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    Bills are just 4 games away from being the most patient fanbase in the Super Bowl era.

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    55 minutes ago, Zerovoltz said:

    My unwanted 2 cents.

     

    1.  Some here mention the Broncos firing Fox and brining in Kubiak who won the SB his first year.  Some mention Chucky replacing Dungy and winning his first year.

    ....the 2015 Broncos were a defense that doesn't get the same pub as that Buccs D or the Ravens great D...but it should....Go look at the box score...they drug the corpse of Peyton Manning to a SB Win.  

     

    In Dungy's case, his starting QB was Sean King...and he almost made that work.  Chucky, by coincidence or design...brought in a better QB in Brad Johnson who was better than king and he won with a combo of good O and GREAT D.  Dungy would go on to win the SB himself once he had a great QB in Manning.  I don't really think either of these two situations apply to the Bills.

     

    2.  I've said in another thread somewhere around here that McD is a fine coach...and he really deserves a TON OF CREDIT for overseeing the development of Josh Allen.  Allen was the ultimate project.  Think of how many teams have tried and failed on thise same sore of gamble.  They tend to run out of patience way too quickly.  The Bills and McD had a plan to develope Allen...they followed it patiently and it's paid off.  McD and Beane have had ample to time to get all the way over the hump.  Sometimes you've got the right people in place to take you from A to B or even C...but it becomes clear to get from C to D....you need different people, with different ideas and skill sets.

     

    Dan Reeves was a good coach who brought John Elway along to the point where they could get deep into the playoffs but couldn't win big.  Nothing against Reeves..he was a good coach...but the wrong guy to get a star QB to the next level.  Reeves proved his coaching prowess by taking the Falcons and a mediocre journeyman QB to the SB...and lost to the Broncos.  The Broncos hired Mike Shanahan...who hadn't done much as a HC with Raiders, but was known to have a good offensive mind....and they eventually won back to back.

     

    Firing McD and finding....as some have suggested....a HC with an offensive mind.....may well be what the Bills need.

     

    3.  It is worth noting at this point, McBeane has not drafted or FA'd well enough.  Not trying to be a dick here, but another reason KC keeps getting over the hump is due in part to the fact KC (NOT AT ALL PERFECT..plenty of errors) has drafted and FA'd at a good clip to keep things in good enough order to compete.

     

    Wanting to move on and put some different folks in at GM and HC to see if a better result can be achieved is very rational, and reasonable....and it doesn't mean the guys who took the Bills from the toilet to (almost) the top are bad.....it's just time for a change.

    That 2015 Broncos Defense was the last great Defense in the NFL. We haven't seen anything truly elite since then

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    Bills “Rally Day”(farewell to the stadium

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    15 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

    Oh I’m not denying there’s a market for them. I’d probably talk myself into getting mine. Lol, it’s more “why?”
     

    I can see a sports bar wanting to display them. I was at Tully’s the other day and I’m 90% sure they have old stadium seats in there somewhere. Maybe Bennigan’s will pull down some upside down unicycles and replace them with conjoined plastic chairs?

     

    It’s the personal ownership that I’m struggling with. I’ll probably get excited and waste money on mine. I’ll bring it home and put it in the garage until I “find a better place for it.” It’ll sit there for about 3 months before I start getting questions about “what do you plan to do with that?” After another 3 months I’ll start getting asked, “why don’t you put that in your office or to the curb?” Obviously, I’m not going to put it in my office because my office is nice and throwing a couple of random plastic chairs in the corner does nothing to elevate the aesthetic. Another 3 months will go by and the pressure mounts to get them out of the garage. After 3 more months, the walls have caved in and something will have to give. I’ll give them both to my developmentally disabled cousin who will think that they’re amazing. After 2 months my aunt will be all over him to get rid of them because they don’t go in his apartment. 3 days will pass and he will sell them on Facebook marketplace for $32 a piece. I’ll have to drive over to his house, load them in the car, and drive to a Wegman’s parking lot to meet the buyer so that my cousin can collect $64. He will put that $64 towards Madden ‘28.

    That's a pretty well thought out and in depth analysis of your potential purchase.  In your case I would avoid buying the seat at all costs!  I have a little Bills bar/mancave in my basement and that would be the only reason I would consider buying mine.  But even then I am struggling to find a spot down there where I would be able to display it as I am already pretty full.  If I didn't have a spot at my house to display it definitely wouldn't be worth buying especially for how much I anticipate them costing.  But yeah my gym has a couple seats from the Aud on display and there's def a few bars/restaurants in WNY that have old Aud seats and it is always pretty cool to see.  I am sure we will see the same thing with the seats from Highmark once the stadium is done

    Bills “Rally Day”(farewell to the stadium

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    8 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

    Do people really want their seats? I have so many memories in that stadium. In many ways, it’s my happy place. At the same time, I can’t wait for the new stadium and have no desire to have some crappy plastic chairs at my house. What are you supposed to do with it? Are we supposed to just look at them and be like, “remember the snow game?” 

    I would say there will definitely be a market for them.  You can still find many old seats from the Aud proudly hanging up in bars, gyms, mancaves etc. all over WNY.

    If the price is reasonable I would like to get my seat however I'm not expecting the prices to be reasonable at all so not sure if I would pull the trigger on my seat.

