Lurker

The Bills sell plenty of tickets, even if they're lower priced than the NFL average. Visiting teams get paid. Teams like Tampa and Cincinnati OTOH should be more of a concern for the owners than Buffalo... NFL Attendance - 2019 2019 Attendance Home Road Overall RK TEAM GMS TOTAL AVG PCT GMS TOTAL AVG PCT GMS TOTAL AVG PCT 1 Dallas 8 727,432 90,929 90.9 8 561,595 70,199 96.6 16 1,289,027 80,564 93.3 2 NY Jets 8 628,184 78,523 95.2 8 488,527 61,065 87.5 16 1,116,711 69,794 91.6 3 Green Bay 8 622,762 77,845 95.6 8 531,899 66,487 97.2 16 1,154,661 72,166 96.3 4 Denver 8 607,497 75,937 99.8 8 496,694 62,086 96.6 16 1,104,191 69,011 98.3 5 NY Giants 8 597,316 74,664 90.5 8 545,793 68,224 92.2 16 1,143,109 71,444 91.3 6 Kansas City 8 587,723 73,465 96.1 8 528,048 66,006 108.2 16 1,115,771 69,735 101.5 7 New Orleans 8 584,660 73,082 100.1 8 532,397 66,549 95.3 16 1,117,057 69,816 97.8 8 Carolina 8 577,765 72,220 97.9 8 544,568 68,071 96.6 16 1,122,333 70,145 97.3 9 Houston 8 574,345 71,793 99.7 8 501,491 62,686 97.7 16 1,075,836 67,239 98.8 10 Atlanta 8 572,811 71,601 95.5 8 526,652 65,831 96.2 16 1,099,463 68,716 95.8 11 Los Angeles 7 498,605 71,229 92.8 8 565,390 70,673 96.3 15 1,063,995 70,933 94.7 12 Baltimore 8 565,020 70,627 99.5 8 526,343 65,792 94.0 16 1,091,363 68,210 96.8 13 San Francisco 8 562,443 70,305 102.6 8 518,011 64,751 91.3 16 1,080,454 67,528 96.8 14 Philadelphia 8 558,268 69,783 100.1 8 581,257 72,657 93.1 16 1,139,525 71,220 96.4 15 Seattle 8 551,927 68,990 100.4 8 549,722 68,715 97.4 16 1,101,649 68,853 98.8 16 Buffalo 8 550,713 68,839 95.8 8 572,637 71,579 95.3 16 1,123,350 70,209 95.6 17 Cleveland 8 539,448 67,431 100.0 8 535,676 66,959 95.2 16 1,075,124 67,195 97.5 18 Minnesota 8 534,794 66,849 100.3 8 535,231 66,903 95.2 16 1,070,025 66,876 97.7 19 New England 8 526,024 65,753 99.8 8 560,880 70,110 96.8 16 1,086,904 67,931 98.2 20 Washington 8 523,906 65,488 79.9 8 577,560 72,195 94.6 16 1,101,466 68,841 87.0 21 Tennessee 8 516,074 64,509 93.3 8 531,422 66,427 96.4 16 1,047,496 65,468 94.9 22 Jacksonville 8 504,686 63,085 93.0 8 509,989 63,748 92.6 16 1,014,675 63,417 92.8 23 Miami 8 504,540 63,067 97.4 8 561,947 70,243 93.4 16 1,066,487 66,655 95.2 24 Pittsburgh 8 497,896 62,237 91.0 8 488,694 61,086 95.3 16 986,590 61,661 93.1 25 Chicago 8 495,332 61,916 100.7 7 495,357 70,765 95.8 15 990,689 66,045 98.2 26 Detroit 8 490,737 61,342 95.1 8 521,151 65,143 93.3 16 1,011,888 63,243 94.2 27 Arizona 8 490,586 61,323 94.3 8 509,923 63,740 89.2 16 1,000,509 62,531 91.7 28 Indianapolis 8 488,886 61,110 97.0 8 476,163 59,520 91.7 16 965,049 60,315 94.3 29 Oakland 7 367,848 52,549 93.8 8 532,835 66,604 97.7 15 900,683 60,045 96.1 30 Tampa Bay 8 415,189 51,898 79.1 8 533,879 66,734 93.9 16 949,068 59,316 86.8 31 Cincinnati 8 377,432 47,179 72.0 8 530,208 66,276 97.3 16 907,640 56,727 84.9 32 Los Angeles 8 254,007 31,750 117.6 8 506,637 63,329 94.5 16 760,644 47,540 101.1

So? What recourse do the owners have if they don't like it? It's not like they're going to take their ball and go home...

