Bills on Hard Knocks

[Doc Brown]

3 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

Zero upside? I suppose anything short of a Super Bowl victory will be enough for people agreeing with you to say "I told you so."

My guess is with McDermott and many other coaches it's not as much as the distraction but the paranoia that one of these HBO employees could be a hired spy with all the cameras and microphones that come's with this kind of TV production.  Or as the Patriots used to call it, "Kraft productions."  I think it was in 2019 when McDermott confronted some Patriots staffers who were a little bit too much on their side of the field during pregame warmups.  I wouldn't be surprised to see some extra security at the facility this training camp period.

[dcinmuncie]

10 hours ago, Ya Digg? said:

The Bills have been a top 2-3 team for the last 6 or so years….why would you think they would be “under the radar”?

i would argue that many pundits counted us out at the beginning of last year in particular.

 

that's kind of what i mean by 'under the radar'

 

[MikePJ76]

2 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

My guess is with McDermott and many other coaches it's not as much as the distraction but the paranoia that one of these HBO employees could be a hired spy with all the cameras and microphones that come's with this kind of TV production.  Or as the Patriots used to call it, "Kraft productions."  I think it was in 2019 when McDermott confronted some Patriots staffers who were a little bit too much on their side of the field during pregame warmups.  I wouldn't be surprised to see some extra security at the facility this training camp period.

NFL films make the show.  
 

The show is a bad idea all around but not because of rogue employees being spies.

 

the only reason Buffalo did not fight this with everything they have is because it is going to be used as a promotional tool for the new stadium and to help sell psl’s.

[billsfan89]

Looking forward to it, should be fun to see more of the team behind the scenes 

[DrDawkinstein]

12 hours ago, dave mcbride said:

Good post. More importantly, we now have ~24 years of evidence, and being on Hard Knocks appears to correlate with a 99 percent plus rate of stasis/mediocrity/decline. The Bills agreeing to this is flabbergasting to me.

 

This isnt good logic when, for most of those 24 years, playoff teams were allowed to opt out of it. So the show only featured teams that were already bad.

 

Looking back at the handful of playoff teams that did participate doesnt show any drop off or negative affect.

 

I dont expect any here either.

 

Frankly, if a part-time documentary is enough to sandbag the team, we arent that good in the first place. (spoiler: it wont because we are)

[turbo044]

2 hours ago, MikePJ76 said:

NFL films make the show.  
 

The show is a bad idea all around but not because of rogue employees being spies.

 

the only reason Buffalo did not fight this with everything they have is because it is going to be used as a promotional tool for the new stadium and to help sell psl’s.

Not sure how this sell PSL's? Also, teams have no leg to stand on if they are chosen to be the chosen team.  They can't argue out of it

[Slippery Rubber Mats]

16 minutes ago, turbo044 said:

Not sure how this sell PSL's? Also, teams have no leg to stand on if they are chosen to be the chosen team.  They can't argue out of it

 

They are going to show off the new digs A LOT. Seeing it, hearing it talked about will get interest up. That's the way it works

[Alphadawg7]

It’s wild watching some of the hysteria going on in this thread.  People either really don’t understand the show, have crazy conspiracy theories/concerns, or just believe in too many jinxes.  
 

Bills winning or not winning the SB this year will literally have zero to do with Hard Knocks being there during training camp.  
 

Some of you seem to forget that cameras and interviews are part of their everyday lives, practices, games, etc.  A little bit xtra coverage in training camp isn’t going to decide the fate of our season lol.

 

Just sit back and be a fan and enjoy the show, it isn’t gonna bite lol

 

GoBills!

Edited 27 minutes ago by Alphadawg7