JCBoston
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Dominic Rhodes
I nominate your avatar.
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The beers we smuggled in froze solid as soon as we popped the top. Three hours with my feet on a snowbank. Loved every minute of it!
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I can't take this anymore!
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I was there! On my birthday, no less.
The Blizzard of 77 Seconds!
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Marshawn Lynch and The Council of Trent
(for you history nerds out there)
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Anybody who had the "10:30-11:00 am" block in the pool wins for today.
Best. Post. Ever.
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The Buffalo Bills: Embracing Mediocrity Since 1960!
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Duke Preston assuming we sign the C from the Ravens.
Preston and Fowler are both UFAs, I'd be shocked to see them come back.
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I'd be shocked if the uncapped year happens. IMO it is much more likely that a CBA extension is agreed to and the uncapped year gets voided as part of the deal.
Isn't that what happened last time the uncapped year was pending??
I thought the owners had already voted to not extend the current CBA, hence the talk of the uncapped year in 2010. At least, that's what I thought I remembered...
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Remember that Jim Kelly actually turned down a first round draftchoice contract to play in the NFL when he came out of college only because he didn't want to play in Buffalo.
They learn, eventually.
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OK, I get it now: the good teams have good players. And good coaches.
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My suggestion might not be a fan favorite but why dont we use our relationship with Toronto. Use there facility for the time period it would take to taked down and rebuild the Ralph giving us three things
Sadly, having too little vacant, available land is not a problem Buffalo faces.
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Dark Fan, I'm not sure how you calculate that's over half our starters bolded. Dark indeed....
Williams
Denney
Ellison
Scott / Wilson / Simpson
Lindell
Denney, Ellison, and Scott are backups that were filling in because of injury. Kyle Williams was fine IMO. Not great, but a decent starter, certainly not a glaring weakness. I thought Scott was good, and very good near the LOS.
Yes, Lindell had a down year, but I'm no where near out of patience with him (and also don't have a problem with competition so long as it's not just a personnel gimmick).
C.Biscuit97 gave kicker a C- and DTs a C+. That sounds level-headed to me, not insane. Going into the offseason needing 3-4 defenders is not end-of-the-world stuff, especially when one of those positions will see the return of a Pro Bowler (Schobel).
Yes, we're probably going to have to settle with second tier FAs or throw in young players somewhere in the lineup, but that happens to most teams each year.
If you're trying to do better than Kyle Williams at every position, then I thnik you're crazy. As a GM, of course you push for that, but as a fan I'm telling you it won't happen in a year. But, I think we can improve next year, maybe even enough to get to the playoffs. (I AM a glass half-full kinda guy.)
And if you honestly think the defensive is to blame for the 2008 season going in the tank, you're crazy.
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if only the Colts had a mobile QB like Losman, they couldve ran a roll out...
As much as I dislike Dick Jauron, this just goes to show that any play, regardless of the call, is good if it works or bad if it doesn't.
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If you're Tony Dungy, you go empty backfield and throw.
Yeah, it's Peyton Manning, but he nearly got taken down for a safety.
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I'm pretty sure it's not an explicit "plan" to do this, but Ralph knows his actions will ultimately make that sale easier.
On the other hand, what does he care how easy it will be to sell the team? He'll be dead when it happens.
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Brad Butler.
Oh, and Jason Peters when he decides he should play.
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When Dierdorf is the voice of reason, your coaching staff is officially retarded.
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Have you actually seen Matt Cassel play? The guy has one if not the worst deep balls in the game. His short/intermediate passing is good, but he couldn't hit the great wall of china on post or deep out.
No thanks, I've had my fill of retread Pats QBs on the Bills.
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I can completely agree with the frustration with this team. I think we're all frustrated. And, of course, we all want the same thing - the Bills winning a Super Bowl. However, is it really as bad as it appears? Should we really get rid of the entire FO, the entire coaching staff, and half the players as so many seem to suggest?
Look at the flip side - the Jets. They spent what, about $160 million dollars last off season. They've drafted the center we all wanted. They got the QB that can save the world. A genius for a HC. Wow, now that's a FO set on winning! Hmmm... so why are they on the verge of not making the playoffs? And if they don't and Favre retires, where are they?
I say be careful what you wish for.
I'm definitely torn on our coaching staff and readily concede it is perhaps the biggest blunder of the FO. However, if we replace them, who do we bring in? Sure some teams do it and look great the next year (Miami, Baltimore, Atlanta), but it doesn't always work that way (Oakland, San Diego, Kansas City). So, again, I think some people need to be careful what they wish for.
