NoHuddleKelly12

2 quick hit notes I failed to include in my summary of yesterday's camp going-ons, but should have-- --There was a Bills fan who had made his own T-short honoring Pancho, "In Memory of Pancho Billa, RIP" stenciled across the back, and all of the autographs this fan got were on the shirt, thought it was pretty cool. --There was another Bills fan who canvassed the section looking for Sellers of any Josh Allen jersey on the spot--said his buddy forgot his and really needed one. Was offering $200 cash on the spot. Thought it was a joke at first, but another fan (who was rocking a sweet Kelly SB XXV patch jersey) took him up on it, provided the buyer also threw in the shirt off his back, which was a Bills Hawaiian themed number, also very cool looking. The buyer absolutely did that, lol. Paid 200 bucks plus the shirt off his back, to get the Allen jersey (by so doing, he flashed us his charging Buffalo tattoo on his chest--said he got that when the made the playoffs again in '17). Meanwhile, I stayed pat with the Allen jersey in my bag, and wound up with Beane's autograph on it.

Love it; and has a better ring to it than Mouseketeers any day of the week, imho.

After doing a cursory topic search, I did not see this addressed elsewhere--are there any workarounds to the attachment size limit for pics/vids? I've been working on finding a feasible way to post video that I shot yesterday at camp (the longest one is only 20 secs, most are 10-15 secs), and was able to even drag in from my google photos account to the message drafting screen here, where I could see it and it was running fine, but as soon as I click send, it would disappear, while any still photos would stay. I don't use twitter or anything like that where I could possibly migrate it from. Is setting up a link to a shared google photo album the only way? I'd prefer not to do it that way since I can't individually identify/caption that way before it posts. If I separately save each vid, then attach to the message, I get the error message about it being over the size limit (meanwhile we have vids posted here all the time that technically are over the limit, but because they're linked from twitter or youtube, no issues?). Anyway, any reasonable insight provided I'll make use of.

On crowd size alone, yes.

Some random observations from attending my first ever TC: --Not sure how Wofford's facilities/feel stacks up to St.JF for the fans, but I was duly impressed with the overall "niceness." The only negative I have to gripe about is that finding/locating the correct access points, parking to the field and TC grounds, left much to be desired--signage was poor and workers while nice and exhibiting Southern charm, were not great at giving further directions, jmo. I teamed up with another solo traveling Bills fan who was in a similar boat, and eventually we made our way to a lot that had Shuttle access, and that ended up being the best solution--so I got to the grounds about 15 min. after practices had already started. --By virtue of being sheep following the crowd in front of us in order to find where we needed to go (signage people!), my new travel companion and I wound up queuing in a line at the very state of the art fieldhouse by the shuttle drop off, and wouldn't you know it, there was a Bills photog taking everyone's picture with Billy Buffalo, and welcoming us to camp--very nice. Next to Billy Buffalo, was a Bills alumnus signing autographs...I'm ashamed to admit neither of us could figure out who it was at first, and neither could a fan behind us who'd just flown in from Seattle (he said for business, and it just worked out for him to come to camp also)--then I caught sight of the glossy printouts he was signing of himself for the fans, and it was none other than Nate Clements--another nice touch brought to you by One Buffalo! I thanked him for his Bills service after collecting my freebie signed swag, and off we went to the field level. --Bills fans were "segregated" to a viewing area at the left side end zones of the two practice fields, while the Panthers fans were treated to better sideline viewing--however, this may have inadvertently backfired on the organizers, as it became painfully obvious that Bills fans outnumbered the locals, and wide swaths of green viewing lawn were visible in the Panthers section. Great job at getting out there, southern Bills Mafia (As well as a not insignificant number of NYers, from convo snippets I overheard along the way). It was incredibly gratifying to see all of the Bills fans out in such force away from home, and I think it even caught the Bills FO off guard some? More on that later. In terms of the viewing, it was hit or miss for those of us without media or VIP passes--simply a function of being in the end zone areas 5-6 fan lines deep from the fencing, and inexplicably having a large cart of some kind parked directly behind the near field goal post, taking away all middle views of the action, if you weren't catty corner enough where you stood. We moved around enough to make it work to see here and there. --Yes it was brutally hot, but the BIlls fans got the better end of this bargain, because all of the shade-casting trees outside of the VIP tents, were located at the backs of the Bills fans standing/sitting in the endzone areas, while the Panthers fans baked in the open sun, from what I could see. In truth, I can't give you guys as solid of a rundown of the action on the field today, as I was processing just being at camp and all that that entails--I enjoyed soaking up the experience and talked with a lot of Bills fans around me, so my attention wasn't always where it needed to be, or my view was compromised, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it all. --The first units I saw in action was the Bills starting D going against Cam Newton on the near field going towards the EZ, so the Bills section was the best one here--by my unofficial count, Newton was 1/3 on these redzone passing drills against our secondary, but that was the only time I saw Cam all day, as I migrated fairly quickly to the far side field where the Bills O was operating. Josh completed about half of the passes I saw him throw, but I counted at least 2 drops, one by Sweeney and one by Smoky, that should've been caught, imho. Josh also ran a few designed run plays that I was glad to see--Dabs may not want to bottle him up in the pocket after all? --The "reception" line greeters for the Bills today were Smoky Brown (he didn't walk the whole fence line, but he did make himself available near the VIP tent fencing area), Josh Allen, House $$ and Reid Ferguson. Coach McD walked the whole line, high-fiving all who stretched their hands out far enough (I gave a weak sauce effort and was thus not rewarded, as I was trying to film on my phone at the same time) and he apologized for not stopping to sign autographs, he didn't have time and couldn't make exceptions. Next Coach Dabs darted here and there like a triggerfish deciding whether or not to dive into the crevasse of the coral reef, and decided to take the high road instead, quite literally--he walked back away from the fan fence as quickly as he'd come, but he did smile and wave a bit like the Queen, so there's that. Allen to his credit, ran the entire gauntlet of the fan fence, and literally signed for every single kid there under the age of 10, but I saw that he wouldn't sign for any adults, no exceptions. I do respect that--he had limited time, and there were a ton of fans there, but he still made the most of it by making sure that each kid there got to interact with him, take selfies, etc. When Josh was right by where I was standing, I blurted out that my daughter was born on the same day as his Leap heard round the world over Barr, and that got me a verbal acknowledgment, but still no dice as to the Allen jersey I was holding out to be signed. Oh well, I guess next time I will have to make sure to bring my kiddos along as Allen autograph insurance!! Besides getting to share the aforementioned details of my baby's birth story with Josh Allen, lol, the highlight of my day was Brandon Beane. Guys, this GM is the real deal, no other way to say it. First, by this time it was already 30-45 minutes or so after practice had wrapped up, and the man stood there and signed for everyone, young and old, without appearing to be in any kind of a hurry, and was cheerful to one and all. He ended up signing my Allen jersey (it's a double XL and I've lost a few lbs this year, so can't wear it anymore anyway) and also posed for a selfie. I thanked him for organizing the Bills coming down south for these sessions, as it gave those of us living near enough a chance to see the Bills up close too. He responded by being appreciative for all of the fan support there locally and said they were glad it worked out the way it did. He got a laugh when one of the fans yelled out, "Thanks for drafting Ed," to which he replied, "Just thankful he was still there when we got him." I also heard several fans saying thanks for bringing hope back to Buffalo, which seemed to leave an impression on him also. Class act, all around. A great day for this Bills fan!!! **I'm working on getting my pics and some vids together in a way I can post without violating the size limits...that will follow.

