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Quarterback has always been a position where you are compared to others who play or played the position. After listening to Rich Gannon defend Tim Tebow recently it made me remember him for the player he was. Gannon was a smart QB with good instincts and was also a capable runner. Gannon's career got off to a slow start and he really didn't come into his own until 1999 when at the age of 33/34 he met up with a so called offensive "genius" in Jon Gruden. From that point forward Gannon's career took a dramatic turn for the better seeing him named to 4 Pro Bowls, 2 NFL All-Pro's and even being named a Co-MVP. Gannon came one "Tuck Rule" away from possibly his first Super Bowl win in 2001 and teamed with veterans Jerry Rice & Tim Brown to make it to Super Bowl 37 where he pulled his best Jim Kelly tossing 2 tds & 5 int's, the final 2 int's were back breaking picks returned for 6. Now I am not saying Fitzpatrick's career will follow Gannon's path, but the similarities and circumstances are very similar with a Gailey as his mentor. The Bills have enough weapons for Fitz to spread opposing defenses, and if a tight end rises to the challenge will be even more efficient in short yardage and red zone offense. Here is a look at Gannon's first 7 seaons: 56 games, 39 starts. 635 completions 1128 attempts 56.3% completion percentage 43 tds and 43 ints. 165 rushes 808 yards 4 tds. Fitpatrick 43 games, 36 starts. 679 completions 1175 attempts 57.8% completion percentage 44 tds and 42 ints. 148 rushes 778 yards 5 tds. Hopefully Fitz turns the corner in 2011 and takes the next step forward.

The reason why WGR is popular is that negativity sells, see Tea Party. WGR: "Ralph is cheap, Ralph should sell the team." Tea Party: "unions & govt are the problem(see Wisconsin & FAA), America has seen it's best days, If we raise taxes on the top 1% and biggest corporations we will kill the economy." I am more concerned with finding solutions than pointing fingers.

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/aFauB8KNc_k8rGiuOHLTig?feat=directlink Always liked Lucas Oil Stadium and was wondering what it would look like in downtown Niagara Falls. Slapped together using http://www.splashup.com/ a great photoshop alternative online.

No disrespect to Brady, but if you look further at his playoff number you quickly see he's not Montana. The course of history has taken some of the luster out of the unbeatable Brady mystique. Look at Brady first 10 playoff games, the guy went 10-0 and won 3 Super Bowls. He threw 14 tds and tossed only 3 ints. Brady threw for 215.2 ypg average and completed 61.9% of his passes. He played on the road twice in Pittsburgh. And won 3 Super Bowls by a margin of 3 in each respective game. The Pats put up 24.6 ppg & 15.8 pag. Brady threw 3 tds in his first 5 playoff games to 2 picks. He had 70.4, 73.3, 76.1 QB ratings in 3 of those games. Without the infamouse tuck Brady's legacy wouldn't be 1/2 of what it is. No one play in the history of football has more defined a player than the infamous tuck. More important let's look at Tom Terrific's last 9 playoff games. 4-5 and lost 1 Super Bowl, possibily the biggest choke in Super Bowl history. Brady went 1-2 on the road during this time. He tossed 16 tds 13 ints and a 62.4% completion percentage. Brady has thrown for 250.6 per game in those 9 games. 3 games with 3 picks each(9 turnovers) and he still went 2-1 thanks to San Diego choking twice! Brady has been pick free in only 3 games. Passer ratings of 49.1, 57.6, 66.4, 74.0, and 79.5 ain't gonna win many games! Especially without the once all-world defense and dominant running game. Manning went 4-6 in his first 10 games, threw for 273 per game, 16 tds and 11 picks completing 62.1% of his passes. Manning has gone 5-4 in his last 9 games, throwing for 295.4 per game, 13 tds and 8 picks completing 64.1% of his tosses. A look at QB Ratings further illustrates why folks are biased towards Brady and tend to choose him by default because of his playoff success. Brady is 6-0 in games with a QB rating over 100, 1-0 in the 90s, 2-2 in the 80s, 3-2 in the 70s, 1-0 in the 60s, 1-0 in the 50s, and 0-1 in the 40s. Manning is 4-1 in games with a QB rating over 100, 0-3 in the 90s, 2-2 in the 80s, 1-1 in the 70s, 0-2 in the 60s, 1-2 in the 30s. This is a classic example of Manning superiority. How does a guy go 4-4 in 8 playoff games above 90? Manning is 4-10 in games with a QB rating below 90. Brady is 7-0 with a QB rating above 90. Brady is 7-5 in games below a 90. Brady's supporting cast, coach, kicker, etc, etc is vastly superior to what Manning had. Here's a great article on how "great" Manning made Marvin Harrison. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/?p=938. To me there is no comparison Manning hands down.

An interesting idea to help solve Bills financial woes would be this: have Russ Brandon create a program were we pool the national Bills fanbase into a non-profit funding union to purchase a luxury box. We get to help the Bills sell out tickets that otherwise would not have. Best part would be this box money would be fully retained and not have to be shared with the visiting team. It costs so much money and time for me to fly up from South Carolina - this would be a way for us to contribute to the Bills staying in Buffalo. This would be similar to the Bills Bonds plan only Ralph wouldn't owe back any money. In essence there are probably 40,000 to 80,000 displaced hardcore Bills fans throughout the U.S.. Clemson Alumni have a program called IPTAY (I Pay Ten A Year). IPTAY taps all Clemson Alumni boosters to help fund their athletics program. Perhaps the Bills could formulate a similar program and have graduated tiers: $10 Bronze, $50 Silver, $100 Gold, $1,000+ Platinum. If you had 20,000 fans donating $50 you're looking at $1,000,000 a year to the bottomline. Now get the stadium naming deal and you're looking at another $1,000,000 a year. If the Bills are "breaking" even with the current CBA, or profiting $20,000,000 another $2,000,000 wouldn't hurt.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/41218/when-games-resume-suspend-blackouts-a-while Have heard a few reasons why they'd do this. The most obvious is payback to the fans. I don't know the exact amount, but I believe this would cover most Bills blackouts the past decade.

Scrappy, your Uncle Scooby agrees with you on the premise that we aren't spending money wisely. When you operate on the cheap you tend to lose. Think of it like this, after a decade long of mismanagement you get where we are today. For every reason we can be optomistic on our Bills, there is another reason on why we should be pessimistic. I will believe it when I see it, as Buddy said "don't tell me about the labor pains, just show me the baby."

Dude don't knock lumberjacking it's better than the World's Strongest Man. I cry everytime I see his replacement McKelvin return a kickoff, and play pass defense. In my opinion losing Clements has done more bad than good. So what if we would have paid him $80 million he's worth it, compared to McKelvin, Maybin and so many more. Dockery, Walker, are all guys who we paid 1/3 to 1/2 as much and we got crap in return. You retain your best players, my opinion won't be swayed. Sometimes I think you good ole boys: No Saint, Zulu, PTR are all embedded at the real One Bills Drive. You are the Fox News for the Bush Administration, they (Bills Front Office) can do no wrong. I think No Saint is Chris Brown, Zulu is Russ Brandon, and PTR is Jeffrey Littman. As for John Warrow you are Ralph. Watch out TBD we've entered the "No Spin Zone".

Assume Fitzpatrick plays insane and guides us to a title. Would we tell him we can't pay him a huge signing bonus because we won't prorate it out over the course of the deal? Maybe we don't have to concern ourselves with retaining elite talent, because hopefully we don't have any. Let's hope we don't for cash to cap's sake. 89, Either you got on the band wagon at the right time, or you don't remember the glory days. I completely agree sometimes you need to roll the dice. Go big or go home!

Given that the Bills are one of three teams who haven't made it to the playoffs in this century (0-11) one has to wonder why the Bills insist on the idiocy of cash to cap payroll philosophy. This has been in play since the last CBA signed in 2006, and since this point the Bills have seen Nate Clements, and Jason Peters leave town for bigger pay days. Additionally Buffalo's insistence on not prorating bonuses has meant we haven't been able to land big free agent targets. So in short, the Bills lose their premier talent and don't bring in premier talent. This said, given our 0 for the century track record I don't blame any premier free agents wanting to stay here or come here. I'm not surprised we're the only team mentioned in this article. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AmIfyH0kee_8s1UCtWXVdsc5nYcB?slug=ap-nfllabor

Marc Cuban is arguably the most famous owner in all of sports. Charasmatic, energetic, if ever there was a players-owner he'd be the pick. As recently as February '11 in saying he wouldn't buy the Bills. http://www.foxsportsflorida.com/02/18/11/Q--A-with-Mark-Cuban/landing.html?blockID=413101 Jeremy Jacobs long hated by Bruins fans now has added another championship to the new "Title Town USA." http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2007/07/02/story2.html Given these guys as your 2 options who would you take?

Fred Jackson is now 30 but has light wear on his 30 year old tires. Here is a look at NFL running backs and fullbacks past the age of 30: #1 Marcus Allen - 117 games, 70 starts, 1241 rush attempts, 4968 rush yards, 60 tds, 199 receptions, 1750 receiving yards, 5 receiving tds, 6718 total yards #2 Walter Payton - 60 games, 60 starts, 1172 rush attempts, 5101 rush yards, 32 tds, 164 receptions, 1450 receiving yards, 6 receiving tds, 6551 total yards #3 Emmitt Smith - 86 games, 81 starts, 1495 rush attempts, 5789 rush yards, 39 tds, 100 receptions, 615 receiving yards, 2 receiving tds, 6404 total yards #4 John Riggins - 80 games, 67 starts, 1510 rush attempts, 5683 rush yards, 71 tds, 62 receptions, 362 receiving yards, 3 receiving tds, 6045 total yards Fred Jackson has a simiar gait to Payton and Allen, and while he lacks their speed there is a certain cerebralness to his playing style that reminds me of Marcus Allen. Both Payton and Allen where amazing goal-line and short yardage converters and leapers which is something Jackson is not. Longevity will be key for Jackson to challenge these numbers. If Jackson could mirror Allen in terms of all-round game he could stick around another 7 like Allen. Is it possible D-III can top this list when he hangs em up?

One of the main arguments folks come up with for Brady is his career head to head record against Manning. In addition they'll sight his lower interception, sack, and higher completion percentage. And while no one can argue that he has the better numbers in these categories a further dive into the series is required. Here are some stats I've compiled of the 12 games Manning & Brady have faced off: Manning is 4-8 head to head against Brady, he is 4-2 after a 0-6 career start. Manning is 2-5 in Foxborough & 2-3 in Indy On the road the Colts average 21.3 points for and 26.7 points against At home the Colts average 28.8 points for and 33.6 points against Rushing: The Colts average 29.5 carries for 114 yards and 1.1 tds per game. 325 rushes 1294 yds 3.9 avg 12 tds The Patriots average 31.5 carries for 133 yards and 1.0 tds per game. 347 rushes 1463 yds 4.2 avg 11 tds In the 5 games the Colts have outrushed the Patriots they are 2-3 In the 7 games the Pats have outrushed the Colts they are 5-2 Head to Head Stats: Manning 26.7 completions, 43.4 attempts, 62% comp. percentage, 316.7 yds, 2.2 tds, 1.7 ints, 2.2 sacks Manning 294 completions, 477 attempts, 62%, 3484 yds, 24 tds, 19 ints, 24 sacks Brady 23.0 completions, 34.6 attempts, 66% comp. percentage, 257.8 yds, 2.0 tds, 1.1 ints, 1.5 sacks Brady 253 completions, 381 attempts, 66%, 2836 yds, 22 tds, 12 ints, 16 sacks The Foxborough Factor has played a significant role in this series: Indy (record 2-3) - Manning 122 completions, 200 attempts, 61%, 1514 yds, 11 tds, 5 ints, 12 sacks @ Foxborough (record 2-5) - Manning 172 completions, 277 attempts, 62%, 1970 yds, 13 tds, 14 ints, 12 sacks Brady @ Indy (record 3-2) - Brady 113 completions, 163 attempts, 69%, 1300 yds, 12 tds, 6 ints, 7 sacks Foxborough (record 5-2) - Brady 140 completions, 218 attempts, 64%, 1536 yds, 10 tds, 6 ints, 9 sacks Time In The Pocket: Manning has a 3.1% career sack percentage. Against New England that percentage sky rockets to 5.0% Brady has a 4.9% career sack percentage, however that percentage drops to 4.1% against the Colts Game Winning Drives & 4th Quarter Comebacks As A Measure of Who is More Clutch Brady - 1 Game Winning Drive & 1 4th Quarter Comeback Game Winning Drive versus Colts Manning - 1 Game Winning Drive & 2 4th Quarter Comeback Game Winning Drives versus New England The Bottomline: Taking into account Manning has had to play 7 games in New England, gets pressured more often than Brady, has to compensate for a defense that gets run on more, this explains the apparent head to head advantage that Brady has over Manning. Additionally Manning has produced 3 victories with the game on the line, while Brady has turned the tide of only 2. I'll take Manning over Brady for his ability to overcome mistakes and make the clutch pass. While no one knows what would have happened if Manning was a Patriot & Brady a Colt. It's likely Belichick would have 3 Super Bowl titles with Manning and perhaps more Super Bowl appearances. Manning would have benefited from having a dominant defense and been able to play a ball control possession offense. It wasn't until the mid 2000s that Manning had a defense that could slow Brady and not get physically pushed around. Tuck Rule aside Brady earned his 3 rings, and came within a helmet catch of being a perfect 4-0. Who Had The Better Coach? Brady Who Had The Better Defense? Brady Who Had The Better Kicker? Brady Who Had The Better OLine? Brady If you were to put Manning in the early to mid 2000s Patriots I think you'd see a minimum of 3 titles. Manning could have carried the team in 2005 & 2006, and with Moss & Welker in 2007 the Pats would have been dominant. Additionally Manning is so durable they would have gotten a repeat performance of 2007 in 2008 and 2009. Brady on the 2001 to 2011 Colts would be good, however Brady doesn't have the skill-set and the athelticism of Manning to run the Jim Moore No-Huddle offense. Brady would need more tight ends and running backs to check down to eliminating the fast pace. Brady would not have been able to rely upon his defense like he did in New England. Brady would also have been put into situations where he faced more pressure and wouldn't have benefited from the protection he enjoys in New England. In all likelihood Manning would have won 4 to 5 titles, while Brady would have made it to 1 Super Bowl.

Tight ends aren't important?!?! Really? Okay the New England Patriots got 2 great rookies in 2010 got a veteran in Alge Crumpler, and drafted another in 2011. Why the hell do we need a tight end?

Remember teams like the Patriots and Jets care more about winning than winning ethically. Machiavelli said it best "the ends justify the means". No Saint, I respect your opinion and think you're a smart dude but I don't agree with you on this. Jim Tressel is corrupt, the BCS system is corrupt just see how the Fiesta Bowl committee spent money like a drunken sailor http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/03/30/fiesta-bowl-junker/index.html I'm tired of mainstream Amercia buying into the conversative notion that the players are to blame. The whole system is corrupt. Don't hate the player hate the game! Coaches, administrators, presidents, the NCAA, the Bowl's, the boosters, alumni, agents, and the players they are all to blame.

Pryor was recruited from the 9th grade by every major college team in the country. Tressel was the guy who brought in Pryor to the corruption that is major college football. Pryor is a scape goat for Tressel apologists. Maurice Clarrett & Troy Smith were involved in scandle before Pryor came to campus. Additionally Tressel had violations investigations during his time as coach of Youngstown state. Pryor may follow the path of Maurice Clarrett, or he may follow in the foot steps of Reggie Bush and go on to reasonable NFL success. Additionally the difference between Pryor and Cam Newton is that one guy got caught, and the other got caught multiple times, had a chance to redeem himself and was almost torn down by another scandal. Let's let Pryor have a chance for redemption like Michael Vick.

Kiper has a tendency to rely too much on the measurables and not enough on the intangibles of a player. There is so much more than combine, college production that goes into building these guys into great players. The thing he hardly ever talks about is are they leaders, are they the first one's in and last to leave, do they have brains, are they high character people? Additionally it matters who is coaching them and where they go. A guy like Schobel or Kyle Williams would be even better on a teams with better defenders like Pittsburgh and New England.

Now here is a guy you'd have to consider grabbing if he comes out in the supplemental draft. Was listening to Cowherd today and although I disagree with most of his analogies I believe he hit spot on with Pryor. A poor man's Cam Newton who has improved during college career in terms of his completion percentage and is considered a coachable player. Also look at his win loss record and his size 6'6'' 245. Given a few years to develop under Fitz this maybe the QB of the future. I believe Pryor is in the Big Ben, Donte Culpepper, Cam Newton class of big dudes who can sling the rock. While Pryor doesn't have Cam's foot speed he was once considered a big possession wide receiver qb to wr convert like Arkansas Matt Jones, a guy who had decent straightline speed and good hands.

Interesting comparison between Manning & Brady and reasons why Manning is number 1. Throughout Brady's career he has had the advantage of playing with some pretty good defenses whearas Manning has been handicapped and therefore forced to compensate for a crap defense. Brady Career Average 9 Seasons 2001-2007,2009-2010. New England NFL Offensive Average Rank 6.3 in Points Scored, 10.4 in Yards For. Points Scored Per Game 26.6 New England NFL Defense Average Rank 6.9 in Points Against 15.0 in Yards Against. Points Against Per Game 17.8 Average Margin of Victory 8.8 23 4th Quarter Comebacks and 32 Game Winning Drives Manning Career Average 13 Seasons 1998-2010 Indianapolis NFL Offensive Average Rank 6.1 in Points Scored, 5.7 in Yards For. Points Scored Per Game 26.1 Indianapolis NFL Defensive Average Rank 15.5 in Points Against, 17.4 in Yards Against. Points Against Per Game 21.4 Average Margin of Victory 4.7 35 4th Quarter Comebacks and 46 Game Winning Drives Conclusion: Manning has had to move the ball much greater distances to score an equivalent number of points. Additionally Manning has been subject to closer games which has exposed him to more pressure situations and having to come from behind more often than Brady.

As much as it pains me to watch LeGone march towards his first NBA championship I ask how important is having 3 elite level players to an NFL team? In the late 80s to mid 90s we had guys like Bruce, Kelly, and Thurman who dominated at their respective positions. Nowadays we have guys like Kyle Williams, or Marcel Dareus, Fitzpatrick, and Fred Jackson who want to lead us back to the Super Bowl. Breaking Down The First Big 3 Bruce Smith year over year was second to none, the only guy in his category was Reggie White putting him in the Top 2 at the DE position. Kelly IMO opinion was a top 5 QB whose strong arm and guts won more games than all but Montana, Elway and Marino in his era. Thurman was a special back who led the league in total yards from scrimmage 4 consecutive years 89-92, he was a Top 3 back behind only Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders IMO. Big 3s of the AFC East Pats - Brady top 2 QB, Green-Ellis top 15 RB(good 2010 season), Mayo top 5 ILB Jets - Sanchez top 20 QB (playoff performance mainly), Shonne Greene top 20, Revis top 2 CB. Tremendous talent and depth make this a much better team. Bills - Fitz top 20 QB, Jackson top 20 RB, Kyle Williams top 5 DT, Marcel Dareus DT(unknown - need him to be an All-Pro top 2 at his position) Fins - Henne approx 30 QB, Ronnie Brown top 20 RB (aging), Brandon Marshall top 10 WR (when he's not getting stabbed) Big 3 Past 5 SB Champs Rodgers Top 5 QB, Clay Matthews Top 5 OLB, Greg Jennings Top 5 WR Brees Top 5 QB, Jahri Evans Top 5 LT, Darren Sharper Top 5 FS Rothleisberger Top 5 QB, Santonio Holmes Top 15 WR, James Harrison Top 5 OLB Eli Manning Top 15 QB, Justin Tuck Top 10 DE, Osi Umenyiora Top 10 DE Payton Top 2 QB, Reggie Wayne Top 5 WR, Bob Sanders Top 5 FS While its impossible to give all the credit for a football teams success to 3 guys, the importance of the QB position is the constant thread that holds true and hopefully Fitzpatrick is ready.

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According to the Social Security Administration's death chart, Ralph who is soon to be 93 has a 25.138% chance of dying this year and 2.9 estimated years of life left. Thankfully Ralph has access to the best Health Care and Detroit is a shrinking city with lots of hospitals and fewer patients by the day.

Great post concept; I'd like to single out our 3 Tight Ends: Stupar 12-111yds 0tds, Campbell 4-43yds 1td& Nelson 3-25 1td. this unit was dead last in the NFL 18 receptions for 179yds 2tds all season is criminal.

