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20 hours ago, Lost said:
I have a hard time rewatching anything from Covid year. No crowds just sucks all the excitement out of it. It's like watching a closed practice. It's too bad that it was Allen and Digg's best year statistically
Isn’t it funny how the crowd in the stadium actually makes it more entertaining to watch? It’s the same game, same teams etc, yet somehow just having people that have nothing to do with the game being there, it’s way more entertaining. I don’t understand it, but it’s clearly true.
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On 6/16/2025 at 2:45 PM, HappyDays said:
Chris Simms just did his top 40 QB countdown. This was his top 10:
Here's where I'm at, entirely based on their play right now not on their career. I put a line in between what I consider to be a significant drop off from one tier to the next.
1) Allen
2) Jackson
3) Mahomes
4) Burrow
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5) Stafford
6) Daniels
7) Stroud
8 ) Herbert
9) Goff
10) Mayfield
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11) Hurts
12) Murray
13) Prescott
14) Geno
15) Love
16) Nix
17) Tua
18) Purdy
19) Lawrence
20) Rodgers
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21) Maye
22) Darnold
23) Daniel Jones
24) Young
25) Penix
26) Wilson
27) Caleb Williams
28) Fields
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29) Ward
30) McCarthy
31) Browns QBs
32) Saints QBs
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17 hours ago, Cray51 said:
I have family in the NFL world and let me tell you - playing basketball in a charity game is one of the safer things these guys do. There is a higher chance of an injury lifting weights than they do dunking a basketball.
These are testosterone fueled animals, they are crazy in the offseason. This stuff is much safer than letting these guys out on their own accord lol
I think the average fan forgets this. We are talking about world class athletes, in their prime physical condition, at their absolute dumbest time of their lives. They do not simply work out and study film all off season.
Is there risk in basketball? Yep. However, I’d be far more concerned about 100 other activities I can think of off the top of my head.
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12 hours ago, Beck Water said:
I'd just like to point out that McDermott managed 9 wins and a playoff appearance with Tyrod Taylor at QB, starting Shaq Lawson, Adolphus Washington, Preston Brown, Ramon Humber, and EJ Gaines on D.
We did run the hell out of LeSean McCoy though and the OL was good.
Thats NOT this team. Thats not the schedule they get to play, etc. That was the definition of a fluke. McD does tend to get quite a bit from mediocre talent on D, I give him props. The issue is, that mediocre talent isn’t enough to get them over the hump when it matters. There’s not a single difference maker on the D at any position. The only one you can even argue for is Benford and though he’s really good, he’s no game breaker. For the D to be as good as it has been with so little real talent out there, McD has done a great job. McBeane? Well somebody needs to explain the lack of talent.. whiff after whiff on early defensive picks is just not helping. Thankfully they have gotten some late in the draft that have worked out. -
Take away JA17 and this is a 5-6 win team if you are being objective. The OL is the only unit on the team that is above average and it’s certain that JA pads their stats a little by being nearly impossible to sack. The WRs are a pathetically weak group, TEs are average (with potential for better), RBs are good, but again, make them the focal point by taking away JA, they aren’t carrying anything.
The defense is mediocre against good teams and if teams felt comfortable running and imposing their will, not fearing JA putting 30+ on them, they get mauled. I have hopes for the DL being better and helping the LBs be able to move around and be effective again. Thats all speculation at this point and the secondary is a huge question mark, we know of exactly two guys who would be starters on other teams. Maybe the draft has made that better, maybe not.
JA makes this team, it’s not a question and it’s not debatable in my eyes. He IS the most VALUABLE player to any team in the league.
I feel he is worth 2-3 more wins than Mahomes is to KC and I’d say 4-5 more than Jackson for Baltimore. Baltimore was still reasonable before Henry, with guys that can’t even win back up jobs now.
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On 6/13/2025 at 11:18 AM, Bleeding Bills Blue said:
Gurley is a good example of the other piece of "value" being availability. The contract went SO badly for them, that i think it caused some of the noted de-escalation in AAV. Since running back is the most injury prone position, I would think the agent's are now putting a higher emphasis on % guaranteed vs. boosting the AAV.
The cap % comparison will be important for the next batch of young players getting contracts, and honestly there's so many backs that I think every GM is in wait and see mode. Next year free agents: Breece Hall, Kenneth Walker, Kyren Williams, James Cook, Brian Robinson, Isiah Pacheco, Travis Etienne, Rachaad White, Jaylen Warren, plus any cap dumps. Bijan and Gibbs are coming up on extension elibibility, and they're the ones most likely to exceed Barkleys number. Jonathan Taylor also needs an extension. Should be interesting.
that list of guys being available is exactly why Cook won’t get his wish. He’s not going to get paid big when there are lots of other options out there. -
6 hours ago, BigDingus said:
THANK YOU.
