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Tbh that might be the thing I appreciated most about Diggs when he was here.

I really hoped with the move of Sunday Ticket to YouTubeTV we'd get a team-specific ST option but we haven't seen it yet. I'd like to pay something like $100 for all Bills games on the season.

I would be I wouldn't be surprised either if it goes lower to $10m. I really think he's just using a negotiation tactic called anchoring and he's set his ceiling, so basically anywhere between what he's making now ($5.6m?) and $15 mil per year is the spectrum that he's established based on taking this public. Which I also think he did strategically because about half or more of the fanbase believes he should get what he wants and that being public will put more pressure on the team to do something. I think they should try to sign him for $10m - $12m per year, but his reps should go up. The tier of RB's he wants to be with are getting 40+ touches a game in a lot of cases and the most he did last year was half of that. If they trade him for a good deal, I'm totally fine with that too. I don't think he's done anything to risk the chemistry of the team yet.

Is there a reason he didn't get more than 23 carries in a game last season? Is he checking himself out or is that the Bills monitoring his reps?

I will say, I don't care about the player's behavior unless he did something against the law. I've watched too many damn games to sweat over things like that. I just want to win. Period.

So we've gone from $20 million a year during the season down to $15 million now, and fans are ready to send him packing? He's doing the anchoring effect in negotiations but really it just sets the ceiling. I bet he'd sign for $10 million a year.

I disagree with the thread title: "The Eagles beat the Chiefs by doing the opposite of the Bills"! We've battled both teams close. We're close. We've needed pass rushers since 2020. Beane's done nothing other than risk too much on Von, something we all wondered at the time. Von sounds like he'd re-sign for cheap, I hope so. But we gotta invest in DL finally. AJ and Greg are great products of the system, we gotta have a factor other than Josh and James.

Yeah but wouldn't you like to see more variations of jerseys during those years flushed down the drain? 😁

I don't know about you all, but I'm disappointed we didn't use many jersey variations this year. We didn't use the throwback white alternates at all this year, nor the standing Buffalo helmets, I also noticed the white alternates are not listed on the Bills official online shop, although they are on NFL Shop. There's been a growing amount of support to do the 90's throwbacks for a game, I'd support that, I also personally love the white alternate throwbacks the most and it seems the team is getting away from those. Curious what others think, I just really wish the team would switch it up more because seems we're just using reds now for alternates only.

Damn, I'm surprised he passed before Levy, with all respect.

You mean this stare?

Beane seems defensive

What would his numbers have been without Josh? Not saying it was a bust, but we didn't use him the back half of 2023 when our offense was most productive and ended up with over $30 million in dead money. I love Stef. He was on my fantasy team this year and I won the league even with his injury, but he dropped a major catch against the Chiefs in the playoffs and wasn't a great teammate according to everyone on the team. And I think Josh and everyone else knows that's one of the most important ingredients when you study past Super Bowl winners.

Kinda jealous. Josh would have continued to develop just as much without him.

The owner of this message board can attest. I'm a southern boy who fell in love with this team and the city of Buffalo, the football and food is that good. My first game was in New Orleans. My 2nd game was in Buffalo, the day before my first game in Buffalo it was 70 degrees, the next day it was 20 and a foot of snow on the ground. I'm all the way in and will fight.

Honestly they all become the same for me. I expect that to continue after 50-60 years.

It sucks. It is what it is. No more respect for Chiefs or their fans. I will still take Josh every day of the week, he would win in a street fight against Pat or Andy. As long as I'm on this earth and the Bills are playing, they are my team. Offense is set and I hope we re-sign Cook, Hollins, and Cooper, in that order. Find a way to exploit Cooper more. We need to invest in defense. Especially, pass rush and secondary. No more traditions, no more songs, no more sweet potatoes, I want this team to take on more of a killer mindset. Beane and McD aren't going anywhere. My respect for McD grew this year for the first time in a few years. But Beane has got to be more a leader. He's built a good team, but over 70% of that is because he got lucky with Josh. Von Miller, Stefon Diggs, Matt Araiza, Zay Jones, 2018 draft after round 4, 2019 draft besides Knox, and 2020 draft are on him. Full stop. He can't control injuries, but we had two consecutive drafts where we retained 1 starter and that's not including FA. IMO Beane is living off the success of Josh while McD is trying to win a Super Bowl. Bills should be much better next year. Our hardest games are at home. We have plenty more cap space. Josh grew the most this year and that's obvious if you watch his play and interviews. He's continually becoming better and more disciplined, they need to extend him for life this offseason. This season was a success IMO. Based on the losses from last year, I expected us to miss the playoffs or barely get in. This season was a success IMO. That's all I got. Go Bills!

It just feels like a lot of things are aligning.

So I found a deal already that totals $500 RT for me to get a ticket plus travel to KC for the game. I'm thinking about it honestly now bc this is cheap. And Josh is great.

The amount of negativity about Damar from before the season from our fans to now is amazing. A lot of fans didn't think he was any good. But he showed a few flashes in 2022 before he died when we needed him to step up. It's been nice to see him have the season he's having.

If you're McD... what's the last thing you communicate to Josh tonight about the game tomorrow? Whether in person or over text.

I agree with all of this and love the detail except the scoring of Harbaugh and McD. I think they're above Campbell and Sirianni.

IMO, this year with him and the team, it seems they've all matured and become even bigger leaders with more confidence, but especially him. No drama, no turnovers, and the most consistency of his career. Couple those things with the fact he's hanging out in the offseason with other champions like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, etc... it seems he's gotten that killer instinct instilled into him even more this year.

And on synthetic grass.

I thought the article was good. I don't think McD has enough experience to compete with the likes of Andy Reid, his game management is a sign of that, but I do think he's gotten better at it over the last 7 years, and I like him. I don't think he's in danger of losing his job this year so I hope he continues to get better. I think he's really trying to coach a wrestler's mindset into the team, if you look at the players, that's really how it seems. The way players quoted talked about him was very in-depth.