CodeMonkey

Of course the team is for sale on the open market once he passes, and the other owners need to approve any sale. The team is currently valued at just over 800 million. What idiot billionaire or group is going to pay 200 million over market value?

Perhaps. but the last time the Bills won 8 games in a season was 2004, so ...

Nothing wrong with being optimistic, and there is nothing wrong with being a homer. But the Giants are the Giants, the Pack is the Pack, and the Bills ... well, are the Bills. Play a game with those 3 teams and tell me which of the three doesn't belong in the group It is only 1 game so far, and there has been some anger and panic expressed here. But I think for most it is more acknowledgement and resignation. For most at TBD this is not the first time at the rodeo. Maybe everyone should homer up and not give in so easily. But after the last 12 years, and the vast majority of the Bills history (under .500 for it's NFL existence) you can't really blame them for not wanting to get their hopes up too high.

This should come as no surprise to anyone. Despite what you think of Rex as a person, there is no doubt he can coach ... particularly defense. In my opinion Rex > Chan + Stache. This above all else makes me dubious of the Bills ability to leapfrog the Jets for a shot at the wildcard this season. I figured the Bills would need to have more talent than the Jets on both sides of the ball to overcome the coaching deficit, and I figured it would take at least one more draft that was offense centric for that. I didn't plan on the Bills defense to look like a big steaming pile of **** Sunday though. Hopefully that at least was an anomaly that we will see corrected very soon (like this Sunday!).

Fixed. What the fans think and what the players think are not necessarily the same thing.

Assuming the second loss is to the pats* it certainly would be an uphill battle starting 0-2 in the AFCE 0-4 or even 1-3 and it would be hard to see a path that puts them in the playoffs without divine intervention for me.

I could be wrong but didn't I see him punting during preseason as well? So he would be a backup punter in addition to kickoff specialist?

At TBD that is every time the Bills get smoked.

Not disagreeing with you. Just think this caught Stache by surprise and assuming he realizes this now not sure how long before he can get exotic blitz packages into the D playbook if they aren't there already.

So it would appear our Cuomo debate above has been rendered moot.

If the money needs to come from the state, then what is Cuomos incentive for putting it into an old stadium in Buffalo that is used 10 times a year when his budget cuts are laying off teachers etc.? Even if every single person in Buffalo sent a message saying they would not vote for him if he did not pony up the cash (and they wouldn't, only a very small percentage of people care enough about the Bills to put effort into such a thing) I contend it still wouldn't amount to the votes spending the money elsewhere would buy him. I would prefer the Bills to stay in Buffalo. But I tell you sincerely, if Cuomo puts millions of dollars into that stadium while at the same time making budget cuts that adversely affects the states schools and other important things, I will not vote for him in any capacity, state or federal.

Character risk? I would think Merrimans use of the juice would have disqualified him on those grounds as well if that's what was worrying ChaNix. The real reason, in my opinion, is Gailey wanted a scatback and a power runner like Lynch didn't suit him. Pure and simple. So far it seems to have worked out OK for Seattle. For Buffalo not so much. Though with any luck this may be the year that starts turning around for Buffalo.

You really think Cuomo gives a flying !@#$ about the Bills stadium? He cares about what all top end NY politicians care about, NYC. If they carry the city they get (re)elected. Buffalo is a pimple on the ass of nowhere by comparison. If you want to try and do something constructive, target local politicians who DO need to get reelected by the people in the Buffalo area.

Yeah I was thinking about that. I worry that Stache sincerely thought that with the quality and depth that he has at DL now, that rushing 4 was always going to be sufficient and would always be able to put enough pressure on the QB to cover for the LBs and DBs. Last Sunday at least, that was shown to be a grave error. If his plan was always to rush 4 and little to no blitzing, how long would it take to insert, as you say, exotic blitz packages into the defensive game plan? I guess we will see against KC.

Fitz is what he is at this point in his career, there is no adjusting there. Gailey has not yet, in his career with the Bills, shown any adjusting at all. Your assumption that he will magically do so now is illogical. Stache showed no adjusting during preseason, which you can justify. But he also did not in that turd-fest Sunday. Will he now? Hopefully yes but we will see. I agree with you that NFL teams adjust. The question is, are the Bills coaches NFL caliber or not.

Exactly. WTF would you be doing in a bar in the afternoon in South Beach.

Call me naive but I don't think they will be trying to injure him. You can bet they sure will be looking to pop him good at every opportunity though. Hope his groin doesn't get re-injured in the process.

Chan Gailey will be 61 in January. Buddy Nix will be 73 in December. Both are making exceptionally good money compared to most others in their age group. Plan B is comfortable retirement.

I myself have 3 kids who have never seen a good Bills team, but they are Bills fans. They go to camp at SJF almost every day (they have a good Bills fan mother as well ), wear their jerseys etc. proudly on Sundays and to school, go to the kids day game every year, and watch as much as they can stand on Sundays with me. I would not have it any other way. Trust me, if the Bills do ever turn it around, and particularly if they manage to win it all, you will want to be able to celebrate it with your kid(s) !

Leads in TD passes if you include TDs for the opposing team.

I feel your pain. But I think Fitz does belong in the NFL, but as a top quality backup. "Deserve better" is interesting. I assume you mean because the fans have been loyal throughout the entire Bills history including the past "dirty dozen" years of massive suckitude. But do consumers of a crap product who continue to purchase said product deserve better? Or do they deserve exactly what they get? But like I said, i do feel your pain. Particularly for the kid Bills fans like mine who have known nothing but the Bills being a laughing stock.

By the looks of that second picture he did. Williams hand was up into the throat as well. This is tackle football not badminton. .Losers lose and make excuses--winners win.

If I were the Bills players I would avoid reading anything in the media this week. They need to put that behind them as much as possible and try to prepare for KC. However I hope Gailey and Stache read everything. They should both be embarrassed by how unprepared the team was and by their lack of adjustments during the game.

Yeah. Same offense as last year and they were ready.

Gilmore is a rookie and except for a little pre-season, all he had to go on was the Bills WRs during half speed drills in camp. He will need some time to adjust to playing opposite NFL caliber receivers. The knock against him in college was he would get himself out of position often then bail himself out with his speed. The bail out won't be quite so easy in the NFL. A little help from the D line, and Stache remembering there is such a thing called B L I T Z, would go a long way as well.