I don't care what position you play, if you are a bigger part of your team's success & have more impact on the field, you should be paid accordingly.
As much as people like Groot, I cannot in good conscience say he did more than James Cook... yet we were paying him $13 million last year, right around what Cook wants now, then extended him to $20 million a year.
And which side of the ball has everyone complained about not showing up in the playoffs last year? Oh right, the side we rewarded with extensions & bigger contracts.
But the side that put up the most points in franchise history, fortified by a great run game for the first time in Allen's career, and the player who everyone said should've gotten the ball more in the KC playoff game... that's the guy who we shouldn't pay simply because he's a RB?
Makes no sense.
It makes perfect sense, there is a market price for replacement. Where some positions are in higher demand, the price will be higher.
—- by your logic ——RB is valued higher than a kicker, but kickers out score them every year, and there’s only 32 jobs in the whole league, clearly kickers should cost more, make it make sense!
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3 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
Been saying it since the draft - The best QB on that roster is Sanders. And yet he is not gonna get a shot at the job.
Only in Cleveland.
He’ll get the job, the owner already made them draft him, if you think he won’t force them to play him, I think you are mistaken. I can not for the life of me understand what they were doing drafting Gabriel, dude is a priority undrafted FA at best. What a waste of picks to not only take him, but then trade UP to take a better QB after him.
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On 5/25/2025 at 5:37 AM, Doc Brown said:
Usually I'd agree with this sentiment but how different are the Bills and Ravens different from last year to this year? The Ravens offense and the Bills offense pretty much ran it back. We had more turnover on our defense than they had in theirs but we'll have some rookies starting the first games of their career facing the Jackson/Henry combo. It's absolutely fair to argue they're the better team roster wise. Our defense had no answer to them in the regular season game or the playoff game. The major difference in the playoff game was the three turnovers (two of which were wtf is Lamar doing?) and us taking a conservative heavy run game plan where we won the time of possession. The Mark Andrews drop also helped.
Our coaching staff knows this and hopefully they have a better defensive game plan than hoping the Ravens will make a few bone headed plays.
Spot on. The reality, the Ravens beat the Ravens in the playoffs and that’s really their biggest fault as a whole. They have been pretty dominant in the regular season, but Lamar has not shown to be the same guy in the playoffs. I’m happy the Bills got the turnovers they did, but to expect that to happen again, not likely. We’re in not for Lamar crapping himself in the first half and a dropped pass that Andrews catches 98% of the time, that game is one the Bills certainly didn’t go out an stomp the Ravens. I’d be so candid as to call it a bit lucky to have gotten the win. -
On 5/23/2025 at 8:14 AM, MJS said:
I'd rather face Cincy week 1.
Cincy usually starts off painfully slow, I’m with you. Once they get clicking it’s hard to stop them. Regardless of what the numbers from last year say, I don’t trust the Bills to match their point total if it becomes a shoot out. Their weapons are still far better and Burrow vs Allen is basically a push.
Baltimore is the type of offense that should come out of the gate hitting on most of their cylinders. They are made in the running game, Jackson gets chunk plays on the most basic routes that are usually a result of busted coverage. That’s the hardest things for any team to stop early in the year, especially when the Bills are expected to be rolling out a lot of new defensive players. I don’t like the matchup. I’d rather see them around week 10 as a little bit of a gauge yourself game. The rookies would be up to speed, Jackson and Henry will have taken a few more hits and aren’t quite as dynamic. The same thing can be said of the Bills I suppose, but the Bills aren’t a power running team aside from Allen and again, aren’t as explosive either. Allen is the guy I want all day every day, but Jackson is more explosive as a runner and tends to get more big chunks passing because for everything he’s not, he is very good at deep balls, especially when guys are running wide open, which happens a lot because he has to be spied and Henry doesn’t allow you to play a soft zone without getting you run over.
I know I’m in the minority, but I consider Baltimore the biggest hurdle in the AFC. Jackson hasn’t been great in the playoffs, so there’s that, but KC is on the decline a bit and Buffalo is trending up, I THINK they can get over that hump. Baltimore is a bad matchup on paper.
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On 5/23/2025 at 4:03 AM, GunnerBill said:
I think at this point he is so mentally scrambled I'd be surprised if he panned out in Dallas.
