notwoz
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Born in England
Family moved to Niagara Falls in 1954
Went to high school and college in WNY
Moved to the Washington, DC, area in 1983.
There are a lot of ex-Western New Yorkers in this area. About 5 years ago when Wegman's opened their first store in the DC area (about 12 minutes from my house) more than 10,000 people showed up on the first day, which was a Sunday. The sad part is that I'm sure 99 percent of those people are from upstate New York
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I was so mad when i went online to my directv account. I clicked on nfl sunday ticket, and price is now $315. yikes!!!
I'm still getting it. Maybe that's why I was mad. lol
So who else is krazy like me? Meaning renewing or singing up for sunday ticket.
Call me crazy -- despite the price tag, I'm renewing.
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When I first read this article I began to get deeply concerned over the idea of football players using "street" drugs recreationally. Then I realized that I don't care.
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Whitners contract sucks - he should take a paycut
OK -- say your boss says I think you're the greatest thing since sliced bread. I'm going to pay you $750,000 a year. Would you say, Thanks, but I suck. I'm really worth only $18,500 a year.
Think about it. He was drafted in the top 10. His agent (who also makes money based on the size of this transaction) got wood and demanded top-10 salary. don't blame him for the Bills' stupidity.
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1) Gregg Williams was probably our worst coach of the last decade and it probably won't have matter anyways.
2) If Brees started slowly like he did in SD, we would have ran him out of town anyways.
True and true
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Didn't Warren Sapp drop in the draft because he tested positive for weed (or maybe just rumors that he smoked ganja)?
Despite his boorish behavior on the field (and there are plenty of examples, according to Wikipedia), the taste for THC didn't seem to negatively impact his abilities.
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Jesus H. Christ, the guy said he didn't want Russel, he just wanted to know what other people thought. No need to go attacking the guy. State your case and move on.
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In the English Language there is a thing called PAST TENSE and PRESENT TENSE...
words like: "sniffed" and "showed" are PAST TENSE words. Meaning the Bills in the past maybe 3-5 weeks ago contacted Baltimore regarding Gaither. But if you read all the reports and stories Baltimore put Gaither on the trading block as a ploy to get Gaither to go to off-season workouts.
Please stop posting stories from the past that we have all heard already, just because Buffalo Rumblings and Bills Digest and other Buffalo media sports outlets are about 2 weeks late picking up the story it doesn't mean its news.
In conclusion.. NO where in those articles does it say the Bills are still interested so change your title of the thread. All it says is the bills "showed" and "sniffed" at trading for Gaither in the past
In the English language, nowhere is one word, if you're going to be a stickler for the English language.
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http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/919...tm_term=packers
"I'm sure they'd be willing to take whatever at this point," a personnel director for a National Football League team said Friday. "They've got too many guys and they're trying to move him, but I don't know if there's much activity. He just doesn't want to be there. Just not a good situation."
Could it just possibly be that the unidentified personnel director works for the Packers and is trying to deflate Lynch's value? Nah, that couldn't possibly be.
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To me, how many wins next year isn't important so much as implentation. Let's find out who belongs where on the field, particularly defensively since this is clearly the new regime's primary focus this offseason.
Agreed. Wins would be nice, but I think a lot of fans would be happy with clear signs of progress. (Although the tricky part is building on that progress.)
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Who?
I thought who was on first base.
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And the same OL failed to provide the push to convert 3rd and shorts and move the chains.
Well, maybe an injury-free OL will do better.
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Spiller is going to tare it up as a RB in Detroit..
Do you mean he's going to "tear" it up?
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But I still like Sully, the same way I like Cliff Clavin from Cheers! Here's to you SULLY!!!
Yeah, they're both hot-air-spewing losers.
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My favorite quote over the weekend was Gailey saying " I don't care about hurt feelings, I care about scoring points!"
I didn't see that quote, but I like it. It sounds like something Bill Parcells would say.
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You were all excited for Donahoe, ...
