Billy Claude

Just a further clarification. Violation of the financial rules in English football results in point penalties that may but do not necessarily lead to relegation. For example, this season, Everton was given a 10 point deduction which would put them in 17th place, one point above relegation. It was reduced to a 6 point penalty on appeal which puts them in 16th place, 5 points clear of relegation. Without the penalty they would be in 13th place and out of the relegation discussion.

I know this is a joke but I really hope this is not true. If it is true, some people really need to re-arrange their priorities.

The last two non Allen QBs the Bills drafted are Jake From and Nathan Peterman, so not a great track record.

Why not a 6 rounder if your team is not too worried about cap space and the Jets pick up most of the salary? If he looks awful, just cut him. If he looks good in practice you can sign him to a new contract and it won't cost much. If he looks good in games and someone else offers him more that you want to pay, it will help you with the comp pick formula. If he actually looks like a legitimate starting QB, well then you have a QB. Seems like a reasonable cost for a QB who has been awful but clearly has physical talent and also was in about a bad situation as possible from the QB development stand point. Of course, this is totally dependent on the Jets picking up most of the salary.

I have to agree on Gregg. I would put Marrone 3rd on the list of least likeable coaches: (1) Gregg Williams (2) Rex Ryan (3) Doug Marrone (4) Mike Mularkey. I would also add Tom Donahoe as least likeable GM.

Though only after they max out their credit cards.

I could see them going to a FIFA style lottery to have new divisions every year. You can have the drawing two weeks after the Super Bowl. Imagine the ratings. It would blow the NCAA bracket drawing out of the water and keep the NFL front and center with all the networks/streaming services for another few weeks. There are advantages. For one thing, you don't have to watch the Jets twice every year.

Isn't that why they hired Al Holcomb? To get outside view? Otherwise I don't know what Holcomb's duties are.

He was never a top three kicker. His 87.1% in 2022 was #11 in the NFL that season. Maybe you can say he was a top 10 kicker if you account for weather conditions, but over the last three years, opponent kickers in Bills games have made a higher percentage of field goals than Bass has. Bass has never been elite, but before this year, he was good enough for what the Bills needed.

Todd Blackledge, the second QB picked in the 1983 draft.

I literally have never heard anyone say this. Now, it is true I don't listen to Nick Wright who basically is a Skip Bayless wannabe so possibly he said it. It seems many people here want to be offended if anyone say the Bills are not absolutely unbeatable or that Josh Allen is not quite perfect.

So many people here looking for things to be offended by. There's approximately 85.780 NFL media "experts", out there, you can always find someone saying something you don't like. Right now, the media is overwhelmingly positive about the Bills, it's not just Romo. It you go to other fans message boards, they talk about how the media and referees are treating Josh Allen just like Bills fans talk about how the media and referees treat Mahomes.

As noted up thread, the Saturday night game is always the lowest rating game. People actually have stuff they would rather do on Saturday night. The 23M is 7% higher than last year's game in the same time slot.

Joke, I hope.

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NFL is definitely pushing it big time. If it was network tv the Saturday night game would have been Browns-Texans.

The Saturday night game is usually the lowest rated game. This year's 23M is 7% higher than last year's game in the same time slot though that is mainly because last year was Chargers Jaguars.

I think that's the whole point -- they hope that enough new subscribers keep their subscription to make money. If 10% of the 23 million subscribed to get that particular game and 20% of those keep the subscription, that would be almost half a million new long term subscribers. I think they would be pretty happy with that. They paid 110 million for the game but they get some of that back from advertising and so forth.

I guess that Peacock and the NFL is pretty happy with the 23 million viewership. It was the most stream event ever in the US and viewership was just a little bit lower than might be expected if it was on live TV (80% of Browns-Texans while the Sunday evening game was 90% of viewership of the Sunday afternoon). It shows the NFL that a lot of people are willing to pay $6 to see a playoff game. Expect to see more of the same in the future.

You want fans of all the other teams to call Allen every name possible because it would mean that the Bills have won multiple Super Bowls. Right now it is only Dolphins fans and, to a much less extent, Jets and Pats fans that think he is a douche. Once the Bills get the second Super Bowl, everybody will hate him.

It's not about the quality of the game, it's about whether it is safe to get there and back.

I would have waited to make a decision. They are still not very good at predicting lake effects. If it turns out ok Sunday it will be an embarrassment.

They already have the AFC equivalent of Green Bay in Kansas City.

Every league has superstar calls, whether it is Michael Jordan, Sidney Crosby, Lionel Messi, or Tom Brady. I haven't been following baseball that much but I am sure top echelon pitchers get the benefit of doubt on ball/strike calls compare to an unknown rookie. I don't think you need a the NFL league office handing out a conspiratorial edict for this to occur, it's just human nature. If DeAndre Hopkins is going up against some unknown rookie CB, Hopkins will get the benefit of the doubt on borderline DPI calls simply because referees expect Hopkins to come up with the ball.

They don't have to because Mayo had it in his contract that he would be head coach when BB left: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/jerod-mayo-hired-new-england-patriots-head-coach-bill-belichick-replacement-departure-robert-kraft-nfl/ So there was little chance they would hire Vrabel unless Kraft was willing to be sued.