Had a great time today at the joint practice, met a lot of great Bills fans and it was awesome to see so many of us there—I swear we did outnumber the locals. Will be driving back down to ATL shortly, but plan on posting some pics/vids later that I took also.

What he said

Don’t wish him any ill will, but can’t say I’m shook up over his departure. Wow our starters last year on this line were epically horrid. All the more impressive what Allen was able to do 2nd half of the year.

I’m sure hard knocks will have a featurette with Gruden smiling like he just hit the lottery with this reclamation project. Maybe they can scramble NP’s brain in the regular season to make him think he’s still in the preseason...that would be the key to an MVP caliber season, methinks? Someone get Elon Musk on the phone and tell him his taxpayer dollars need to be rerouted to something more worthwhile, like this!

Ummm, so long as we never need to discuss Josh walking off the field looking like this, I think the bar’s low enough for Josh to comfortably “leap” over.

Even this guy was feeling toasty watching that. (But not @Kirby Jackson, lol) In all seriousness, what is it about preseason that Peterman rocks like a boss??

Despite the occasional troll to rile up the board, by and large I gotta say I’d miss this place and my fellow intranet Bills fans too much to ever turn my back on it for good—I just can’t quit you TBD!

I’ll be there Tuesday—looking forward to first camp type experience, and glad it gives those of us in the south a chance to see the team up close without traveling too far. Trying to decide between the Allen away jersey or throwback Kelly HOF jersey shirt. First world problems!

Better tread lightly with the media from here on out AB.

^^^^This. I shall ride the coat tails

Will the starters also be rocking these uniform accessories?

11-15-1993 Monday Night 3 Rivers Stadium. Steelers 23-0. What I remember: Terrible fans in that stadium—and the Bills were throttled by an on-point Steeler D and raucous crowd. A bad game to be at as a young Bills fan, all around.

In superhero terms, Beasley strikes me as Robin? The relative dimensions are about right too

Just trying to come to terms with some of my earliest sports memory traumas, is all. You left me with low hanging fruit Shady! Had to take the swing

Or 1 looooooooooooong drive if you're the 1990 NY Giants.

Classic avoidance of anything that doesn’t fit the narrative ye ol’ Thad wants to put out there...I think he’s determined to fill the vacuum of intellectually vacant “reporting” left behind by Rodak’s departure, and so far so good!

Can’t believe Astro is finito for 2019; really enjoyed his reports—what a great writing style.

Wonder if the Pegulas would settle/make an exception for a finding of wrongful death liability? It's not like the famous criminal verdict was the end of the story, legally speaking.

It actually still needs to be greater than 50%, as the party carrying the burden of proof (plaintiff) would still lose all things being "equal" with the evidence for or against. Also, the operative facts were actually developed to a higher degree in the civil matter than the botched criminal prosecution before it--fascinating to go through the depositions taken in the civil case (depositions are a civil discovery tool not available prior to a criminal trial)--he basically lays the case bare himself, and guaranteed he would be found liable: https://abcnews.go.com/US/oj-simpson-tapes-shocking-things-rarely-deposition-tapes/story?id=33924968

So glad to hear of progress in the right direction. Continued prayers.