Albany,n.y.

The NFL is trying to sell NFL +. I might end up getting sucked in before the Bills Thursday Night game in December because it's cheaper than Amazon.

Russ is cooking but the food keeps getting sent back. Minnesota is finally off the hook for the worst trade ever.

They're not compatible with digital signals without a digital tuner. Also not compatible with my cable box, and the last time I recorded on a VCR, it was in low def. It's true when I didn't invest in more equipment that 99% of the time I don't need. Not worth 1% to add that stuff.

When Verizon wasn't showing the local ABC channel in Albany I found that I could not record programs or rewind TV with the antenna that I had to use during the dispute. It also meant if I wanted to watch a show I had to watch it only during the time it was on. Free TV has its disadvantages. I'm willing to pay not to have them.

The Nexstar Verizon dispute is OVER! All local stations that weren't being shown on Verizon Fios TV are back on the air.

I want to play Carolina.

When you get a chance to put a stake in the heart of a blood sucking vampire you do it when you can or regret it forever. Time to kill the Patriots and take care of the Jets ourselves on 11/6. J-E-T-S on Sunday 10/30.

The 32nd pick is the 1st pick of this 2nd round. There are only 31 1st rounders in the 2023 draft because Miami got spanked by the NFL for being low life cheaters.

The press in the eastern half of the state has been relentless in bashing the deal. I'm not going to be comfortable until construction begins. Look at today's Bills coverage on the main page, the NY Post is at it again, bashing the deal and the governor. Last week in a column in the Albany Times Union a columnist threw in another dig against the deal. Face it, it's WNY against the rest of the state when it comes to the new stadium. Personally, I'm getting pretty tired reading all the eastern NY bashing of the deal

Dawson Knox got screwed. How dare the NFL give the Bills a bye on National Tight Ends Day.

I don't buy the race being a reason Hackett is a head coach as has been suggested. It was all about getting Rodgers to Denver, nothing more than that. The irony is that if Hackett gets the boot during the season his replacement will be DC Ejiro Evero, who will have a good chance of getting the job full time if he turns things around, which once Hackett is gone, is likely.

Geno's year may make Seahawks OC Gene Waldron the next hot assistant coach next January. Getting Geno to play quality football in his 10th season is nothing short of wizardry.

His franchise QB is no longer on the team. Fastest way for a coach to go from genius to dummy.

Buy a Josh Allen jersey & you'll never have to buy another one.

No. It's much better to see the Patriots get destroyed again this week and send the Jets back to reality on our own the following week.

That golf game Brady & Rodgers vs Allen & Mahomes really ruined Brady and Rodgers. They used up all their energy winning it and have nothing left for this football season. 😁

The ESPN video of the PC was much better than what I originally saw on NFL Network. ESPN showed the beginning NFL Network didn't.

I just saw some if not all of it on NFL network. Pretty funny, monotone the whole time I wish he had a sense of humor and said "The Bears are who we thought they were" but unfortunately he didn't. Edit: ESPN is covering the recording of the PC better. Much more complete.

The ones who bought them at halftime are returning them before they leave the stadium.

How could they draft & develop where they were drafting? Prior to the 2020 draft they thought Andrew Luck was their future for many years. He abruptly retired during the 2019 preseason after the draft. They wouldn't have found anyone in 2019 anyway. In 2020 the only QB who has worked out available by the time they drafted was Hurts. They didn't have a 1st rounder, so trading up wasn't an option. They tried with Jacob Eason in the 4th but that didn't work. In 2021 they took a 6th round flyer on Ehlinger & now he's starting. In 2022 they blew their #1 pick on Wentz when they traded for him in 2021. Realistically, 2022 was Kenny Pickett and a bunch of stabs starting in the 3rd round. They like Ehlinger, so now they'll try him out. The Colts are still feeling the effects of Luck's retirement and there have only been 3 drafts since he retired and virtually no chance to get high enough up to draft a guy they could reasonably expect to develop into their franchise guy. Some teams spend multiple 1st rounders through the years trying to draft & develop a QB and end up like the drought Bills instead.

They better not switch the game, I'm going on a bus trip & I don't want to get home after 10PM. The odds are against it. The 4:25 game is Rams & Bucs on CBS & it's their only game. It looked a lot better before the season started but it's still a shot to see Brady's farewell tour. I've had a game flexed from 1 to 4 back in 2006. I went to Baltimore & had my flight home set for Sunday evening & I had to leave early to catch my flight. However, it was the last week of the season & they flex a lot of games that week.

They signed Kerry Collins while Manning's availability for the season was still up in the air. Kerry Collins started the 1st 3 games of the season, not Painter. Collins got a bad concussion & never played again. They couldn't just dial up another QB a month into the season & were stuck with the guy who was originally their 3rd stringer as the starter. If Irsay was that serious about tanking & was in on it, why did the coach & GM both get fired after the season?

The decisions have been based on being in win-now mode. They didn't want to take the time to reset & develop a QB of their own, so ever since the year after Luck retired they have been bringing in guys who were good once and hoping to get a good season out of them. Only Wentz had any chance of being there a while & they (correctly) dumped him after 1 season.

The Colts have had 5 different starting QBs in 5 straight seasons if you only can give them a credit for 1 each year. Assuming Ehlinger doesn't start next year, 6 starting QBs in 6 straight seasons with a different guy each year could end up being a record that will never be broken.

I don't get the skepticism. The Tweet is dated before the draft as are some of the replies. It was confirmed after the draft by Beane that the trade to 5 with Denver was real, with those exact picks being a part of the trade. However, that Tweet was 20 days before the draft so the order may have changed a little after final visits. As it appears on the board, Mayfield's visit was scheduled for 4/9. https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/report-bills-meeting-with-quarterback-baker-mayfield-next-week/article_a1f6fc77-97c0-5d66-a385-a1528db47e25.html Mayfield will visit the Bills next Monday and Tuesday, April 9 and 10, according to Mike Jones of USA Today. If Rudolph was the only guy left at 7, the Bills wouldn't have traded up. Look at the board again, the only 3 QBs the Bills were willing to trade up for were in order, Allen, Darnold & Mayfield. Most likely with no trade & none of the top 4 left by 12, the Bills take Edmunds at 12 & keep picks 21, 53, 56 and 65. They could have taken Rudolph with one of the 2nd rounders or pick 65 at the top of the 3rd round since all of those picks were above where Pittsburgh picked Rudolph in the 3rd round. I doubt they would have used pick 21 on Rudolph based on the fact that he fell to the middle of the 3rd round and Beane has proven over the years that he wouldn't have overrated a player by 2 rounds.