Utah John

I'm glad Allen hasn't decided to rest on his laurels and figure what he can do now is good enough. Aside the from the opportunity to refine one area, getting back with Palmer gives a chance to correct any bad habits he might have picked up.

I just rewatched the Seahawks game from last year. The only reason the Bills didn't put up 60 points, and Allen pass for 500 yards, was that most of the Bills' O line was hurt, so the Seahawks were able to get pressure on Allen in the second half. That was a great game for a Bills fan to watch, but probably not so much for everyone else. Other Bills games were like that too. There were some close games though. The first Jets game could have been a loss if the Jets hadn't lost CJ Mosely after the first half. That was a tight game but was pretty lacking in big plays. The first Pats game could also have been a loss, if Cam hadn't fumbled. I'm just glad they didn't pick the Titans or Chiefs games, but the Bills weren't in them right from the start, so maybe they weren't competitive enough to get on the list. I had dozens of tapes of old Bills games. My father taped the games for me and mailed them to me because there were no options for out of towners to see the games live. I had to throw many of them away when we moved a few years ago. I still watch the ones I kept from time to time. As mushy said, the commercials from the 80s and 90s are great.

If BB was half as good a GM as he is a coach, the rest of the league could just play for second place. He'd still cheat of course.

The Pats should contact the Titans or Seahawks and offer to trade. BB would want something else thrown in of course since Harry was drafted earlier, and by BB, so he is obviously better. Sure, that'll work.

Yep, I've seen that too, and I hope it turns out to be true. I think he got sideways last year by losing too much weight before the season started. This year he has regular coaching and guidance.

NFL DCs are in business to solve offenses. Lamar Jackson lit up the league, until DCs figured out how to slow him and then stop him. Ref: The Bills held Baltimore to a field goal in their playoff game. DCs around the league are all trying to figure out how to defend Allen. If someone does figure that out, all the copycats will take note, and they'll do it too. It's just hard for guys to maintain exceptional performance year after year. That's why I voted no in this poll. It's not a lack of faith in Allen or Diggs or Daboll. It's respect for DCs in the NFL.

The Bills have not done a good job evaluating DL personnel. I think they grabbed Epenesa, Rousseau, and Basham and hoped that at least one of them will pan out to be a top-level player. It's like playing three bingo cards at once. There are no guarantees with drafted players, so let's load up and see what develops. We really need only one of these guys to excel. If two or three do, well that will be great, but they really need at least one to be a strong player.

I think you're thinking about a different game, probably the playoff game against the Steelers when the Bills were trying to make it to the SB for the fifth time. The Burroughs PF was the dagger, but what killed the Bills in that game was the string of injuries on defense. Shane Conlan, Bruce Smith and others were out or limited. The Bengals had a great offense, and the Bills O was not able to keep up.

Regular season Allen > regular season Kelly Playoff Kelly >>> playoff Allen I don't know what happens when Allen gets into a playoff game. Maybe the game plans get tighter, or maybe he just feels the pressure more. The Bills won two playoff games last year but didn't look great doing it. The playoff losses to Houston and KC were just bad games for Allen. There's no real reason why Allen can't dominate in the playoffs. Maybe he has a little monkey on his back about this, and once he goes out a lights someone up in a playoff game, this will all be viewed as part of his learning curve.

I had just arrived in Germany for my first Air Force assignment when this game was played. With the time difference, I had to listen to it on radio in the middle of the night. What a horrible ending to a great season.

Also of note, the NFL MVP in 1963 was Y.A. Tittle of the Giants, not Jim Brown. Looking back that's hard to understand.

The NFL season in 1963 was 14 games, just as it was in 1973. Simpson could do that because he knew he was faster than the guy closest to him, so he didn't have to worry about the guy right behind him. Today, the LBs and DBs are faster. Of course Simpson would have found a way to be better than anyone else today, too, just as he did back in the day.

That's about the size of it. He was a terrible man but an amazing athlete. And I almost agree that there was never a better RB -- Jim Brown was the best player ever, while Simpson was the best player I ever saw in person. Both Brown and Simpson would excel today, but it would be tough for either of them to get the stats they got back in the day. LBs and DBs are much faster now. On many of his longest runs, Simpson deliberately put himself close to a defender knowing he could outrun him. Those runs would not work the same way today because the defender would stop him early. That said, for the era he played in, he dominated like no other player. Thanks for the memories. Considering how visually challenged Bergman was, I'm surprised he was able to find his way to his own house.

Interesting that the two Wolfley brothers went to different high schools. That could make for some interesting Friday night trash talking.

Sam Darnold, please call the starting QB at Lincoln High and talk him into switching positions. Or sports.

