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Howard is legit, Maxwell on the other hand is decent to good but does have flaws. Also he played in Dallas which inflated his value when he hit market. Do you have any clue how much a super yacht is? He def needs more money

Haha I honestly enjoyed writing that game just because it was cathartic after watching so many years. The wildest thing to is the next year in 2014 against the Chiefs they literally did the same thing all over between Bryce Brown fumbling a TD through the endzone to McKelvin fumbling and turning the ball over so the Chiefs could take the lead. I can probably just copy and paste what I wrote just changing the names haha

I remember the Carolina preseason game in 2018 and with the ones against the Panthers 1s Peterman looked like a competent QB who could take care of the spot for a while until Josh was ready. Unfortunately he really was a QB who at game speed just didn't have the physical tools and processing to make it work. I can't fault the Bills for giving it look.

Yep I know Marrone gets flak for leaving and being just an average coach, but the level of play really did improve to respectability like you said that made the position appealing. Had Orton been the starter that season in 2014 they would've made the playoffs.

I agree on it being a favorite loss and I think it’s because Cincy was a contender at the time and Buffalo was working on ascending. With a backup QB with limited time in the system they gave Cincy all they could handle. When I think of the Bills as an org starting to get out of the ground floor games like this come to mind.

I believe against NE is when he said oh yea EJ is starting... and then he didn’t hahaha

2014 which I cannot wait to write about because he brutalized Chris Conte on the run in OT to seal the game. It probably was the best opener they've had in the last decade or so. I took on the epic task of going season by season and game by game from 2010 on with the defining moment of that game. It started rough but now that we are nearing 2014 on the seasons are wayyyy more fun. 2012 was painful to recap. Overall its been fun to talk about memories good and bad from these seasons especially with nothing exciting happening until August.

Agreed. I felt after that either EJ or the coaching staff got gun shy about running him. But even so from the second Jets game on there was a decent reason to believe he could be a competent starter

I have a rule that not all seasons are created equal and a 6-10 season one season can be more exciting then the prior one. The 2013 season to me was vastly more fun the 2012. Here we go, Bills 2013 Defining Moments: Alright people we are into 2013 and I promise it’s going to start getting better... well kind of haha. 2013 off-season brought in Doug Marrone as the head coach with newly drafted QB EJ Manuel as the QB of the future. Mike Pettine was brought in as a defensive coordinator and actually used the resources the defense had with Dareus, Mario, Kyle Williams, and Jerry Hughes. Besides EJ on offense also added Robert Woods and Marquise Goodwin to go with Stevie Johnson. For the faults Marrone had I will say this, 2013 felt like a demarcation for the Bills coaching wise in terms of competency. From 2006-2012 it felt like coaching decisions were just so unbelievably awful, that Marrone being average was an improvement. Also this was the start of Bills Mafia in the press for fandom reasons. I believe this was the season a Kiko jersey was acquired in the parking lot for um... “adult favors” haha GOOD TIMES. Week 1 New England Patriots, 23-21 loss: For a first year coach and QB they pushed the Pats to the brink holding NE back until the very end. The bills defense was superb throughout and the offense at times was fun. Up 21-20 the game swing with a minute twenty to go when Brady found Amendola on 3rd and 9 from the Bills 39 yard line in heavy traffic for a 1st down. The Patriots got in FG range and won the game on last second kick. While a disappointment this game gave a lot of fans optimism things would improve. Week 2 Carolina Panthers, 24-23 win: This game was the coming out party for the Bills defensive with 6 sacks including 4.5 by Mario Williams and the Legend of Kiko building as he had a sack and an interception. The defining moment though was EJ Manuel’s game winning drive capped off by a pass to a wide open Stevie Johnson in the end zone. As someone attending this game was amazing and the place was so loud when Stevie caught the ball. Week 3 at New York Jets, 27-20 loss: After the previous weeks thrilling win Buffalo took on the Jets in a battle of two rookie QBs EJ Manuel and Geno Smith. After the tying the game at 20-20 the Bills kicked the ball back to NY. On 1st down Geno Smith found Santonio Holmes for a 69 yard TD as Bills CB Justin Rogers got burned badly again in the game. The Bills couldn’t respond after and fell to 1-2. Weird note viewing note this game as played at 4:25 pm which I honestly can’t tell you the last time we played a divisional game at 4 or later since then. Week 4: Baltimore Ravens, 23-20 win: The Legend of Kiko hit full bloom as the Bills took out the defending SB champions in Buffalo. The Bills defense intercepted Flacco 5 times including one by my boy Jim Leonard (criminally underrated). But it was Kiko Alonso’s diving interception at mid field with 1:04 left that sealed the game for Buffalo. The Bills were 2-2 with a spunky young team. Week 5: at Cleveland Browns TNF, 37-24 loss: In a wild game which was close to the end Buffalo and Cleveland each saw their starting QBs get knocked out with Brian Hoyer being lost for the season for the Browns and EJ Manuel missing 4 weeks. CJ Spiller had a wonderful TD run for 54 yards to tie the game and Fred Jackson’s 1 yd TD gave the Bills the lead at 24-17 midway in the 3rd. The game swung right after though as Brandon Weeden hit Josh Gordon for a 37 yd TD pass near the end of the 3rd quarter. Buffalo couldn’t respond as Jeff Tuel did well Jeff Tuel things and the Bills fell at the very end. Week 6: Cincinnati Bengals, 27-24 OT loss: Coming into the game the Bengals we’re viewed as one of the AFCs better teams and the Bills would be lucky to stay with them. With EJ out Thad Lewis took the reigns and did a solid job in relief at QB for the Bills. The Bills rallied from 24-10 in the 4th quarter to force overtime after Thad Lewis found Goodwin on a 40 yd TD with around a minute to play. Unfortunately the game swung after a Bills 3 and out when Bengals returner Brandon Tate took a 29 yard return into Bills territory and FG range to win it a few plays later. Week 7 at Miami Dolphins, 23-21 win: In a weird game the Bills pick 6’d Tannehill to start the game and got another INT again in the 1st half. Despite that the Dolphins led late 21-20 with the ball at midfield when Mario Williams sacked Tannehill forcing a fumble which the Bills recovered. The Bills won on a FG near the end of the game. Week 8 at New Orleans Saints, 35-17 loss: At 3-4 the Bills were looking to get back to .500 against a strong Saints team. Unfortunately the Saints offense was too much as coming out of half up 21-10 the Saints extended their lead quickly on their first drive capped by a Drew Brees TD throw to Jimmy Graham for 13 yards. Week 9 Kansas City Chiefs, 23-13 loss: The Chiefs came in 9-0 on the season, but the Bills gave them all they could handle led by 7th round QB Jeff Tuel. Up 10-3 to start the 3rd quarter the Bills went down the field thanks to a 61 yd CJ spiller run. With an opportunity to go up two scores Jeff Tuel made the worst possible decision throwing an interception despite Stevie Johnson being wide open. The Chiefs took the interception 100 yds for a TD to tie the game. Buffalos defense still kept them in the game but by the Bills offense couldn’t get out of its own way fumbling in their own end which the Chiefs scored to go up 20-13. It was quintessential drought football. Week 10 at Pittsburgh Steelers, 23–10 loss: with EJ Manuel back at QB there was hope maybe he could get the offense back on track. Down only 10-3 with 3:48 left in the 3rd and the Steelers about to kick a field goal from the Bills 11, Marcel Dareus false starts giving the Steelers a fresh set of downs. Pittsburgh scored a TD right after pretty much icing the game as the Bills offense was lifeless. Week 11 New York Jets, 37-14 win: In a rematch of week 3 EJ Manuel had a great day going 20-28 for 245 yds and 2 TDs with heavy winds. The big moment would be his 34 yd TD throw to TJ Graham which literally halted 3/4s of the way in the air and went to Graham. Also this is the game some yahoo slid off the railing from the upper deck and crashed to the lower level. I was a section over and all the sudden the police in yellow coats were there. We thought fight, nope just some dumb*ss who fell. Week 13 in Toronto vs Atlanta Falcons, 34-31 loss OT: This was the game which was the point of no return with the Toronto series. The attendance was awful and it was clear if the Bills were home Atlanta never would’ve mounted a comeback. Instead the Falcons tied the game 31-31 but EJ rallied the team downfield. The first of two game moments happens as EJ hits Stevie Johnson at the Atlanta 30 good to be in FG range EXCEPT Stevie fumbles and the Falcons recover. The game goes to overtime where the Bills again drive to mid field but Scott Chandler fumbles for the second time and effectively ended the game. A Falcons FG ended the game a few plays later. Week 14 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 27-6 loss: Buffalo played like they had zero interest, each teams season was toast, and the 1st half had 4 INTs alone. The defining moment is Mike Glennon’s TD before the half to put Tampa up 24-3 effectively icing the game. This was a putrid game across the board. Week 15 at Jacksonville Jaguars, 27-20 win: If you believed in EJ Manuel this was part of a stretch of games once he returned where he had some nice moments and you could buy him possibly being the guy. Against the Jags EJ had 3 TDs and a solid game. Tied 20-20 in the 4th EJ led a nice drive 65 yards and capped it with a 1 yard Frank Summers TD to give the Bills the lead for good. In this game EJs knee got hit again and while initially it was said to be not much, this ended up being his final game of the year. Week 16 Miami Dolphins, 19-0 win: Fun fact the Dolphins would’ve made the playoffs if they could’ve just beat the Bills once this season. Instead with Thad Lewis at QB and the defense playing out of its mind the Bills pummeled the Dolphins with a 19-0 victory. Capping this was Kyle Williams sack up 13-0 with 10 mins to go in the fourth that took Ryan Tannehill out of the game (Bills 7th sack of the game). Week 17 at New England Patriots, 34-20 loss: Capping the season was a spirited soggy match against the Patriots. Down 27-17 with 5:44 to go Thad Lewis failed to complete a 4th and 2 pass to TJ Graham and the Bills essentially ran out of time and chances at that point.

