Albany,n.y.

Stats don't tell the whole story. Since I don't watch the Ravens every week, I don't know who the better QB is. Depending on how the offense is designed, a bunch of stats like these can't be evaluated. I see 2 QBs with great stats who both won most of their games. One thing that is pretty clear is the Ravens had a much better run game in 2019 than the Bills had in 2020. The 2019 Ravens offense gained 6,521 total yards. It was equally run/pass. They threw for 3225 yards and ran for 3,296 yards. The 2020 Bills were a passing offense & didn't run anywhere near the 2019 Ravens. They gained 6,343 yards, 178 fewer than the 2019 Ravens, passing for 4,620 yards while running for 1,723 yards. The 2 teams had a totally different offensive philosophy. The 2019 Ravens ran for 2,278 yards after taking out Lamar's yards. The 2020 Bills ran for 1,302 yards after taking out Josh's yards. That's 976 fewer rushing yards, so comparing QB stats for 2 totally different offenses doesn't tell me anything about who is better. The reality is why should we care what the other QBs are doing other than in head to head competition? On that front they're 1-1 against each other with Josh's team winning the playoff game that they went head to head on. Each player is the face of their team. If someone says one is better than the other it is pretty irrelevant. As long as each team is happy with their guy and is winning with him, other than throwing up a bunch of stats, which can be manipulated to show what you want them to show, other than bragging rights, what's the point? If the Ravens feel that Lamar's contribution is worth a huge contract & he gets paid more the only effect on the Bills is that a main AFC competitor has used up more of their cap space & then might not be able to pay their RBs well enough to continue to dwarf the Bills total rushing yards and might become a weaker team overall. I hope the Ravens pay Lamar double what the Bills are paying Josh so they can make guys like Wiley say "I told you so" while destroying their cap. Obviously, that won't happen because the Ravens know better, but if he gets more money than Josh I will say good for him & hope that Josh continues to be on the winning side in head to head matchups.

I may be the only one with a paper ticket around here. 2 years ago I had a problem with bringing up the ticket I bought from the team via Ticketmaster. The people at the gate couldn't figure it out & I had to go to one of the small ticket booths around the stadium to try to bring it up. When I was there I found the ticket & then went back to the gate & went in. My guess is the wifi was stronger at the booth than near the gate. So when I bought my ticket for opening day, I chose the print version. Ticketmaster mailed it to me. It's a small ticket, called a Smart Ticket with a chip in it. It has no bar code. I'm bringing all my paper work just in case the people at the gate don't know how to read the chip inside the ticket. I don't know if a Smart ticket is available on the resale market.

In Albany both the Giants & Bills are on local TV stations that pick up the feed from NY & Buffalo. They never show the same game on NFL Network even though the cable guide (I have Verizon but I had Spectrum during 2018-19 pre seasons-no games last year) lists the national game. Even on some replays NFL Network shows a different game than the guide says. A couple of years ago they blacked out a live NFL broadcast of a Jets game (the Jets haven't had a local preseason station in Albany for years-they used to) but this year they got it right & showed the Jets/GB live last Saturday at 4:25. I think they try to avoid conflicts with local stations but sometimes they mess up & black out a game in an area that isn't showing the game they blacked out locally.

CBS didn't want the game because of a perceived conflict of interest. They heard Josh Allen owns the Dolphins.

The Bills drafted 4 1st round RBs in 14 drafts from 1997-2010. Only Lynch was worth it & Nix & Gailey drove him out of town beause they didn't like him & his off the field problems. So they drafted Spiller & totally devalued Lynch's trade value.

They didn't trade up for him. The draft pick was the Rams 1st round pick that was traded during the 2019 season to Jacksonville as part of the Ramsey to LA trade.

The only extra ticket would be Mrs. Fromm. The competition just got tougher-Duck Hodges got cut today and is available. He got some kind of analyst job. If he's smart he'll stick to the media and never play again.

Veterans are allowed on PCs these days. I found this: What is a veteran practice squad player? *Any player who doesn't qualify under the previous two categories and has played three or more seasons becomes a practice squad veteran.* Only six players can fall into the practice squad veteran category and no more than four who fall into the practice squad exception category.Sep 6, 2020

Bortles bounced around last year between Denver & the LA Rams, spending most of the season on Denver's practice squad. So he wasn't out of the league, he just didn't get into a game, but at least they let him hang out with the other QBs. He was with GB a few months this offseason & got waived in late July, so he should be in shape.

