Mikie2times

Great choice.

Christ, I hope my brains that clear at 75. Great hearing that voice.

2004 Earnest Wilford TD was very difficult, I recall being pretty emotional on that one. 2003 opener was bliss. It was actually the only time I met a fellow TBD member for a game, out in a bar in Kalamazoo, MI of all places. For me a lot of this depends on the era. I think we feel more of the game in our teens and early 20's. Life takes over more as time progresses. As an example as bad as the KC playoff game was was anybody over the age of 35 stunned? After 4 SB losses, just give it to um, HR throwback, almost 20 years of no playoffs, you eventually get numb to some of this stuff.

I think most people in this thread are just focusing on the key dates where the Bills faced some uncertainty which is logical, it's hard to argue Terry is not the ultimate savior. That said, the OP, along with myself, along with tens of thousands of other fans have no ties to WNY and became fans as a result of those early 90's teams and the enhanced national exposure it gave us. Most of us didn't just stop liking the team. That's sort of sacrilegious to any Bills fan. This enhanced the teams value, national appeal, and helped what is now looked at as one of the stronger national fan bases in the NFL, not just regional, become what it is today. Which in turn makes it more difficult to relocate. Great post OP.

Also a bachelor. Sold my house. Was considering the same concept just a little different, basically making pit stops across the country, probably 2-3 weeks at time. I have friends in LA, CINCY, and DET. Then maybe do a pitstop in Buffalo. Probably do shared living 5 days of the week, then get a much nicer private place on weekends. I love what you guys are doing. I'm finally just hitting the "dude, your single, do whatever the hell you want" phase. It's just so engrained into us, buy home, settle down, make home safe haven. I don't think I want a safe haven right now. So nobody got laid in Buffalo for almost 20 years, the drought is real 🙃 🤣

I'm not a CPA (seems like this needs to be stated in todays world). That said, Crypto is not considered currency in the US, it is considered property and is subject to capitol gains taxes if not held for a year. So if you elected to be paid in Crypto you would need to hold for one year and not convert it into fiat currency to avoid paying capitol gains. Further, any additional gains that you accrued from your initial payment, such as the Crypto currency rising, would also be subject to taxes in the same fashion as your initial payment. So hypothetical, say I'm paid $10,000 in BTC. If I convert that BTC to fiat inside of one year, I will pay standard income tax on the 10k in accordance with my tax bracket and I will pay capitol gains taxes as well. If I wait one year, I will just pay taxes in accordance with my income tax bracket. If my original $10,000 becomes $20,000, it's the exact same process. The additional $10,000 is subject to potentially both income and capital gains should I not wait a full year prior to converting to fiat. That is the event that triggers the tax, the conversion to fiat currency. So if any of these guys flipped the BTC right away and avoided the down turn, they also paid capitol gains to do so. Fortunately you can deduct as much as $3,000 per year in losses, but I don't think that will be very comforting for them to hear.

At some point longevity of dominance has to play a role in this, and while I love Barry, Sayers, even Calvin Johnson for that matter. They can't be in this conversation. they just didn't play long enough. I don't see how anybody outside of a Bills board can say anything but Tom Brady. He owns or will own every relevant statistics in NFL history at it's most important position. It's not just him, it's him in a landslide.

Ya, I screwed that up, but no need to be a dick Richard

Fitz actually did a hell of a job fitting in that 15 yard seam with some zip. Sometimes this is where his INT's would live. He could move the ball down the field rather quickly on those seam throws. With Taylor, he actually had a hell of a deep ball. A lot of that was arc, sort of like Wilson. That said, he was absolutely awful in the intermediate range where Fitz excelled. He couldn't throw the 10-15 yard routes with any consistency. So it was wither deep ball, check down, or run. With Trent he did neither the intermediate or deep ball well, living on check downs as much as anybody I've seen play the position.

Looking at our scheme? DT: Pat Williams: Who isn't super drought era, but I've seen some Moulds responses. Who isn't super drought era either. Pat in the 3-Tech would allow Ed to do what he does best. I haven't seen Pat mentioned yet, lots of Kyle who is also a great option in this spot but Pat is always going to require two people. WR: Lee Evans: I love Moulds, he's one of my favorite Bills of all time. That said, Moulds was like Diggs, just more physical. More of an all around WR. Evans could take the top off a defense in a special way. We really haven't seen a receiver with that specific of a skill set play here in 20 years. DB: Antoine Winfield: We like CB's that can hit and Winfield, by my account, is probably the best open field tackler at this position since I've been following the team. He's also more of a guy that would excel in a zone setting. Not having to be a guy that has to play man all the time. As far as pure fit, scheme, and against what we have, if you add these three it's a SB damn near guaranteed. I think all three are severely undervalued in a historical context and fit what we need about as well as anybody. Certainly better drought era guys but the fit of these would be pretty special with this team.

