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I wouldn't worry about it. I'd anticipate that most of the hay for potential Ravens and Chiefs matchups was likely already in the barn before the playoffs started. It was pretty clear that Brady had put that Detroit gameplan together WAY in advance. These games are his real interviews.

Yeah that's what I'm isolating. There could be like 9K of them scattered about so there will likely be some.

Basically, a PSL is a 30 year commitment to buy tickets. Because once PSL's are sold, the retention rate of season ticket holders becomes MUCH higher. People loathe to walk away from their investment. The Bills season ticket numbers look great now but they fluctuated greatly with the teams performance over the years. We aren't talking about selling tickets for one season here. And it's not just the value of the ticket. I believe selling inside the stadium will become a much bigger part of the experience going forward. Selling merchandise and encouraging live in game wagering etc.. It's going to be very different next door. As an organization you want the people on site to drain their wallets and strengthen your franchise economically. I could go on but it just causes a lot of poo-pooing like all the years I insisted to our on-paper hole-patching short-sighted wallers that the Bills should always pick a QB in round 1 every year until they are sure they hit one because the future of the franchise relies on a new stadium and great, charismatic QB's get those built. I rest my case.

Yeah he has great height and long arms and he's not light for an NFL DE. I really expected him to become a 10 sack guy this season. On the hoof, he looks he part. He just isn't consistent enough to force the Bills to give him more snaps. I think there is another level of effort to be tapped into there. Having his walk year hit after playing less than 50% of the snaps in games he played might have contributed to him re-upping with a bridge deal and maybe not being quite as motivated as he could be. Not saying he's dogging but walk years just raise the intensity for many players. Learning how to regularly reach your max effort is harder than maintaining it afterward, IMO. Maybe he gets motivated next year and takes his game up to the next level. Hard to get 10 sacks playing 40-55% of snaps and coming off the field for Von on 3rd downs though.

He's been hit more than enough this season. He didn't respond with effective play after that big hit in the Ravens game so Reed could surely site that as proof. And Allen had his worst game since his rookie year the following week and got hit hard and concussed again. But pretty much all of his biggest hits were taken on the road this season. And both teams have changed significantly since that game but his point stands based on recent history.

Greasy McD

Yeah a season or two ago you could still play "make Lamar throw outside the numbers" and cheat the defense inside on him. Now he can make the throws. Took longer than I expected, I actually liked him as a passer coming out but I think he was put in a dumbed down passing game from the start so they could get the most out of his running ability to win immediately so it's taken longer for him to develop as a passer. Even the Ravens organization had their doubts that Lamar could reach this level and stay healthy doing it as recently as a couple years ago.

It's just about being prepared for it. Which is what I question. It helps to be acclimated a bit but places like Buffalo and KC are regularly much colder than Baltimore in January. KC people are really accustomed to it. It's colder there. But there is not a big margin for error if you are boozed up and under-dressed in those temps. If you show up expecting there to be not much difference between a 30 degree game at M&T and 8 at Ralph you will get surprised. I've been to many of the colder games in Bills history and I was never cold for that Raiders 0 degree -30 windchill playoff game but per Tasker one of the Raiders almost punched out on the bench under a pile or overcoats. We'll be comfy at our tailgate I have a big heater about a size down from the one's they use now on the sidelines and we used it for that NE playoff game and it kept a large area quite nice but we also have plenty of places to take refuge during the day. If you are rolling in hours before the game via Uber and are out in it all day and underdressed you could easily be screwed by 8-9 pm.

Garrett is arguably the best defensive lineman in the NFL. His streak of 14 or more sack seasons is literally unprecedented. And his goal is to catch Bruce Smith. Maybe he falls off a cliff soon or maybe he plays lights out for another 5+ years. I wouldn't be surprised by the move, even after a SB win, because the next few years are the prime of Josh Allen. This is their best chance to win SB's. That's not to say Josh can't be great in his mid-30's and beyond but right now he is a friggin' machine. "Them picks" are more valuable when you need a deeper roster around Allen and want to truly reset your cap. Like what the Rams did with Stafford. Stafford isn't the force of nature he was from 2015-2021, commencing with that 41 TD season and a SB win. But they have a punchers chance still with him pushing 37 despite not having a first round pick from 2017-2023. I'd also add that the Bills are trying to sell PSL's to a new stadium in 2026. A SB win will help greatly but the additional promise of more to come is a huge selling point. When the Yankees got their new stadium they made the mistake of sandwiching that between missing the playoffs for the first time in like 15 years and then winning the WS the season the stadium opened. The promise is the allure. Bills fans who haven't experienced a title of any kind will hopefully find out winning a title is fun but it is not what many think it is. Which is replacing nothing with something. It comes at it's own expense. Took the Yanks years to sell out all the premium seats after-the-fact. A SB win and then a Myles Garrett acquisition, promising another level of greatness perhaps, would probably close the most deals before opening day of 2026 and that is the end game financially.

