Charles Romes
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Seriously? He was never underrated.
What makes Ted Washington underrated is that he is not in the hall. He should be. If he played all 17 years with one team he would have been in first ballot. Even today you hear people say "we need a guy like a Ted Washington to clog the middle." There was only one of them.
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Mt. Washington.
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Says he's back to 100 percent. Says he's learned how to avoid injury. Says he's felt good about his OTA performance thus far. Admits he needs to play smarter, take the first down when its there rather than attempt the big play. EJs cell phone connection dropped about a minute into the interview.
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I've been a Chris Hairston fan all along - I thought he played well when he did play, and that if healthy, would be the lone term solution at RT. But I would guess drafting two RT's, and another who could move to that, may signal otherwise.
To paraphrase Marv you can't be too rich too thin or have too many tackles that can play.
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Has it ever occurred to you that teams with domes are getting rid of them when they rebuild. Seattle. Minnesota. Indy. Atlanta. They gross fans out after awhile. Stale atmosphere. Not real football. Syracuse has concluded they are losing recruits because of their claustrophobic arena football dome and are thinking of ripping the roof off as a quick fix. Heinz field should be the model. Great sight lines. Great views of god's beautiful sky. Real football. $350 mil.
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70s. Lots of great teams that were not destroyed by free agency and instead were allowed to be great year after year.
Here's another vote for the 1970s. The hairdos alone would seal it for me.
Plus the rise of TV and Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell.
The Steelers/Raiders/Dolphins/Cowboys of that era are all time teams.
And so are the VIkings to me. The Purple People Eaters - Alan Page and Carl Eller. Fran Tarkenton (favorite player as a kid), Chuck Foreman, Ahmad Rashad, Sammy White. Four Super Bowls no wins (an obvious mark of greatness).
The OJ years for the Bills.
It was an era that combined the tough play of the 50s/60s with hints of the aerial ballet that would emerge in the 80s/90s. A beautiful hybrid.
And what about the rams who won 10+ games for 7/8 years (5 in a 14 game season) and almost won Super Bowl the year they won 9.
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Was there...walked around like a zombie at halftime trying to be thankful for the two straight Super Bowl appearances. Most lasting memory is that a big percentage of our crowd - virtually the entire end zone crowd - went nuts after we scored to make it only 35-10. I was confused and thought these people either don't know football or had too much to drink. They knew better than I.
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The TO signing was an act of desperation That's when we unloaded peters land threw bell out at LT. Now we have a stud LT and are above average at the RT position.
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I had heard this interview before. I don't disagree with anything he had to say. It would just have been nice to hear Miller's voice during that legendary season instead of Rick Azar.
Let's give credit and criticism where it is due. Azar's call for the 2000 is an all time classic. Van was not good at containing his disappointment when things did not go well. A home town announcer needs to shift to the "it's just a game" reassurance mode when the team suffers a heartbreaking loss, Van was incapable of doing so. When he shared his sorrow in the wake of a defeat it was non-therapeutic. Reese of Philly and the late Bill King of Oakland are the true standard bearers. Jeanneret from the hockey world is at the Reese/king level but miller is not there.
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The next step is to get the Jets to move their training camp away from Central New York.
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Why not grab glennon with a 7th.
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Current regime knows they must win in '14
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Way for the Gov in NY to keep wasting Taxpayers money. Can't that money instead go to say teachers, or somewhere its really needed?
So having the NFL(!!!) here will not be a draw to any employer considering the decision to stay in or expand to WNY.
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Great schedule. Everyone is complaining about the tough December. For a team missing the playoffs 14 straight years that's exactly what you want. To be mathematically alive as long as possible so you keep playing for something. League did as much as they could to help the bills this year IMO.
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I would have to see the proposed video montage with sound track before signing on.
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Because he's totally lost it?
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I like Garapollo but putting up gaudy numbers in college doesn't mean much
I'm still not sold in Russel Wilson.
Yeah. A lot of people were not sold on Brady until he won his third world championship.
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Great, the bills have 4 #2 wideouts.
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Why only open this up to local Tax Payers, open this up to BILLS Nation, I’m sure there are many other devoted Bills fans that have moved out of WNY that are willing to be part of doing what it take to keep the BILLS where they belong, plus a small ROI which they can turn around and invest in season tickets or the NFL package for those of us who purchase it just so we can see our BILLS. (800,000 local, but maybe 8mil world wide?)
Very true. The interesting piece and one that sets this potential franchise move apart is that as many as 50% of the must stay in buffalo voice either does not live in buffalo or never lived in buffalo. I don't think we saw the same thing with Baltimore or Cleveland.
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The options are basically a) fix up RWS b) build new at the RWS site or c) build new elsewhere.
Fixing up RWS is the worst idea because there are issues with RWS that you can't fix: the narrow concourses. To fix that you are basically blowing up the whole thing and starting from scratch. And if you do that where do the Bills play for 1-2 years? UB stadium? (30K capacity) Rogers Centre? (Whole seasons in Toronto??