Not surprised but highly disappointing while i do understand it. Everyone has laid out why OBD makes more sense and the facilities are top notch. I can't see them returning as the contract is out. Huge loss for fans especially those of us with kids as it was such a unique experience you can't replicate. Additionally as a fan out of Rochester it was the one thing we had that made us contacted to the team big time, with it most likely gone for good were just part of the market nothing more.

Three moments as it built in legitimacy with him. 2017: Win in ATL. This was a game Buffalo forever last during the drought and he had the guys pull it out against a really good Falcons squad that was in the SB the previous year. It felt like the type of statement game that marked a new day. 2018: Jags. That game felt like a playoff game for two teams not going to the playoffs and I was impressed with how hard he had them playing for a team going nowhere. 2019: Jets opener. This to me defined the current era of the Bills being resilient and what he wants. They got some bad breaks early on and some teams would've mailed it in. Instead his belief to follow the process to the end paid dividends in the comeback. I wonder honestly if they would've had the same season if they lost. I think that game was incredibly important to setting the tone for being a winning playoff team year in year out.

Not sure but wouldn’t be surprise he did it a bunch and it all blends together lol

If we’re taking a game of importance Music City Miracle. If your talking pure stupidity McKelvin fumble vs NE or Losman fumble vs the Jets takes the cake for what I’ve seen.

HEY JACKSONVILLE BROUGHT IN CRUISE LINERS, WE JUST NEED TO BRING A BUNCH OF CRUISE SHIPS DOWN THE ST LAWRENCE AND WELLAND CANAL TO BUFFALO IN THE HEIGHT OF WINTER!!!! WHAT COULD GO WRONG?! ....lol

That is correct there is at least a year left. Not sure how COVID's missed year impacts the agreement or not.

then why do fans flood autograph signings and opportunities to meet the players in person? If you really don’t think a young family or really any fan going to training camp and meeting a player up close doesn’t have a major impact your fooling yourself. I got to hang with Zo in 2019 for a few seconds against the fence and get a picture with him. It was super cool and I am not getting that opportunity at many other occasions unless I’m paying $50 or something like that

It’s literally one day who cares

Yea I’m pretty happy with my prediction but underwhelmed schedule wise. I get the Bills home schedule wasn’t sexy but IND or PIT should’ve been at night especially when they each got 5 primetime games and the Bills only got one at home and 3 roadies and just one 4 pm game.

I will say this again for everyone. The NFL does very little anymore that allows access to players and teams without paying for it. Training Camps are literally the last bastion for that experience and for families with kids to get exposure they otherwise won't to plays. This goes beyond the Bills and in general many people become fans of certain teams or even just football in general because of the ability to interact in such a close loose setting. Similar to the way preseason games are a low cost opportunity for young fans, removing these things will keep isolating the NFL more and more where people who have money are the only ones that get an opportunity to see their team up close and it will have harm to their long term fanbase.

I’m still guessing a MNF/SNF game against IND or MIA at home. They went 1-1 at home primetime and 2-0 in playoffs last year I think their ok. Prior to that yea I won’t disagree they usually let down

I can't state enough how much I love this haha

Yes I am not sure why people act like Dallas is an afterthought. With Dak healthy last year the offense was scoring a lot and every game was high intensity regardless of if they won. One of the very few times I may cheer for NE just to see chaos ensue in Miami if they can rattle Tua haha

There is no team in the NFL that excels in weird scores like the Bears

YOUR NOT MY MOM DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!! #capslock

If the question is do the Pats have enough for playoffs I would say absolutely. Their defense is solid, the offense has some better weapons although the WR corp and O line I think are both suspect. Additionally the AFC after BUF, KC, & BAL feels really wide open so i can easily see NE getting 10-11 wins. NOW in regards to the Bills whose their QB and how well is he playing? The NFL is a QB league to the max anymore and honestly I do not worry about a team unless their QB is equal or possibly better then Josh which is basically Mahomes, Rodgers, & Brady (FYI dear god that felt good to type after sooo much bad QB play for the Bills). When Buffalo smoked NE last year BB's frustration wasn't just the Bills team, but the fact nothing could stop Josh. So unless he has a guy who does that which I doubt with Cam being older and not as mobile and Mac Jones isn't having that type of breakout, their an annoyance not a threat.