SinceThe70s
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44 minutes ago, PBF81 said:
It's me, honest. I'm enchanting!
There are some who call you.......................Tim?
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21 hours ago, Saint Doug said:
He definitely not a sore loser. Had a huge smile on when he embraced Josh at the end of the game. Good for him.
Great player and I learned last night a class act too. Compare his smile/embrace to how Mahomes interacted with Josh after we beat the Chiefs in the regular season last year.
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2 hours ago, ddaryl said:
its a bout the Bills who are a team who have been in the conversation for 5+ years. We get destroyed by teams like the Ravens and we ONLY WON THE GAME because we played mistake free, otherwise the Ravens win the game while making mistakes. We could not afford to make any !
We do not match up well with strong running teams with solid QB play for a playoff team aspiring to be a SB winner.
take it however you want it...We won the game in large part because we played mistake free. That's a common component to winning in the NFL and not something to be ashamed of. As to your stipulation that we could not afford to make any mistakes - that was true in large part due to the fact that we only put up 6 points in the second half. Raise your hand if you thought 6 more points would be enough to win at half time. Personally I thought we needed 7 on the first drive of the 3rd quarter.
Take the w's any way you can get them, but mistake free football is a strong start.
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He absolutely wanted to pitch it to Cook. Glad he didn't, would've been a poor choice. On the flip side the Cooper flip to Josh was a play of the year and I don't want Josh to ever lose who he is. Good times.
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26 minutes ago, Logic said:
I am of the belief that it is incredibly difficult for the average fan to reasonably judge an offensive gameplan in the NFL for the reasons you state.
We, as fans, don't know the following:
- what the called play was- whether or not the QB checked to a different play
- what the defense did or didn't show vs the original call to warrant a check
- whether that check was the right decision
- whether the protections were set correctly, which hugely impacts the play success
- whether the OL and skill players executed the play call the way it was supposed to be executed or committed an error
- what the defense did to confuse or outscheme the offensive playcall
So we can all sit here from the comfort of our armchairs, without most of that information (maybe the really sharp viewers know the answer to SOME of those questions, SOME of the time, but most don't) and say "Brady called a bad game" or "what was up with those playcalls?". But the reality is that there are simply so many variables that fans are not privy to.
Using last night as an example, I think most of us were frustrated at how conservative the Bills seemed to be in the third quarter, how much they ran the ball on 1st down, how little they trusted Allen to make plays in the passing game, etc.
But how do we know Josh wasn't checking to run plays based on looks the defense gave him? How do we know that Josh wasn't surveying the defense presented, deciding that a run play was the "right" call vs that defense, and then the offensive players just got out-executed by the defensive players?
I'll admit that the playcalling in the third quarter (and part of the fourth) vexed me at times. But I never forget two things: One, I'm missing a ton of information (as stated above), and two, the other guys get paid, too. It's not as simple as many want to make it out to be.I can agree with this post while at the same appreciate the "know-it-all" posters who would clearly be coach of the year perennially given the opportunity.
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I'm still rolling with the Squirrel Winters t-shirt. The Bruce jersey hasn't made it out of the closet this year. Good times.
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2 minutes ago, HOUSE said:
So, I visiting the Ravens board this morning, guess who the fans want fired?
You get 2 guesses
Guess #1: the players responsible for the turnovers
Guess #2: the players who dropped passes
Guess #3 (sorry for not playing by your rules): the head coach who led a team that lost due to turnovers and dropped passes.
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I went from elation that they missed the two point conversion to dread at the thought that the game came down to covering an on-sides kick in bad conditions vs. trusting Josh to get us into FG position with 1:33 and two time outs left.
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36 minutes ago, gobills404 said:
If Mark Andrews catches the 2 point conversion y’all would be calling it the worst decision he’s ever made.
If we didn't make it and the Ravens went 98/99 yards and didn't need a 2 point conversion the other y'all folks would be out in full force.
It was a choice with no guarantee either way.
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11 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
It was 100% the right call. If it only put them up 7 then it's different. But the calculation for me was kick go up 8 you give yourself 3 shots to win:
1. Stop them scoring the TD
2. Stop them scoring the 2pointer
3. Even if they score both get the ball with about 90 seconds and 2 time outs to kick a winning FG.
You missed #4 imo. Take your chances in OT if 1-3 go the wrong way. The worst of the 4 but still a shot to win.
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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
I can't count the number of times I've said "Juuuust a bit outside!" or went to a game and said "I must be in the front row!"
RIP to a legend.
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Ex-Jet Aaron Glenn's name comes up a lot.
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1 hour ago, Chaos said:
The last head coach / QB combo to be on a team as long as McDermott/Allen before winning a super bowl, was Madden/Stabler in the 70's.
Interesting comparison. Raiders got stuck behind the success of the Steelers dynasty and missed out on one SB opportunity due to the immaculate reception - and yes I get that play wasn't a failure on the coaches - still an interesting comparison on the thin line between winning and losing for the also-rans
Ironically some think the Steelers team that lost to the Raiders in the 1976 championship game was their strongest team of that era- I looked it up and they gave up 9.9 points per game that year.
