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11 hours ago, MJS said:
It doesn't matter. NFL players are not allowed. Partaking is idiotic of them.
You can say what you want about whether or not it SHOULD be a banned substance or not. But it is. So, they are dumb to risk their chance of a lifetime to play in the NFL and make real wealth.
I agree it is dumb considreing the potential loss.
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32 minutes ago, Beast said:
Not until the government can figure out a way to bleed every penny possible from each sale.That's just it, why can I not grow pot on my private property, for my personal use, without paying protection money to the USG; subject to the same laws driving or public intixication?
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19 hours ago, MJS said:
All the marijuana defenders always flock to these stories, haha.
Sorry. It is still a federally banned substance, against the law in many states, and prohibited by the NFL.
It is completely idiotic of any player in the NFL to take a risk like that.
While most of the time I love your posts, this one I strongly disagree with. Many veterans, wounded physically and suffering from PTS found that marijuana greatly helps in their challenging endeavors. Yes, it is federally banned but that dont make it right, at one time in this country we considered African Americans 7/8 of a person. Just because a law exists dont make it right - think prohibition. Had a family member slowly passing from cancer, used marijuana for pain simply because it allowed him to enjoy his last days while presecribed medications left him in a stupor! I can sit on my front porch and guzzle a bottle of JD but I cant smoke a joint? To end or hinder the careers of these two players is ridiculous; and yes I am a strong defender as I support my veteran brothers and their use! I still love 99.99 % of your posts! And I am pushing 70 making me an old fart!
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20 hours ago, HappyDays said:
Blows my mind that people still get arrested for marijuana possession in the year 2024. Stupid to get caught but I don't think they should get suspended for this and I doubt they will. Probably just a team fine.
Could not agree more and I am an old fart!
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12 hours ago, Old Coot said:
This was meant as a tribute to Buffalo and the people of WNY but when I said solid small town values some might have thought I meant narrow-minded people. No, I meant the positive small town values of neighbors looking out for neighbors, helping out one another, saying "hi" to a stranger you pass on the sidewalk and more.
WNY was a great place to grow up and I did not appreciate that until I moved away.
Great post, well put!
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3 hours ago, Shaw66 said:
Bills fans have spent the first five months of 2024 talking about receivers: Whom the Bills have and whom they should get. The longer I’ve listened to that discussion, the more I’ve come to the conclusion that fans haven’t really internalized what’s happening in pro football.
In short, I think that receivers are following in the footsteps of their cousins, the running backs. Fans, and the New York Giants, were late to realize that in terms of team performance, there isn’t much difference between having a great running back and having a really good one. And you almost always can find a really good one. There’s always a Singletary, a Cook, a Pacheco, or someone else. In earlier eras, if you had a Jim Brown or an Earl Campbell or a Barry Sanders, you were a contender. Not now. Now, you can have a Derrick Henry and, well, you have some great highlights, but highlights don’t get it done any more.
Why did that happen to running backs? Two reasons: First, young players keep closing the gap between what the great players can do and what the next level of really good players can do. They learn the moves of the great players, and they condition themselves to be nearly as strong and as powerful. Second, the defenses have matured – the players are bigger, stronger, faster, so that a guy with Jim-Brown talent now finds a defense full of big, strong, fast defenders, and the coaches have schemed their defenses in ways that allow their big, strong, fast defenders to close gaps and gang tackle in ways that just weren’t done in earlier generations. Maybe some 250-pound guy who runs like LaDainian Tomlinson will come along, but that’s unlikely.
(As an aside, the same thing is happening in the NBA. In less than ten years, the league has filled up with guys who shoot threes like Steph Curry, guys who are bigger, stronger, and quicker than Steph. And the defenses have gotten smarter. The Warriors of five years ago would be good today, but not dominant in the way they were.
(And, by the way, there’s a whole generation of pro golfers who have caught up to the greatness of the early Tiger Woods. They don’t stand out like Tiger because, well, there are a lot of them.)
