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Landry is a baller!

Obviously, they can't sign every player that they are rumored to be interested in...but I will actually be surprised if they don't make some sort of "big" acquisition. Every year we hear about teams being up against the cap, and every year we wonder how teams that are supposed to be so cap strapped, manage to sign big handfuls of free agents. I know Beane/McDermott will play it smart, and responsibly, but they will find a way to make cap space. Extend/re-work contracts for guys who you expect to be around another 3 or 4 years...DIggs, Poyer, Morse...Josh? They all want to get paid, but they all want to win too. Sure, this kind of cap management can lead to headaches down the road, but the Bills "window", while not closed, is not as open as it used to be. The AFC West could easily have 3 or 4 teams in the playoffs...if DeShaun Watson ends up in Pittsburgh or with the Jets (it's a rumor) the field only gets stronger....the Bills have to build for a run in 2022. Allen will keep them relevant for the next decade, but they may never have a chance to have as strong a roster....I expect a bold move or two...Gronk and Hunter? Gronk and Jones?

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Tibs...you have been hanging out with the PPP dregs for years, you can't be too shocked.

Kalil Mack or Saquon Barkley come to mind. Both of their respective teams are in build for the future mode...both guys are wasting away on bad teams...I realize, Barkley is a huge injury risk...I wouldn't be thrilled with them spending that money...but Mack, I am open to. Just have to see what ripple it would have on the rest of the salary cap. When a team really wants something, cap woes be damned, they usually find a way to make it happen

He didn't have to attack anyone when Lumpy was in office... they were both banking on him stealing the 2020 election.

I don't think she said that... she said there is not a huge percentage of fans who have season tickets for both teams. Honestly, who would buy Sabres season tickets right now? You are making it sound different than what she said. A "big splash" would be trading for Kahlil Mack, who is believed to be on the trade market...or, I suppose, signing Gronkowski?

I haven't paid a lot of attention, but I have seen references to the Pegulas selling the Sabres... I don't give it much credence. Not sure if it is just some Sabres fans wishful thinking...

I love Nikki's whistle solo!

Honestly, I don't want him (though I will learn to deal with it, should it happen), because when the Bills win the Super Bowl next year, I don't want it marred by Patriot bull####.

Been there, done that

So, is the red helmet thing official...or just speculation of hopeful fans? Personally, I think their current helmet/uniform is the best...but it might be fun to see the red helmets here and there. But, they really are kinda ugly.

I'd be interested in Chase Edmonds

It was a great game, wildly entertaining. The good guys don't always win.

Jeez...why all the hate for Bill Simmons and the Ringer...have you heard his comments on Josh Allen and the Bills?

I think she has disdain for the whole "Bills mafia" phenomenon.

Who cares what Peter Schrager thinks? Seriously.

I am not opposed to gambling, I have bet on a few sports in my day, and I love playing Fantasy Football (which basically keeps me in touch with teams other than the Bills), but I have to say, the NFL embracing gambling is something that could turn me off from watching non-Bills games altogether. As an avid Fantasy Football player, I hate the constant barrage of fantasy football stats...and I really hate that sports talk radio en masse, is basically transforming itself into one of those degenerate gamblers shows you would normally here early Saturday or Sunday morning. I do think it has the potential to turn a lot of people off.

I guess I concur with most here...I count 2021 season as my 49th season of Bills fanatcism...it started when I was 7. I've missed one Bills game since 1983. I've seen more bad football than good, but my love for the Bills hasn't diminished. My love for the league has, however... I normally watch as much football as I possibly can. I will at least tune in for part of every nationally televised game, and watch two games on Sunday afternoon...we are talking about 5 games a week. I have to confess though, as great as so many of the games are now, it just doesn't get me going like it used to. I still feel that adrenaline rush during Bills games, but sometimes I almost just have the other games on as background chatter. I am not giving them my full attention like I used to. We are in this era of almost un-paralleled QB play...more game than ever go down to the wire, down to the last play...but I am sort of numb to it. Maybe just the old guy in me, but I can't just accept the fact that after decades, all of the sudden, the QB's are so much better...I realize they are more athletic than ever...but to me it seems almost that the rules have just changed so much, defense is barely a factor in the games anymore. It's almost like the games aren't inherently great, their greatness has been sort of manufactured. I've mentioned it in other posts, but one of my best friends is a huge Bears fan. We normally get together to watch whenever either of our teams are in prime-time, or playoff games. All this past season, I kept mentioning the Bills #1 defense...when we watched the Chiefs playoff game a graphic came up showing how dominant the Bills defense had been all season....he said to me, something like "all year, you kept saying the Bills had one of the top defenses, I thought you were just exaggerating...every time I see them play, I am always amazed by how many big plays they give up". He is right...being the #1 defense in the NFL in 2021 is a far cry from what it meant in 1985, or even 2000. Like everything, the game has changed so much.

After Wade Phillips, I think Mularkey was the second best of the Bills "drought era" head coaches. That isn't saying much, I realize...😀

A guy who made his mark as an assistant as a defensive coach is not likely to hire someone like Schwartz, who runs a much different kind of defense. Like it or not, we have a defensive coordinator in place, who has had a top 10 defense as long as he has been here. He must be doing something right...even if he isn't doing everything right. In the end, the defensive collapse is on McDermott.

Do you have any source for this, other than your memory? If he were alive today, it may be news to Ted.

I love revisionist history! Can we go back and fire Marv?

Personally, I think this is another disaster for the Jags.