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41 minutes ago, Logic said:
He didn’t say that. He said the NFL would encourage people over 70 not to come. Why is that hard to believe? It seems perfectly reasonable to me.
Because it doesn’t make sense to me. The stats show that being 60, or even 50 plus can be really bad with this virus. 70 isn’t some magic number, and it’s just another random bit of nonsense someone threw out. They’ll also need to encourage anyone with pre existing conditions to stay home, regardless of age. For that matter, maybe they should just ask men to stay home since this virus is twice as deadly to men.
My point is that 70 isn’t some magic number. If all we need to do is protect people over 70, why not end this all, and just tell people 70 plus to stay home. Yes, older people are more likely to suffer complications from this virus, but 70 isn’t the magic number where it becomes dangerous. The virus becomes more fatal as age increases, like anything else, but is being 62 any better than being 70? Not really. If age suggestions are in place for stadium admittance, that means there will be no fans this year imo. The point of prohibiting large gathering is to protect those vulnerable to the virus as well. If you have 70,000 thirty year olds gathered in a stadium passing germs, they bring them back into the community to pass on to the older folks as well. There won’t be fans if we are still this concerned with the virus in the fall imo. I’m not an expert by any means, but I just don’t see this scenario.
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I quit reading when he said he could see a scenario with no fans over 70 allowed. It proves the entire article is a hack.
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23 minutes ago, papazoid said:
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Yep, when you look at the Super Bowl winners of the past decade or so, most teams had decent TE’s. It’s become an important position in pro football. I think we can be successful without huge production from the TE, but can we take the next step without a reliable TE ? My biggest concern is not necessarily lacking an elite TE, but having players who will hurt us. It’s one thing to lack production, but it’s another to miss blocks and drop passes on a regular basis. That’s an even bigger issue than not putting up huge numbers.
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Tight end, I’m not a huge Knox fan. He’s a raw talent with very little college experience. Guys like that don’t work out very often. He has all the physical attributes of a great one, but needs to improve everything to become a viable starter. I hope I’m wrong, and he becomes great. We have holes at other positions, but I’m most concerned we might not get any production from the TE position. We have nothing behind Knox with Kraft and Croom, unless Sweeney proves to be a diamond in the rough.
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1 hour ago, HappyDays said:
They lost Van Noy, Collins, and Shelton. Their defense will take a step back and their offense will be worse than it was last year. They have the worst QB room in the league. Like I said I wouldn't be surprised if Belichick can get them to 5 or 6 wins, but the roster on its own is really bad.
Yeah, the Pats would be bad enough with that QB room, regardless of the roster. It’s made worse by the fact that BB is a terrible GM. He’s built solid defensive teams, but hasn’t built a respectable offense. Brady bailed out all of the mistakes BB made attempting to find talent on offense. Now the Pats are left without a legit QB, and almost no skill position talent on offense.
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I have a weird feeling he’s starting for them at some point this season.
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5 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:
For me the two that stick out were 2003 and 2004. Both of those seasons I actually had high expectations for the team(but I had completely forgotten we started out 1-5 in 2004 until I started seeing some of you mention that), after that point there was never a time I truly had high expectations or believed in the team until this current group. Not in 2008 or 2011 after those great starts we got off to. Not during the Marrone or Rex Ryan years so for me 2003 and 2004 were definitely the most frustrating but not necessarily the most depressing..which could be a whole different discussion in itself.
This is exactly how I feel. I was a believer in those teams back in 03 and 04. I realized that most of our teams after that point didn’t have the talent to be competitive. None of the hot starts really fooled me, but 03 and 04 were real letdowns. Bledsoe felt like a legitimate QB, although he proved to be a bust here. After Bledsoe we started a bunch of guys who are backup level QB’s, and only fans who fooled themselves could have really believed in those guys.
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1 hour ago, 4BillsintheBurgh said:
I really don't want to see Fromm play next year. We need to play the best guy and that means the guy who has the best chance to win a game. We're not a developmental team anymore, we don't need to see what we have. If Fromm earns the backup spot that's one thing, but the odds are stacked against him even more this particular year. Now if Barkley has to play and he doesn't look like he can get you to the playoffs, that's a different story. That's kind of what Pittsburgh went through last year, Rudolph started but couldn't keep it going.
I don’t want to see Fromm play either. My hope is that Allen starts all 19 games this season. Our season is over if a backup QB is on the field. I agree we “don’t need to see what we have”, and Fromm should only get the backup job if he beats out Barkley. With that said, I’m confident that Fromm can beat out Barkley, and personally I’d rather see Fromm start a game over Barkley. Barkley is a below average backup, and his career proves that imo. I agree that Fromm shouldn’t be handed the backup job, but I hope he can win the job. I’d rather go with the unknown than a guy in Barkley who has proven he can’t play at the NFL level.
