May Day 10

The problem is, when pegula took control, he decided to leave all the wilson legacy personnel in place. The decision makers largely responsible since donahoe was sent packing (who brought us our meaningful week 17 game for a decade and a half). Under this management team, we had a young coach walk the plank into nothingness. The second time this has occurred in 10 years. Then he was treated like the source of all the problems and he paradropped in against managements will. Reset when levy brought in Reset when brandon became gm Reset when nix and gailey brought in Reset when nix passed the baton to his assistant Reset when ralph ceded control of the team (as if he was controlling it) Reset when pegula bought the team Reset when marrone walked and rex brought in. Next will be the reset when either rex or whaley take the fall. This organization since 2005 has been built to run a slick operation, not necessarily a priority to win, and keep control close to ownership/president. They need someone from the outside, who knows how a winning program in 2016 is built, to come in, assess all aspects of the football side, make changes, and create synergy from the top down. Starts and ends there. I feel like pegula was going this route and someone poisoned the water for polian (gee, i wonder who had the most to lose if he were brought in). Instead, its the same thing we had with ralph, only with an involved and inexperienced pegula... and a very awful coaching hire that is headed for an iceberg. I have been having this same discussion for close to 10 years. Really, since the "levy era"

Is there somebody higher up in the Bills organization who leaks these things? It seems like there is a constant leaky pipe somewhere stirring the pot.... whether it was how there was conflict between Marrone and the 'lifers', or how EJ was poised to take over starting QB permanently in London, or talking badly about Polian.... etc. If I sat and gave it a lot of thought, I could think of a dozen things. Whaley seems like a very consistent victim/target of these 'leaks'.

Yeah, this one is tough. He has been the best on that network for years. Such a great calming voice i can project in my mind on call. Always level headed and professional. Would let the athletes be the center if attention. He didnt need a schtick or catch phrases. Just a great broadcaster and that carried him. Big friend of hockey as well

I have been dealing with these 1 year resets for years. Mr continuity always finds a reason to reset the clock. Its pegulas team... imo when he walked in, there was nothing redeeming and he blew an opportunity to change the course of the franchise. Instead, like the sabres, the decision to give the same failures more resources will only magnify the problems. The worst thing that can happen is whoever loses the upcoming power and accountibility struggle netween the ryans and whaley is sent packing and the organizations' problems are again outsourced. Just ride this out a few more years. Then maybe we get the full transition from the ralph era.

MLB has problems. National games are the same 5 teams on ESPN. Its dull. Yankees/Red Sox is so played out, I can go without ever seeing them play again. Then you have their absolutely ridiculous territory map. In Buffalo we are blacked out for like 5 teams and we have 1 team within a 3 hour drive. Minor League baseball has been poisoned and moved away from the grassroots communities. I remember the NY Penn League was great. We had Welland, St Catharines, Niagara Falls, Jamestown, Batavia, Geneva, Watertown, etc. The only one left is Batavia and they are hanging on by a thread. They all move to places like Staten Island, Brooklyn, Morgantown, etc. You go to a Bisons game and the game is treated like a mere distraction from all the promotions, themes, giveaways, etc. The players dont seem to care in the minor league level and September call-ups gut the teams right at the stretch/playoffs anyways.

just watched his video display of his swing. It "looks" good, but from a relatively trained eye it is kind of mess, especially from the waist-down. A hitting coach should be able to fix it, I think.

I like how he insinuates that we all play nfl football against fans of other teams

Im not sure how he would do in the CFL. You really cant throw an incomplete pass or its a drive-ruiner. He does have the athleticism down. I support his desire to play baseball. Apparently he was very good in high school. He will almost no-doubt get an opportunity (I guess it depends on if he will accept whatever terms and conditions are presented). He will be a boon to some minor league team. It wouldn't surprise me to see him advance to AA. He probably misses and craves the camaraderie and competition. Probably isnt a big fan of being a human battering ram of a FB or TE or going to live in Canada? *I loathed the fact that he was an awful QB and winning fluke games thanks to lockdown defense and getting all the credit... and thus forcing me to try to explain how going 3-12 for 50 yard in a 12-3 win doesnt mean he is good.

theyll just roid up hogan and he will rack up 100 catches there. Doesnt matter which white receiver they have in the slot. They know defensive signals and call into the slant pass (somehow) and "guess" correctly every time.

