17years&waiting

The 300's are great. I've also sat 100's & 200's endzones. Not as enjoyable.

There was that one guy in 2018 (after Tre). What was his name? Allen something??

If you believe that McDermott truly doesn't believe in passing, then why move on from Tyrod for Allen? Tyrod was literally the perfect quarterback for your version of McD -- play it safe, turnover adverse, etc. Yet, in less than half a season, McD benched Tyrod and then after that season replaced him with Allen.

I was there in 2017 -- very warm, sunny day, as others have noted. I remember how loud the stadium was when Tre forced that fumble. Shady had a great game. Winston had a great game - just threw it all over the field; I thought he was going to be a star after watching it.

He's one of the better ones, in my opinion.

I know from reading this board that I'm in the minority, but I really am quite happy with the amenities/scoreboards/options at New Era Field. Who the heck needs all that extra stuff? I went to the Detroit Red Wings new arena a couple years ago. Massive concourses, restaurants/bars all over the arena, a "gondola" seating section above the ice, etc. And it didn't really change my experience for the better. Just my two cents.

Blasting crowd noise? If fans won't be allowed in the stadiums or not at full capacity, I really hope neither the stadiums nor the TV broadcast pipes in artificial crowd noise. Keep it natural, imo.

Completely agree. If you need 5 minutes to review a play, then maybe the call on the field wasn't so bad. I'm thinking specifically of the Kelvin Benjamin TD against the Pats a couple years ago. Questionable catch (it was Benjamin after all), but called a TD on the field. Replays were inconclusive. 5-10 minutes of real time replay review and the TD was overturned. I don't need every call to be 100% correct. I just want the overly egregious errors corrected. It's why I didn't like the Pass Interference challenges last year -- correct the blatantly bad miscalled. Don't challenge anything else.

I have been considering seasons again, too (had them for a season about 5 years ago). I'm only able to make 2-3 games a year, so a scenario where I'm limited to 2ish games would be ideal. Looking on the Bills website, there seems to be very limited selection of available seats. When you spoke with the sales rep, did he mention or comment on amount of tickets remaining for the season?

I haven't read the article and I haven't read every page in this thread, but I think I get the idea. A couple thoughts: 1) Is it really possible to make money on any of the minor league teams (Amerks, Knighthawks, Bandits)? I think the best run minor league teams make barely any money. The Rochester Red Wings are publicly owned, so we can see their financials. That's considered a really well run sports team and I think they do well to tread. So, I wouldn't be surprised if all 3 teams lose money. 2) Buffalo is still one of the poorest, smallest markets in major league sports. It has very little corporate presence, so the team can't charge top dollars for suites, club seats, etc. I'm sure in-stadium/arena advertising is much less than other major league teams. Same with market size. The Sabres may have massive TV ratings, but it's still a tiny market. The small ratings in New York, Boston, Washington, etc. may equal out to similar amounts of fan engagement. (I admittedly don't know how good ratings are for any of these teams, just saying). It may take really exceptional management to make money under these conditions for an NHL franchise. Add in many years of mediocre or poor performance on-ice, and losing money doesn't seem surprising. The NFL is a slightly different animal, with shared revenue (Thanks, Ralph), but the challenges of the Buffalo/WNY market are real. I can't judge how well PSE is run, but it may take absolute top-of-the line leadership to ever turn a profit. Just trying to add a different perspective.

Was watching this at the bar in MI tonight. My non-Bills friends were getting annoyed as I called out good Bills plays.... The disadvantage of not living in WNY anymore....

Reminds me of the old Dick Jauron joke threads from the old BBMB. Actually saved one of them: I'll start it off... everyone else feel free to post em up and we will see if we can get to 101. I'll try to keep the list updated and before someone gets stupid here... 1.this is just for fun, and 2.) even if you like him hell have a lil offseason fun at his expense... he is a big boy he can take it. 8.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 with an 8-8 start 9.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 with the refs throwing every game FOR him 10.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 in a 32 game season 11.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 with the '72 Dolphins 12.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 with with the '85 Bears 13.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 with the 2007 Patriots 14.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 with with a 5-1 headstart on the season 15.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 in a 15 game season 16.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 in 18 holes of golf. 17.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 managing Burger King. 18.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 by only playing against 10 guys on offense and 10 guys on defense. 19.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 during a lockout. 20.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 playing madden on rookie level 21.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 with the other teams trying to throw every game 22.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 with divine intervention 23.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 on "The View". 24.) Dick Jauron could finish 7-9 even if the numbers "7" and "9" didn't exist.

My problem with this theory is that he benched and then cut Tyrod. If McD really wanted to win 13-10 every week and have no mistakes on offense, then Tyrod would still be QB. We already had the QB to make that happen and McD went out of his way to get rid of him. Because that's not how he wants to win.

This is probably the biggest piece of this season: how does Allen evolve as the league evolves towards his tendencies. Look at the Brady and Peyton's of the league: when defenses threw new wrinkles to slow them down, they evolved; they improved. They kept doing this until there was nothing they hadn't seen before and couldn't quickly figure out on the field. Same goes for Brees and Rodgers and all the other great QB's of the past 10-15 years. On the other side, look at the Goff's and Trubisky's of the league. Innovative coaches got them playing well, but now, defenses are adjusting and taking away what they know how to do. I'm not sure they are adjusting for the next, better phase of their respective careers. Over the past month, the scheme seems to be throwing a ton of blitzers at Allen (I don't watch the All 22's or anything like that, so I could be wrong). It seemed like there were multiple instances where there were jailbreak blitzes, or the defense would send someone off the corner or edge that either Allen or Morse didn't know and adjust for. And it seemed like Allen really struggled with those plays. However, there was one play in the Dolphins game that stood out: it was in the 2nd half, maybe a 3rd and 7, and the Dolphins blitzed. Earlier in the game, it forced bad plays or throw aways. However, on this play, Allen stood tall and quickly hit Beasley, who got the first down. It was 1 play. It wasn't anything spectacular, but Allen didn't bail from the pocket, didn't make a bad read. He stood in the pocket, found his hot route and picked up the first down. It shows progress for Allen. I hope I'm not making too much of 1 play, but it was the best play I thought he made all day. Now keep doing it.

I was at the Big House yesterday. Didn't see many players I'd want from either team. Michigan's WR's were big recruits, but they haven't done anything. Black can't stay healthy. Peoples-Jones has trouble with health and disappears in games. It's hard to tell, because Shea Patterson has been pretty terrible, but the receivers haven't really developed.