DrDawkinstein

You know you're paying for SoFi stadium and you dont even LIKE those teams, right? It's about time NYC and Albany chip in to help Buffalo have nice things.

Maybe, but a lot of that has to do with never having a team or basing your entire identity on said team in the first place. Ripping the Bills out of Buffalo would leave a crater that could never be filled. Not saying it's healthy to be this way, but it's where we are at.

I'd combine them, but have the Bulls play at the new downtown stadium. Doing so also brings the net cost of the new Bills stadium down, since the State is going to have to pay for a new UB stadium anyways. If they were going to spend $100M(?) on a new UB stadium, well that is $100M you could theoretically "credit" off the price of the new Bills stadium. Ehh, I dont fully disagree with the overall thought, but again, there is a price to be paid for having/keeping something that we otherwise wouldnt get. From an NFL perspective, the region can not support a team like most other markets. From a local fan perspective, wtf would we do if we let the team go? What would we even have left in Buffalo?

I can confirm this. This is me. Give me a lite rail from the airport right to downtown, and I'm in heaven.

How funny would it be if Love came in and lit it up, and made it obvious the Packers could move on from Rodgers immediately. LOL

We (Buffalo) kinda do. It makes little sense that there is even an NFL team in Buffalo, given the size of the market. If the league were starting today we would most definitely not have a team. And wouldnt even be in the Plan B list. Partially paying for a new stadium is the price of having a team in a location that cant be justified in any other way. And keep in mind, this cost gets spread out over the whole state, Albany and NYC, not just WNY. Let NYC chip in to let us have our nice thing.

Essential Oils that he is also selling. #BeYourOwnBoss #MLMHun

No one knows 100%, but I would hope Beane made it a requirement before handing the dude a quarter of a Billion dollars.

I really dont give a crap about tailgating. There will still be tailgating options, and I'd bet you would see a number of private lots open up as well. But I'm here for football. I go to the games to watch the Bills. We have a raucous time inside while the game is going on. The tailgate stuff only blew up when the team was horrible during the drought to make the gamedays at least somewhat fun. We dont suck anymore. If I wanted to re-live my college days, I'd go back on alumni weekend. edit to add: We've had GREAT times in Nashville, pre-game, in their bar district. It would be similar. Way less hassle of setting up and breaking down and cleaning up. Show up, party, and let someone else deal with the bs while you get to walk into the game.

Pro: More personal space while in line at the grocery store. Con: Having to scan a QR code to pull up a menu at a restaurant, with no wifi, and their walls blocking my cell signal.

Popping back in this thread after I had a chance to take a deeper dive into the report last night... One thing I want to clarify is the cost difference between OP and Downtown. I see people quoting $1.35B for OP and $2.1B for Downtown and that is not an accurate, apples to apples comparison. Per the report, it would cost $1.35B to build an open air stadium in OP, and about $1.70B to build the same open air stadium downtown. Maybe $1.80B. The report specifies "up to" $2.1B downtown for all the bells and whistles. The same bells and whistles stadium in OP would be about $1.80B. So there really isnt a huge $800M difference between the two sites. It's more like $400M. Plus those infrastructure upgrades downtown need to happen and would benefit everyone beyond just the stadium. Even more reason to go downtown. And then there is this: While I'm not expecting any huge economic impact from the downtown stadium, even the study agrees it would generate something, as opposed to keeping it in OP and generating nothing.

Same. Great opportunity to move downtown a big step forward. Improve the rail system to the area, improve the roads, improve the infrastructure... where is the bad part?

Most of the extra money in the Downtown spec is for building out additional road ways, and infrastructure. If the stadium was already downtown and we were talking about moving it to OP, you'd be saying "For the love of god, Abbott, Southwestern, and the 219 can't handle all that traffic. And a suburb doesnt have the infrastructure needed..." but here we are.

I liked this one too...

I wouldnt even do the picks. It has to be an immediate impact player who can start and improve a position this year. Just as Trubisky would do for them. Brandon Scherff or no deal. edit: I miiiiiight be convinced for a 1st since they'll be an early pick, but I'd have to really think about it. And I dont think they'd give up a 1st anyways.

It's only an issue if our entire offense drops and we arent winning. But it hasnt and we arent, so... no, not an issue. He doesnt seem to have a problem with it either. So triple no. Considering we run the same play book and scheme, it would make sense.

As usual, spot on. And exactly why I've said we simply dont match up well against the Titans (and to a lesser extent the Steelers in the opener). They are built to take full advantage of our weaknesses.

And really, we usually beat ourselves when it comes to losses. For what it's worth, I'm not "scared" of them, but beating the Titans and Bengals has me feeling a type of way about playing the Jets in a couple weeks. They stink, but play well against good teams, or at least get good teams to play down to their level. We'll see.

My hot take: I'd rather re-sign Oliver than Edmunds. Like mentioned earlier in the thread, Ed has flashed a bunch this year. And has had a couple real solid games, including yesterday. I think he's finally being put in a position to succeed now that Star is back. Definitely picking up his 5th year option and going from there.

It isnt just against us though. They were talking averages across all games. Those guys just get the ball out quick.

There is no such thing as running up the score in Pro sports. Or even college sports for that matter. You dont like it, stop them. It would be more disrespectful to take a knee when we cant even run out the clock. And it isnt like we passed it in, Josh ran it in himself. WRT the 2 point conversion, the math says do it to go up three scores, but even if it didnt I refer back to Woody Hayes... ***** the Dolphins.

All the uncalled holds dont help, but the bigger thing (and they showed this in a graphic yesterday) is how quickly the QBs we have faced are getting the ball out of their hand. Ben, Tua, and Tannehill all get the ball out so quick, it's tough to get to them. But the pressure we DO apply forces those quick throws which sometimes forces mistakes.

The stats are padded by those two shut outs against terrible teams. However, they are still a killer defense, and it isnt their fault, they play who is on the schedule. Other "#1 rates" teams had schedules against some easy teams too. It's how it works, and it all balances out in the end. They are definitely a top 10, and even top 5 defense. Where exactly they land in that, doesnt really matter.

Definitely teared up when I saw this earlier. Such an awesome player, but more so a great guy, who has been through so much. Well deserved. Congrats, Chris.