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players decide to go to teams based on money and/or winning, neither of which has anything to do with the fans.

don't count on it. remember when he bought the sabres, then went to the buffalo news and said the negativity of the press contributed to their poor performance?

these guys are softer than fluff (see what i did there?). i haven't heard the entire interviews, so hopefully their whining about the fans came after a long discussion about their poor play and how they take ownership of it. if the context was, "we sucked really bad...and the crowd didn't help" then I guess it's somewhat ok. this part, however, leaves me wondering: "I don't think they should have done that, especially when the game first started and they weren't as loud as they could have been," Bills running back Anthony Dixon said after the game. "I felt like when we first went out there they (were) looking for something to go wrong." uhm, welcome to buffalo? and this didn't help: "I think the crowd has to put it on their shoulders and be louder before the game. Everybody should be on their feet, everybody should have been clapping and roaring and getting into the game. After our first kickoff return, it wasn't like that. We had to wake some people up. I think they have to get that out of their system." if that performance is how they go about waking people up, they better be ready for a lot more booing.

that previous tweet was only intended for the fake fans apparently. he still appreciates the real fans.: https://twitter.com/...344236096675840

they weren't booing. they were screaming, "brrruuuuuucccceeeee."

instead of lying about a family emergency, why didn't lie about him being in the hospital or something? that way the team could use it as inspiration to band together and -- against all odds and in the face of an overwhelming foe -- go out and win one for the branchster!

i haven't watched it yet but if so, dude really needs to settle on a personality once and for all -- preferable the one he had last year who seemed like an ok, normal guy. marrone 2.0 can't decide what he wants to be -- hardass, jerk, saccharine sweety-pie... maybe he's just gonna keep jumping around until something sticks and the team plays well. if so, could be a while.

maybe russ wants to spitball some ideas regarding regionalizing the brand into erie, pa.

sigh...someday i hope we have a qb that i could say that about...

which came first, the chicken or the egg?

i guess that means it's trump's to lose.

they may have a point. according to this completely objective reporter with absolutely no skin in the game, that seems an accurate assessment. Chris Brown@ChrisBrownBills @TCBILLS_Astro Tampa 'D' very similar to what Bears play. Got to believe #Bills don't want to show much against same style 'D'

thank you for that. i always loved the name marvcus.

i'm not disputing that people hate certain team's fans solely out of jealousy, but it's not always the case. the packers are way better than us and i like them and their fans. same goes for the 49'ers, colts, saints, chiefs, denver, etc. i'm sure rivalries play a role in what teams people hate. in my experience though, the pats and their fans seem to generate near universal disdain. when i lived in l.a., fans of random teams outside of the afc east (or the afc in general) pretty much all despised them. packer fans hated them, bears fans hated, charger fans hated them, browns fans hated them. it's the one thing we could all agree on. sure, some of it comes out of jealousy, but some comes out of how they behave: entitled, arrogant, obnoxious (both the team and fans). people i know who are pat fans never fail to rip the bills, make fun of them, laugh at them. they go out of their way to make it clear that their team is superior to yours every chance they get. during the draft, i still get random texts from pats fans i haven't talked to in years reminding me how we suck. they can't help themselves. and keep in mind, it's not like i'm some blind cheerleader for the bills. i admit they suck, that they've been irrelevant for over a decade. i don't prattle on about spygate or think that super bowl the pats won isn't legit. i readily admit belichick is great and brady is the best ever. still, the pat fans i've encounted can't help being jerks. they need to let you know that they're better than you. it's just their nature. again, though, that doesn't mean they aren't a good fanbase. philly fans are garbage, but they show up for their team, too. i dunno. maybe we were jerks like that back when the bills were good. i don't remember anymore. too long ago.

sure, that's part of it. like albert einstein once said, "fool me once, shame on you. fool me 15 years straight, we won't get fooled again."

somewhat. i've actually met plenty of patriot fans since i lived in boston for several years, and can 100% confirm they are absolutely insufferable. doesn't mean they don't pack the stadium, just that they're obnoxious.

agreed. a young man getting his first boner at a sporting event is a rite of passage.

i find seattle fans absolutely insufferable. i've never actually met one, and i'm sure they're perfectly pleasant people to talk to, but i can't deal with all the hype they get. i'm tired of them measuring how loud they are, i'm tired of them equating the noise level to that of earthquakes or a fleet of jets or a nuclear explosion, i'm tired of them hoisting that silly 12th man flag and performing over the top gesticulations to prove how into the game they are. it's lame and corny. also, i'm sick of pete carroll dancing around like some over-caffeinated middle schooler and chest bumping players. i know this isn't directly tied to seattle because he performed the same circus routine at his previous coaching stops. still, him prancing around the sidelines like a ninny paired with the fans screaming during some insignificant part of the game to break a dumb noise record really annoys me. the only thing that makes it worse is when that tool al michaels is waxing poetic on what a spectacle it all is. i'm not sure why it annoys me so much. maybe because i think they're trying too hard? maybe because they're winners and bills suck? maybe because i'm just a curmudgeonly hater? i dunno.

deadspin chalks it up to the length of the preseason: http://deadspin.com/bills-halt-practice-after-second-straight-day-of-fights-1625460097

you're going to need a bigger locker room.

i can't speak for all of us, but i spent a lot more time watching friends and imitating the budweiser frogs.

marrone needs to take these guys out for cheeseburgers or paintball STAT.

speaking of which, have any national sportswriters/broadcasters predicted them to be this year's "surprise team" yet? that article/proclamation always marks the official beginning of football season for me.

i say ditch the drum corp and replace it with a gaggle of flutists.

greatest. post. ever.