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FilthyBeast

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  1. Sounds like deals may be hard to come by this year if anything because DTV/ATT knows their contract for Sunday Ticket is coming to an end soon.

     

    If you are a long time DTV customer though I still recommend playing the 'cancel service' game following these steps:

     

    1) When you call their 800 number and you get the automated directory specifically say you want to cancel service and it will bypass normal customer service and take you to the loyalty department.

     

    2) Once connected to loyalty with a live agent if they won't play ball tell them you want to cancel service but not immediately and have your service set to disconnect at the end of the month.

     

    3) After that within a few days you will typically get their last line of defense loyalty people that call you back and will give you their best offer to stay which usually includes NFL sunday ticket for free for at the very least heavily discounted.

     

    I've heard it all depends on what offers you already have applied to you account, how long you've been a customer, and if you pay your bill on time, etc in terms of the algorithm their system give each specific customer in terms of offers/discounts.

  2. 18 hours ago, ScottLaw said:

    The Browns are a potential really bad match up for the Bills, much like the Chiefs they have weapons all over the field…. Again, if Mayfield continues to improve wouldn’t surprise me to see the Browns with a 13-14 win season. 

     

    I also feel this way and I still remember losing to them a few years ago when they had Freddy Kitchens as their head coach and thought that was the one terrible loss that kept us out of the division title picture towards the end of the season.

     

    Also agree that Mayfield is the key because right now it's not really an argument in terms of whose better between him and Allen, but if Mayfield does get better the Browns instantly become a serious SB contender if they aren't already.

     

    Either way we don't have them on the schedule and will only have the playoffs as a possible matchup with them. I'm curious to see what they do against the Chiefs in week one though because if they do go in their and smash them it might be very telling in terms of what the AFC landscape is going to look like in 2021.

  3. 1 hour ago, Boxcar said:

    No, I think the Bills are top 2-3 and the Browns are probably 10-15, probably closer to 10.

     

    Don't forget the Browns played most of last year without OBJ and are getting him back in the mix now which could be scary alongside a top 5 rushing offense.

     

    I think the biggest xfactor with the Browns is defense, on paper they certainly look elite especially the dline and secondary.

     

    At this point I'm still not sure who's 2a and 2b behind the Chiefs when looking at the Bills and Browns.

  4. 25 minutes ago, Hebert19 said:

    One more.   Matt T gets traded for a 2nd before season starts and we re-sign Barkley!

     

    Just read thru others and surprised that others had this as well. 

     

    I mentioned this but only under the premise that Fromm looks like a legit NFL QB this summer and we can also flip Trubisky for a 3rd rounder to a needy team. Getting a 2nd for him though would be a deal I'm not sure I pass up on even if Fromm doesn't do anything of note.

     

    Pretty sure the only real interest Barkley is going to get at this point is to be an emergency/covid QB on another teams practice squad so we can likely get him back anytime if needed.

  5. I don't consider the Bills moving on from him a mistake simply because he's a rare case of a late bloomer.

     

    But it seems like TE is the one position we've never truly been able to figure out despite so many stud players at the position being drafted in the mid rounds or later. Hopefully Knox emerges but i still think Ertz is very much in play and should be if we are truly going all in to win a ring this year.

  6. Not sure any of these are necessarily 'bold' but I could see any of the following happening:

     

    1) Jake Fromm looks great in camp and we trade Trubisky to a team that loses their starter to injury in camp and get a good pick in return (i.e. 3rd rounder or more)

     

    2) Addison is cut or traded regardless of his cap hit.

     

    3) We make a surprise move at DT and Harrison Phillips and/or Star L is cut or traded (also regardless of cap hit)

     

    4) I think someone mentioned this but Cody Ford is also cut or traded as he continues to disappoint or gets hurt again.

     

    5) Antonio Williams emerges and makes Moss or Singletary available for trade or release.

     

    6) We finally trade for Ertz or sign him if when he's inevitably released.

  7. 3 hours ago, ScottLaw said:

    Agreed, perhaps they are holding out for a potential cut or trade mid season, or maybe they really believe Dane Jackson can be that guy opposite White…. Either way they’ve been extremely conservative all off season in regards to use of cap space. 

     

    I have a feeling Richard Sherman was also on the radar to be this years 'Josh Norman' type of move but obviously that's off the table now as well given his recent incident.

     

    But regarding the cap space comment, they could and should have freed up more money dumping guys like Addison and Butler but for some reason gave them the old 'Carolina benefit of the doubt' and simply restructured.