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2003 is a great choice. We’ve had worse teams, but that was the most frustrating imo. I thought we had a really good defense and a decent QB (Bledsoe) who was good enough to take us to the playoffs. Many of us were wrong about both, and we should have seen it coming from the second half of Bledsoe’s 2002 season.
2004 isn’t being mentioned, but the loss to the Steelers backups that season was an all time low. That season started out so poorly before we made a run in the second half of the season led by McGahee. It was one of the more exciting second halves of a season I remember. Missing out on the playoffs was tough that year. I never really got frustrated during the Fitz/Gailey years, or Edwards/Jauron years because my expectations were non existent.-
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3 hours ago, somnus00 said:
I don't like our chances if Fromm has to play a few games for us this year. He may be good for the QB room. But I don't see him being good for the field on Sundays.
Playing game manager for a crazy talented college program doesn't mean he has what it takes in the NFL. I wanted the Bills to take a QB in the draft. Just not Fromm.
He's the kind of guy who becomes a successful coach after leaving the NFL.
Fair enough, but I don’t want to see Allen miss any games regardless. I’d rather see the unknown guy in Fromm start a game before seeing Barkley though. We know who Barkley is, and that’s a very bad NFL QB. Fromm might not project to greatness, but at least a rookie always offers a glimmer of hope.
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21 minutes ago, njbuff said:
That was the biggest head scratcher of them all.
They didn't face one all time defense and they should have done a lot more.
I also think that the AFC Championship against Denver was the clincher as to why the Bills were never winning a SB.
They allowed Denver to come into their building and punish them with their D and the NFC teams took that game plan and ran with it in the proceeding 3 SB's.
Those Super Bowl teams had some amazing talent on D, but this team still won with offense. You couldn’t expect them to shutout teams in the Super Bowl, that’s not how it went during the regular season. When I look back at the Redskins game, and the two Cowboys Super Bowls, the offense didn’t help out the D much either. Fumbles and interceptions were the norm during our Super Bowl appearances. That was never how our offense played during the regular season.
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19 hours ago, njbuff said:
Two words.............Ted Washington.
The Bills biggest weakness during the SB era was not having big bodies up front to protect Bruce.
It crippled them in the SB’s.
A big guy in the center probably would have won the first Super Bowl when Anderson ran wild. The other three would have been losses regardless imo. The fact the offense didn’t show up to play for any of those games was a lot to overcome when those Bills teams were built on offense.
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21 hours ago, Limeaid said:
The thing is when he talked about going to Buffalo he talked about hunting and FISHING!
Oh my, maybe if he stays away from his college buddies in Georgia, he’ll be alright fishing. Something about country boys, water activities, and the possible addition of cheap beer never goes well.
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1 hour ago, FireChans said:
I don't know why Rodgers has such staunch defenders either.
When Big Ben was just getting fatter and older, and freaked out when the Steelers drafted Mason Rudolph, everyone thought the pick was completely reasonable.
But when Rodgers faces the same scenario, it's the ultimate organization betrayal. Bizzarro world stuff.
I think some of it has to do with the fact that everyone knew Big Ben was declining. Most football fans seem to falsely believe that Rodgers is still elite. The dude had great looking stats last season, but he’s not the play making Rodgers of old. He plays within the system, and compiles stats by avoiding mistakes, sometimes to the detriment of his team. Although he has great stats, I don’t see a QB I’d be afraid to see on the opposing sideline.
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3 hours ago, Figster said:
Its a good point and part of the reason why Allen struggles with long ball accuracy IMO. Give him more overall size in his WR corp and I believe we will see a better completion % with long ball throws from Josh Allen. Less of an arc on long balls allows more chances for smaller DB's to make a play and less time for a WR to adjust IMO. Its all fine and good to have the ability to throw with velocity. On the other hand you better have an ability to throw with touch or even the easiest pass plays become a problem.
Peyton Manning helped win his last Championship with what most would call a noodle arm because he understood what more arc and touch would give him, made the proper adjustments and played within his limitations in my humble opinion.
Smart fella, that Manning...
Nah, Manning won his last championship because of his defense. He was total trash and got benched for Osweiler that year, who also won games with that D. I’m just saying that Manning was done at that point, and there is a limitation to how much anyone can do with a noodle arm.
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1 hour ago, Buffalo Boy said:
Drive killing drops were huge last year.
We all watched the playoffs and saw all these other teams receivers catching “ bad passes” consistently.
Getting Josh to the point he trusts his receivers is a huge step forward. He started to throw more 50/50 balls last year. It would be nice to see us win those finally.
To me Knox AND Beasely have to be more consistent catching . They are starters and starters can’t drop balls as much as they did.
It will be nice if one of these rooms comes in and legit competes for playing time AND produces when he gets it....... been a LONG time since we’ve seen that.Yeah, I’d love to see one of these guys give Beasley some competition. I knew that Beasley wasn’t Randy Moss, but I thought he’d be a reliable slot WR with good hands. He put up good numbers, and is an underrated route runner, but the amount of drops are detrimental coming from a starter. Beasley is great at getting open, but he doesn’t make catches that aren’t placed right on him.