I understand your argument, however you need to stop it! And you need to think outside the box for a minute. The facts are there's a 1/32nd chance it was us. Realistically you can cut out 75% of the teams from this list. Think of the teams that are the most cash-strapped and/or facing a likely transition. Mergers & Acquistions are now the norm in the NFL & Sal Galatioto is the guy who brokers these deals. Someone recently sold 30% of an NFL franchise, quietly, and not a peep who it was - sounds familar. Too bad the players didn't get the NFL owners to open their books. If Ralph did sell 30% of the team it's because he does not intend on leaving it entirely in the hands of his 3rd wife Mary Wilson. See it from this perspective, Mary as his wife would not incur any estate taxes being his wife. In fact she'd only pay capital gains when she sold. There's one problem with this logic, it leaves out Ralph's 2 surviving biological daugthers. To solve this problem Ralph needed to add more liquidity to his estate. If he died in 2010 the 2 daugthers would have received 35% more money. The reason why he sold 30% was to makeup for this loss of liquidity in 2011 moving forward. The argument I'm trying to makes is if Ralph intends to leave the team in Buffalo this strategy makes sense. Ralph wants to lessen the estate tax bill on the folks he leaves the team to, so he needs to boost the liquid cash value of his estate. Ralph is a very schrewd businessman, frugal, stubborn, and intelligent. Ralph's legal team and estate planner would have advised him to change his estate plan to take advantage of the 0% estate tax in 2010. Using the financial model I developed Ralph could leave Mary Wilson with 19% of the franchise ($133 million) and an additional $100 million cash tax free. That would leave Ralph's daughters 21.5 million cash & 25.5% ($178.5 million) each of the franchise. The remaining 30% minority owner effectively would in effect control the franchise if it was turned over to 1 individual. I don't see any other way this transition can go any smoother. Getting involved in a bidding war against Los Angeles and Toronto would be an uphill battle.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138367/6/index.htm http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/117087-sale-of-30-interest-in-an-nfl-team-to-launch-in-910/ http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=1564983737 http://wills.about.com/b/2010/09/15/death-taxes-and-nfl-football-which-team-is-going-on-the-market-to-plan-for-estate-taxes.htm After digging around and number crunching I conclude Ralph sold a 30% minority share of Bills in the Fall of 2010. Due to the Federal Estate Tax sunsetting at the end of 2010, Ralph needed to hedge against his heirs having to take on debt to retain or sell the Bills. This is taking into consideration Ralph's estimated estate value, cash on hand, and the value of the Bills franchise, and what M&A guru Sal Galatioto said on CNBC in August 2010. Let's analyze the facts and the numbers that support what is going on: In September 1993 Sports Illustrated reported Ralph's Net Worth was $150 million, at a conservative 6.5% annual rate of return Ralph would be worth roughly $481 million in cash today. Presently the Bills Team value is $700 million. With an estate valued at $1.181 billion Ralph's heirs would have been forced to pay a 35% estate tax or $413 million. With only $313 million after tax cash on hand, Ralph's heirs would have been forced to pay $100 million out-of-pocket to cover the cost of the cost of retaining the franchise. Purchasers would have gotten the franchise at a bargain basement price as suitors would have known what a cash-strapped position they were in. NOW, let's assume Ralph did sell 30% of the franchise via private equity deal through Sal Galatioto in Sept 2010. That would be $210 million more cash to his estate. Now Ralph's estate has $691 million cash-on-hand & $490 million in the non-liquid Bills franchise, same total but better allocated to making a deal or holding on to the team. In this scenario Ralph's heirs would have $36 million cash on hand after paying the Estate tax on the cash and franchise. And they'd also own 70% of a $700 million dollar franchise. I am not a conspiracy theorist but I am confident the 30% equity sale Sal Galatioto was referring to on CNBC involved the Bills. The question has been raised why would one purchase something when they wouldn't have total control? I answer with 2 points, #1 Ralph is 92 fast approaching 93 the team will be available soon, #2 By having buy-in now acquiring the additional 21% becomes much easier when the time comes. Additionally owning 30% means you are entitled to 30% of the profit. In this situation, both parties in this transaction are left satisfied. A devil's advocate would say Ralph has no loyalty and a group from Toronto or LA has already acquired 30% of the franchise, I don't think if this deal involved our team Ralph would have sold to outside interests. A likely scenario is Ralph sold this to Jim Kelly & Co. I assume their group to be 24 individual owners. Doing so would prevent a joint ownership group from buying out the remaining 70%. The NFL caps total franchise ownership at 25 owners where a controlling owner must have a 30% minimum share. Hopefully Ralph publicly comes out with a succession plan, but I understand the economic reasoning not to do so, which is to maximize his profit. If this deal has happened regardless of franchise I am surprised this hasn't leaked out to the press.