And now we see it happening to receivers. Again, the difference between truly great and very good has gotten smaller, the number of very good receivers has increased. It’s happened for the same reasons that it happened to running backs. Receivers have gotten about as big and fast as they are going to get. The difference in speed between a 4.3 guy and a 4.4 or even 4.5 guy just isn’t very important – 4.5 is plenty fast enough. Kids in high school practice catching balls one-handed, practice tucking the ball away after the catch, etc. By the time receivers have gotten out of college, a lot of them have speed, route-running technique, and catching skills that rival what some of the best NFL players had ten years ago. In other words, it’s become almost impossible to get better physically in a way that makes any one receiver a dominant player.
In addition to the younger receivers closing the talent gap, the defenders and the defenses they run have improved, too, for the express purpose of stopping the physically dominant receivers. If you want to win in the NFL, you simply cannot let one player get 150+ yards against you, rushing or receiving, so you create defenses to stop them. You shadow running backs, you double cover receivers, and then you develop nuanced variations off your defenses to slow down the opponent’s star player. Quickly, other teams adopt your ideas. The result is that even the very best running backs and receivers are not stringing 150-yard games, back to back to back, all season long. Yes, every once in a while a Tyreek Hill comes along, a physical freak, and he does string great games for a while, but it’s just a matter of time before teams adjust.
What about all the great young receivers out there? Well, I think there’s an important distinction to be made between great receivers and great production. A guy like Julian Edelman was not a great receiver, in the classic Hall of Fame sense. He had great production because of the circumstances he was in, and because he was the right guy to take advantage of those circumstanes. Cooper Kupp is another. Amon-Ra St. Brown is another. These guys are all over the league, guys with excellent speed, very good ball skills, and brains. They have great production, but it isn’t so much that they create the production – they just fit the scheme and get production because they have the skill to take advantage of the opportunities that their offenses create.
I’m not saying those guys aren’t good football players. What I’m saying is that they are the Pachecos and Cooks and Singletarys of the receiving world. What I’m saying is that teams are discovering that the physical difference between OBJ and St. Brown does not translate into an important difference in production on the field, just like the difference between Saquon Barkley and Pacheco.
What about the true studs, the OBJs and the DHops of the world? The guys who actually create their production? Well, both of those guys came to greatness on their original teams, were true sensations and great weapons, and then were somewhat surprisingly dealt to other teams, where they never recovered their initial luster. Now they’ve been reduced to hired guns that teams hope can somehow reclaim their greatness or at least be reliable 4th receivers.
The bottom line is, I think, that the game has moved on from the days when the ideal was to have a true stud skill player on offense (other than your QB). If you had a true stud, you gave him the ball every time you could. In fact, teams have discovered that having a guy who is so good that he demands the ball is a negative, not a positive. When you have a Derrick Henry or an OBJ, they’re only useful if you give them the ball a lot, and that limits your offense. Having a guy like Stefon Diggs, who is prone to sulking if he doesn’t get a catch in your first series, is a liability.
The Bills certainly seem to have adopted this thinking.
GO BILLS!!!
The Rockpile Review is written to share the passion we have for the Buffalo Bills. That passion was born in the Rockpile; its parents were everyday people of western New York who translated their dedication to a full day’s hard work and simple pleasures into love for a pro football team.
Great Post!
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6 hours ago, MarkyMannn said:
I was there for the 2 on 0-2. Loss to Raiders 48-6 at War Memorial stadium. Collier fired layer that night.
Reading the other posts here, a lot of old guys in this thread LOL
I was in Payne’s Pizza North Tonawanda picking up an order when the news flash came on TV that Collier was fired. It was the ugliest Bills crowd I ever seen the day of the 48 - 6 whooping!
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5 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:
Lol...technically born in Tonawanda and grew up in Lockport. But like I said spent a ton of time in NT
Tonawanda a great place too, you are a Tonawandan! Love it!
7 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:Lol...technically born in Tonawanda and grew up in Lockport. But like I said spent a ton of time in NT
Be proud of it!
1 minute ago, amprov56 said:Tonawanda a great place too, you are a Tonawandan! Love it!
Be proud of it!
So is Lockport!
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6 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:
My grandmother aunt and uncle all lived in NT. Spent most of my summers there. Played Bingo at a church on Oliver St right next to Dom Polski's!!!
