oldmanfan

Great player and a great guy. I caught a pass from him at autograph day when I was a kid.

I get the feeling Oliver is the type who will bust his tail to prove reviews like this wrong.

I think you want fan culture vs. Bills culture. Bills fans are defined by faith and passion. Bills fans have faith that this year is the year, every year, never mind what others say. No fan base is more passionate; Bills fans proudly wear their Bills gear wherever they are. They come out in any weather, under any circumstances to support their team, in opposing stadiums or not. That passion is sometimes shown in extreme ways such as table diving. But passion and faith, even after 17 years with no playoffs. That's the basis of the culture.

I have had to have waivers signed for different events, and I am told that from a legal perspective they are not worth the paper they are printed on.

Tends to be the lead blocker. Likes to be out front.

As to limited tailgating if they move downtown, my sister in law and nieces came in last year to watch the Bills-Colts game. Downtown Indy has plenty of parking areas where one can tailgate, including one right next to the stadium that was designated a lot for Bills fans to party before the game. We had a great time there, and I even did my first ever shot out of a bowling ball. I am sure if the Bills build a downtown stadium there will be similar opportunities down town as they have in Indy. These things grow organically.

I loved the tailgating back in the day when I lived there, and went to games with my grad school buddies. We'd hang out, have some beverages, but we never got blind drunk because we wanted to actually watch the game. I don't think it is a requirement to be completely drunk to smash a table, you can get a buzz on without getting ridiculous. As for those arguing you should have free will, that it is the man leaning on your, etc. Unfortunately those same people many times would be the first ones to sue the organization if a loved one did something really dumb on their property and hurt themselves. The Pegulas have a responsibility to provide a safe environment for all the patrons.

You mentioned Verizon. Look up Verizon and their two pizza policy. A big part of their culture is to have meetings where you only invite enough people that can be fed by two pizzas. It fosters collaboration and inventive thinking, and an important part of their corporate culture. Facebook has a "hacker" mentality at the core of their culture; it encourages rapid decision making. Those are just some examples from the two companies you mentioned. Every successfully run organization fosters a specific culture, a specific way of doing what they do. If you really don't think successful organizations don't foster specific cultures, specific ways they want to run their business, you are living in a fantasy land.

Next year is considered to be a good draft year for WRs. And also there are a lot of WRs in free agency, and we have a ton of cap space yet again next year. So just as Beane addressed the O line by bringing in a ton of guys this off season, I expect he would do the same at the WR position if he and Sean are not happy with performance at the position this year. Of course, if he does so the same folks carping and moaning that he didn't draft a WR this year will then carp and moan that he didn't draft a (name your position) next year. But that's another story.

They each have a culture, a defined way they want to do their business. I don't work for either so I don't know their specifics. But every successful organization defines how they want to exist. That's culture.

Give the kid some solid coaching and see if he can cut it at QB. And if not he's 6'7" and almost 250. Put a little more muscle on him and convert him to a receiving TE.

Pick it up. Solid in run defense, getting better on pass rush. One more year will allow a definitive decision.

People have said he's a backup for Milano. Can he not also play Zo's side?

Depends how desperate a team gets for a RB.

If he shows well in camp my bet is Shady gets traded for a DE.

If he can catch the kind of ball that Clay dropped in the end zone he's worth drafting.

We didn't want to. We already have two guys in Foster and Brown with good straighline speed.

I don't think our DEs will be finalized on the roster till the week before the season opener.

UFA to the Bucs. I was really surprised he didn't get picked

Find me any successful business, organization, team, etc., etc. that does not have a well defined culture.

ODB is a complete head case. And if the reports are correct Brown did not want to come to Buffalo. The choice between Oliver and ODB is not a choice, one was a free agent and one was a draft pick. Are you saying you would have traded a bunch of number one picks for ODB and ignored other things? Not me.

Can I ask what you are claiming then? They didn't see WRs worth the value; they didn't take them. They signed three in free agency. So you can't say they didn't address the position. Just because they didn't do what you wanted them to doesn't mean they didn't address the position.

You realize you thinking a guy was better means nothing as well, right? You realize these guys have a lot more data available to them and still it's considered a good draft if they hit on 50%, right? I would ask you to list out, say, for the last five drafts guys you would have picked in what rounds, and then we could evaluate your expertise. The point is this: they did not draft a WR because: a. they addressed it in free agency and 2. they did not feel guys represented value over other selections made. You disagree, fine. But don't pretend you have more knowledge than they do over the process.

The GMs in the league apparently weren't all that impressed with the quality this year as evidenced by how many dropped to lower rounds.

Beasley, Brown, Williams, Sills.