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Adam Schefter says:
QB salary market being reset, good news for Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Matt Ryan, Kirk Cousins. QB salaries about to skyrocket.
135 mil for 5 years, 27 mil a season for a QB that:
In addition to his 0-3 playoff record, Stafford has gone just 51-58 in his 109 regular season starts although he’s 27-21 over the past three seasons.
Ya think.. with these economics, that tanking and getting a hot rookie QB sounds good? I'm starting to think so. As in, getting a good rookie contract for five years is better than paying bug bucks to mediocre veteran QBs?
Aside: whoever does contracts in Detroit is worse than ole Overdorf.. and the entire league ownership is angry at him/her.
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I have severe sleep apnea so I never sleep , so I'm looking through old Bills teams of the 2000s and I'm past the point of being cynical and always complaining . We have way more talent on our roster 1-53 than we usually did throughout the drought.
I'm a buffalonian and I have been all my life except for stints of college. I love the city and I love the Bills more than a lot of things in life. I don't know how many buffalonians or transplants we have here but it is a special city and community, despite the stereotypes and the Bills are very important.
I'm just glad that we are in Buffalo forever, just like my father always assured me we would be. And we will be winners one day guys... one day soon
I Billieve
Dude.. they got this thing called CPAP. You gotta try it.
Love your Billieve ... and it is not misplaced. Terry and Kim will get 'er done within the next 3 years. Maybe 2.
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On paper, with good talent well matched to the scheme, I'd say the D is Top 10 for sure.
But the offense is going to be very bad. Multiple 3-and-out offensive drives per game are going to keep the D winded and less effective, and possibly lead to injuries.
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Gimme an entire team full of talented thugs. The league can't suspend them all. Meanwhile we'll mop the floor with your character team.
I watched 30/30 this AM.
It was the 1988 "on paper athletically out gunned character team" of Notre Dame v. Miami, aka the Catholics v. Convicts game.
Spoiler: character won.
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I disagree with the popular sentiment on this board--that packaging picks to draft a "franchise" QB is the way forward.
McD and Bean have shown they value the draft to acquire talent. They loves some draft picks. They'll draft a QB with a pick if they like him, but they aren't going to package picks to move up to select a particular person. It's not how they roll, IMO.
The future is indeed bright -= IF =- Bean and McD are good draft day operators.
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It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether.
Deflate the game balls.
But inflate the autopilot.
The Patsies will need to change from sucking to blowing.
...lame... someone fix that for me.
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Seriously, the Golden Age of Franchise Quarterbacks is coming to an end.
There are not enough franchise QBs today (previous thread here seemed to agree that only about 15 FQB's exist). Imagine the shortage a couple years from now when this group highschoolers in draft status.
Maybe the Jets are right to tank.
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This doesn't make financial sense. They cost of staffing, hangering and maintaining 20 year old jets is humongous. It far exceeds the savings on 10 or so team trips per year, and occasional offset from a rental to a New England scoundrel with too much money on their hands. Two planes?? Forget about it...
If the Seahawks, in Boeing's backyard, in a town awash with tech money couldn't make it work, I kind of doubt the Patsies will either.
Having said that: maybe 10 road NFL games (incl pre-season) plus 40 to 50 Sabres road trips, I could maybe see this working for Pegula Sports and Entertainment. (I know there will be sched. conflicts) Though, more in the format of a 737, in a 2+2 aisle formation.
LOL... put them on a C-130 with a seat pallet.
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An article, with many sources links within. Most recent link: Sen. Lankford touting a bill to kill stadium construction tax credits.
From Sen. Lankford:
The federal government is responsible for a lot of important functions, but financing sports stadiums for multi-million—sometimes billion—dollar franchises is definitely not one of them,” said Lankford. “Using billions of federal taxpayer dollars for the subsidization of private stadiums when we have real infrastructure needs in our country is not a good way to prioritize a limited amount of funds. I’m pleased to work with Senator Cory Booker to introduce this bill to eliminate the use of federal tax-exempt bonds for sports stadiums. Everyone likes free federal money to build their expensive stadiums, but with $20 trillion in federal debt, this is waste that needs to be eliminated.”This bill is being advertised as bipartisan. I can easily see this being signed into law. Why? Because most of the 32 teams have built their signature palaces, so there is little political risk for the Senate in prohibiting future funding (as Fed. tax breaks) for stadiums. Everyone has their palace stadium, except Buffalo.. and whomever else.
Loss of Fed. tax credits associated with a new stadium could be a gift, or a kick in the teeth for WNY.
A gift:
- because local tax payers wouldn't be crushed by the debt of new stadium
- the NFL owners would back off of their insistence of a new Bills stadium
Or, a kick in the teeth:
- NFL owners continue their insistence on a new Buffalo stadium; when Buffalo can't come through due to loss of Fed. tax credits, NFL future actions** would make the Bills uncompetitive financially, thus uncompetitive on the field, starting a chain of events forcing the them to move
Thoughts?