Your an NT guy!! Now I have to lay off you!
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Just now, ColoradoBills said:
We drove in the snow to the airport to greet the Bills after the Boston Patriot game that put them in the playoff in '64.
That was nuts. The Bills moved the flight to Rochester. Fans were running around on the tarmac.
Between the old AFL and the 1960's Bills we all had some great times and memories!
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47 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:
That is the first game I can remember as a kid. My parents and older brothers were fixed around the radio.
The start of the 1964 season, I was hooked.
Me too, listenrd to the 1964 Championship on the radio and watched the 1965 on TV. that convinced my family to take me to games in 1966!
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7 minutes ago, ticketssince61 said:
I remember listening to that game while at Chestnut Ridge Park - we lost 48 to 6
We were completely destroyed
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38 minutes ago, SoMAn said:
I hear what you’re saying, but what you are really telling me is that you now get senior discounts. 😉.
The old Rockpile is where the seeds of Bills fandom (fanaticism)were planted.It sure does, I listened to my first Bills game on the radio, blizzard outside so I stayed in and listen to Van call the 1963 playoff game. My family held season tickets from 1960 until the late 1990's, my first games in 1966, both against the Chiefs and both games they smoked us including the 1966 Championship game. Did not see the Bills win until Miami in 1967! Loved the old AFL!
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3 hours ago, SoMAn said:
I was at that home game against the Raiders which was Joe Collier's last in Buffalo.
The Bills had been a champion caliber team a couple of years prior to 1968.
Collier was on a short leash after a sub-par 1967 season, so two games into the 1968 season, and following a blowout at the hands of the Raiders, he was released.
The fans were singing, "goodbye Collier, goodbye Joe, goodbye Collier, we're glad to see you go'.
One of my vivid memories is walking next to the Raiders defensive end, handlebar mustached, 6' 8" Ben Davidson. It was along side the snow fence that separated the fans from the field in tiny War Memorial Stadium. Our seats were close to the field on the visitor side. I'd never seen a human being that huge.
Earlier, we had had given a ride to the game for the wife of one of the assistant coaches. I still wonder if the coaches suspected or were given a hint that it might be the end for the coaching staff if the Bills lost.
Fortunately for Collier, he was able to carve out a nice career in the NFL as a defensive coordinator. R.I.P.
Was at that game too, very ugly day and season that followed!
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On 5/5/2024 at 5:11 PM, Ethan in Cleveland said:
Sign me up! I swear I will not start a thread that asks when will McDermott be gone.
But I live for them!!!!
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4 minutes ago, foreboding said:
Do not think was posted. If so...merge.
Nice little video about Bills Mafia donating to help children in Keon's hometown. This kid is already becoming local legend.
Great post!!
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7 hours ago, PBF81 said:
Hopefully!
Be that as it may, just be prepared for more "making of the playoffs," which most coaches could do with Allen in our crap division, and divisional round losses. All fine and good for anyone that's happy with that.
Also, why don't we see how this season goes first.
I'm all about seeing how this season goes, and once again I'm all about winning the SB; but a pesky little nuance - you have to make the playoffs first!
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22 hours ago, Shaw66 said:
Billy's still alive, so far as I know. I hope he doesn't mind that I use his name and number. I chose the name to honor and remember one of the all-time great Bills.
And yes, 1968 was an awful year. So awful that the Bills got the #1 overall pick.
Living in Toccoa,, Georgia!
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On 4/30/2024 at 10:14 AM, PBF81 said:
It's going to have to come down to a battle between Pegula and the media before he'll ever get rid of McD.
McD would be doing himself and the team a major-league favor if he simply hired someone with come creativity and a plan on offense, rather than shooting from the hip every offseason/season. ... even to the extent of contradicting himself via this Draft.
He simply refuses to give up control of an offense that he knows little about in terms of getting the most out of it. Brady merely schemes things according to McD's ill-fated methodologies.