All the bills need are tight ends, players who dont get hurt, and runners

I say give them 2 more seasons including this one. if not 3. Let them sink or swim. If it sinks, purge them all and get someone in to build a winning program from the top down. They theoretically would have some good draft positions and also the cap situation would probably be maneuverable. I don't want any more of this outsourcing blame. I can see them jettisoning another coach or someone on the personnel/development side and heaping all the blame on him as if he was some sort of outside factor who just parachuted in from nowhere, getting in the way of winning. This franchise on the football side at least, has been broken from the top down for a generation. Its really nice knowing that winning will come, someday. I was much more desperate when it appeared the clock was ticking on the Bills in Buffalo.

https://www.amazon.com/Nances-Mustard-Hot-10-ounce/dp/B00061EPLI/ref=pd_bxgy_325_img_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=K45FAS5C7PDYM5C0YDGM I believe it is a Rochester product. I enjoy trying many mustards (and make my own)... and this is probably my favorite. There are some 'silly-hot' ones I probably like better.... but for the somewhat common man who hasnt been building tolerance to spicy foods 3 times a day for 20 years, this is my top recommendation.

Its really humming in parts of downtown. Looks like it is somewhat sustainable too. People are always down there now. Parts that were untouched and dangerous for years have good hangouts, eats, and shops. We do need to land a whale or 2 in the way of Fortune 500 companies. Until that happens, i will remain cautiously optimistic instead of bullish I would also like for them to put a brick and mortar amphitheatre by the waterfront somewhere south of Canalside. Take all the Darien Lake shows and attract more shows. Also rip out the skyway. It is literally an albatross over everyone's head down there. And Wegmans IS that good. I have lived elsewhere in the country where I knew (non WNY) people would actually plan home location on where a Wegmans was. Im not being a homer either. Sahlens is overrated. Mighty Taco went down the tubes once the one owner got out (Lloyds is 100x better than Mighty). Webers is overrated (Im a mustard guy... Nances is much much better).

Nothing he said was out of bounds, really... or even a direct shot at the Bills. You really cant fault any player for being happy landing on a perennial SB contender, especially leaving the Bills who are stuck in the rut. And even moreso being a WR and getting the opportunity to play for a HOF QB

I have the Jets, Ravens, and 49ers starting 0-6. Cardinals Seahawks, and GB starting 5-0 or 6-0 Bills and Pats at 4-3 tied for first head to head in week 8 Bills mathematically eliminated on week 14 (and Im not even pessimistic or anything, just picked the games) For some reason I have the AFC West as an absolute horse race between 3 teams until they beat each other up down the stretch. Got the Bills winning the 1st 2, then losing to ARZ and NE. Beating the Rams and 49ers for 4-2.... but then dropping @Miami, NE, @Seattle, @ Cincy at 4-6 before beating the Jags for hope, then dropping the make or break game @ Oakland. 5-7, but then beating PIT, CLE, MIA, and @ Jets to close the season and save everyone's job Bills winning their last 4 games to be 9-7, 3rd place. Ravens win 1 game. Browns and 49ers 2. Titans, Chargers, Lions 3. Jets, Rams, Bucs 4 Bengals 14-2 Chiefs 13-3 Pats 11-5 Jags 9-7 Steelers 11-5 Raiders 11-5 Green Bay 14-2 Seattle 14-2 Carolina 14-2 Dallas 11-5 Cardinals 14-2 Minnesota 13-3 Cant believe I have 5 teams 13 wins or more in the NFC Wild Card Steelers over @ Jaguars @ New England over Oakland Cardinals over @ Cowboys @ Carolina over Minnesota Divisional @ Chiefs over Steelers @ Cincinnati over New England Cardinals over @ Seattle @ Green Bay over Carolina Championships @ Cincinnati over Kansas City Arizona over @ Green Bay Super Bowl Arizona over Cincinnati for posterity, Ill attach a score: 31 - 16 http://nflplayoffpredictor.com/?L=EwRm5NU7V7IzFRS2pnOSHKg7CDRXYo8cvFZUg+Ck1LHbGlLCI4pz9+TBlSFCuGWvSrwgA

