Bills fan since 87 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Already. It's always a somber feeling the day after the Superbowl. The off season is so so long. And now that we are a player again I imagine that will be amplified. Wish next years schedule came out today, I'm ready for 2021 5 5 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsBlue Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Just now, Bills fan since 87 said: Already. It's always a somber feeling the day after the Superbowl. The off season is so so long. And now that we are a player again I imagine that will be amplified. Wish next years schedule came out today, I'm ready for 2021 I felt it as soon as the afc championship was over brother right there with you, start doing some of your own scouting and deciding what the bills needs are it can be fun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Mock drafts in 3...2...1.... 2 2 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLEN1QB Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Go shovel some snow 1 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbRiddick Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I hate this time of year when I have to go and ask my wife what her name is. Never goes down well 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stonada Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 100% agree! The 10-day depression after losing to the Chiefs has been replaced by the burning desire to get to next year. We have as good a chance as anyone to win it all next year, been a while since we could say that. Reminds me of being 16, in 1991. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Hockey season keeps me entertained until football kicks back in. Next big item. legal tampering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Isn't the Rock bringing back the XFL? Maybe the quality of play this time can be better. Its something to watch while we go thru a long NFL offseason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I will spend the next 7 weeks doing hundreds of mock drafts on the Draft Network simulator.... obsessing over who the Bills should take with their 5th and 6th round picks and reading through draft notes of a lot of guys that I will never come across again in my life... Then Beane will still end up taking a guy there that I have never heard of ... 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGun12TD Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 SAME!!! However, it is so awesome to see us picking at 30th overall. I am so excited for the future of this team. Let's go BILLS!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Almighty Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 37 minutes ago, Bills fan since 87 said: Already. It's always a somber feeling the day after the Superbowl. The off season is so so long. And now that we are a player again I imagine that will be amplified. Wish next years schedule came out today, I'm ready for 2021 It's not over... https://www.instagram.com/p/CLBDPlpDP-o/?igshid=66mz9c28v0cd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark80 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I thought this thread was going to be about hard hitting, defenses allowed to defend receivers without getting flags, etc. If it were, I would have agreed with you 100%. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsCuse Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Agree and the NFL drags out their offseason schedule worse than any other league to make it feel even longer. Free agency is a 5 week wait, then the draft is another month and a half after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I am a lakers fan also.....so I have a team to follow now but I hear you.....the offseason for football is loooooong 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, BillsCuse said: Agree and the NFL drags out their offseason schedule worse than any other league to make it feel even longer. Free agency is a 5 week wait, then the draft is another month and a half after that. I don’t mind the timing... but even if if draft and FA were earlier, then you would have a longer wait for pre season... Plus some FA stuff will start leaking from this week anyway... Edited February 8, 2021 by Aussie Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloMatt Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 29 minutes ago, Ray Stonada said: 100% agree! The 10-day depression after losing to the Chiefs has been replaced by the burning desire to get to next year. We have as good a chance as anyone to win it all next year, been a while since we could say that. Reminds me of being 16, in 1991. Agreed, BUT I wish I was sixteen in 91. I'd be younger now! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Success Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Yep. Always tough to adjust the day after the SB. Things all of a sudden feel a bit empty. At least this year we had great Bills football all through January. What a difference. I can't wait to see what the offseason has in store for us, and what our team will look like heading into next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Round Bust Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 i feel your pain citizen - NFL has the longest off-season of all the major sports and for good reason almost 6 months - yes there are cuts, free agency, the draft and the salary cap drama...but what I would like to see is a 4 game off-season development league over the course of 6 weeks with a two week training camp, games with a running clock and only time-outs in the second-half. 10 minute half-time games over in 90 minutes. each nfl team would have a roster of 44 - mostly futures contracts, guys on the practice squad and vets who opt in (would have a max of 2 per team) could make after the draft to include undrafted free agents instead of draft picks who