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Heinz was perfect for that stadium and the city. I can't help but think that any short term gain from higher rights fees hurts them with this name. It's not pronounceable to anyone who's never heard of it, for goodness sake.

Hah, this made me check the email address I had attached to my account. It was my old email from college that was turned off at least 15 years ago. I updated it, and the confirmation email came through just fine.

This is precisely the problem. Who is going to tune in for Rutgers @ UCLA at 7pm PT or USC @ Maryland at 9am PT? You have to figure the next dominoes are going to be Oregon, Washington, and maybe Stanford and Cal. At that point, Notre Dame will have half of their football schedule against Big Ten opponents... hmm... I wonder what happens to the Rose Bowl out of all of this when it's not involved in the playoff. Maybe they host the B1G conference championship?

The club seats are great. They are the only way I go to games nowadays - the bathrooms are clean, the crowd is enthusiastic but tends older and is significantly better behaved, and the amenities in the club are a nice upgrade over what's generally available in the stadium. Take your dad and have a good time - I'd highly recommend the club seats.

My two cents... public figures generally get ahead of this by giving a high level description of the issue rather than a vague statement about a serious problem and an ask for privacy. In the current situation, you'll see people speculate on what the issue could be with no basis in fact. You'll also see the press start poking around to try to figure out what's going wrong. None of that would happen if they said something like "auto accident", "heart issue", etc. Totally get the desire for privacy, but the consequence of that is human nature - people are gonna wonder what the problem is. Better to just meet that head-on. Regardless I wish the Pegula family the best!

I hope everything is ok... as others said, that statement sounded pretty serious. Any info on what happened? @john wawrow?

The one possibly interesting thing they could do with the pro bowl - decide whether the AFC or NFC gets a ninth home game in the upcoming season. Sort of like the MLB all star game and home field advantage for the World Series that used to be awarded to the winning league. Other than that... agreed, it's utterly worthless.

I suspect they are going to have to. I find the stance untenable in a new stadium. I get why they do it now - they want people showing up to the games and not reselling the tickets because they don't plan on being in Orchard Park for 8 Sundays out of the year. At the same time though, many of us that can afford PSLs and higher ticket prices are in a position to do so precisely because we aren't in WNY. Personally, for me, I would love to have tickets in a section of fans that are actually Bills fans, know the team well, and won't be completely sloshed by the time halftime rolls around. The current club sections do a decent job of this, although it tends to be popular with visiting fans given the relative low pricing compared to what their team offers in their own stadium.

I make the trek from Seattle once a year to go to a game, and sit in the clubs with my dad. I usually buy on the secondary market. I would potentially be interested in some kind of (timeshare?) situation with seats. I'm intrigued by the idea of being able to keep a row or a block of seats in the TBD family and being able to go to games with "friends" here rather than randos who happen to be seated next to you. Since I always buy resale, I'm often seated next to obnoxious visiting fans rather than fellow Bills fans. I do think that things like undesirable December games against bad teams like the Jets or figuring out who gets dibs on playoff tickets might be hard. Everyone's gonna want the early season games, particularly for those of us who travel from far reaches of the country. I suspect it will be hard to make this kind of thing work - even friends in person sharing season tickets is like herding cats, but I would be curious to hear about any ideas that people may have.

Agreed. NBC (SNF) and FOX (TNF) have gotten this game the last two seasons. I would be shocked if CBS didn't get this matchup in the upcoming season.

I tend to agree - 1.2MM for a condo in Buffalo is crazy for the market conditions there. Typically you see that kind of pricing on the significantly larger/nicer mansions that players and coaches are trying to offload around Orchard Park. Even in Seattle... the 1.2MM condo market can get you a unit with a view of Elliot Bay, though admittedly with less square footage. With the property taxes in Erie County, I just don't see the appeal of sharing a wall with someone and paying $1.2MM for the privilege.

I'm a little confused. Isn't the PSL a one-time cost, to secure the rights to buy the seat in subsequent seasons? Or is this just an option where you can finance the PSL over multiple years?