That's an interesting observation. Everyone got wood over the hiring of little Tommy because he was a "name" from a successful organization (think Shanahan, Cowher, Martyball, etc. etc.) Well we got the "big name" and still haven't recovered after all these years. Let's hope the much maligned no-name Buddy Nix can turn this team aroudn.
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a. Our beat up, decimated O- line still managed to help Freddie to a 1000 yard season.
Good point.
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According to Nixley, it is not a problem at this time.
I'm sorry -- I missed that quote. Link please?
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I am very tired of the conventional wisdom about the Bills right now. The "what everybody knows" statements about them. The "if you don't agree with these statements you have drunk the cool-aid" cliches. (Incidentally, if I never hear the phrase "drunk the cool-aid" again, it will be okay with me. Just a suggestion, guys.)
There is a school of thought (and social research) that says the poor residents of Jonestown did not drink Kool-Aid but rather a competing product called Flavor Aid. This should not be confused with the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Tests of the mid-1960s in which Kool-Aid was laced with LSD.
And I agree with your premise. Conventional wisdom is usually has it back-asswards.
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I know we are rebuilding through the draft but signing Faneca to a 1-2 year deal would help give some depth and a lot of experience to the line. Plus he comes from a divisional opponent which is a huge plus and he'll have a chip on his shoulder especially when we play the Jets. I know he's on the down slope of his career but is still an upgrade from what we got now.
He was on the downside of his career when the Steelers let him walk. Only he didn't know it at the time. If the Bills could pick him up for a rock-bottom price then he might make a good backup and mentor to some of the youngsters. But he's not worth a big bucks or long term commitment. And I'm sure that's what he and his agent are looking for.
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For once? Donahoe/Williams and Mularkey didn't have a plan? Levy and Jauron didn't have a plan? They all had plans.
What happened this past week was that the Bills drafted yet another RB in round 1(3rd regime, 3rd 1st round RB), then drafted a bunch of questionable players that they hope fit another new defensive scheme. After a decade of the same mistakes over and over and over it's not really the time to be singing the praises of the same old, same old. If it works out THIS TIME.....great. But it's the same draft formula that has failed the last two regimes.
Elaborate please. Your argument is intriguing but somewhat vague. What were the Donohoe/Williams/Mularey and Levy/Jauron plans? How are they similar, if not identical, to the current regime's plans. Examples and specifics, please.
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After Ralph's quote about the team needing "excitement," etc., I am wondering how many of you believe that the selection of Spiller did NOT involve the sale of tickets and profit? To be clear, I make the case that taking a RB at #9, let alone a small one who might be more of a 3rd down back, was a poor decision. BUT, Spiller will sell tickets and Ralph will profit. This is a given.
So again, without doing a poll, how many of you think that the Spiller selection was motivated more by Ralph's profit motive than Nix wanting him to improve the football team?
Your question would hold a lot more water if the Bills took Tebow or one of those other "sexy" QBs. just my opinion
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How about Joe Namath, Joe Theismann or Sonny Jergensen? Sorry, but Jack Kemp isn't available.
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Hopefully RW is patient enough with Nix, and hopefully Gailey turns out to be the right coach for this team.
Let''s hope he lives long enough for Nix and Gailey to turn the team around
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Where do you live now and time spent in Buffalo area?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I haven't been to Jimmy's in years -- ever since I sold my soul to DirecTV. Even though Jimmy's is only a few miles from my house.
I do recall going there one Saturday night about 10 years ago -- during that sweet spot when the Sabres and Bills are playing. I went there to watch the Sabres. There was a group of people sitting at a table near the front door and they were all totally s**t-faced. I showed up the next day about 12:45 p.m. to watch the Bills. What do you know, there's that same group of people sitting at the same table -- and they were well on their way to getting totally s**t-faced. And then there was the guy sitting next to me at the bar telling me how he couldn't get to work in downtown DC anymore because of his multiple DWIs. I guess that's when I decided that Jimmy's wasn't the place for me.