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No S#it. keep reading - people keep chiming about a new downtown stadium. Im the one saying -IT is NEVER going to happen, so it isnt worth posting about-Let's focus on getting a new lease and new improvements in place.

The Bills are NOT getting a new stadium downtown (Even if some d-bag radio host on a station no one ever heard of proposes it!)Let's stop discussing it-It is not on the table and it isnt happening The only way The Bills get a new stadium is if Pegula buys the team for a billion and decides to throw another billion at a new downtown stadium. Otherwise get used to being in OP for a very long time. The OP stadium is a damn good one.Great bowl and sightlines. The field is fine. The problem is the concourses need to be completely overhauled and they need to enclose the whole thing. Build new restrooms, lounges, bars restaurants and a Bills Hall Of Fame and giftshops. It could be awesome like KC and Green Bay...Why half ass the improvements expected to be around $200 million? Throw some more $ at it and make it REALLY nice like KC just did...You will be set for another 25 years and The Ralph becomes one of the few historic stadiums in the NFL like Lambeau (or Wrigley or Fenway in MLB)...It would give Buffalo a special NFL niche...people love historic venues.

John Fina. He was a first round bust. He lead to Kelly retiring early because Kelly just got killed from the blind side as Fina was at total turnstile when whe wasn't injured. He was a well known drunk around town in the 90's. The coup de gras was when I ran into him at a bar in Scottsdale Az and chatted him up about Buffalo. He was hammered, could barely walk, and had two ugly drunk hags on each arm, fatter than ever and he continued to tell me in a drunken slur how crappy of a city Buffalo was. I hated him from that moment forward...Creep!

B-U-S-T...Probably Nix' worst high draft pick to date...Nix first draft was not very good IMO. Spiller was not a necessary pick and everyone knew Troup was a reach. This guy is no different than John McCargo (who also had back problems) and who inexplicably stayed on the roster for years and years and never contributed anything. This guy has become insignificant-The D-Line appears to have been effectively overhauled. Bills can dump this guy if he doesnt show anything during camp/pre-season and it wont matter. He has a career grand total of 17 tackles, zero sacks.

The Wings are awesome there-Best in Buffalo IMO....I once brought my college roommate there after Buffalo Beat Miami for the right to go to SB 27 I believe...he was from Delaware..he couldnt believe his eyes..Sitting at a table were Marv Levy, Andre Reed and Jim Kelly eating wings watching the highlights from Sports Center..Just about 4 hours earlier they were in South Florida playing in the AFC Championship and here they are back in OP at The Big Tree-It was awesome. I went to Orchard Park HS, and whenever I was back there over Christmas and saw a Bills game, right afterwards we go to the Big Tree Inn -the place was packed, and back then there were always a ton of hot girls there-Jills Cheerleaders, players girlfriends-and a bunch of female alumni from Orchard Park-Who in my opinion has the hottest girls in WNY!

This is an outrage! Im dumbfounded and confused! I have no idea who Pete Prisco is. Sounds like a combination of Pringles and Crisco. Never heard of ya.

Im curious if there are any DIE HARD Buffalo Braves fans still out there, committed to The Clippers 35 years after they left Buffalo? They are about to go to the playoffs for only the 8th time in their 42 year existence-Does anybody (still living in Buffalo) care? I was only six when they left, and have no recollection of them, but I am sort of fascinated by them..Their logo, colors and just the fact that we once had an NBA team. They were well supported, drafted well, had success but ultimately were "schemed out of Buffalo"...It was not due to lack of support. Anyone really follow the team anymore? Braves/Clippers Playoff Appearances: 7 Overall Playoff Record: 20-27 NBA Championships: 0 2006 -- defeated Denver, 4-1, first round lost to Phoenix 4-3, conference semifinals 1997 -- lost to Utah, 3-0, first round 1993 -- lost to Houston, 3-2, first round 1992 -- lost to Utah, 3-2, first round (AS BUFFALO BRAVES) 1976 -- defeated Philadelphia, 2-1, first round lost to Boston, 4-2, conference semifinals 1975 -- lost to Washington, 4-3, conference semifinals 1974 -- lost to Boston, 4-2, conference semifinals

North Star is an awesome spot....They will have a bus trip. Went with the guys to Raiders game twice, and one SF game, very cool dudes. Someone mentioned some Niners fans being a holes...It is true so be aware. Our group got into a fight. You would think they would be a wine and cheese crowd, but more like a Raiders crowd....All teams have their punk fans though right?

Dan Marion says he wife beat him off..Ouch!

