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9/8/22 Gameday PreGame Thread Bills at Rams NFL Season Kickoff Game! (Mod edit - Thread will be locked just before kickoff tonight!!!)


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Sal C. just reported on GR-55 that LA was JAMMED with red, white, and blue Bills merchandise last night.  They were all out bar hopping and he said it was incredible.

 

And he mentioned that his hotel actually got a lot MORE Bills fans today compared to yesterday.

 

I can't wait to see how much our fans can impact the game.

 

I would NOT be surprised if NBC tried to cover it up and not really make it a story.

 

 

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1 minute ago, Nextmanup said:

Sal C. just reported on GR-55 that LA was JAMMED with red, white, and blue Bills merchandise last night.  They were all out bar hopping and he said it was incredible.

 

And he mentioned that his hotel actually got a lot MORE Bills fans today compared to yesterday.

 

I can't wait to see how much our fans can impact the game.

 

I would NOT be surprised if NBC tried to cover it up and not really make it a story.

 

 

Tasker and Brown we beating on how long before the announcers made comments about how many bills fans that are there.  It's Mike Tirico covering the pregame and he seems to be behind the bills right now also so I think it will be said a few times.

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2 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

After looking at the depth charts it looks like Boogie is backing Groot, so I think he dresses.

Von's backup is either Epenesa or Lawson.  So that's why I went that way.

 

Who dresses may be determined on how much run plays the Bills expect the Rams to have.

Yes, understandable. The reason I think it's possible is that Von rushes from the left side a lot, so I think it's going depend how they plan to use him.  I'd say your view is most likely, but I believe there's a decent possibility of Basham sitting.

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I'm really excited.   

 

I wish my parents were alive.   

 

If I could talk to them, I'd say something like this:

 

The NFL season is about to begin.  You should see and hear what people around the country are saying about the Bills.  You wouldn’t believe it.

 

Dad, it’s been a while since you’ve seen any football, so it’s really kind of hard to explain.  Remember how good the Dolphins were?  Well, no one’s saying the Bills are going to go undefeated, but people are talking about the Bills potentially being as dominant as those Dolphins were.   Not in the same way – the Dolphins dominated with the run, but no one does that any more.  These days, the Bills dominate with the pass.  No, teams don’t have guys like OJ or Cookie, but they don’t need one.  No one runs the ball as much, because it’s too hard to win that way.  The good teams throw it, and they make do with at least a decent running game. 

 

Mom, you saw Kelly and watched those teams go to the Super Bowls, so you know what that kind of excitement is like.  All of western New York is excited about the coming season, and plenty of fans around the country are, too.  But this is different, too.  Kelly was great, and his teammates, too, but the Bills have a quarterback now named Josh Allen, and I don’t even know how to describe him.  He’s a big guy, 6’5”, 240 pounds, and he throws better than anyone you’ve ever seen.  Kelly, Marino, Aikman, young Peyton, remember those guys?  Allen throws it better than all of them.  Farther, faster, accurate.  And he can run too, better than any QB you ever saw run.  Really, he could be a running back.  Well, almost. 

 

People in Buffalo are pinching themselves, wondering how, after all these years, this has happened.  You know how much we’ve always wanted the Bills to win, but I think we always envisioned some heartwarming overachievers who become champions, like in Hoosiers.  Oh, sorry, you didn't see Hoosiers.  It’s a movie.  Okay, I think we’ve always thought that when the Bills got good they’d be like the Dodgers in the 50s.  Some kind of second class citizens of the baseball world who happened to get good with some workhorses and some Negroes and who managed to win the World Series once before, what?  Before leaving town? 

 

No, the Bills aren't some bumbling team that may have a a magical season.  The Bills look like they will be the Yankees, not the Dodgers.  And what’s so amazing is that people around the country are starting to see that this could be a team that is a serious force in the NFL for ten years or more.  A force like the Chiefs were in the AFL in the late 60s.  Or the Chargers were for a couple of seasons in the AFL, before the Bills took them down.  Or the Packers with Starr.  The Bills could be like that, but not for two or three years, but for ten years! 

 

It hasn’t felt like this in Buffalo, ever.  Maybe during the Pan American Exposition, 120 years ago, the city was excited like this.  People feel good.  It’s so nice for Buffalo.  

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14 minutes ago, Process said:

"Aaron Donald is the nuisance to Josh Allen. Every time we see Josh Allen not being super human it's because of Aaron Donald" - Marcus Spears

 

Josh Allen has played Donald once. He had 5 total TDs and scored 35 points in a win. 

He didn't mean the stats part of it though. Just the 2 times he sacked allen. 

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36 minutes ago, chongli said:

A little off-topic, but this site has been slow to load for me twice today (other sites here on wifi are fast). Everyone must be here and really pumped for the game tonight!


PC or mobile?

 

I’m constantly having issues having pages load here. 
 

the page “hang” halfway as seen on a progress bar. 
 

I often close Safari and reopen the pages 

 

I’ve even opened another window and it loads NFL, ESPN etc while TBD is still choking 

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18 minutes ago, Rat-boy said:

Anybody know a place in London (UK) that will screen this game? I am struggling to find anything and probably SOL.


Try the Hippodrome Casino, Leicester Square. They show every game live on a Sunday so might have this game on as well. It’s open 24 hours. 

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