dwight in philly

i agree, i think any pub for the bills is good. nationally, we are irrelevant, as we all know, but just yesterday i was talking to a guy that works out at my gym here in philly. the guy , a native from philly , could not have been more gracious regarding his comments about the bills, after he found out i was from buffalo. he went on and on about how he and his dad loved watching the bills during the early 80's with fergy and company. he loves watching games from the ralph, seeing the passionate fans, the weather etc. he made my day. this guy was glad they were changing back to the white helmets and was unhappy about them playing a game in toronto. the guy knew his stuff and i think alot of us on here suffer needlessly when we hear some shot taken at the bills or buffalo from some national blowhard. in spite of so many miscues made over the years by the mgmt(lead by wilson), knowledgeable fans appreciate the franchise's proud legacy. the team should embrace any opportunity it can to recapture its place in football relevancy, despite, what i am sure will be howls of laughter nationally, if the bills did do hard knocks.

i respectfully disagree about the need for a new stadium. in my opinion, the stadium is fine as long as upgrades are made as needed , much like lambeau. in a pure football sense i think the ralph works fine, however, if one is looking for that panacea for the area (bass pro)in the form of a stadium, i think that is a different issue. building the retractable dome on the waterfront seems impractical based on the economic realities.

ok, i feel a bit better, only exposed to the printed reports from the internet, did not see any quotes visually from him.

does the populace really want a major league baseball situation in the NFL?, boston, yankees, philly.. just a handful of the same teams year after year being relevant?. i know the answer, but just feel it is inevitable if things play out the way the lawyers for the players want it to.

anyone old enough to remember the infamous john y brown could maybe see a correlation with this guy.. lots of rhetoric, but an agenda to move the team.

has anyone seen a quote from him saying he wants to keep the team in buffalo if he does purchase them? all i see are quotes saying he loves the bills etc.. nowhere is there a direct intent to buy them and keep them in buffalo.. guy kinda scares me..

i sure hope so!, but just want to hear him utter the words "keeping the team in buffalo" .. he is based in L A.. kinda makes me nervous.. thats all.. sure hope you are right!

it is because i didnt see anything about his "wanting to keep the team in buffalo". i hope that statement turns up!

i think simply, that we have been conditioned to be "glad we have a team" mindset. buffalo is small-time, dying, etc, easy for an owner to have a ready excuse that we should be quiet and if a championship happens, well OK. with pegula, it seems like we have been rewarded for all the heartaches, etc, associated with being a suffering buffalo sports fan.

somebody tell what i should think about him.. this situation.. have no clue..

so so true. it gets old after a while. i have been around since the inception, and during the 'long haul" wilson has been frugal, seems to cry poor mouth, etc. while we all appreciate his keeping the team in buffalo, his investment turned out ok. i realize NHL hockey and the NFL distinctly are different, but ralph did OK by the region. i think the poster's point is well taken. it sure is nice to have a buffalo sport's owner go full bore , totally into WINNING!. paul snyder literally sold players away for money, and while i always admired the knoxes, they tried, were bound by financial constraints to an extent and never seemed to "go for it". the obvious point is that buffalo seems to have a bona-fide, sincere , championship chasing owner in pegula.

just more of the "same old same old" with wilson. it is tiring, has been , with few exceptions, over the past 50 years.. but we should all be glad he kept the team in buffalo, yada yada.. but , the franchise's laughingstock status is because of him and his advisers and i am quite sure all of us take it personally when the franchise gets dumped on . the perception of the team nationally sucks and it pis-es me off..like everyone else, i grasp at any positive thread of hope, but in the end, we have witnessed a team run around in clown uniforms the past decade as they bore the ever-lovin sh-t outta of us..

why do you think she is dumb? curious..

why "grey", why not just reality?. the more i read about it on here, the more i think about, it has to rank as one of the most assinine assumptions i have heard.. "crime will increase without NFL football!".. again.. one just has to look at it from a perspective of what people of rational thinking, being, will do. anyone that goes out and holds up a liquor store because there is no NFL football has problems TOTALLY UNRELATED to the NFL.

what, prey tell, is wrong with his wife??? are you kidding?? she is hot, to say the least.. oopps! just dawned on me.. duh! she is not a liberal.. ok i get it..

"it was gay pride day today at the water park"

that is the essence of the point i was trying make.

yea, i misread the post, my bad..

if your premise is correct, then we as a society are pretty pitiful and weak.

hardly!, so if the NFL does indeed miss a game and during that sunday, we should assume a percentage of crimes committed was by head cases who just cannot stand being without football. that is not what you are saying, i know, but the implication in what you are saying feeds into the presumption that there will be a ready made excuse for people unable to lawfully cope with society.

please! i am quite sure law-abiding citizens , who compliment their lives with NFL football will find other ways , (other than resort to crime), to fill the void. there is NO rationalization for the correlation you or lewis are making.. its boardline foolhardy! there is no justification for criminal activity.

why not just blame the individuals who commit the crime(s)? why does there have to be a "reason" some jackass commits a crime. ever here of personal responsibility?

i met jerry butler at a training camp one time, he was one of the nicest men i have ever met. he was genuine , just a nice guy. hated to see him leave the bills, was actually surprised he did. does anyone know if he had a falling out back then?

ralph thought the christians got a bad deal during negotiations with the lions..

this is true!