Sierra Foothills
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I thought we all agreed that we were going to have this conversation quietly.
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A lot of people in this topic are posting about their preference to watch the games from the comfort of their own homes, for relatively cheap.
Let me just say, enjoy it while you can.
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9 hours ago, RobbRiddick said:
This on my groin so it looks like Juice has a testicle in each hand
You have a strange-looking groin...
On the broader topic of the NFL and tattoos, did they ask Dion Dawkins what he would do?
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On 5/14/2025 at 4:51 PM, chris heff said:
He went to Yale you know. Just preparing everyone for ever time he does anything.
On 5/14/2025 at 5:16 PM, YoloinOhio said:Does he wear a wedding ring while he plays?!
8 minutes ago, streetkings01 said:Was his grandfather a famous golfer?
How old is he?
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20 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:
People genuinely thought this was actually Dion's leg? For real?
That's rough. Information literacy education never kept up with the proliferation of the internet. Education in general, really, wasn't prepared to combat intellectual laziness. And here we are.
Add to the above, the increase in willful ignorance and the growth of the anti-education movement mixed with a rising apathy for truth. Some people will believe anything (particularly if it supports their emotional biases) and others don't have the motivation or intellectual endurance to to seek something approximate to the truth.
20 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:I mean sports illustrated and WYRK did a article on it
It's hard to call anybody dumb when non-fake publications did an article on it
They generally have people to fact check stuff
I understand the mention of Sports Illustrated as lending credence to the story. There was a time when they boasted a stable of writers such as Pat Forde, Peter Gammons, Frank DeFord, Rick Reilly, and Peter King... Sports Illustrated represented the pinnacle of sports journalism.
Sports Illustrated is now a brand, operated under a license. They do not have an editorial board and they're on the brink of bankruptcy. It's been nearly a decade since they had any credibility.
As far as local country music radio stations disseminating news, let the buyer beware.
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1 minute ago, Royale with Cheese said:
I blame it on the sativa.
This "indica-tes" cannabis.
Cannabinoid.
Cannabinoidal.
These words make me laugh.
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18 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:
We can kill 2 birds with 1 stone!
I think I watched it more consecutive times than you. It's almost addicting... especially with the closed loop and the audio of the crowd reaction!
10 hours ago, eball said:Another thing I thought about…playing Cinci late in the season means more time for the “new” secondary to gel. If the Bills’ revamped defense is going to be what we hope, by that point in the season they should be humming.
Not to mention, the new, improved pass rush.
5 hours ago, mjt328 said:That leaves 5 remaining games as the toss-ups, which could probably go either way:
BAL, KC, HOU, CIN, PHI
I feel like after last year's loss and the current state of both teams that the Bills are going to annihilate Houston.
4 hours ago, Mantis said:Not complaining, but a couple negatives that I don’t see anyone bringing up thus far: we play @Atlanta and @NE following THEIR bye weeks.
We also play @Miami and Cincy (home) when they will be on 10 days rest (because they will be coming off Thursday night games against Baltimore in both cases).
Good points but on balance I think this is one of the most favorable schedules in recent history... certainly in my memory (which isn't saying much... so disregard).
13 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:The Bills, Ravens and Ravens I think for sure will be competing for the #1.
In that case I think the Ravens have the edge simply based on probabilities.
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7 hours ago, boyst said:
Rasul Douglas is confusing to me - i had heard the Bills did offer him a contract at what they thought was reasonable to the degree that he can compete for a backup job but was told they want to go another direction as a starter. perhaps that was enoguh for both sides not to actually extend the offer but douglas has been tagged by teammates to come back and given credit for addign to the team. with white being back i think it is less likely.
It's a moot point as the ship has left the embarcadero and I see where he's now talking to Seattle but... (and I'm preparing to be shot down by the militants who are vehemently against what I'm musing about)... Rasul would be a perfect candidate to move to Safety in his late career.
He's got plenty of size (6'2" and 209 lbs) AND he's quite good at reading the QB and making plays on throws.
