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Believe it or not, I actually agree with MAJBobby!

oldmanfan rocks!

Are you basing this post on your conversation via hotline to Brandon Beane's desk and his desire to bring you into Bill's stratagy discussions or merely on sceptical media reporting trying to create some excitement on a slow news day?

No, but rebuilding an NFL franchise that reeked of a losing or mediocre culture, lousy scouting, lousy drafting, lousy FA acquisitions, lousy cap management, and lousy coaching for 16/16 years at least puts him in the running!! Keep hoping for failure so you can loudly state "I told you so!"

Good post but be prepared to be savaged by the anti Beane - no rebuild - I want it now crowd on TBD! 2019 will tell!! Fair enough!

I bet Jerry Sullivan is involved in this ha ha!

Put me in the "Who Cares" column!

How do you know what is going on - I think you are in over your head on TBD! Well put - another one of our NFL experts who operates on the "fire everybody every day philosophy!

Great selection!

Many who post on TBD have no idea what bad times really are!

Honest Harry and Ruby!

Best post "ever" on TBD; many who B word daily on this board have no idea how bad it was back then!!

During this time period the Bills Front Office had a horrible reputation dealing with players and negotiating contracts. Stew Barber, an All Pro Tackle from the AFL days handled all negotiations and totally dropped the ball losing many - Cousineau, Cribbs, Kelly, and we almost lost Haslett (remember the bumper sticker "Pay Haslett and cut Barber). Fred Smerlas wrote that Barber resented the raising salaries and the players receiving what be assessed as unreasonable and inflated paychecks for playing football and actually openly displayed his hostility. Not sure if Barber was still in place for the Kelly debacle for Bill Polian slowly turned it around.

How can any football fan not enjoy watching "Da Bears"

"That 2014 team would have murdered the 2017 team." So what! Those of you who still buy in to the notion that a "tear down" was not needed are the reason this team sucked at everything from 2001 - 2017 - you accepted an almost .500 team and would convince yourself that "next year" was the year. Sixteen years of poor scouting, drafting, FA signings, poor coaching, and no QB (stop with the TT BS, he is finished in the NFL). Bottom line this franchise was an utter failure with a mediocre culture that played on fans for a long time, keep tearing down and rebuilding - I know you want it and you want it now!

Great post - loved everything about the AFL from the uniforms to Curt Gowdy and the innovation from Hank Stram and Sid Gillman! I still root for the AFC over the NFC!!

Most ridiculous post ever!

Try soccer!

Go hang out with Schoop and white, "two intellectual giants," the three of you can have anger contests! The rest of us will enjoy football!

And if someone does not agree with you, do you pour it on? Sorry dude, like I said in previous posts it's just a game - get over it and enjoy life. Not a personal insult just an observation that your posts suggest you are very angry! For the record I agree with your assessment of the 2000 - 2016 time period, but you just cannot wave a magic wand and fix 16 years of a failed organization; you refuse to give the new management a chance. Henceforth my recommendation of anger management therapy.

Try anger management therapy!

If they only knew ha ha!!!

Maybe because it's not a "character flaw!"

Also brought the sold out crowd to its feet with a nice 55 yard run off a screen pass; last season for the AFL!!

Some trivia - during the 1960's, channel 4 - WBEN had the broadcasting rights to the Browns and the Buffalo area seen the Browns home and away every weekend!