I watched an analysis of the RBs in pass blocking, particularly blitz pickups. Moss excels while Motor struggles. I think this goes back to excellent coaching at Utah, which prepared Moss for the life of an NFL RB on a passing team. I think this is also why Moss was drafted. As long as Allen is the QB, the Bills will be a passing team that runs from time to time. The O line was built for pass blocking. The entire offense is built around making the passing game work. And why not? With our QB and WRs, of course that's just playing to our strengths. If Singletary doesn't make it past this year with the Bills, it will be because he hasn't improved enough on blitz pickups. I have no idea whether Brieda is any good at pass blocking, but I anticipate that given Brieda's superior speed and quickness over Motor, that Brieda is here now to be ready for Motor leaving next year. I hope things don't go this way. I like Singletary and I hope he grows into the role the team wants him to fill.

I don't think it was ever clear to the public what happened with Terry Miller. He had a fantastic rookie year, and then ... nothing. He showed real brilliance with that quickness and speed. Such a puzzle.

Thanks. That makes sense.

I'm not sure there's enough room on the west side of Abbott Road for the new stadium. See what you think. https://www.google.com/maps/place/100+Centre+Dr,+Orchard+Park,+NY+14127/@42.7739672,-78.7948473,17z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x89d305815466a99f:0xf0b562b249eaa7f5!2sHighmark+Stadium!8m2!3d42.7737546!4d-78.7869723!3m4!1s0x89d3058b48ee1345:0x4419697e896b431e!8m2!3d42.773213!4d-78.7708262 Abbott Road could be shifted, temporarily or permanently, to the east, to make a larger area for a new stadium on the west side of the road. But that would cut right through a lot of the current parking area. It might be necessary to put the new on right where the current one is. I haven't read all the posts up to this point, but has anyone even questioned why they're talking about replacing the existing stadium with one that basically is the same as the old one? The league loves to put in fancy executive suites that make the home teams a lot of money. Well, who in Buffalo is going to buy those suites? I haven't been in the current stadium in a while so if there's some dire problem that's forcing replacement, then OK, build a new one. But just to build a new one because the current one is old seems like a waste of money, and a lot of aggravation for a few years until the new one is finished.

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He's using the same BS logic that so many people did about wearing a mask when it was required to do so. "If you don't want to be near me while I ignore the rules and risk spreading a deadly disease, then don't go to the store/bank/whatever." This is complete BS. Public health rules are in place for a reason. People who follow the rules should be able to live safely. People ignoring the mask requirements, and refusing to get vaccinated, just to prove they can tell everyone else to stuff it, are a menace to society.

There is no need for the Bills to play anywhere else while the new stadium is built, unless it's on the same site as Rich/Ralph/whatsis. Any talk of playing somewhere else would be devastating, effectively giving up homefield advantage. Doesn't anyone remember the Bills playing in that sterile, silent stadium in Toronto?

Shady's departure was handled very well by the Bills. They showed him great respect by cutting him and letting him go to a team that could use him effectively, at a lower cost than his contract with us called for, because he just wasn't as good as he had been by that time. The alternative was to trade him for a bag of old footballs, because no other team was going to give up much for him at his contract price. Trading Shady for a seventh or something similar would have stained his reputation. The players around the league see how different teams treat their players. The Bills knew they couldn't afford to pay Jordan Phillips after his big year in Buffalo, and they let him and Shaq Lawson go sign big contracts elsewhere. Both of them probably love the cash they're getting but also wish they were still playing here. It's a big deal to NFL players to know a team will treat them with respect. I can't think of any Bills player in the last few years where contract or injury concerns left a bad taste in their mouths. Every cut they've ever made was an obviously reasonable move -- John Brown comes to mind. Everyone knew he wasn't playing to the value of his current contract. The Bills released him and he moved on where he wanted to go. What goes around comes around. Buffalo is now viewed as a desirable place for FAs. Cutting Shady was an investment in reputation for the team. It's paying off.

Tennessee will struggle this year due to the loss of their OC and TE. JJ is an upgrade over the WR2 they lost but not enough to overcome the losses. Their O line is not good. And their D is just average at best. We think the Titans are all that because the Bills lost to them so badly last year. That was a strange game, with covid impacts and uncertainty, and that game was the low point for the Bills last year. I think even last year the Bills beat the Titans 7 out of 10 times. This year, 8 out of 10. Cleveland and Miami have both been doing things right for a few years, building up their rosters. One or both of them could gel and become dominant, or maybe neither one does. All the chips have to land right for that to happen. I would fear the Colts if I didn't remember how their QB played last year whence he came (see what I did there?). The only real question for KC is whether their rebuilt O line works out. They got good players but sometimes the whole is less than the sum of the parts.

Maybe one of the TEs they picked up can play QB. That's the only way they'll get the ball in their hands.