    The Nostalgia Thread

    in Off the Wall

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    3 hours ago, RobbRiddick said:

    Almost time to watch Planes Trains and Automobiles again. What a film. Anyone who doesn't well up at that final shot of Candy isn't human imo

    I just watched the John Candy documentary over the weekend.  Def a must watch if your a fan of the Candyman 

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    Share some music thread

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    55 minutes ago, muppy said:

    oldie but goodie. Inspired by the lyrical thread. 

     

    Beastie Boys

    It's a classic but in modern times it kinda sucks the Chiefs have chosen this as their anthem song 🤮

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    Are there any games you regret not attending that you could have?(Bye Week/Farewell season fun)

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    1 hour ago, boyst said:

    The Ravens game this year and last year in the playoffs. 

    But I've been to the 31-0 route of the patriots in 03, the Jim Kelly tackles the guy who INT'd him to break his leg game, the double KR for TD game against the Jets, the Patriots playoff game, the Jacksonville break the streak playoff game, and plenty of really fun games.

    The Ravens comeback game this year was awesome but I feel like so many fans had left by the time the Bills started coming back that it kinda took away from being an all-time had to be in the stadium moment.  Don't get me wrong those of us that stayed were going crazy but I can't imagine what it would have been like if the stadium was still even just 75-80% full at the end

    3 hours ago, dcinmuncie said:

    The next season 

     

     

    in Buffalo 

    Lost to the dolphins 

    jim Kelly threw for 270

    yards and 3 ints if I recall correctly 

    Life is just cruel sometimes

    Are there any games you regret not attending that you could have?(Bye Week/Farewell season fun)

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    2 minutes ago, dcinmuncie said:

    As an 11 year old, my brother had gotten me and him tickets to the wildcard game against Houston on 1/3/1993

     

     

    unfortunately, I had my appendix removed on 1/1/93

     

    so I missed the effing game 

     

     

    that would have been my first game …

     

    Ouch!  That one is painful brother.  I was wondering if anybody was going to have stories about missing that game so kinda funny this was the first reply.

    Let me ask you this...what game ended up being your first!?

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    Are there any games you regret not attending that you could have?(Bye Week/Farewell season fun)

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    Obviously we're all disappointed with the state of the team right now heading into the bye week but in the spirit of the Farewell Season at Highmark wanted to start a fun topic as a distraction.

     

    Were there any games you kick yourself for not attending now?  I am not talking about games you just wish you could have been at that's a whole different conversation but I'm specifically asking about games where either you had tickets and decided not to go for whatever reason or were offered tickets to go by a buddy or family member and didn't pull the trigger.  What are your stories?  

     

    The big one that sticks out to me was the snow globe game against the Colts in 2017.  Season ticket holder that goes to most games but will usually skip 1-3 regular season games every year.  We were still in the drought it was late in the season and I was just anticipating it being a regular crappy weather game and just felt meh about going.  Very early on I realized that it was not going to be a regular crappy weather game but much more an all-time Bills stadium weather game to be at and immediately regretted not going to that one.  I have been at pretty much all of the other insane weather games(post 2000s) that get brought up but as we get ready to say goodbye to Highmark it's a really big regret of mine that I don't have the memory of being in attendance for that one

    Ticket Prices for Entertainment, What's Your Tolerance/Threshold/Opinion?

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    38 minutes ago, Augie said:

     

    We sat in the nosebleeds to see the Eagles and Chris Stapleton not too long ago. They will have to PAY ME more than $300 to get me to do it again in a giant arena. On the flip side, we saw Jonathan Taylor (James’ brother) in a tiny little venue a couple tables from the stage and it was awesome! And for a fraction of the price. Great time. 

     

    Side note: We saw Van Morrison on his “everything but the hits tour”. He played for a couple hours without ever playing anything familiar. That was impressive, but not in a good way. I felt ripped off after that one. 

    Yeah I usually have no interest in going to the mega concerts that come to Buffalo at Highmark or Keybank Center but Artpark in Lewiston gets alot of good shows and they are usually much more reasonably priced and you are much closer to the bands performing than at the overpriced stadium and arena shows.  Then there's outdoor concerts all over WNY throughout the Summer , sometimes just cover bands or local bands but ends up being a great value to check out some live music

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    Ticket Prices for Entertainment, What's Your Tolerance/Threshold/Opinion?

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    With how expensive everything is getting I am being more strict on purchasing concert/entertainment tickets. If it's something I really want to see I don't mind splurging once in awhile. There's so much good content out there you can watch on Netflix, Amazon, YouTube etc right from your couch 

     

    And I agree as for live music there's alot of much better smaller scale shows you can go to that are great without having to pay $300 to sit in the nosebleeds at a bad venue to begin with 

    Brandon Beane - failing Josh Allen

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    9 minutes ago, RoscoeParrish said:

    Beane and McD are perfectly aligned in philosophy surrounding team building.

     

    It is futile imo to parse out their responsibility. Beane gets the players McD wants or who fit what McD wants to do.

     

    They are joined at the hip. Saying it’s all Beane’s fault or McD’s fault is not close to the truth. They both deserve the credit and the blame imo.

    Time to move on from both

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