Nuggets of Infor From Bills Practice 8/22

[Punching Bag]

2 hours ago, thenorthremembers said:

Also making a brief appearance in this video is future Bills owner Matthew Pegula.  

 

Is it just me or does Thad Brown come across exactly like someone named Thad would?

 

Father wanted to name him "Thud" but wife objected.

[Ray Finkel]

7 hours ago, jkeerie said:

"Those who are offside do not get fruit cup."  (Who knows the reference???)

Was that High Anxiety?

[Dan]

4 hours ago, RunTheBall said:

Thank God for the non-vocal majority of Bills fans who don’t tweet or post on this board. Otherwise you’d think what was once the best fan base in all of the league had devolved into an anxiety ridden, whining, entitled bunch of sky-is-falling Pats* fans. 

 

Here’s a reality check - the Tops shooting did not impact the play on the field. Kim Pegula’s cardiac arrest did not affect the play on the field. Losing to Miami in the heat did not affect the play on the field later in the season. Hamlin affected the play, Josh’s injury affected the play, Roger Saffold and Brown sucking affected the play. Getting out coached in every aspect by Cinci affected the play. 

 

This team did not handle the pressure of being crowned SB favorites. The vocal fan base is so anxiety ridden, so desperate for a SB win that it’s severely impacting the discourse to the point that every single practice snap is over analyzed to death. 

 

Talk to me after the first quarter of the season. Then I’ll be able to form an opinion on what this version of the Bills looks like and make a prediction on their future which will likely be completely wrong. 

 

Even if we had the consensus best team by every clown “analyst” out there we’d still have less than a 25% chance to win it all because no one wants to think about the role LUCK plays in getting there. Does the ball bounce your way in an important game? Do the refs blow a call in your favor at a crucial moment? Does your normally reliable RB cough up the ball (Thurman) at the most inopportune time? So much luck comes into play but we can’t quantify it so we ignore it. That does not mean getting clearly outcoached, which happened last year against Cinci, isn’t a valid complaint or concern.

 

I feel bad for those who feel in their hearts that if the team doesn’t win the Super Bowl then everything before that was a failure. They miss out on so much great football and fun because “the regular season doesn’t matter”. 

 

My heart gets ripped out every Sunday when they lose but a Thad Brown tweet about a mid August practice doesn’t have an impact.

 

Enjoy the ride.

I did the emoji beer thing. But really wanted to just say thank you as well  ..pretty much exactly how i feel reading this board lately.  

Edited August 23, 2023 by Dan

[AuntieEm]

2 hours ago, Limeaid said:

 

Father wanted to name him "Thud" but wife objected.

You are assuming that Matthew is the one that will continue as the future owner of the Bills?   Could very well be that Jessica runs the team in the future.  Likely it will be run as a family business and don't know which if any of the 2nd generation will be the one that carries on running the team for the family.  Jessica's husband works for the pegula sports and entertainment so maybe he runs the team in future alongside jes s ice when she no longer is competing as a top women's tennis player.

[Old Coot]

2 hours ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

Almost like they don’t even practice.

This. Belichick would have the team practice hard counts every day until the Offside stopped.

[MiltonWaddams]

25 minutes ago, AuntieEm said:

You are assuming that Matthew is the one that will continue as the future owner of the Bills?   Could very well be that Jessica runs the team in the future.  Likely it will be run as a family business and don't know which if any of the 2nd generation will be the one that carries on running the team for the family.  Jessica's husband works for the pegula sports and entertainment so maybe he runs the team in future alongside jes s ice when she no longer is competing as a top women's tennis player.

I’m quite certain that you terribly misconstrued the post. Terribly.

[BobbyC81]

9 hours ago, BillsShredder83 said:

Serious question here. What are the different ways *NFL* HCs handle things like undisciplined penalties from players?

 

-Can't fine them, don't know that'd be a good option even if you could

 

-There's running laps. Pretty universal, but many would think that's soft. (Runs small risk of belittling players, i.e. Urban Meyer)

 

-Can obviously reduce playing time especially RBs WRs, but what about OL? Hard to bench (and a bit nuclear this early) a DDawk for a series, cutting of nose to spite face.

 

-Position coach/Hc can call them out during film

 

I know each situation calls for different options, but am I missing anything? How do players get held accountable? Anybody a little more in the know have some nuance to add?

 

At this point I'm just as curious from an overall league perspective, not just Buffalo

In the past, on telecasts, I’ve noticed they would show a player on the sidelines after he committed a penalty, so it seems that sometimes a player may sit for a play after a penalty.  I don’t attend any games so I don’t know how frequently that happens.  I don’t believe it’s ever been a star player.

 

I don’t think if Josh let the play clock run out and it was definitely his fault that he would be sat for a play.

[jkeerie]

14 hours ago, Ray Finkel said:

Was that High Anxiety?

Yes it was.  Fleezoid pegged it as Nurse Deisel played by Chloris Leachman.  The line aimed at Harvey Korman's character when he was late to a luncheon meeting was:  "Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup."  

 

Nice job!

[HappyDays]

A couple updates from today's practice: