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Atlanta's defense I did not realize how much they have invested in young pash rushers. It is bold but it is one of the better bold picks logically I have seen The Miami piece I think a lot of people see a team that is going to implode and it is not being talked enough

I’m speaking specifically to end of game drives when it score to win scenarios in the playoffs. Brady/Mahomes are ahead of everyone, merchants of death level nuts. Literally the remaining field is a notch below them.

I get what your saying an agree to some extent he could have been better especially this last year. But I forgot if it was Jeremy on WGR or some other stat person, but basically they broke down the rate which QBs in the post season win when they get the ball last and it was Brady/Mahomes .... then everyone else. Josh in 2021 13 seconds did his part tenfold and they lost no fault to him. He was A+. I thought in 2023 he was pretty good and a little unlucky but still a B+ level effort. Last year was honestly his worst post season game against the Chiefs and they still put up 29 pts. Anyhoo the point of the article is Josh is still on the higher side of performance but when you have Brady/Mahomes who just close at such an insanely high rate, everyone else including Peyton Manning feels way behind when realistically their pretty good in their own right.

Haha well you asked for it so here we go NFL Related: -Broncos win the division at 12-5 including a TNF win late season in KC to swing the crown to them. They make a run to the AFC title game -The Ravens win the division and finish as the 3 seed before losing again in the divisional round against Denver. Harbuagh is fired after the season as enough is enough after years of not breaking through to the Super Bowl. -The Saints go 1-16 as the cap crunch is real, their QB situation and lack of talent catches up hard even in the NFC South to secure the 1st overall pick -The Raiders are in a playoff spot week 18 but lose at home to finish 9-8 and the Patriots take their place -The Eagles win the NFC East becoming the first back to back division champs in over twenty years -The Bucs miss the playoffs at 9-8 due to the defense fading this year and the Falcons take the crown reversing a few years of the opposite occurring -The Packers miss the playoffs at 10-7 as the NFC is top heavy and lose the WC 7 spot to Minnesota on the final day of the season on SNF football -The Dolphins again falter late and fade to 5-10 culminating in McDaniel being fired and Grier being fired after the season. Tua is cut from his contract and Miami starts a rebuild. Bills Related: -Josh finishes 2nd in the MVP but is 1st team all pro as he is stellar again and the WR is more then enough -Josh Palmer goes for 1100 yards to lead the team in receiving yards and a pro bowl nod (7 TDs for good measure) -Coleman goes for 900 yds and 8 TDs to lead the team in receiving TDs -Cook doesn't break 1000 yards rushing as Ray Davis steps in his place a bit to take yardage, Cook still goes though for 1300 yards combined. -The defense moves into the top 10 for sacks as they go from 39 sacks to 49 sacks. Groot as he hits his first double digit sack year with 11. Bosa nets 7 but is very effective in his role. -Bills finally get the 1 seed at 13-4 despite losing to KC at home in the regular season (post game after that loss is pure meltdown locally). They slay the demons finally with a 30-21 win over KC before beating DEN at home in the AFC title and then beating the Rams in a thrilling 28-24 SB. The city burns down in celebration but somehow regenerates the next day with Labatt Blue silos at ever corner. The entire WNY region takes the week off to party and Dunkirk Don speaks at the title celebration and reveals himself to be Bruce Smith. NFL Player Related: -Tyreek Hill regression is real and he does not get past 1000 yds receiving -Travis Hunter is real and goes for 1100 yards while getting 3 INTs as a CB -Cam Ward is better then people realize getting 30 combine TDs on a sportier Titans team then people expect -Jaylen Daniels of fine but not MVP worthy either... confusing everyone on how to analyze him -Bryce Young's improvement was a mirage and while not atrocious he is just a guy and is benched by the last four games -Jayden Higgins is the sleeper rookie WR who dominates going for 1200 yds receiving with Tank Dell not playing and in quietly solid situation -Jared Goff leads the league in turnovers as a new coordinator means some early struggles before he rights the ship -Christian Wilkins does not kiss anyone during a game

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I am no medical professional but sometimes they will take out the diseased organ first and then go back with a fix later. I watched some of the thing and they were really concerned on the cancer spreading so it seemed like if they could get out the bladder and he was cancer free that was a very good step one. What happens from here who knows, I myself thought you could create some form of a replacement. EDIT: Just read they did make a new bladder with the intestine. Apparently it takes 12-18 months for patients to successfully be able to hold their pee on their own control and it is 90% success rate. So hopefully he will be able to get some normalcy back.

