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I didn't see the Jaws segment, but it seems like he might be saying that the Bills teams were the most overmatched going into their Super Bowl appearances, not that they necessarily were the worst teams to play in the Super Bowl, or that they gave their opponents the easiest game. As I recall, the only Super Bowl the Bills were favored in was their first, against the Giants. As I recall, everyone who was paying attention, kind of wondered how the Bills defense (good, but not elite in those years) was going to match up with the Redskins, and the Cowboys in back to back years. The Redskins were a machine the year we played them (Rypens' fluke season) and the Cowboys were a model of offensive efficiency, with one of the greatest offensive lines in modern football history, in an era where that mattered more than ever. We can all come up with Super Bowls that were even worse than the ones the Bills lost in, but remember, when the Broncos were losing Super Bowls with Elway, they had a really good defense...as I recall, the top defense the year they got blown out by the Giants. If Jaws meant that the Bills teams gave the worst performances in the Super Bowl, than he is the tool he appears to be. For me, the worst Super Bowl performances by a team that I can remember (my Super Bowl Memories go back to about 1977), would have to be the 1985 Patriots, 1994 Chargers, 2000 NY Giants, and the 2014 Broncos....the Bears team that lost to Manning's Colts was pretty bad too...and if I am being objective, the 1992 Bills. Ironically, other than "wide right", the Bills most memorable Super Bowl moment came out of that game, when Beebe robbed a showboating Leon Lett of a touchdown.

I know it was mentioned earlier, but for anyone who is still looking for a show, and has yet to see "Fargo"...it is fantastic. I watched the entire first season, and am 7 episodes through season two. For me, it is in that "cut above"t the rest...maybe the best thing on tv right now (or Mr Robot)...but, of course, I say that realizing there are just too many good shows on tv right now, to keep up with them all. For me, it is somewhere in that "Sopranos", "Breaking Bad", "Mad Men", "Boardwalk Empire" zone...can't recommend it enough. I realize, I am late to the party. I kept hearing how outstanding season two was, and was assured by others that watching season 1 was not necessary to fully enjoy season 2. Probably true, but I am a completionist... so I watched season 1, and was blown away...couldn't imagine season two being a lot better...so far though...wow!

Glen Frey and Lemmie? This will be the first band in rock n-roll heaven to break up for musical reasons. I always liked the Eagles. It seems the Big Leboski made it hipster cool to trash them...Their music is such a big part of my youth. Could kick myself for not going to see them earlier in 2015. The 2 part "History of the Eagles" is one of the best music documentaries I have ever seen. The fact that they co-operated with it, and insisted that it not gloss over what douchebags they could be, kinda made me respect them even more. The sound-board recording of Frey threatening Felder on stage gave me goose bumps...one of those kind of stories you hear and you only kind of half believe...but there it is right on tape!

Darby slipped a little bit in the last 5 or 6 games this season, but I think he is already the best corner on this team. Gilmore has shown great improvement over the years, and he has good size, but one on one, I'd rather have Darby on the other teams best WR. I like Gilmore a lot, but I wouldn't put him in the elite category, whatever that is. I certainly hope they re-sign him, but how often does any corner live up to what their salary suggests, when they sign insane deals?

Growing up in WNY, WXRL was the only place to hear "real" country music and bluegrass. I used to listen to him whenever I could. I hope WXRL survives. RIP Ramblin' Lou!

I have heard said that he was like a linebacker playing Quarterback!

Not a Dungy fan either...it has little to do with football, but more his stances on social issues. Epitomizes the hypocritical "good christian". For me, the list is: Jimmy Johnson

One of my favorites!

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How many games would most cities (including Buffalo) sell out, with a losing team, knowing that in all likelihood, "their" team was packing up and moving at the end of the season? My personal opinion is that Kroenke wanted out because all the money he could make in LA, and there wasn't really anything St Louis Rams fans could do, that would have changed that. Fans are the last ones who should be blamed.

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I am so happy we still have the Bills, but watching that POS Jerry Jones talking about the "instrumental role" he played in the Rams moving to LA just made me really sick...it is another in a growing list of things that are really making me start to really hate the NFL. Blabbering on about the "great tradition of the Rams in LA"...!@#$ you NFL. Stan Kroenke is slime...

While I am partial to Low, Station to Station is right up there for me as well...I can't pick just one...they are all great! Was listening to Diamond Dogs on the way to work... that was my favorite as a teenager...loved Hunky Dory, Lodger...damn...so much great stuff. After reading the endless tributes on Facebook (they should call it Wakebook) yesterday, it made me realize, as much as I loved that 70's stuff, I kind of lost track of his later stuff for a while. Gotta go back and catch up on the later stuff. The last two have been fantastic.

Sorry, you are right...my memory not so great these days!

In the HBO series "OZ", one of the administrators on the show (sorry can't remember the characters name) always had Bills stuff on his desk, or on the book-case behind him. The show was produced by native Buffalonian Tom Fontana. He was also, as I recall, a writer on "Hill Street Blues" way back in the day. I remember them often using city of Buffalo street names....I have a vauge memory of a big scene taking place at the intersection of Jefferson & Best..which, of course, was the location of the old Rockpile!

I would say, perhaps other than Dylan in the 60's, no other artist in modern rock history (Beatles on) had as strong a slate of releases as Bowie had from 1970 to 1980. It started with "The Man Who Sold the World" through "Scary Monsters". Thirteen albums (remember when artists put out an album or two a year?), not a dud among them. His output during that decade kept up an incredible level of quality, and he never made the same album twice... I know, things were spotty after that, but his last few releases were really strong...the new one, as cliché as it sounds, is the best thing he has done since 1980, IMO. And I said that to somebody on Saturday... BTW- the new album, "Blackstar" was released on Friday, January 8th. Bowie's 69th birthday...a day he shared with Elvis! One of the true greats! His last video..."Lazarus". Pretty cryptic, in light of all this: http://youtu.be/y-JqH1M4Ya8

I will be shocked if he retires...shocked I tell you!

As much as the Bills offense improved (with more room for improvement), the defense fell off almost as dramatically. Still though, 15th in avg. points allowed by defense is not awful...the most important stat.

If I recall, Dunne, who is a bit younger, covered the Packers, prior to coming to Buffalo. As the Packers have only been slightly ( ) more relevant than the Bills for the last 15 years or so, my guess is that he has much better contacts at this point, outside the normal BN circle of friends, on a more national level. He likely knows people nationally who have insiders at OBD, that the BN old guard (Sully, Gleason and Carruci) don't have ins with. My "in" at OBD is gone over the last two seasons, but my guess is that it is one of the old guard Bills front office people (like Scott Brechtold, as somebody suggested, or somebody along those lines) who has a good relationship with the old guard Buffalo News sports staff...particularly Carruci who has been there longer than anyone at this point, even minus his couple of seasons in Cleveland. As for "why" they are saying it? Who knows...but there is a lot of jealousy and pettiness that goes on in every work place. As for why VIc would report it? That is a good question...my guess is that, at this point, everyone wants to be first with everything, everyone wants to make news...I have no doubt that Carruci is under pressure to get scoops, or break news...it is how pretty much all of our media works now...story first, who cares if it is true!

My favorite new show from 2015. Getting hard to keep up with them all though...

The idea of Marrone going to Miami doesn't scare me as much as the idea of Schwartz going to Miami as DC. The Dolphins may not be a great team, but I would say they have under-achieved as much as they are not good. In other words, they have some talent on defense which hasn't produced consistently. Suh, who is their center-piece, is already familiar with Schwartz defense...I suspect Suh's game will be much improved in this scenario.

We all expected, but nationally, it seemed like there were plenty out there who didn't see the Bills as "playoff caliber" just yet. Somebody probably started a hate thread every time somebody "dissed us". Maybe we are too close to it?

Nobody wants to hear this...but cutting EJ won't save them anything...there is good (financial) reason to keep him around for the last year of his deal. Unless they get Drew Brees, or somebody else becomes available, they probably won't do a lot better in finding a back-up for Tyrod next season. Just sayin.... Mario (it appears) will be gone, Goodwin almost definitely, and very likely on Carpentr...the rest? You gotta pay somebody to play those positions.

Perhaps it is just the bitter disappointment of the Bills season, but for the first time I can remember, I really don't care who wins. Gun to my head, I would have to say Cincinnati, KC or Carolina...the first two, because I feel some camaraderie with their fan bases, and they both kind of remind of better days for the Bills...Carolina, because I have always liked Cam Newton. The older I get, the more I hate other teams, than like other teams...just want the Bills to do something before I croak!