Yeah I agree. But I think their fans could be in for a rude awakening with this level of cold if it's as bad as they are suggesting(like versus NE WC game). This isn't mid-Atlantic cold. Might be some near-death experiences. It's an old stadium, unless you are in the clubs the only places to warm up are the bathrooms or the infirmary. And when that hypothermia sets in people often get past the shivering stage and just stare, which gives the false impression that they are alert. It's weird. They can still get up and walk out after the game even.......but if they aren't being active and are notably less responsive to speech during the game it could be a problem. The new stadium should resolve this issue to a great extent but for now it's survival of the prepared.

Yeah they don't get sacks, and those negative plays matter. We all thought McD's sack success in Carolina would carry over but there has been an influx of mobile QB's since he became Bills HC and it's clear they need really special talents to put up sacks in this system now. That's where getting a star like Garrett would be ideal because he doesn't need space to disrupt things. Von's first season in Buffalo he was that guy. But they are pretty decent against running QB's because of their system up front. They really hemmed in Bo Nix and that dude can fly. When they started chasing sacks at the end of that game Bills fans got to see how good Nix is as a runner. They've had success against Lamar too so I'm optimistic this weekend. When you have guys like Lamar, Jayden Daniels and Box Nix running over 20 mph and creating big plays with their feet I think it helps to tighten up those splits and contain. Against Stafford and Goff it would be nice to have more "get home" from the rush. Against Mahomes, ideally you have both.

Tremaine could be back on the market in March? I mean, I hear you but it might just prove to be change for the sake of change. In the NFL pretty much everyone is vulnerable in one way or another at LB right now. Denver allowed the second fewest yards per play all season and had the most sacks. How do you beat that on paper? Well, the Bills hung about 500 yards on them.......pretty evenly distributed between air and ground......and they needed some favorable officiating of their grabby coverage or that figure and the 31-7 score might have been worse. Ideally you want to find a way to get more impact from the front 4 in the system you have.

Like I said, we don't know how Koonce would project as a very undersized DE in a very different system. Khalil Mack and AJ Epenesa are not comps. Despite being the physical prototype that the Bills want in an edge, Epenesa is a liability against the run. In that context of run indifference his inability to generate even more pass rush/sacks is disappointing. Mack is maybe the best edge run defender in the NFL. Certainly one of the very best(I personally think Rousseau is the best). I don't expect him to ever get up to 17 sacks again like in 2023 but I'd like to see what he could do in that regard while playing opposite an offense that blows out opponents as frequently as the Bills do. I don't see him commanding a really big contract and it would make sense to chase a ring in a division that doesn't include a QB like Mahomes. And the UB ties etc.. Koonce has those ties too but he had one good season and missed all of last season to a knee injury. Mack played 16 games and put up 2 sacks against CJ Stroud Saturday.

I'm not sure the Bills would be that interested in Koonce. A lot of his production when he broke out came out of wide 9 type fronts that the Bills don't employ much. They like tighter splits with big edge setting DE's because they want to protect the lighter, quick LB's rather than funnel the run into the LB's like Schwartz did when he ran wide 9 in Buffalo. Von Miller was an exception because he can rush from any split and be good against the run. Khalil Mack has proven that he would be an exception as well. Javon Solomon is also smaller like Koonce but I think that was just a value selection even though he doesn't really fit their type. He's probably going to have to find his inner James Harrison in the coming seasons to get snaps ahead of an edge setter in McD's defense.

Yeah I've been doing mock drafts for months and the DT's in this class just keep moving up the boards in the opinions of most. To the point where despite the depth it feels like it's hit or miss if there is going to be value there, in the form of immediate contribution, late in round 2. If it were a better draft the depth in the class might go into round 4 but in weak drafts teams aren't as likely to reach past those guys for needs. There doesn't appear to be much help at DT in free agency either. It would be a great year from the Bills perspective to swing a Myles Garrett trade for the Bills 25' and 26' #1 picks.........but from the Browns perspective the value of that 25' #1 might not be appealing. Unless they decide they are in on Joe Milroe and he's still on the board when the Bills pick comes up.