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The biggest problem is she just is not knowledgeable at all about football. Some of the stuff she says you could get that same analysis from a 5th grader. The problem is she is getting paid to do this job. I tuned in briefly to WGR this week when she was filling in and one of her commentaries was and I paraphrase but this is pretty close to that exact quote "The players who made it to the Super Bowl are going to skip out of playing in the Pro Bowl this year and you can't blame them for wanting to do that" and it wasn't being said tongue in cheek either, she was being 100% serious when she made that comment. Once again some of the stuff she says is generic football commentary that you could pay a 5th grader to comment on.

28-23 San Fran. Put me down for Defense wins championships. This game will also show(yet again) why the Bills need to build a much stronger pass rush if they want to be real contenders

Yeah I don't get it. Everybody acts like he's the biggest Dbag on the planet but in reality he actually seems like a pretty cool, fun dude. Charismatic? Sure. But actually a Douche? I don't see it. I've never met the guy but I heard he was really cool when he was in town for the Bills game and he actually speaks very fondly of Bills fans whenever he gets the chance. And you can't hate on the guy for the empire he has built at all. Any one of us on this message board would give anything to have his career and he built it from the ground up. I really can't hate on the dude.

I watched the NHL skills competition Friday night and the NHL all star game last night...both were meh. I think the big post football season transition move for me was getting out to the driving range yesterday and working off the rust.

Bills away games next year in Las Vegas, San Fran, Tennessee...and now LONDON! Poor Pinto Ron is going to be broke after next season

What if Norwood made the kick in SB 25? What if the Bills beat the Steelers backups in 2004? What if the Music City Miracle was ruled a forward lateral?

He's definitely having more luck with his football team than his hockey team

I can vividly remember seeing a Colts game on TV during the Peyton years when their offense was insane with an OFF (Fence) sign. I always thought that was pretty cool and fitting for that team.

I'm not expecting this to be too exciting. These are usually a lot more fun to listen to after a season of turmoil and when you know people are gonna be losing their jobs.

Yeah I agree with you. I'm a local WNYer and there is already a TON of buzz in the air about people wanting to go to this game. I have heard several people that have never done the Bills road trip game thing before talking about how they want to go to this one, I have heard of people here in WNY who aren't Bills fans first and foremost that want to make the trip out for this game. I don't think the cost is as big of a factor as LaBattBlue thinks either. I'm sure the Nashville trip for everybody last season wasn't on the cheap side either.

You don't think the Vegas game next season has a shot?

The craziest part about it to me is everything I have read and seen on the kid he totally seems like a McDermott process guy. I think even back then they knew they would be going after a WR in this upcoming draft. At the end of the day you cannot fill every hole at once(that's what she said)

The games have always been a party but before it was diehard football fans going and getting fired up before the game and of course that still exists but now so many of the younger crowd is there to be seen and and meet up with friends and take pics for social media. The game of football has never been more popular from the mainstream point of view but that has also phased out the old school football fan. A big reason why the game day atmosphere has changed so much in my opinion.j

I agree 100%. The atmosphere is much more cookie cutter now. I guess it's a plus for people who want to bring their whole family and make it a family friendly day but it's not the same atmosphere I fell in love with going to games as a kid at Rich Stadium(yeah I know same place technically) with my old man and Uncles.

As much fun as it's been with the Bills finally looking like a professional football team again I can honestly say the in stadium atmosphere just isn't what it used to be. Still a good time just not a GREAT time IMO.

Ravens v.s. Niners Round 2

Thank you so much for not posting about the comeback game...that one's been beaten to death

Not only did the Bills miss the playoffs that year but it would also be the first year the Bills weren't playing in the Super Bowl in four years. I can remember younger kids being confused then "This isn't the Super Bowl the Bills aren't playing in it" Amazing when you think about it after what was to follow

My favorite random part of watching that last night was one of our coaches puffing on a big old stogie on the sidelines . Could you imagine seeing that today? I wouldn't have been surprised at all seeing that if you showed me a game from the 60s or maybe even the 70s but this definitely caught me off guard. Seeing as I grew up during the Super Bowl years I guess it doesn't truly register with me how long ago that was and how different times were even back then. Loved all of the crowd shots too, those fans were absolutely nuts back then.

Back to the original point of the OP....That Giant's era defense is generally considered to be a bottom tier 10 ten defense of all time by most people who know football which I think is fair for them. Of course the top dogs that are debated for the Top 3-5 spots such as 85 Bears, 2000 Ravens, 02 Buccs etc. are going to get more attention and accolades as opposed to the ones a little further down the ranks. But I don't think those Giants defenses get forgotten about at all.

I was happy we got in that year because we finally broke the drought and 17 years(and potentially longer) was just way too long to not make it into the postseason but with that said it always felt weird to me because it didn't feel like a true playoff team. We went 9-7 and didn't even clinch our playoff berth until we received a miracle gift from the Cincy-Baltimore game. It was also weird because a new regime had just taken over and we knew going forward that team really wasn't going to be our team. This season truly feels like the end of the drought years. We have our players that the current regime brought in now and we won at a minimum 10 games(very good chance we finish with 11) and we controlled our own destiny. I know this is just my own personal perception on things and everybody will feel differently about it but I guess my point is I woudn't call the "2017 Backing into the playoffs" a BS narrative, there was definitey some merit to it. Nobody can question the Bills as a true playoff team this year and going forward the Drought years are officially a thing of the past now.

Thank you for sharing this. It's funny i was just talking to my grandmother the other day and she randomly brought up how she still remembers being at my Aunt's apartment when the Jim Kelly retirement was first announced on the news and how she got very emotional and shed some tears as she watched. I will have to show her this now!

I guess I don't care what happens to them one way or another. Going into their stadium on primetime and beating them to clinch our playoff spot is all the justice/revenge I needed for that 04 game. On to Houston!

But will they know your name?

We will find out tomorrow!