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Well 3 HOFs who were at the very tail end vs some very good important players who were needing replacement and helps open the Bills cap for the long term future. The HOFs were decidedly worse because it was pretty callous how it went down regardless of all of them wanting to still play. Love the guys who we just cut but the accomplishments are vastly different here and the window is still very open with Josh. When Reed, Thomas, & Bruce left it was the last gasp of the great decade + of Bills football so it was a very empty feeling in many respects. Yesterday was expected by comparison, it just finally happen with Morse being the only maybe surprise, but I thought he was toast given his cap, age, and concussion issues. The rest Poyer Hyde White made zero sense to keep outside of sentimentality. Neal is replaceable tenfold and Hardy never made the impact you hoped and also can be replaced cheaper. Tre is really the only one I am truly sadden over just because he was tracking for a HOF caliber career and playing with Josh through this next group/window and he/we got robbed to see that which really sucked because he was such a great and fun player who loved Buffalo big time.

Don't really have space at CB and rather be younger: Douglas Benford T Johnson NCB Elam 4th CB So he would be 4th at best and your not touching Douglas/Benford/Johnson as all three graded out extremely high in coverage

I have looked at it and the last decade and half they have been the preferred divisional opponent to open with if the NFL decides we play in division to start. Recently Buffalo has played NY to open in 17, 19, 20, and 23. I actually think we open at home vs NE finally as Buffalo hasn't done that since 2013 and I think the NFL saves NYJ for later in season with Rodgers back healthy.

Athletes will use anything and I mean anything for motivation. Going into a game as big as the SB you don't say a word even if you mean it in the context he did. The damn Chiefs apparently for two years now keep saying no one believed in them... and they won the SB both times. Takes one sentence to start a fire with these guys. In fairness the drafts actually were a pretty hilarious listen

Matchup wise most years the wrong team played the NFC team and I think you saw that a lot. CLE was designed to take on a WSH or NYG personnel wise. HOU against SF would've been really fun given their skill guys. The NFC also won quite a few at the buzzer during that time. I doubt you ever see a Conference run that long without a loss again in the SB.

Reid is the top active coach and has a real argument for #1. He has had two runs of long term success in two different markets which only Shula can match to that level. BB with Brady has the best run in one time, but the arguments that Brady propped him up a bit feel more valid given the last few years, his record without Brady being sub .500, and his overall pool of coaches not being very stellar. The best credit BB has outside of NE is actually SB25 with what he did and his time with Parcells in NY both times.

Agreed. I remember the end of Kelly and crew like 95-96 timeframe and a touch of the final SB, mostly my dad sitting in a chair not saying anything. The Flutie days were fun and it was such a big deal at the time between him and RJ that seemed to encompass everything. I watched all the Bills VHS tapes my grandfather had religiously kinda the same dreaming of what it would be like to be good. It is funny because through the Bledsoe time the Bills were still a pretty respected org and bringing Tom Donahoe in at the time was a well received move (just went poorly wrong). Once the 04' season though went curtains that was when it started to truly feel like "ok this isn't going well anymore and they really are a mess" just didn't realize it would end up taking that long. I am not sure a single loss has had such a dynamic domino effect as the one to PIT did for Buffalo the subsequent moves that came in following years.

There certainly is some talent as he brought up a few I intentionally read, but he was part of the mystique of the original NFL that wasn't so corporate or perfect and the stories he had were incredible. The Sabol family with NFL films also was like that to me with how they built up the NFL in mystical legend type way with their films and everything. He was the type of voice that his opinion spoke true volumes when he used it whereas today it is about how loud and big you can be rather then if your opinion is accurate. I hope that todays media and coverage can still find ways to bring the history of the game in without having to have hot take or being the loudest voice (COLLINSWORTH/ROMO). I love Berman but his time has passed and I wish he would step down.

Yep. He was trusted in a way which it gave readers a look at so many things that you just won't normally learn about. I love how they make the schedule and it was fascinating to see how deep it goes with how much is consider. I also loved that he got to go in draft rooms and see what teams really thought. The Cowboys with Paxton Lynch and then they ended up drafting Dak was a great highlight.

End of an era. He was the last of a generation of writers that truly put out superb content that was detailed and always looking for interesting things readers wouldn't normally find. Even if I didn't agree with his article or take, I at least knew there was some true meat behind it. He always seemed to have a soft spot for Buffalo despite being from Patriot land and was a good voice for the team. I will really miss his schedule insight as he usually was ahead of the curve on tidbits coming down the pipe. His best work to me though was his camp wide tour every August as it was a such a great and fun primer for every season.

trying to create an airtight secondary he instead took out the phone network

I would have made wholesale changes after the loss to CIN. After this year and the fact the team did respond to him and more importantly the offense went back to being a dynamic powerful unit we liked he has through next year.

