Albany,n.y.

The XFL is coming.

Back in the days I had season tickets & used to run just about every day I used to get to drive 5 & park in the 1st row closest to the exit. It didn't matter which part of the row I was in because I could get out quickly from that row to the exit aisle & right to the exit. Now back in those days I used to drive back to Albany the same night so a lot of times I met my friends at the game & I was the only one in my car so I could run to my car. If I had a passenger back to Albany I couldn't run, but we still got out fairly quick. In later years, I now park on California near Southwestern & avoid any stadium lot traffic. I usually go home on Monday, because I stay over in Depew Sunday night but I always make it in plenty of time for dinner. I only go to 1 or 2 games a season these days. I've always found the best way is to either go straight down Rt 20 all the way to the Depew exit of the Thruway, past the large toll booths where the traffic can jam, or make a left on Union & then cut over to Transit either around West Seneca or Cheektowaga. There was one case where I would take the Thruway back in my running days: If the game was so tight that very few people left early, the roads would be empty. I'd run to my car, beat most of the traffic out of drive 5, right on Southwestern, left on Mile Strip to 219, get on 219 north & get on the Thruway. The whole key was it only worked when virtually nobody left early & the game was won on the last play, like a game winning field goal. I once made it home at 8:30 when the game ended on a field goal with 0:00 left on the clock.

All this because of a disagreement over whether Bojorquez or Hekker will win the punter/holder job. One guy said Bojo can't control his kicks & is a terrible holder and the guy in the Donald shirt went nuts. They better improve security by Super Bowl Sunday.

If you can get Hughes to agree to re-sign, you cut him at 53, then you can IR someone on the recall IR once you have the 53, then re-sign Hughes. Veterans are not subject to waivers & can get cut & re-signed to give a team short term roster relief. The Bils have done this before. The 1st time they did it was with Steve Tasker in the regular season many years ago.

Wow! I could have written this because I've been saying the same thing every time I hear someone say that Josh had a rough 2 years. Going back to 2018. I didn't really have an opinion when he was drafted, but after hearing camp reports I was on the bandwagon early. I went to opening day in Baltimore & my biggest disappointment was Josh didn't start. After the Vikings game I went to the mall & bought his jersey in a small sports store since the big ones like Dick's only had Giants & Jets jerseys in Albany. In 2018 he had nothing to work with. Not only were there no receivers, but the O-line was among the worst, if not the worst in the NFL, but may just have been the worst O-line in Bills history. Only 2nd year OT Dion Dawkins had any business starting in the league. I laughed when people were saying Josh Rosen had it bad in Arizona. Josh Allen had it just as bad or worse. Rosen at least had a HOF WR. Josh made Foster & Jones look good yet got no credit. All the anti-Joshers were looking at was the completion % and TD/INT ratio. What really drives me up the wall are the ones that said Josh was a question mark after 2019. I made some good $ betting on the Bills both in win over futures & games (4 of 5 wins on Bills games) in 2019 because I saw his will to win as a rookie & by his 2nd year, even though he had some down games, he was a lot more up than down. He dominated the Thanksgiving game in Dallas & I was able to tell my relatives they were watching the next great NFL QB. 2020 was predictable if you ignored stats & just watch him play his 1st 2 seasons.

All you freeloaders who get on my case because "everything you want to know is on the internet for free" need to either pay if you want to see something that isn't free or shut up & stop mocking people who are paying for stuff you can't see. You're the one who is sanctimonious, thinking you're above paying for things & expecting the world to just give you everything. Grow up!

During the Jets & Giants game the coaches each had 4th downs around the 40 yard line. Saleh went for it & even though they didn't make it he did the right thing considering it was preseason. Judge punted. I know it might be an overreaction, but at that point I wrote Judge off as a head coach. Who punts in preseason on 4th & short inside the other team's territory in pre season? I understand why the Jets did at the end because they were 4th & long and protecting the lead, but not early in the game where seeing your offense try to get a 1st down is more important than seeing what your punter can do. If you have no guts in preseason, you're too conservative to be a head coach in the NFL. The day the Giants fire Judge, in a year, two or 3, the reason was evident on 8/14/21 that he wasn't going to make it as the long term answer.

The gist is you need to stop being a freeloader. In another thread we had a debate over why I pay to read newspapers & some said they can get all their news for free. Why don't you ask them for their source so you can read it. If you can't then stop thinking you are above paying for information.

Next season the Bills are going back to Baltimore.

They've been practicing that play together for 5 years now & Zay finally caught the ball.

If they do, I'd advise they don't trade for Watson.

Let's all be thankful that the Dolphins drafted Tua instead of Justin Herbert.

How does Campbell expect the team to be healthy when they keep biting each other in practice?

The whole key is who they can have clear waivers. Davis might be easier to get on the practice squad without being claimed. As long as he's not claimed, Davis will be on the practice squad all year. Yes, they said so on the WGR postgame show.

Lions fired their head trainer. I have no clue what that's all about.

The line was a bunch of bartenders. The main guy was Fromm.

Grizz is nuts.

He was already deep in the Lions territory (in long FG range) after the long downfield throw to Stevenson on 4th down. They were purposely doing sideline passes to see if he could be accurate on late drives where you're just trying to improve the FG yardage. Regular season with Josh in there they run because they don't need to evaluate the QB.

Then you don't see what Fromm can do. Seeing Fromm throw was more important than worrying about situational football with most of the guys on the field being guys who won't be here in September. They have a big decision to make on Fromm because Trubisky is on a 1 year contract & they want to see if Fromm can be the backup in 2022.

He was passing because he wanted to see Fromm throwing to win the game. He doesn't learn about Fromm by handing off. He did a lot of stuff you don't do during the season because the major point of preseason is cutting the right guys & not cutting the promising ones. Any doubts look at Wyatt Teller. They were going to cut him & traded him-big mistake that they don't want to make again.

Wildgoose is wearing OJ's old number & he tried to kill the Bills tonight. Or... Wildgoose may be wearing 32, but he lacks the killer instinct.

The biggest disappointment for me was Rachad Wildgoose. When he was drafted he said his goal was the Hall of Fame, the only hall he's headed for is the one after he cleans out his locker.

Albany has Titans/Falcons, probably because the Bills game is on a local station & they have a blackout on the NFL Network. I've seen them do that before when the Giants were on a local station & were the NFL Network's main game.

Not across the state. Here in Albany we have a local station that is part of the Bills preseason network & we're guaranteed the Bills announcers. Chances are the NFL Network will be carrying the Lions broadcast.

When The Sporting News stopped publishing the Pro Football Guide after 2006, I switched to the NFL Record and Fact Book. I used to buy a copy every August for around $20. 2014 was the last year they sold a printed copy. Now they give it away, but only in an electronic file. Sometimes I print out the schedule & the Bills pages. Same thing with the Bills media guides. the last one that was printed was in 2008. I used to buy the hard copies at the Bills Store near the stadium parking area. I have an opinion but the last time I shared it after a post like your post I got a warning point so I'll keep my opinion to myself.