That would make sense. Ideally, you can just call them 4 different conferences. Once you get to a Conference Champion/final 4, they re-seed. The chances of abolishing the AFC/NFC brands though are nill

just throwing it out there... What if the NFL went with 4 Divisions: AFC North AFC South Buffalo Houston Cleveland Miami Pittsburgh Jacksonville Detroit Tampa Bay Cincinnati Carolina Chicago New Orleans Minnesota Atlanta Green Bay Tennessee NFC East NFC West New England Denver NY Giants Los Angeles Washington Seattle Philadelphia Kansas City Baltimore Oakland Dallas San Francisco Indianapolis San Diego NY Jets Arizona It is treated more like NCAA football. Play each Division team 1x. rotate home/away year to year. Pair up 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 for an extra Divisional game to make 8 Divisional games. It would also keep teams at the top of the Division duking it out once more each season. Then 4 from your other conference Division with typical home/away rotation, and 2/2 from each Division from the other conference with typical home/away rotation. Division winners get byes. #2 and #3 in each division play in the wildcard round.

I would like to see some sort of re-format just for the reason of shaking it up. 15 years or whatever is an eternity in the sports world for having one format like this. The format has gotten a little boring/stale. Its nice how they have a 'perfect' scheduling balance.... but usually things isnt so balanced as they may seem. And I really feel no rivalry with Miami. like zero since the Kelly/Marino days. Maybe if both teams are at the top of the division again for a number of years? I dont know. I would think that Buffalo/Cleveland, Buffalo/Pitt, would be much, much more intense. At this point, the Miami thing is just forcing it. It has been clinically dead for too many years. I would really like some sort of re-format, and for the Bills to enter with teams from the North Divisions. Wouldnt even be opposed to some sort of variation of the NFC North, although I prefer the proximity of Cleveland/Pittsburgh. I always feel like we are more aligned sports-wise with Great Lakes/Midwest more than Eastern seaboard or Florida.

Rivalries nowadays are purely a product of competition. Ravens steelers on the way out... Cincinnati pittsburgh suddenly heated again. I have no feeling really about the dolphins. The jets i hate because i dislike nyc sports teams. New England i hate because they are 1st every year for 20 years. When they had red uniforms and steve grogan i actually liked them.

He wont. He has come this far. He will try the Supreme Court.

if he (and the Patriots) would have made a half-hearted fess-up and taken a light punishment from the getgo.... this would be forgotten ancient history.

I really cant fault anyone, especially on the outside for thinking this... You look at the Ryan brothers... and you are conditioned into expecting things to not work out for the Bills.... it is easy to imagine the crashing and burning to be spectacular over the next 2 seasons.

Stevies the man

The science behind that ranking is flawed and will favor the large markets and bandwagon/good teams. If it were me.... IMO the biggest measure is how many people show up when the team stinks. Take a 10 year swath and go with percentage of capacity / wins. I do think ticket price should also be taken into account, but probably indexed with the market size and per capita. I also think a subjective approach is necessary. Do we want 63K people who make gameday a 12 hour event, are into every play of the game, sprint to and from the bathrooms, etc.... or is it a better fan who spends 10x more to see his division leading team,, but gets to the game late, and spends most of the time socializing in a lounge and leaves early. How well traveled is a fan base? etc. Also, IMO twitter and facebook fans and mentions is silly. It IMO is more of a bandwagon measure and also market size (and also rewards contraversy and negative press as in New England's case).

And 1 step further... should be done in a war room to remove officials bias to uphold their call