vorpma
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It was another solid win. Nothing fancy on offense, in fact the play calling was just about as bad as always. This defense is epic however, and this win is clearly on them.
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They are going to beat Denver, GB, and NE??? You dreamer!Too bad there are eight more games. I can see the Bills 10-6 or 11-5 this year.
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If going to a football game in the cold weather is miserable, take up soccer!I think he means that it will be closed like Lucas Oil
IF it is anywhere near the lake downtown then closed is probably for the best. Being down there in the winter is absolutely miserable.
Domes are awful. the lighting and atmosphere sucks compared to open air stadiums.
With all the glitz and flashiness and marketing being force fed into this game, please don't take away the awesomeness of playing the game in the open air.
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I have been attending Bills games since 1966 and I still love outdoor games in the mud and the snow. Joe Namath once referred to the old rock pile as the "old gray snow monster of the North," think of a new outdoor stadium in downtown Buffalo on the lake. It's December and Bills game have meaning again, a cold gray snowy day with playoff imlications.
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Fixxer, maybe I didn't phrase my point correctly. Maybe you need to re-read it, I'm not sure which but either way you didn't get what I was saying. I did not say these coaches don't want to win. I was pointing out that the culture in this organization has not placed winning as the number one priority in the past under the Wilson era. Marrone said he wants to change the culture. I merely pointed out that this culrure change needs to happen at the top and work down thruout the whole organization. This includes all aspects of this team. From the scouts to the money guys to the owners, etc.etc. Just because they want to win does not mean they have placed it as the number one goal. I think it's pretty obvious that the whole organization needs a culture change. The current culture is not one of winning. They haven't made the playoffs in 15 years for a reason. It's no accident. It takes time to change this. The Pegulas, I hope will do it.
Great response, they are a failed organization!!! Since 1999!!!!
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All nice clichés, do you really believe that what they are trying to build now has negative connotations? Do you think that these guys are striving to lose? That is BS and you know it.
You just don't like them and you want them canned. Newsflash the next guy in line will say the same thing when he's at the podium, because after 14 years of no playoffs, if he says nothing you will be mad about it.
Are you serious!! I do not think anybody is "striving to lose" but this is a failed organization, lousy drafts, lousy scouting, poor coaching, and no playoffs for 14 years. WHAT DONT YOU GET!!
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:thumbsup: Great post!
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- First clean out the FO and scouting Department; this is a ten year failed organization that has wasted drafts; Maybin, Spiller, etc! And the number Ones starting today at much to bragg about.
- Get a competent GM!!
- Hire a HC and let him hire the staff, no more Hackets and doing things on the cheap.
- Get a QB, RB, OL
- This team is not that far away and with the right off seasopn moves could get back into the playoff
- First clean out the FO and scouting Department; this is a ten year failed organization that has wasted drafts; Maybin, Spiller, etc! And the number Ones starting today at much to bragg about.
- Get a competent GM!!
- Hire a HC and let him hire the staff, no more Hackets and doing things on the cheap.
- Get a QB, RB, OL
- This team is not that far away and with the right off seasopn moves could get back into the playoff
Dareus is the exception!
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It's going to be Marrone. There is no other option. Moreover, this "outside consultant" that Terry Pegula is going to hire is the stupidest thing I ever heard of. Who is this "outside consultant"? Bill Parcells? Jimmy Johnson? Marv Levy? Bruce Smith?
Ernie Arcozi??
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The PCT's say it all, a failed organization!
"A quarterback's greatest asset is leadership." -- Roger Staubach
Bills Coaches since Wade:
Doug Marrone .458 Gregg Williams .354
Mike Mularkey .438 Chan Gailey .333
Dick Jauron .421
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Could not agree more!Marrone is in over his head.
Leodis is an awful football player.
Watkins isn't worth an extra 2015 1st round pick and a 4th.
The Cleveland Browns will be a playoff team before the Buffalo Bills.
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Right on, along with Maybin, Spiller, Dareus, etc etcWhitner is completely delusional about his talent level. He is an average safety. To me he is, and always be, just another horrible early pick by the Bills.
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Buddy Nix!!! Please!!In spite of all the bashing that he took on this board, Buddy Nix had a hand in improving this roster, too. I believe that the overall talent on the Bills' roster is far greater than when Nix first arrived. Still, if the idea for THIS year was to compete with a dominant defense while developing the young offensive talent (Manuel, Watkins, Woods, and the young OL, etc), then from my vantage point they have taken multiple significant unplanned hits (Byrd, Dareus, Pettine and now Alonzo) that will very likely weaken the defense that they were counting on and put more pressure on a very young offense.
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Great time to put Lou Saban on the stadium wall!
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Wrong! Check out Jimmy Johnson talking Cowboy SB preparation for the SB games with the Bills.I think your judgment of Welker is overated. First, lets see if in fact he finishes in the top 10 recievers before we declare that he is in the top 10- Particularly in today's NFL where a player can be a concussion away from ending his production, giving him that accolade so prematurely defines overrating.
Besides even if he were to finish in the top 10 for receptions look at the wait which Reed had to bear before he got voted in the HoF and he finished at #3 when his career ended. Not only has Welker not finished his career in the top 10 yet, but even if he is lucky enough to log in at #7 or #8 he likely will equal the judgment HoF folks make of Tasker of always the bridesmaid and never a bride.
You also seem to demonstrate a lack of knowledge about reality with the claim it was an offhand comment by Kelly which is the basis for Tasker's fame. He did change the game in several specific ways.
