Richard Noggin

Symptom of what I've been seeing. Surrender mentality on 3rd down? That ain't top tier fanaticism. (You're statistically correct, but that's anathema to what fandom represents. Damn.)

I only think of it as an in-stadium behavior assessment, because that's when fans have a chance to actually help their team (however minutely). And for that, Bills Mafia is maybe above average? We're a spirited bunch when things are going well, no doubt. But we're kind of "meh" in tight games tbh. Too much noise during offensive huddles and when they get up to the line (SO many "Let's go, Josh!" screams while QB is setting protections and adjustments). Not quite enough noise during many defensive huddles and pre-snaps. I'd argue that if next year doesn't get off to a STRONG start, Bills fans will be vocally upset early and often. Too much of the same pain for the past five seasons.

I'd argue he was pushing himself to be the best in the playoffs, no? Even though he was "comfortable" with Brady as his OC. (Obviously wasn't "perfect" upon film review, but the guy was playing transcendently good football.)

Plus Armstead was Offside there. His helmet seemed so obviously over the line, but got lost in the quick snap.

Did the play by play guy just say 7/13 on 3rd down conversions is the 49ers "having a tough time (on converting 3rd downs)"?! And just before they went 8/14? Wtf

Not super surprising that both QBs are having some issues as the game tightens up. Also, Depeche Mode going into the break. (Just saw a fraudulent tribute band last night at the Riv. So much of it was pre-recorded; they even started the wrong song once which was it for me.)

Major IFs in that. Including IF he had the humility coming out of college to be a student of the game.

Sure, but it's a joke. It's old school in a bad way. Those "local residents and college kids" aren't gonna get the job done. Plus, $20/hour? In 2024? That's not taking it seriously. We can be better. Our billionaire owners can do better.

This is looking like some kind of serious mismanagement on behalf of the organization. How could they get it wrong for a second week in a row? You have to have crews working on this all week. How is it that NOTHING is being done until the last minute? I enjoy celebrating tuddies by chucking snow up into the air (it's freaking joyous), but some of the stairs were absolutely ice ramps by the 2nd half. If the game were unfortunately to turn in the wrong direction, you better believe fans are gonna throw a LOT of snowballs onto the field. It's just a completely preventable mess. (Totally understand how travel bans impeded any sort of preemptive snow removal effort last week, but that wasn't really the issue, turns out. It's just that the org has NO plan for clearing the stands.)

I don't know. I did the first half on the left end of the field, Bills side. Decent energy, love my section, but not a TON of people invested in making noise on defense. Not bad, though. Did the second half on the right end of the field, Bills side, down really low by the heater the defense used. Some energy, but definitely a lack of actual noise on defense. I think of college games where nobody screams, exactly, but they all make noise in unison. Why can't pro fans get together on that? We still have to beg a bunch of fans to shut the eff up while the Bills are lining up on offense these days. "Let's go, Josh!" -everyone yells, like that's helpful. Can't wait for a different stadium design if for no other reason than the noise will actually be captured, instead of escaping into the Orchard Park night.

Feels like a guy who CAN really contribute at a high level, but...lacks consistency in fundamentals, reads, execution, etc. Love the way he's shown up at times. Gotta have contributions from those high picks. Just hope he doesn't fall back again into mediocrity.

Luckily for me, and the rest of Bills fans, my Wildcard round preparation and focus doesn't influence the team in ANY way. I get to look ahead, behind, above, and below, without any impact on Monday's result. You should try it out.

This person and this genre of streaming video where the content is watching someone watch and react to something else is...vicarious by definition for the viewer and vampiric by definition for the LAMPY 2nd hand creator and fundamentally vain and vapid for everyone overall.

Curious how you'd rate LBs?

Oh for sure. That's the traditional pattern. Going to high school in NT meant almost ZERO snow days due to factors you've identified above. But last year broke with tradition for both major storms, as we got unusually CRUSHED both times. So far, this year, we're seeing a regression to the mean, so to speak.

