Homey D. Clown

Fitting... too bad "Cant' cover Tight ends" doesn't fit though.

THANK...YOU!! (Pause for drama effect) Thats exactly what was intended when I posted this here, to vent and share a rant. It's funny how many people feel the need to take shots at me for writing this, but I expected it, and it's been entertaining. Some people can see the underlying point when history shows how the team has been run as a profit business, this is what we get. Yes, I was born into loving this team, yes, it's possible to wish them well but still dislike the owner, yes, it brings me a sense of pride when they win, and I'll always pull for them, but just because the team never left Buffalo will I credit Ralph for thet, I credit US the taxpayers, and a few politicians who caved to his demands over the years, some reasonable demands, others just stingy, this man will leave the earth unusually wealthy, and could have easily funded stadium upgrades over the years, but chose to squeeze the state and county. At some point you have to look forward to the next guy, and I am ready for that. I don't hate ralph wilson, in fact just the opposite, but that doesn't change the fact he is a miser.

If that's directed at me, are you saying that if what I have to say is negative, then I should quit watching them? If what I have to say goes against your views then I am to not come here to discuss the team I grew up with? Last time I checked this was, in fact a free speech society. Have a valid counter point my friend, or just go away. I have every right to love the team, watch them, and hope for the best, but be utterly disgusted with the cantankerous and stingy owner, then voice my opinion on how I view the current state of said team. How about coming up with proof that Ralph isn't a cheap NFL Owner(not a cheap charity giver PTR), and an excellent franchise manager, then rebut my statements, rather than take a few lame cheap shots that, in fact, make your post the very thing you accused mine to be.

Mostly wing sauce actually

Sorry... the scope of my rant was focused on his management of the team, If you want to start a "Ralph's Charitable Contributions to WNY" thread feel free. Don't worry, I didn't let meaningless facts that had no impact what has been fielded over the last 50+ years get in my way, thanks for checking though.

(Rant incited by his bastardly 401k and pension stunt) He just never fails to prove everyone right about how miserably cheap he is, and how counterproductive his actions are. I don't even say he has lost touch with the game anymore because that would insinuate that he ever had a clue in the first place. Our beloved Bills franchise is peppered with countless acts of stupidity that can be directly blamed on Ralph. Don't kid yourselves that he is anything more than a greedy owner. His actions to help pioneer the AFL in the early days were his best contributions to the game, and they are well deserved, but they are also acts of a man protecting his investment at the time, and while I will always applaud him for those efforts, I am now ready for him to own up to his mess, stop trying to convince the world that NFL football is not economically viable in Buffalo, and allow a new owner with a passion for our city, and winning come in and get this dismal franchise back on track. Look back at all the decisions he has made throughout the team's 50+ year history and try to not make any excuses for him while analyzing his decisions, and just see if it doesn't look like he was intentionally trying to fail. It's a business, I get it, you're in it to make money, yippee for you... and you(Ralph) have done that year in and year out without fail, but in the grand scheme of things, your decisions have produced only 17 out of a possible 51 playoff teams, and really 10 of those are due to Bill Polian, it becomes crystal clear that the bottom line and margin of profit are the only real concerns. Margin of profits have given us the fans this blasphemous abomination I call the Toronto series. I guess 50k plus season ticket sales, record setting merchandise sales for sub par talent and lousy jersey designs weren't enough for us to take as fans, He had to give away one home game, just to cram his point down the world's throats that Buffalo needs that to survive. Sorry folks, WNY may not be Dallas or Miami(Thank Jesus in Heaven for that), this team has plenty of fan support, and a very large area in which to rely on to remain viable for decades to come, don't let ralphie pooh trick you that it's not. I love this team and pray that we as fans get rewarded with a new owner in the mold of Terry Pegula, the city of Buffalo deserves it more than any other in the country, 50+ years of threats of moving and miserable decisions is about enough. My rant, feel free to comment, bash, agree or post whatever you like, whether deserved or not, Ralph had this coming... OHHH yes, and to punch just one more black eye to the faces of thousands of Bills fans everywhere, change the uniforms to something OTHER THAN the massively popular throwbacks that look timelessly classy to the butt-ugly, loserly 70's post Simpson era fodder. Thanks again.... seriously.... is this team a secret reality show?

2. I was at that game, it WAS a forward pass, and should be called "The Music City Mistake" Where are we now, up to 14? OK 14. If you think every single washed up POS QB, or Major QB bust could be the next coming of Joe Montana under Chan Gailey, you might be a Bills fan.

Sabres in the cup, no brainer. I am from Buffalo, and bleed anything that comes from my hometown. I am a Bills and Sabres fan equally, leaning more towards the Bills being my 1st true sports passion, but with a new owner like Terry Pegula compared to cheapass Ralph, it's geting harder and harder to rank the Bills 1st.

I am still confused here. Since Frank Reich played most of this game, are you then suggesting that if Frank Reich had started the game from the first snap, we would have won the game? If that's the case then I'll rebut your statement based upon this assumption. No. Go back and watch the first quarter, Jim and Andre were rolling, most people forget that early on, the Bills looked sharp, even I did, so I'm not holding that against you. Each year they play all the superbowls on NFL network, and for whatever reason, I watched that game, just to see Don Beebe, and found that the Bills started the game quite well. Once Jim got sacked and lost the ball, that seemed to destroy the team emotionally, and they never took the field looking the same after that. I suggest you watch this and then come back and post how you feel about Jim Kelly playing in that game.