Meh. A big nothing-burger of a story...

In other words, not good "process' guys--so the Bills probably wouldn't target them either. The Bills are in a better position to sign UFA's than at any time in the past twenty years (competitive team, big pot of money to spend). And they could always give them the key to the city, if need be...

And yet, Green Bay is a contender year after year, and attracts UFAs pretty well. $$$$$ overcome plenty of reservations at the end of the day, especially for guys signing their first FA contract...

The fact is that McD didn't give him a chance, as he wasn't a good fit in his scheme. Nothing I read in his quote says he was trying to justify his draft position. All he wanted to do was get on the field and compete for a spot--which he did't get to do in Buffalo. What happened after he got to KC--whether as a part-time player or not (although taking 34% of the snaps for a LB with his speed issues is pretty good, actually)--is irrelevant, except for you reading something into it...

I can read fine. Nothing Ragland had to say in the article was incorrect. It matched reality perfectly...

Meh. Agents work with most teams. I don't see how the Kroft relationship gives the Bills a "3-D chess" advantage. As someone else suggested, it sounds like the agent ( https://prioritysports.biz/football/ ) whispering in Forbes ear to drum up rumors. Or make New England come to the table to keep him away from division rivals...

Doesn't seem like much of any leverage to me. Why would a guy looking for a $75 million contract give a fig about Kroft or Lee Smith??

You're reading way too much into what is a truthful, non-controversial statement of fact: "But I wish they would have given me a chance to show that I really can play and I really could have helped their defense if they gave me time. But they didn't give me the time and they traded me here. I know, my first five weeks here, they gave me the time to rehab and get back even stronger on my knee. Actually, I've been trying to make due on everything that (Chiefs GM) Brett Veach and Coach (Andy) Reid have done for me and I'm very thankful for those two to come get me out of Buffalo and I'm here playing for the Chiefs."

Accounting, finance, HR, purchasing positions, for sure. Maybe another round of buyouts for the older (ie, expensive) newsroom types...

I'm on board with that. He's my favorite middle-round WR. He'd be able to contribute from day one with his precise route running skills, something that even Beasley and Brown are only good (not great) at, IMO. He's an accomplished gunner on ST as well...

In a crash, everyone's going to die anyway. The air bags just make the one percent-types feel better about it...

Maybe Beane won't have to trade up. Epenesa only fits a 4-3 scheme, limiting his desirability for many teams. Bucky Brooks mocked him to the Bills in his draft yesterday: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001099246/article/bucky-brooks-2020-nfl-mock-draft-10-jordan-love-to-saints

More than likely, he doesn't get along with himself either...

Thanks for the good laugh. A bunch of 20-somethings watching All-22 video are professionals? That's essentially what PFF is. It's not rocket surgery or quantum physics. smh...

Even if it was catchable? I'm talking about down around the calves, not bounced off the turf...