Here I thought "the need" referred to in the title of this thread was going to be Barkley as an "elite" holder for Bass...

Don't discount the fact that he can placekick, even if he is a terrible holder. That's worth something if anything were to happen to Bass. If the dude is bombing punts 60+ yards on a consistent basis in adverse conditions, you can't cut him even if he's a terrible holder. He's gonna be on the roster in that scenario - Bojo was an average punter and a terrible holder and that's why he was cut loose. I feel like there are options for holder. Anyone that can handle the ball well would be a candidate to hold on kicks. WRs, CBs, even RBs would be candidates to hold in addition to Keenum if for whatever reason, Araiza can't do it.

If they have someone they want at this point... I'd trade up. Those sixth rounders aren't all going to pan out.

How much you wanna bet the Packers are gonna draft Arazia? Bojo ain't the answer for them... Guess not!

I'd trade him if I were the Ravens. His value is extremely high right now and it's clear the team doesn't want to give him Mahomes/Allen money, which is what I think he is gunning for. A team like Seattle would pay for him and sign him to a long term deal. This is why you have an agent - he can shop you around to teams that would give you a big payday and ensure your contract has the right set of protections on your behalf. Penny wise, pound foolish on his part.

I think that's probably right during the Super Bowl. I also think it's fine if you're with a group. At night though... I would not walk that stretch of Century east of 405 alone. Lots of warehouses, abandoned businesses, windows with metal bars over them, etc. The area west of 405 where all the airport hotels are located seemed a lot safer to me. But all of that is based on my experience before the stadium was built. It's entirely possible that the stadium has improved things for that east of 405 Century Blvd corridor.

I'm debating whether to go down for this game from Seattle. The last LA trip I made was to see the 5 INT Peterman disaster at StubHub Center against the Chargers. At least Sofi is conveniently located near LAX for an easy arrival and getaway. Visiting fans can at least avoid the parking charge by getting a hotel near the airport and using rideshare to get to the stadium... even if the area is a bit sketchy.

Dick Enberg and Al Michaels were both very good in their prime. Nantz paired with Romo isn't bad, either. I think Nantz currently sits at the top of NFL pbp guys. John Madden is in a league of his own in terms of color work. Kevin Harlan is underrated, I think he's better than Ian Eagle. For me, bigger names that just aren't very good in the booth are Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Phil Simms, Boomer Esiason, and Cris Collinsworth.

It isn't saying much, but I agree with this. Greggo was a psychopath. Mularkey was not head coaching material. Jauron was lifeless and never showed emotion. Marrone thought way too much of himself. Same with Rex. Chan had miserable talent outside of a few players like Fred, Stevie Johnson, Kyle Williams and Eric Wood. He was only a .333 career head coach for the Bills - the worst of the drought, but his offenses were fun to watch and his players seemed to enjoy playing for him. If we're going to miss the playoffs anyway, I'd rather have a fun offense to watch than be subjected to 8-0 and 6-3 games against Cleveland.

If they have no one else to sign aside from draft picks, I'd love to see them try to move money around by frontloading cash and lower their cap number for future years.

I agree with this. I can't stand either. My preference is a wing that has some heat, with use of a combination of celery, carrots, and beer to cool it down. I don't like the super hot stuff but "medium" usually doesn't cut it for me either, at least outside of WNY.

For overtime, I'd much rather see a fixed 10 minute period with 4th quarter timing rules, with the winner being whoever leads after 10 minutes, or a tie if it's still deadlocked. For PATs, I'd love to see some option to attempt a long kick for additional points. Something like 2 points for a 50 yard attempt, or 3 for a 60 yard attempt, in addition to the traditional two point play on offense from the 2 yard line. It'd increase the importance of the kicker and create interesting decisions depending on how good he is, or how good your offense is. For instance, would you rather have Bass attempt a 50 yard kick for 2 points, or put Allen on offense for one play from the two? The chip is a no brainer. The "two forward pass" rule so drastically alters the game that I think it's baloney.