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    From top to bottom, Bills have a lot to prove

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    More than any team in the league, the Bills have a lot to prove.  From top to bottom.

     

    First there is Ralph Wilson who on his own has challenged the league and the CBA as unfair.  A guy who just wants to win and win now inspite of the economic disadvantage dealt his team.  Then there is Marv Levy, 80 years old in uncharted waters as a first time GM, trying to prove that Ralph made a good decision to hire him and needing to live up to the expectation of fans and players who know him as a hall of fame coach and the leader of '90's Bills.  A guy who could easily have relaxed into retirement but instead took on the biggest challenge of his career.  How aout Coach Dick Jauron, run out of Chicago and thought here (I'm a former Buffalonian living in Chicago) to have no chance to ever be a head coach again after the decline of the Bears from 13-3 to awful.  Career wise he has the most to gain or loose in Buffalo.  If he wins, he prove the naysayers wrong, and he has plenty of them.  If he looses, he's finished as an NFL head coach.  Huge upside/downside for Dick.  Then there are the veteran free agents signed this offseason.  Guys like Tripplett, Royal, Price, Fowler , Bowen and Reyes who all want to prove that their teams should have retained them.  How about the Quarterbacks, all 3 of them wanting to start.  This year's draft choices, picked too high or picked too low or shouldn't have been picked at all.  They all should have a bit of a chip on their shoulder.  Takeo Spikes, coming back from a serious injury, better than ever?  Willis McGahee, is he a top tier back or not?  Lastly is us, the fans, who deserve a winner and will support our team unconditionally, wanting to show them all that the team of the 90's was no fluke and that our underdog city belongs in the spotlight.

     

    I like how this season shapes up.  There are huge motivating factors here, the kind that can get the whole organization on the same page.  It ought to be the mantra for this new regime.  It's us against them.  Nobody expects anything great from us.  We don't have the talent.  Our old owner has lost it.  Our GM hired a nice guy for a coach. 

     

    Well take a look at the '05 Chicago Whitesox, world champions in convincing fashion.  They laughed when Ozzie Guillen was hired as the manager, they had a low payroll, they had some castoff free agents that were never factors on their old teams, their pitchers, some of them, were unproven.  What they did have was a team full of guys willing to put it on the line every game, who played unselfishly, believed in the new coaching philosophy.  They had this after getting rid of the old guys and the troublemakers.  More than any team, they were all on the same page.  Sounds a little like the New England Patriots and maybe the new Bills.  I like how this is starting to look.

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    Great post. The bears were 11-5 having a very good Tampa cover two defense with Kyle Orton playing qb. Quite possibly the bills could do the same thing-you never know. go bills.

    Its not the Draft picks

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    that make me feel embarassed to be a Bills fan.

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    :o This board used to be a joy to read and to post on. Yuppies have taken over this board-who think that they are smarter and better than everybody else and no longer live in western new york. Thank You. Michael PT Buffalo New York.

    wouldnt it be nice if-

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    the bills could become a new england patriot prototype.if dick jauron could become a bill bellichek clone.if losman or nall become bradylike.fewell becomes romeo crenell and steve fairchild parlays charlie weiss.and the front office led by marv levy make great decisions on player personel decisions based on true team spirit and needs-like the pats do.it could happen-one can only dream.win or lose-i love the buffalo bills.

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