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Same. I have a very large family...but since 2010 we have been dropping like flys. Multiple cases of cancer (still in the middle of that), heart failures, a suicide, a car accident, both parents passed in the last 7 years...and for the last few years a bit of a poltical divide...and now COVID19. I have always loved Christmas, but it has been harder and harder to catch that feeling the last few years. I live in Texas, miles away from my six sisters and their families. My brothers kids (he passed away two Thanksgivings ago) don't really keep in touch. We spread out all over. I have been in a bit of a funk through this whole thing. This year, I finally tried to plow through. I spent way more money than I probably should have on gifts...mailed them all out on Tuesday (12/15) to 8 different addresses. Only 1 of the 8 got their gifts in the mail. The rest are all sitting in mail center in various locations. I know, it is not all about gifts, but it was really a drag as we all sat on a zoom family get-together and everyone was opening fun gifts from eachother, except from me. It really depressed me for some reason...probably way more than it should have. So, I spent the day with two roommates who come from small families that barely acknowledge Christmas in any sort of way. It was just kind of dreary. Not the Christmas I have always loved. But what the hell....Merry Christmas all. At least we got the Bills!

That is so cool. I was born in 1965, so my memeories of Dan Darragh are from a football card. But I love that kinda stuff. When I was a kid (six), I got a pair of Bills pajamas for Christmas. They were all white. My older brother, who was pretty good with a pen, drew a big #16 on the back, and wrote SHAW across the top, in Laundrey marker. My first "Bills jersey"...and since Shaw and I shared the same first name, he was my first favorite Buffalo Bill (see my avatar) and the first one I remember really watching. All these jersey gifts, got me wondering: when did NFL jerseys first start becoming available to the public. I remember my sister in-law getting a Lou Piccone jersey during the 1980 season from her rich father, and at that time, it was first time I had ever seen a Bills jersey on a person, who wasn't a Buffalo Bill. When I watch old highlight films from the 70's and they show the fans in the stands, you rarely see anyone wearing a jersey. I know, this sounds like a Mike Schoop kinda rabbit hole, but anyone know when these became more commonly available?

My sister gave me a home (blue) Josh Allen jersey...the first new bills jersey I have had since getting a white Terrence McGee in 2006. She even got the correct number of X's for me! Another sister gave me an Ivicta Buffalo Bills scuba diving watch. It is huge...a bit flashy for me...but really nice. I honestly can't remember the last time I wore a watch...and have never been scuba diving! It sure is pretty.

A list of Obama's pardons. I think a reasonable person can see that that most all of them did not involve people who were trying to facilitate crimes for the benefit of the president. https://www.thoughtco.com/people-pardoned-by-president-barack-obama-3367599

No doubt, the Bills are a better team now than they were the first 6 or 7 games of the season...

By "sneak", I meant that he will do it at a time when there is a minimal amount of media attention... I am sure, even the blindest of Trump supporters have caught on to his "weekend newsdump" practice, after four years. As for the rest...bury your head in the sand. No doubt, other presidents have pardoned people who's fortunes were intertwined with their own...but not to this extent. But no other president has been soaking in so much criminality. If you think this is what all presidents do, you are a hopeless Cult .45'er. It's Christmas. Not worth the time to try to argue with you.

These are particularly odious...60 of the 65 pardons the Trump has issued involve people directly involved with Trump and his criminal enterprise. I wonder when he sneaks the Ghislaine Maxwell pardon in...

I wonder how he compares in the ELP and REO rankings.

If he went to the Jets, he might be able to get Darnold to the next level. I think he can still be good.

Christian Wade!!! ( ) j/k

Just trying to answer the man's question.

That is a good question. Given his massive improvement, and the extreme negatives that so many "experts" had on him, I am going to assume that Josh grew up as a great athlete, who never really had good coaching. Take Justin Herbert. To my (admitedly amateur) eye, Herbert isn't far off from Josh, as a rookie. One went to a Pac-12 school, known for its' high-tech passing game. The other went to a Mountain West School, a notch below. Herbert was a coveted high school prospect. Josh was not. It is very possible that Allen, with all of his incredible raw talent, never had any type of coaching to really give any structure to all that talent. Buffalo might be his first real exposure to real QB coaching.

I am embarrassed to admit, I never really thought of the DC5 as much more than a Beatles-wanna be act...somewhat on par with the Monkees. That is, until the last 10 years or so...man, some of their stuff was amazing. Love this song...sounds great loud! Dave Clark Five - Can't You See That She's Mine - YouTube

To paraphrase Don Draper "I pay you...that is your credit"

Please football gods, don't let this catch on. If it does, and the Bills do well, all of the national love Bills fans are getting will turn into loathing pretty fast.

Ok...so I was wrong. It wasn't the game...I didn't get choked up by the game, or winning the divsions title...it was this morning, watching all the clips of fans at the airport. I am so happy for the city. It probably shouldn't mean so much to us...but damn it, it does.

I think the only time I cried after a sporting event (other than ones I was involved in, as a kid), was the Comeback Game against the Oilers. It wasn't a "cry like a baby" kinda cry...but I remember my eyes just welling up with tears, and getting very emotional. I was so proud of that team, that day. I was also in the early stages of a divorce, so that may have played into it a little...my ex always hated my devotion to the Bills, because "they always lose". That day, even she was impressed. Not today b**ch!

You do seem rather full of yourself.

Nobody is nodding in unison, a-hole.

What a coward.

Hey Joe, when you say "all sports" does that include 60's and 70's NBA? There are some real treasures there. Though the NBA was a national sport then, kinda like hockey now, it had a more regional appeal. NBA cards were never as widely distribured.

Oh I agree, totally. I won't say I necessarily "liked" Marrone, but I do remember feeling like they were at least, slowly, headed in the right direction when he was there. The year he had Orton at QB ranks as one of the better seasons of the draught era Bills. And Orton wasn't really good... I do think that had he not opted out of his contract, they were pretty close to being a playoff caliber team. I am in the may be in an even smaller minority, in thinking that Whaley was doing a decent job of stocking that roster with good talent. Of course, they never solved the QB problem. Rex, beyond just being a loudmouth buffoon, was a huge step backwards in the evolution of that roster. What Marrone and Whaley had been building got tossed, for a do-over.

In this day and age, it is hard to fathom how Marrone has held on to that Jaguars job for so long. That team is a mess. To think, it was only 3 years ago they were thought to be on the cusp of being one of the new powerhouses of the NFL. They have made one awful move after another.

I may be wrong, but I have a hunch the wheels are about to fall off in Las Vegas. Firing your DC after a game, in the midst of race for a playoff spot..and your playing a game 4 days later? Sounds like some dysfunction going on there... but who knows? You are right though...they not only beat the Chiefs once this year, they gave them a really good game their second matchup as well. Addicted to the "playoff machine" on ESPN. As of now, I have us finishing as the second seed (we win our remaining 3 games, Steelers lose to the Colts...we get the tie-breaker with both teams at 13-3) with us playing Tennessee or Baltimore in the first round.

Honestly, I don't feel like there is any AFC team in playoff contention, right now (with the possible exception of KC) that has a huge advantage on us. We all know, it is a "week to week" league. What was true of a team one week, might not be true the next week. When the Bills are playing to their potential, they can beat any of these teams.