RochesterLifer

This is from 2020, when Fox Sports named Bills fans as the best in the NFL. Bills fans in the Boston area were getting their (our) picture taken in front of the billboard in Foxboro, about three miles from Gillette. I believe this specific picture was about two hours before we played them in Gillette on Monday Night Football. We thrashed them....then, they understood.

I lived in Boston from 2018 to 2023. They didn't take us seriously as we became a strong football team. Pats fans thought Buffalo's excitement was "cute" and expected to keep dominating. With their arrogance, they never knew what hit them.

How to say "kiss my @$$" without saying kiss my @$$.

I grew up in the '70s when the Dolphins beat us for an entire decade. Our dominance over the Fins during the Super Bowl years was sweet revenge. Our current ownership of Miami brings me special joy, and I get anxious before every game with them. Don't give them an inch; they already took a mile.

I agree with your point on this being Cook's one big bite of the apple. However, I don't just do what anyone tells me to do. I own my actions. I consider input, advice, and knowledge. However, when it comes time to take action, that decision and action is mine.

I think the strategy behind the narrator is to have the players and coaches be the stars. The narrator is there to fill in the blanks. You can like it or not (I'm kinda "meh"), but I think that is the reasoning behind the style.

Bravo! I admire thoughtful writing. 😁

You nailed it. While watching, I caught myself with a dopey grin several times. I'm lovin' it.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. I spend my whole life frivolously muttering. It's a self-medicating sanity tool. "Grumble, grumble, brumble, burgerflickle..."

A "process" thought to factor into the Cook scenario. Beane and the Bills have a way of doing business. They extend (reward) the players they want to keep after the third year. It has been a successful method of retaining our own at both a fair price for the player and a cap-friendly price for the Bills. If Cook doesn't participate in this business model, it could encourage future young Bills to also not go along with it. Beane may not want to set this precedent.

This could be the Cook camp trying to communicate with Beane through the press. That has been one of their methods.

How appropriate to quote coach Marv Levy on his 100th birthday. He once said, “Depth is great, until you have to use it.”

Whew, that’s a high range. While I am a simple and financially uneducated fan, I really don’t believe those numbers are in play.

The same holds true for you. Are you a loser?

I have no desire to personally attend a Super Bowl and be surrounded by a bunch of rich corporate folks and selfie-obsessed influencers. I want to be among real Bills fans, cheering, crying, living, and dying with every play. I am fortunate in Mississippi, where my friends cheer with me. But, we Western New Yorkers know the pain of the 80s, the four falls, and the drought. My dream is to see us win it, surrounded by true lifelong fans - my Buffalo Bills brothers and sisters. I suspect the experience will be so rich and intense, 😁 it could be my last day.

Agreed. Rodney Harrison told this story about Tom Brady when he first joined the Patriots. The Coleman version appears (to me, I could be wrong) to be an A.I. copy. I have recently noticed a couple of "quotes" from NFL players being the same from different players for different teams - especially on Facebook. As A.I. becomes increasingly prevalent, we should be increasingly skeptical of what we read.

I'm hoping Buffalo has a downtown outdoor Super Bowl viewing party. I have relocated south and dream of coming home to watch us win the Lombardi with my home folk. *I will be attending with my trusty (Buffalo Trace) bourbon flask.

The amazing thing about that drop is that it was NOT a tough catch. Josh softly laid it in his hands in stride. It was one of the easiest opportunities an NFL receiver could ask for. The drop was soooooo bad that questioning Diggs' motivation on the play is not unreasonable.

Congratulations and thank you for building the base fan culture for the rest of us to enjoy. Salute!

The Kevyn Adams answer, maybe a bit snarky, is funny. I don’t agree with it potentially being Josh. That story is too full and unified. I have to believe a franchise QB decision must be unanimous and include the owner’s complete buy-in.

Can you give examples of “real Terry guys?”

Thank you for bringing clarity to this bash-fest. Taking it a step further, it’s a good and interesting question.

This is new information to me. Where did you get it from...a credible source? I've been wondering about the Bills' offer through this entire drama. If Cook's turning down 12.5M, then shame on him.

I'm not so sure. I've read that a running back's effectiveness severely declines after he turns 60.

😩 We're all gonna die!