PromoTheRobot
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Ahhhhhhh...makes too much sense....brain can't handle it!!!
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Let's put it this way...if our whole season depended on signing Pickett, then it wasn't much of a strategy, and you have every right to panic.
I have to believe that Marv has a plan B. Losing out on Pickett hurts, but we are 3 up and 1 down in FA so far. Let's see what else the Golden Boys can do before we flush the season.
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I did not know. I know Barret Robbins has gone into a stupor of such proportions. I was just throwing him out there because I figured we could sign him for the Vetran Min. and he would ave to be better then "dont run around me, when you can go over me" Gandy. I do not feel that the free agent market for tackles is good enough for throwing money at. Although if you can find a solid Vet. who comes cheap do it. I like the tackles in the draft and feel that is the way to go. I hear alot of people saying the Bills should go after Ashworth from the Pats but if New England is 21 million under the cap and not trying to re-sign him that makes me think. Although we need OT very badly I do not want to just through money at players who dont equal the output.,
I love how people will assume so-and-so is better than anyone on the Bills, when they don't even know that players circumstances! You heard of the player = he must be good
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Sure...as soon as they wake him from his drug and alcohol-induced stupor. He's been on a bender since he left Cleveland. Yep, he ought to be in terrific shape. A real upgrade!
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4 days into free agency and already the bridge jumpers are out. I love it.
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i know alot of you are probably ignore this and/or tell me to shut it, and who cares but you should care.
these foreign manufactures are slowing killing the north american middle class. sure they try to convince you that these vehicles are built here, by american workers and they are bringing jobs but wait, where is all that profit ending up?
anyway i'm sorry for the mini-rant, but it's little things like this that seem minor but they slowly change public perception.
and when our automakers have all gone bankrupt and we are all working for foriegn companys we'll wonder, how did we get here? what happened?
Ford owns a chunk of Toyota...GM owns a chunk of Saab...Mercedes-Benz owns Chrysler...Toyota and Hondas are built in the USA. What's a US Auto Company?
Face it. The companies our parents worked for don't exist anymore. Nobody makes anything in America anymore. We just shuffle paper. If you really want to be upset, consider that 80% of the US budget deficit (most of which goes to the war in Iraq) is financed by money loaned to us by foreign governments. And more than half is from the Chinese!
We owe our a$$es to the Chinese. (This is not a rumour...it was on ABC news last night.)
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Do you expect Leinart to be given the starters job as a rookie? Do you expect him to "be a winner" from the start? What happens if he has a Losman type of year? Declare him a dud and draft next year's can't-miss QB? How is Alex Smith working out in SF? Wasn't he a can't miss pick?
To me this is thinking that one player makes a team. Just draft Leinart and the Bills will go to the Super Bowl! Hogwash!!! Put Leinart, Young, or Peyton Manning behind the O-line we have and you get 5-11 all over again. Besides, the "Hot Pocket" crowd won't allow Leinart more than 8 games to prove he can win.
It makes no sense to draft a QB when the Bills HAVE TO build up the rest of the team. I don't care who drops to us. In fact I hope Leinart and Young both drop to #8. Then we can trade our #8 for more picks.
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My opinion of the draft is this:
Priority 1: You look for players who have the chance to be great. Greatness gets weighted by position: Joe Montana gets more credit than Adam Vinatari.
Priority 2: You try to avoid players with major warning signs such as injury issues.
Priority 3: You fill a position of need.
Say a big three QB fell to the Bills. First the Bills would have to ask themselves whether they felt this QB had the potential to be the next Montana or Elway. If he does, the next thing you ask is whether there are major warning signs you should be aware of. The final question is whether QB is a position of need.
You'd hate to draft a QB in the first round if your starter was an elite QB in the prime of his career, because the chance that you'll upgrade the QB position by doing so is quite small. But the Bills are in a very different position, and there's an excellent chance that a top-3 QB from this year's draft could be an upgrade over Losman.
If you draft for "greatness", as you put it, first, then you are on an endless carousel of losing. Because you will never allow players the luxury of developing before you draft their replacements the following year.
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Len Pasquerelli said this morning on WGR that Ralph Wilson is his new hero because:
1. he was 100% right, the new CBA is a bad deal for low revenue teams
2. It was too complex and explained for too fast, he heard others owners did not understand it but did say so.
3. The low revenue teams, like Jax. just folded and gave in. Only Wilson and Brown held true.
Shame in six years the NFL will be in bad shape.
So Lenny Pass-The-Doughnuts says Ralph was right...on local radio. How about a story on ESPN so the whole world can see it?
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This isn't an anti- or pro- Holcomb post.
But because it involves him, I'll use him in the discussion.
I don't think it was wise that Levy allowed, and perhaps encouraged, Holcomb to recruit Davis. Davis now joins the club with an allegiance to one QB over the other. How's that a good thing for team chemistry?
I woud not read too much in to the Holcomb-Davis connection. I'm sure they are buddies and Davis probably asked Kelly a lot of questions about the team and city before signing, Nothing more. If Andre reads the papers, he knows that Kelly is not guarenteed to be starter.