     

    And for all the 'run it back' hype with the Bills and fans feeling they should be getting same love as Tampa, big difference is Tampa destroyed the Chiefs and won a SB with the same roster where the Bills got smashed twice by the chiefs are basically hoping that 2 high draft picks + star Lout returning are going to magically change the pass rush and overall defense when they inevitably have to go through the Chiefs again in the playoffs.

     

    And speaking of the Chiefs, did they 'run it back' after losing in the superbowl. On defense maybe but they addressed their biggest need in a major way overhauling their entire oline with key players.

  8. 45 minutes ago, BuffBillsForLife said:

    Barring some unlucky injuries or COVID shenanigans the Bills are absolutely competing for a ring this season, anything less than the AFCCG again would be a tremendous disappointment.  KC still scares the bejeezus out of me but nobody else in the AFC should be favored against the Bills.

     

    It's truly a year to year league and that's what concerns me most about all the national media love and hype for this team is how truly difficult it's going to be to even win the division again, let alone get to another AFCG and/or beyond again.

     

    But I do agree that barring injuries, at worse the Bills should be a top 3 or 4 team in the AFC.

  9. 5 hours ago, Gugny said:

    The Ravens and Browns love continues to baffle me.

     

    They are both powerhouse contenders right up there with the Bills, we've proven we can beat the Ravens and Lamar although some still think our playoff victory should have an asterisk because of Lamar leaving the game early to injury.

     

    Regarding the Browns, it remains to be seen where we stack up but personally I think they are a bad matchup because their strengths play to our weaknessess particularly their oline/rushing offense vs our front seven. Also think their defense is a notch ahead of ours overall and I still think about how we lost to them a few years ago when they weren't even very good under Freddy Kitchens coached team.

  10. I'm not saying we missed out on Nelson, but at the same time I don't understand what this team's thought process is at DB especially if heaven forbid White were to get hurt for a significant stretch of time.

     

    Yes there is some potential with guys like Dane Jackson, but a marginal undrafted player like Levi Wallace isn't magically going to get better at this stage of his career and he has proven to be a liability on the field over and over again when it matters and certainly not beating the Chiefs with him as a key piece of the secondary.

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  11. Not really sure where he fits in and at best he's competing for a 3rd TE spot on the roster (assuming we even keep 3 and/or don't make a power move for a guy like Ertz).

     

    He flashed a few nice things early in the season last year including a TD catch but then did virtually nothing the rest of the season so would be very surprised if he's on the roster this year.

  12. Chargers could be a real contender as soon as this year.

     

    And it was somewhat of a shrewd move by the Chargers front office passing on an offensive guy like daboll for their new head coach and hiring a defensive guy like Staley because if anything offense wasn't the problem there plus we got to keep daboll for at least one more season and SB run.

     

    Don't sleep on the Raiders either, they were a few plays away from sweeping the Chiefs last year and had one of the better offseason on paper as the pressure is mounting there on both Carr and Gruden to make the playoffs and some noise.

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  13. On 7/4/2021 at 8:18 AM, JakeFrommStateFarm said:

    Bills are clearly the 2021 favorite, but the gap is closing faster than many may think.

     

    - Tua will be improved this year and the Dolphins had a great draft. Tua has to be solid not great in that he's surrounded by talent 

     

    - Jets will be better with Wilson and Gase is gone

     

    - Once Jones takes over don't be surprised if the Pats go on a late season run

     

    Also keep in mind that by 2024 Josh will have signed his 200M deal and the Bills could have to let alot of FA go.  So there will be a significant attrition of talent

     

    The window is only open so long in this league this why it's hard to fathom what Brady and Belichik we able to do for the greater part of 2 full decades....not 5 years, 10 years, but almost 20 years of utter dominance of the AFC East and NFL as a whole.

     

    And assuming Josh Allen is truly an elite franchise QB I expect to follow a model similar to John Elway, Aaron Rogers, etc....compete and/or win a SB early in career, and then be set up to do it again later in career with a possible lull in the middle do to roster turnover, transition and lacking depth due to the top heavy investment in QB and a few other key positions.

  14. One thing that is lost in this discussion is in regards to Beane/McDermott - we are now at the point where getting to the playoffs every year is not good enough. This team is going to have to get to the SB and win at least one championship in the next 2 or 3 years or then you start thinking about a new head coach/front office that can get over the hump so to speak.

     

    This is why at least for me all eyes will be on the Chiefs game and more importantly the playoffs against them again if that materializes because regardless of the venue McDermott needs to prove he can beat Andy Reid and he won't do it with the same gameplans that were rolled out last year.

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