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Probably. That’s how lake snow works.

Of course not. But we could plow. And drive. And see. As I understand your point (it’s not going to be markedly better on Monday), I reject it. I’ve lived through it. I won’t be good in Monday if the snow is as forecasted, but it will be light years better than what the current forecast indicates will be a blizzard on Sunday. Not like this weather. Sorry, but you’re wrong. The Bills have never hosted a football game in the type of weather that is forecasted for Sunday,

And they are in a place to suggest it to the NFL.

Monday. That’s the point. If you’ve never lived through a storm like this you have no idea how hard it’s going to be to play an effective game. Think a combo of Indy snow game and NE wind game. It’s going to be a joke. And the public safety concern is real. Unlike most people here I’ve sat through the frigid games against the Jets, the Raiders, NE playoff game, 07 Giants rain (worst weather ever), Indy snow. You name it, I’ve been there. The weather doesn’t bother me in the least from a personal perspective. Frankly, I’d be thrilled about the forecast if we were 13-2 and had home field in the bag. This is a bad forecast that poses a real threat to our football team and, if we have 70k people in town over the weekend, those visitors.

Exactly. Who fished them out of the snow? How much gridlock did that cause? I’ve lived through every cataclysmic storm since the Blizzard of 77. It’s not about being weak as a society. It’s about the morons who are going to go out there totally unprepared for winter weather. Those morons affect everyone else. The smart play is to ride it out and play the game on Monday for so many football and public safety reasons.

I’ll survive, too. OP’er. I can handle it. But can all of the knuckleheads who go handle it? Doubtful. And who is going to fish them out of the snow? Beyond that, does any Bills fan really want this game played in blizzard? I sure don’t. So use public safety as the excuse to move it to Monday, we’ll smoke the Steelers in reasonable weather, and be at the Stadium again next Sunday.

You can make it. It’s going to take forever and a day. Parking is going to be a huge issue, too. And good luck getting out of there.

I don’t care about sitting in the stadium. I’ll be there, and I don’t mind the snow or the cold, and I’ll have a great time no matter the weather. I’m just telling everyone - the idea of trying to park all of these people, and then get them out of there, in a blizzard is insane. Particularly after 47 people died in a similar storm in 2022. Apparently you didn’t live through the 2022 storm.

Do you live in the Southtowns? I do. Have my whole life. Decades-long STH. This is not a good idea, both for football reasons and (much more importantly) public safety reasons. It is profoundly stupid to invite 70k+ people to OP with that forecast.

There’s the idea. Folks at OBD read this page. The forecast is nuts and, if those winds and that snow come to pass, it’s a public safety issue. So there’s the plan. CBS gets a holiday game on Monday, we get some reasonable weather, nobody’s at risk of dying in a snowbank, and there we go.

I was a the wind game (longtime STH). We didn’t throw the ball enough. End of story. The short/short intermediate stuff was there, particularly on play action. And there were chances for big plays. Diggs dropped a beautiful ball (it would have been a tough catch) on the tunnel end/visitors side that would have given us the win. The problem for Sunday is the combination of the wind and the snow. Lifelong Southtowner, longtime STH, and I’m telling everyone that this is not a good forecast. I’m on the “move the game to Monday” team for public safety reasons.

I think we’re saying the same thing. Daboll didn’t like these guys, and doesn’t like Wink, and doesn’t want to give Wink his way with respect to getting away from the Giants. So rather than fire Wink and have him run Phlily’s defense next year, he’s trying to bait Wink into quitting.

Daboll’s pretty smart and messed with him by firing his guys. They’re trying to get wink to quit or to fire him for cause.

Didn’t Babich have the safeties and do a nice job there? Good work at two levels. Not to take away from Washington, but that’s a nice job in two groups of my memory is sound.

I generally agree with this. The only thing I’d qualify the “promote from within” point with is the idea that perhaps there’s a position coach who had a phenomenal year and convinced McD that he’s ready for a promotion. I’m not there, and I have no inside info, but maybe Bobby Babich fits the profile. Terrell Bernard was light years better than I ever could have imagined.

Yup. And he hates losing to us. As evinced by the fact that he wasn’t out there for kneel downs (at least not that I saw).

If you’re talking about the wind game, the lesson that I took from that is to throw the ball responsibly and don’t be so scared of the wind.

I don’t know about two CB1s, but you’re in to something with Benford. He’s a stud.

I think that play is coming in the playoffs. Think Bledsoe/McGahee. Or Matt Brieda, without the motion drawing a DB into place to make a tackle.

We’re gonna run it right at some point for an easy first down. And, if we clean up Josh’s tell and run it earlier on the play clock, then it’s going to be energy more difficult to stop. I trust Josh Allen to get three feet all day long. It didn’t work out. That’s life. If the FG was shorter I’d agree with you, but it was the right call to sneak it.

My reaction went very quickly from what on earth is he doing to delirium.

I'm in the same boat. He was at an inflection point before Kansas City for a variety of reasons. Credit is owed where credit is due. The last five weeks have been a masterclass. Stefanski or Ryans probably should be coach of the year, but McD is nipping at their heels.

That Monday Night miracle made tonight possible.

Agreed, but you forgot Taron Johnson.

Left on the clock when Knox scored. Do with it what you will. Go Bills. Love you all.