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35 minutes ago, 27yankees said:
14-3 Losses Weeks 1/10/13
We'd all take 14 and 3 and in fact the over/under is 11.5... but I still say we go undefeated.
🙃
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14 minutes ago, DisplacedBillsFan said:
The hardest games (Bal, KC, Phl) are all in Buffalo. Nice!
4 minutes ago, Don Otreply said:6-0 then a bye week, cool!
GO BILLS!!!
Since before the 2019 season began I always find myself looking at the schedule and convincing myself that the Bills can go undefeated.
Same this year.
As we all know the Strength of Schedule is often misleading as it's based on last year's W-L records and doesn't take into account ascending teams but... it still looks like a pretty easy schedule to me.
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15 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:
Game times???
Common man.27 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:Today's schedule release deserves it's own topic... not a continuation of a weeks old topic that says "Rumors" in the title.
Bills 2025 regular-season schedule
Week 1: Sept. 7 vs. Baltimore Ravens 8:20 pm (SNF)
Week 2: Sept. 14 at New York Jets 1:00 pm
Week 3: Sept. 18 vs. Miami Dolphins 8:15 pm (TNF)
Week 4: Sept. 28 vs. New Orleans Saints 1:00 pm
Week 5: Oct. 5 vs. New England Patriots 8:20 pm (SNF)
Week 6: Oct. 13 at Atlanta Falcons 7:15 pm (MNF)
Week 7: Bye Week
Week 8: Oct. 26 at Carolina Panthers 1:00 pm
Week 9: Nov. 2 vs. Kansas City Chiefs 4:25 pm
Week 10: Nov. 9 at Dolphins 1:00 pm
Week 11: Nov. 16 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00 pm
Week 12: Nov. 20 at Houston Texans 8:15 pm (TNF)
Week 13: Nov. 30 at Pittsburgh Steelers 4:25 pm
Week 14: Dec. 7 vs. Cincinnati Bengals 4:25 pm
Week 15: Dec. 14 at Patriots 1:00 pm
Week 16: Dec. 21 at Cleveland Browns 1:00 pm
Week 17: Dec. 28 vs. Philadelphia Eagles 4:25 pm
Week 18: vs. Jets TBD
*Date for Week 18 is to be determined
Strength of schedule: 0.467 (9th easiest)
Over/Under: 11.5 wins
See what a nice person I am?
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Today's schedule release deserves it's own topic... not a continuation of a weeks old topic that says "Rumors" in the title.
Bills 2025 regular-season schedule
Week 1: Sept. 7 vs. Baltimore Ravens 8:20 pm (SNF)
Week 2: Sept. 14 at New York Jets 1:00 pm
Week 3: Sept. 18 vs. Miami Dolphins 8:15 pm (TNF)
Week 4: Sept. 28 vs. New Orleans Saints 1:00 pm
Week 5: Oct. 5 vs. New England Patriots 8:20 pm (SNF)
Week 6: Oct. 13 at Atlanta Falcons 7:15 pm (MNF)
Week 7: Bye Week
Week 8: Oct. 26 at Carolina Panthers 1:00 pm
Week 9: Nov. 2 vs. Kansas City Chiefs 4:25 pm
Week 10: Nov. 9 at Dolphins 1:00 pm
Week 11: Nov. 16 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00 pm
Week 12: Nov. 20 at Houston Texans 8:15 pm (TNF)
Week 13: Nov. 30 at Pittsburgh Steelers 4:25 pm
Week 14: Dec. 7 vs. Cincinnati Bengals 4:25 pm
Week 15: Dec. 14 at Patriots 1:00 pm
Week 16: Dec. 21 at Cleveland Browns 1:00 pm
Week 17: Dec. 28 vs. Philadelphia Eagles 4:25 pm
Week 18: vs. Jets TBD
All Times Eastern
*Date for Week 18 is to be determined
Strength of schedule: 0.467 (9th easiest)
Over/Under: 11.5 wins
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8 minutes ago, Fan in Chicago said:
Let me ask a question to answer yours. If one of them were to be deleted from the roster prior to the draft, who would it be?
