Another Fan

The thing is Schwartz like he did with the Bills got their defense to kick butt. I see them as a playoff team even without Watson. Maybe only like a 6 or 7 seed but nonetheless. Watson really isn’t necessary for them.

So is he going to retire now? https://amp.marca.com/en/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/2023/10/25/653893a322601d252d8b4596.html I always found him entertaining to listen too growing up but hardly feel bad for him

Pretty sure this is Bakers first time actually playing in Buffalo Game the Bills should win. Yesterday was disappointing but if they lose Thursday night yeah I’d start to panic a little

He's got um the problem now Jay Z bragged about not having despite 99 other ones?

I have to agree. I think part of these real poor first halves the team played the last two weeks is due to nerves/tightness. When the team loosened up in the 2nd half they play/played better. I mean last week they got away with it. Not this week

Is that you think due to how much emphasis is placed on analytics in today's game? One article on it https://nypost.com/2022/04/21/mlbs-marriage-with-analytics-changing-baseball-for-the-worse/ I've been checked out the last few seasons in the post season with the Mets being home. 2017 was the last year I cared a little about the MLB Playoffs enough to watch the games. Baseball today just seems so long, boring and heartless by this for me. I still prefer the old school manager type. That's why whether that was fair or not Buck seemed to be my #1 disappointment last season for how underperforming the team was

I guess its a testament to his acting... I always found when he drove off the road the toughest scene to watch in that series

Well the other side to that is I’m not sure how much of an anti Philly guy you are but they seem to be rocking and rolling Id still root for them in the World Series over the Rangers (not that I’d watch an inning of it). What probably influences my decision is really no contact with Phillies fans at all in my life

As more time passes I'm not happy but a little more accepting of the result. Benefit of the doubt calls from the ref, karma, whatever it is I'm confident for sure the Bills lose this type of game during the Drought. Also, Daboll and Tyrod I'm sure had a little extra motivation in them last night to ball. And hey beating a much bigger market team on Primetime TV as well that's won 4 Super Bowls.

It seemed per TV it got loud certain times in the 4th quarter but not like 2007 Dallas loud per say. Also, what was the mood of the fans leaving? To me watching on TV in my bedroom 400 miles away I felt like most fans on the forum do today…. Almost like the Bills lost. But I imagine being in person is a totally different feel

I remember that show very fondly as well but well never looked at her like that at that age. She seemed the cool and good mom. Although I remember her and Frank always wanted to get it on 😅 When I started getting older though I looked at her and Peg Bundy differently like that. Haha Rest well. She seemed a good person in general

This feels like to me the football gods gave us this one to make up a little for Wide Right, the 07 Dallas game, and the 09 Patriots game. All other prime time games too. It’s like you’re playing the Giants on prime time TV. You didn’t deserve to win but there you go

The 1996 Eagles/Bills one I recommend

I kinda actually miss NFL on TNT from what I vaguely remember of it but I digress. The 1st football game I remember was Super Bowl 25 and I of course always wanted to see a rematch. So this day finally came. I actually recall being pretty pumped for it most of the day. I was only 9 back then. I remember it was 10-0 Bills early and my parents told me I had to go sleep. No TV or phone in my room back then I woke up and was real happy to see the 17-14 win. But it took until YouTube to realize how much of a nail biter this game was! And it is still the last time the Bills beat the G-Men in Buffalo

My Cousin Vinny My neighbor Amanda way way back then I thought had the cool mom who took her and her friend to the movie theaters to see it when it first came out. I think this was when we were in 3rd grade? Anyway my Dad never allowed me to watch it. Him being a Catholic man who never swore didn’t want me to hear the language in the movie. But my Mom gave in and rented it for me at the Library. I still recall hiding the VHS tape under my bed so my dad wouldn’t see it.

I dont blame the OP or any other fan that still thinks what could have been kind of thing.... But my guess is most of the present Bills players are sort of oblivious to it for the most part? I mean they've heard of it but it's like this is before my generation kind of thing. Von Miller at 34 years old is the oldest player on the roster. He was not even 2 years old when it went down.

It does make me marvel sometimes how hitting 60 yard field goals today isn’t really outside the norm anymore. A reason why I have Steve Christie as my avatar. It was exciting in those days as a kid to see him drill 50 plus yard field goals consistently. I want to say he was one of the first field goals kickers who was consistent at that distance

Sounds like it's more Off The Wall discussion then. Still not Bills related With all do respect to the OP I could care less

So…. How does this relate to the Bills?

Did you ever read The Bad Guys Won by Jeff Pearlman? It chronicled the 1986 team. That’s where a lot of my knowledge of them came from. In my opinion it came off a little on the tabloidish side but a decent and quick read Only hesitation I’d have on Counsel is he doesn’t exactly strike me as a New York kind of guy. But I agree he knows his stuff Yeah read this https://nypost.com/2023/10/03/cubs-will-do-everything-they-can-to-land-mets-pete-alonso/amp/

I thought Mookie was a clean living guy. Yeah Davey J was before my time but would you agree Bobby V got more out of his teams than Davey did?

@ExWNYer @Gugny @SinceThe70s A very sort of pass the work day exercise for me. I’ll probably watch very little or none of the baseball playoffs. But I’m wondering if you guys have a memory of a Mets team that missed out on making the playoffs because of 3 Wild Cards now and coulda done damage. I was in 8th grade but I remember the 1997 Mets were a fun team. Under this new format the 98, 07, and 08 teams woulda make the playoffs. But they were kinda coming apart at the seams by the end of the year. And the 2021 Mets didn’t do much in the playoffs So I’d go the 1997 purely on memory without analyzing it too much. I mean the Marlins won that year

Yeah I mean even if say the camera goes on her and she moons the TV.... it would all just go viral in matter of seconds. But then again you might be surprised

@SinceThe70s @ExWNYer @Gugny Well outside of the Tre White injury this was a real good sports Sunday! Eppler deserves some blame but Buck imo was the number one culprit of why the team had such a poor year. Having said that I don't dislike him the man and am glad he got to say goodbye with dignity showed to him. Jury is very much still out on the future but at least this shows Cohen is going to do what he thinks is necessary at the end of the day to win.