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  4. Buffalo Bills 2023 Thread

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    5 minutes ago, Thorny said:

    Packers have more playoffs wins at AT&T stadium than the Cowboys do

    I so want this to be true, but I don't think it is. I looks like the Cowboys won there in 2010 (Eagles), 2015 (Lions), and 2019 (Seahawks), and the Packers won in 2017 and 2024. The Cowboys did lose to the Packers in 2015, but it was in GB.

  7. Complaint Thursdays

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    On 1/4/2024 at 4:43 PM, shrader said:

    The 19-20 year old across the street from me has the loudest damn car imaginable. He uses a remote start every single time and leaves it running constantly. There are times where he has to use the remote start 2-3 times because it times out before he actually tries to get in the car. Did I mention that he does this at 3 am and the car is essentially parked right outside my bedroom window? Even his parents hate the car. 

    In some areas, running a car unattended is a fine... just saying. https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/2022/vat/title-7/article-33/1210/

    Also, car is almost surely not within the legal noise limit. https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-legislation-cracking-down-noisy-illegal-mufflers-and-exhaust-systems

    47 minutes ago, Spoonman said:

    I am complaining about @Spoonman and his GDTs.

    Who does this guy think he is, Homer. The Iliad was shorter than his doggone GDTs! 
     

    Happy Season 17 GIF by The Simpsons

    Man, 26CornerBlitz (I think) used to write some novels for GDTs back in the day.

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  12. Jacob Bryson clears Waivers and was assigned to Rochester

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    5 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

    Now who was it that told me at the end of training camp that they should trade him because he would definitely be picked up on waivers? Come on fess up, I forget which one of you it was but I know you're out there...........................Was it you el tigre? Wish I could remember. 

    To be fair, waiving a guy at the beginning of the season vs. 1/3 of the way through where he only made the line-up for 3 games on a bad team is different.

  14. Buffalo Bills 2023 Thread

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    14 hours ago, Taro T said:

    IF the Bills win out, they are nearly a lock for the playoffs at this point.

    It looks like the teams ahead of Buffalo have 18 games total remaining between them (including KC's and Baltimore's games) and not counting the Fishies Bills game.  There are 5 games between 2 of those teams (Cincy at KC, Cleveland at Cincy, Cleveland at Houston, Houston at Indy, and Miami at Baltimore).  

    Saw a scenario laid out by Kevin Massare stating this was the only way for the Bills to win out and miss the playoffs.  

    His scenario went:

    Cincy beats Pittsburgh, KC, and Cleveland;

    Cleveland beats Houston and Jest;

    Indy beats Atlanta, Vegas, and Houston; 

    Miami beats Dallas and Baltimore;

    and Baltimore beats the 9ers or Pittsburgh.

    Leaving Cincy, Cleveland, Indy, and Buffalo all at 11-6 with Baltimore and Miami ahead of that.  And presumably Buffalo loses all the tiebreakers.  But even with all those teams even with or ahead of Buffalo and KC doing whatever taking their division, the Bills still could still be in 7th.

    BUT, Jax can also end up at 11-6 without playing any of those other teams and they beat Buffalo earlier.  IF that happens and all the rest of that occurred as well then that would make Buffalo the 8th seeded team missing the playoffs.  

    Provided KC loses to Cincy, it doesn't matter what they'd do because they'd win their division or lose it to another team that would have fewer wins than the Bills that would then win the division.

    But, if Buffalo wins out, there need to be 14 other games that all work against the Bills to keep them out of the playoffs.  And depending on who would have the tie breaker between Baltimore and the Bills, there might need to be 1 of 2 other games also working against the Bills.  (And, no, didn't bother to factor in the potential of ties.  Don't care THAT much about this stuff.)

    So, it's close enough for government work to say, if the Bills win out they're in.

    It's going to be such a shame when the team lays a giant turd and loses this week.

    12 hours ago, Doohickie said:

    You bring up an interesting point.  All time leading QB rushing touchdowns:

    1. Cam Newton - 75 TD
    2. Josh Allen - 49 TD
    3. Steve Young - 43 TD
    4. Jack Kemp - 40 TD

    Considering the eras of the players above him involved, Kemp (and Tobin Rote 3 behind him) must have been something else considering no one else in the top-10 are played in that era.

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  18. Buffalo Bills 2023 Thread

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    Posted · Edited by MattPie
    softened my opinion up a bit, lol

    56 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

    Well, I think most NFL observers would say Reid is a great coach.  He's accomplished more as a HC than McD has, but Reid's been a HC for 25 years, while McD has been one for 7.

    Taylor is pretty well regarded too, although he has a career losing record.  It's not crazy to say he outcoached McD in the playoffs last year, but I don't think that it's inarguable either.  The Bills had a very difficult year last year, with a number of very unusual events hanging over them.  Could a different coach have righted the ship and beaten Cincy in the playoffs?  Possibly, but I don't think we can be sure either way.

    I too would like to see better and sharper end-of-game execution, and it's fair to hold McD accountable (although several of the end-of-game debacles have been freak occurrences that I don't think it's fair to blame him for -- the Kyler Murray hail mary, JA's fumble in the end zone vs Minny, etc.).  I just think that that is one of many elements that a coach should be evaluated on, and that he shines in most of them.

    Let's see what happens this year.

    It's early to call McD great. As someone else said, good to very good right now. Few people outside Buffalo would remember McD for his work to date; that's not the sign of a great coach. Right now, McD's legacy *is* late-game bad decisions. Frankly, so was Andy Reid's until KC (from my memory of him in Philly).

    The 7 vs 25 argument is, well, unconvincing. There are far more coaches that had 7 good years and disappeared than the few that won it 18 years later. Maybe McD gets there someday, but the odds are not in his favor.

  21. Do you care about the Sabres anymore?

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    1 hour ago, nfreeman said:

    I won't stop caring about this team, which is in my blood, though unless and until it becomes clear to me that they have stopped trying to be a real NHL franchise.

    1 hour ago, Carmel Corn said:

    Unfortunately, YES.....it's like a disease though.  I moved away over 30 years ago, but the Sabres are in my blood.

    The lifespan of a red blood cell is approximately 4 months, so if you can go cold-turkey over the summer you should be free of this affliction!

  22. Do you care about the Sabres anymore?

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    I pulled away around 2017-18 maybe. I still care enough to hang out here and watch the 10-minute highlights most of the time, but if SDS shut the site down I wouldn't go looking for a new community to talk Sabres. There was a gap in there of a year or two where I didn't come here nor watch anything but I'm back to daily now.

  24. Levi sent to Roch

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    On 12/11/2023 at 8:12 PM, Quint said:

    I'd have to say that playing Levi three times in a row, after bringing him up from the AHL after losing Lukkonnen to injury is a real indictment on Comrie.

    To be honest, I think it's *kinda* normal with a young goaltender. He may be better than your backup, but you send him to the AHL so he's playing 50+ games instead of 20. I remember the Sabres doing the same thing in the past, although I can't recall who it was. Comrie certainly looks like the 3rd best of the 3, but that doesn't mean you send him to the AHL to have Levi play once a week in the NHL.

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