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    So the Pittsburgh local sports radio says we start 0-8... But sums it up for Bills fans

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    2 hours ago, DCOrange said:

     

    We shall see! I'm not convinced Edmunds will be an upgrade in Year 1 though he obviously has far, far more potential than Preston.

     

    The way I see it (solely for this season compared to last season):

     

    QB: downgrade

    RB: slight downgrade (another year of McCoy aging) and Ivory is only a slight upgrade as the backup IMO)

    WR: slight upgrade (hopefully a healthy Benjamin outweighs the "loss" of Matthews)

    O-Line: downgrade

    D-Line: slight downgrade (obviously he wasn't with the team the whole year, but we essentially swapped out Dareus for Star which is a significant downgrade and improved depth)

    LBs: ??? As I mentioned, I'm not convinced Edmunds is an upgrade as a rookie; he's just so young and inexperienced still.

    DBs: downgrade (Gaines > Vontae)

     

    As you can see, I'm pretty pessimistic in the short-term, but I'm also very excited about Allen, Edmunds, and the cap space moving forwards.

     

    And I think last year's team was roughly a 7 win caliber team, so being worse this upcoming year probably equals a top 5-10 pick IMO.

    I disagree with your assessment of the D-Line.  Last year Dareus did not come close to living up to his potential.  An orange construction barrel would be an improvement

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    Smart vs Dumb game plan against the Pats

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I agree with JR in Pittsburgh - probably the most signiificant thing the Bills can do tonight to win is to play smart, meaning no stupid, over reacting, dead ball fouls! If they can do this, I think they have the talent to beat the Pats**.

     

    We need to make no mistakes and have the pats make a lot of them. That will be key. That also means we have to miraculously not have a penalty on every ST play, or like 5 personal
    Foul calls. Can't self-destruct again.

    An open letter to Robert Kraft

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Mr. Kraft,

    This is on you. You own the organization that has a reputation for cheating. You may argue to what extent, but you cannot deny your team has cheated. This reputation is damaging to both your organization and to the integrity of the NFL. Denial is not going to resolve this. Winning is not going to resolve this. You need a change in culture within your organization, and that falls on you. It begins with you apologizing to the league.

     

    Back in January when the news about the NFL investigation regarding your team’s involvement in using under inflated footballs in the AFC Championship game – you demanded that the NFL apologize to the Patriots organization when the investigation found no wrong doing. Well, the investigation did find wrong doing on the part of your organization, and fined you both financially and by loss of future draft picks. How did you respond? You begrudgingly accepted the punishment, and proclaimed this was for the good of the league. Not good enough! You need to own up to this. Your team cheated and got caught. The response from you as the owner of the team needs to be that 'this is unacceptable'. There needs to be a strong message from you that cheating will not be tolerated. You should be setting a higher standard for your organization to abide by. This is step one in repairing your team’s reputation.

     

    You also need to wake up regarding Tom Brady. Tom lied to you about his involvement in deflating these footballs. Tom lied to everyone. Did he deflate the balls himself? No. Did he know the equipment guys were removing air from the balls after they were inspected by the game officials? Most likely. Did he fully cooperate with the investigation? No. Did he deserve a 4 game suspension for his role in deflating footballs? Maybe not. Does everyone besides you and some die-hard Pats fans think he is guilty? Yes. So regardless to what level of involvement Brady had in under inflated balls, his reputation is now tarnished.

     

    Regardless of the recent court ruling lifting Brady’s suspension, most people believe that Tom cheated. The fact that he got away with no punishment just makes people who believe he cheated dislike him more. It’s too late for Tom to fix this. His lack of cooperation and denial of all knowledge is history. This is on you now. How will you react the next time your organization is accused of cheating? Are you going to blindly trust Brady & Belichek? Or will you demand transparency and truth? Your team already knows winning is important. You need to drive your organization to win with integrity.

     

    You are the owner. This is on you.

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