Albany,n.y.

I'm guessing the reason for not opening the upper deck was twofold: Better seats for the fans considering only 6,700 admitted & more noise disruption for the opponent if the fans are closer to the field.

The Texans head coaching job, if Watson leaves, would be equal to the Browns job before this season. Lots of 1 or 2 losing seasons followed by a firing.

The difference is Josh showed flashes of brilliance in his rookie year, but also he looked a lot better on the field than his stats indicated due to a horrible O-line & one of, if not the worst, WR corps in the league. It was acknowledged that he was the rawest of the 1st round QBs of 2018,. If a young QB shows the flashes that Josh showed, the organization will let him grow. Even in his rookie year there were times he willed the team to victory. Without him the team would have been lucky if they won 3 games. By year 2 he was pulling out victories in the 4th quarter & leading the Bills to the playoffs. Stat boys may not have noticed how good he was getting, but we visual fans could tell he was the real deal. After what I saw his rookie year, I felt so confident in Josh I made some bets on the Bills winning up to 10 games and making the playoffs for the 2019 season. I cashed them all because it was obvious to me, even with his weak rookie stats, that Josh is a winner. On the other hand, you have a guy like Josh Rosen who played so poorly in his rookie year that he was exposed on tape for the whole league to see. He went from the 10th pick in the draft to traded for a low risk 2nd rounder. There was so little interest in him that Miami was able to trade their original 2nd rounder down to the pick they traded for Rosen & mitigate any risk by getting an additional 2020 2nd round pick back when they traded down. It was amazing Miami gave up that much because they were basically bidding against themselves, but soon realized their mistake & cut Rosen after 1 season with them. Another good example is Christian Hackenberg. A second round pick, he lasted 2 seasons with the Jets & was so bad in practice they wouldn't let him anywhere near the field in a real game. It was pretty obvious early on that he was a bust. I believe that a team can tell pretty early whether a QB has it or doesn't. If that wasn't the case, then why are so many rookie QBs cut and never play a down in the NFL? The player doesn't have to be brilliant as a rookie, but he has to show signs.

If the Bills win the Super Bowl I'll be crying for about a month.

The problem is we're not getting enough production from our RBs because none of them are very good. Maybe this opens things up for Williams and he can open some eyes the rest of the way. I don't care about Singletary's or Moss' feelings, they need to upgrade the RB position in the offseason.

I understood why he went for it on 4th down rather than kick a field goal. He knew he was playing a high scoring team & figured he had to put as many points on the board that he could. The only way to keep up with the Bills is go for TDs, not FGs that close to the endzone. If he gets the TD, he's up 17-7, otherwise he's up 13-7 and as it turned out, he still would have been down 14-13 at halftime with the Bills getting the 2nd half kickoff.

I expect a 10 year contract with clauses that really make it 5 years, but because they want to pay him big $ next season, he'll get a big signing bonus which will be spread out over 10 years. He'll be making franchise QB money next year. So, if he gets a $40 million signing bonus, it will count $4 million next year on the cap.

The help does the washing.

I was just glad it wasn't Anthony Lynn or anyone else ever associated with Rex Ryan's clown show. Other than that I had no opinion. The comical answer would be: I thought, half the Carolina players, coaches & management will be arriving in Orchard Park soon.

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Here's the link to the article from the NY Post's website (based in the USA, not Italy 😀) https://nypost.com/2021/01/08/2021-nfl-playoff-predictions-from-wild-card-round-to-super-bowl/

I have an on-line subscription to the NY Post. I got the stuff I posted by clicking on the article which converts it to a more readable format. What is an on .it site?

I can think of 2 trades from many years ago of QBs in their primes: In 1967 Fran Tarkington was traded from Minnesota to the NY Giants, spending 5 seasons with them. Then in 1972 he was traded back to the Vikings and finished the last 7 years of his career there. In 1980 Ken Stabler & Dan Pastorini were traded for each other. Some would argue they were past their primes, but when the trade was made neither team thought they were getting an over the hill QB.

Brees wasn't traded, he signed with NO as an unrestricted free agent

I saw Davis Webb #7 out there, but Fromm is still in his bubble.