) Carrier Dome in Syracuse?There is enough room (likely in the lots across Abbott Rd.) to build a new stadium. One advantage is people are used to having the stadium there. They know the roads can handle the traffic etc. Neighbors are already used to having RWS there. (No NIMBY issues.) But it's not the sexiest location and if they wanted to build a "Patriot Place" style retail development around it they'd likely get flack from McKinley Mall.
If you are going to build new elsewhere, where are the best locations?
Waterfront, south of downtown - Could be glorious on a nice day but pure hell late in the season when you get 60 mph gales off the lake.
Downtown, foot of Main - Thanks to Perry Pegula you have a burgeoning entertainment district with the FNC, Harborcenter, Canalside and the Cobblestone district, not to mention the casino. Plus the Metro runs there. New stadium could fit nicely, especially if Pegula emerges as the team owner.
Niagara Falls, USA - Billionaire Howard Millstien owns acres of land south of the Casino. More than enough for a stadium, hotel, parking, etc. It's closer to Toronto and rail lines from Toronto are close by. You have lots of hotels and attractions on the Canadian side and the idea of a Super Bowl there one day is plausible. Plus a stadium complex could be a catalyst for further development. But NF, USA is an urban tumor. A total crap hole. Can anything turn that dump around?
On or near UB Amherst campus - Here's a place no one is really talking about but if you think about it, it makes good sense. Lots of land on and near UB campus, close to I-90, 290 and 990. Metro can be extended there easily. (Which was the original plan.) A little closer to Rochester and Toronto. Plus you have a second football team as a potential tenant: the UB Bulls. Why not get twice the use from a new stadium?
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Expand the metro. lol. Haven't heard that one in a while!
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It's been covered many times, and the answer is no: NFL teams cannot be owned in this fashion--the Packers are grandfathered in and a unique situation.
Correct. The NFL owners are absolutely powerless to revoke any current prohibition against public ownership.
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I will never forgive him for the the maybin pick when he was GM for 5 minutes.
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Ralph got his shots in. But that cost us the Miami playoff game that year. If you really want to see a game taken away by refs roll that tape.
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The story of the Buffalo Bills has not been a great one. I first started following the team in the 1988 season at 9 years old. The first game I ever watched was the AFC Championship Game vs. Cincinnati in "The Jungle..". A blowout loss. It was the first game my father and myself ever watched together.
The Bills have been the only bond between me and my father over the years. They've been the only reason we've come together over the years, especially lately. But together, we've shared alot of good memories...and not so good memories.
We watched the Harmon drop in Cleveland and subsequent Clay Matthews INT that followed on the very next play.
We watched together the following year as Norwood came within inches of fulfilling not only every teammate of his...but an entire blue-collar community.
We watched together as the next three Superbowls ended progressively worse!
We watched together following a stunning loss in the 1996 AFC Wildcard Game to the Jacksonville Jaguars, as Jim Kelly said his final goodbye to the game, team and city he loved and carried.
We watched together as the likes of Todd Collins, Rob Johnson, Drew Bledsoe, J.P.Losman, Trent Edwards and Ryan Fitzpatrick (among others) failed to match Kelly's magic.
The Bills and their fanbase have been through the ringer together over the years. Four Superbowl losses. 14 years without the playoffs. The threat of the team now being bought and moved, Kellys battle with Cancer, Ralphs passing...you all know the story.
The Bills have always been the team seemingly trying to fight uphill. The underdog. In 1995, when word got out in Cleveland that the Browns were packing up and headed to Baltimore, the team folded like a wet blanket. The team and city were so disheartened by the turn of events that the remaining on-field product was left abysmally unwatchable.
We know this: We likely have seven years left at least to have the Bills. The last 14 years have been brutal! Alot of us, out of frustration over those 14 years, have likely said some pretty regrettable statements: "Move the (expletive) team already!"..."Things will never change as long as Ralph owns the team!"..I'm guilty of both.
Now, I sit here, as many of you do, and can't help but think of the families of both Ralph Wilson and Jim Kelly. This is the darkest of times for Buffalo and its fans...but how do we respond? How will the 2014 Bills respond? Adversity ate the city of Cleveland alive in 1995...
...but i have a feeling, no matter if the Bills are here or not in 7 years...that through all this adversity and tragedy...this team...this city...this fanbase..will overcome...and starting this year, this is a new era of Bills football..and dedicated to the two men who exemplify what it means to overcome the odds. Hey NFL...you've officially been put on notice.
A "blow out"loss to Cincinnati in the 88 afc championship? You mean when Bruce owned Munoz and the refs called his third sack a 15 yard face mask penalty? Watch the tape.
Who Is Your Most Underrated Bill Past Or Present ?
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There is one other Bill in this same class of talent.