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** I don't know what the owners would do to penalize Bflo, but creativity driven by greed knows no bounds
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Didn't they just do that about a year ago?
Sort of. The Ralph is sporting a tie now. Unfortunately it's a clip on, compared to other stadiums.
The Ralph has good bones. Build around those bones a bit and save the taxpayer some bucks compared to a new downtown palace.
Pegs should do just enough enhancement to show the other owners that he tried. Show his league partners he's a team player ... yet not break the local bank.
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Dress up the Ralph. There. I said it.
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Phuck Maclin.
He was KC's problem.. that's why they cut him. Now he's Baltimore's problem.
Whew.. Bills dodged a bullet there.
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53 pages of comments for a trade rumor?
53 pages of comments for a trade rumor, originated by a "privately run website run by a couple of lads who love their Rugby League, Australian Rules Football and NFL"?
I'm speechless.
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what are you called if you see 19-0 baby ! ??
A time traveler in 2019, watching the Bills missed the playoffs for 19 consecutive years.
Kidding... I'm more optimistic than that.
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I just want to see it given time to work. Give it 4 years.... do not get trigger happy if their are blips. Stay the course. I think in McDermott we have a winner.
Agree wholeheartedly.
Also, I don't think Pegs wants to pay anymore fired Coaches or GMs to sit at home... so that's a natural force in favor if stability.
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I think the people who imagine RB playing football ops don't understand what the President of a complex organization does. It's an enormous job. So many people underestimate RB's daily workload.
People who underestimate team President workload, project themselves into the President's shoes and imagine "Not enough work.. I'm bored, what shall I do.... hmmm... meddle in the football side. Yeah. That's what I'll do!.."
There are 150+ full time employees and 50 to 100 players. And countless game day employees and contractors... on the Bills side alone. The Sabres is probably similar. The President has 11 direct reports:
- Chief Administrative Officer
- EVP & General Counsel
- Sr. VP of Football Administration
- VP of Communications
- VP of Ticket Sales and Service
- VP of Information Technology
- VP of Community Relations
- VP Operations and Guest Experience
- VP of Government Relations and External Affairs
- Special Assistant
- Executive Assistant (President)
the Sabres side would be similar
Organizational theory says that any more than 7 direct reports may be suboptimal. RB has a busy day without playing football stratego.
RB has done a good job. One of the major strategic success he accomplished: regionalizing the team--bringing in even more fans from Ontario and Central NY. That is why the team is here... Peg's would not have purchased a half filled game day stadium.
Someone said "..he weaseled his way to the top of two teams.." LOL, I detect envy, not valid criticism
An out of town fan said Bocce: I'm blessed to be a few minutes from (listed in preference order): Bocce, Leonardi's, Franco's, Bruno's and Gino's.
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Boneheads ... Russ is business operations, and he does a good job. Your woes as a Bills fan have zero to do with the business end.
Sure, in the past he had a failed stint at football ops. But that is past, by several years.
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Too long; didn't read all nine pages of posts, so please forgive if this is a repeat thought.
It's all connected to the cliche "training camp arms." Starting camp with more arms than less is better.
Otherwise an and/or will happen. You'll overwork the arm of a starter and #1 backup, and/or there won't be enough training camp passing reps to develop the rest of the roster.
Five coming into camp feels like a good number.
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Such negative people here. And the disrespect for Pegs is totally unwarranted. The man turned a $20,000 investment into 4+ billion... he's not a clueless idiot. After this bump in the road, the Bills will be fine.
Prediction: Bills 9-7, Sabres above .500
We'll see how people feel this time next year.
PS: people bemoaning Russ influence... put your tinfoil hats on, send your conspiracy theories to the Alien Encounters TV show. I never realized how much certain segments of the population needed a bogeyman. You Anti-Russites!
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14:43 video post
I tried it at 17:30 = blocked video
The NFL is a fast league.
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I'm not naming names.. because I don't know the field in that fanatical detail.
Day 2: Cornerback and Wide Receiver.
(if day 1 was CB, go WR. if day 1 was WR, go CB)
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Elma (or do you mean what specific part of Elma)
Thanks. I know locally, electric fences are prohibited by code in most towns.
I guess Elma still has pasture land being grazed.
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Oh those DeMatha boys, they know how to party.
The shocking part: what part of town was he in that has an electric fence?
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If the Bills pick any QB in this draft, combine that with the Yates signing----and you can reasonably deduce the Cardale is done as a Bill.
they packed a Lunchable for Whaley
Russ told me that Whaley couldn't figure out the Capri Sun. He punched the straw clear through the pouch and sprayed high fructose all over the table.
Boldin does want to play football
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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That.
If Beane did release Boldin without comp, he would forever in the future be putty in the hand during trade talks with other GMs. They'd think Beane was just a patsy.
Also Beane's bargaining with free agents would be have friction as they think they could have their way with him.
People who want to release Boldin no-strings because of his stature need to go back to Madden 2005.