Teams have played 2 or 3 games so far. Plenty of time to head north if he has his Covid test & vaccine. He might be in line at the Peace Bridge customs right now. I remember the day he signed. Everyone was so excited because NFL free agency hadn't begun and before we signed Brown & Beasley we had the worst group of receivers known to man.

No they haven't, read the list I added after your reply. They may just coax Matt Schaub back for another year. They are not desperate. They can either sign one now or wait for the 53 cutdown.

Fromm has never taken a snap in a real game. Why would Atlanta want a totally inexperienced backup? There are a lot better options out there than Jake Fromm: https://nfltraderumors.co/2021-nfl-free-agent-list/

Actually, they lost to Cleveland in OT to end their playoff run. The prior week they beat KC in the wild card game.

I think it's ridiculous to have Foles & Dalton on the team. Too much $ for a 3rd stringer & if Fields is their 3rd stringer they are in a lot of trouble. Between Foles & Dalton, whoever has less guaranteed money has to go.

In 1986 the Jets were 10-1 & Maguire was on the NBC pregame show & declared the Jets wouldn't win another game that season. They lost their final 5 games, but eventually won their wild card game before losing in the next round. Every week during the season Maguire got in an I told you so as the Jets kept losing to end the season 10-6.

Houston shouldn't. They drafted a QB with their 1st pick (round 3) in the 2021 draft. Philadelphia spent a 2nd on Hurts last year & signed Flacco as the backup. The other 2 teams depend on where they draft next year because neither needs Trubisky this year & won't trade for a guy who has no contract for next season & aren't about to sign him to a long term deal. A team trading a 2nd is either a Super Bowl contender whose QB went down or a team that is trading for a long term answer. The Bills certainly aren't going to help another Super Bowl contender.

Nope. A team cannot trade a free agent unless they franchise or transition him & then the tag immediately is added to their cap & they can't go over the cap. So they would have to have the extra cap $ before tagging the player & then until they trade him it ties their hands in free agency. It's better to hope he signs for big $ elsewhere and you can get a comp pick, but if you sign enough free agents you won't even get a comp pick.

Hypothetical questions that aren't realistic, really aren't legitimate questions. I can pose a question like this: If Gisele leaves Brady do you think I have a chance? The question is something only Lloyd Christmas would ask. Beane clearly stated that Trubisky is here for 2021 when he signed. His response would be "I already stated when we signed him he's here for the entire season" while he'd be thinking : What's wrong with you for asking such a stupid question, wasn't I clear enough when I said he's here for the season?

Not according to what Sal said a week or 2 ago. The IR rules are if you put a player on IR before the 53 man roster cut down date he's out for the season. You have to wait until after 53 is established. The way teams get around it is they release a veteran who is not subject to waivers with an agreement to re-sign him. Then they IR the injured guy and bring back the vet who is waived.

It looks like there are plenty of seats available right from the team. Click on the link. If it says standard adult it's at face value +fees. I chose the fees included option but if it went back to before fees just change the filter in the upper right hand column. If the tickets say verified resale, they are resale (obviously). On the stadium diagram, click on each section & see what's available. https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/22005A9BCD71A731?brand=jaguars&artistid=805954&wt.mc_id=NFL_TEAM_JAC_SINGLE_GAME_TICKETS_PG_LINK_GAME6&utm_source=NFL.com&utm_medium=client&utm_campaign=NFL_TEAM_JAC&utm_content=SINGLE_GAME_TICKETS_PG_LINK_GAME6

Not only did we have some of the worst coaches who had to be fired, but then the only 2 who had winning seasons during the drought both quit. Here's some of the greatest hits: Gregg Williams or one of his staff accepts a penalty that guarantees a loss against Houston while London Fletcher is waiving his hands wildly on the field to decline the penalty because London realizes the extra down means Houston can run out the clock. I left the stadium saying if I owned the team Gregg would have been fired on the spot. Dick Jauron gets hired after being interim coach in Detroit in spite of the fact the Lions didn't think he was good enough to hire as coach the next season and let him go. After a few mediocre years he finally gets fired-after his extension. I'll never understand the love around here for Chan Gailey. He was hired after being fired by KC as their OC in preseason the prior season but since nobody wanted to coach the Bills he ended up here. Then he wins 33% of his games & some people think he's the greatest coach of the drought years. The time he punted from the opponent's 34 yardline because he was afraid to try a 51 yard field goal was the end for me. Finally, the biggest blowhard to create a windstorm in Buffalo-Rex Ryan. His tenure was a total clown show made even worse when he hired his brother in an attempted remake of Dumb & Dumber.