I don't think coaching was the issue per se. But I always felt it was an odd pick for the scheme. And both personnel and coaching deserve criticism for that because there is no way Beane picked him without McDermott and Frazier (at the time) being confident they could use him.
Had he gone to a better scheme fit out of the gate could his career have been different? Maybe. At this point tho I think he will just meakly flame out of the league.
On 5/23/2025 at 4:17 AM, davefan66 said:
I really feel the coaching staff gave him every opportunity. He could have been traded or straight up cut a few seasons ago and people would have understood. Once you are publicly in the “doghouse”, you either work to get better, or shrink and never improve. In feel he did the latter.
Could he have been better in a scheme built for his talents? Sure. That’s an interesting part of the NFL. How many players that never made it would have flourished in a different situation, ie: depth, coaching?
For whatever reason he was “broken” here. I don’t believe it was largely due to coaching. Personal responsibility.
He may be too scrambled to make anything of himself. Dallas has been getting a lot from their corners so if he’s going to be anything that’s a solid shot. -
I expect him to be a contributor in Dallas, he flashed quite a bit when he got a chance here. He also had a lot of mental lapses, so if the coaching there can reach him, he was a 1st round pick for a reason.
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7 hours ago, Shaw66 said:
I think was 97 yards. I heard Fitzpatrick talk about it (or maybe it was TO). Broke the huddle and lined up. Both of them looked at the defensive set and thought, "oh, boy!" Fitz and TO made brief eye contact. Then the snap, and they just did it.
TO actually didn't have such a good year in Buffalo. He was, as you say, a total pro. But every year in the league after his fourth season, TO went for more than 1000 yards, except for two years when he would have made it, but for injuries, and his single season in Buffalo. His problem in Buffalo wasn't injuries; it was named Trent Edwards. For whatever reason, Edwards did not throw the ball to Owens. That ended when he was benched for Ryan Fitzpatrick. It was pretty clear that Fitz's thought process was something like, "Hey, I'm a mediocre QB on a bad team that happens to have a HOF pass receiver. I'm throwing it to him." Owens' targets and receptions went up. If Fitz had started the whole season, Owens would have been over 1000 yards.
Owens wasn’t the check down so Captain wasn’t throwing to him.38 minutes ago, JohnNord said:Karlos Williams. Man he was a stud as a rookie both running and catching the football. Then I remember Rex joked his g/f was pregnant and he packed on sympathy weight because he was very overweight at minicamp. It must have been bad because he never played a down in year 2
It’s funny how the Whaley 2015 draft went from looking excellent in Year 1, to looking meh in Year 2, to looking like crap in Year 3.
I remember in his first start that Thad managed to take a modest lead against New Orleans early in a game and thinking “maybe THIS is our QB.” 🤣🤣🤣
I remember someone describing him as running like an angry rhino, I thought we had a star in the making, turns out he was Kelvin Benjamin, the prequel. -
4 minutes ago, Buffalo4Life01 said:
I agree with you that passing offenses struggle more week one, however, Buffalo is much more of a running team now than they have ever been during Allen's tenure. I think this game will be super close and will come down to whoever has the ball last for the win.
Go Bills!!!!
I can’t argue the point in more runs than passes, but my thought is the Ravens will be prepared to stop the run (and have the personnel to do it) and to move the ball you will have to pass. With what is still a questionable at best receiving core outside of Shakir, it will be interesting. I’m rooting for the win, but I’m not going to be shocked if it doesn’t work out. Baltimore is good and got better this offseason, they should be one of the favorites to win it all. We aren’t asking about playoff Jackson, we are getting his best shot, it’s regular season lol.
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4 minutes ago, 90sBills said:
This wouldn’t be shocking at all. Balt is a good team. If this happens the week 2 game against the Jets becomes very pivotal in determining what kind of season it will be for us.Agreed. I won’t be surprised at all if Baltimore absolutely curb stomps the Bills week 1. If the Jets are even competitive, I’ll be worried.
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1 hour ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:
Well they've done a pretty good job cleaning up fraud with the new ticketing model. The "i need tickets" guys trying to sell paper tickets that they already sold online for example, can't do that anymore.
But i'd largely agree that their monopoly has broken the industry.
Used to laugh at Fat Larry in his yellow Porsche out hocking tickets every Sunday off of 90. Ahh the good ole days. I will say TM has made the process easier and safer at the expense of insane prices. I used to routinely walk in around game time and scoop great seats for $20 or less, that was nice, but it was always a risk that they might be duplicates etc.Maybe I’m wrong, but I think the live entertainment industry is in trouble, because of their deal with the Devil, they have alienated the average person, you now have to be stupid or rich to attend more than an event or 2 a year. There’s definitely a lot of stupidity in the world so maybe it holds up, but the vast majority of the market is not going anymore.