He was good for me in madden a few years ago. Stevenson just kept falling over when he would catch punts in madden last year. Beane is clutch

Ding. This thread attempts to brag on JA for not doing so, but it became a liability. Part of what made the offense impossible to stop late in the year was Allen happily taking the 5-8 yards on check downs. We need that from Josh long term.

Like others I have to still put Hill as a dominant #1. Stats aren't what wins this conversation to me. Who is the most dangerous player? Levi said Hill is the fastest player he's ever played against. When you watch him he looks like it. It certainly helped having Mahomes, but I actually think we will see KC come up on the wrong side of this. As we debate if Rodgers made Adams, I expect Mahomes to fall off a good deal this year. He's still an elite QB, but nobody has a weapon like Hill. He's just different than the rest.

These comments are pretty funny. "Lamar" playing hard ball. Will the Ravens blink. Lamar has no agent, he has never had an agent. The Ravens have not had a single conversation on this topic. They have made it very clear they would like to do so but Lamar has not responded. That's where we are. Sounds like a situation I want to lock my franchise into for the next decade 🤣

Really mixed feelings on all of this. Kaepernick made a choice to stand up for what he believed in. That led to him essentially being black balled. It also led to him making a bigger impact on the world than he ever would have as the 49ers QB or some back up QB. How many have come and gone since? Do people remember those players? So I guess I don't know if I ever looked at this as overly unfair. It was predictably unfair, which is part of the reason he did it to begin with. I'm glad he's getting looked at. I remember him against Boise State in some very memorable games. I still think he was more a Roman product IE Taylor, not so much Lamar, but ya, he would have stuck in the league if he did not make history. I think he can be a good change of pace QB for the Raiders, how they used Mariota. Possibly a good back up.

The strategy on the must gain 1 yard could get pretty crazy as teams move inside the 10 late.

To answer the OP's original question, I think SM studies other coaches. It doesn't matter the sport. I'm all but certain he has read the same book on Phil Jackson. I do not think he is some elite gifted X and O guy or some master motivator. I think he is disciplined, fair, and consistent with players which is what most NFL teams need a leader of a team and he try's to learn as much as he can from people who are successful.

I watched a video, need to locate it, where Beane said they had Baker and Allen as the targets. When Cleveland made the decision they did it became an easy decision. At which point it was not at all lucky how we got positioned to take Allen. It was a rather deliberate and creative attempt at getting in position for one of two guys. I still think Baker can do something with his career. He was hurt most of last season and he certainly screams late bloomer emotionally. We know what Josh has done. Some elements of luck are always involved in these things, but we have always been directly linked to Allen. I think we always had a +1 in addition to Josh, but Josh seems to be involved in every configuration ever discussed. As for for the +1 it appears Rosen was never in the mix, while the other two could have been. If that is true, addition by subtraction by our scout team.

While I think people are stuck in some euphoric bubble (despite entering and exiting and entering the same bubble last year). It would really, really take a lot. I mean Andy Reid was given over a decade in Philly. He has a great relationship with our GM. I would say even with a clean playoff miss he is still around. If we keep getting close, like it or not, he will be given a lot of chances to finish the job.

So he hits a golf ball a mile, can crush a baseball, arguably one of the strongest arms in NFL history. Runs a 40 that is sneaky and shockingly fast (throw out the combine numbers) and he's the size of a large TE. It's getting to be rather obvious why Josh was so hard to figure out early in his career and remained polarizing for some time. He's an all timer of an athlete and he leveraged that as he learned to read defenses more. I still don't know if he will ever be like a Peyton type in how well he can read a defense. He keeps getting better and that's scary. Still, even with how he is progressing, he is above the athletic ability of just about every QB to ever play this game and he works his butt off. That will take you very far.

Schobel, Kelsey, and Ryan Denney meet every Friday to discuss motors and over achieving, In all seriousness, he was a very good player for us in that era. Most these guys really struggle with losing the competition, spotlight, and purpose when careers end. The fact that we don't hear much likely means he is a well adjusted individual that is living his life the way he wants. If that's the case, good for him.

Ever hear the crazy story's about FG's these guys make in practice? He kicked it over 90 yards in the air in a game situation. I imagine he has had 95-100+ yard punts in practice. I have to go with Araiza

Nuts he lasted this long, he has to be worth at least 1 point above replacement level if not more, if not even more given how difficult it can be to punt in Buffalo.

As other have pointed out the Ravens have tried to come to the table a lot with Lamar, as he's acting as his own agent. At this point, Lamar has not worked with them toward even starting negotiations. The weird things is it's not as if he is saying I won't sit down unless X happens. He's saying nothing.

Now here's a guy that has discipline