It's in today's NY Post. I couldn't find it on-line to provide a link. It will probably be available on the internet by tomorrow. Here's a shortened version. Here's the best I can do without a direct link, I cut some of the content since I don't have a link. : POST’S ANNUAL PLAYOFF CRYSTAL BALL Serby’s Crystal Ball: Allen will end decades of Bills misery New York Post 7 Jan 2021 Steve Serby Steve.serby@nypost.com Here’s what the Serby Crystal Ball sees: WILD-CARD ROUND SATURDAY COLTS (7) at BILLS (2): The pain from blowing a 16-point lead in an overtime loss to the Texans in last year’s wildcard round has driven coach Sean McDermott’s streaking division champions, and the 6,772 members of the Bills Mafia who will be allowed to attend. Prediction: Bills 27, Colts 21. Buffalo’s first playoff win since the 1995 season. RAMS (6) at SEAHAWKS (3): Prediction: Seahawks 24, Rams 17. Russell Wilson finds a way. BUCCANEERS (4) at WASHINGTON (7): Prediction: Bucs 28, Washington 17. Brady will hope Bill Belichick is watching. SUNDAY RAVENS (5) at TITANS (4): Prediction: Ravens 30, Titans 24. A blood bath end. to the BEARS (7) at SAINTS (2): Prediction: Saints 27, Bears 13. Brees begins a last Super Bowl run. BROWNS (6) at STEELERS (3): Prediction: Steelers 31, Browns 24. Big Ben and Mike Tomlin know how to win these games. DIVISIONAL ROUND RAVENS ( 5) at CHIEFS (1): Prediction: Chiefs 30, Ravens 24. Kansas City coach Andy Reid is 5-2 after bye weeks in the playoffs and 18-3 in the regular season. BUCCANEERS (4) at PACKERS (1): Prediction: Packers 27, Bucs 24. Belichick exhales. STEELERS (3) at BILLS (2): Doubt that JuJu Smith-Schuster will be dancing on the Bills logo this time. Leslie Frazier’s Buffalo defense stuffed James Conner (10-18 rushing) and intercepted Big Ben twice in a 26-15 home win last month. Prediction: Bills 26, Steelers 24. Josh Allen has his guys believing. SEAHAWKS (3) at SAINTS (2): Prediction: Seahawks 27, Saints 24. The last time Brees, Thomas and Alvin Kamara played a full game together came in Week 9. I see an upset. AFC CHAMPIONSHIP BILLS (2) at CHIEFS (1): Dream quarterback matchup. Last one with the ball wins. There goes Tyreek Hill. There goes Stefon Diggs. A no-look Mahomes pass to Travis Kelce. Anyone seen John Brown? Prediction: Bills 35, Chiefs 33. Allen has the ball last. NFC CHAMPIONSHIP SEAHAWKS (3) at PACKERS (1): Prediction: Packers 28, Seahawks 23. If it snows, advantage Rodgers. If it doesn’t, advantage Rodgers. SUPER BOWL LV BILLS vs. PACKERS: Rodgers quickly throws TD passes to Allen Lazard and Marquez Valdes-Scantling. But these Bills refuse to be haunted by their tortured Super Bowl history. Allen responds with TD passes to John Brown and Dawson Knox before Rodgers finds Adams in the end zone. Allen yawns, and answers with a TD bomb to Diggs. Jones catches a TD pass. Allen ties it with a TD run. Mason Crosby boots a field goal. Last one with the ball wins. And it’s Allen — with a lastsecond, tackle-eligible TD toss to Dion Dawkins. Kelly is sobbing tears of joy. Prediction: Bills 35, Packers 31. Wings for the Bills Mafia and a lifelong prayer answered.

I don't want to play Tampa Bay because it is in their stadium. I don't want to be the 1st team ever to play a Super Bowl in the NFC Champs stadium.

Who knows? When Reich was a player I thought he'd be Bills HC some day, but it never worked out. I was surprised he didn't go right into coaching after his playing days. It's probably better he didn't because when the Bills were changing coaches every few seasons he might have gotten the Bills job & it would have been really tough to fire such a popular man in Buffalo, especially with guys like Brandon, Nix & Whaley making personnel decisions that would have doomed him here. Of players now in the NFL, I expect Frank Gore to be a head coach one day. In fact, I was surprised the Jets didn't fire Gase earlier & name Gore coach during this season. I guess the NFL isn't like the NBA where the guy is playing one season & the next one he's a head coach with no coaching experience.

If the GM is smart the 1st thing he'll do is fire Vic Fangio

The Bills scored 31 points the game Roman was fired after. They had a lot of talent on offense in 2016 that left a year or 2 later. Lynn didn't show me anything that made me think he was a good offensive coordinator. I must admit that I never want any coach who was part of the Rex Ryan clown show ever to walk the Buffalo Bills sidelines again.

Frank is not going to want his players demoralized by looking at the scoreboard this Saturday at Bills Stadium.

Best part is Josh throwing potatoes

Why are people saying Lynn is a good or better OC? The only time he was the OC was with the Bills in 2016 after they fired Roman after 2 games. The Bills had a lot of talent on offense that year, so who knows what kind of coordinator he is. The only thing I know about him is he's a good guy who hasn't proven much as a coordinator or head coach. He's the EJ Manuel of coaches. A guy who you would like to have as a friend or relative who you want nowhere near your football team.

The Giants are more livid than anyone in Philly. Even Eli Manning Tweeted against the Eagles & Saquon Barkley chimed in . Eli Manning @EliManning · 10h This is why we don’t like the Eagles. Quote Tweet Saquon Barkley @saquon · 10h Can someone make it make sense to me what’s going on....?

I not only want the Bills to win the Super Bowl, I EXPECT the Bills to win the Super Bowl.