13 seconds to me is worse as coaching was so directly involved in that outcome and the final 2 mins. This year Buffalo had to play a certain gameplan given the limitations the defense had starting two guys who were not even playing a month earlier and the overall attrition that side of the ball had. They needed an A+ day across the board as there was zero room for error and it was a B+ maybe A- effort. Good and valiant but not enough given where KC was at. I can live with that a lot easier as you will be healthier some years then others and I couldn't really pin point a specific mistake the way against CIN (playing 40 yds off the line) or 13 seconds I could. And yea it sucks they haven't broken through, but trust me these are farrr better days then what we had and it isnt to be taken for granted.

He is a very good player who will probably make a pro bowl or two at some point.

Fans here have zero idea how cheap we are compared to the rest of the league

I will go a step further and it is complete crap how he is borderline Saint level to a lot of Bills fans and his teams never were close the playoffs. Meanwhile Tyrod actually had some good seasons at QB and the team made it one year and was far closer the other two and the dude doesn't get near the same level of respect.

QBs are def playing longer with less hit and the game geared for offense. But 40 still is far different and Brady really was unique as he was a temple to his body to keep it so healthy and other then his knee in 08 never had another major injury. It is rare to have that injury luck, lack of wearing down on the body, and discipline health wise so I would say 40 will forever be rare for QBs. I do expect though far more high caliber QBs to hold their production much longer into their late 30s where high QB play for guys 35-36-37-38 is way more common. It use to be QBs came into the league, made their mark, got paid, and then by 32-33 the wheels came off. That I do think is far different and good QBs now have four phases 1. rookie QB contract build around guy to max // paid top time pt1 // paid top time pt2 // true regression and fading. I truly good QB I think will have 3-4 core group of guys in their lifetime as the team reloads. Josh has played with one core group which is fading. The second group is here now as guys like Cook, Kincaid, Torrence, Bernard, Benford, Oliver all are here for the next 5-6 years. If we are lucky Josh probably goes into a third group while still be really good for a few years. That to me is where the QB position has changed as if you got your QB to two core groups of guys it was really good. Going three strong which is 15-18 year life span is not unreasonable now.

My uncle always said the Jets go for the headlines and the Giants titles. Hess actually was a good owner, but his passing eliminated the growing consistency and continuity they had. NY is always rushing the moment they get any glimpse of success or hope for max success it seems. 2019 when they added Bell and never added a center I just sat there like "aren't you going to protect this guy and give Darnold maybe some better pass catches". Until they decide to truly go through a process style rebuild that you've seen the best teams do and not care about the glitzy names it just feels like a group that will keep spinning their tires.

I will say this the crowd was really bad across the board until 2013-14ish. Somewhere along that time (prob as the team started improving also) it became noticeable the stupidity had chilled out substantially. I know the stadium has a far better ability now to police the stands then it use to especially with video technology. You will still have your bad apples and with social media the idiots have their platform, but I have to say attending games over the last 8-9 years has been a far better experience then the many years before and I have sat everywhere from the 300s down to the 100s.

The Jets have a color scheme that offers far more then they have ever maximized uniform wise. I think the late 80s early 90s was their best look, I can understand those who liked the 60/70s/2000-2019 look, but truthfully I feel like something truly great exists just not sure it'll ever come to light.

What street corner are we meeting to rumble about this lol

Bills fans would be as annoying and hated as Chief fans currently or Patriot fans if we had the run those teams are. Also Bills Mafias true halcyon days were through 2019. Currently it is a massive bandwagon culturally as its a "thing" and when the pendulum swings back (hopefully in 20 years+ lol) but it will feel a lot like the drought days. Sizable fanbase and hearty group, but not what exists now.

That would be a sneaky good opener

It is a slippery slope when you start getting to perfectly equal in terms of stadium, design, conditions etc... There are many people who think Buffalo playing outdoors in the weather we do is unfair and all northern teams should be in a dome. Seattle and KC were engineered in a way to amplify the noise in their standings to make it impossible to hear for the opponent. The league could halt or pause a game if the heat is legitimately unsafe, they have not needed to at this point.

I meant 4pm primetime on Sunday AFC v NFC for Bills Lions my bad