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dpberr

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  1. I think Buffalo, and the entire sporting world would say not a thing.

     

    Stunned silence. in. awe. It would eclipse the Miracle On Ice.

     

    You see, Buffalo would enter the Superbowl as massive underdogs against an absolute juggernaut of an NFC team...

     

    ...and in righting all the wrongs of the last decade, pull out the win in the last second.

  2. I give major credit to the Bills and Ralph Wilson relative to the CBA. Almost every team but Buffalo is so over-leveraged, with debt to their eyeballs that I don't see how a lockout can be avoided. The NFL has the highest debt load of any professional sport. You've seen the NFL lower the debt cap and put forth a very aggressive debt reduction plan.

     

    The owners *need* concessions from the players to remain somewhat economically viable and to reduce all that debt. It's really not a question of negotiation.

     

    The financial approach and mechanisms of the 90s and 00s are unsustainable. A lockout might do some good in that it will protect the game itself and the investments that cities (taxpayers) have made in the teams and set a course where teams are financially healthier.

  3. The Bills could win the Super Bowl.

     

    They could win Super Bowls. In a row. All 51-3.

     

    They could go 16-0. You could have CJ Spiller running up and down the field like a gazelle in the Serengeti.

     

    You'd still have the national media not giving the team or the city any respect. To the Hollywood types, Buffalo is a caricature.

     

    Buffalo is never going to be "popular" in the high school of national sports media. It'll always be the vo-tech kid. There won't be Bills jerseys in rap videos. You won't see Bills merchandise in Allentown, just as you don't today. Haha.

     

    Part of the reason I enjoy being a Bills fan. It's not trendy. It's not cool. It's definitely not easy. You gamble that all the depression and frustration will someday payoff in a high of equal value. We can all never be accused of bandwagon jumping.

  4. If you are the GM, you've got to consider...do I go through another season of the known quantity (TE, RF) and potentially get the same result as if I played my unknown quantity (BB, LB)?

     

    If the known gets you to say 4-12, and the unknown can get you to the same place, which do you choose?

     

    For me, I choose seeing what BB and LB have got.

  5. I will panic if:

     

    1. By the last preseason game, the defense still looks as slow. That means they are not reacting to the play but instead thinking about assignments, routes, etc. That was one of the bigger problems on Friday...the defense, especially the young guys like Moats, were thinking. That makes you very slow on the field.

     

    2. If Edwards remains QB after a repeat performance of Friday night.

     

    3. If Edwards remains QB despite Brohm or Brown obviously outperforming him.

     

    4. Guys like Nelson and Bell get cut.

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