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Wh Where are you placing this? I could be convinced.

He was open so much last week. It’s super tempting

I posted something similar a few weeks ago. I like Beane. I think he’s don’t a good job of building a team. I think his predecessor was better at building a roster. 10 times out of 10 I’ll take the team guy. Our depth chart is old, especially for key contributors and starters. Our starting WRs average age is 31. All last year we talked about how an aging Star L. would be this teams saving grace for 2021. Our best players, sans Allen, are previous regimes picks or FA. Tre, Poyer, Hyde, Hughes, Dawkins, and Milano. Are all the previous FO. I love me some Josh, he is the shinning star in the draft classes. I think Davis and Oliver are going to have great careers. And I think Edmunds should stick around but only for the right price. But they have to do better at getting draft picks to make a bigger impact.

It’s not a huge shock. I know we call the team “young” but we aren’t. This FO have filled a lot of holes through FA. Basically the entire OL sans Dawkins, plus most of the WR room. Jordan and Poyer are FA pickups pre Beane. Hughes, Star, Klein, and Addison are all up there in age and seeing significant playing time.

This was the Tom Brady way for a while there. Step 1. Be Tom Brady Step 2. Get Old Step 3. Drop a couple games early in the season Step 4. Win the rest of your games Step 5. Win Super Bowl

But how does he look in shorts?

I am not considering Flores or Miami to be some defensive juggernaut, but this is also only his 3rd year and he inherited one of the worst defenses in the league in year one, that made large strides in year two. It isn't wild to think that they will be better in year 3 on that side of the ball. I am not predicting a Bills loss by any means. This is fair, and I agree, they are not generally a physical defense. I am just sort of thinking into the future with Flores at the helm.

I think that people underestimate the Dolphins. Are the great? No. But I think they will be a very strong contender for a WC this season. Given the trouble the Bills have had with physical defenses, I think Flores and the Dolphins are a team to keep an eye on going forward given his time at New England. Prior to last years million hold outs in NE McD has never put up 20 points on BB. I wouldn't be shocked if MIA gave us more trouble this year. The best thing going for Buffalo is Josh> Tua. Prediction, Bills cover the spread. 28-23.

I agree, I liked the kid last year and was hoping he could become available to back up Josh. I still do next year if Mitch finds a new gig.

It is always odd to me when Fox has the rights to games, and has such huge areas (either pop or square miles) with no games what so ever. Like why not just put the Bills game on in Burlington? Or NO vs. CAR in Vegas?

I always liked Heinicke. I think he is a quality back up. In fact, I hope either WFT is the back up to Josh next year if Mitch takes off.

I wouldn’t call the Bills frauds but they really do struggle a lot against physical teams on either side of the ball. I don’t get why they don’t have that in them. I understand why it might give some people pause. But frauds…. We will most likely have a tough time against KC, TB, TEN, NO.

What a wide range. That’s basically the difference between Aaron Schobel and Chris Kelsay…

I think a lot went right for the Bills last year and it isn’t wild to think we may see some regression to the mean. This team could be closer to 12-5 than 13-3 or the almost14-2 if not for a wild final play by Arizona I think the board regularly over rates Daboll. He’s not terrible, and Tom Graham’s article is knee jerk at best. But the hype last year was just that, hype. I expect to see Allen be significantly better than 2019, but think it’s very likely he does not string together some of the performances he did last year. Long and short, fans came out over hyped this year AND Allen/Daboll laid an egg week one. We are now dealing with the emotional aftermath.

Subway is awful. FTFY

Right. I think you elude to the issue. The issue isn’t necessary the “short pass to replace the run” it’s that they don’t even attempt to use it, or try to run the ball regularly, or try get the TE involved regularly to start picking up 3-5 yards with relative certainty. I do think trying to turn our run game into something it’s not with the same personnel over and over again (OL and RB1) is more of an uphill climb than changing some of the route concepts in the passing game to help facilitate certain situations/match ups. Ultimately I think that also helps the run game as well.

