CodeMonkey

A proven head coach and QB leaving is not the same as a rookie HC and QB joining a team. So yes, I would consider the pats* history and determine that they would not be nearly as good after losing Marcia and the bellycheat.

As the OP states, she is attractive. But really, no more than that.

The 4pm deadline came and went. http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-2/Long-term-deal-deadline-for-Byrd-passes/df089684-feb6-4b72-be6b-e990e9ab40ef?campaign=fb_buf_article

Hmmmm are you sure. Do you think the pats* will make it to the playoffs this season? Is that based on past history? True enough that there were big changes to the Bills. But the same big changes happened 3 years ago as well. The past 13 years don't guarantee failure this coming season. But they are cause for concern. You could have, and probably did, have the same feeling when Gailey et. al. came to town. The faces may have changed from the Bills of Old, but the rebuilding dance still continues. it might be. You are not only asking for them to make the playoffs, which they haven't done for 13 years, but you want them to qualify high enough to get a home game, AND win that game.

It's not the verdict that anyone should be upset about, but the law in Florida. A relative of mine is an attorney in the district attorneys office (not in Florida) who looked at the law and the trial and feels the jury did the only thing they could do. I am not a lawyer myself, but I trust her judgement completely.

Hopefully fewer than last season.

+1 I'd trade Mario and his super sized salary along with Byrd for Watt.

if the past is irrelevant you would want them both the same since you would have no data to base a decision on.

I like reading these stories as well. But it makes me wonder if they can give away so much so easily, then how much money are they making as a company in general. For example, even giving BuffBill all that, you know they are still making good money off of him. So think about how much they are making off of the other millions of customers that don't call to get free stuff.

You should be OK with that too. Take your Bills hat off for just a minute and look objectively. The Bills have been completely irrelevant for the last 13 seasons (some would argue the majority of their existence). A completely new coaching staff ... again. Drafted some probable, but not proven yet, good players, but lost at least one good starter and to date one franchise tag holdout. Bills fans try to see the best, but they did when the Gailey staff came in as well. Then yet again before the start of last season with Wanny taking over the D. So Bills fans can't be taken seriously in this matter. Bottom line is the Bills should be ranked below the Jets until they prove otherwise, which hasn't happened yet because they haven't even started camp yet. At the end of preseason these lists start to carry a little weight because there is some basis in fact. Until then, these journalists are scrambling for something, anything, to write to keep food on the table. OK, now put your Bills hat back on. It's almost time for camp

A Rochester radio station organized a package for the away Phish game for years. Don't know if they still do or not, but there was never any problem for Bills fans down there. The Bills/fish rivalry is/was apparently only in Buffalo. Not a big deal in Miami.

You never know. After all, some team hired Chan Gailey as a HC a few years ago.

My family went nuts and got a bunch too and we have extras. Spillertime and Fluffhead let me know what you are doing as I had 2 each reserved for you as well. I have 9 extra (maybe more depending upon spillertime and fluffhead) for July 28 and 8 for August 5. We live in Rochester so I don't need any money. PM me your postal address and how many, first come first serve.

Superstar???

Yes, Friday July 12 at 9am. That Rochester D&C article was from today.

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130711/SPORTS03/307110027/Buffalo-Bills-training-camp-night-practice-tickets

I'm not sure that I disagree completely, but I doubt that its true. I did a very unscientific survey of myself and a few friends/coworkers, all Bills fans, no season ticket holders, most go to at least one game every couple years at the Ralph. Out of the 10 people (told you it was unscientific ) exactly zero said they have ever, or would even consider going to a game because it was blacked out. If they could not watch it live, they would watch the replay in a few days. About half said they record the game to watch later half the time anyway due to not wanting to spend a Sunday afternoon watching football. So I do not see blackouts generating significant last minute ticket sales. And most of the last minute sales would probably be from stubhub etc. and not the Bills ticket office anyway. However, an argument could be made, I suppose, that no blackout rule could cause some people on the fence about seasons to say the heck with it and watch on TV. But again, I would not expect that number to grow to be anything near significant. And a better cure for the apathetic TV viewer is to not suck as a team, not blackouts, anyway. Bottom line, the people that are going to go, are going to do so blackout or no blackout rule. And the ones who prefer to watch from their couch are going to do so, blackout or no blackout rule. The blackout rule just delays some people seeing the game for a few days, that's pretty much it.

FYI for those getting tickets for others. There is generally a limit to how many they will give you (5 or 6 I think). So I bring my kids and we go in one after the other to get more

Not even one day of training camp out from under the shadow of Sexy Rexy and he is the next HC candidate huh. Interesting topic indeed.

Thanks!

True. But Sanders would/could go straight ahead when he had to get a couple tough yards.. Spiller tends to want to bounce it outside at the first hint of resistance. It worked for him in college, but is far less effective in the NFL. He did seem to get a little better about that late last season however. Was it that Spiller would/could not get the tough inside yards, or was it that Gailey didn't want to let him try? Again, another interesting thing to see this regular season with the new staff.

Spillers 6 yards per carry last season is impressive. And based on that stat alone it would seem logical to keep him in on 3rd and short, red zone, etc. But IIRC that high YPC was mainly due to the beautiful long runs that he had. In between those long runs were a lot of no gain or small loss/gain. Gailey did not see Spiller as a 3rd and short guy, and so far in Spillers career anyway, I have to agree. Seeing Hacketts use of Spiller in those situations will indeed be interesting once the regular season starts,

If the game is blacked out it is also blacked out for DirectTV. I know that for a fact. But if you think about it, people are paying for the ticket and some of that money finds it's way into the pockets of the NFL owners. So they should not be blacked out at all.

But the thing is, the government has already thrown their weight into the situation by its concessions on the monopoly as well as government handouts in the form of tax breaks and stadium funding. Eliminate all of these things and i agree with you.

But AP will be in the HOF. He just needs to retire first.