Roger Goodell said today's game was an experiment??

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2 minutes ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:

Goodell said it was an experiment. The game on Sunday should have served as the death knell in international play.  I really don’t understand what the purpose of these games is, people in England have amazing sporting events to go and see. Television provides the overseas markets access to the NFL. Is there any data to show how much this series has grown the brand? 

 

I don't get it either.  I believe Goodell has stated that they see teams there in a few years - not just 1, but possibly 2.

 

It's kind of like the height of greed.  That market will be like a weak American market that has a hard time supporting teams, and it will be bad for the league overall. But, there might be a few more bucks for billionaires, so let's experiment!

 

 

[SoonerBillsFan]

3 hours ago, SUNY_amherst said:

 

No, actually I am finding out most of the posters here arent posting from buffalo and some even take dumps on our area. I find that very strange. 

 

I suppose its possible there are some locals here who arent as vocal or have been banned. I wish there were more though for times like these when you guys make "Bills Mafia" look bad/dumb

 

 

I post from around Tulsa Ok,been to Buffalo several times ( took my grandson to the Vikings game last year) and I LOVE the area and the people.  

[Bob Jones]

On 10/8/2023 at 8:35 PM, All_Pro_Bills said:

They can somewhat solve the jetlag issue by scheduling the game for 5 or 6 PM London time. 

 

Yep. I was saying this the very first time that they had a London game so early in the day. Should definitely be a 6 or 7pm local time start.

[seattlebillsfan]

Goodell probably has a secret division that sells chemicals to the Iraqis 

[Augie]

17 hours ago, Bob Jones said:

Yep. I was saying this the very first time that they had a London game so early in the day. Should definitely be a 6 or 7pm local time start.

 

I don’t think a few hours makes any difference. I am certain a week makes a difference. 

[Low Positive]

22 hours ago, SUNY_amherst said:

 

No, actually I am finding out most of the posters here arent posting from buffalo and some even take dumps on our area. I find that very strange. 

 

I suppose its possible there are some locals here who arent as vocal or have been banned. I wish there were more though for times like these when you guys make "Bills Mafia" look bad/dumb

 

 

I think that the majority on here were born and raised in WNY but have left for various reasons. I left for grad school at Indiana University and then moved to Ohio for a job. I would move home in a second if I could find a job, but I work in higher education, and in my field UB tends to hire internal candidates. And, for the record, if the BIlls ever left Buffalo I would find another team (probably Green Bay) but my passion for NFL football would drop through the floor. My attachment to the Bills and Sabres is that it's a tie to home. It is strange that I have raised two passionate BIlls fans in Cincinnati.

[Haplo848]

Forgive my French, but I'm pissed.

 

Holy ***** this is maddening.

 

Forget how the NFL basically made the Bills and Jags basically play on concrete, resulting in multiple season ending injuries to our best players.

 

Forget disrupting schedules and flying across a ridiculous number of time zones, making such injuries much more likely.

 

Forget making the Bills give up a home game for that farce.

 

Even forget the atrocious job the refs did, destroying any semblance of a fair and unbiased game by calling penalties on the Bills every single time something maybe, possibly, LOOKED like it could potentially be called a penalty, while practically waiting until a Jaguars player murdered someone on the field before calling one on them, all in the name of giving the Jags a "signature win" to expand their fanbase overseas in preparation for their inevitable move to London.

 

Roger Goodell just straight up admitted that having the Jags play in London the previous week, then having them stay in London all week, while having the Bills fly in and play jetlagged was a way for the NFL to test just how much of an advantage that would be.

 

They came right out and said, to paraphrase "we are knowingly ***** over the Bills this week, and in doing so, ending their season by injuring their best players so badly that they will be out for the rest of the season."

 

This is rage-inducing.

 

Link Below:

https://x.com/haremherd/status/1711390018109923498?s=20

[Beast]

This had induced rage in me!

[mjd1001]

If all the NFL teams have to play international games every couple of years, can't Buffalo just stake claim to Canada?  Sure most have bad memories of the Toronto series, but Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, ANYWHERE but Europe.   I'd volunteer for Canadian games to see if could avoid getting 'drafted' to do Europe.

[TheFunPolice]

This is why I said in a fit of rage during the game that the NFL is rigged.

 

I don't REALLY think that and I usually mock those who say it, but that game made me so furious that I became irrational. 

 

I get the rage. That game was bad enough, but our season took a serious hit with those injuries. 

[Prospector]

I have been induces also! 

 

Yeah, it was BS though... like really BS

[Saxum]

See thread just a couple down:

 

 

[Ramza86]

Dont worry theyll give us a couple of calls against the Giants and call it even.....................

 

 

[teef]

but he's from jamestown!!!!! @SUNY_amherst

[Fleezoid]

Bills  =  

[Fleezoid]

Roger Goodell is by far the worst commissioner.  He's destroying the NFL in favor of his new NFL World Order. 

[Big Blitz]

9 minutes ago, Ramza86 said:

Dont worry theyll give us a couple of calls against the Giants and call it even.....................

 

 

 

Lol yep the way they throw flags on the Chiefs when they’re certain the Chiefs are in control of the game.  

[Saint Doug]

It was done for science. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

Yea to me this interview is pretty unforgivable like you can’t admit you just don’t know if one team will have a competitive advantage or not.  We can all argue about how much of a role it actually played and say no excuses yada yada but the nfl officially scheduled this not knowing how it will play out 

 

One thing that will never make any sense to me is how that was a home game…one team is already there and they’re the away team? Lol

Edited October 11, 2023 by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Low Positive]

We've been talking about this since the post-game thread where someone pulled out that clip.  I even started a thread on it, and I never start threads.

1 minute ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Yea to me this interview is pretty unforgivable like you can’t admit you just don’t know if one team will have a competitive advantage or not.  We can all argue about how much of a role it actually played and say no excuses yada yada but the nfl officially scheduled this not knowing how it will play out 

They knew it would be an advantage. They just didn't know how much of one it would be. When you have Jags players admitting that it was a big advantage after the game, I don't think that it's an excuse any longer. It's a reason.