VaMilBill

Wtf

Dang

But what still amazes me is that you have a massive market in LA and they can't fill a stadium (I know it's crappy but who cares). Then you have a tiny market team like Buffalo that manages to bring the faithful out every week and fill the stadium. Last I checked, the Bills don't have a nice and fancy stadium to attract people. So Buffalo is doing more than it's fair share with less because it still targets the loyal fan base where it seems like all California teams are just throwing out a net and pulling in money from anywhere they can. And why should The Ralph be updated when it really won't effect attendance all that much.

What worries me is once this new stadium is built, you'll lose a lot of the tailgating and the stadium will resemble more of a club you'd find in Boston or Baltimore than a simple, blue-collared stadium to match the blue-collared people of Buffalo. I agree with what you were saying. But by moving the stadium, if you lose all, or a majority of the tailgating capacity, you're certainly going to lose fans coming to the stadium. I'd argue that the only reason The Ralph can get filled in late December is because of the tailgating and people having fun. As soon as you get rid of that, people will say screw it. I'll have fun at home. Also, new stadium means probably higher ticket and concession costs which could prevent people from coming to games. Buffalo will never host a Super Bowl and we don't have problems with the current game day experience of filling the stadium so I don't understand why the NFL is pressuring us to get a new stadium

All the more reason to prove that sometimes having an older relic of a stadium like, The Ralph, is a better alternative to building a shrine of a stadium far away from the core of your fan base just because the stadium becomes more viable. NFL needs to move back to its roots and stop trying to appeal to the masses. I think because of it people are starting to sour on the NFL and leaning more towards college football.

I just think building a new stadium jacks prices of tickets and concessions up, forcing out the faithful and bringing in the upper class that are really only there for leisure, not passion. Almost like gentrifying the NFL. It just strikes me that Buffalo seems to be the NFL problem child for lack of profit but the city is so consistent with its support. LA is so volatile and the fans have so many other options that NFL plays second fiddle to nearly all the franchises of other sports out there. I don't even think a new stadium will help the Rams much less the Chargers

I've always loved The Ralph or The Cap or whatever people call it these days. I appreciate how it's a simple structure built purely for football enthusiasts that can experience the game in all types of weather. What amazes me is that it always seems like the Bills sell out a ton or have mostly filled stadiums even when we suck (which has been frequent these last 17 years). When we went to Toronto for one game per year, that really pissed me off because we wasted home field advantage and kinda dissed the city of Buffalo at the same time by doing it. Then the NFL owner groups and Roger keep calling for the Bills to update our stadium and saying Buffalo is a small market and not pulling its weight. But then I look at this article and see the mess in LA with the Rams and the Chargers. That city doesn't deserve one team, let alone two. San Fran has a new stadium that seems like it's always empty the past couple of years. My point is, I'm proud of our fan base and the "lower-class" stadium we have. I'm proud that we fill it to support our mostly bad to mediocre teams in good weather and bad. I hope we are able to stay at The Ralph for a long time kind of like the Packers at Lambaeu. http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/the-nfl-is-seriously-concerned-with-empty-stadiums/ar-AArTqkb?li=BBnb7Kz

I gotta say from watching Shaq, he looks like a 4-5 sack per year kind of player at best. He is good in setting the edge but doesn't really offer any pass rush. I was watching him a lot in pre season and against the Jets, and he never really has any counter moves with the OT. He just engages with the OT and stays put. Maybe it's his first assignment on the defense to set the edge and his secondary objective to rush the passer. But all in all, he kind of reminds me of Chris Kelsay

"You can't have a good defense unless you can tackle." -Rex. Thanks, Rex. Wish you realized that when you were in Buffalo

This might be the worst all-around broadcasting group I've ever heard in my life.

Yep. I never liked the pick. He'll be nothing better than a 4-5 sack guy

Shaq Lawson has no counter moves. Pretty poor pass rusher from the looks of it

Good job special teams. That was a train wreck across the board

Let's go Tyrod. Lead a 96 yard drive to put this game away

Jets ran the play perfectly

Need more play action. Jets are stacking the box a lot

This defense is as soft as baby poop

If Mccown is doing this to us, imagine what Brady will do

Make the jets beat us deep

We are giving up chunk yardage now

I thought Holmes was gonna drop that

I'm ok with him throwing it away like that

This running game is pathetic lately

That was actually a great block on that punt return. Lol. Textbook

God I love kyle. He's all over the place