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Goodell didn't say that. That's the interpretation of Goodell's comments by the columnist.

wall of fame Van's name is on the press box.

Newton and Dalton weren't pegged to be the day 1 starter? I disagree. Newton was number one on the depth chart the moment they handed his name to Goodell. Dalton was the clear number one once it was apparent Palmer wasn't going to report.

Actually it was 4 out of the top 5 picks. Patrick Peterson was voted in as a kick returner- he was the number 5 selection by Arizona.

OK, Skippy, I can't compete with such an intellectual giant. Good Day!

Well, at least you used the word "ironic" correctly. Good for you!

Eating crow means admitting you were wrong about something. When was Sullivan wrong? What don't you get?

Why would he have to "eat crow"? Do you even know what "eat crow" means?

The economic impact of sports teams has been well-documented. The overall conclusion is that sports teams do not provide significant impact to local economies in relation to the public monies spent on them. one study another yet another one more As I said before, sports teams provide civic pride and enhance the quality of life in their communities. Improve, bolster, enhance the economy? Not really.

Jobs? Doubtful. Quality of life, i.e. Buffalo has one of the 32 NFL teams on the planet to call their own? Definitely.

Actually the Bills acquired Lofton as a free agent. The Raiders waived him.

Coincidentally, so did the Bills.

Evidently.

1st tiebreaker in draft order is strength of schedule, not head-to-head.

You do know the Ralph is a football stadium, right? No amount of "remodeling," save tearing it down and building up again, can reconfigure it to host a baseball game. The MAC championship game is not moving from the 10 yr old indoor Ford Field in Detroit to the going-on 40 yr old outdoor Ralph. Yes, I agree with your sentiment that the Ralph should be used more. This goes along with the logic that its eventual replacement should be a) located in downtown Buffalo (possibly Niagara Falls), and b) a covered stadium, to maximize its potential usage for more than just 7-8 Bills games a year.

The stadium concert is pretty much dead, except for the biggest acts in the largest cities. Concert promoters prefer smaller venues, ala the FN Center or Darien Lake.

Keep your heads down, Bills fans. Those bullets are still out there.

I don't think any penalty at the end of the 4th would carry over to OT. If the defense committed a penalty, the offense would get one more untimed play at the end of the 4th quarter. If the offense committed the penalty, quarter over and on to OT.

Good question. We won't know until it actually happens. Until then, saying Bills fans are cheap based on what you think they will or won't do in a hypothetical situation is ridiculous.

So you're asserting Bills fans' current cheapness, based on a hypothetical situation? Brilliant logic.

The idea of putting on a roof was kicked around about 20 years ago, and dismissed. Essentially the stadium would have to be enclosed by a giant wall that would support said roof. The original design for Rich/Ralph Stadium never had plans for a future dome.

And they beat the Bills for the first time since January 1989.

That's how I remember it, too. The problem was that there was uncertainty when the Bills would host a playoff game, depending on the outcome of their final regular season game vs. Houston. Add to that the Bills were drubbed by the Oilers, were set to face them the next week without Kelly, and there was no chance of the game selling out in less than a week. While blacked out playoff games are rare, every year there is always a scramble for wild card host teams to sell all their tickets in time. In 2009 the Vikings and Cardinals both struggled to sell out in time, and their stadiums seat around 64,000. If those teams had to fill an 80,000 seat stadium those games would have been blacked out. ny times Jan 09 However, some people never miss an opportunity to bash Bills fans. I, too, was there on January 3, 1993.

"Happy days are here again."

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