butch rolle

I look at watching the Bills like I treat playing golf. More often than not, does it lead to extreme frustration? Yes. Is anyone forcing me to play? No. The more I practice and put into the game of golf, the higher the expectations are, and the more chance there is for extreme disappointment. Just like the more time I spend on this message board, or listening to bills podcast content, the more investee I am in the team and the more devastating the loss. Sometimes I'm envious of the golfers that play once a year with no expectation and can shrug off a bad round. Meanwhile, I wasted hours at the driving range for similar results. Just like I'm jealous of the fans that could only name a couple players on the team and don't sulk the next day after a loss. I guess it's all an exercise in balance with how much you want to put into something vs how much you can handle disappointment. As I get older I am getting a little more perspective and ability to remind myself that no one is forcing me to watch the Bills. This year has been a major disappointment but of course, I will ultimately be listening to Bills content all week and tuning in next Sunday. This is how I chose to spend my precious free time and if I'm going to have it be a negative in my life, I should just stop. If it ever reaches that point I will.

Yes, but Vegas actually has money on the line and isn't in the business of reacting to defensive concerns the way we do. I'm not a sports gambler but I think the fact that the Bills are still the favorites should offer us fans a little bit of grounding as we panic and prognosticate about future playoff defensive failures. If Philly should be the favorite, Vegas would make them the favorites.

I'm in my mid 40s and sometimes I stop and contemplate whether my back issues are due to those massive Sunday papers I was delivering for the Buffalo News in the early 90s.

I've never seen a team bottle up Lamar like this. Detroit's tackling is incredible this game. I just looked it up and was shocked to see that Lamar has been sacked 7 times 2 other times in his career.

Lamar is on another level right now. Comfortably the MVP frontrunner. If we have to face the Ravens in the playoffs, we have to hope for some timely turnovers again which is a frightening gameplan.

Sheer joy watching the Lions shut down that drive followed by a Josh Allen SoFi commercial

Thanks for pointing this out. It really is cool. Kind of a "Madden" style vantage point. I'll have to try it for the fins game next Thursday!

Yes, you need HBO or HBO streaming via the Max app. It is a pay service. The usual cadence is to release an episode weekly covering the previous week's training camp. So I would imagine the first episode would be in early August.

I'm so glad you guys mentioned Karlos. This is such a good pick. I live near the home of the Patriots now so I haven't been able to get to many Bills home games in my adult life. I did get out to Buffalo for the 2015 home game against Miami. Shady and Karlos both ran for over a hundred yards. I got to high five Greg Roman as he drove his SUV through the tailgate on the way out after the game! It really is true that Karlos ate his way out of the league. I totally get it though as I feel like I put on 10 lbs every time I come back home. My favorite sports nickname of all time might have been given to him... "Feast Mode"!

Was the "practice" reference intentional? If so - well played!

Looking at the best available remaining receivers there is a guy named Tez Johnson from Oregon. 5'10, 154 lbs. If the bills are still running an "everybody eats" offensive philosophy, this guy better get drafted for his own survival.

Does anyone else still think about the fact that at one point the Bills 52nd pick, which came from Minnesota, was looking to be an early 2nd rounder maybe even as low as 35? Then the Vikings exceeded all expectations and the whole time I was thinking damn...

29? Where did the extra 4 years come from?

He really was special. That 2002 season where him and Peerless Price went off was one of the few bright spots of the drought era. Speaking of the drought era, will someone eventually make it onto the wall of fame? Personally, Kyle Williams is my all time favorite from that time but I'd have a tough time saying he was more dominant than Eric Moulds. Elbert Dubenion is up there and granted it's not fair to do a direct stat comparison from 35 years earlier, but what makes Moulds less qualified? Maybe just a victim of the poor teams he was part of vs Elbert's 2 AFL championships?

That's good to know. Do we have hard numbers yet on how much the extensions for Rousseau, Bernard, and Shakir freed up?