Hopefully you will soon be a fellow Tennessean, but your killing me!!! Why do many of you want to disrupt a perennial playoff team, to me it's merely a temper tantrum by kids who did not get to the candy store. So if we "fire everybody" and go into another playoff draught will you and the rest of the gang publicly admit during non - playoff years you were wrong? I dont think so, but you all will do what you do best, "fire everybody" and McBeane will be long gone. Do some research on the Bills firing HC's, normally did not work out very well with one exception!
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January 2025 after Josh Allen demands to be traded and the intensity of the "fire everybody" faction, the OL will get fired along with Beane and McDermott; the Pegulas will get one more chance or they will be fired!
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20 hours ago, Sweats said:
But, if you listen to the media and some Bills fans, the team is imploding, and everyone should be fired effective immediately........UGH
Telling you, TBD attracts Drama Queens like moths to a flame. If we won a SB through the ground game and defense they would still be on the "fire everybody" mantra! I actually have a top five list that I habitually read as they are both predictable and entertaining!
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5 hours ago, Paup 1995MVP said:
Gunner I like most of what you post. But don’t sugar coat it. Diggs was pretty bad the second half of last season. He could not get open down the field. He was dropping passes and looked disinterested.
I think he is pretty much done. A lot of guys have their day. But he isn’t balling out til he is 35 like a Larry Fitzgerald Jerry Rice or Tony Gonzalez. He was excellent for awhile, but not nearly in that pantheon.
The Bills did great to dump him on Houston for a 2nd round pick.
Thank you great post Bill Polian once said the Buffalo Bills historically hang on to players on the downward slope simply because they are fan favorites. Sammy Watkins caused an emotional breakdown among many much like Diggs! Great post
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2 hours ago, uticaclub said:
Book a flight to someone place nice for Jan 20th; we aren’t making it past the divisional round. Someone people are ok with that ceiling; other are not. Just enjoy the vacation.
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13 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Their employment with the Bills is totally Josh Allen's call at this point.
I'm sure many other front offices are consulting with Josh too, a man for all seasons - QB, coach, GM owner, OC....hopefully this posted in jest!
16 minutes ago, H2o said:I'm not looking for your affirmation, so
The Chiefs did dismantle us in that AFCCG appearance. Even though it was close at halftime, you KNEW which way it was going to go. They dominated from start to finish. They had Allen so frustrated he was chucking the ball at people while on the ground.
The 13 Second game was the next colossal flop by a McDermott led squad. It is one of THE biggest flops in Playoff history. To deny that is to live in delusion.
I like how you mention nothing about how we were completely dominated by the Bengals. Out coached, out played, and ran out of our own house.
Did we not just lose by a FG attempt that went wide right? Yes, yes we did. The difference this time? It was to our arch nemesis at home in the Divisional Round, and not in the SB. And our defense couldn't stop a nose bleed that game. Nothing McDermott schemed really worked, at all. We were only in the game because of Josh and the Hardman fumble at the goal line.
Have we not had 3 OC's on 3 years? Yes, yes we have. I know Daboll got a HC job. There were many people at the time who said they would have rather kept Daboll than McDermott. That we should have made Daboll HC. The relationship he and Josh has been the biggest difference in what we have seen from this offense the last couple of years. The mention of the 3 OC's is talking about the constant change, and instability in that room. Josh is a generational talent, yes, and could probably run an offense himself at this point. Still, I hope Brady is the guy who brings stability and innovation back to that room for everyone else. We shall see.
I'm not throwing crap at the wall. I'm speaking the truth. I believe this entire off-season is going to make or break this regime. If the guys we drafted don't look like any of them are going to be impact players, if Worthy becomes a monster in the KC offense, if our WR group ends up as bad as it looks in comparison to the rest of the NFL right now, if Coleman flops, if we are a middling team that ends up 3rd in the division while missing the Playoffs, if other WR's we passed on look good on the field for their respective teams, then this regime's seats will probably be blazing hot in 2025. It will put on full display the questionable choices they have made, as well as everything prior ending back under the microscope, and the talk will be how they are wasting Allen's prime years. And that's IF things play out on the wrong side of the "if's" just like I said before.
Fire everybody and cx the 2024 season!
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Four Falls of Buffalo on NFLN now
in The Stadium Wall
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I have never watched the replay!