could opt in. So two guys per position with an addition for the punter and kicker coaches would be the assistants (not coordinators) one position coach to the be HC and a few assistants. send it out for networks to bid on - not likely to happen but given the demand for NFL or a NFL-affiliated product and no development or minor league system I wouldnt mind seeing Christian Wade, Duke Willliams and David Webb or some of the guys from the practice squad go against other teams for a few weeks ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Yep, we have reached that lull until FA. Especially with no combine this year it will be weird. Then with FA you have a solid week or two of activity. After that the lull until the draft. After the draft it will be crickets until the last week of July for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 My liver and anxiety are enjoying the downtime. But yea, I still miss it. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Bills fan since 87 said: Already. It's always a somber feeling the day after the Superbowl. The off season is so so long. And now that we are a player again I imagine that will be amplified. Wish next years schedule came out today, I'm ready for 2021 I hear ya. There are several "cures" for this that I have found. One: read mock drafts obsessively. Two: try mock drafting yourself at: The Draft Network, click on "Start a Mock Draft"; or at Fanspeak. The Draft Network is nice because clicking on player names often brings up scouting profiles. Although The Draft network bizarrely forgets that the Bills have a 7th round pick (unless we traded it and I'm not aware). Third, and most importantly: visit twobillsdrive.com every day to talk about football, including relevant and seemingly less relevant topics related to the Bills. Together, we can make the offseason seem very short. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I’m just as excited (and nervous) to see what the attendance policies look like at the Bills stadium next season, as I am to see how the team does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills fan since 87 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Ray Stonada said: 100% agree! The 10-day depression after losing to the Chiefs has been replaced by the burning desire to get to next year. We have as good a chance as anyone to win it all next year, been a while since we could say that. Reminds me of being 16, in 1991. We're just about the same age. I agree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaninSarasota Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 hour ago, ALLEN1QB said: Go shovel some snow he's evaluating our draft needs while snow blowing ..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Same. Sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Bills fan since 87 said: Already. It's always a somber feeling the day after the Superbowl. The off season is so so long. And now that we are a player again I imagine that will be amplified. Wish next years schedule came out today, I'm ready for 2021 Funny you write this. Last night, the moment the game ended, I had a similar reaction. I was reflecting on the season, as a whole, being over, and noting that early September is a LONG way away right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevWarRifleman Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 4 hours ago, Bills fan since 87 said: Already. It's always a somber feeling the day after the Superbowl. The off season is so so long. And now that we are a player again I imagine that will be amplified. Wish next years schedule came out today, I'm ready for 2021 Already Bf87????? ( I think I've found someone worse than I'am) I feel compelled to try to "help" you, like some doctor trying to save someone suffering a stroke or something. All I can say is, try watching some Bills games you may have in your library. Breathe deeply a few times while saying "Tom Brady sucks, Tom Brady sucks....." I don't know. I really start missing football around about May/June. I start thinking. "God, it's still 90 days away before the start of the season."!!! Anyway, hang in there, and good luck to you! Go Bills 2021. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: Hockey season keeps me entertained until football kicks back in. I used to feel the same way, but these days the regular season product is not very good, imo. I honestly wonder how the NHL is even still a thing, and how much longer it can be sustainable. They took it on the chin last season, and this season isn’t looking so hot either. According to this article, five franchises are responsible for 25% of the entire league’s revenue, and without them NHL would have been $50mil in the red. Yikes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2020/12/09/nhl-team-values-2020-hockeys-first-decline-in-two-decades/?sh=4279b14670dd Edited February 8, 2021 by 4_kidd_4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 9 hours ago, 4_kidd_4 said: Mock drafts in 3...2...1.... There were many off seasons that all we had to look forward to was the draft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 9 hours ago, ColeB said: There were many off seasons that all we had to look forward to was the draft. And mocking the mock drafters. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I miss watching the Bills too, but the off season is good for the fans as well as the players. Helps build the excitement of the upcoming season, which by the way is gonna be Fuh king awesome!!! Just sayin... 😁 Go Bills!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, Don Otreply said: I miss watching the Bills too, but the off season is good for the fans as well as the players. Helps build the excitement of the upcoming season, which by the way is gonna be Fuh king awesome!!! Just sayin... 