May Day 10

Oh yeah... The defense

They trying to get brady hurt?

I did plenty of bashing and paranoia. It was completely off base and wrong. The man is on our rushmore. Statue needs to be erected asap

Yup. Ownership results and practice aside.... I was completely wrong about the guy. We should really take out an add in the buffalo news this week to tell the Wilsons what we really think of them

how do you "groom" a QB? why isnt it necessary with any of these other guys who seem to show better flashes than EJ, and who on the Bills staff or roster is anywhere near qualified to "groom" an NFL QB? I can see it if you are following a legend, or are coming into a tried and true well established offensive system. This system was built around Manuel's "strengths" and weaknesses. Theoretically, all the film, homework, reps, etc can be accomplished while also playing and actually be invaluable. Watching from the sideline does nothing with the amount of film out there, and reps are limited and the starter get the lion's share. IMO EJ is all but done as a starter. This signals it. He isnt going to somehow un-do all the deficiencies he has had since college. Pegula is going to come in and whether its Brandon/Whaley or new guys... its going to be find me a QB at all costs. I cant picture them dwelling on EJ.

Kolb could never even groom himself into anything

I just hope someone points Pegula in the direction of someone who is like 30 of the 32 teams and can actually identify a QB.

doesn't make this mess any less excusable and SOP for the Buffalo Bills post 2000 IMO.

I have seen New England "on the ropes" before and this feels different. They may get it together enough in a bad division to win 9 or 10 and the Division... but no more than that. They just dont have the horses. BB's game of attrition and terrible drafting has caught up with them. Brady no longer has a great defense and ST including a HOF kicker and (cameras). No more Randy Moss and/or Welker. Veterans dont want to sign there anymore because there is enough pressure to be an NFL player without BB's authoritarian policies.

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/11621703/tom-brady-rips-new-england-patriots-offense doesnt surprise me I guess the cameras showed him after Garapollo's (sp) TD and he was the only Pats player not to congratulate him...

how nice of them.

Genzler's show is very refreshing. He covers topics other than the fallbacks of Sabres' draft and Bills QB situation (although Im sure today may be different). Also so sick of the format of 1 host take side A, other side B, take callers and debate with everybody. You actually hear about UB, Canisius, Niagara, Bandits, Bisons, etc. I didnt think I cared that much about all that, but listening to it, I really do. My only complaint is sometimes he gets a little disc-jockey-ey/pukey in his delivery, but its not too often.

as usual, the Bills look (and are) completely rudderless

if you close your eyes and pretend Alonso was the 1st, it doesnt hurt anymore

Its the admission of that and moving on. Pretending this guy is going to change and magically improve in every facet of the game is delusional and will dig a deeper hole.

How funny is it that this team is an exact replica, but in reverse, of the 2012 Denver Broncos.

just speculation. Look, I want a house cleaning too depending on the results here.... but only a fool would make a line like that to make such sweeping changes. There are many different versions of 8-8.

this day and age its pretty obvious with the starter vs backup snaps in practice

I agree with that. IMO Cowher, Gruden, and Dungy would be colossal mistakes in any important role. First you would need to provide a HUGE amount of $ and power to get them out of the booth. Then, are they going to be willing to put in the life-encompassing amount of work necessary to get the job done? Will they be as hungry as someone trying to build their legacy? Has the league passed those men too much at ground level? Would like someone like Mahlzan, Shaw (Stanford), Dantonio... dabo swinney would interest me based on the Clemson connection, but I am unsure how he translates to the NFL

what exactly are we preserving here? That game yesterday. We have seen that same game played 100s of times in the past 15 years. It doesn't change. Its so old. Making large organizational moves does not have to mean 10 years of rebuilding. Things happen rather quickly in the NFL if you get the right people in place. It really isnt rocket science. This organization appears to be continuing to go nowhere. This team needs to turn it around fast or the end of December will be scorched earth at OBD. Pegula didnt pay $1.4 Billion to enable clowns to keep finishing in last place in a mathematically improbable period of time. Im still hoping they turn in around though. However, this Texans game was very discouraging. It was right there for a good or even average team to take and they couldnt do it.

Basically he spoke to NHL industry "experts" and they all vouched for Ruff and Regier. Face it, they did have a history of pretty good results over tumultuous ownership issues. The water was muddy. Pair that with the team absolutely catching on fire the Spring he bought the team and the status quo looked acceptable. I would think he is speaking to people in and out of the NFL and getting a pretty good body of advice on how to proceed.

Last night is and should have been a big deal... but the whole farewell tour thing got old for me last year and the All Star Game left me wanting to swear off baseball. Its a bit hypocritical as I really think these circuses are a distraction for the team. All the fluff is elevating Jeter into a class of All Time Greats he shouldn't be a part of as well.

they were clued in by the 27 crumpled up wendy's wrappers on the car floor.

Right now, his last week/home game is fine and deserving of the hype and pomp and circumstance. Especially now that the Yankees are eliminated. These farewell tours reek of Steiner and the athlete making big bucks on the merch at the expense of the on field results. The multiple ceremonies/gifts in all the ballparks is unnecessary, and the shameless over the top pomp and circumstance at the all-star game while completely ignoring recently passed Tony Gwynn didnt sit well with me. Then you have the Yankees in a race for their lives with multiple ceremonies like the one earlier in the month with Michael Jordan and all that hoopla. Cheesy gatorade commercials and that Re2pect thing... gag. For months you would think Peyton Manning, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan, Superman, and Mother Theresa all rolled into one died or something. So all of it and the complete inflation of Jeter as both a player and a person over months has worn on many people who aren't a Yankees fans, and I actually know a few Yankees fans who have been pressed into a bit of cynicism over 2 years of this whole thing. Here is a good column that sheds light on the other side of this. http://nypost.com/20...mes-out-on-top/