Imo, Cook.
I'm not understanding your point. Deleted? You mean a choice between?
Before or after the draft... ???? Can you explain why you're introducing that variable?
Plain and simple, for the same contract that Shakir just got I would rather have Cook.
Does that answer your question?
What am I missing?
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42 minutes ago, chris heff said:
He went to Yale you know. Just preparing everyone for ever time he does anything.
Fitz rejoinder incoming...
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2 hours ago, BigDingus said:
People have been treating the position like anyone is easily replaced, yet time & time again RBs come along that prove this untrue. Henry & Saquon deserve to be paid like the star players they are.
It's why I'm annoyed that Bills fans don't want to pay James Cook $13 - $15 million a year. After wasting years of Josh Allen's career trying to find a running game, they finally found a guy that can provide one. For a position that's supposedly a "dime a dozen" & easy to replace, the Bills failed time & time again to establish a legit run game.
Meanwhile, under-performing defensive players, who were already getting paid more than Cook (despite Cook having significantly higher impact on the team's success) get extended & paid way more. Buffalo just extended Rousseau to a $20 million a year contract... with his whopping 6 sacks a season. But nah, don't pay the guy who contributed 1,200+ yards & 18 total TDs, because he's "JUST" a RB.
And this is after Josh Allen's passing numbers dropped significantly, which in turn reduced his huge amount of turnovers, leading to our best scoring offense ever, all because we had a reliable run game. But instead we'll extend defensive players that didn't do jack against the Chiefs in the playoffs (again).
You know who DID carry his weight in the playoffs? James Cook.
Agree 100%. There's lots of ways of looking at value.
Here's a question... how would you rank the MVPs on the Bills?
2 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:Even at 50% of the snaps, the only player on Offense that touched the ball more than Cook was Josh.
Cook had 207 carries and 32 receptions. He had the ball 239 times. He accounted for 1267 yards and 18 TDs.
Shakir, who just got $15M/yr, and just had his best year yet, had 78 total touches, 825 yds, and 4 TDs.
Roughly 1/3 the total production depending how you want to look at it.
Point is, the snap count/usage/value argument doesnt hold water.
Great point.
Same question as above but more specifically... is Shakir more valuable than Cook?
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12 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:
I couldn’t agree more on not praying for injuries. As much as I hated in days gone by, I never could agree with wanting Brady to get hurt.
For some reason I feel it's important to point out that "not praying for injuries" is not the same thing as "praying for no injuries."
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8 hours ago, dock581 said:
What’s the story with Wande Owens featured in the BN today? ( paywall can’t read)
6 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:What's it worth to ya?
6 hours ago, eball said:The story makes it sound as though Owens should have been a 1st round pick…lol. But seriously, it just talks about his leadership at Yale and then for a short time at UNH. The kid’s obviously smart, and his former coaches think he “will make any team better.”
His Defensive Coordinator at New Hampshire said “He broke decades-long strength records in three months at New Hampshire” and “He’s the type of person you want to build your team around."
He said furthermore, “I don’t know what you do with him. I don’t know where you put him. (But) there’s zero chance he doesn’t make the team better. He’s going to adapt to whatever you ask him to do. He’s going to work exceptionally hard at it, and he’s going to do so to the best of his ability, and his ability is pretty special.”
Apparently Owens played both cornerback and safety and was a team captain at Yale (before transferring to UNH). Yale head coach Tony Reno told the Yale athletics website. “Wande is an exceptional player and an outstanding leader. The Buffalo Bills are getting a great one.”
Pretty much all the scouting services had him ranked as an undrafted free agent. One had him ranked as the 21st undrafted safety.
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I thought the draft was over.
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Just now, MJS said:
It is extremely weird to get a tattoo of another man on your body.
Are you speaking from firsthand experience?
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1 hour ago, dock581 said:
What’s the story with Wande Owens featured in the BN today? ( paywall can’t read)
What's it worth to ya?
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2 hours ago, Nihilarian said:
A young Josh Allen with NFL QB Derek Carr!