One of the biggest problems was the constant turnover of GMs, scouts, coaching staffs & schemes. Best examples: Rex Ryan comes in & changes the D, so the Bills draft guys to fit his scheme. Ryan is replaced & some of the guys that fit his scheme are worthless to McDermott. Reggie Ragland was drafted for a Ryan D and was totally out of place in McDermott' s D. So the guy they traded up for 1 year earlier in the 2nd round is dumped for 4th round pick 2 years down the line. Then going back a few years Chan Gailey comes in & along with Buddy Nix decides that they don't like Marshawn Lynch so they draft Spiller in the 1st round & totally devalue Lynch's trade value. They got a 2011 4th (Chris Hairston) & a 2012 5th (Tank Carder who they cut as a rookie). There was also stuff like drafting CBs in the 1st & letting them get away & then having to play whack a mole using more 1st round picks on CBs. Remember Winfield, Clements, Gilmore were all 1st rounders who were drafted with the idea that the team's best corner would be leaving in a year or 2. Even Tre White was drafted to replace Gilmore. In the days of a new head coach every 2 to 3 years, the team had no chance to have any stability.

Memories of Fat Mike Williams.

There's no such thing as an early round QB getting a raw deal in the NFL. Every time I see someone say this I know the player didn't meet the person's expectations and they continue to make excuses for the guy. The reason why I feel this way is that the coaches see these guys just about every day in practice. It doesn't take that long to realize the guy doesn't have it. These bad QBs become coach killers if the coach doesn't get him off the field. I can't think of any 1st round QBs who busted with their 1st team & came back to have a good career. The closest one I can find is Kerry Collins who got cut because he drank too much & cleaned himself up before having a decent career. When it's due to on the field, they never come back, no matter how many teams try to revive their corpse. Now some may want to say Jim Plunkett, but he didn't fail with NE, he got traded for multiple high draft picks & got cut later in SF before reviving his career in Oakland. We've heard it before around here, at least three times before: 1) I'm including Rob because he was traded for a 1st rounder even though the Bills were his 2nd team. When Flutie beat out Rob Johnson I'll admit I felt Wade was stymieing Rob's development & Rob was getting a raw deal. I hadn't learned yet that the coaches wanted to win with the guy who showed them more all week long & on Sundays. I wasn't the only one who didn't want Flutie and I though Rob got screwed. By the time Gregg & staff had enough of Rob I knew that if 2 coaches don't want a guy, it's the guy, not the coach. 2) When JP got yanked for Kelly Holcomb, Mularkey had to because the players knew JP wasn't ready to start & he would have had a mutiny on his hands if he kept JP in there. Yet people around here were complaining that Mularkey was ruining JP & he was getting a raw deal. It didn't take Dick Jauron long to figure out JP wasn't the answer and for a while it looked like Trent Edwards was the answer, but same as before, it didn't take Chan very long to dump Trent. Once again, a failure with 2 coaches. At least nobody complained Edwards "Captain Checkdown" was screwed over by the Bills. I still remember after JP became a free agent there were still posts warning us that JP would sign with another team & come back to haunt us. Then he had to go to the UFL & the JP fanboys were sure he'd get better coaching & make an NFL comeback. 3) EJ Manuel. It didn't take long for Marrone to realize EJ was a dud. His hands were pretty tied EJ's rookie year, with his only competition being Thad Lewis & Jeff Tuel. Then look at EJ's year 2. Marrone, who at the time was more interested in winning & building his resume than banging his head against the wall trying to develop his former 1st round bust. So pretty soon Orton was in & EJ was on the bench. Some were saying EJ got a raw deal, yet once again he failed the 2 coach test when Rex Ryan came in & brought in Tyrod who beat EJ out So, if anyone still thinks Rosen got a raw deal, he's failed with 4 coaches, double my 2 coach rule. The only ones who got a raw deal were the Cardinals & Dolphins who lost miliions paying Rosen.

298 miles. In 1977 I lived 2 miles north of the stadium, on Lakeview Ave right off Abbott Rd. I walked to the 1st 2 home games & other times I'd go to a laundromat in Hamburg on Sundays & drive right by the mostly empty Rich Stadium & listen to the game on the radio as I did my laundry. It was a bad year for Bills fans.