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Also, the thought of the Bills moving is crack to Florio... Someone in WNY must have read broken his heart in the past... I wouldn't put much stock in his tweets on this

I get it... But it's a negotiating tactic... I was wondering how this was going to work. NY is broke, and we are still in the middle of a pandemic. How can the "guy who saved the Bills" get public money? If you're stance is that you'll never move the team then there is no pressure on the state. What's the difference then? Pegula: we want a billion dollars NY: no

Direct TV pays 1.5 billion dollars per year for exclusive rights. There's no money to be made with Sunday Ticket as a stand-alone product, unless you're the NFL. If the 2 million subscriber number is correct (of ST subscribers) then Direct TV barely covers half its fee each year, maybe less. The fact that Direct TV created all kinds of barriers to anyone just wanting to buy Sunday Ticket tells you that the economics don't work, and it has been reported that they lose millions on it every year. Every step of the way, they fought and/or dragged their feet when any push was made to make it more widely available to people who could not install a satellite dish where they lived, especially large high-rise type apartments where you just couldn't feasibly put dishes. Instead of happily taking money from huge numbers of people in major cities who had no way of subscribing to Direct TV but who did want the Sunday Ticket, they first tried everything to get dishes on those buildings, then slow rolled the implementation of a non-subscriber option, which they advertise now (but with the *). When you read the fine print or try to sign up for just streaming Sunday Ticket, many times your address isn't "eligible" and they switch to getting you signed up for the dish first. In the end, it's all just a giant commercial for Direct TV, which is why you used to be able to get crazy discounts on it. They knew they would get you on the TV package you had to also buy. If Apple ends up with it, expect the same. You'll need to buy something else first in order to then buy the ticket. There simply aren't enough subscriber dollars coming in to offset the enormous fee, let alone make a profit of just that product. When you start 1.5 billion in the red each year on a product, that's a lot of ground to make up just to break even. the NFL isn't known to go for reductions in rights fees, especially after they just got giant increases in the middle of a pandemic. If you're a new provider looking to get into Sunday ticket expect to pay more than 1.5 billion per year. How do you make that $$ back?

It's amazing how far the game has come since then, especially when it comes to stadiums, but also offense. AFC Title Game and it looked worse than most high school fields. Also, back then, if you were down 10 in the 4th quarter it was pretty much over.

Reid has 221 but it will still be a tall hill. Reid is 6 years younger, though, with Mahomes in his prime, while Belichick is at the tail end of his career without a top notch QB. 17 games a season also provides more of a chance to catch up.

2 things: 1. When it's all said and done, Andy Reid will have more career wins than Belichick 2. Harry is just upset because his rookie QB looks like a middle aged congressman smoking a cigar in a tweed jacket

As long as he is in shape and training, his BBQ business is keeping him focused on the future and building a successful life for himself. Where is the downside? Like he would be studying the playbook 12 hours a day right now? Working hard and learning new skills is never a negative thing.

I'm surprised the Brady to the Broncos deal didn't work out. He apparently wanted to go there like his buddy Peyton and I don't see why Elway wouldn't have wanted it.

8/11 of the NFL MVP's since 2010 are QBs who played in cold climate cities: 2010 Tom Brady 2011 Aaron Rodgers 2012 Adrian Peterson 2013 Peyton Manning (with Denver this year, best year of his career) 2014 Aaron Rodgers 2015 Cam Newton 2016 Matt Ryan 2017 Tom Brady 2018 Patrick Mahomes (it gets pretty cold in Arrowhead in January) 2019 Lamar Jackson 2020 Aaron Rodgers The effect of winter weather is overstated. Weather adds to the atmosphere of the game. Imagine Lambeau field with an ugly, soulless dome..

Open air didn't slow down Josh Allen and the record setting passing game last season, so I don't think it will going forward. The K-Gun did fine too. The whole weather thing is totally overblown. Football is meant to be played in the elements. I also think that modern NFL players are less affected by it. Back in the day you used to see the Dolphins huddled in their coats shivering, almost putting on a show about how cold they were. You don't see that as much now. From time to time there's a particular player it seems to affect (Kirk Cousins, for example) but it's not the same as it was.

