
BuffaloRebound
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This is what Bill Polian would do
BuffaloRebound replied to Got_Wood's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
There is no way Polian would be content with Edwards at QB. Polian has always built around a franchise QB. If he liked Stafford or Bradford, he'd do what it takes to get them. -
Mort just said a few interesting things
BuffaloRebound replied to DrDawkinstein's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The cap # is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is if the check Ralph receives from the NFL went up. -
If we are going to throw a curveball, I'd rather it be a QB. If Stafford doesn't go in the top 3 picks, there's a chance he could fall to us.
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Clear up more cap$$ and make try new FA signings
BuffaloRebound replied to Chuckknox's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I haven't seen updated cap numbers in a while, but the Bills are so far under the cap that they could probably cut whomever they want and still be under the cap. Ralph only seems to care about the yearly cash outlay at this point and dead money is simply an accounting charge whereas cutting them means real cash savings. It is amazing that Ralph won't cough up $5m or so to buyout Jauron, but is alright with ridiculous player contracts like Dockery and Kelsay. He truly runs a horrible organization. Cutting Dockery and Kelsay alone would pay for selling a home game to Toronto and bringing in a quality coach. -
How many Super Bowls do NE, Pitt, Balt, and Indy win without Brady, Roethlisberger, Lewis, and Manning? I know they were drafted, but the Bills can't seem to do that either. Get impact players anyway you can. Dallas, Washington, and Oakland are dysfunctional franchises. Over-spending is but one of their many issues. You can't blame their problems solely on over-paying but it works for Ralph.
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It means that we piss money away on mediocre players. A Haynesworth or Peppers means players of their ilk. Why not over-pay for true difference makers? If Tennessee offers Haynesworth $10m per year, offer him $13m per year. Let his agent know that the Bills will offer 25% more than anything Tennessee offers. It's just depressing to hear that we can't go after these type of players when so much money is currently wasted on average players.
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$26m for Schobel, Dockery, Kelsay, and Walker. And we don't have the money for a Haynesworth or Peppers? You almost have to root for a 2-14 type horrible year so Ralph has no choice but to clean house next year.
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Biggest Problem--We Need a Top Flight GM
BuffaloRebound replied to NavarreFL_Bills_Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I agree. A good GM could do much more with the money that is currently being spent on the roster. Spend on elite talent, not Dockery and Kelsay. Looking back, it is somewhat understandable why Peters took the position he did. Stupidity is the amount of money tied up in Dockery, Walker, and Kelsay. -
It's pretty clear what this team needs, right?
BuffaloRebound replied to BillsObserver's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The last one was Spikes. He was a beast before he got injured. Why overpay for mediocrity? There are plenty of street free agents like Bryan Scott or Gaines (TE last year) who are adequate and hungry. Cut Kelsay, Mitchell, Schobel (if he's not 100%), Dockery, Royal and Walker, and give Haynesworth or Peppers significantly more money than anyone else is offering. One Haynesworth is worth those 6 guys and more and could be had for half as much as those guys collectively make. -
It's pretty clear what this team needs, right?
BuffaloRebound replied to BillsObserver's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The only positions not in need of an upgrade are RB and CB. Get impact players. Stop over-paying guys like Kelsay, Mitchell, Dockery, and Walker and over-pay for true difference makers. Game changers like Haynesworth make average players better and then you don't have to worry about over-paying for the Kelsay's of the world. -
On a side note, what's it gonna take to get his name off the stadium? Even if the county can only get $10,000 per year in naming rights, I really don't think Ralph deserves a stadium named after him. He's all about the bottom line and the county/state should be too. We can't force him to sell the team, but this seems like something that is fully in the power of the tax-paying fanbase.
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Letting Polian, the most successful small market GM of recent memory, walk whatever the reason has to take the cake. Thus proving that a loser like Ralph doesn't know how to handle success when he luckily stumbles upon it.
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Do you honestly believe Ralph ever lost money one year on the Bills? Arguments about him turning down more money to move are irrelevant now. No city/state is going to put $1 of taxpayer money into building a new stadium for $1billion NFL fanchises. Regardless, the way the NFL is structured now, Ralph's Buffalo franchise is not worth significantly less than places he could have moved to like Seattle, Tennessee, Carolina, or Arizona.
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No Changes Coming Can Only Mean ONE Thing
BuffaloRebound replied to BrooklynBills's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Something does smell fishy. I have no idea what joy Wilson can take continuing on this path. He's 90 years old, has probably made/will make close to $1billion on his $50,000 investment, and is worried about $5 million he'd have to pay Jauron? Wilson is either the cheapest, bitter SOB in the world, or is selling the team. -
No big name free agent interested in winning is coming here under the current regime. I'd rather trade someone like Peters and roll the dice on hitting it big in the draft where players have no choice where they play and are too young to realize what a joke the Bills franchise has become. Get the best DE, TE, and Center in the draft and pray it works out.
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Unfortunately, I have to agree with you. I just can't understand what joy Wilson can get out of running the team like he is. Does he really need more money?
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I don't think people have an appreciation for how bad the coaching job for the Bills is. Oakland is probably the only worse job. A 90 year old owner with a history of running the organization on the cheap who hasn't made it known what he'll do with the team when he's gone, 7 home games, a GM with no football background and in a division with Belichik, a revitalized Miami, and the deep-pocketed Jets about to move into a brand new stadium. The competitive advantage of the Bills is the craziness of the fanbase, college atmosphere, and the weather/Rich stadium factor. Wilson has even managed to weaken that by selling a December home game.
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What is there to decide? Hopefully, all this does is allow Wilson an extra couple days to somehow get Jauron to quit so he doesn't have to pay him.
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I think Marv was smart enough to see this coming and was one step ahead of the lynch mob. He is loved in WNY and I bet he wanted nothing to do with selling a home game to Toronto and the potential of going out on a sour note.
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Is JAuron really on the HOT SEAT????
BuffaloRebound replied to Poeticlaw's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I don't think a lack of national attention on Jauron's job security mean anything other than nobody outside the Bills fanbase cares what happens to Jauron and the Bills. This is what irrelevance looks like. -
I like Edwards but an upgrade at QB is needed to compete for the playoffs. Why waste any more time? Buffalo is a unique place when it comes to weather and the toughness of its fanbase, and Edwards isn't a good fit.
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I don't know. He seems to have all the tools. Good arm strength, accurate, good size, decent mobility, and smart decisions. An upgrade at QB is a must. Edwards doesn't have the arm strength to excel in Buffalo.