taterhill Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I would do a 3rd this year and 1st next year. We need our 1st round pick this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Seeing as they traded Santonio Holmes for a bag of coal, I bet we could get Roethlisberger for something obscenely low--like a 2nd round pick this year, and a 2nd round pick next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick in RaChaCha Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 There are times when you have to put your ethics ahead of your wishes for a better team - I'll say it now, if the Bills aquire Ben Rapistburger I will stop watching the Bills for as long as he is on the team. The man is most likely a serial rapist - the should be in jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagner Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 There are times when you have to put your ethics ahead of your wishes for a better team - I'll say it now, if the Bills aquire Ben Rapistburger I will stop watching the Bills for as long as he is on the team. The man is most likely a serial rapist - the should be in jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY Nole Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I will continue to support threads that advocate for Bills trading for Ben Roethlisberger (however this scenario will never happen and Pittsburgh will NOT trade him). He has not been convicted of anything (Duke rape case comes to mind). For Bills fans that have a moral code -- we already have ethically challenged players on our team and you don't seem to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick in RaChaCha Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I will continue to support threads that advocate for Bills trading for Ben Roethlisberger (however this scenario will never happen and Pittsburgh will NOT trade him). He has not been convicted of anything (Duke rape case comes to mind). For Bills fans that have a moral code -- we already have ethically challenged players on our team and you don't seem to mind. Drinking and driving is one thing - Police coverup of a rape is another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Renko Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 OJ Simpson's taint on the team is not enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Two of my friends from high school, one who now lives in Pittsburgh and the other a born-and-bred Yinzer who moved to our town as a young'un, are diehard Steeler fans. And both have taken their kids' #7 jerseys away from them, with one mailing it back to the team. You really want that in Buffalo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 The man is most likely a serial rapist - the should be in jail. I applaud the bolded above. That point seems lost on some. I don't want PigBen either. But it has nothing to do with his off field conduct. I just think he is overrated. The first SB was won in spite of him, not because of him. The second, eh. Granted he is a huge improvement over anything we have had for a very long time. But unless Pitt was giving him away for two 2nd's or less, I pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolinaBill Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 OJ Simpson's taint on the team is not enough? ewww, OJ has his taint on this team??!! no wonder we've stunk for so long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I live in Pittsburgh; I was talking to my buddy the other day who has 4 kids. He's going through the process of slowly converting them to Polamalu fans, but he said it's been hard. These little kids have been programmed to say that their favorite player is "Ben Roflesberger." This is football country here. No matter what people say about athelets not being role models, they are here. I go to church on Sunday, and 90% of the congregation--men, women, children, pastors--have on Steelers jerseys. The Pittsburgh native who now lives up here has offered her son his choice of any other player's jersey in return for his black-and-gold #7 shirts. He picked Favre, who may be a diva, but to the best of my knowledge doesn't troll college bars looking for drunken hookups... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkx2 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 How about our 1st round and he gets to take your daughter or girl friend out for drinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthtobrint Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Seeing as they traded Santonio Holmes for a bag of coal, I bet we could get Roethlisberger for something obscenely low--like a 2nd round pick this year, and a 2nd round pick next year. Santonio Holmes was expendable because he is a WR and on the final year of his contract (under which he was criminally underpaid). He will be looking for a huge pay day from some team next year. In his rookie season, Mike Wallace proved last year his big play capability and should fill in nicely for Holmes. Ben Roethlisberger is a QB and is under contract for the foreseeable future. They have no one on their roster that could possibly replace him. They would require a star QB in return, or at the very least the number one draft pick for Bradford plus more picks. Buffalo has neither of those as trading pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 There are times when you have to put your ethics ahead of your wishes for a better team - I'll say it now, if the Bills aquire Ben Rapistburger I will stop watching the Bills for as long as he is on the team. The man is most likely a serial rapist - the should be in jail. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 If he did what he is accused of doing, I do not want him on our team. If he did some of the things that he is accused of doing, I would have grave reservations. Regardless of the foregoing, I would not trade our top ten pick to acquire him. Perhaps something less, but that would depend on what the NFL's investigation of the matter showed. Based on what I read from the police report and witness statements on the Smoking Gun, he has some "issues' to put it mildly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY Nole Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Drinking and driving is one thing - Police coverup of a rape is another. Well, I guess we'll agree to disagree. I found the police report contained some pretty vivid information that was unflattering to BOTH parties. For example: According to Willie Colon (who was with Ben) -- women at the first bar of the night, who were desperately trying to get Ben's attention, had name tags on that said "DTF," when asked what this meant -- the reply was "Down to ()uck". The woman who accused Roethlisberger of Rape was clearly interested in having his attention, took pictures with him, followed him to 2 different bars after his group left and willing accepted an invitation into a VIP room to do "shots." When giving her report to the police, her recollection about what happened was "foggy" due to her level of intoxication including falling down drunk when talking to the police. -- Listen, I do not condone "rape." But there comes a time when young people have to take responsibility for their lives and not put themselves in compromising positions. There is alot more to this story than what the media has reported and accusations of "rape" and "racisim" get flown around way to haphazardly these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerville Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Beggers cannot be choosers. We are a horrible franchise right now. Make the move for a proven commodity and put us back on the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Beggers cannot be choosers. We are a horrible franchise right now. Make the move for a proven commodity and put us back on the map. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockinon Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 You are out of your freakin' mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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