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Was Creating This Thread in 2019 a Good or Bad Idea?...

Ngakoue (Jags) Henry (Titans) Judon (Ravens) sigh....https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ravens-to-use-franchise-tag-on-matt-judon-if-a-long-term-deal-cant-be-worked-out/

Too bad Jerry couldn't fire himself...

Nope. Tennessee...

Seems like a fair grade so far. But it's time for final exams now. How Josh performs this weekend will go a long way toward determining his 2019 GPA and course load in 2020...

Yep, 2020 will be the year they add a difference maker like Ngakoue to the core built over the past three years. Like how Corny Bennett took the Bills to a whole new level when he arrived in Buffalo back in 1987...

Good luck Ron. As long as Danny Boy's the owner, the 'Skins are where coaches go to die...

I expect Josh to be too amped up at the start of the game. Giving him some early runs to drain off the adrenaline would be a good thing...

Our DBs are somewhat interchangable in McD's scheme. If needed, one of the safeties can slide into the CB spot. That said, I have confidence in Kevin Johnson...

In much the same way McKenzie looked like a 12-year old when he lined up at CB. That was a hoot...

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MVP: the schedule

Positive thoughts for good health and quick healing...

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So, nothing different than today!

God help us if we have to play any of these backups next week...

High would be the operative word...

Wow! That's right. I remember now that I was pissed they didn't look as good as the year before, since I really wanted to frame them. The fog of time fills in some interesting blanks as the years go by. But I do remember they were huge and wouldn't fit in my wallet without folding them. Otherwise, I wouldn't have given them to wifey. Sigh...

LOL! makes me think of my SB XXVI story. Whoo Hoo! We got two tickets to the Minneapolis game vs. the 'Skins through the season ticket holder lottery. My uncle had been in Minneapolis over the summer and as a flyer, reserved a hotel room near the stadium on the if come. So we had a real cheap place to stay, booked a real cheap flight on a private charter that opened up at the last minute from Buffalo to Madison, WI (Bob and Cindy Rich were on it) and rented a car to get the rest of the way there. Total cost for room and transportation for the whole week was about $500, so we lived it up and had a blast. Minneapolis was a great host city and had a a really good setup. The tickets were these huge things with holograms on them. A co-worker had gone to the Giants game the year before and then had his tickets framed for his office wall, which I wanted to do as well. So rather than folding them and putting them in my pocket, I gave them to the wife to put in her purse so they wouldn't get damaged. We took the shuttle bus to the Metrodome and everyone piled off except my wife and these two dudes who crowded around her as she asked the driver "Where's the stadium?" Which was like saying "is water wet?" since we were parked right in front of it. Turns out, the two guys picked her purse and got the tickets and her wallet, because when we got to the gate she goes, "do you have the tickets?" After many, many, many, many F-bombs and screeching at the sky standing in front of the stadium, we decide on a plan. She runs off to report the theft to the police and I go looking for scalpers. I eventually landed a pair of seats -- they turned out to be Miami Dolphin player tickets (each NFL player gets tickets to the game, per NFLPA rule) that were then re-sold back to a ticket broker. I paid $400 for the pair which was about five time more than the originals. But **** it, there was no way I was going to miss the game. The Football Gods just have to be on the side of the Bills after the way today was going down and the way they lost the year before. Right? It seemed so once we got inside. We ended up with better seats than the Bills season ticket holders got (about the 40 yard line in the upper deck, rather than the end zone corner). Great sightlines! This is going to be good, even if most of the people we sat with were just there for the game and weren't rooting for either team. Well, we had a good time for about five minutes. The game was over by the middle of the second quarter and I had to sit there melting down with people who didn't care about the outcome either way. We got back to Buffalo without a hitch. About two weeks later, the Minneapolis police called and said that someone had found my wife's wallet (absent the cash and credit cards) and they mailed it back to her. That was my one and only Super Bowel (yes, that's the way I choose to remember it). With each passing year, we laugh about it a little more and shake our heads at what could have been. And I've never given any kind of tickets (Bills, Sabres, concert, movie, airline) to my wife to hold ever since...

Squeeky Fromme...

Man, I love all the fans wearing suits and fedoras and the support staff surrounding the field. The guy with the pipe and shades is priceless. How the world has changed! That said, RIP Elbert. And may your wheels stay golden forever...