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20 hours ago, Sojourner said:
ok.
I’ll take a guy who is a professor in economics and has an impartial book detailing the economic impact of sports facilities and franchises published over a simple claim the stadium is “cost effective”.
Over 60% of the stadium is funded by the public.
On top of that, it was no coincidence this was immediately pushed through when Kathy Hochul become Governor of the state.
There is a significant trend in sports franchises not making the public front the majority of the cost. On average it’s around 30-35% publicly funded. Ours is the complete opposite. Around 60/40.
Furthermore MetLife stadium, UBS Arena and SoFi stadium were all entirely privately financed.
It can easily be done.
Especially for owners or groups who are already billionaires.
Cost of living has skyrocketed whilst the income doesn’t match. On top of insane price increases for most events the public/fans attend and they’re making money hand over fist. You then have all other revenue, TV deals etc
They make their money back. Exponentially.
But sure. It’s a great deal for the regular Joe’s to be paying the majority of
Your wrote "pro stadium builds"..."worst he has ever seen". Read to me you were addressing the physical stadium. Now you are talking about financing, maybe that is true if you are talking about financing which I as a NYS non-tax payer could care less about.
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On 12/3/2025 at 1:31 PM, Ya Digg? said:
Sorry I'm confused - how does having turnovers show they underestimated the Pats?
The "fumble" by Allen on that fancy handoff was emblematic of hubris on the part of the bills. No need to go that deep in the playbook that early especially when the bills had a then very effective pass game going.
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On 12/3/2025 at 1:29 PM, The Jokeman said:
https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/qwqNx
Xavier has 4 more games played with 31 more catches, 144 more receiving yards and 1 less reception TD. Xavier also has 28 more rushes for 189 more rushing yards and 3 more rushing TDs. Based on those numbers alone think the trade up wasn't that great of a deal to me, yet maybe can ask Chiefs fans what they think about Worthy?
If you think it was a good trade for Coleman, we will disagree.
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On 12/3/2025 at 1:08 PM, HappyDays said:
Trading up for Worthy isn't working out well for them. He's on pace for 600 yards and has 1 TD. That's not a trade up in the 1st round type of outcome at all. Chiefs fans are annoyed with him and his role in the offense.
It is all relative. I really dont care what chiefs fans think about Xaiver, i would be dumbfounded if they were as displeased as Bills fans are with Coleman. Keon is a borderline bust, especial;y considering where he was drafted.
On 12/3/2025 at 1:13 PM, JESSEFEFFER said:I do not think its the slam dunk move that you seem to think it is. Considering Keon suffered a 4 week wrist injury in his rookie year, I think he's comparably productive and has more upside than does a situationally gimmicky player. As it is, I'd take Josh and Keon over Patrick and Xavier.
You might not consider it a is not a slam dunk but I certainly do. A starter that was benched for 2 games?
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14 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:
Why would they open the stadium after the final game?
Because people would visit it, like a football shrine. What I dont want to happen is the houston situation, the old Astrodome "7th wonder of the world" next door to Reliant Stadium, they haven't opened it up for years and cost the county $5 million/yr as it decays.
I would pay to walk around the old stadium just for the memories. I assume it will be torn down and used for parking, heard that before in Heston.
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On 11/26/2025 at 10:25 PM, Sojourner said:
Oh Definitley, I’m aware he’s forking out some cash. Was a bit in jest in terms of the peanuts comment.
I did however watch a guy on YT who’s an expert on pro sports stadium builds and highlighted Highmark 2 is the worst he’s ever seen. Take that for what it’s worth.
I dont take some "guy on YT who's an expert on pro stadium builds" worth a damn. Say what you want but the Bills and NYS took a lot of care and professional trying to maximize the most cost effective/fan viewing/access venue.
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On 11/26/2025 at 12:20 PM, davefan66 said:
Really?
Utterly ridiculous.
Got the email today.
It may be ridiculous to you but there will be plenty of people to ***** them at . Pure simple/demand economics.
What is the plan for the old stadium, will we be able to visit if at all after the last game?
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4 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:
Shouldn't be an automatic win, period. Their defense is legit good and Judkins is a superstar in the making at RB. If the Browns come in and play sound defense and pound the rock, they very well could win that game. Definitely a team we need to score early on and force Sanders or whoever is taking snaps that day have to throw to come back.
I think everyone watching the NFL this year, especially Bills fans, know is no such thing as an "automatic win". We learned that, AGAIN after the Miami debacle.
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On 11/30/2025 at 9:37 PM, 716to540 said:
Seems to me that every game, including today's, is a huge game for us. There's no "suddenly" about it.
Agree now EVERY game is a huge game for us and it is all because we underestimated the Pats in game 1 (handing them turnovers) and the abortion games known as the Dolphin and Falcon game.
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On 11/29/2025 at 12:03 PM, NewEra said:
And how many BOLD moves have the chiefs made?
Not this year but two massive bold moves, both with the Bills, trading up to get Mahomes and trading down with the Bills to get Xaiver Worthy and our prize in return is keon Coleman. How did those work out?
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19 hours ago, DeepPass said:
Why not 2nd guess his wife / marital status?? Who's the #1 person in your life??
Because it will be full of uniformed martial "experts" opining on zero credible knowledge.
