HardyBoy

It was week one, not much of it matters in terms of telling you about a team overall. I think the craziest thing of the entire weekend is that the Browns won…their week 1 record is brutal since they came back.

You're not getting what a pitch count is...has nothing to do with an existing injury, it's about protecting players from future injuries. They don't pull a pitcher after 100 pitches because he was hurt, they pull him because the fatigue on his arm increases the risk of injury for each pitch after, with each subsequent pitch being more risky than the last. The Bills have an elite sports science department. My guess is Singletary was caped at 8 carries, because pre-established thresholds had been crossed based on in game data they are tracking.

There's also money post retirement to be made, and a super bowl winner I would think makes that bigger. Also, this team tries and gets players their incentives in terms of opportunities (see Diggs playing last game last year) and scheme (though think the incentives are likely aligned to scheme). What I'm saying is, Poyer hitting his incentives makes him more money next year. The Bills just committed to helping him hit those incentives by giving him opportunities. He hits the incentives, he'll make more money on his next deal...don't think that deal is going to be in Buffalo though.

Pitch count means he would only be able to play a certain number of snaps or get a certain number of touches. They do it with their d line and other positions a lot. Probably why allen had to run, they couldn't trust Moss or Cook not to fumble and Singletary was at his pitch count.

He does, maybe he was on a pitch count?

No you said you didn't like his personality, which you don't know at all. Maybe he has anxiety, my 5 year old son has high functioning autism and I could totally see having unexpected facial expressions in situations where there are a lot of people, shoot I make unexpected faces that don't convey what I actually am thinking and I'm about as genuine a person as you'll find. Like chill a second on your take, because it's based on what exactly. Fact, Singletary and Moss train with him and without question would have vouched for his character. You don't know better than them, you just don't. Also, have you been drinking op?

It's about staying ahead of the chains really and being able to convert through the air when you aren't. Bills didn't need to run more last year, they needed to run better early in games. You know what I don't miss, is the third and 12+ draw play dive that was the hallmark of the drought years. My hope is the new o-line coaching and a new running scheme where they use receivers more as actual inside run blockers will allow them to get away from having Allen run designed runs, because they won't need a full extra blocker to make it so the run game has a hope of consistent success.

Came in to say this. Need to look at how many of those yards were gained after the team started milking the clock. If anything, that stat might actually show you that 100 yard rushers are likely to lead to losses. Have to think if you're running a four minute offense, you're more than 70% likely to win.

Thank you!!

Do they have outdoor seating with tvs? Not seeing pictures of a patio online.

Anyone know if there is a Bills Backer bar in Raleigh with outdoor seating? In general, any recommendations for a non-bills backers place(s) around Raleigh to watch games outside that would be good for a 5 year old (he's super into football)?

Screen name/post combo...

I don’t know why, but I trust this guy!

Aka toradol isn't for preseason?

I don't think it's about being right, the decision was made already. I do personally hope that Hodgins crushes it on another team as well as long as he's not playing against the Bills (if he is not able to get on the Bills practice squad). I'll definitely continue rooting for him though, I don't think it's wrong to root for players on different teams you like. My guess is there is a contract aspect to this. Maybe Hodgins feels like they did him dirty last year when they put him on IR during camp, which iirc was not a full season injury and they don't think he'll re-sign.

Interesting, so you're not saying you don't like dark theme, just not pure white text on a black ground? What are your feelings on stark black with slightly gray text, slightly lighter black with stark white text or slightly lighter black with slightly gray text? Contrast is such a cool piece of perception. I build dashboards and find this stuff super interesting, so forgive me interviewing you on your preferences!

So you should post this on the etiquette sub section of this board. It totally exists, go find it and don't post again till you do... 🤣 People clicking into threads, complaining they exist, then everyone else who's actually interested in the topic (how is Phillips doing, I'm rooting for him) get all excited thinking there is a lot of conversation about it... instead, get off my lawn!

Not just his vision, his explosiveness out of his cuts looked different than anyone else on the field (I was there). Like his acceleration and decisiveness (which I guess is a part of vision) kind of shocked me on one or two of his runs. Duke Johnson honestly looked amazing against the Panthers, though maybe that's because there wasn't much to look at, but I thought overall the Bills ran the ball nicely, outside of some key short yardage plays where you've got not even practice squad lineman going up against panthers backups, so what would you expect.

The game still stinks and these are sponsored by EA. Funny though

Kind of looks like lower back even?

I'm just wondering why didn't he pay a settlement and have her sign an NDA to make it go away? Why did he take the phone call from her after the fact? If he was guilty, wouldn't he pay to get her under NDA and not take a phone call from her? Anyone wonder if the Bills legal dept was pushing for an NDA and he said I'm not guilty and not paying for something I didn't do?

Can you imagine this place with a similar situation to the Lawyer Milloy trade (think he was similar age and contact status too right?) and losing in a blow out week 1?!

A couple questions, but will start with ticket strategy (sorry if addressed earlier in the thread): Any suggestions on best strategy for getting tickets (we're driving from Raleigh and spending the night)? Hoping to get two seats for me and my 5 y/o near the Bills bench (or somewhere where we could get down there near the end of the game as it empties out) and my wife and 2 y/o will sit wherever. The wherever tickets are cheap, but down by the bench, not so much ($175ish over the weekendon stubhub)...think wait till day of? I'm looking to get in there for warm-ups, so waiting until the game starts isn't an option. You guys have no idea how obsessed my 5 y/o is with the Bills and the nfl in general, so I'm willing to pay what the seats are worth for a lifelong memory for him, but figured I'd see if people had advice. My second question that I'm going to post separately in a bit will be more about how into the Bills he is. He has high functioning autism, and it's crazy how much he knows about football for a 5 y/o (he basically hasnt stopped watching highlights since the offseason and is getting into film breakdowns now). He knows different formations, strategy, calls out penalties before flags come out, how many scores a team would need to catch up, knows when a field goal will make it say a three score game, and the importance of that. He has to deal with so much in terms of how his brain works that so many of us take for granted, and he's trying so hard, but progress isn't always linear and he has his tough moments (not talking tough for me, but where he has a meltdown and after he calms down, you can hear in his words and his facial expressions how he's thinking "it happened again, why can't I just control it like other kids."). I just want to do something super special for him and am OK spending money on pre-season tickets near the bench if that means he might get to see some of his heros up close.

yeah, I rewatched it, agree I don’t think he had time to do anything other than just run.

You might be right, but I disagree. I think he kept the db where he could continue to feel him with his off arm and maintain enough contact to prevent the db from getting a step inside and having a chance to make a play on the ball. Kind of like a box out in basketball. Only chance the defender had to make a play on the ball would have been by going through Hodgins and committing PI. Think of it this way, he ended up having to dive to make the catch, but he waited for the last second to get that separation. That was a lofted arcing pass, and even with slowing down he only had to dive a little bit. If he doesn't slow down to ultimately get the separation at the end, the db, and especially a starting db meets the ball at the high point and likely knocks it out of his hands. In my mind, the only way he could have prevented that from happening was to slow down, and use his off hand to get a bit of separation and then dive. . Allen throws him into the endzone on more of a line and allows him to run full speed away from the db.