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It was LOUD! That jumped out. I guess Detroit doesn’t draw opposing fans the way Nashville, Vegas, LA,  Miami in the winter and some other places do. I’ve been to road games where it seemed like there were more Bills fans than those for the home team. I’m guessing this wasn’t one of those. 

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23 minutes ago, Augie said:

It was LOUD! That jumped out. I guess Detroit doesn’t draw opposing fans the way Nashville, Vegas, LA,  Miami in the winter and some other places do. I’ve been to road games where it seemed like there were more Bills fans than those for the home team. I’m guessing this wasn’t one of those. 


Yeah I think that when the schedule comes out each year, Bills fans circle the road trips they think would be fun to take.

Detroit probably didn't make the cut for most. 

If you're a Buffalonian, it's like "why go to Detroit, when we have a perfectly good Detroit at home?"

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37 minutes ago, Augie said:

It was LOUD! That jumped out. I guess Detroit doesn’t draw opposing fans the way Nashville, Vegas, LA,  Miami in the winter and some other places do. I’ve been to road games where it seemed like there were more Bills fans than those for the home team. I’m guessing this wasn’t one of those. 

My first thought listening to the crowd on TV was that this is our first legitimate road game this year.

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15 minutes ago, Logic said:


Yeah I think that when the schedule comes out each year, Bills fans circle the road trips they think would be fun to take.

Detroit probably didn't make the cut for most. 

If you're a Buffalonian, it's like "why go to Detroit, when we have a perfectly good Detroit at home?"

plus, the aftermarket prices were INSANE (and only got higher as kickoff drew closer; it seemed).

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Very bad luck for Detroit, but, I think all their injuries are going to be their downfall this year. If they can somehow hold onto the 1 seed, they'll have a decent chance to make the Superbowl, but I still see GreenBay, Philadelphia, even the Rams matching up well vs. them

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Interesting to hear the difference in noise levels and overall Detroit fan attendance since the Thanksgiving game just 2 years ago.

 

I was at that game - was my first visit to Detroit.  It was probably about 25-30% Bills fans that day, and we were loud and proud

The sense from talking to Lions fans then was that they were hopeful about the future, but still hedging their bets

I'm sure that Thanksgiving had a lot to do with the fan mix - since Detroit hosts every year, it's not really that unique or special for them as it is for fans of the opposing team.  

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James Cook is a force...I've been so impressed with how he is dragging tacklers with him and breaking tacklers routinely this year...

 

Then breaking away and taking it to the house 

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2 hours ago, Shaw66 said:

I had one impression, an impression that began for me a few weeks ago and that has been growing since then: The Bills are a very good football team, with total emphasis on the word TEAM. The Bills are more like one organism crawling, pushing, running up and down the field against a group of individuals trying to keep up. Other than Josh, there are no stars on this team, but they play as units in ways that rarely have been seen on any football team. They’re scoring 30 points game after game and other than Josh, James Cook is the only player on the field who makes me say “WOW!!!” from time time to time. The rest of the team is just guys doing their jobs.

 

Great write-up as always Shaw!  I appreciate these columns a lot.  Regarding the above paragraph, I agree.  Last year's team felt like less than the sum of its parts; this year's feels greater than the sum of its parts.

 

RE: the bolded - just my opinion, but I've seen WOW plays from Shakir and to a lesser extent Cooper this year.  Shakir's are mostly RAC based - either bouncing off tacklers or accelerating past them untouched like he did last week.  Cooper has made a couple of really difficult catches look almost routine.  Coleman's also made a couple of plays that were above and beyond "doing his job", but I don't think I'd put any of them in the WOW category just yet.  He'll get there eventually.

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2 hours ago, Shaw66 said:

We arrived Saturday afternoon and checked into our hotel room in Greektown, less than a mile from Ford Field. There is a casino a couple of blocks from the hotel, plenty of restaurants, all sprinkled into an old downtown neighborhood that now is coming alive after probably decades of decay. In some ways it has the same feel as parts of downtown Buffalo.

Shaw, glad to hear the downtown is recovering.  Greektown has always been a fun locale.  Thanks for the write-up, well done as usual!

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2 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

The Bills have given up 40 points in each of the last two games. In what world does that qualify as everyone ‘doing their job’? 

 

I agree. But part of it was McDermott's prevent defense which he plays most of the time. The defense actually started out great. They were filling the box, one deep safety at times and the occasional blitzing. Then the Bills got a substantial lead, and it was back to the nickle/dime 2-deeps. It made for an exciting game, but my bajeeberz.........put your foot on the throat for a change. 

 

 

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@Shaw66I agree with everything you said. My Lions season ticket holder friend and I had dinner in Greektown after the game. On our way to the stadium, we ate at this place which is the oldest bar in Detroit, that serves German food. And it was amazing! It's the best bratwurst I've ever had in my life. 

 

Sitting at the 10-yard line, 6 rows from the field, it was loud every time Buffalo had the ball. I agree it was louder at the beginning of the game, but down near the field, it was loud most of the time. No way Josh could verbally call an audible in the shotgun. 

 

The lighting effects did make for an outstanding game presentation. They had high-powered Vari-lites over the sideline, in the middle of the field. That is what made for the sidelines to be lit up with the rest of the stadium dark. 

 

Great write-up! It was an amazing time. 

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3 hours ago, Big Turk said:

James Cook is a force...I've been so impressed with how he is dragging tacklers with him and breaking tacklers routinely this year...

 

Then breaking away and taking it to the house 

Esp breaking away from a hair pull, I suspect the competition committee [McD is on it] will have something to say about that, not much different than a horse collar tackle, and probably just as dangerous with respect to head and neck injuries.

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31 minutes ago, BearNorth said:

Esp breaking away from a hair pull, I suspect the competition committee [McD is on it] will have something to say about that, not much different than a horse collar tackle, and probably just as dangerous with respect to head and neck injuries.

It is completely legal to tackle by grabbing hair, it called “The Ricky Rule”.

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