😁 Go Bills!! Hopefully the fans can return. If things get back to normal I could imagine the demand for Bills tickets both seasons and individual. They will probably be sold out for the season very quick. Throw in the fact that it will be two years since fans attended a game except for the lucky ones who went to the playoff games. Demand for tickets will be extremely high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 16 hours ago, 4_kidd_4 said: I used to feel the same way, but these days the regular season product is not very good, imo. I honestly wonder how the NHL is even still a thing, and how much longer it can be sustainable. They took it on the chin last season, and this season isn’t looking so hot either. According to this article, five franchises are responsible for 25% of the entire league’s revenue, and without them NHL would have been $50mil in the red. Yikes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2020/12/09/nhl-team-values-2020-hockeys-first-decline-in-two-decades/?sh=4279b14670dd Totally agree. I have always been a casual hockey fan, but with the Sabres being so bad for so long there is very little that ties me to the league outside of it being routine. The league does a terrible job with generating any sort of excitement about the season outside of those teams that are winning games. Hockey is stuck in the past and doesnt seem to care about growing their fanbase outside of bloodline fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 17 hours ago, 4_kidd_4 said: I used to feel the same way, but these days the regular season product is not very good, imo. I honestly wonder how the NHL is even still a thing, and how much longer it can be sustainable. They took it on the chin last season, and this season isn’t looking so hot either. According to this article, five franchises are responsible for 25% of the entire league’s revenue, and without them NHL would have been $50mil in the red. Yikes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2020/12/09/nhl-team-values-2020-hockeys-first-decline-in-two-decades/?sh=4279b14670dd Hockey more than any other sport depends on ticket sales and money generating from people being in the arena. The other sports want that as well but the NFL, MLB, NBA have stronger TV deals that have helped them more than what the NHL gets during these times. Even though the NFL took a hit this year I would bet they still made money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, thenorthremembers said: Totally agree. I have always been a casual hockey fan, but with the Sabres being so bad for so long there is very little that ties me to the league outside of it being routine. The league does a terrible job with generating any sort of excitement about the season outside of those teams that are winning games. Hockey is stuck in the past and doesnt seem to care about growing their fanbase outside of bloodline fans. I was a bigtime hockey fan when I was younger, the on-ice product was so good in the 90’s and the league was top entertainment up against the other pro leagues at that time. To counter your point, in the 00’s the league cared too much about expanding their footprint and imo ended up watering down their overall product. They made a couple good moves in moving Atlanta to Winnipeg and giving Seattle a franchise. They should keep going and get AZ and Florida Panthers out of those markets. Go back to Quebec City and give TO a second team. The demand is already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) I've never been a single sport fanatic. In the next couple of weeks I'll start transitioning into college basketball, hockey, English soccer, etc.....all of which generally gets me over the hump until July/August. Edited February 9, 2021 by SoCal Deek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Football season is great but it is long and time consuming so I am always ok with the offseason arriving by the time the Super Bowl is over. It gives me time to enjoy other aspects in life. Being a WNYer this time of the year really does suck but normally I would use this time to catch up on movies, tv shows etc. but I'm already at that point right now with the limitations Covid has presented. The nice thing for me is my other passion in life, golf season, is right around the corner so that's what I'm counting down to now instead of waiting for next season already. Only about 2-3 months away from that and then that will keep me happy and occupied until next season gets here. I'm a Sabres fan too but I'm in the same camp that agrees the product is just not entertaining right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 On 2/8/2021 at 2:22 PM, RobbRiddick said: I hate this time of year when I have to go and ask my wife what her name is. Never goes down well Maybe if she did, you'd remember her name. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I agree. The off season seems so long and the season seems to fly by. Last year I was able to go to a few Seattle Dragons games til the season ended prematurely. No season this year. I have been watching SB XII on YouTube to see a good Super Bowl after the trash I watched a few days ago. Soon I will start re watching the season on Game Pass or whatever its called. By time I get through that it will be about time for the season to start. I'll also watch some baseball. Some tennis. Play some drums. I don't do NBA or hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 18 hours ago, Don Otreply said: I miss watching the Bills too, but the off season is good for the fans as well as the players. Helps build the excitement of the upcoming season, which by the way is gonna be Fuh king awesome!!! Just sayin... 😁 Go Bills!! I try and be a glass half full so from that perspective, our football acted almost a month later, and was great. I had misgivings too after the SB as it’s a long off season. I can enjoy other sports, but it’s nothing like the NFL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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