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I read this thread as Manish Meta, so I was confused by the second sentence of the OP. Oops.

This exact second. I was about 9 or so, didn't know anything about football at all, but I went with my Dad to a Super Bowl party that one of his friends were throwing. When this play happened, everybody went crazy, and it was replayed for long enough so I understand what happened. I thought that was really cool that the Bills didn't quit, even when things were going badly.

I agree that Knox might take it. I guess I've just seen WRs have such short careers here, and productive ones aren't around for very long, so that makes me skeptical to think that Diggs will be here for all 4 years of his contract, or a rookie (this time Davis, but countless others in the past) popping up in camp and looking promising only to not contribute all that much. Knox feels like he can chug along at 45-55 catches through the next 6 or 7 years or so, so he might be the guy. BTW, the 5th year option is only available to 1st round picks. Knox was a 3rd rounder, so there is no option for him. If his next 2 years pay off any of the promise he has shown so far last year, they surely try to give him a new contract before his 4th year starts. We can't afford a franchise tag on a TE, as that market has blown up this offseason.

1. Shanahan was the OC, Murphy is a DE, I doubt there is any familiarity between the two beyond facial recognition. 2. Shanahan left Washington after the 2013 season, and Murphy was drafted that next spring, so there is even more unfamiliarity. 3. Additionally, Shanahan is the 49ers head coach, not working in Jacksonville. Soooooo

I never noticed his shoulder pads slid up around his helmet, making it look like his head turtled into his shell after that hit haha

You want to spend $17M on a running back? Doesn't he have bad knees?

Would it be crazy to maybe see if Smith is available to come in and compete for backup QB with Barkley? I know he had that bad injury, and I believe he has a big contract number with Washington, but in the chance that they cut him... If we were to bring him in and he were the backup, I think we should get a 3rd QB, bia the draft or whatever, as I'm not thinking Smith would be a great option to actually play more than a few quarters, he would be more of a guy to help Josh Monday-Saturday.

Any chance it's Jerry Coleman...??

I would say that Dalton's TD to Boyd was definitely our play of the decade, and out game of the decade, not that anybody asked, is definitely that NE comeback in 2011 that someone posted a link to earlier. Here's to being the winningest team of the 20's!! We have a chance to get the first NFL win of the 20's on Saturday!

Excellent point. If we want all of these reps for our 3rd, 4th, 5th WRs, it will mean taking our TEs and/or RB off the field. Our OL isn't strong enough yet to not have a TE on the field potentially helping block, and our passing game is not efficient enough to take our RB off the field, making it obvious we will be passing.

I don't know how you get through a day with such terrible inference skills, as to have no idea what team I'm referring to.

They could bring in Tyrod... how maddening would it make us to have Belicheck and Tyrod win the Super Bowl in Feb. 2021 together??

I have been thinking that there's a chance that Brady plays in 2020, but that his time is up in NE. IF that is so, where does he play in 2020? Basically, what team is a QB away from really making a run? I'm thinking the following teams are options: Indianapolis Tennessee? Oakland?? Pittsburgh (is Ben DONE or will he be back next year?) Chicago New Orleans Carolina?? Could he take Jimmy G's spot on his childhood team, the 49ers, and play his final year on the team he grew up rooting for? Probably not, but might be interesting. What do you guys think? I think the teams I listed have varying levels of likelihood of happening, is there anyone I missed?

DT Taylor likely sits, I think, as long as Liuget is up to pace reasonably.

Yeah, this is a good point to consider, thanks.

I hope not, then he would know our whole playbook ahead of the 1st game!

What are the chances they build a site that both the Bills and Sabres share? Maybe not literally the same facility, but 2 stadiums on the same site? I have heard the Sabres could use a new arena too, so maybe get them both done at once?

Wise of Beane to have traded away the loser of our punting battle in the summer of 2019 for this 1st rounder. When we have 2 Franchise punters, you deal from a position of strength, and good things happen.

Thurman says hi.

How do we BECOME FAVORITES going into the NE games this year? This is the question of this thread. I’m not asking if we are on the right course with our franchise, or if we have a chance vs NE this year, I believe both of those are a “yes”, but I surely wouldn’t bet on the Bills straight-up. So, would you bet on the Bills vs Pats this year, straight-up? If not, than we’re to the subject of this thread. What would you add (or subtract) from ONLY OUR ROSTER before the opener, to tip this in our favor?