People are probably getting sick of me posting this. But there are a lot of issues that were also around last year. We can run the ball more/better. But sometimes that feels like running into a brick wall. Almost literally. We can also get a very similar result by scheming quicker pass plays. Allen and Daboll have a tendency to run long developing plays, and or scramble to buy time to make a big play. For example, Ben got the ball out in 2.3 seconds last week to Allen’s 2.78. Being able to lean heavily on those concepts when needed should do wonders for this offense.

I like Gordon. But quality WR’s were not t he problem on Sunday.

Also, go ahead and take an NFL team and or the county the court. In the time you will be heard the season will be over and you will have lost the expenses of your attorney fees.

Maybe I am wrong but I assumed that the Pegula’s managed a good portion of the game day experience. As somebody who was at the game, there was zero enforcement of masks in the concourse at all.

With the new County and State Regs that keep coming out regarding back to work and vaccines. I’m curious how this effects guys like Beasley, Davis etc. going forward. Like my office re shut down to go over new regs to address policy. If I cannot go to the stadium without a vaccine (I can) why can Beasley, Davis, etc.

My guess is Erie County gave the Pegula’s an opportunity to manage attendance and use the Hopener as a litmus test. The Pegula’s failed. Vaccinated only now.

I fully agree. I unfortunately will not be going to anymore games. I am not a "hide in your house kind of guy". But I am a "follow the rules, and do your best not to accidently kill your neighbor" kind of guy. I had certain expectations of the game based on how I live my life and my inner circle. 70,000 people screaming packed in like sardines seems like a bad idea unmasked, the guy next to me was spitting on me every time he was talking to me as well, I ended up just being masked for most of the game. I cannot imagine going back to a game under current protocols/enforcements. I am not sure what my expectations were, but my experience was not them.

I will include it here because I am unsure if it needs a new thread. A more interesting stat is that Brian Daboll continuously seems to put together an offense that has the QB hold onto the football for a super long time. Josh is regularly in the top 10 for Time to Throw (TT). Twice in the top 3 for longest time holding the ball. Which is fine. Rodgers, Wilson, Mahomes, have had years where they have been near the top. These guys can buy time and make things happen. BUT! If we are going to have a difficult time either getting the run game up and going early, or we want to be a pass first kind of offense, we have to be able to mix in some more west coast concepts and get the ball out super quick when we want to. High percentage, short yardage plays.

From a general sense, I felt a little bit "dirty" being anywhere indoors or out with 70,000 people. I just got off the phone with a buddy who got married this weekend who said the same thing about his wedding, and that was only about 100 people. Surprisingly, I had people mock me about wearing my mask in line for entry to the stadium. The people in my section asked me WTF I was wearing a mask when I got back from the bathroom and went on a rant about mask wearing being a bunch of trash. There was no enforcement of masks indoors, bathrooms, etc. Maybe it was just my own assumption, but not a single person at the gates checked for vaccine cards or negative covid tests. Maybe it is because I have the NYS passport on my phone, when I download my ticket, it automatically authorizes it, but I never provided any of that information to anybody getting my tickets or going through the gate. I have to say, as much as I love the Bills, it was rather uncomfortable for a number of reasons, part of them my own, but a good chunk not. If the Pegula's are unwilling to enforce and/or mandate certain requirements to keep people safe, I am glad the county is stepping in. EDIT: For all the eye rolls, vomit, etc. responses. I am in my mid-30's with an extensive athletic background. I am on gabapentin for neuropathy and colchecine for an enlarged heart, both due to Covid in December. I lost family who did the whole "if you are scared stay home" thing, until they had to go to the hospital because of a trip and fall. That person then gave it to my grandfather (they lived together) who now has congestive hear failure due to covid. He went to the hospital with complications and never came home and has since sold the house. I got covid from him, because there was nobody else to take care of him while he was sick, pre hospitalization. It is no joke out there guys.