Offside Number 76

Yep--the Athletic I think?

Do they fly? I know, for example, that the Giants take busses to Philly and a train to Washington.

That's because there were not more than 4 AFC teams playing on any given weekend. Now there are 6.

As of noon today (Jan. 8), for a single night (Saturday): Marriott Millersport: over $1000. Hampton downtown: over $1000. Marriott downtown, Westin downtown, Embassy Suites downtown: No rooms available. Millennium: Reservation system not working. This is real money coming in to Erie County. At least three of those hotels are owned by locals, and one is owned by the Pegulas. The people spending this much on hotels will spend a lot on dinner and drinks, Uber and such. This is good.

I'm familiar with what the word radius means. We don't have the hotel rooms. It's not close. I've already demonstrated, with citation, that Buffalo has 1% of what's needed. If you think the other 99% of rooms are within 40 miles of Rich, even WITH Canada, which the NFL wouldn't count because of the Detroit situation years back, I'd love to see your data.

Right? I don't think people understand the enormous amount of infrastructure needed to pull it off. Detroit couldn't handle it last time they hosted; we sure can't. We *might* have the infrastructure for NCAA basketball regionals (round of 16). But even when we host opening round games, it gets a little tight. The biggest sporting event I've seen here was the 2011 World Juniors, and everything downtown was booked solid--as were several of the suburban hotels and a number of NF hotels. (2018 drew significantly less interest.)

I think you overestimate the capacity of these hotels. The Embassy Suites might look big, for example, but I'll bet it has only about 150 rooms. The largest hotel in Buffalo, the former Hilton and Adams Mark, now called the Buffalo Grand, has 400. My figures come from Visit Buffalo Niagara, which ought to know. https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/majority-of-buffalos-hotel-rooms-booked/71-ebd86012-b73a-4d58-8f69-ed768d206c03 And there are not a few thousand hotels in the area. Not even close.

There are 2,385 hotel rooms in Buffalo. This includes tiny boutiques as well as large hotels, and it includes the entire city, not just downtown. That's roughly 1% of the total needed. I don't think the other 99% can be found in the surrounding area even if we include NF Ont.

I will admit to being one of them. Sure. And so can every other team. But some teams have coaches that make the most of the plays where balls aren't dropped, routes are run correctly, blocking is perfect, etc., and McDermott is not one of those coaches. If the players are playing A- or B+ football, which is fine because I don't expect 11 guys to execute every play perfectly, McDermott's coaching is a C or a C-. He is the most easily identifiable problem.

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Not my problem, Leon. Either look at the post or shut up. No wonder you name yourself after Seals instead of Smith, you lazy man.

I posted a link to the actual playbook. Not sure what would be more authoritative than that.

It was 12 formations, not 12 plays. And I generally agree that they could take a little less time to get plays off--even at the expense of time of possession.

It's been a while for me, but wasn't it the deal that one network would carry AFC home games, and the other, NFC? Is CBS not carrying the Bills game?

How about a game *almost* won on a tacky-tack PI call in Cleveland?