CodeMonkey

Except that 16-0 in the playoffs has never been done before.

My wife called yesterday to try and find out where you get tickets for the night practices this year and they didn't know that yet either.

LeBron has. They showed him as he sat on the bench near the end of the 3rd. Dude was spent.

A bet on a sweep might be more profitable, and obviously much higher risk.

I know $200K isn't a lot of money to him. But generally speaking, risking $200K to win $62K isn't necessarily wise.

Or ... the QB after TT.

It also helped to have a QB that the defense had to worry about for things other than handing Thurman the ball.

Assuming he has a model, he would not need to follow any one team. In fact that's pretty much the entire point of having a model. He would apply the model to all the teams and see where they fall without needing to be an expert on all 32 teams.

Being Bills fans, we can say McD and company almost cannot be worse than what we had. But, Burke is not a Bills fan. And McD is a rookie, the staff and structure are all new and untested, and to use your term, there is no cohesiveness now because there cannot be any. You see 10 possible wins. I happen to see about 8. There are others that see fewer, and some more. Again, we are Bills fans. But to most objective observers (and models) the schedule appears to be harder this year than last. His model is his model and he chooses not to disclose what his data points are. We can choose to consider it, or look for one written by The Senator that says the Bills are a lock for 19-0. It's the offseason

Not a picture, but my favorite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWp-flMnLMQ

The Bills?

My guess is he has factors like coaching staff turnover, veterans lost versus gained, last years starters lost versus gained, the draft grade, how the team did last season adjusting by the strength of schedule versus the schedule this year, other teams in the division and so on. Probably not that hard to come up with a reasonable model. But the nature of football and the unpredictable nature of injuries in such a violent game makes any model vulnerable.

Agreed that it does come up from time to time here. But disagree completely about the value to a city of having a NFL team. There is is no "soft marketing" value to a city having a team. No one, or business, in their right mind is making a decision to go to a city, or stay away from a city, based on having a football team. Teams generate income for businesses near the stadium 8-10 days a year. Insignificant in the grand scheme of things to all but a very select few (like Hammer for example). I would assume the team pays taxes as do most of the management and players. But that in no way offsets anywhere near the cost of the stadium, ongoing maintenance and improvements, and other costs such as police presence. Having a NFL team is great fun for the 60,000 ish that go to those 8-10 games a year. But it is a very expensive luxury if the billionaire owners get handed stadiums by the city and/or state. Buffalo, and new york, really cannot afford that IMO. I live in NY, but not in Erie County. So if the county wants to give the Bills a new stadium, then go for it with my blessing as I have no skin in that game. The same is true if the Bills add costs like a seat license to the fans that go to the games (since they at least use the stadium) to pay for it. But under no circumstances do I want NY giving them a penny. Teams make an awful lot of money to burden the taxpayers, most of which couldn't care less about the Bills, with the very high cost of their stadiums.

So basically, he doesn't like it so it is not a sport

New HC, the off season high still in full effect, and both september games. No doubt you will.

I find it easier to avoid the used versus traded semantics and just say that drafting Watkins cost the Bills 2 first round picks.

New way of doing things? New HC (and all that goes with it) and/or GM every couple years for nearly the past two decades. This is business as usual. We will see if this pairing has more success in a couple years.

Not dumb at all. The dumb thing would be not to listen. You can always say no, but if some idiot decides to offer up 2 or 3 #1 picks you should at least be listening.

Also, what the average age of a season ticket holder is. I am somewhat like you. I had a ticket for a couple years long ago, but gave it up to watch with my family as the kids got old enough to watch. Now I just prefer the view and the comfort of watching at home with the entire family and in a considerably shorter amount of time (recorded with commercials and halftime removed).

Sunday, Sept 10 - Bills vs. Jets W Sunday, Sept 17 - Bills @ Panthers W Sunday, Sept. 24 - Bills vs. Broncos W Sunday, Oct 1 - Bills @ Falcons L Sunday, Oct 8 - Bills @ Bengals L Sunday, Oct 22 - Bills vs. Buccaneers W Sunday, Oct 29 - Bills vs. Raiders L Thursday, Nov 2 - Bills @ Jets W Sunday, Nov 12 - Bills vs. Saints W Sunday, Nov 19 - Bills @ Chargers L Sunday, Nov 26 - Bills @ Chefs L Sunday, Dec 3 - Bills vs. Patriots* L Sunday, Dec 10 - Bills vs. Colts W Sunday, Dec 17 - Bills vs Fish W Sunday, Dec 24 - Bills @ Patriots* L Sunday, Dec 31 - Bills @ Fish L

There is no room for your logic during the annual "we won the offseason and are going to the playoffs (so pack your bags)" koolaid fest sir!

Me. I learned a while ago that alcohol and the internet are a very bad combination

I think the real reason that you are optimistic is that it is the off season. That's the time of year that it is possible and fun to believe that the Bills are likely to go to the playoffs due to the lack of information either way yet. "We got players X, Y, and Z and only lost A, B, and C (and they sucked and wanted too much money anyway). Plus, we have Rex ... McD now, and the Pegulas are really great owners now because they learned from the past! It's our time/run deep/starts with one! " Not that there is anything wrong with joyous optimism. It's one of the best things about the off season.

And Houston not blocking the lateral move is fishy as well. Or, maybe I'm just paranoid after the past 2 decades

Lateral move to go from Houston to Buffalo? Makes me wonder why. Did the Pegulas throw a pile of cash his way or something?