Ray Stonada

That’s the thing: they don’t make prudent moves. Trading away Hopkins for nothing? Alientating Watt and Watson, their other two stars? Why do you assume they are prudent professionals instead of the clown show they show every sign of being? PS I don’t think Watson did nothing shady, but I hardly think he’s the only player—or coach or owner—who has. And most of them never face lawsuits by the dozen like this. Pretty sure a lawyer with an agenda could cook up a bunch of suits against Bob Kraft alleging that his touched masseurs’ hands with his… you understand.

I am surprised no one mentions the Texans, as if this all happened to Watson in a vacuum. Just before these cases came up the news was all about the team's questionable decisions. They refused to hire the general managers their consulting firm recommended. Cal McNair had to apologize for racial slurs against Asians at a golf tournament. His dad was quoted as we "can't have the inmates running the asylum" about players taking a knee. Bill O’Brien, their coach, was talking about DeAndre Hopkins having too many “baby mamas” and then traded him to Arizona for peanuts. J.J. Watt said he had lost the team. Just a blizzard of bad-sounding stuff. Then the Texans didn't hire Eric Bienemy, who Watson wanted, and he started to engineer a trade to the Dolphins. He was making them look incompetent, which they were. Then the cases pop up, all brought by the same very powerful Houston lawyer, Tony Buzbee. Very weird timing.

He deserved to win the Super Bowl, this year. Darn it.

Why do people think this is a need? The Bills don’t need a wideout anywhere near as much as IOL and DE. Diggs and Davis dominated defenses in 2020, and when they had a chance to play together in ‘21. Why fix what isn’t broke?

Pooch kick was the right call, and probably was the call they made. Bass is very good at it. They would have had the ball at their own 20-30 yard line with 8-10 seconds on the clock. Dammit.

Feels like a classic case of Kay having a crush and Josh having a girlfriend, no? With Schrager it's just clickbait. Kyle is at least kind of consistent, supporting Allen. M-Rob is the best, though.

It's not that I don't agree with most of this, but it doesn't stop me from loving to watch football! I don't go to many games live anymore. When the Bills played the Raiders in the 1990 AFC Championship, my high school best friend and I bought nosebleeds for like 25 dollars and went! I hate that it's all about the luxury boxes now. But the whole US/global culture has gone that way. I don't see it as NFL specific. NFL football, for me, feels like one of the main continuties between my life now in my forties and my life as a kid in the late eighties, when I started watching the Bills.

If anything, I've gained tons of interest in the rest of the NFL since we started looking like a potentially great team again. I would date it to the Thanksgiving game against the Cowboys. Watched it with my whole family and the way we won that game was just joyous. Since then I've been watching the other teams to see how they stack up to the Bills. It's all much more relevant. If you didn't lose interest during the drought but are losing interest now, there may be something else going on!

Ross is a sleaze bag. (Know someone who was hired by him on a real estate project, totally unrelated to football.)

That and fifty cents will buy ya a cup of coffee (in 1975). But… This was our Super Bowl the Rams got, dang it!!!!

Loved it! So many legends, so many songs I listened to on walkman back in the early 90s. It was awesome to see Dre, Snoop, Mary J, Eminem, and 50 all looking and sounding good and Snoop and Dre truly represent the West Coast. It was about time for hip hop to get to be center stage at a halftime show. I liked the live instruments, little piano tribute to Tupac. Kendrick Lamar is another generation, but a genius too.

Funny to me to see all the criticism of Burrow, who was running for his life on every play. Even when he connected it was in the face of the rush. He stayed cool and made some big throws. Well played game, the Rams' offense eked it out. Just barely. With Beckham they might have cruised. Worst part was the Bengals not getting a first down at the fifty from 2nd and 1 with the game on the line! Incompletion, stuffed run (not by Mixon?), and terrible play call when your line can't protect the pass. Spain got burned on the game ending sack by Donald. I laughed at that. Also, I'm sure many will disagree, but I loved the halftime show. So many legends, so many songs I listened to on walkman back in the early 90s. It was awesome to see Dre, Snoop, Mary J, Eminem, and 50 all looking and sounding good and Snoop and Dre truly represent the West Coast. It was about time for hip hop to get to be center stage at a halftime show. I liked the live instruments, little piano tribute to Tupac. Kendrick Lamar is another generation, but a genius too.

That’s cool! From what I’ve read about that game, he was pretty much Josh in the Chiefs game three weeks ago, high school version.

https://www.theringer.com/nfl-playoffs/2022/2/11/22928673/joe-burrow-athens-ohio-high-school-super-bowl Apparently Joe Burrow’s had that cool under pressure thing since high school. Part of his makeup. The Rams could blow them out, but if it’s close late, I like Burrow’s chances over Stafford.

A surprising number of people love football in Germany. They have their own pro league, too. (Not talking about soccer.) The games will sell out instantly and by then the pandemic might not be a huge issue. You gotta be careful with those big beers. They taste better than Coors but they’re not over-the-top flavored like some Pumpkin Latte IPA type stuff. Easy to drink. But three of those equals 100 ounces.

Laughable. A ham and a hack. But he’s right.

He understands Buffalo! The drought being followed by drafting Josh Allen. Karma is real.

Gabe Davis and to a lesser extent McKenzie were on the bench for Sanders and Beasley.

Hard to imagine it. 5 million.

I can corroborate. I once had the chance to meet TT in person and he was incredibly friendly and nice. Once he found out I was a Bills fan (and I didn’t even tell him he was my favorite player, didn’t want to look like a kiss-up), he gave me a bunch of cool gear. Very cool, very warm person who I feel honored to have met.

My all time favorite player!

Buffalo will not lose to Kansas City next season.

Well Thurman did burn up the league in 1990, and it was pretty clear he was a meteoric star with HOF potential. The next year, he was NFL MVP.

He’s incredibly improved over last year’s playoffs. It looks like he is able to “will” things to happen when he needs a play. A la Brady, Montana, Mahomes, and a few other quarterbacks in history. It bodes incredibly well for the Bills.

I love this post, OP. Everyone says 2021 has nothing to do with 1989. But the analogy works well. Josh last year was elite, but in two games against the best (KC), he underwhelmed. This year he played lights out, calmly, in both KC games. That’s incredible growth. I see us in the Super Bowl multiple times in the next five seasons.