GunnerBill

No, it only fits perfectly if that is already the answer in your head. The article also says they were surprised he was there and that they were determined to secure one of their guys.

They had done the deal to move up in principle two days before the draft when they potentially thought McDuffie was gone. I think had McDuffie gone at say #16 the Chiefs may well have gone to #21 anyway and taken Elam. The article is pretty clear it was about being in position to get one of their 4 first round corner grades. They were slightly surprised McDuffie was there. It wasn't an impulsive "McDuffie is there, let's jump the Bills" Yea more consistent certainly, although not without his own struggles - the Superbowl being one. He was always more pro-ready than Elam though.

Reports from who? I bet my source is better placed to know.

I will have to take a blanket in case any of my skin makes contact with a Sp*rs seat.

No it doesn't. It might mean the Bills had McDuffie as a 1st, but had Elam higher OR it might mean that McDuffie was not on their final board because he doesn't meet their physical profile. And I repeat someone much closer to the team than I has since confirmed to me that McDuffie wasn't their target.

When I got in it brought up 5 sections of the stadium to select... and the first 4 I clicked on every seat was greyed out. The 5th one there was one solitary seat. I might have legit got the last one in the stadium

Plan is that we will still look around for 2 together if we can get them, I'd have no issue shifting my 1. But still, relief to at least be in. Nudes?

I got one! It is a single ticket but I told my mate half an hour before it was every man for himself at that stage.... he isn't a Bills fan he is a Ram so he understood.

I'm only 10 mins away from the front so will hang on just in case, but I am also seeing twitter messages saying they are gone.

To be honest if this was going to be the system I'd rather they'd just done a raffle. Register 2 weeks ago, find out today whether you were successful or not. The likelihood is that I will get to the front of the queue and it will be sold out... or the front of the queue will hit when I'm in the middle of briefing the Secretary of State and I'll miss my 10 minute window.... would it be a reasonable thing for one to ask one's PA to do?

Oh it definitely sucks

Ah okay. Mine is just a direct debit that they take automatically. They normally email me the price after they take the money

No the other Jags game is Wembley.

No. Why?

I hope this at least proves something of a point to the "Brits don't understand/care about the NFL anyway." Jags game at Wembley sold out last week in under an hour. These two today will sell out in similar time. TV ratings continue to improve year on year. The NFL is coming to Europe, and particularly London, because the growth potential is massive.

Another one who joined reasonably late and ended up near the front.... I have definitely heard more of those stories than those of us who have been waiting since silly o clock.

Does feel genuinely totally random them.

Of course. It maximises revenue. More subscriptions at home, meaning higher TV deals, while you sell an increased % of the game tickets at a higher price to corporates.

I know a few people within the 20,000 - 70,000 window in the queue. Interestingly two of them only joined the queue in the final half hour before it went live. Feels like there might have been an advantage to entering the queue late.

They were randomly allocated when the queue went live at noon. I have also been in the waiting room hours... but the way they did it that makes no difference. Just randomly allocated spot when it went live at 12. I'm 175,000

Not from the Crawley fans. But you can sometimes get really fussy old blokes on turnstiles lower down the leagues who get funny about letting people into the home end in away colours.

Yea I'd expect the two London games to be unmoved. My strong, strong, strong advice for people looking for a Chanpionship game is go to QPR. Millwall is not only one of the most violent fan bases but their ground is just a nightmare to get in and out of. It is a bit in the arse end of nowhere. Which takes some doing in London. Loftus Road (QPR) is a proper old English football ground where it is hidden among terraced streets. Not the best views of the pitch in some spots but a proper english football experience. Alternatively - Leyton Orient and Charlton are both at home in League One.

Last year they still had Buffalo #1 the entire second half of the season when it should have been clear to anyone with eyes that they were at best 2nd, likely 3rd as we lost players to injury, Josh's form was inconsistent and the Chiefs and Bengals hit their stride. I actually like the RAFCPR segment. It's a fun segment in-season to see how they over and at times under react to each week's games. Personally I think Baltimore are too high in that list. I think the Bills will win the division but Miami are a top 5 or 6 team.

Interesting piece on the Athletic at the weekend about Kansas City drafting McDuffie who (wrongly based on my info) lots of people presume the Bills would have taken and then panicked and traded up for Elam. The Chiefs according to the article had four first round corner grades - Sauce, Stingley, McDuffie and Elam. And they worked out the parameters of the trade up with New England 2 days before the draft at a point when they thought McDuffie might be already out of reach. So while they stop short of saying it one wonders whether in another world Elam might have been their trade up target. It also rather supports Beane's thesis that Elam wasn't dropping much further. If other teams had them graded anything like the Chiefs and Bills he was at that point the only 1st round corner left.

I don't think that's right.