Malazan

It's about time. I'm happy for him.

was hoping for Chester Rineengarter IV to come back and coach myself

ANOTHER failure by the Bills to identify talent.

It is broke. The players (NFLPA) don't want 4 preseason games and NFL wants more revenue.

It's sold out. This is the secondary market.

Where is the he is terrible option?

It had nothing to with the team. The county/state wouldn't give them as much money. That is a wise decision as money spent on luring movies to areas rarely bring in an economic benefit. There are a handful of times where the movie brought more money to the area than what was spent in tax payer dollars.

Pettine was so upset over it, he was going to pull out of the Browns job after the 2nd interview because it was 'unfair' to the Bills... "The Browns hired Pettine after he (nicely) gave them an ultimatum. He didn’t want to keep the Bills hanging on any longer, certainly not beyond the Super Bowl. He told the Browns after his second interview ended without an offer that he’d have to pull out if he didn’t get the offer out of deference to Buffalo head coach Doug Marrone(whom the Browns badly wanted to hire as head coach last year). At the point of Pettine’s demand for an answer, the best candidate was another defensive coach, Seattle coordinator Dan Quinn. That made it easier to justify Pettine, who didn't interview anywhere else." http://www.cleveland.com/budshaw/index.ssf/2014/01/cleveland_browns_---.html

It's a bad idea to not let a guy go who wants to go especially if it is for promotion. Good luck getting other talented coaches if they believe you won't let them leave.

I know nothing about this guy, but I will overly positive/negative about him based on what feels I am feeling when I wake up tomorrow.

It's definitely interesting and I think the tag should be adjusted to groups. On offense, it should be Qbs/Catchers/Runners/Line. If more than 50% of your touches come through the air, you're a catcher. We're going to keep seeing these lawsuits as players and teams jockey for 'this guy is actually a..." situations.

Get this rational observation out of here. We're crusading here.

I continually question why there is such concern over the Pro Bowl. It is not based on who was 'best' at their position.

Yeah, because denying a coach a promotion is a great way to get anyone worthwhile to come and coach here.

I'd fine Wade very intriguing if he would come back

Haha, your imitation of the deluded posters on here is spot on. High five!

I haven't been a fan of paying Byrd top dollar, but I'd agree if he walks and the money isn't spent somewhere then that would be...unimpressive. Being a 'Pro Bowler' means absolutely nothing. Why do people keep using as some sort of judge for talent?

/thread indeed

The best free agent signing are the 'dust settles' guys. I'm sure Miami is really happy with their 'big splashes' especially the linebackers that performed worse than the guys they replaced.

Well, here's a good reason for me to not watch the halftime show!

What makes you think the Packers fanbase is a shining beacon of 'class'.

I love what Pettine has done with the defense. I have questions about his ability to hire a good staff though. Marrone has at least shown he would go to someone he didn't know and get a guy who can coach. *IF* the reports are accurate and considering the source they should be disbelieved automatically that he was gung ho for the Browns job then I would question him even more. If he's willing to take a head coach job that is long after most assistants are set and where he was obviously not the 1st or 2nd choices and they only got to him after a couple weeks then I think his desire outweighs practicality.

"WE" don't have any work to do. 'WE" don't make the decisions. I'm sorry if you are limited in that you can 'only' discuss one thing at a time. Also, isn't the statement "Do you think the Patriots care at all about what their former players are doing?" foolish considering that BB seemed awfully concerned about former patriot Welker. Also, much like the Bills, the patriots and their fans are two different things. Would you like me to link to a bunch of posts from the pats forums about former players? There's quite a few.

I love this idea that because the Bills didn't do well that talking about other players/teams is off the table. The Bills success don't somehow grant or deny privilege to discuss a player. You folks that are harped on this we must bash all Bills decisions all the time time need to to find a new schtick. Some of us can criticize the failures of the Bills organization and taker delight in a loud mouth getting owned.

Don't let facts get in the way of a good crusade against the Bills. The Bills suck so everything you say about their decisions is automatically true.