JohnRVA

Pretty fair analysis of guys being open and Josh taking the higher risk throw. He gives multiple examples from this year and breaks down the routes.

Bills - 41 Jags - 16

Bills: 43 Raiders: 17

I think Kurt was mostly neutral in the analysis. I didn't agree with everything but it was interesting to hear his perspective on the route concepts. For example, I like how he explained the check down options to Cook and the types of routes he could run and how Cook ran it kind of in between which meant Josh couldn't throw it to him. Obviously the Cover 1 guys know our offense and players better but I still learned some things,

I didn't see this anywhere else in the forums. This is a breakdown by Kurt Warner of the Miami game. It's pretty in depth on what Josh should be looking at first, second, third. Pretty good breakdown IMHO for those of us who are not film experts.

Bills 38 Rams 17

Gabe Davis on offense Milano on defense

A few ideas here that could all tie together. You have multiple categories of events to increase engagement. A few Bills players participate at each (judging, coaching, etc.) The Winner (or top 3) for each category gets prizes like game tickets, Bills gear, meet the players, participate in the grand finale event(s), etc. 1) Food contests (wings, Beef on Weck, chili, BBQ, etc.). Bills players can participate like Mckenzie's BBQ, etc. This could be best dish or who can eat the most in 5 min, etc. 2) Chopped style food contest. Would have to be creative on how to film this and equipment. Maybe make it a tailgate theme with apps, entrees and desserts with whatever equipment people normally bring to a tailgate. 3) Red Zone Flag football contest (could also do as ultimate Frisbee) where 3 participants go against 2 Bills defenders. The QB can run. They participants have 4 plays from the 20 to score. Variation: participants can instead choose to have the Bills players on offense (1 QB and 1 WR). 1 person can rush the QB after 5 Mississippee and the other 2 double cover the WR. Adds some strategy depending on who the players are and the overconfidence of the participants. 4) Some kind of mini scouting combine event. Events could be how hard you can throw a ball, accuracy throwing a ball, 40 yard dash, push up in a min, etc. You have to compete in all the events and submit your completed scorecard. You enter a raffle for completing it and the top scores by age group win a prize. 5) Some kind of silent auction, raffle, etc. that benefits a charity. 6) Trivia game about Bills history. Could be individuals or teams who buzz in. 7) Some type of bingo game with a Bills theme (people love Bingo). 😎 This is more interaction vs. contest related but some player-related displays that you can interact with. For example, a mold of Josh's hand and you can see how much bigger it is than yours. Maybe you have a mold of Dion Dawkins foot and see how much smaller yours is, etc. Grand Finale Events Josh is blind-folded. Partipants are placed at random spots by a Bills player (you could do predetermined spots but makes it easier on Josh). Participant yells "I'm open". Josh has to throw to him/her blind-folded. If they catch it, they win a prize. You could also blind fold the participant (maybe spin them around a few times) and then they take the blind fold off after saying I'm Open (or right before). You could also spin Josh around a few times before he throws. Red Zone 1 - Josh and a defender are standing parallel to each other. A participant runs a route. Josh throws them the ball. Defender takes off when Josh throws it (or has to count to 5 Mississippee, etc.). Participant has to catch the ball and score before the defender catches them. To make it more interesting, I think if they drop the ball, we let them pick it up and run. Red Zone 2 - Josh is the QB with 2 participant as WR. There is 1 Bills DB. Josh tries to complete a pass to a participant who has to score before the DB catches him/her. Red Zone 3 - Participant is the QB with 1 Bills WR. 1-2 participants play defense. Can the QB participant complete a pass and the WR score a TD or does the defense (the 1-2 defenders) win? For the number of defenders, you probably have to try this out to see what is realistic. Only 1 might be too easy for the WR to score. Wiffle ball game with a mix of players and contest or raffle winners, kids, etc. This could be one game or a mini tournament with 3 inning games, or similar. A lot of flexibility on who pitches, hits, etc. Could be offense vs. defense or position groups vs. each other. Corn Hole tournament - Already mentioned by others and a good option to consider.

It's a good article but what struck me is that it was basically the same points that Warren Sharp made on the Bill Simmons and Ringer NFL podcasts last year during the season. So although it is a good article, I didn't feel like it was anything new because I had heard that other content. That said, it's been a while since those podcasts and I still enjoyed it.

Pretty happy that Miami is trading up and wasting draft capital. Obviously, assumes the players will not be that good, but crossing my fingers.

Here is a link to the video of just the Jordan Palmer segment. https://www.buffalobills.com/video/jordan-palmer-on-josh-allen-we-re-not-even-close-to-the-ceiling

Yes, it was the Pat McAfee interview where he talked about mapping his throwing motion and finding out that he was not using his hips. Pretty entertaining interview if anyone has not listened to it yet.

Really good analysis here. I'm not an expert, but I agree that we had a couple bad games against the run but I don't think it's as bad as it looks based on the competition, our injuries at the time, etc. I think we're a lot closer to rank 10-15 vs. the run right now, than bottom 5 like some analysts think.

LOL! I used to live in Germany and some of my German friends were OBSESSED with the McRib. They circled it the calendar for when it was coming back. I never had it. I dunno...looks kinda gross to me, but to each his/her own.

Thanks for pulling this together. This passes the eye test IMHO. We had so little talent when they arrived that we might have kept more draft pics than usual and maybe that helps our average?