Hard to believe San Fran will give up some of the 30+ point scores for KC that I'm seeing here... Team Defense Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing Penalties Rk Tm G PF Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stD Cmp Att Yds ▲ TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD Pen Yds 1stPy Sc% TO% EXP Avg Team 365.0 5565.8 1016.1 5.5 22.2 9.4 324.0 354.1 557.9 3759.4 24.9 12.8 6.3 193.8 418.3 1806.4 14.0 4.3 97.3 107.8 915.8 32.9 36.0 11.8 -55.8 League Total 11680 178107 32516 5.5 711 301 10369 11331 17853 120301 797 410 6.3 6200 13387 57806 447 4.3 3115 3451 29306 1054 36.0 11.8 Avg Tm/G 22.8 347.9 63.5 5.5 1.4 0.6 20.3 22.1 34.9 235.0 1.6 0.8 6.3 12.1 26.1 112.9 0.9 4.3 6.1 6.7 57.2 2.1 36.0 11.8 1 San Francisco 49ers 16 310 4509 968 4.7 27 15 285 318 519 2707 23 12 4.8 150 401 1802 11 4.5 105 116 957 30 29.0 14.2 95.95 2 New England Patriots 16 225 4414 948 4.7 36 11 261 303 536 2886 13 25 5.0 150 365 1528 7 4.2 72 107 920 39 19.4 17.3 165.75 3 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 303 4866 1030 4.7 38 18 304 314 514 3113 23 20 5.5 164 462 1753 7 3.8 110 115 1118 30 29.9 19.0 85.78 4 Buffalo Bills 16 259 4772 985 4.8 23 9 295 348 553 3123 15 14 5.2 169 388 1649 12 4.3 93 94 815 33 23.6 12.4 39.85 5 Los Angeles Chargers 16 345 5009 923 5.4 14 3 285 328 464 3204 21 11 6.5 156 429 1805 15 4.2 101 108 959 28 37.3 8.2 -86.11 6 Baltimore Ravens 16 282 4809 921 5.2 25 12 276 318 544 3315 15 13 5.7 163 340 1494 12 4.4 74 97 795 39 32.9 14.6 16.61 7 Cleveland Browns 16 393 5785 1014 5.7 20 6 345 318 513 3470 25 14 6.3 184 463 2315 19 5.0 124 107 836 37 36.9 11.2 -91.15 8 Kansas City Chiefs 16 308 5594 1043 5.4 23 7 344 352 582 3543 21 16 5.7 190 416 2051 14 4.9 115 116 844 39 34.6 13.6 -60.50 9 Chicago Bears 16 298 5186 1017 5.1 19 9 306 362 571 3554 17 10 5.9 190 414 1632 16 3.9 86 113 923 30 31.5 10.7 -4.15 10 Dallas Cowboys 16 321 5232 1015 5.2 17 10 327 370 569 3576 21 7 5.9 188 407 1656 14 4.1 101 102 855 38 35.5 9.9 -36.81 11 Denver Broncos 16 316 5392 1003 5.4 17 7 305 348 537 3609 19 10 6.3 175 426 1783 9 4.2 96 121 1041 34 37.3 8.4 -35.98 12 Los Angeles Rams 16 364 5434 1056 5.1 24 11 324 348 562 3625 23 13 5.9 194 444 1809 15 4.1 100 105 829 30 33.7 12.7 -11.53 13 Carolina Panthers 16 470 5992 1042 5.8 21 7 355 347 544 3696 21 14 6.2 197 445 2296 31 5.2 128 109 940 30 41.4 9.4 -116.88 14 Green Bay Packers 16 313 5642 998 5.7 25 8 310 326 546 3721 19 17 6.3 191 411 1921 15 4.7 99 97 968 20 34.5 14.1 -63.65 15 Minnesota Vikings 16 303 5465 1053 5.2 31 14 324 394 601 3737 23 17 5.8 215 404 1728 8 4.3 78 83 713 31 34.5 17.0 -7.88 16 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 397 6007 999 6.0 19 9 340 327 517 3778 22 10 6.7 193 435 2229 23 5.1 114 102 883 33 37.4 9.2 -120.09 17 New York Jets 16 359 5170 1037 5.0 21 9 302 363 585 3779 25 12 6.1 187 417 1391 12 3.3 75 107 902 40 34.4 10.1 -0.06 18 Washington Redskins 16 435 6162 1079 5.7 22 9 354 371 540 3823 35 13 6.5 200 493 2339 14 4.7 120 94 805 34 41.9 12.2 -135.83 19 Philadelphia Eagles 16 354 5307 967 5.5 20 9 289 348 571 3865 27 11 6.3 185 353 1442 13 4.1 76 115 959 28 33.9 10.2 -29.57 20 New Orleans Saints 16 341 5329 999 5.3 23 10 311 371 603 3868 27 13 5.9 197 345 1461 12 4.2 71 92 713 43 34.7 12.7 -41.89 21 Cincinnati Bengals 16 420 6299 1034 6.1 16 5 328 308 499 3917 25 11 7.4 183 504 2382 17 4.7 124 122 988 21 39.8 8.8 -132.66 22 Atlanta Falcons 16 399 5693 985 5.8 20 8 330 351 536 3918 28 12 6.9 192 421 1775 13 4.2 108 127 1080 30 42.8 9.0 -105.34 23 Indianapolis Colts 16 373 5549 986 5.6 23 8 323 394 562 3982 29 15 6.6 207 383 1567 8 4.1 93 111 1040 23 39.3 13.1 -58.37 24 Tennessee Titans 16 331 5752 1056 5.4 23 9 335 386 598 4080 25 14 6.4 213 415 1672 14 4.0 95 125 1025 27 32.1 11.8 -54.20 25 Oakland Raiders 16 419 5677 963 5.9 15 6 344 337 526 4107 33 9 7.4 201 405 1570 15 3.9 91 91 763 52 41.2 8.5 -159.71 26 Miami Dolphins 16 494 6364 1053 6.0 16 3 361 344 545 4198 39 13 7.4 214 485 2166 15 4.5 113 111 1084 34 45.6 8.8 -175.02 27 Seattle Seahawks 16 398 6106 1014 6.0 32 16 346 383 598 4223 19 16 6.7 224 388 1883 22 4.9 97 96 798 25 37.1 16.3 -92.02 28 New York Giants 16 451 6037 1061 5.7 16 6 343 369 556 4225 30 10 7.1 211 469 1812 19 3.9 100 117 922 32 39.7 8.7 -105.11 29 Houston Texans 16 385 6213 1020 6.1 22 10 346 375 586 4276 33 12 6.9 220 403 1937 12 4.8 98 109 859 28 39.3 13.1 -160.87 30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 449 5503 1073 5.1 28 16 331 408 664 4322 30 12 6.1 222 362 1181 11 3.3 70 111 971 39 39.6 13.5 12.23 31 Arizona Cardinals 16 442 6432 1080 6.0 17 10 375 421 601 4510 38 7 7.0 243 439 1922 9 4.4 94 114 1041 38 42.6 9.5 -174.55 32 Detroit Lions 16 423 6406 1094 5.9 18 11 365 381 611 4551 33 7 7.1 232 455 1855 13 4.1 94 117 960 39 40.1 9.0 -142.55