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You is rooning are fun. Me talk Inglish o kay. I are smart.
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I was just pointing out the irony of that statement. If Ruff was hired this year by the Sabres with that W-L record, the villagers would have gathered outside of the HSBC arena with torches and pitchforks.
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I know that there is .o1% chance in the bills grabbing him if E.M. leaves Buffalo. And I know he is not the character guy that Marv wants , but I am just wondering where you guys think he will land.
I do think who ever does get him , that he will be a huge pickup for that team re
gardless of his character issues.
And I do believe if anyone can change a guys issues its Marv Levy. Just wondering your thoughts on this football icon.
T.O. = Haus's Binky
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Stop making sense. You'll ruin things for the chicken littles.
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Promo,
The Cowboys and Redskins have a hell of a lot more SuperBowls than we do and they operate under the same salary limitations. Using your logic, that must mean stars equal championships? A great player is a great player there is nothing complicated about that. What the Bills need today are studs not "blocking" tightends or character guys, and unfortunately they ended up in Cleveland. We have plenty of money and we have successfully landed "stars" in the pass, TKO and Bryce Pulp (sp?), thus I am on record as saying we over paid for this Royal character and, in my opinion, could have done just fine without him. The draft is deep in tightends. And don't fool yourself, the jury is still out on Mr. Jurion in a big way! To date, the guy has proven nothing in this league.
Bryce PAUP...Dick JAURON...By the way, Dick Jauron won NFL coach of the year in 2003, but aside from that, he hasn't proven anything.
I don't understand the other points you are making. Yeah we have plenty of money, but so do 30 other teams. Some players are going to play where they want, like LeChalres Bentley choosing to play in his hometown of Cleveland. You bring up "stars", so you are obsessed with "names." You're probably too young to remember but Bryce Paup was not a stud FA when we got him. In fact you would be complaining if we signed a guy like Bryce Paup.
As far as having the same money as other teams, The Redskins are flying a private jet to collect FA's and bring them to Washington. I think some of their "non-shared revenue" is paying for that!
Your NHL anology is interesting, but again I respectively disagree, a good GM can dig around in European locations north of the Artic Circle and find good players, they all don't come from Canada and U.S. just review the results of the Olympics. In addition, Mr. Ruff is one hell of coach, which the same cannot be said for Dick.I find it hilarious that you think Lindy Ruff is a "hell of coach" and Dick Jauron "has proven nothing." Do you realize the Sabres had losing records for most of the last several years, just like Dick Jauon's teams did?
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I agree.
Do you honestly think Marv is going to make a good GM?
I think he was overrated as a coach, and we will soon find out that he is outclassed as a GM.
In saying that, the jury is still out on him. I have formed no concrete opinion, and won't for another couple years.
Let's just say, I'm cautiously pessimistic.
Your middle name is open-minded!
Just admit you think he sucks.PTR
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Don't let her find out about the Sundowner until AFTER he signs!
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I have no reason to be unhappy so far. Levy and Jauron are trying to build a team, not an all-star squad. I am giving our new administration the benefit of the doubt.
You, on the other hand, have already declared everything this team has done a total failure. Since they haven't played any games yet, I can only assume you measure success by "star power". Since the Bills have not signed anyone that dazzles you, or has been hyped up on ESPN, you equate that with failure.
To each his own. But I have to wonder why you even bother to root for the Bills? They are never going to be like the Redskins or Cowboys, gobbling up suprstar players and coaches.
I will point out one more thing to you. At the begining of the NHL season, the Buffalo Sabres were picked to finish dead last by the experts. Why? The lack of marqee names. So now the Sabres are a legitimate Cup contender with a team and coach that no one had a speck of faith in.
The moral is that the so-called experts really don't know anything. All they do is trade each others opinions. So maybe the Bills will be the same, maybe not. At least wait until they start playing before you declare them a failure.
Or better yet, just go root for some other team.
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Seriously, think about it:
-Houston has a committment to David Carr and Reggie Bush to the city
-New Orleans is the supposed front runner for Drew Brees
-Tennessee WILL take a QB
-New York has resigned Chad Pennington and apparently has all but traded for Patrick Ramsay
-Green Bay selected Aaron Rodgers with their 1st pick last year
-San Francisco selected Alex Smith with the 1st pick overall last year
-Oakland is one of the front runners for Culpepper
I hate to say it, but could we see Vince Young taking Holcomb's number next season?
You make the assumption that whatever rookie QB is drafted will be starting in 2006. How'd things work out for JP? Oh wait, I forgot...Leinhert and Young walk on water.
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Let's all take a collection and name it "The Two Bills Drive.com Stadium Wall Park!"
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They do and he has...think back to 2004's Oakland game. Moorman said it's his job to check if his wingmen are covered. If not, it's his call to fake.
But you know if you fake all the time, it limits it's usefulness.
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The Jets will have two QB's but no O-line to block for them. Sounds like their fan boards are making their personnel decisions.
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2002 Draft Ugly Top 10 Results
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I wasn't sure what gblakey was getting at. That every player drafted top 10 except Williams turned out great? I don't think so.
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