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For example, if the AFC East drew the NFC South for out of conference and the Bills didn’t win 4 games, they should just be automatically out of the playoffs, but assuming they do what they should, that’s a lot easier to pad the record vs having to deal with the NFC North… not that the Bills didn’t handle their business there too, but it’s still a lot harder to do. I’d end up pretty irritated when the AFC W draws the NFC S and the Bills have to play literally any other NFC division that all hold at least 2 very good teams if not more. It could end up with the Chargers as a higher seed than the Bills and we all know that ain’t right.
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On 5/16/2025 at 1:36 PM, Bleeding Bills Blue said:
I have a very good friend who's a broker - it's a very complicated business. Teams, artists, wwe, ticketmaster, etc. raise prices on certain events, and massively raised prices on certain seats at those events.
The Bills do this with the Chiefs game, crush the initial demand at the highest price possible. You can then negotiate a reduced rate with sellers for the remaining inventory to "sell out" the game. They can then charge what they want.
They also are adding a ton of club seats at the new stadium, which is another racket aimed at avoiding the 38% away gate number since you can charge a "club rate" that is not a part of that revenue sharing model. Essentially overcharge for food and drinks you may or may not serve.
Depends on the venue, but if they use ticketmaster they have an absolute F-ton of data. That data can be useful when gauging what to charge right out of the gate, what to charge to make profit, when to dump tickets to sellers, etc. They also charge a ton for premium seats and premium "experiences" which i think are just to get a big influx of cash right out of the gate.
Ticketmaster can suck my left one, I can’t stand them, BUT they do basically control everything again and set/destroy the market for fans everywhere, so I’m super pumped about their data. -
24 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:
That is kind of a fun hypothetical for this year. I'd make the assumption they brought Hollins back if they drafted McConkey.
Who'd you rather have as WR's in 11 personnel...
Coleman, Shakir, Palmer/Samuel or Hollins, McConkey, Palmer/Samuel?
I love Shakir, he’s so tough. I would prefer Shakir the player, but Ladd’s contract is more appealing.
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I’ll make the bold prediction the perfect season will be over after week 1. Typically passing offenses struggle more week one with the new preseason format, that impacts the Bills more than the Ravens and the Bills SHOULD be rolling out a bunch of rookie defenders.
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10 hours ago, FLFan said:
It is useless to compare the two. If you want to make a case that the Bills should have drafted McConkey, then compare him to Shakir and make that argument. Coleman has a completely different role, unless someone wants to argue that McConkey could play the X which is the position the Bills were trying to fill with that pick.
Ok, the Bills should have drafted McConkey and let Shakir go, saving 10M/yr the next 4 years . There I did it.
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It’s a ton of money, but I think it’s fair. He’s paid at 7th highest per year, which is about in line with his actual talent level. I’d say he’s right in the top 10 range and this basically sets the new mark for the 10th best QB in the league. Prior to last year, I would have argued he was about even with Goff, but Goff was great last year so I can’t say that now, I have him above Tua, so it’s all about right in my mind.
Good for him, from Mr. Irrelevant to generational wealth. He landed in a good spot and did his part to get where he is.
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Just now, BillsShredder83 said:
I agree but when you look at Cinci's Owner, you have to ask: is he more poor or more desperate LOL they should know they aint competing with us in the next 2 years... get what they can where they can get it
Don’t be so sure, nobody gave Indiana a shot vs Cleveland in the NBA this year and they spanked them in 5 games, in the NFL it’s who’s better for that particular 60 minutes.
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3 minutes ago, BillsShredder83 said:
Nobody is trading for him without permission to talk to his agent about a contract. Theyre going to want a long term extension somewhere... but if they cant get it. The next best for Trey/Agent is playing out his last year in another uniform.... that's going to hurt Bengals bounty. 1year rental, 31 or 30yrs old, high cap hit even just to play out the year.
He's def worth a 4th IMO, might be a few offers for a 3rd rd'er if teams think theyll get a fair shake at negotiating first in offseason.
I’m sure if they decide to trade him, they will let the other side work out a deal with him, they’re only costing themselves return if they don’t. He’s worth a 4th as a rental, but if he refuses to play on that deal anyway, there’s got to be a negotiation w the next team.
Ravens and Lamar “Seeking revenge”
in The Stadium Wall
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It’s like listening to Mike Tyson speak… the word you wanted there is “redemption”, Lamar.
Do Raven fans eat crow or Raven? Is Carpaccio an option?