give Buffalo credit for being the best in one season. Either that or many don't know Buffalo's history.

So, Josh gets less than Mahomes...ok...arguably Mahomes is better, but Kyler Murray, who signed later, makes more than both. Ok.

Nope. There were two major football leagues in the 60's: the NFL and the AFL. Both leagues have a right to call their champions world champions, just like before the NCAA football playoffs when the voters voted and there was a split championship (like in 2003, where they AP voted for USC and the coaches' poll had LSU). Oh, and a number of those AFL teams did beat the NFL early on for the SB, like KC in SB IV and the Jets in SB III.

According to this article and video, he was called "YAC" by Marv Levy and I guess others too: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/marv-levy-hall-of-fame-ceremony "Marv Levy won’t be presenting Andre Reed as part of the 2014 Pro Football Hall of Fame class for a little over two weeks, but the longtime Buffalo Bills coach and Hall of Famer himself has already wrapped up most of his duties in memorializing the receiver he used to call “YAC.”

It's confidence. And the Bills already have two world championships, but the AFL title game back then wasn't called the Super Bowl. Buffalo got theirs in the 1964 and 1965, and KC got theirs in 1966 and 1970, 2019, and 2022 (the latter three being SB's). But SB or world championship, it's just a name. They have 4, we have 2.

I'll take Josh over Mahommes any day. In the end, we'll see who has more SB rings.

I personally would choose just to respect their privacy, but it's fine you and others feel differently. It's just me.

Ok, I misread the article thinking it said a message will be shared to the Pegula family. If they indeed have sanctioned this, then ok, I guess. But I guess I'd like to know what the message is, and if they really did approve or felt the need to say yes. [Kind of like when I was volunteering and mentioned a health issue with to a woman who was a member of this church, and she all of the sudden grabbed my hand and did a vocal prayer. I thanked her, knowing she meant well, but still.] IDK, maybe it's just me, but something still seems weird about this. Just respect their privacy. They apparently (??) approached the Pegulas, not the other way around. Why were they looking for this opportunity?

There is no charge, but this will surely attract a lot of publicity and probably more donations to the church while making the church look good (to some at least). They are a big church and staff and seem to want to grow rapidly from their website. They have lots of expenses given their online presence. Their motives are questionable. It's something I would stay away from. It's tacky since you just don't do something like this when the family has been mostly silent about this issue and seem to want people respect their privacy. (Sure, Jessica spoke a little, but the family had to eventually say something.) If the Pegulas did want to do something like this, you think there would be an announcement from them, with a non-denominational whatever. It's like the church is profiting from someone else's tragedy. It's just something I wouldn't do absent the Pegulas official blessing. It's a bad look.

Yeah, like that thread about how many wings he could eat. But I have posted fun stuff too, so I guess I am a hypocrite.

Unlikely. From what I could find: https://buffalonews.com/buffalo-magazine/the-billionaire-next-door/article_a48f64ac-0e96-5d1b-8f6d-1cf9e7007f47.html [paywall, and my free views are up] "The billionaire next door May 1, 2015 — Terry was raised Catholic. Kim points to that as something that keeps them grounded." That's why I said earlier it seemed tacky, since this move doesn't appear to have Terry's or Kim's blessing. It's like the church wants to benefit from this in some way.

I prefer 3-0.

Maybe here? https://buffalonews.com/the-past-year-feels-like-15minutes-or-15-years/article_05c1a6c6-ba9e-5988-acbf-6f1e0b2f4af3.html [paywall with limited free views] "The biggest difference last week compared to the 2022 league meeting in Palm Beach, Fla., was the absence of Owner/President Kim Pegula, who suffered cardiac arrest in June. An early February essay by her daughter, Jessica, revealed Kim is dealing with "significant memory issues" and "significant expressive aphasia" — speech difficulties caused by brain damage. [...] "[Ron] Raccuia [Bills COO] said it was "certainly" different not having Kim in the sessions in Phoenix [at the annual league meeting]. "Every day when Kim's not here is different," he said. "Terry is here and Kim is doing better, and that's fantastic news for everybody, not just the Bills, but for the league because Kim is a huge leader in a lot of league initiatives and is widely respected in league circles. Wemiss her every day."

I didn't know either. I had to look it up. If you are dying to know before hondo posts the answers...google is your (and my) friend!

You mean "Marshawn Inch"?! Also, the Statue aka Deadslow. And, in all seriousness, one that was not listed: "Radar". EDIT: Oh, and "T-Mobile". And "Thermal", "House Money", "Groot", and "Bass-O-Matic" are pretty obvious.