BillnutinHouston

He's a shiny object.

I am comfortable with EJ as starter behind a revamped OL and power running game. It's not ideal but I think our offseason upgrades at a key position (coaching staff) will get us to the playoffs. Can't wait to see what Rex, GRo, and Kromer can put on the field.

Would hate to read what you have to say upon hearing bad news.

It depends on the context, but overall I disagree with this. On this board facts are regularly sprinkled in with the sea of opinion, so opinion written as fact is irritating. Too many people here make statements written as fact, and sometimes that's genuinely confusing. Opinion is fine

Kirby I admire your persistence in trying to educate folks on how this all works. You'll have some success with many, but others will never get it. You are 100% correct, BTW.

So you're saying that the report was tailored to honor Buffalo's tradition and history?

Wait. I thought Schwartz sent Schwartz packing. Didn't Rex meet with Schwartz for the express purpose of trying to work out a staff position for him, only to have that declined by Schwartz?

All things are relative. Come to Houston sometime.

Well played sir. I actually laughed out loud at that one.

It might be semi-corny but I liked when Rex said he told his realtor to look in the areas with the most snow because he was going to fully embrace this Buffalo thing.

I'm on board with this. But I want Iupati (with an I) in that deal.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

I agree. Rex is a great communicator and understands that "build a bully" is great alliteration and a good sound bite. I think he is speaking more to the mindset he's looking for (i.e., "swagger") than actually laying out a requirement that free agents send a rap sheet for his review before they'll be considered.

Thanks for posting that. Listened to the audio this AM and I heard him say he was with the Urbiks but couldn't make out who the first couple was. Interesting. It shows if nothing else that Kyle made some attachments to Bills players.

Not in the least.

I thought I read that GRo likes his QBs mobile.

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Nice! Ever see Sons of Liberty? Cool show.

I'd let mine go for $12,500.

Hammer, just to clarify I do not "want" another stadium. I'd love it if the Bills stayed put and I'd gladly wait for my seniority to creep up the list so I can relocate my seats to prime areas. I love the ride to OP, get excited when I see the "Town of Orchard Park" road sign, love looking at the fall leaves on the way, love the tailgating and the tradition. And Hammers of course has become an institution that's part of the tradition. BUT, I just don't see the Bills staying put. So my point was if we have to go to a new venue, I'm going to pony up. If I get the chance to put myself into prime seats I'll pay to do that if an affordable option is there, and I suspect many others will as well. As I said before, I'm all about the sight lines and have no use for the amenities. Maybe Pegula would help honor the tradition by creating a special Hammers parking area downtown. Who knows?

I've done some looking at the Vikings new stadium and that one appears to offer a more varied set of offerings at different price levels. I hope Pegula goes in that direction so people like me don't have to choose between paying $75 K a year or ending up in the upper deck. That is no choice at all. I will admit I'm a seat snob. I'd think that if there's an option to sit in between the 30s on the first level and do it for $5-6k a pair per year, they would get a lot of takers in that range. What I want is just prime seats. I'm willing to pay a premium for that, but I don't care about amenities. Hopefully there will be an option that can work for people like me.

Great news. I understand that the Pegulas can't exactly take credit for this, but it does further the narrative that the Pegulas want everything they do to be the best. Added talking point with free agents as well.

Well, Peter King's article (from 2013 I think) where he described his time hanging out with Steratore's crew before a game included a mention that he marked an "L' (for his fiancée's first name) on every inspected ball. So there's ample precedent for refs making a unique mark on checked balls.

This assumes the NFL thought it was more important to catch the Pats** than to have the first half of the AFC Championship game played fairly. That decision would require a high level judgment call by the NFL that I simply don't believe happened. It would be absolutely mind blowing to think that the NFL received multiple complaints from other teams about the Pats** balls but failed to actually put a gauge to their balls before the Championship game.

If by this you mean that the notion that "almost everyone cheats" is or should be a mitigating factor when considering punishment, I completely disagree. This line of thinking is akin to saying "teams that don't cheat are suckers, and they should really start getting busy." Any punishment that sends that type of message to the league only spawns more widespread and/or more creative cheating.