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I think you mean the Orchard Park Bills.

Well lets see. They did not draft a QB in a QB rich draft. Instead signing very non-rookie Fitz to the big starting QB deal ... only to cut him the next off season. Thus leaving themselves in need of a QB in a QB poor draft. No playoffs, and abysmal season records for 13 straight years. No easy feat in this era of balance in the NFL. After 13 years of sucking, needing to bring in a brand new coaching staff (due to existing coaches sucking REAL bad and picked by the same still surviving GM) thus invoking yet another rebuild cycle. Nothing snake-bit there.

That is maybe the worst attempt at a negative post I have ever seen

The Bills should get something for sucking 13 straight years followed by a complete coaching change. That's not easy to do!

Nothing against you in particular because I see this all the time and I believe it is almost never true. It would be true only if the roster immediately after the cuts/losses is better than it was before. Which is rarely the case and clearly not this time. Yes, those players for the most part were pedestrian. But they were the Bills best players for the most part. As of now they leave holes that have not been filled, much less filled by someone better. I'm not saying that by the start of camp they won't be filled with better players, but as of now the Bills have not managed to do so. So, it clearly is not addition by subtraction.

There is much more to hosting a SB than a new stadium, dome or no dome. There are requirements for example for numbers of hotel rooms that I can't imagine Buffalo would come anywhere near. Plus is the NFL going to put it's showcase event in Buffalo NY? Stadium or no stadium, a SB in Buffalo does not seem even remotely possible to me.

Looks to me like another rebuild cycle, which I guess is to be expected with another full coaching change. I expect the Bills to go shopping for bargains in the FA market and pick up some depth if they are lucky, and camp fodder if they are not. Then try and have a good draft. You know, same **** different season.

Like in real estate it's all location location location. A Focus in some **** hole dirt poor town in the Philippines or somewhere is a Lexus. In Buffalo, SJ is a Lexus.

That's what I'm thinking. Someone in the NE organization saw enough in him to think he could amount to something with Marcia throwing to him. I wish him luck (except for two games a year ). Going from the Bills to almost anywhere else has got to be an upgrade for a WR.

Maybe you really do, but I see this type of statement a lot. But what I remember here is very few people expressing doubts about Gailey and Stache right after they were hired. It was pretty much all "I have much more confidence in Gailey than I did with Jauron" etc. .

NFL.com lists interested teams as the Jests.

When I saw the title I thought this was going to be about how the Bills are the farm team of the NFL. Oh how TBD has jaded me

Just run baby?

I agree completely. I was very much hoping that somehow Fitz would sign as a backup with the pay cut. Now we will probably wind up with a rookie QB and TJax as the backup.

A sound philosophy I think. But people are getting pretty impatient after 13 years of sucking. Yet another new regime rebuild cycle is a hard sell to some Bills fans.

A new coaching staff that people are largely sold on, even with little evidence. A new, probably rookie, QB that they can sell. Russ Brandon is a marketing guy, he will come up with some gimmick. And last but certainly not least, Bill fans want DESPERATELY to Billieve. There is a hard core group of season ticket holders, many of them post here, who would buy seasons if the Bills went 0-16 for 5 straight years, so long as they were in Buffalo. Plus lots of others who look for any shred of hope to use as a reason to buy tickets and/or go for the tailgating. There are bound to be blacked out games, but I doubt you will see games like Jax where it looks like a closed practice in their stands.

Well said. But I disagree with the "hate on Losman" part. I never understood that mentality either. He didn't draft himself in the first round, and it is entirely possible that the Bills ruined his career. Hate on the people responsible for drafting him in the first then ruining him (if indeed they did).

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And I'm supposed to get excited over a bunch of [slightly] inferior FA signings because the Bills have such a solid roster all they need is depth??

Well, look at the current state of the franchise. That's a easy conclusion to come to. Reasons that come to mind to sign with the Bills ... Money No one else will give you a job You figure you can start on this team and hope to look so good during the season you get the big contract either from the Bills or somewhere else The franchise is a mess. Maybe Marrone can turn that around in a few years. But right now it is a mess. EDIT: Fourth reason ... You believe that Marrone is going to turn the franchise around in a very short period of time.

Currently (1960-2012) 370 wins and 426 losses (I'm ignoring the 8 ties) for a .465 winning percentage I believe.

What they don't (or choose not to) understand is that it is a business to both the team and the players.

If they stick to Nix's philosophy of building through the draft and when you are close to contending supplement with FA's then if all goes well it should start in 3 years or so (maybe 2 if the stars align and God smiles down on the Bills).

If I stumble upon Selena Gomez in my bed I won't remember FA either ... unfortunately both are about as likely to happen. But there is no need for a QB to do that, no one will remember the 1st day of FA by the 1st day of the draft.

According to ESPN: To be honest, if Pettine wants him then I have no issues with the signing. I have at least some confidence that Pettine knows what he is doing.