Cornerville Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Between Whitner's arrest, Marshawn's troubles, James Hardy turning a gun on his own father for crying out loud, and signing a guy like Owens (nothing like the other 3 but just a 3 ring circus of media attention he brings) ....it really is getting bad around here. The things that we made fun of Miami and Cincy for over the years....we are now one of those teams. And oh, NFL fans that act holier then thou about this sport, you have WELL surpassed the NBA, a league that a lot of you shun upon because of 'thugs' as the league with the worst thugs, and it is not even CLOSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Players have been acting this way and getting in trouble since the league started. The only differences are salaries are higher, and the media microscope is more focused than ever before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistolPeaTear Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Between Whitner's arrest, Marshawn's troubles, James Hardy turning a gun on his own father for crying out loud, and signing a guy like Owens (nothing like the other 3 but just a 3 ring circus of media attention he brings) ....it really is getting bad around here. The things that we made fun of Miami and Cincy for over the years....we are now one of those teams. And oh, NFL fans that act holier then thou about this sport, you have WELL surpassed the NBA, a league that a lot of you shun upon because of 'thugs' as the league with the worst thugs, and it is not even CLOSE. if the internet was as big in the early 90s as it is now everyone would say how theres so many bad characters on those teams. The only difference is those teams won consistently therefore you wouldnt complain. If this team made the playoffs this upcoming season, id doubt you would care about how they were off the field. I would say almost every team in this league has a player or multiple players who have been in some phase of the correctional system. I'm not trying to make excuses for them, but thats how some players are in the NFL and most of the teams have accepted that fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Whitner was in a bar late at night and got a bit too aggressive. Don't expect this to be much of anything when it all plays out. Look at Cleveland....their WR is up for manslaughter charges on some poor guy who just walked across the street.....all of the Bills transgressions combined does not even come close to that. Agreed it looks bad, but overall in the whole picture, it is not a big deal. These guys should just hang out in WNY more to stay out of trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDVA Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Let us not forget, these are young men. Remember back to when we were 23 years old. What was important then, seems foolish now. Cut them some slack, they will be all right...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I kept running over fat Canadian women all around Elmwood Avenue back then...the problem is, these guys keep getting caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 CLOSE. Yes, that seems appropriate for this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Between Whitner's arrest, Marshawn's troubles, James Hardy turning a gun on his own father for crying out loud, and signing a guy like Owens (nothing like the other 3 but just a 3 ring circus of media attention he brings) ....it really is getting bad around here. The things that we made fun of Miami and Cincy for over the years....we are now one of those teams. And oh, NFL fans that act holier then thou about this sport, you have WELL surpassed the NBA, a league that a lot of you shun upon because of 'thugs' as the league with the worst thugs, and it is not even CLOSE. Do you want to know why you hear about more NFL players getting into trouble than NBA players? Because there are about 400 NBA players and about 1,600 NFL players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOBILLS78 Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Becoming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Psssssst........the worlds going to hell in a handbag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Let us not forget, these are young men. Remember back to when we were 23 years old. What was important then, seems foolish now. Cut them some slack, they will be all right...... Now, think back to when we were 23 and give us a few million bucks...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfreak Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I agree, the fans in Western New York or Bills fans in general can no longer criticize Bengals or Cowboys fans,we have become a clone of the Bengals. We have been an embarassment in the FO for the better part of a decade, but at lease we kept high character players and weren't a walking police blotter. We have truly become the joke of the NFL in all aspects now. Lynch, Simpson, Whitner, Hardy among others not to mention they add the biggest A-hole in the NFL to the team in Owens. When Marv Levy says act like you have been there before, he didn't mean in a jail cell. I don' think it can get any worse, but I thought that a few months ago too, and a few more reasons to be embarassed have occurred. Where do we go from here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellDressed Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Between Whitner's arrest, Marshawn's troubles, James Hardy turning a gun on his own father for crying out loud, and signing a guy like Owens (nothing like the other 3 but just a 3 ring circus of media attention he brings) ....it really is getting bad around here. The things that we made fun of Miami and Cincy for over the years....we are now one of those teams. And oh, NFL fans that act holier then thou about this sport, you have WELL surpassed the NBA, a league that a lot of you shun upon because of 'thugs' as the league with the worst thugs, and it is not even CLOSE. Maybe if the NFL adopts a must wear suit policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 We have truly become the joke of the NFL in all aspects now. The only joke is the one on people who take this stuff seriously eneough to be embarassed by it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfreak Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Do you want to know why you hear about more NFL players getting into trouble than NBA players? Because there are about 400 NBA players and about 1,600 NFL players. The Bills alone have had what, 3 run ins with the law in the last 4 months? I don't recall any from the NBA, much less 4. So the Bills alone have had more problems than the entire NBA, so your point is mute. The NFL has what 4-5 times as many players as the NBA and at least 10 times as many arrests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfreak Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 The only joke is the one on people who take this stuff seriously eneough to be embarassed by it... I am not embarassed and have no reason to be, but the organization should be without question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San-O Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Between Whitner's arrest, Marshawn's troubles, James Hardy turning a gun on his own father for crying out loud, and signing a guy like Owens (nothing like the other 3 but just a 3 ring circus of media attention he brings) ....it really is getting bad around here. The things that we made fun of Miami and Cincy for over the years....we are now one of those teams. And oh, NFL fans that act holier then thou about this sport, you have WELL surpassed the NBA, a league that a lot of you shun upon because of 'thugs' as the league with the worst thugs, and it is not even CLOSE. You forgot about Ko "I'm worth millions!" simpson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 The Bills alone have had what, 3 run ins with the law in the last 4 months? I don't recall any from the NBA, much less 4. So the Bills alone have had more problems than the entire NBA, so your point is mute. The NFL has what 4-5 times as many players as the NBA and at least 10 times as many arrests. NBA http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=129549&page=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williams+Williams+Williams Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I am not embarassed and have no reason to be, but the organization should be without question. The organization should be embarassed for being losers not trouble makers. I don't care what these guys do off the field. Marv, Dick, Russ, and everyone else in the front office can't pick players that make a difference on or off the field. Let's be serious. You want to put a bunch of young guys with a lot of money under a microscope and it doesn't matter if they are in the NFL, NBA, or YMCA - they are going to get into trouble. Do you like fish sticks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rackemrack Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Do you like fish sticks? i love fish sticks in my mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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