I think a big part of Brady's success, especially with NE, is that most football coaches early in his career were totally cookie cutter, interchangeable pieces that never brought an original perspective to the game. Brady's opponents were so often mediocre, central casting football coaches who could win 6-9 games a season and whose rationale for doing things was because "it's what you do." Run and stop the run You don't go for it on 4th down (that has changed a little finally) You don't just keep passing, you need to "establish the run" (also changing) You don't try to go undefeated. Rest your starters or risk injury (Kudos to both NE and the Giants for playing that game for real) You've gotta ___________________ in this situation All wimpy, super conservative mindsets that the other team LOVES. You stop a team and it's 4th and short. What do YOU want to happen? You WANT them to punt. It's like some unspoken gentleman's agreement. As much as I despise NE, Brady and Belichick, you have to give them credit for turning a lot of these things on their head long before other coaches caught on. You could see the rage in Peyton Manning's eyes when coach "thousand yard stare" pulled him halfway through the game when the Colts could have gone undefeated as well. "Can't risk injury." Wimpy, "safe" and uninspiring. He could have been the second coach in history to go 16-0. Instead he's a footnote. Too afraid to go for it. When it comes down to it, Belichick and Brady had the guts to go for things, as much as I hate saying it. Take Brady's free agency at age 42 and starting over on a new team. High chance of embarrassing himself, but he went for it anyway. The lesson from NE and Brady is this: we are capable of a LOT more than we think, whatever it is we do.

Buffalo's weather during the football season is no worse than New England, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Green Bay, NJ Jets/Giants, Baltimore, or any other northern city. The rare big snow events are just what everyone remembers. It's just as likely to be 35-40 degrees for a January game as a blizzard. The KC/NE AFC Title game a couple years ago was forecast to be around 0 but by the time it came around it was in the mid 20's. Still every bit as cold as it could be here at that time of year. And that's in Kansas City. I'm of the opinion that football is an outdoor game. The weather is part of the game, and makes different places unique. Every dome to me is like playing in an airplane hangar, except Minnesota and LA, which would likely cost as much as 3 of these proposed Bills stadiums. I get that not everyone agrees, and that's fine. I just think that domes ruin the sport. Also, cold weather doesn't really affect the passing game. Peyton Manning had his best seasons ever in Denver, Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre put up all-time type stats in Green Bay (the Frozen Tundra) and Brady did OK in New England. If you're good, you're good. Did the weather stop Josh Allen last season from breaking all sorts of franchise passing records?

is the new stadium being built in the Adirondacks? Seriously though, I'm just happy it's open air! Aside from the $2+ billion mega structures like in LA, domes are awful. Saints games look like they are being played in a basement where someone left half the lights on accidently.

Broncos.. I think it was pretty well known that he wanted to go there He wanted to follow his buddy Peyton and one-up him again!

Tasker was a great player for the Bills and I also enjoy his commentary now. It's also pretty cool that he stayed right here and lives in WNY, like many other former Bills and especially Sabres players. I wonder if Belichick, being the student of the game that he is and having studied the Bills quite a bit in his time as a DC, saw what Tasker could do and decided to find someone like that for his own offense, leading to a lot of the early success of NE's short passing game that teams had so much trouble stopping.

I don't hate the idea... It's a psychological thing... Like $9.99 vs $10

6'3'', 327 is pretty good... I would prefer he add a few more pounds, but he's also not 6'6'', so I'm less concerned

I know it's obviously not true, but it looked like Brady was trying to give GB a shot when he just airmailed 3 consecutive interceptions in the 4th quarter.

Lamar is really good, and I like to see football teams play the game in different ways. It's what makes football so much fun to watch, follow, and discuss.

Well-said on the $$ a 50,000 salary for 25 years is 1.25 million dollars, or about 3 years salary for a fringe roster guy in the NFL. By age 25 or 26 a mid round draft pick will have earned as much or more than most Americans earn in their lifetimes.

There is such a fine line between winning and losing in the playoffs. Browns, Colts and Ravens ALL could easily have advanced further last year, except for a few plays here and there that cost them. In that scenario, a wild card like Lamar can strike a defense at any time. The Ravens are never out of it with him, and that's worth a lot. Lamar can do nothing for 3 quarters then suddenly become unstoppable. He's a special and unique talent.

a life sized replica of the upcoming Lombardi Trophy

I think it helps players to understand/know that the coaches, front office, team ownership, etc. have taken the vaccine. It won't convince everyone, but it has to move the needle a bit, the more they see that the people running the show have already done it.

I remember when Aaron Rodgers couldn't win in the playoffs too.. Oh wait... LOL But seriously, Lamar is a dangerous QB, and the Ravens were a few plays from being in the AFC Title Game. Bills were the better team, but IMO the Ravens were #3 in a pretty loaded AFC. No reason to change what they are doing. People just want to criticize Lamar because he is unique. The Ravens did the smart thing: design an offense totally around him and go all-in.

I think he's a decent QB. I wouldn't say top 10, but he can make some plays and challenge defenses. That division is brutal. Between SF, Seattle and the Rams there is not a lot of room there, barring injuries. In the 7 team format it's not crazy to think all 4 NFC West teams could make the playoffs this season, especially since the rest of the conference is meh at best or has 1 good team in each division.