That was the double kick in the mouth for Josh... living so close to Fresno he grew up a Bulldogs fan and as a high school player he used to attend the Fresno State football camps and got to know the coaching staff and the Carrs... but they wouldn't offer him a scholarship... so he said he would walk on without a scholarship and they told him they were all set at quarterback... so he went to Reedley College for a year and starred there... and after that, Fresno State still wouldn't give him the time of day.
When the new Fresno State head football coach Jeff Tedford was being introduced, the AD or college president or someone remarked at the news conference, "... and by the way, Coach Tedford knows where Firebaugh, California is" or something to that effect.
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Maybe the data will make the point more clear...
Arch Manning has played in a grand total of 12 NCAA games.
He's started 2 of those games.
One week ago he turned 21 years old (so he's only one year older than Tremaine Edmunds).
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19 hours ago, Virgil said:
To start, I am not banging the table saying either are great quarterbacks, but they are clearly capable of starting in the NFL. They may not be great, by any means, but they are way better than who the Saints and Steelers plan on putting on the field.
Granted, the Giants just signed Winston, but then signed Russel (named the starter) and drafted Dart. The Saints took a guy in the second round, but he is far from a sure bet of being NFL ready, let alone week 1 ready.
Am I missing something here. How are the Saints and Steelers not all over these trades? I can’t imagine the asking price is big. If in a fan of either team, dreading this upcoming season as is. If in a HC of either team, am I not also fighting for me job? Granted Tomlin appears to be untouchable at times, but for how long?
Just thoughts.
The Saints are probably tanking.
The Steelers are possibly tanking.
And, trading for Winston after he could have been signed as a free agent? That would be an admission of incompetence.
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On 5/9/2025 at 6:28 AM, Mat68 said:
It’s a compliment. They used to say Brady or Manning. Now its Allen, Mahomes or Lamar
On 5/9/2025 at 6:48 AM, Process said:This was a very innocent comment and actually a sign of respect. People comparing it to Ramsey calling him "trash" are being ridiculous.
On 5/9/2025 at 6:56 AM, Doc said:I think whether Josh uses something as motivation depends on who says it. Ramsey said John is "trash" so I have no doubt he'd use that as motivation. Here it seems like the kid is saying he wants to pick off the best QB in the NFL. Now that doesn't mean Josh won't still try to abuse him, but I don't think there's animosity behind it.
On 5/9/2025 at 8:14 AM, ddaryl said:Quite the opposite, it actually screams respect.
To the above, Exactly.
Imagine the reaction here if Starks had said Mahomes or Burrow and someone posted that here.
More or less outrage than this topic?
On 5/9/2025 at 8:09 AM, Big Blitz said:Joe Burrow should take this personally.
Perfect.
On 5/9/2025 at 8:31 AM, klos63 said:Buffalonians are seriously sensitive about many things.
They're still upset over blizzard of 77 jokes by Johnny Carson .
On 5/9/2025 at 8:33 AM, BillsFan2313 said:Me not ever hearing anyone upset about this makes me not believe you
Maybe that's based on how old you are?
On 5/9/2025 at 9:14 AM, Special K said:I think you can leave Lamar off your list.....if he ever learns how to read defenses pre-snap, or be able to throw to anyone other than his first read before taking off to run, then maybe he can be considered, but I am not holding my breath.
Once his athleticism fades, he will fall off quickly.
As for Starks, he wants an INT off the best QB on the planet......what defender doesn't want that?? Wanting an interception is one thing, but getting one is quite another.
You really believe that Lamar can't read defenses pre-snap or throw to his second or third read?
As far as the "placebo effect":
- By most definitions calling it such means that it did actually have an effect. If it had no effect it would not qualify as a placebo.
- As others have pointed it out, there's no way to measure it HOWEVER, to say that bulletin board material NEVER has a motivating aspect to it is preposterous. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't... case by case.
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Rashee Rice charged in connection to accident - Now being investigated for assault
in The Stadium Wall
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This is a funny line.