+1 I remember a lot of throws that were in his feet. May be due to how he was running his patterns, as much as anything...

Yeah, it's a stinker. Pro Football Reference shows Singletary catching 70.7% of his 41 targets. Meanwhile, Knox caught only 56.0% of his 50 targets . Of the 37 TEs that had at least 40 targets last year, Knox ranked 36th (ahead of only T.J. Hokenson at 54.2%). The average for the 37 was 68.8%! The median was 69.1%. Knox may turn into Tarzan some day but the Bills need to address TE in free agency, IMO. They can't afford the risk that he plays like Cheata next year. BTW, Austin Hooper ranked 6th (77.3%) and Hunter Henry 12th (72.4%)...

Agreed. He played stout in the dirty areas and made his linemates look good by not allowing the QB to step up in the pocket. I'd like to see Ed get a little more latitude to use his quickness / freelance a bit more this year, however...

No. But the ride had to be a lot more fun. Glad he got to experience it one more time before they close his book...

He was at least as good as Gore and Yeldon and who knew about Singletary at that point. He was certainly declining, but it wasn't a very impressive RB group at SJF. I don't think his release had anything to do with money. I think McBeane decided Gore would be a better mentor to Motor and Shady had to go since he'd want the ball--and there just weren't enough touches to go around. Simple as that...