I don’t see a wedding ring... this must be counterfeit.

After listening to the Howard Picks the Bills segment on WGR this morning, and they (completely reasonably) refuse to pick the Bills over the Pats as long as Brady is there. So, this got me thinking. What has to happen TO OUR TEAM (so no NE plane crashes) through the draft, June 1st vet cuts/trades, etc, for the Bills to conceivably PASS the Pats this year, with TB12 still there on their team? I will I’ll take a shot at it. In my eyes, using what I’ve seen as a possibility, though not probable, in doing about a dozen mock drafts over the last week on both The Draft Network and First-Pick.com, and taking advantage of guys I could see possibly falling, here are the moves that are not out of the relm of possibilities: -Either Quinnen Williams falls to us at #9 and we ***** him up, OR we trade a 4th or 5th for Gerald McCoy. -If Quinnen doesn’t fall (I won’t even say Bosa because that’s impossible he falls that far), than we get either Josh Allen, Brian Burns, or Montez Sweat at #9 -someone between Fant, Metcalf, Hock, or Harry/Brown/Butler falls to our 2nd rounder, or we trade up and grab them in the 20's of the 1st round -we pick up OT Bobby Evans-Oklahoma and one of G-Benzschawel- Wisconsin or G- Samia- Oklahoma, or possibly even Polite in that 4th round range. -somehow, whether it’s from guys I’ve already said, or someone else later like a Sternberger, Moreau, Nauta, or Warring after the 1st 2 rounds, I think we need to get out of this draft with a productive TE prospect who can step in as the definitive #2 TE, and down the road have #1 upside -Pick up a 3rd RB who could produce as a short-term starter if McCoy and Gore are either injured or ineffective, whether that’s a guy we find in the draft, a TJ Yeldon, or a vet who gets cut off of a team at some point. ***I know this sounds like a lot to fall perfectly just to beat the Pats, but that’s not what I’m getting at. I’m trying to picture a scenario where we are favorites going into a NE game THIS year, and this is what I would need to see to think that’s possible. I’m not saying the Bills CAN’T beat NE unless they do all of these things. This is just how we become favorites.***

I agree that beating the Pats and watching Belicheck scowling on the sidelines and seeing Brady pouting makes it sooo much more fun, but I guarantee you that for the rest of my life, every time we beat that damn franchise, I will celebrate it as our best win of the season, unless we win the SB that same year. I don’t care if the Pats are 14-2 or 2-14, it’s a huge win. It’s not... in the video there is literally shown a line of like 5 or 6 trophies, which proves it’s a new one every year, unlike the Stanley Cup, or the WS trophy. Yup. But it could have gone very badly for him... that triangular base was angled in such a way that if he hit the ball with the base, vs the football on the top of the trophy, he would have 100% eaten that baseball on the ricochet. Over the years, I have kinda thawed on the guy and I’m able to separate him a little bit from the otherwise completely hatable Pats, but that shot on Tre, plus the lack of a real apology, have severely tarnished him. He was otherwise clean and, at least as far as Pats players go, mildly likable.

Please tell me that this is a T-shirt somewhere...

If you could build a team based on end-of-year rankings of both offense (rushing and passing) and defense (rushing and passing), what would your preferred team be the best at? Hypothetically, you were allocated 35 "points" for each side of the ball, each point is a league ranking, and they all had to be used. For example: OFFENSE: Passing: 5th Rushing: 30th 5+30=35 points. Same goes for defense. How do you want your team to look? I think all of us want a stronger passing game than a rushing game, but are you okay with giving yourself one of the worst rushing games in the league? On defense, do you stop the other team's passing game totally, but get run on all day? How does game situations effect this? If you're getting run on all of the time, they will control time of possession and have your offense less effective. Personally, I would go something like: Offense: Passing- 8th Rushing- 27th Defense: Passing- 12th Rushing- 23rd The offense is still able to move the ball well through the air and can convert 3rd downs on short yardage situations on the ground, and can slow down the other team's passing game well enough to keep the game from becoming a track meet. I would hope to be able to stop the run better, but they still can slow the other team down well enough.