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I remember awhile back, I believe it was at the beginning of this decade, CBS6 would actually do a poll and have the fans decide which game they'd show. I don't remember the exact results, but the Bills game beat out the Jets game the majority of the time, and this was when the Bills were having 3-13 seasons.

So is every week going to be the new benchmark game now? The Bills are legit, everyone knows it now.

So you'd pass on top tier talent if they're selfish pricks?

A lot do. I don't think filming the other team turns you from an average team to an NFL powerhouse. If that were the case, a lot more teams would be attempting to cheat. Just face it the Pats won those Super Bowls because they were good. People are only using this scandal to justify why they were so good. Honestly, it doesn't matter to me. I don't consider it cheating. That was 1998 or so, so that was well after their Super Bowl days. I'd be interested to hear the methodology behind this study because just from experience of living here all of my life, I rarely see anyone with Jets attire on. I do see a lot of people with Giants and Bills attire on.

The Jets are honestly #3 in the Capital District. The Jets fanbase is equivalent to the Mets fanbase here. The Red Sox and Yankee fans outnumber Mets fans here considerably. The same goes for football. Giants and Bills fans outnumber Jets fans considerably, yet CBS6 had the idea of making itself the Jets station. I don't get the logic, but Doug Sherman is an idiot anyways. I'll never get the whole "lets put an asterisk next to the Patriots" argument. You can't convince me that the only causal link for the Pats winning three Super Bowls and going 18-1 last season was only due to them filming the other team.

In the unlikely scenario that happens the Bills would still have the lead regardless of whether they converted a 2 pt conversion or not.

Honestly, I would of kicked another field goal to run up the score, but that's just me. Class is too PC.

Well they flourished. Even when San Diego took back the lead a couple of times, I knew the Bills would strike back. What an awesome day for Edwards and Mitchell.

Ralph Wilson is an overrated owner. Thanks for mostly a mediocre product, and running out Bill Polian. You can't get by on the "well I brought an NFL franchise to Buffalo" card on me. Here's to hoping the new ownership is more dedicated to winning than Ralph is.

That's horrible.

The Bills being the premiere game hasn't been too kind to them for awhile now. Do they end this streak today or will it continue?

You don't go into bend but don't break mode over who's QB. This defense all year has been a lot more aggressive and it has what made them successful. I think the book was already out on Warner in the previous game against the Jets. Blitz him like crazy and he'll make turnovers. The Bills thought differently and judging by what they were running on defense thought Kurt Warner was just going to gun it down the field the whole day. If anything, having J.P. in the game put more emphasis on the defense and special teams winning the game for them.

He was a backup. He played in all 16 games, but only started 1 game. He only averaged a few carries per game.

If you actually read my post in that thread, I explain why. So you're agreeing with this guy? Starting QB gets injured, Dick Jauron and the crew say to themselves "ah sh-- better allow Kurt Warner to pick us apart all day cause this J.P. dude sucks."

That's the stupidest analysis I've ever heard. So because their starting QB gets injured, they'll just allow the other team to convert first downs?

He played 15 games that season and got a decent amount of carries per game, 14 carries per game.

A couple of my thoughts on the Bills defense yesterday: All day yesterday it felt like he was dropping the LB core and the secondary by at least 10 yards to not get killed with the deep ball, yet Kurt Warner never threw a single deep pass yesterday. He kept throwing flats, quick slant routes, and screens, all of which led to a huge chunk of yardage. Their YAC must of been pretty high yesterday. I was waiting for a blitz or two, or maybe some defensive plays to have a guy or two guard the flat and screen plays, yet none of those adjustments happened. Kurt Warner had a million years to throw the football, and the sh------- ass screens and flat plays went for almost 15 yards everytime. Even the couple of times when a Bills defender was there at the line of scrimmage, they barely even touched whoever had the ball and let them waltz right on by for another first down. The Cardinals didn't do anything that impressive on offense yesterday, yet were able to score 41 points most in part due to Perry Fewell's incompetence on adjusting to what the Cardinals were doing. Is he just mentally incapable of registering what's going on the field? I mean if you're going to get killed deep, then get killed deep because it's better than watching Kurt Warner picking us apart with little dinks and dunks on 15-20 play scoring drives all day.

I was addressing another point. Total Percentage Of Passing Plays 1985: 53.2% 1986: 51.8% 1987: 50.7% 1988: 44.9% Avg: 50.2% 1988 was so low because that was when Thurman Thomas arrived onto the scene. So the pre-1988 Bills were a lot more pass heavy than the SB Bills and the current Bills. That's because the Bills in the two latter groups had Thomas, Henry, Mcgahee and Lynch at RB.

Total Percentage of Passing Plays 1990: 45.7% 1991: 48.9% 1992: 46.8% 1993: 46.1% Avg: 46.9% 2004: 47.0% 2005: 49.4% 2006: 48.0% 2007: 48.4% 2008: 48.6% Avg: 48.3% This current group is a little more pass heavy than the SB Bills, but they're definitely more balanced.

There is no extra charge for the HD channels. However, you still need a TV that supports HDTV.

Eh, no. I have Time Warner digital cable and I get about 70+ channels in standard and HD. This includes the local networks, ESPN, TBS etc. all in HD.

I wonder why Ralph Wilson, due to his age, isn't going the "sign every type A free agent out there" way? I mean the guy is going to most likely die soon, and I would think he'd want to see his franchise win a Super Bowl before he does so. Kudos to Ralph for letting Marv go the long term route because the above philosophy would of put this franchise in a hole for the next decade at most.

Link Some very excellent points made about the two drafts Marv took part in. I think this sums up how well of a job Marv did.

I'm not sure why you think this is a dumb thread?

No, I'm just wondering what all of these non-football aspects were to his job when Ralph had divided up the front office after 2005 to prevent this?