May Day 10

fan alliance between the queen cities. i was delighted to read the mmqb piece on a few of the beneficiaries from andy daltons foundation. its really great that some positivity can come to the surface about the nfl, when 98% of the (off field) news is negative. dalton and his wife seem like good people and i will root for him moving forward. i hated the bengals for breaking my heart in the icky shuffle afc championship game. i did root for them in superbowl xxiii because my 10 year old self wanted the bills to lose to the best. that is an underrated super bowl. that bengals team was great. we did steal credit for the no huddle from wyche though

im optimistic. firing dennison was not easy or fun. but they did it swiftly because it needed to be done. still work to do and its very possible the team will win less than 9 games in 2018... but they a committed to building a sustainable football program. i havent felt that way since butler or donahoe

These guys mean business

Whaley isn't a good GM. He ran a leaky ship strife with dysfunction. Some of the contracts they handed out are puzzling. Obsession with trading up in the draft hurt. Absolutely no urgency to resolve the awful QB situation. Publicly, as 'CEO' of the football department he came across as a boob. To me, the whole Levy/Brandon/Nix/Whaley lineage was basically one administration anyways. Just a series of passing the baton to buy another few years so the fans wont revolt.

i think we are massively stretching the boundaries of "ugly" here

i still believe

That doesnt strike me as a very strong denial of anything

cant they just take whaley?

yes, and you KNOW Belichick is smarter than that. He knows that it isnt easy to develop these guys (Hoyer, Mallette, Cassel, etc...). He had to have wanted to move on from Brady. I would, and as a Bills fan, I was hoping that the Patriots wouldnt

We do have something tangible out of this though Garappolo has been traded. I got indigestion last year watching him play and imagining another 12 years of this. His play with San Francisco reaffirms the AFC East dodged a bullet.

i do think there has always been an elephant in the room. the question of coach or qb always comes up (as far as credit). i could definitely see brady freaking out trying to last to belichicks end. if belichick dumps brady to the cardinals, brady stinks there, and garapollo's patriots dont miss a beat... what does that do to brady's legacy? he still would have it, but the background grumbles of belichick's mastery would be too much for brady to handle.

KEEP DONATING PEOPLE ITS WORKING!

please let the bills end it in 2 weeks...

this thing better produce a couple future Bills

There is a message on the page from the woman who organized it, thanking everyone and also informing of the new goal.

this is correct. In fact, since Donahoe, I truly believe that Levy, (Brandon), Nix, and Whaley were largely middle-men for ownership, Brandon, Littman, Overdorf, etc to make the weighty decisions. Whaley played a role for sure in identifying talent, some roster structure stuff (shared with the coaches). Organized his scouting and evaluation staff, etc... but this team was REALLY run by the wrong people for too long. I don't feel bad for him. Under Nix, he likely learned what was exactly expected of him and he went along with the opportunity, being well aware of the parameters It seems like McDermott is finally the iceburg to break that up, along with Beane. This team has been acting differently since last summer and it has been obvious. Being more proactive, ripping the bandaid off (compare the Watkins vs Byrd situations), a nice trade-down in round 1. Eating dead cap money, etc. Whaley certainly has a decent eye for talent, especially on the DEF-side. He doesn't strike me as a guy who I would trust with the mode of my entire organization. Seems very passive and relaxed. Publicly seems very wishy-washy. I would also be a little guarded based on his feuding with 2 coaches (which could have been a result of being a middle-man). He seems like a good guy, he will get a pretty good job somewhere before too long

what is it, a 23 year playoff win drought? OK Bills, who wants to help their charity?

This x1000 Those two are extremely talented.... (ill put Rush up there as well). To carry as show like that, virtually solo 95% of the time, hours every day, all year, for many, many years.... AND get people to listen is a big deal. I graze Cowherd and Rome and generally I do agree and appreciate a lot of their viewpoints. The format of Rome's show grates on me sometimes (I REALLY dislike the whole caller/smack talk/get hyped up for a 'macho' pre-rehearsed monologue thing and I immediately tune out). Another amazing one is Scott Farrell. Can catch him at nights on 1270. That guy is amazing.

Lol @ $41K This is great. Those kids are going to have a nice opportunity to play sports/have fun.

lol, they have to think that we are nuts

Its been a very good year for us and the Bills. Between the good start with some press, then an actual recovery from the slip-up. Then you have that snow-game and all the fun that came out of that and the crazy imagery and people/players having fun in it. Then this crazy NYE victory aided by Dalton/Boyd's 4th and 12 play.... followed up by the spontaneous and grassroots gesture of giving to their charities. From the outside it has to look fun. We have been kind of hidden over the past 17-20 years due to irrelevancy. We have actually claimed relevancy out of our game-day atmosphere and hi-jinks... but with a playoff berth and positivity it reaches a new level. People dust themselves off, patch up their tables and give with their hearts. I bet Goodell must be pleased with this. Out of the continual tough press inflicted by the NFL, especially this year. I wonder how much more primetime exposure we could get in 2018?

they need the picks. if them and/or the chiefs were lower in the standings i could be enticed to trade up. not now. i would go with alex smith maybe to bridge another year (or tyrod)... and if they still see some potential in peterman, or if their scouts have identified an off the radar qb that has the mental goods... they can have on the shelf for a year or 2 to season.

i would take him as a head of pro scouting or maybe an agm role... but certainly not the gm.

will wpyaa get a retractable or open-air?

if they bills win im doing another round of donations.