I'm already on to 2027 bro catch up

Truthfully the NFL has changed and I mean mega changed from the last Bills SB appearance. I bring that up because of the number of people who were not wealthy and worked normal middle class jobs that attended SB 28. When I hear them talk I feel like it is an alien speaking given how the NFL has transformed into such a corporate powerhouse league wide. Stadiums are a huge reflection of this transformation and keeping up literally with "the Jones". The NFL especially with the biggest events and games wants the luxuries and amenities to show off and the teams do too. It was a really big deal for the NFL with COVID the new LA stadium and they were quite nervous about opening it with an empty crowd. Indoor stadiums are more in vogue because of the number of major events that can be hosted there and if you want tax payer money you need a way to prove the benefit especially now that people see through the fake economic promises stadiums are supposed to bring. Events at least guarantee more usage and income vs ancillary development which is always promised when these new stadiums come online. The Bills, Packers, Steelers are throwbacks to old school football, but the NFL would probably prefer these days every team indoor. I have been pleasantly surprised how many diehard Bills fans are moving to the new stadium even with the PSLs. I have felt the Bills stadium in a decade or two may end up being more positively & charmed them maybe of the new stadiums which while impressive in offerings, are relatively cookie cutter from one to the next and will show as much so down the road. Lastly I know some say why after 25-30 year new instead of renovate? The cost typically is similar for what you are spending to renovate v a new stadium and for larger cities like PHI or ATL recently they can afford to go bigger with more cost on the fans given the size of the area.

Listen I am in agreement with load mgmt ... but his injury happened because of turf (which is a freak thing) not because of excessive use. At the time Von left he had 8 sacks in 12 games the dude was a beast and it was an atrocious outcome for all parties

in fairness I guess you could see they ended up ... in ... a trainwreck I'll see my way out lol That is my understanding as both teams are being decked out for it. It is why I think the red helmets are just getting end of the year as the NFL has money invested in this "rival" thing so that is a priority and the white helmet standing buffalo is wayyyy easier to do decal wise.

I would expect that the Bills defense by seasons end is quite good especially upfront... but the numbers will not show the same because the first half of the year they gotta figure everything out

Bills fans being nut jobs, nothing out of the norm move along lol

Technically you cannot buy seasons anyway without a PSL as of 2026

Nope they all got sent home for eating ice cream after curfew. No more rookies

Yep. Rams had a good offense last year but it was not world beaters either and we made them look unstoppable. That was when the red flags came up for me.

Milano also left early along with Dorian Williams. Sorry I shouldn't have come across so aggressive but this game both offenses were peak of their power and I would expect both said what Goff & Johnson did because they were that good. The Rams game the week earlier bothered me wayyyy more because the defense was not nearly as maligned and the Rams in the week prior and after scored a combined 33 pts. As much as I am a big believer in the Rams that was just an abysmal job by our D and the flaws came out that they were not nearly as good as the stats showed (which given a reset year wasn't the end of the world).

Did your memory blackout that game? The Bills and Lions defenses both were banged up and starting second & third stringers by the end of this game all over the place. With the power both offenses have they took advantage of the injuries tenfold.

Appreciate that. Outside of 2015 I would say 2012 was by far the hardest season fandom for most Bills fans. Even the hardest Bills critics like Jerry Sullivan of the Buffalo News predicted them in the playoffs as the offense was pretty good the year prior and the defense added Mario, Gilmore, Bradham, & Mark Anderson along with Dareus in year 2. The schedule looked decent enough and the good vibes with Fitz still existed. The Titans game before the bye broke me that season. The Titans were not a good team themselves (went 6-10) and Chris Johnson just ran all over the defense you had high hopes for. Even so they had the lead late and could've went into the bye at 4-3 with some very winnable games down the stretch so playoffs were still very real. Then Fitz Fitz'd, the defense wilted badly and to me it was over with Gailey. At that point I felt between Coach QB & GM it just wasn't there and it was gonna be another reset.

Respectfully I think your wrong. The NFLPA functions to protect all players and salaries have constantly risen for a long time know for all. The rookie wage scale hurt the younger players but helped the older ones. The biggest thing which is the NFLPA's own fault is the additional games they have allowed. If you are adding games 17 and unfortunately soon 18 it seems how do you not start building in mandatory rest period before thursday games, travel rules, etc.. things to help with player recovery. One of the things most sports leagues have wised up to is how harmful work stoppages are. The MLB is the cautionary tale of being King and then throwing yourself off the thrown. At the end of the day fans either hate both parties or end up backing the owners over the players. The 2012 ref strike showed how bad it can get if things go unresolved and fans were furious to the point the Fail Mary single handedly altered the negotiation. To me the thing the NFL has to be really careful with is the streaming part. The ability to watch the best games in the NFL without paying allows the NFL in my opinion to stay king. If they ever touch those CBS/FOX/NBC packages that people watch without needing to pay for I think they may overdo what they have and it won't be reversable.

