Dunkirk Observer

‘Does this version have the ability to get back to the big game? The last four division championships have ended for all fans too early, especially with the last three in the divisional round.’

‘Winning one game in the playoffs will be great. Winning two will be better. Yet, if we win three, we must also win four.’

‘Travis Carlson, a filmmaker from Gerry and an avid Buffalo Bills fan, created a comic style adventure book, titled, “Mafia: Buffalo vs. The Multiverse.” The book takes a week-by-week journey through the Buffalo Bills season beginning prior to last year, with opponents as fictional characters presenting a challenge to the Buffalo Bills inspired characters, led by “Josh of Allentown.”’

‘A team with this much talent was supposed to have a better record. Most of the losses shouldn’t have happened. But they did.’

‘Dorsey took the fall on Tuesday. But he wasn’t the one responsible for the game’s ending or outcome. That’s on a number of the staff – including the head coach – who will be back on the sidelines this weekend against the New York Jets.’

‘Cabana Sam’s Sunset Bay Grill was recently approved by the Town of Hanover to sell alcoholic beverages beginning at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 8.’

‘Whatever the reason for the loss, sometimes in life it just happens that nothing breaks one side’s way, and everything breaks the other side’s way. The Bills and their fans know this. They have been on both sides many times. Many, many times.’

‘Gage wasn’t as keen to adding the same banner this year; however, he decided to put it back up along with a large “3” and “Billieve Together” sign following the injury Jan. 3 to Bills safety Damar Hamlin.’

‘Presented by Fisher Price, the Bills Junior Reporter role allows for access to interview Bills players on camera for the team’s website and social media accounts. Vida was the first Junior Reporter for the Bills through Fisher Price last season and was asked back again this year to reprise her role.’

‘On Monday night, football fans across the nation were given a glimpse into our region’s support of the team from a member of our own community. Leslie Wille, co-founder of Bills Mafia and treasurer of the Bills Mafia Babes, was featured in a pregame video during the Monday Night Football broadcast on ESPN this past Monday.’

‘That’s a lot of money for a state that still owes the federal government $9 billion to pay for pandemic-related unemployment claims and fights tooth and nail to nickel and dime local governments called upon to carry out the state’s programs. What’s more frustrating is the fact the $850 million taxpayer cost could be a lot less if the state didn’t require payment of prevailing wages on publicly funded construction projects wehre 30% of tradesmen are unionized. The stadium deal then requires both union-level compensation and unionized labor — which limits the work to a minority of the construction trades workers in the Western New York region.’

‘There are always improvements to make, yet fans everywhere should know this team is on the ascendancy.’

‘Yet we can spin the wheel only so many times before our luck runs out.’

‘We live in a state that vacillates between being flush with money and crying poverty every couple of years. School officials have begged for more state money every year for decades. Local governments are begging for more reimbursement money for road work on state-owned roads. Local needs are often crowded out of the state budget. If sports stadiums and entertainment venues are going to be getting state and local money, the public should know about the spending before it happens, not after.’

‘But these talks are just beginning. Both sides — the Bills and the public sector — are seeking leverage while knowing what’s at stake in the end game.’