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5 minutes ago, Virgil said:
I honestly wonder if we win that game if Queen doesn’t get that late hit on Josh and Bosa doesn’t get the strip sack.
And why did it have to come to that? We were slugs prior to those happening.
Exclude the two big plays of the game and almost every NFL game you can turn a victory into a defeat. We beat them on BOTH sides of the ball, our O Line, especially up the middle was outstanding and put a total damper on the Steelers and the highest paid defense in the NFL/
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6 minutes ago, stlbills13 said:
I think we played well yesterday but I also believe the Steelers being inept covered up a lot of the same issues we've been seeing. We definitely played better than we did against Miami or Houston but still not at the level needed IMO.
I can 't disagree with this at all. It felt more like the Steelers lost the game more than the Bills won it. Similar to the Bills-Patriots game this year, we lost it with turnovers more than being beat.
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Great write up as always, even sans the music lyrics.
I have to totally disagree about #5 and Brady. Why would it frustrate you to see that same play working so successfully. It is more an indictment against the mighty Mike Tomlin and his DC (no wonder they were chanting Fire Mike Tomlin, to steeler fans that had to be PAINFUL to watch).. If you have a play the opponent cant stop, you do exactly what the Bills did, keep pounding it. It was demoralizing to the Steelers and a hug bonus for our O Line (esp with both tackles out) to run the ball.
#9 and Josh. I have been thinking the same thing all year. He has seemingly been really hyper engaged or floundering and seemingly disengaged. And I hope this thread doesn't dissolve into armchair marriage counselors second guessing his wife.
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16 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:
I have no idea what to expect in this game or the coming weeks. This team could go on a run and wreck everyone or implode IMO
it's almost like the staff and players aren't properly game planning for "lesser" opponents
The Falcons and Dolphins losses were a combination of gameplan/play calling and players not giving the effort
And the PAtriot loss was turnover driven (mostly Josh) and the Texans was inept play and turnovers again, mostly by Josh.
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6 minutes ago, corta765 said:
They have not won in Houston since 2006 (JP bomb out passing game) and the losses in Houston have ranged from gut wrenching (playoffs 2019 & Watt INT 2014) to you gotta be kidding me (2018 Peterman INT game) to yikes (2024 game) to just getting your butt whipped in 2012. In their five game losing streak in Houston the Bills offense has averaged just 15.6 ppg. It has been a weird house of horrors and they just need a normal game where they score 20 and win by 4 or something.
Noe of those games except for maybe last years bear refelct any relevance except for maybe last years 59 yard game winning field goal by Kai mi Fairbairn, he has issed the last two games and Texans have a journeyman scrub kicker now, hope I am wrong as Bills stretch out a huge lead but a key to this game could be if Fairbairn is playing tonight.
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1 minute ago, BigAl2526 said:
If Buffalo and New England end up splitting their two games against each other and have the same record at the end pf the season, what is the next tiebreaker? Division record, then conference record?
division first, conference second
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3 minutes ago, Chicken Boo said:
I think everyone is aware that weird things happen whenever Buffalo visits Houston.
Let's keep that in mind.
I am an avid Bills fan and live in houston and gone to all the games, not sure what you are referring to except the ONE bizarre kickoff ruling in the playoffs.
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Bills 17
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5 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
I agree. The Texans D is legit. The O with Mills doesn't frighten me.
High possibility of an epically low scoring game. If it isn't, i think the Bills blow them out provided the Texans get zero or just a few points on turnovers.
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14 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:
He might play well. The Bills defense has been bad (particularly against the run). The point was, and is, regardless of how he performs this week, he’s a better option for the Bills than Stroud. Mills playing over Stroud is absolutely a break for the Bills. It doesn’t guarantee victory but it improves their chances.
I have voice by opinion already with substantial factual evidence, we will will simple disagree on this. I certainly hope Milli has a terrible game.
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1 minute ago, Kirby Jackson said:
I don’t consider the Chicken Littles on this message board as experts. 100% “of experts” is the number. If Mills goes out there this week and throws for 350 yards and 4 TDs, Stroud plays the next game. We have officially gone crazy on TBD.
Second time you have called me a chicken little, I got it the first time. If I wanted repetitive insults I would call my wife.
Now before I am accused of being some stealth Texans fan, I would be thrilled if Mills reverts back to his 1st and 2nd year play. I try not to play the hoping and praying game.
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That is too bad. So did he actually have a calf injury or was it some sore of "disciplinary reaction" to his fumble. I was uncertain. Speaking of disciplinary action, not that is really matter much at this point but did Coleman actually miss a meeting or was that just an excuse.
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1 minute ago, Kirby Jackson said:
100%. That’s not hyperbole. With the exception of you and a couple of other message board Chicken Littles, it’s 100%. There’s a reason they are trying to get Stroud back in the lineup. 🤣🤣 When he’s cleared he’s not going to sit behind Davis Mills. 🤣🤣
We have officially lost our minds here. @GunnerBill hit on it earlier. I’m old enough to remember people mad that we had to play Dalton instead of Bryce Young.
"100%. That's not hyperbole with the exception of...." LOL, In your own words you have just proven it is hyperbole.
Darius Slay claimed on waivers by Buffalo
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Interesting, so in theory this could all be a potential money grab or do I not comprehend all the nuances?