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"waaaaaah" - a large collective of fans on TBD...

FWIW, per Twitter CJ is there working out with the boys, or so it would seem from a few tweets I've read...

Not sure about November, but there are 7 teams this season with three game road trips. They just showed a graphic on NFLN as I was reading this

Wow - I'm really looking forward to this! Love the schedule app on BuffaloBills.com, well done. A few immediate thoughts: - Week 2 home opener against the RAIDERS! Ah-mazing. I will be at that game with a crew from VT, guaranteed. - Bummed that there is no prime time games. Guess we have to earn that this year though. - Glad we play a non-conference team in Toronto - I feel like we'll have a good shot in those first half games, we could have a good record going into the bye. Maybe! - Dolphins at Buffalo in December. Proper. - Interesting that we play the Jets twice in 4 weeks with the Dolphins thrown in. That'll be a telling time. - I love, love, love that we close against the Pats in NE. Allow yourself a moment of optimism (or illusion) and just imagine... Overall I really like it. Definitely some games I want to be at and some out of towners I can't wait to see! Now let's get this labor deal done and get the GAME ON!

Yes, yes it is good to see. Would you rather they NOT be working out together? o_O And just to keep on the translation tip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6H0i1RAdHk

"Bags are packed. Headed to AZ in the morning to train with the boys (@StevieJohnson13, @CJSPILLER, @nyce18, @Dajones19, &Fitz) for the week." Stevie added "OMG if I Stayed here with OG Fitz Id Never Wanna Go Bak To Work! #justSayin this is like MJs Neverland Ranch minus "the kids" #RIPMJ GoBills" Glad to hear they're putting in some time! Let's hope this continues until the lock out situation gets fixed...

The Bills won't draft a black QB - only black Olinemen, TE, RB, WR, Dline, LB, Safety, CB (kicker *is* conspicuously absent!). They're racist! Dude, we're not racist, just bad at drafting...

In addition to everything stated in this thread already, I remember Butler talking about McNabb the year before he came out of college saying something to the effect of "if a certain semi-local QB were to come out a year early the Bills would draft him". This is one of the biggest POS pieces of "journalism" I've seen in a long time. But the writer brushes it off with a "well that's just like, my opinion man".

Well there ya go. It was probably just 25 CBs under the Jauron era so I missed out! Who knew? I still stick by my smiley faced sentence though...

WE didn't make a rap about him - his cousin did (and both he and Stevie are in a crew out in Oakland) And come on man, even Jerry Rice dropped balls on occasion. Maybe if they threw to him more than 4 times a year in '08 and '09 he'd be even better!

I love that not only is Stevie catching TDs and bringing a little much needed personality to the team, but he's also getting Buffalo some love in the hop-hop scene!

Did Jauron and crew really bring in 30 prospects? I only remember a few each year, in fact I was just thinking how refreshing it is that Buddy and the boys are bringing in all of the top dogs! Regardless, I trust Buddy / Chan's due diligence more than Russ / Dick's

You really think that they're just straight up making up the numbers? I find that one pretty hard to believe - there has to be *some* basis for them IMO. It's not like it would be a tough thing to measure, they have historical data on season ticket buyers. Also why would they make the numbers up, it's not like they have investors to answer to? If (let's pretend) Russ is doing this to "save face" and it's all a lie, the big boss is still going to know the truth and Russ would be out of a job... I don't think it's necessarily the Toronto games alone that are driving the numbers - certainly the increased visibility can't hurt, but (again IMO) the ancillary marketing to the region must have helped somewhat!

Oh I'm definitely with you there! But this is a 44% growth in the past three years, something had to drive that growth. Tailgating didn't suddenly get better (or did they legalize weed and enact a "Cash for 'Gating" law in Buffalo? , so I'm not convinced that it would drive the numbers that high. I guess I'm just curious because several people in this thread are calling the rationale for the numbers BS. If it's BS, what's the theory behind the growth?

So if not for the Toronto game and increased marketing to the Southern Ontario market, what would you attribute the increase of season tickets in that region to? Clearly something is working and I'm pretty sure it wasn't the product on the field the past 3 years. Maybe it's just that Fitzbeard that they couldn't resist...

http://www.dailycognition.com/content/image/15/moran.jpg

Don't you think that selling luxury suites is the goal of this whole thing? Of course it's difficult, if it wasn't all of the suites at the Ralph would be sold to businesses and our financial issues wouldn't be as dire. First they need to build a large fan base in the area so that ratings are high enough for Canadian companies to justify spending on sponsorships at the Ralph. Once that happens they'll have a much greater pull with businesses from Toronto to Buffalo... I get it everyone, it sucks that we lost a home game but Buffalo's business economy can't support the Bills on their own. Embrace the concept of a "regional market" cause it's coming (if it isn't already here). Doesn't mean the Bills will leave Buffalo, but it does mean they're going to have to be open to doing business in a different way than the past.

This is nothing but good news for the Bills. Once the Bills actually start winning (hell, even being competitive) the fan base is to going to explode! Both in Canada and Buffalo, I'm sure! Why anyone would want this to fail is beyond me...

I just like that his arrest is lumped in with Ricky Rose - classic...

Must mean he's getting cut! DOOOOOOOOMED!!!

And Chan calls Aaron out too: http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/27217/gailey-calls-out-first-rounder-aaron-maybin

Am I the only one that is reading his quote as not really about NFL Players vs. the League or a racial thing, but a Classicism thing? He's saying we're ALL slaves to the man - there is a class of super wealthy elite that control most of the worlds wealth, the rest of us break our humps to make the super rich, super richer. Not that I'm necessarily buying the "slave" comparison, but it seems me he was talking broader than just the NFL...

Just tweeted: "Sorry Puppies........I will always love u guys.... Gave away my 2 puppies today....Happy because they can no longer stain my carpets! Sorry" This guy, he's a real funny guy...

But why didn't we trade Marshawn for him!?

Listen up! Gotta love that guy... And like that it was over - guess I missed out on that one. Anyone have a recap? All I caught was that if Merriman gets back to 100% healthy he'll be a wrecking force and Spiller needs to get better at blitz pick-up and ball security and he'll be a very productive RB.