My fandom steadily grew as I got older and once I started dating my wife who is bigger fan then me (I am huge fan shes just better fan wise) it took off in 2009 lol. My brother and I look back at how delusional we probably were in years like 2011 before the season started that the team was a playoff team. The NFL truly does sell hope better than any other sport. Also because the drought by 2010 was long you kinda felt like you were due to back in at some point which didn't help drinking the koolaid. I will say years like 2011/2012/2015/2016 where they started 5-2 or 4-3 etc once they were out of it minus completely wild mathematics I def checked out on the season. The 2010 offseason may have been the most depressing just because the Bills were so out in the wilderness and you couldn't pay a decent name to come here. Buddy Nix saying "we got the guy we wanted" when guys like Cowher & Mike Shanahan wouldn't even take an interview was awful. Add on the teams future was so murky long term and the upcoming stadium lease was a major question... yea it was tough to get pumped for that year. My wife and I still went to a preseason game and three regular season games, but that was legit partly to tailgate and walking in at 1pm minus the home opener was a borderline ritual for most fans as the season went on haha. I think 2016 probably was worst though for me at end of season because the hype train failed badly, the defense was wrecked (Rexed), the big name coach you had hoped would at least get a playoff berth instead made it worse. I remember heading into 2017 knowing good players like Mario, Robert Woods, etc were leaving just felt like will this thing ever turn around and here comes another rebuild. It was the irony of ironies that the drought died in 2017 because just about everyone predicting that year had the Bills near the basement and I distinctly remember week 1 be billed nationally as the toilet bowl between the Jets & Bills as no one was even sure they would win more than a game or two apiece. We do a massive Bills party week 1 yearly (since 2013) and that was the most relaxed easy going viewing ever because expectations were so low lol.

Good points. I am not sour on the Chiefs O as I think between Mahomes Reid & their skill guys they have plenty to go. But the leftside with both LT & LG I think will be the great differentiator on their season. Ironically the Chiefs offense could be much better but the teams overall record a few games worse. They went 10-0 in one score games including one OT win, the toe touch no TD vs BAL, missed FG by DEN, CIN game last FG, and the second Raiders game. Law of averages is real with this stuff and even at 7-3 they would've finished 12-5 by comparison.

Not enough has been said about KC trading Thuney when their O-line was already shaky. If there is one thing that I think slows their offense way more its the O-line not being nearly as good as it has been in prior years.

Beane has brought up that after the QB gets paid it is very difficult to have every spot filled to perfection. The 2020-22 still benefitted from Josh on a rookie contract at that time. Unfortunately injuries in 21/22 robbed the Bills on defense of some important guys which happens and also sucks. Of the teams from 23-25 on paper this is without a doubt the best roster of those ... again on paper. The strength of the offense beside 17 is the O-line which is Top 5 and they have some truly good players in Cook & Shakir that help for sure. A WR or two emerging or Kincaid will help to make the offense more dynamic, fingers crossed Palmer does what projections show. But the big question is WR heading into the season which to me until an answer shows makes it hard to see them improved over last year. I doubt we ever see Josh with a WR group like 2020-2022 as the NFL had changed also with more an emphasis on the run and the 2 safety shell high. Additionally he is so good and helps the WRs that you can get away with lesser talent .. a la Brady in NE. I don't fully agree with this as they wasted 2023/24 draft to double dip at WR and we only got Coleman, but again with Josh no longer on rookie contract this is life. On defense the D-line is probably the deepest yet, LBs are solid, and CB is decent especially at CB1/NCB. I am really hoping Bishop is something solid at safety because when Rapp was gone SAF was real safety. CB2 having a true solution whether it be Maxwell or Tre would be big to real up the floor of the secondary. So again while not perfect as there are areas you wish you had a few more solutions, they have plenty of good impact guys that give a really solid roster now. I hate looking back and saying "if only" but 21/22 for different reasons give that feeling given how the roster was.

Agreed. I still think his contract is too high for the production given, but he is very integral to the offense.

I would put the position up to 23 (or argue around that high). Cook is a legit Pro Bowler, Shakir's numbers have shown him to be a top 3 slot guy by advance measures, and TE wise Knox/Kincaid are around 20th league wide as a combo IMO. I do not disagree on the rest of the thoughts on the WR corp, BUF is betting Coleman/Palmer/Samuel one, two, heck all of them have very good seasons. If they do then the overall skill group is close to top 10 at that point. I am high on Palmer being a legit guy this year and basically replacing Hollins/Coopers production combine, but the other two I honestly have no idea what to think. Luckily for Buffalo they not only have 17, but the O-line is top 5 and Brady is a wizard as an OC. The offense season has a truly higher ceiling if Kincaid or Coleman turn into something, otherwise they are similar to last year (which is still really good). One thing I do hate about these rankings is so much is based on past production and not the future so it always feels a bit fruitless in a way.