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5 hours ago, beerme1 said:
I've had this thought also but then I get this nagging reminder, Gilmore really didn't want to be here at the end of the day.
We'll see with this guy but I like what I heard from him and his style will win everybody over pretty quickly so lets make him feel welcome like we know how to!
I agree, not everyone is a hyped personality, as I’m not. However, there are certain situations (like being drafted by an NFL team) where even chill personality people at least force themselves to smile. Unless you have some type of social deficiency, you understand how your response comes across. I don’t care who wants to play here, as long as they play well and show up to work. With that said, I don’t get how anyone can claim a dude like Gilmore wanted to be here. I think he’d at least cracked a fake smile if the Pats drafted him.
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6 minutes ago, JR in Pittsburgh said:
Just watching Fromm highlights and the Barkley comparison is spot on.
Both Barkley and Fromm have really nice 20-yard touch throws. That’s something that JA could hopefully learn from them!
excited to see if he can develop into a player!
Yeah. Fromm might end up never making it past the practice squad, or he might become a decent backup. I don’t understand the people who are bent out of shape because “he stinks”. If he doesn’t pan out, that’s fine. It’s worth taking a guy who could become your future backup. I don’t understand how anyone could be upset with the pick, regardless of what you think of Fromm.
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14 minutes ago, FireChans said:
More chances to throw brutal picks and lose in the CFB playoff? Wonderful.
Does Braxton Miller have eligibility left?
People love their Big Ten guys around here.
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I’m just happy for him that he was actually able to find somewhere in Florida to run uphill.
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5 hours ago, JoPoy88 said:
The “building of the offense” is now in place. If they still can’t score more than 20pts/game on average after adding singletary, brown, beasley, knox, diggs, kroft, and moss then the problem is with the guy on offense I didn’t name.
Absolutely, this season is on Allen. However, I think our O line is very overrated, and it looks like we’ll roll with the same group. They are very inconsistent, with a few guys that make huge blunders on a regular basis.
1 hour ago, ScottLaw said:These are similarly to my thoughts as well.
Not sure why Knox gets pushed into that category as a playmaker or already established good offensive player. He isn't to this point.
Love the trio of Beasley, Brown, Diggs. I'd like them to bring in another compliment behind those 3 so fringe NFL guys like McKenzie and Foster are forced off the roster.
RBs look solid but not spectacular.
Not a great offense but it should be a solid one, the question is how far does that get you in today's NFL?
Exactly, how well can a solid offense compete in today’s NFL? We have some really good talent, but it’s not spectacular across the board, and Allen is still a question mark. I’m leery of our O line and TE most of all.
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35 minutes ago, SCBills said:
Cant do this forever. I’ve had fam who have gotten this, I get it.. but we can’t isolate indefinitely. There’s no vaccine... it is what it is.Yep. I’m not ignorant to how bad this virus is, but I’m also not going to pick on some guys hanging with family and friends. A vaccine could be a year away at the earliest, or maybe years off. I’m not sure that everyone understands how social distancing works. Nothing will change until a vaccine comes along, social distancing itself won’t eliminate the virus. I think early on some believed that.
In reality, how many people are willing to social distance for what could be years? That might be the reality if we don’t have a vaccine. We really need science to save us with at least a decent treatment. Even the staunchest social distance people are going to eventually give it up, the human mind isn’t built for it.
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44 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:
That’s fine I’m not judging any school, and personally couldn’t care less about it . This guy’s schtick though on it being the Ivy League of the south was freaking amazing though and very entertaining. It never ended. When one thread got locked he just started another. The best part was he didn’t even attend, let alone graduate from, that university.
Typical Bama fan though, most of them couldn’t even get accepted at the school. The stereotypical Bama fan is even a joke amongst SEC circles.
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3 hours ago, Buffalo Boy said:
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Bledsoe in his first year and Fitz we’re both decidedly better.
Not throwing the ball anywhere NEAR a defender has a way of skewing TTs stats.
Two games to watch: The playoff game and the Carolina game. One at the beginning of the season and one at the end. They tell you all you’ll ever need to know about TTs lack ofQB acumen.
I wasn’t a TT fan, but I encourage you to watch the entire second half of Bledsoe’s first year, and the same with Fitz in 2011. TT was steady yet unspectacular for an entire season. Bledsoe and Fitz were great for half a season, and awful for the second half. Picking two games doesn’t tell the whole story. TT was a game manager who wasn’t going to win a Super Bowl, but could win by playing within the system. Bledsoe and Fitz were the reason their team lost many games.
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Talk of no alcohol at NFL games this season.
in The Stadium Wall Archives
Posted · Edited by SirAndrew
I’ll be a toddler on this one, because if all I hear is Covid 19 news 24/7 into the fall, I’ll need beer more than ever. There’s nothing I’d love more right now than the diversion of going to game and drinking beer.