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Just now, ALLinALLEN said:
We're the worst matchup draw out of any of the games seeding wise this weekend. Why not a Monday 1pm game? It's a holiday anyways, alot of people off. It would not affect the rest for AFC moving forward all that much either.
That’s the point. I’d run it at 4p on Sunday and use it as lead in to MNF. ESPN may complain, but whatever. Bump the start of that game back a bit to let ESPN have a more captive audience for the pre-game programming. It’s a common-sense, easy solution. Only downside is that the schedule for the following weekend can’t be set until the conclusion of any early Monday game that might be played. (Late game would be a 4/5 game in NFC, IIRC, meaning that the destination of the winner is dictated by the results in other games.)
2 minutes ago, zow2 said:On FS1, NFL Reporter Albert Breer said he checked with the league and no discussion yet on moving the Bills game or any time/day changes. He did say because it's a Sunday game they still have time.. He goes on that if the NFL deems it to be an unsafe thing for fans and staff to attend the game and get home, they may do something. But he thinks the forecast has to get WORSE for them to move it.
From what I understand Hochul just declared a state of emergency. State and local officials might be able to force the issue here and get it pushed back a bit.
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2 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:
That’s probably true, but not everyone. What somebody well said a few comments up the page is that NOBODY would/should go about planning an outdoor event in these conditions. Either the day or venue would be changed for EVERY OTHER such event ( wedding, concert, convention, etc.).
Agreed. All day long. And I get that someone is going to say that this is a football game, not a wedding or a party or whatever. I agree with that point. Football is meant to be played in the elements. But football games with 70k+ attendees are not meant to HOSTED in such elements. I’m going to bang on the Monday late afternoon drum on this one all day long.
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22 minutes ago, PaattMaann said:
or just postpone the game to monday in OP, storm will be gone
Exactly. Made the point upthread. We play Monday, next game for winner is Sunday night. (Makes sense b/c it’s likely to be Bills Chiefs, which almost certainly would be on Sunday night, anyways, or Steelers Ravens, which is an appropriate Sunday night game.)
22 minutes ago, par73 said:Even switching to Monday might be tough. It is supposed to linger, at least into the morning. And you have potentially massive clean-up to deal with.
That can be dealt with. It’s not the best use of public resources, but they can get 90/190/219/20A open. Lots can be cleared. Private lots are on their own, but it’s feasible. The big issue is getting people in and out of the Stadium in an ongoing blizzard, which it appears we will have on Sunday. No amount of equipment is going to resolve that issue.
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17 minutes ago, Dick_Cheney said:
Is this whole storm so fast moving that if the game were moved to Monday, the weather would be clear and just cold as hell with no more snow actually coming down? Obviously roads and grounds would need clearing, but would the actual weather be relatively normal?
Probably. That’s how lake snow works.
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47 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:
Was everything just fine the day after that storm hit?
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.
7 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:Funny,we did it for decades before. So yes...now we have become weak and pathetic.
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,
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3 minutes ago, nucci said:
It's the NFL that would make the call. Not OBD
And they are in a place to suggest it to the NFL.
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1 minute ago, SCBills said:
Lol.. I just want to win the Super Bowl.What outcome gives us a better chance of that?
As far as weak, it’s all relative..
I spent my childhood in Syracuse/Long Island and loved the cold/snow. The cold never bothered me.
Now, after moving south, I hate it. I’m always cold. The weather Sunday sounds like a frozen hellscape.
…but I can train outside in 90 degree weather with humidity and not feel like im going to pass out.
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.
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Just now, TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th said:
Do you remember the storm last year when 50 people died . Or were you too strong as a human that your brain can't even remember those things?
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.
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Just now, Just Jack said:
Syracuse currently, grew up on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario, the foothills of Tug Hill.
Tug Hill: Surviving winter in the snowiest place in the East - syracuse.com
I'll survive.
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.
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7 minutes ago, GottaRun said:
Probably what's being unsaid here is that a lot of us are trying to figure out if we'd be able to make our 90 minute or 2 hour drives into Orchard Park safely and in time to make the game. So it's a mix of how would the game experience be and can I even make it to the stadium.
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.
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Just now, Bleeding Bills Blue said:
I'm planning on going - more annoyed about getting out in traffic than anything else since i live in the north towns.
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.
Just now, SoonerBillsFan said:We have become so pathetically weak as a society.
Apparently you didn’t live through the 2022 storm.
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Just now, Just Jack said:
No
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.
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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.
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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.
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10 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:
could be but it sounds like those guys were giving info to the media and creating problems. Sounds like they deserved it and wink is looking for a way to get fired so he can go wherever he wants.
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.
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15 hours ago, MikePJ76 said:
Sounds like wink is a serious pain in the butt. Sure seems like he has behaved here completely unprofessionally
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.
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3 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:
It was commented by a few (not you guys) that McDermott would be better handing over the reins and concentrating on Head Coach duties like game management. Actually McDermott's game management is no worse than it's ever been and his defense has been better. The better argument is that he continues to call plays like so many other head coaches do.
I'm not clear on why Bobby Babich should be getting more love here than Eric Washington. For one thing Washington is already Assistant Head Coach and for another, his work with Ed Oliver, Greg Rousseau, and AJ Epenesa has been just as impressive as any Bills assistant's work with any position group.
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.
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2 hours ago, Doc said:
Because some guys are just better coordinators than HCs. And Frazier's done in Buffalo.
To me it's either him or promote from within. But as I said, if he wanted to promote from within, he would have done it before the season instead of taking on the added role of DC.
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.
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1 hour ago, John from Riverside said:
Went through the thread, and I didn’t see one person mentioned the obvious
Josh Allen owns the fins
Wilkins is doing that trying to piss him off and get them out of his game
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).
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1 hour ago, RoyBatty is alive said:
I totally disagree.
Using selective stats during horrible conditions, we couldn't run either.
Bills had 9 first down throwing versus 1 for NE. Bills had 1 1st down rushing. Jones had 19 total yards passing versus 145 for Josh. Most of the Bills throws were late in the game right into the wind and Patriots could concentrate on defending the pass.
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.
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14 minutes ago, Logic said:
I do think Douglas will be here for the rest of his career. He just screams "Process" and "long term team leader" for the Buffalo Bills.
That said, I actually happen to think Benford is becoming a bona fide NFL CB1. That's not just my opinion, either. He seems to be near the top of many "least separation allowed" charts, PFF rankings, and other analytical measures of success. I happen to think that between Douglas and Benford, the Bills have TWO CB1s. Dane Jackson is about as good as it gets for a depth corner, as well.
If only Kaiir Elam can rebound and be a productive player himself...I don’t know about two CB1s, but you’re in to something with Benford. He’s a stud.
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2 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:
What bothered me, and I’ll never understand why teams do it, is that they bunched up our entire offense in the middle of the field. Seems to me that only serves to bring the defense in as well…and it did. If you’re going to do that, seems like the better thing would be to go wide on the play with a pitch or bootleg.
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.
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9 hours ago, RiotAct said:
to be fair, that “bobsled” tush-push had been pretty money for us this season (at least the latter half when we really started using it). Miami did a pretty good job against it in the 2nd half there.
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.
25 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:I was really debating the merits of a field goal attempt there. You lose seven yards on the spot but could’ve put it away right there. It was a coin flip to me.
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.
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My reaction went very quickly from what on earth is he doing to delirium.
Wild Card Weekend - Wild Card Weather
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Agreed on the importance. And it’s not a football game, it’s a PLAYOFF game. One must skip at leas the first four of the events you mentioned for such an affair.