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Does saying "They better not even be thinking about passing." before the play count?

I would have settled for running on 3rd and 1 (where we could have run the clock down to under 10 seconds or forced them to use a TO) rather than throwing into the wind and stopping the clock. Just stupid, nothing else to say.

Juaron just put up 3 points for the Vikes.

And it ended up being an 5 yard gain. So Crowell got carried for 8 yards. Not good.

An absolutely asinine decision. If you run and don't pick up the first you can let the clock run down or force them to use a timeout. Instead we throw, miss the difficult FG, and they're driving with enough timeouts to score. Simply stupid.

Not only is that questionably a wave, he makes no effort to catch the ball. Now that's fair catch interference.

That's one of the worst calls I've ever seen.

If were going to project, might as well go all the way.... NY Jets @ Buffalo - W Minnesota @ Buffalo - W Buffalo @ Chicago - L Buffalo @ Detroit - W New England @ Buffalo - L BYE Green Bay @ Buffalo - W Buffalo @ Indianapolis - L Buffalo @ Houston - W Jacksonville @ Buffalo - L San Diego @ Buffalo - L Buffalo @ NY Jets - W Miami @ Buffalo - W Tennesee @ Buffalo - W If it played out like this, we'd be going into Baltimore with the playoffs likely on the line. And yes, I'm aware it's way too early.

Didn't really see anything else. As someone mentioned there was a lot of room on the first Shelton missed block. Everyone else seemed to have their assignment. The second didn't look as good, I doubt he would have gotten much farther even if Shelton pancakes his man. Keep in mind that NE is a pretty good coverage team. I expect two returns of 40+ yards today for McGee.

They're just arguing semantics with statistics. There were two key missed lead blocks by Shelton. Everything else seemed pretty normal, those two blocks cost us 10+ yards on each return.

It'll be interesting to hear what Pereira has to say on Official Review tomorrow.

It's most certainly a justifable investment. Would you buy a stock for $75 dollars knowing that it pays a dividend $5 a year and is risk free from an appreciation standpoint, with a likely apprecation of 7% annually? If you wouldn't, please make sure you're not in charge of your retirement fund. The problem isn't that it's not an attractive investment, the problem is not a lot of people with Buffalo ties have $800 million to spend. That problem is completely independent of any CBA ties. If you think you heard Golisano say anything about his role in ownership of the Bills before the CBA, you're mistaken. It was speculation from uninformed people with no ties to Golisano (mostly fans). His comment that you referenced was his first. The new CBA isn't going to deter a local owner from buying the Bills in any way whatsoever. The gigantic price tag will.

What numbers are you running? The only two numbers that really matter are the operating income for the Bills and the capital appreciation of the franchise value. The former is $31.2 (before taxes) million, the latter $48 million. Clearly, the issue over selling the team becomes whether or not any local business person(s) can come up with enough money. It remains to be seen. There will be plenty of interest from out of towners. If you think his capital appreciation means nothing, well it's telling. It means a lot, even if the money isn't liquid. Stocks aren't gained until their sold, yet it's a large part of Bill Gates net worth. The same can be said about Donald Trump's real estate investments. It might not be cash, but Ralph is getting plenty of that anyway. Think of it as a billion dollar retirement plan. I agree, as does everyone, that the NFL is reliant on all markets. As I said, as long as every team has the ability to spend to the cap and still make money (which they can barring a natural disaster) then the league is in good shape. TV money alone pays for all player costs and then some. Corporate sponsorship and other shared revenues make up most of the non-player expenses. Just about eveything else is profit. The new CBA isn't a blow for the Bills. The owner, whoever it is, is still able to make probably $50 million profit cash in Buffalo while chargning low prices for tickets, parking, and not naming the stadium. How is that a problem? Throw in the fact that the franchise value will skyrocket no matter what kind of market you're in and it's pretty clear that a team can thrive in Buffalo. The problem is finding an owner who is willing to sacrafice extra profit to keep the team in Buffalo. If whoever buys the team has no roots in the city, what does he care? The franchise value has skyrocketed so much that Golisano likely can not afford it by himself even though he's fully aware it's a cash cow. I know you recognize this problem, but it has nothing to with the CBA. The old CBA would have created the exact same issue.

Why can't you see the numbers? It's not hard. He made $48 million in capital appreciation alone last season. $32 million in income. Let's say taxes take it down to $20, conservative estimate, that's $68 million. It is a cash cow for Ralph. He's trying to take money away from markets that are maximizing their own revenue. If Ralph wants more money, sell stadium naming rights. The owners that are producing more revenue deserve more profit. Ralph isn't getting $100 million a year from television contracts because of the Buffalo market. He's already squeezing money from the big owners. So long as the league keeps a competitive balance and every owner is in the situation where they can make a healthy profit (which is what we have now) then the big boys deserve a little more. They're sacraficing much more than Ralph as it is. Stop playing the holier than though card. I have season tickets too. We get it, you spend money to see the team. Congrats, the medal is in the mail. It may not be easy to find a local owner to spend $750 million for a team that makes $70 million annually, but an NFL team in a football rabid market is an extremely attractive investment.

CBS is paying $622.5 million, Fox $712.5 million, ESPN $1.1 billion, NBC $650 million yearly for a total of $3.1 billion, up from the previous contracts $2.2 billion. That's a $900 million difference divided equally among the 32 team for a total of $28.1 million per team. Factor in the revenue from the NFL Network (which has exclusive games this year and will draw big advertising money) and you're looking at well over $30 million. The links are readily available to anyone that can use google.

Sadly, you're buying into Ralph's misgiuded complaints. Almost everything you said is wrong. TV money alone covers all player costs and then some. The cap goes up proportionally to revenue, so anytime it does go up Ralph sees his dimes. Ralph makes over well over $50 million every year once appreciation is taken into account. He named the stadium after himself, deciding that his name up there is worth multi millions. To make roughly $65 million or so after taxes (per year) he has to watch football. He's got it tough. The only sacrafice he's making is the fact that he could make $100 million or so in another city. Sure, he's potentially sacraficing a lot of money to keep the team here, but there are still risks involved with a new market and he's got a cash cow as is. Don't buy into the fact that this CBA is going to make it difficult for the Bills to field a competitive team in Buffalo.

This isn't true at all. The Bills operating income last season $31.2 million. Granted, taxes will take a chunk out of that, but it's still an enormous amount of coin in Ralph's pocket. That's for a season when the team stunk. How can you say that he isn't becoming rich by owning the team? Obviously, he was well off before, but you can't just ignore the millions in income and the capital appreciation of the franchise value. Last year alone his asset grew by $48 million (in addition to the $31 million income). Sure, it's not cash, but either are real estate investments, stocks, and anything else that appreciates. Ralph Wilson will have been enriched by over one billion dollars when all is said and done for owning a football team. His team has operating income of more than $30 million annually and he doesn't even attempt to maximize revenue. Yet, you would think the team is hardly viable from the incessant whining coming from OBD.