He is right..Bills historically cannot sell December games out, even in the 90s...This NOT good. Not even because of the weather (we know it sucks) But, there is NOTHING better than Buffalo in September and October and we have like 2 games total then. Sorry but this schedule is BS. Should have gotten more October games in... The worst part for me is BOTH West Coast games are one week apart..The same week my wife is due to deliver! If they had been spread out-I could have Maybe made one!!!No way on earth she lets me go now! Oh Well-Go Bills!

Agree...Vikings have great tradition and should not leave Minneapolis. It is a very good city and they support the team...in fact sorry Buffalo, but it is a much bigger, and nicer city than Buffalo is. If they leave-there is a chance-a good one-they get a team later which puts us in jeopardy once again...

Time Warner is a crap company. I worked for them in San Diego. They screwed Buffalo in 2009 when they wouldn't carry CBS so no Bills games that year locally. This year they won't carry MSG so no Sabres plus they won't carry NFL network. Why support them? Switch carriers! In San Diego they refuse to carry Fox sports so no Padres baseball and no NFL network here either. I hate Time Warner! There are other options.

JOHN MCGARGO! JOHN FINA DICK JAURON

Here's the thing... The guy who put forth this proposition is a NOBODY..just some f'ing hack who works at a radio station no one ever even heard of! He has a homeboy who sits on the city counsel so he was allowed to trot up there and propose some ill conceived concept...These are not smart people by the way. There is no way in HELL that the city, state or taxpayers of WNY are paying for a billion dollar stadium in downtown Buffalo. Lets just hope an agreement can be made to come up with $200 million and upgrade The Ralph like KC and Green Bay did. There is nothing wrong with the Ralph's design, or that it is in OP...just needs some serious updating. How is this even a story? How is the news giving this guy a second of airtime? Give me an F'ing break with this!

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The famous sports artist, and artist in general - Leroy Neiman painted a very cool Bills oil painting of the Bills Vs. Dallas Superbowl game: http://www.atkinsonfineart.com/ItemHome.php?ItemID=283 But an even better one is the Sabres French Connection painting from 1976: http://robertedwardauctions.com/auction/2007/1351.html#photos

Was Rome even on today? Werent the Sklar Brothers filling in? That is very nice of Rome to give those two has beens/never will be's the microphone. I guess VH1 stopped producing I love the 80's shows and by shear luck they were available!

This is a good analysis...There does appear to be som epretty QB's available in rounds 2-5 this year....Foles from U of A, Kellen Moore from Boise and Ryna Lindley from San Diego State all have real NFL Potential in later rounds. I think we will grab one in round 4 with our extra pick....

With all of the offseason activity, would have thought Sullivan would have produced an article (Probably to put down the moves we made). Is he a seasonal writer for The Buffalo News, was he fired, or is he just too lazy to write anything (even a blog)?

Meathead. Quitter. Loser. Blames kids being pus - says as the reason for quitting on Bills. Kid is scarred for life. Kid turns to drugs to escape the stupidity of his father. Kid gets busted snorting blow years later. Thanks a lot dad.

Perhaps. I hope Ralph gets to enjoy a winner like all of us deserve. I love the guy. I will be bummed when he passes-we all will be. But I have said this before and will say it again. If Ralph has a plan to keep the Bills in BFLO upon his passing, we must erect a statue in his honor in Orchard Park, name a street after him and whatever else we can do to honor him. Now-If he leaves BFLO out to dry and the team is sold and moved to another city when he passes, I think bad things happen and his image is burned in effigy for about 100 years. We are all hoping for best, and something in my gut has always told me-The Bills are staying put!

Bills aint F'ing around...This is great! Wouldnt be surprised if Kelsay gets released now for $ purposes. Merrimen too if he is still gimpy. That is a damn good D-Line right now!

Hahahahaha...I think both of these coaches are major d-bags. I wanted to like New Orleans after being a perrenial loser and after Katrina, but these two clowns made the team hard to like...Is it just me or do Payton and Williams both sort of like they are morphing into women?

New England has loaded up on receivers in free agency. We have solidified our D-Line and will be able to put pressure on Brady which is the best way to defeat the Patriots...My concern is with how we are going to cover their 2 TE's down the middle not too mention Welker, Lloyd and whoever else they have running short routes, crossing patterns and precision routes. Shouldnt we be drafting some speedy Linebackers early on? Im not crazy about our current LB's coverage skills. Thoughts?

Might consider releasing Kelsey, but perhaps he can be more effective at the end position with Williams opposite him , then again he didnt do much with Schoebel there did he? Either way restructure his deal-He's overpaid,and get some additional depth-Kelsey is pretty old-We can probably do better.