‘What really interests me most, though, is the whole new stadium debate where cost doesn’t seem to be an issue on the fan level … just pay those extra hundreds of millions and put a roof on it, the money will come from somewhere. And, so what if 300 Buffalo families are displaced to make room for a downtown stadium.’
Archives for April 2, 2022
New Bills tight end O.J. Howard welcomes the chance for a career reset
‘“They were always the same injuries – my ankles,” Howard said. “I kept having the same injuries every year, so it was like ‘is it my cleats? Is it my shoes, what is it? Why am I having these ankle injuries every year?’ Then I had the Achilles, which is also considered an ankle (injury). It was like three years in a row, and it was three times I had the same injury.”’
Bills’ offseason program to begin April 19
‘Phase One consists of the first two weeks of the program with activities limited to meetings, strength and conditioning, and physical rehabilitation only.’
Could soccer become a fixture in a new Bills stadium?
‘Right now, Highmark Stadium has enough seating for an international soccer game but does not have the dimensions and field space required.’
Buffalo Bills have trade up options in 2022 NFL Draft (3 potential trade partners)
‘In terms of relationships, swinging a trade with the Giants makes plenty of sense. Giants GM Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll came to New York via Buffalo. The team has two top-10 picks and can land select the player they covet most while sending the other pick away.’
NY Democrats oppose Hochul’s $850M Buffalo Bills stadium ‘giveaway’
‘“This proposal, negotiated in secret and only announced days before the final budget is due, would represent the largest public subsidy to an NFL team in history, reportedly amounting to a total commitment of over $1 billion in public funding,” said the Friday letter sent to Hochul by Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D-Queens) and signed by 19 others.’
Ortt: Bills stadium deal is Gov. Hochul’s deal
‘”There’s not one budget bill, to be clear. They haven’t produced one budget bill,” Ortt said on Friday at an event on Main Street in Buffalo. “Whether it’s education funding; I think the only bill that they produced is debt service, the bill to pay the bills that we keep incurring and growing. So the credit card bill, that keeps growing, we got to pay that, obviously. That was put forward this week. That’s the only budget bill that has been put in print. So I haven’t seen any budget bill.”‘
Bills stadium deal creates sticking point in state budget
‘”We cannot keep the state divided upstate and downstate,” Morinello said. “Everyone has to have an open mind about what is happening.”‘
Reflecting on Bills stadium “Seat-Sit” record 40-years later
’40-years ago next month a former Buffalo radio disc jockey set a world record by sitting in more than 80,000 seats at the Buffalo Bills stadium.’
Poll: Majority of NYers oppose $850M for Bills stadium
‘Conducted between March 28 and 30, the poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percent.’
Carucci Take2 Bills Mailbag: Bills should hold their own in talent-rich AFC
‘The schedule figures to be tougher and will likely include at least five prime-time games that can be disruptive and physically and mentally taxing for players. I anticipate the Bills winning another division crown and, again, having a good shot to capture the top seed in the AFC playoffs. I also like their chances against any opponent, regardless of other teams’ roster upgrades – especially at quarterback – that we’ve seen throughout the conference.’