PromoTheRobot
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12 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:
Might have had a MLB team also if the place was ever built
True. We were in line for the expansion team that became the Expos if we had a stadium. This was to be multipurpose.
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54 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:
Dang, I can’t believe my “Buddy, git r done” from 2015 has come to fruition now!
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5 minutes ago, GottaRun said:
- In 20 years of tailgating I have never seen anyone go through a table - that's a pumped up by the media thing
- Drunkenness is something that the rich folk do too
- Condiments? Seriously? It's one guy and it's a long time tradition. Kenny has been to over 400 games home and away (flights, hotels, tickets), you don't seriously think a price increase is going to stop him do you?
I've seen people falling over rows of seats in the clubs because they were totally blotto.
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5 minutes ago, Jrb1979 said:
No but he does make the receiving group much better than it was before. Honestly I hope he excels.
I don't because of the way he carried himself these last two years, the cryptic nonsense. The Texans better stay on his good side.
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1 minute ago, Jrb1979 said:
Not if they win a Super Bowl.
Is he the ticket?
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4 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:
Well...that's interesting.
The Bills pursued him when he was a college FA in 2015. Chose Dallas. But they all end up here eventually.
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56 minutes ago, K-9 said:
Litigation of any kind should never take 19 years to complete. There’s just too much BS baked into the system and only available to very deep pocketed adversaries.
The thing is Buffalo was that close to creating a "Patriot Place" decades before the idea ever dawned on Robert Kraft. This was supposed to include a hotel and retail development. Who knows what the team's fortunes would have been playing in a dome since 1972? It would have been that much closer to Rochester as well.
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"40 years ago this week:
One of the lengthiest trials in the history of Western New York was underway in New York State Supreme Court.
It involved the proposed dome stadium in Lancaster which was supposed to serve as a new home for the Buffalo Bills.
In 1969, Erie County agreed in principle with developer Edward Cottrell to build the indoor, multi use stadium along with a theme park and hotel complex on land bounded by Genesee St., Harris Hill Rd., Walden Ave., and Story Rd.
However, as cost estimates for the project rose, the county shifted gears and decided on an open air stadium in Orchard Park for about one-third of the cost of the dome stadium complex.
Cottrell sued for breach of contract, seeking more than $400 million in damages,. and setting off a near two decade long legal battle.
After it took 14 years for the case to get to trial, the trial itself lasted 42 weeks and concluded with Cottrell being awarded $53 million. However, after another five years of appeals, the county finally paid Cottrell $10 million, concluding the case after 19 years."
What could have been.
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8 hours ago, BuffaloRebound said:
Pretty sure if we traded Diggs after June 1st we could’ve split that $31m dead cap between 2024 and 2025.
Assuming a team would wait to make that trade. How easy do you think it is trading a massive salary? The Texans might have gotten a rookie WR in the draft and said "never mind." The NFL is not obligated to do things when it suits you.
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6 hours ago, Nihilarian said:
What does it tell you that they could only get a 2025 second-round pick for the guy? Hey, the man was great when he was productive.
Lastly, let's not forget what Beane stepped into when he took the Buffalo GM job way back when and he needed to clean house.
Trust the Beane!
It's called making deals from a disadvantage.
8 hours ago, Shortchaz said:This team is only going as far as Milano takes them this year.
Josh Allen is just a passenger on the Milano train. 🤔
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4 hours ago, Turk71 said:
If I recall all this correctly; his contract before they gave him an extension in 2022 would have expired after last season. No dead cap, just a mutual parting of ways. I remember thinking that the extension didn't seem necessary, he was already under contract for that season and the next. The new contract saved them $6 million in cap space that year.
Now they trade him for a future pick and take the biggest one year dead cap hit for a WR in the history of the league. $31 million of your cap gone for no player at all. In all likelihood throw away your chances for an entire year for absolutely nothing. He was already under contract through last season.
That's some real brilliant chess
Wasn't that extension more for creating cap space? It's also pretty disingenuous to call a lack of ESP being a bad GM.
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WTF. After all we heard about cap hits etc? I guess whenever there's smoke there is fire, huh?
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9 minutes ago, BigDingus said:
It must be annoying to the XFL that the second someone looks good, the NFL is going to come take away your player 😆
It's the whole selling point of the league. They want their players to move up.
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What is this from?
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3 hours ago, billsfan89 said:
I am very happy the UFL exists (and that it is a combination of the XFL and USFL as there isn't room in the market for two spring football leagues) because it does give guys a chance to make the NFL in unorthodox ways. The CFL is viable too but I think for whatever reason it is a lot harder to go from the CFL to the NFL. Maybe because the CFL rules are so vastly different?
Anyway I am glad to have a spring football league where guys can find ways to get into the NFL that weren't there in the past.
The difference between the CFL and UFL is players can't get out of CFL contracts to go to the NFL, while all UFL contracts are just one season long.
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Totality in Vermont is a two hour drive from me. I'm going to wait to see 1) is it a clear sky, and 2) what's traffic looking like.
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55 minutes ago, Warcodered said:
I think you might have linked the wrong video I just see an ad
Could always be depended to deliver a message even 50 years in the future.
I cleaned it up. That's what happens when you post from your phone with a lousy connection.
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Often teamed up with John Candy on skits like Schmenge Brothers and Count Floyd.
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Is it too soon for this?
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6 hours ago, Punching Bag said:
Neilson numbers may be more important to keep broadcasters continuing to show games.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/ufl-attendance-gets-off-to-so-so-start
UFL attendance gets off to so-so start
(NBC is not broadcasting partner so do not expect soft treatment)
UFL’s debut had so-so attendance, to no surprise. Via Mike Mitchell of SI.com, the opening game between the Birmingham Stallions and the Arlington Renegade attracted 14,153 fans.
The second game, featuring the Michigan Panthers hosting the St. Louis Battlehawks, drew 9,444 to Ford Field.
NFL analyst points out reasons for "so-so" attendance at UFL season opener
https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-nfl-analyst-points-reasons-so-so-attendance-ufl-season-opener
The official attendance figure for the UFL’s opening game at Choctaw Stadium between the @USFLStallions and @XFLRenegades is 14,153.
St. Louis had huge numbers last year. Wait until their home opener. But UFL aren't going to go above 20K on average.
Ever watch Tuesday/Wednesday MACtion college games on ESPN? Most nights they barely have a hundred people in the stands.
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1 hour ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:
At first I thought the entire XFL and the entire USFL combined to make a big league. That would be much cooler. Still, the games yesterday were pretty good. I have enjoyed it
Only 4 franchises from each former league survived the merger, but they could be reactivated later
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48 minutes ago, SirAndrew said:
I like the fact that Memphis, San Antonio, Birmingham, and St.Louis are in this league. The idea of a spring league in smaller markets without an NFL team is great. Fan enthusiasm is important to me when trying to get into a new league. If I don’t see any interest in the stands, why should I be interested? It adds a human element that I find important. On the same note, I don’t understand why these leagues keep trying DC, Dallas, and Houston. Texas loves football, but those large markets aren’t going to care, they already have enough football to stay occupied.
DC would sell out their 17K soccer stadium. In fact they are famous for their "beer snakes "
Diggs traded to Texans for picks
in The Stadium Wall
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https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/why-did-texans-reduce-stefon-diggss-contract-from-four-years-to-one
This has to be the dumbest reason, if true, for the Texans voiding Diggs final 3 contract years, saying...
"They want the best possible version of Diggs. They want none of the little things the Bills tolerated until it became one big thing."
So they are basically saying Diggs is a diva and they don't want to upset "his highness." Good luck.