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Not surprised in the least. Figured London was a long shot, maybe Mexico and even that I still think they will pick a bigger market for. I know a lot of people think the Bills will host KC at home at night but that's another game I just don't see swinging that way. There are limits to how many primetime games teams get and I just can't see Buffalo being prioritized to the top for KC.

West coast teams have regularly played at 1 pm. Depends on what the schedule makes want for TV. Seattle played at 1pm at both PIT and CLE last year.

the only plus is the entire division has more or less the same thing. If New England truly is weekend it actually helps us

Week 2 against LAC in 2018. But the Bills also have opened in Baltimore in 2016 and 2018 week 1 so just because they were recent it isn't a pre-req for not happening.

Los Angeles Chargers

Thanks. Peter King had Rams v Cowboys week 1 and truthfully idk what would be better ratings wise for the NFL so I'd go with that also. But I agree NE or SF would be really appealing also. Thanks. The hard part with schedule making for the Bills is removing your fandom and thinking what would be relatively fair but possibly annoying as a fan/team. The bye in between road games, the 3 road games in four weeks, and heavy road schedule after the bye was me trying to be unbiased. The 2017 schedule was kinda insane the way the NFL gifted the Bills such a nice start with home games. If people don't believe having a lot of home games early isn't a clear advantage their lying. I will say the Bills did take advantage of the two road games to start last year which typically is a tough deck to handle.

We only have the money to travel to do one and Vegas we have a better deal set with. Nashville though we've wanted to see and is our backup at this point. I don't wanna miss too many games at home we generally do 2-4 a year so that factors in especially given how good of a home schedule we have.

I'm willing to bet the Bills have given me worse hangovers and sickness then anything the corona virus will do.

I'm predicting 30-40k bills fans go (hopefully including myself). I am just wondering how many Bills fans swim in the fountains at the Bolagio lol

I do think will see the Bills in London sooner then later, but the four west coast trips and London would be pretty unfair and even the NFL generally tries to avoid that type of scheduling... well until the 17th game is added which is always an international game. I hear that. Vegas is doable for my wife and I as long as its from late Sept into early Dec. The NFL loves to celebrate new stadiums and LA is week one which is why I think they make Vegas open week 2 so they get SNF.

I have checked the previous times they went west and generally the NFL does try to package both games back to back. Does not guarantee that always but that has been trend while giving that team a favorable home schedule before hand.

Thanks. some people specialize in free agency, others the draft, for me its the schedule lol

Happy Friday everyone. Got some fun scheduling updates and rumors: -First off I asked Vinny Bonsignore the main reporter in Vegas for the Raiders about the schedule drop on twitter. He has no idea yet of the game, BUT a user replied saying April 16th is the date of the release. This user doesn't have a ton of followers but they have responded multiple times that this is the date and they seem to be actually selling tickets. This date would line up with the fact the schedule was released last year on the 17th and in 2018 on the 19th. The NFL does like to release the schedule on a Thursday so that also lines up that the 16th would be the date. There is one factor that could delay things... -Tom Brady. Per FMIA by Peter King this year the NFL has some real issues on their primetime schedule due to Brady not having a team. It makes sense as if Brady leaves the Patriots they may finally see a reduction in primetime games and a team like Vegas or LAC would see an increase. In the end the NFL controls the release date and I could see them pushing the date back if things are not squared away in the time frame they want. Ratings is king. -Kansas City has squared away a scheduling issue with the Royals who share the parking lot and are now set to open the season at home on Thursday Sept 10th. The Bills do not travel to KC but they do host them so they will not play them week 1. -I have thought for a while the Bills will open at home against the Chargers week 1 and I still believe that but... the Brady factor exists. If Brady goes to LAC I see the Chargers going to KC for opening night. Same if the Raiders get Brady. The Rams are going to open the new LA stadium week 1 on SNF that's almost a given so the Chargers have to go on the road week 1. Perhaps they head to the Raiders on the back half of the MNF football doubleheader, but I think the league would prefer SF in that spot and to let the Raiders have week 2 to open their new stadium on SNF. -The Bills have opened on the road for two years in a row and the NFL generally tries to rotate home and away opening by year. I believe given the Bills travel this year that Buffalo may get a bunch of home games early before hitting the road. Buffalo opened against a division opponent last year, typically the Bills have gone back and forth from opening against a division opponent one year to playing an AFC conference foe the next. If the Bills do host a divisional opponent my pick is the Dolphins at this point. -In case you have missed the headlines the Dolphins are hosting a game in London and the Cardinals in Arizona. The Bills do go on the road against both teams although I do not think the Bills would go to London given the four west coast trips they already have. The Cardinals are a little more interesting of a possibility, but given they host the Eagles, Skins, Seahawks, Rams, and 49ers I tend to think they would go with a bigger more marketable opponent then Buffalo. -Speaking of London Sports Illustrated has reported the Falcons are hosting the Broncos in November there. If that is the case it makes it less likely Buffalo heads to Denver that month as the Broncos would go on the road to the east coast first for a game and then to London to help stunt travel. Additionally in a weird scheduling quirk the last two times the Bills have went to Denver they went in December. Four of the last five games played between the Bills and Broncos have been in late November or December. The one non late season game was the memorable Von Miller handshake Personal Foul game in September 2017. Knowing my luck this means the Bills are going to Denver week one destroying much of my predictions and writing haha, but interesting none the less. (Buffalo's all time record vs Denver is 22-16-1) Finally for fun this is my current schedule prediction. I think the NFL will set the Bills up for some primetime games in the first half of the season while giving the Bills flexible games in the back half whether for good reason or bad: Opponent Time Week 1 LAC 1:00 PM Week 2 MIA 1:00 PM Week 3 at DEN 4:00pm Week 4 LAR MNF Week 5 at Raiders 4:00pm Week 6 at NE 1:00 PM Week 7 SEA 4:00pm Week 8 KC 1:00 PM Week 9 at NYJ TNF Week 10 BYE Week 11 at TEN 1:00 PM Week 12 NYJ 1:00 PM Week 13 at SF SNF Week 14 at ARZ 4:00pm Week 15 PIT 1:00 PM Week 16 at MIA 1:00 PM Week 17 NE 1:00 PM

