ndirish1978

I don't take anything TBN says seriously anymore. When you say something is a sentiment "around the NFL" and then it becomes apparent that what you mean is "around the journalists who cover NFL teams" you've lost me. I don't like people who say vague things to try and bolster their credibility

Guys, it's obvious they simply DONT CARE about public perception. They're incompetently run from top to bottom. I truly believe they think they're smarter than everyone else and will "prove everyone wrong". The thing is whaleys pressed, while hilarious in its distinction, was a disservice to the fans. I don't understand how they don't see that. Whaley was a jerk to the media and they were jerks to him, but he should have at least had some sort of hopeful message for the fans that things will get better, he did not. The organization has no respect for the fans. Bb.com is kind of a joke. I feel bad for the people who have to try and generate content in the hope people will actually care about this team anymore.

The Bills knew it was going to be a crap fest. They sent Whaley out there to get it over with and probably did t care about the reaction til they realized it was a national story for a minute so the owners had to try and smooth things out. SB should have known that would happen if they dogged the PC, he should be fired for that alone.

Hahahha. Scapegoats? You don't have to think the team is great to dislike the local media. So defensive. The team is incompentent and so are the reporters covering it.

Thanks for this

Best case - We luck into a good HC and draft a Future HOF QB in the 1st Worst Case - We board the coaching carrousel yet again, hire someone who will just be fired in 2 years and keep Whaley around to head the next search h

Here you go: Not blaming the media for the GM's poor ability to communicate. But i do believe TBN and Rodak are incompetent hacks who make up drama because the FO doesn't respect them enough to give them interviews. They talk to Vrentas and Wawrow, so it seems they just don't like the locals.

Well, they aren't here to shape the "narrative" so by their logic we can say whatever we want about them.

Entitled drama troupe feel snubbed, manufacture stories about jocks. Note - I'm talking pretty much exclusively about TBN + Rodak

This wasn't written by anyone purporting to be a member of "the media" just a writer on a pop-culture website.

Press conference was the most smug Whaley i've seen in a while, media hates him because he doesn't care about giving them stories. If you don't believe me, just look at Graham and Rodaks twitter over the past few days

Some people enjoy being miserable. That's why McDonald's is so profitable

That's pretty cool

I always wonder what "around the league" really means. Carucci said the same thing in an interview and then indicated that he meant the various MEDIA outlets around the league thought the conference was bad. That's a bit weak.

"The Buffalo Bills are uniquely terrible because they’ve somehow never been decent enough to stumble into the postseason or bad enough to draft well and bounce back in a big way." This kind of bummed me out. You'd think in 17 years we could have been bad enough to luck into a decent 1st rd QB - oh wait, Ej is the only one we've even drafted this DECADE. Here are our 1st rd picks since the drought started: 2016 Shaw Lawson DE 2015 No Pick 2014 Sammy Watkins WR 2013 EJ Manuel QB 2012 Stephon Gilmore CB 2011 Marcell Dareus DT 2010 C.J. Spiller RB 2009 Aaron Maybin DE 2009 Eric Wood C 2008 Leodis McKelvin CB 2007 Marshawn Lynch RB 2006 Donte Whitner SS 2006 John McCargo DT 2005 No Pick-- 2004 Lee Evans WR 2004 J.P. Losman QB 2003 Willis McGahee RB 2002 Mike Williams T Texas 2001 Nate Clements CB 2000 Erik Flowers DE

http://uproxx.com/sports/buffalo-bills-playoff-drought-dysfunction/4/ This article is hilarious to me because it's written from a non-fan perspective and I find it refreshing. Enjoy!

I agree with this ftr

Well if we draft him then he and Duke Williams can commiserate on what it's like to have the same gross porn star shade you on twitter.

AP reports facts, probably best to stick to reading them. Everyone else is just concerned with "hot takes". As long as people are sitting down and watching Skip Bayless spew his nonsense and engaging in twitter feuds with TBN, this will not change.

Your article and Jenny Vrentas piece are really the only two pieces of real reporting we got out of the whole thing, so thank you for that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ FTR I think continuity questions are fair, but I feel like the hierarchy of the team questions had been answered by Rex months ago, he told us that he reported to the Pegulas directly.

Vic stated that he believes the national perception of the team is poor because the national media thinks it's poor. The. Ational media is just parroting Vic and the other schlubs over at TBN. So basically he's saying "the team is a mess because I say so." I did lol when he specified that Pegula gav an interview "the the AP". It's so obvious he's salty about having zero access

I heard he's the reason they cancelled Firefly too early and is responsible for the formation of Nickelback

Exactly - THIS is the reason the media is upset. They aren't getting any quotes so they generate controversy for its own sake

I disagree. i think he came off as having no respect for the reporters and didn't really care to answer their questions. It was clear from the minute he went up there that he was just there to spin and dodge all the questions. I don't think he necessarily needed to prep for avoiding giving any answers.

Yeah, I'm sure owners who shelled out billions of dollars for a team are going to jump at the idea of having that team relegated to the minor leagues and killing their investment.