I liked Daboll's willingness (and/or eagerness) to coach Josh Allen HARD. QB17 responded to hard coaching, to my eye. That's not the consensus these days (to coach guys HARD), even though some guys still do in fact respond favorably to intense and immediate correction. More respectful, calmer coaching in the moment is the direction we've been headed, and with good reason, but there is still some room for intense, passionate correction for certain repeat offenders. The issue I focus on with Daboll is his inability to or disinterest in calling plays sequentially in a way that helps the o-linemen leverage their slight advantage of knowing the play call to win each rep against their defensive opponents. He never had much respect for the realities in the trenches as he called strings of consecutive 5-man protection pass plays even when facing elite pass rushers. He didn't often help his linemen win their individual battles by keeping the box defenders off balance. Allen bailed him out a ton, and when he didn't, the Bills sputtered. (This is still true at times, of course, but I've seen improvement on this particular point about play-call sequencing.) Brady gives the impression of a coach who listens intently to the feedback and input of his position coaches, especially Kromer. I'm interested in how they do or don't adjust to the reality that Torrence got CHEWED UP last week, and they're facing an even better front this week (inside and out) even without Watt. Heyward seems to line up more often to the LEFT guard's side, IIRC, and Pitt likes Highsmith coming off that same side (offensive left). Golden and Herbig aren't trash depth with Watt out. Very curious how the Bills approach this week tactically on offense.

The Bills offense's ability to operate against KC's tight man coverage and various pressure looks is so essential. If the Bills can avoid early offensive struggles, they can control this contest. Of course, defensively stopping the Pacheco and Edwards-Helaire combo and keeping eyes AND HANDS on Kelce is important, but I believe Josh and Co. have a chance to outpace an inconsistent Chiefs offense and alter the calculus of this matchup.

Up in southern Niagara County we haven't seen much accumulation at all. But the wind at times has been fierce, and visibility was null for a spell right before sundown. Hate to think the authorities and the league got it wrong with respect to travel danger tomorrow (I don't know that they did, but it sucks if so), because so many or our fellow citizens are always just waiting for another reason to lose further trust in the "experts" or "authorities". I think the postponement was smart based on best information at the time. Not much of a downside tbh (minus the further radicalization of internet skeptics).

Like the opposite of George Costanza

I am

Eh, why not?

12-18" per hour would be like an extinction-level weather event in WNY lol 1-3" per hour is what I heard earlier today, which is no joke when combined with 20-30 mph sustained winds. Zero visibility in those conditions.

Just started tonight's episode. The only time I relish in punching down.

Agree about Babich as a rising -- but still unsung -- coaching commodity. Gave a press conference much earlier in the season that was VERY impressive, and obviously we're seeing serious progression from basically every single LB on the depth chart. However, it's much more likely Eric Washington is "next up" in the internal defensive coaching pipeline. Feels to me like McDermott wouldn't bypass him for a more junior guy. Frazier, the DC, was also the Assistant Head Coach before Washington got promoted. Seems almost obvious who the next DC will be, if McD relinquishes the title. Wasn't that his dad, though (the safeties coach in the best Hyde/Poyer years)?

That article is brutal. While Allen can be coerced into turning the ball over, so can the heralded Mahomes, and the Bills are widely accepted to be an objectively better (and definitely more dangerous/explosive) team/offense so far in 2023/24. The turnovers are the entire argument here, and it's objectively thin and subjectively selective. "I don't care...that the (Chiefs) running back room is full of a bunch of guys you never heard of." - WTF? Pacheco and Edwards-Helaire are pretty well-known. Weird. He leads off with repeated suggestions that fearing the Bills more than the Chiefs correlates to **gasp** using THC (or sniffing glue). Pretty out of touch, although Pittsburgh fans in general are pretty conservative. It's all Mahomes worship, mostly, and while the author couches some of his criticisms towards Allen, he does offer this nugget: "It is probably too strong to say [Allen] is a prototypical “million-dollar talent, ten-cent head” player, but that isn’t too far off."