Kids this is my daily reminder don't do drugs "That's Bills legend and accused double murder suspect OJ Simpson running all of the field" yea that doesn't sound very good ?

The more interesting piece of this is ESPN and by extension ABC if they move back there has been upset with the matchups they get on MNF. Part of the reason for wanting the ability to flex games on MNF is because the matchups have not been good. From what I have read the NFL is going to try to balance the matchups more evenly between SNF which took all of the top games and MNF. Should be interesting to see where this goes.

Yep. A lot of people don’t like hearing it but our tailgating is a double edge sword and very anti family. I won’t take my son until he’s at least 10 to a game. In general there is a massive market for families the NFL could tap into if they want. i should also add on the greed side and anti fan nature lately of the NFL the moving of training camps from colleges where fans and kids especially can meet their heroes for free back to the NFL facilities is one of the worst things that’s happened. I understand why the moves have occurred I’m prepping for the Bills to leave Fisher but it takes away another avenue for fan interaction without spending $500

Thanks I agree. The NFL is playing a really dangerous game right now with this 17th game stuff. I think it will go through OK, but the owners want 18 games and are always hellbent on more revenue. The NFL is the only professional sport (in the US) that's regular season matters to the point every game is good. The moment that changes the moment they will break so much of the good the league has. To me one of the biggest stories of the last decade that did not receive enough attention was the fact the NFL let the Rams move from St. Louis despite the Rams fans and community following to a T exactly what needs to be done by NFL by laws to keep their team. The NFL wanted a team in LA and was able to get their way. If you follow the rules and still get burnt like that it does not give me a tremendous amount of hope that the NFL really cares about your community just the $. It's why I am not as bullish as I use to be on the Bills future if they do not have a new stadium. I just think the NFL would truthfully rather have teams in international markets over places like Buffalo, Cleveland, even Green Bay. Maybe I am wrong and panicky, but the league has tripped over itself for years now and has lacked vision to the point it will bite them hard. As is the Chargers move is a disaster where owners are saying the team should just go back. Paul Tagilabaeu remarked how bad it was for markets to move or lose teams and there is a reason why after the Browns move teams stayed put a lot more and the NFL worked to keep teams in markets.

Tyrod Taylor would've been more successful his last two seasons if Rex didn't fire Greg Roman. After Roman left the offense the rest of 2016 was never the same and I think McD would've kept Roman.

His name is fine and needs to stay. He was a great player for the Bills and one of the best RBs of all time. He also was a murderer. Both are parts of his story you cannot erase history.

-Fred Jackson was a slightly above average running back and would lower the standard for the wall of fame if he was put up. He was more the product of fans blue collar mindset and being a bright spot on not great teams then anything else -Going to the airport for the Bills has went from a cool one time experience to over blown and embarrassing showing how low of standards our fans have. We lost a playoff game and fans went. Teams that win SBs fanbases have higher expectations. -Bills fandom is about to hit its saturation point nationally and we are going to go from the fanbase everyone loves to annoying and drawn out -If the renovate the stadium and do not build a new one the Bills have 15 years before relocation talks become real if a new stadium is not considered. The NFL has become so money hungry and could care less about the fans that with the Pegula's aging and the leagues oversea's priority Toronto could become a bigger threat if we do not have a new palace. Atlanta has built two stadiums better then the New Era in 30 years, owners notice this.

As an owner Ralph was the definition of average, as a leader in the NFL ownership group he was a visionary. It sucks it wasn't the opposite

I would change this to the tailgate experience is very limited and if the Bills ever were to expand it to have more options like on campus restaurants and parties they'd be stunned at how many more fans and families especially would be willing to show and not tailgate

I'm not wringing hands and worrying I am pointing out an important fact. The offense had trouble against top D's and averaged just 19.6 pts a game. They will have a harder test of teams that will challenge their ability to score. I expect them to improve on offense and as long as Brady leaves I believe they are the favorite in the AFCE. But that does not discount the fact they will not have nearly the ease opponent and defense wise that they did last year.

Every major sports league is playing games in other countries. The box is open its never going back, just hope that a team in London never actually happens

They had a host of injuries and Mosley being out hurt. I don't disagree they were not as strong as other defenses but they still factor into the Bills schedule and truthfully we only scored 17 pts and 6 (although that was with the starters out and if I were a Jet fan I would've been disheartened that it took so long to put the bills away)