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A lot of people got fooled into buying seasons that year. Maybe they are just being more careful now. I do agree with you that this team appears considerably stronger overall. But never underestimate the drawing power of someone like TO. Brandon knew what he was doing.

Not so much isn't capable as his body of work to date does not support the offensive genius label applied to him by some here in my opinion. A lifetime ago in NFL terms, he took over the Cowboys. Who at that time were at least a decent team. He did make it to the playoffs both years, but lost in the wild card game both trips. And he fell into the playoffs the second year with a record of 8-8. His overall record with Dallas was 18-14. A fairly mediocre showing I'd say, and before the Bills his only NFL HC experience, with even that being in the late 90's. His overall record as a NFL head coach is currently 28-36. At Georgia Tech his overall record was 44-32, with his best season being 9-5 and the rest split between 7-6 and 7-5. When I look at his overall body of work, I see a study in mediocrity. Nothing in there shows me a genius of any kind. I would classify Gailey so far as a capable coach, but as far as a genius or even a top tier head coach I'm still waiting to "see the baby" I guess. And FWIW, I always thought that Gailey was the best HC the Bills could get at the time.

Bills facebook Status: So what Jay is saying is correct. Unless there is a big run on season tickets expect more individual tickets to be available. Not to mention stubhub.

Maybe a player nearing the end of his career who has a nice fat bank account but doesn't have a ring takes the .5 mil less to get the ring. But otherwise it's a business so show me the money.

The hell with dolls, throw REAL babies onto the field!!!

Absolutely, as any regime should be. Three years in a row below .500 is an epic FAIL. But with this team and their opponents this season, I think there would have to be some monumental screw ups by both coaches and key players not to make at least 8-8.

And all this before the team even steps onto a practice field. Oy vey.

Gailey stubbornly stuck with his 5 wide offense long past it being figured out by defensive coordinators around the league last season. Not at all what I would expect from an offensive "genius". But it is consistent with someone with his career resume. To me this season is as much make or break for Gailey as it is for Fitz.

Welcome to the offseason at TBD

Based on what exactly? This may be the most inept thread ever started here that I have seen. Congrats on that.

Bad comparisons. In bike riding and swimming any contact to the head or anywhere else on the body is accidental whereas in tackle football violent contact to the body and to the head is intentional, or at least unavoidable. Additionally your stats are skewed as well. Practically every kid in America rides a bike and/or swims occasionally versus the small number who play tackle football. So your 20.000 and 5,000 numbers for example work out to an extraordinarily small percentage of participants when compared to tackle football head injuries. As far as I'm concerned parents should follow their own conscience when it comes to their children playing football or any other sport. But they should understand the very real risks going in.

What I meant by "watering down the game day experience" is not what you described (arresting and heavily fining the idiots). Rather what the NFL is doing with recent "family friendly" rules limiting tailgating etc. I love tailgating all day at the Ralph, and after the game as well. By severely restricting the hours you are allowed to tailgate you are punishing everyone for the behavior of the idiots. That's what I don't like. What you suggest makes perfect sense and makes you wonder why that doesn't happen already.

Thing is, changes like that change the game to the point where it might not have the appeal it does now. Tackle football is a very violent game. If you take the violence out of it, would there be enough left to the game to have fans?

I can't imagine that has anything to do with winning or losing. No matter what King Roger says or does, in my opinion a regular season (or playoff this season hopefully) game is no place for a kid. It is an adult activity in an adult atmosphere, and there is nothing wrong with that. If the NFL tries to water down the game day experience too much they are going to have no one at the games. I think they should just leave it the way it is. Those that want to go to the games can, and those that do not can watch on TV with their kids (what I prefer). But for this paradigm to work completely it would take getting rid of the !@#$ing stupid piece of **** blackout rules.

That's probably the best "don't let this happen to you, son" story I've ever heard

I think the whole soaked with beer, punched etc stuff is very very very much the exception and not the rule. That being said however, if things go bad they tend to go very bad very quickly. For me personally I won't be taking my kids to a regular season game until they are in their late teens. Preseason games, particularly the kids day one like I said earlier are perfect for the kids and I highly recommend it. Also training camp in Rochester is absolutely fantastic for kids.

First off, congrats! Always good to have more Bills fans in the world I took my oldest to a regular season game when he was about 9 and it was not a great experience. I have taken all of my kids to the kids day preseason game every year since they were about 7 or 8 and it has been fine every year. The mega-drunks tend to avoid that game (very much appreciated) and it has always been a fun time. Plus you can get tickets dirt cheap because it is a preseason game

I was questioning ... questioning if I could have been wrong and his throwing motion was not bad after all I hope Gailey figures out a series of game plans that allows Fitz and the offense to light it up all season, we will see. And I agree with you in that the defense should be much improved this year and should not be an excuse if the offense does not perform.

There is always a first time. Plus with his incentive laden contract, his past performance (juice enhanced as it was), and the ability to carry 10 more in camp I don't see anything foolish about taking a flyer on him.

My statement may not be fair either as Gailey was new to the team going into that camp.

Yeah I get that you need a clear cut starter by opening day and have 2 starting QBs during the season is a terrible idea. I only question making that decision of the clear cut starter before the first day of training camp. Even if Gailey went into camp with a completely open mind odds were heavily against VJ anyway. If for no other reason than the offense being virtually unchanged from last season and the players being comfortable with Fitz and Fitz being comfortable with Gailey and Gaileys system. I see only disadvantages going into camp with a closed mind. But apparently ChaNix and I think differently on this matter and I certainly do not have the wisdom of either of those gentlemen when it comes to football. But I leave you with this one thought, didn't Gailey go into camp a couple of years ago with his mind set that Trent Edwards was the starter? How did that work out?

Prediction: "I'm here to help the Bills in any way I can." EDIT: “The biggest thing is I just want to go out and play football, help out in any way I can.” I was pretty close

I can see your point as was discussed earlier viz a vie Brady. I can't imagine with his arm that ChaNix would feel that way about Fitz. But they are running the show and not me.

For what it's worth, having a fair and open competition for a position does not equal controversy. It just means the coaching staff goes into camp with an open mind.