I think what people fail to realize here is that the team lost 2 starting wide receivers, offensive linemen, and even a few backup receivers as the season wore on. If I am to analyze the play of Fitzpatrick, I think it would only be fair to say his game dropped off near the end of the season only if the entire offense didn't drop off the field. Call it an excuse, or try to factor it out of your logic, but facts are facts, and the players that ran up some points against solid defenses earlier in the season were no longer on the field, plain and simple. I would just like to see the offensive line alone stay in tact for once, it seems like this unit gets decimated every single year since Mularkey left, and I don't see how any QB can win with the amount of injuries this team incurs every year.

I don't watch too many other sports either, so probably do a little more camping, and watch more hockey once it starts.

Thank goodness for all those crappy picks, this summary made my brain hurt a little... I guess the myth busters were right after all... you can polish a turd.

another unqualified ESPN analyst spouts off his globally meaningless opinion, so what. He sucked as an athlete, he sucks as an analyst, and is probably a douche bag to boot. On the flip side, this team has been poor at best on the field, fix that problem(New Owner dedicated to winning, not whining it's hard to make money in WNY) and the useless douche announcers have to look elsewhere.

I'd like to see the guy play a whole game just once. Sad news about his son, and I'm not sure it was meant to provide an excuse for him, which I don't see it as that anyway. I am a firm believer in the ideology that the more you play, the more consistent you get. Last season the team was trying desperately to avoid an 0-16 season, and maybin got lost in the mix. Excuse? no, just the reality that he's not effective right now, and the coaching staff played the more effective players to salvage a season. All I want to see moving forward is to play the guy. Let him play a whole game, or more. he's collecting a ton of money, make the guy sweat a little to earn it.

While this topic is one of the biggest sources of anxiety for Bills fans everywhere, it is all just speculation and guessing until that fateful day comes and we find out what will become of our team. Yes, our team, Ralph may be the physical owner of this franchise, but we are it's soul, and we are the ones that keep it alive in Western NY. Our tax dollars into the stadium, our time, money, and emotional investment as fans, those things that won't be measured by the bean counters when they value the team. Only time will tell what fate this team has, but it is interesting to know if there is a way we can find out if he did in fact sell 30% ownership. I honestly don't think he did.

I'd like to think MY username states who I think has cursed the city of Buffalo.... a Once prominent city on the cusp of technology, and the 8th largest city in the country at the turn of the century. Then in 1901 the president was assassinated, and a steady unstoppable decline has ensued ever since, like a fat kid running down a hill.

His(Jerry Butler's) was my first official autograph I ever received, he was at a signing at Bells SuperMarket. My mother had gotten OJ Simpson's autograph in the Buffalo Airport Terminal when I was very little, and I do remember it, but that wasn't MY first one...

that had to be the worst ESPN article i have ever read. Top 10, and you only get to vote on 10, leaving 22 other helmets without a vote? they obviously don't have a frickin clue on how to generate unbiased statistics. Dumb, even for ESPN.

Nobody in the league was stupid enough to do that.

In all seriousness, this nonsense that a franchise is not viable in WNY stems from the current owner. He has been crying poverty for so long, even his own financial advisers must believe it. Ralph has made a TON of money, and has the county's FULL support. Anyone with just a tad of common sense can see the Metro Erie county population is very large. I know, this term "Metro" is out of place in New York state, but everywhere else it is a very common term. For example, the Tennessee Titans are in Nashville, which is in Davidson county. Nashville's population is basically calculated on the majority of Davidson county. If Buffalo were to be nationally ranked in the same way, you would see a huge jump in where the city stands in the league. In my personal opinion, this is about one man's greed that has spread far enough that the team's "viability" has come into question, when really the old fart simply has lost touch with his fan base, and how strong this area really is. If Russ Brandon was really anything more than a man collecting a paycheck, you'd see more luxury suites filled with Canadian executives, some naming rights and some advertising sold to corporations up north. Since he is not, you get the laughing-stock abomination that is the Bills-Toronto series. Sure, let's handicap the team even more than it needs to be by having them play 9 away games a year. Brilliant! What is this, Major League and the Cleveland Indians? What's next Russ, have the team travel to away games in Metro buses?

True, probably more likely to become the LA Earthquakes, or the LA Agents.... or something stupid like that.

13. You sign up to TBD forums, get a username and a profile, then start a thread that the Bills need(insert any FA washed up QB loser) because you think Chan Gailey can polish a QB turd into a super bowl winning QB.

to me it would be the same as if I lost my girlfriend to a bigger, better looking guy, and he says to me: "Hey I just live around the block from you, so you can come over and visit her any time you want. sound good?" Nope, it sounds terrible. That is all.

nope... just a sarcastic stab at the last 10 years hehehe.... It's like: "Remember that one time in the 2000's when people thought we were good?"

bravo... now that I look at the games played, it almost makes sense, like when those guys in the movie "The Matrix" were looking at the digital version of the matrix on their monitors and said, I see a blonde, brunette, redhead...