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I would posit that after the Bills lose the Colts game, we will be the most overhyped 6-4 team ever...

No excuse for Bass...

I've got a bridge to sell you if you think Bills games will be going for $6/mo under the existing subscription model. Placing NFL games on ESPN+ will undoubtedly raise the price of the package, or be an expensive add-on that will require you to have the underlying ESPN+ subscription. They might require the "Disney Bundle" to be purchased, so you'll also need to subscribe to Disney+ and Hulu. I would much rather have a tech company own the streaming rights - Disney does not exactly excel at software engineering. I would be curious to see how well their service would scale under the load that NFL games would bring. They use AWS's underlying infrastructure, but in the end, the Disney software engineers and ops teams are calling the shots and writing the code.

This is where I'm at. The NFL is raking in millions from betting partnerships and related advertising. It's in their best interest to keep these partners happy. This is not para-mutuel betting where the operator takes a fixed commission - the profitability of these gambling partners is tied to the results of the games. Officiating in particular is shrouded in secrecy - we don't get to hear the mics, don't get to hear conversations between on-field officials and 345 Park Ave on replays. Why can't the NFL be more transparent here? There's no reason, aside from perhaps some embarrassing "Just give it to 'em" one-liners, that the NFL cannot be more transparent when it comes to officiating. It's one thing to have gambling restricted to Vegas and perhaps the Indian casinos. It's quite another to promote it via ads on TV and in the stadiums, and thus have to manage a relationship with a partner to "keep them happy". I have no idea whether games are fixed or not -- the problem is that the NFL has established next to no transparency to show they are being ethical and responsible. The average NFL fan sees poor officiating and draws the conclusion that the game's fixed. Sadly, there's little evidence to either confirm or deny that assertion, so the speculation persists.

I'd rather have a rehabbing Fitz. After watching Newton play us twice last season, he's done like dinner.

I want to see them draft a punter in the later rounds next year. Haack is terrible. I'd rather have Bojo and that says a lot.

I think you make this move if it involves OL help. Your choice is between is a stronger OL with Allen and a weak backup QB, or a questionable OL with Allen and Trubisky. Even if Allen gets injured, in that later scenario, Mitch is stuck behind a couple turnstiles masquerading as guards. I think our chances of advancing in the playoffs take a sharper dropoff with Trubisky/weak OL versus Webb/better OL.

Tannehill doing the silent count at home... lol!

I'll answer my own question - 1943. Giants vs. Lions

When was the last 0-0 tie in the NFL? Gotta be pre-merger right?

The Chargers cannot catch anything. These are not badly thrown balls and their receivers keep dropping them.

Agreed. Frazier has the blueprint on how to beat Jackson. You commit to stuffing the run box and count on your secondary to make plays against Jackson throwing the ball. The Bills are good enough on D that they can commit to that plan. Other teams are not as fortunate talent-wise.

Can't understand for the life of me how that was a forward pass. The receiver was behind the "pass".

Add the bucs and Brady to that list as well. To exorcise that demon would feel amazing.

HOLY CRAP!

LOL!!!!

Football on the west coast is the best ever. Games start at 10am and go until 8:30pm. Those 1pm ET games end at 1pm, so you have your entire afternoon ahead of you. It's the best time zone for football, bar none.

This drive is gonna force KC to put a spy on him, which should open up the middle of the field... let's see.

This is ridiculous. If we were all held to a standard such that anything we said privately, even 10, 20, 30 years ago, could be held against us, every single one of us would lose our jobs and our reputations. One thing I am sure of is that everyone at some point in their lives has said something they would not want aired publicly. I'm so sick and tired of people that throw stones while living in glass houses. The guy said something wrong in private, he has now apologized, and said he had no ill intent. There is no pattern here with Gruden, as far as I'm aware. It should be left at that unless he's proven to have a pattern of behavior here. Social media and the outrage mob of Facebook that jump on every little thing have ruined both privacy and society as a whole in so many different ways.

This may or may not be true. I will guess that the available kitchen space at Highmark is significantly more limited than it is in more modern stadiums. My impression of the Bills' operation is that a majority of the food is heat-and-eat (pizza logs, hot dogs, pretzels, etc), pre-packaged, or is prepared offsite (such as the pizza). Very little cooking, if any, actually happens at the stadium. Contrast that experience to nearly every other stadium in the NFL, where you can get quality, fresh food prepared on site at equally outrageous prices. If I'm going to spend that kind of money on ballpark food, I at least want something besides a hot dog or a slice of pizza made hours ago that has been sitting in an insulated container.

I think the problem most fans have is that he threw the entire fanbase under the bus on Twitter due to the actions of a few people behind the bench... but maybe that's just me.

I am in the camp of rooting for him regardless of his vaccination status. As others said, he isn't being booed (at least he wasn't in week 1), and any one-offs in the crowd are not worth getting yourself worked up over. However, it's becoming a larger issue and frankly a distraction to the team, regardless of your feelings on the matter. He needs to get off of social media (something I did years ago aside from one-off message boards like this) and focus on football. He's free to whatever opinion he wants so long as it doesn't begin to hurt the team or his performance.

Wow, that was a clear delay of game... Jets got screwed.

Agreed. You want the Jets to win here since TEN is a playoff threat for Buffalo, and since we play the Jets twice, it helps strength of victory for tiebreakers.

Why does this always happen in Buffalo? Like it is pretty much guaranteed that the power or some technical glitch happens at least once a season.