1. In general, a coaching staff did not spend any time gameplanning for an ST player (unless it was for something like kick the ball away from Hester or Deion) but what Tasker bought to the game was that he was such a good gunner, opposing teams began to assign two blockers to him. He changed the gamplanning.
2. One of the most impressive things about Tasker's play is actually seen in the statistical evidence of ST accomplishment by Mark Pike. Pike was just another good but OK player til he teamed up with Taker, but what happened when Tasker began to draw attention like having two players assigned to him, this I,proved the game of folks like Pike. Tasker gets a lot of credit not only for his play but for demonstrably improving the tackle total of teammates like Pike.
3. One of the key examples of changing the game was that when other teams began taking steps like assigining two players to block him as gunner, Tasker responded by going out of bounds to get down the field but was quick and savvy enough to run down unimpeded (he would go out on the Bills side) to get back onto the field and make the tackle.
Tasker not only changed games he was in (ala your Hester observation) but he also changed games he was not in as the NFL was forced by his innovation to change the rules and ban players from going off field to get downfield.
You sing Hesters' (and also Welker in your overrating of him) but can you site an example of how either player changed games they were not even in?
4. Finally, also remember that in Canton it is not simply the Hall of PLAY but it is also the Hall of Fame. Tasker will get credit from the voters not just for his game changing ST play but also my sense is that he continues to build his FAME through being a constant now as a color-guy and booth analyst on TV.
I know that there are those who only want to think about on field play, and this is certainly a legitimate point of discussion. However, it is simply incorrect for anyone to think about whether a player gets into the HoF has only to do with player production and nothing to do with the abstract non-objective of fame.
Ironically, I think that Tasker will join Reed, Kelly. TT. Smith and even Lofton in the HoF eventually because of every hand he shakes when he travels from NFL town to town each week.
If Welker is lucky and does not get hurt and follows his version of cultivating his fame after he retires then others may overate him a much as you do and he will get in the HoF.
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Thw whole team with the exception of Fred Jackson; and he is in his twilight!
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Over the last 13-14 years? My answer: The performance of the team.
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Says who?Please, save your Rush Limbaugh inspired hatred for a different forum. That man is 10x the man you will ever be, regardless of political beliefs. He is the President of the United States of America. If you cannot respect that then there is something wrong with you.
Great post!I am no fan of Rush Limbaugh, and I have no hate for the man. I simply don't respect him, his beliefs or the people who blindly follow. I respect the Presidency and my country, both of which have been weakened while he has been at the helm. Your vitriol is disgusting, the ability to publicly state disrespect for authority is what makes us all unique as Americans. My disrespect is not hate inspired, simply derived from fundamental differences in the way in which my president and I view our world.
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Says who?So many blunts to smoke, so little time.
It is common courtesy and traditionally expected. Failure to do so is disrespectful in the extreme.
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Quite the intellect I see.Tim Thomas can suck an egg and Lynch can suck it after Thomas is done with it! You might not like the policies or a certain President but the Country ( in this case U.S. ) that they live in grants the freedom to earn millions of dollars playing a sport in a free country!
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Great postMy first memories of football were the 1990 Buffalo Bills. I remember very clearly comebacks versus the Raiders and Broncos in consecutive weeks. The teams that followed were always great and the 90's raised the bar pretty high, especially in the face of what has followed. That being said the teens have been interesting with how close each game seems to be. Actually I wonder sometimes if games aren't a little to close. Penalties should not play as much of a roll as they do. Injury stuff is relevant to the amount of speed that has been introduced to the game. Players are now stronger and faster than ever before so collisions are bound to be brutal. Regardless, the games a quite entertaining so I'll stick with the teens.
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Sorry dude, I am still old school and want to see footbal played in the mud and snow. If you want indoors the NHL and NBA are there.I don't want to hear any crap about tradition in Buffalo or the weather is our advantage BS. It hasn't been an advantage since Kelly retired. Hell Even Ralph Wilson went to the league and asked December games be mostly away because of attendance.
So lets cut the crap and get into the 20 teens here and get with the times. New stadium needs to be a DOME. Then we can start getting games in December(you know...playoff run time?) back at our house. We can fill the thing regardless of weather, it will be an attraction to the rest of the NFL fan base AND... Wait for it.... We might even get to host a Superbowl. *GASP*. Why did Minnesota get the superbowl a couple days ago? Because the NFL awards cities with new stadiums that's why.
Bottom line, screw the cold and build a damn dome already. BTW I am betting some potential FA's worth a damn might actually prefer playing in Buffalo if we had a domed stadium. Just sayin...
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You are correct.Sorry can't help myself, in 1967 Bills played Lions in Detroit. The Eagles came to the Old Rock Pile. Ditka played for the Eagles in 1967.
Thats for the reminder, now I'm not only drunk but feeling senile.It was only 47 years ago.
The 1980's Bills were also alot of fun, some great personalities and who can forget the Rams game and fans not leaving!
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You are correct, my mistake it was the Philadelphia Eagles - Bills played Lions in Detroit opening pre - season game. I stand corrected.Ditka never played for the Lions. Other than that I agree. Upstart league giving arrogant NFL a run for their money. A whole lot of great players.
My Rant to Jerry Sullivan.
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Just read the Jerry Sullivan article, I find it to be honest and accurate. The reality of the situation is the Bills are not a playoff team. The month of December will prove that.
The Bills are in better shape now than at any point in the last ten years, going into the off season with a great defense.
If we finally get a decent draft, make a couple significant FA acquisitions on the offensive side of the ball we can make a serious run at the playoffs next year.
We are about to enter the most interesting off season in quite awhile.