I'm actually agreeing with you - I don't think "blow it all up" is warranted, and neither do I think this team is devoid of talent. The coaching doesn't exactly inspire me, but the difference between playoffs and not-playoffs this year has not been the coaching, it's been: Losman playing in 2+ games; Jason Peters sucking for half the year; Trent being "figured out" by division teams that have seen him 3+ times now; the lack of legit pass rush with Schoebel out; etc, etc. And don't forget that this team is very young in many of the key positions.
Ralph had a point after Miami that the talent on this team needs an upgrade. But compare this roster to 2 or 3 years ago, and this team is definitely on the right track, personnel wise. The problem with building through the draft is that it takes a lot longer than the patience of the typical fan.
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I truly don't understand this complete hatred of everything the Bills' FO does. For the last 3 years, the team has appeared to have a very clear direction and has methodically been putting pieces into place. We needed to cut aging verterans and change the attitude of the team in year 1; they did that. In year 2, we addressed the Oline in FA and draft our future QB and RB (all big problems in 2006). In year three, they address the middle of the defense through FA, draft 2 big WRs and draft for depth (all big problems in 2007).
Perhaps, people just dislike all the players they bring in? But, you cannot deny that each year they've done a pretty decent job of assessing the team's weakness and working to strengthen that weakness through FA and the draft. All while keeping the Bills out of cap hell.
Have we not strengthened the Oline? Have we not strengthened the middle of our defense? Have we not solidified the secondary? Have we not found our RB and QB of the future? Have we not added depth to the team? I say yes on all accounts.
I fully expect we'll bring in DE help this offseason, a new OLB, a Center, and continue drafting for depth. Why? Because those are our glaring weaknesses.
So, why is Brandon and the FO so horrible?
Is it just because of Jauron? Is it because all of their decisions haven't been perfect? Why? I would offer that no one is perfect or hits 100% of the time. But, if people cannot see the progress this team has made, it's because they're just not looking.
You make perfect sense, so it's not unexpected people on this board will disagree with you. The issue, I think, is the frustration of the record and playoff non-appearances. The sense that this season has been a waste, given the great start.
Had we beaten SF and Cleveland (Good God!) at home, or the Jets on the road, we'd be playing for the division title on Sunday. Go figure.
Personally, at this point I'd rather give our rookie OC another year, because what I've seen of playcalling (save the few failures) has been exactly what we've been calling for the last few years. I have a feeling this staff will be back next year, and if Ralph has to clean house after next year, he'll save some money.
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And it's Toronto. But they're not moving there. Or anywhere else for that matter.
It's pronounced Canada. And no, I haven't.
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http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/The+W...udibles2324.htm
“What is (Bills chief operating officer ) Russ Brandon doing on the road, trying to parade around as a football guy and pretend he knows what he is looking at? Look at his contracts — he can’t even take care of business in his own field. What makes him think he can evaluate? He’s a bean counter. He has no business pretending he knows talent.”
(I'm assuming "in his own field" means the Bills' player personnel acquisitions and contracts, but perhaps it means Brandon's GM contract, not positive.)
I take that to mean the contracts he's given to players. If anything, Brandon's done a terrific job managing the salary cap with the players his "football guys" bring to Buffalo.
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I will not support this organization until Ralph Wilson is no longer the owner. If the Bills remain in Buffalo after he's dead or sells the team I will be back cheering in full force, if they relocate I'll root against them as my most hated team in football. I am currently rooting hard for them to lose. I will NOT be the battered wife anymore. I will not be the mindless sheep led to continuous slaughter by the owner who gives me the proverbial finger every year.
I've fired Wilson, kicked him to the curb, will not support anything that has to do with him or his team. He is nothing to me, zero, and I will hope with all my heart his franchise loses every single game until he croaks. I would rather see the team leave town than stay with Wilson as the owner. I want him out, gone, and nothing short of that, even a miraculous reversal of won/loss record, will change that. It's him that I loathe, it's personal, and that's how it will remain as long as he's the living, breathing owner of this team.
Others may hate people like us for this lack of devotion, call it blasphemy, call it selling out, but to me the real selling out is feeding that greedy bastard's coffers with a penny of my money after he's sh-t all over my devotion, my loyalty, my investment of time, money, heart and soul, without caring a lick.
When Wilson is no longer the owner, it's highly likely Buffalo will not have an NFL team.
I want to be the first to say
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I want some of what you're smoking.