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3 hours ago, JohnNord said:
I’m not afraid to admit it… I liked this hire. After years of mediocre coaching, I was excited that Ryan was hired. After 14 or so years, we needed a bombastic “name” coach who was going to project hope and confidence after two years of Doug Marrone.
I remember Adam Schein (a Syracuse grad) on SiriusXM who said what an awful hire this was for Buffalo and that Rex’s “clown show” would be a downgrade from Marrone. He was spot on.
I will say that his tenure was so bad it’s funny looking back now. My favorite moment was signing IK Enemkpali for no other reason than because he knocked out Geno Smith. Then he actually tried playing him and the joke was him 🤣Didn't Rex also send IK out for the coin toss against the Jets? That was equal parts humous and classless.
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After taking the Pats game off, the Squirrel Winters t-shirt was back yesterday and once again led us to victory.
If you've been following the saga of my pre-game grocery shopping and it's karmic impact on the Bills: yesterday due to circumstances outside of my control I did not go grocery shopping until after the game, yet the Bills still won. It's clear to me now that my grocery shopping was a red herring and I will never speak of it again. And there's no truth to the rumor that I plan on having herring for my pre-game meal next Sunday.
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7 minutes ago, Billl said:
Instead of running for a couple of yards, Washington decided to kneel down for a loss of 3. Had it been a loss of 4, he misses that kick. It’s insane just how terrible NFL coaches are at basic strategy. Maybe they’re so focused on advanced metrics that they don’t even understand common sense.
Common sense is the coach should expect his kicker to be far closer to the middle on a kick from that distance.
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12 minutes ago, Big Turk said:
Literally after the Broncos scored to take a 7-0 lead, the game was not even close in any way.
Bills won 31-0 after that, and were almost 2.5 times on TOP and yards.
Pretty sure the last time we saw the Broncos watch party was after they went up 7-0. Good times.
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17 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:
Okay, so I’m sitting here watching ESPN wild card weekend hype on television, and it seems like every ten seconds there is a commercial for these whole body deodorant bars/sprays.
First it was that Mando lady all over the place, and now I see Marshawn spraying his junk with a Dove product every time I glance at the television. I’m sure there are others that aren’t coming to mind right now.
Here’s my thoughts. Is there really public demand such that these products are so widely advertised? Also, if someone’s personal hygiene is sufficient, why would their nether regions emanate odors that other people in the same room could actually be offended by the stench? If you bathe regularly and your genitals or butt still stink up the room you are NASTY. What are we doing here?
Am I alone? I find this to be repugnant and disgusting. 🤢 😂
I file these commercials under "There's a sucker born every minute."
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11 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:
Maybe. For a 5 star recruit he really didn’t do much until this years playoffs. We talked ***** about him for 3.5 years. Ofc now we love him. I think he’s destined to be the next Bobby Carpenter. Buckeye legend from Columbus who was just shy of “NFL good” but will make a living off of being on local sports radio
Appreciate the grounded perspective.
FTR, I have no idea what he'll be and wish him all the best.
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On 1/9/2025 at 7:48 AM, BillsFanNC said:
Go figure. Remember as well that she was on Biden's VP short list. Apparently Kamala was a more palatable Marxist.
I lean right (imo both parties suck), but burning LA on purpose? Does anyone really buy in to that rhetoric?
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Today I plugged in a USB drive with some music I was listening to a few years back. Came across two songs I forgot about that are diametrically opposed. One is bad ass the other candy ass (stick around for the guitar solo a minute in).
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14 hours ago, Chaos said:
NFC won almost 60% of the head to head matchups this year.
https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/afc-vs-nfc-record-year-by-year-all-teams-grouped-by-conference-last-20-years
The common narrative that the AFC is better than the NFC may be a bit outdated.
12 hours ago, Chaos said:The top 1 NFC team is all that matters for the AFC teams at this point. But I think having a bunch of doormats in the AFC, means it is the overall weaker division at this time. The bills certainly benefitted from being in the biggest doormat division.
So you start with equating the NFC winning 'almost 60%' with pummeling the AFC - a questionable premise to begin with imo - and then move on to all that matters to AFC teams at this point is the top 1 NFC team - which going into the playoffs is a team the Bills defeated - and then you see fit to mention the Bills playing in the biggest doormat division.
How do you reconcile the Bills beating the top dog in the big bad NFC on the road with your dispute of the narrative that the AFC is better than the NFC and claim that the Bills play in the biggest doormat division?
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1 hour ago, LABILLBACKER said:
I've lived in LA 66 years and I've never seen sustained winds 60-80 mph like this for 2 days. I'm evacuated and hoping the Eaton fire calms down. Going to be a rough night.
All the best to you and yours.
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A Quick Laugh to Get By
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