San Jose Bills Fan

I understand what you're saying but you could still say that Allan Barra's "Adjusted yards/pass," while not a measurement of how great a quarterback is, can still be a very good measure of how effective a quarterback is (as the result of all those things you mentioned). In other words, Archie Manning was probably a great quarterback who played on terrible teams. This rating would confirm that Archie was not an effective quarterback while not really judging how talented he was.

Not to hijack the thread but yes, those are b.s. excuses. On the other hand, his injured wrist is one legit reason for his disappointing season. As for the topic at hand, the "All-22" has been a game-changer on many levels. You definitely see the manifestation of change in the media and even fans here on this board. I wish I had more time in my day to watch the All-22 because I do have NFL Game Rewind. I think someday you'll see that some NFL GMs got their start in scouting because of their addiction to watching NFL video, like the many baseball GMs who got their jobs because of their obsession with sabermetrics.

I'd rather have Brad Smith than Tebow… and I'm also a person who would not be more likely to attend a Bills game because the Bills traded for Tebow. Tebow's a slow, plodding player with no quick-twitch muscles. It's mystifying to me how he had any success at Florida and I can only surmise that they were a great team like other SEC National Champions LSU and Alabama who won with mediocre quarterbacking. At least Smith is a good kick returner, has great promise as a wideout, and is also an excellent runner from scrimmage. IMO, the Bills should scrap the wildcat and simply use Brad Smith as other teams use multi-talented players ie- screens, reverses, as a wideout, as a running back, the occasional halfback option, etc.

I'm sure many people have already done the math and that's why the number usually thrown around is in the 70s. But for a very basic calculation (let the sharpshooting begin) The Ralph holds 73,079 for football and the average ticket price is $58.36. So revenue based on that is $4,264,890. To get that amount of revenue from 55,000 seats would make the average ticket price $77.54. That's a hefty 33% increase. Perhaps it would work, perhaps it wouldn't. I know that if I lived in Buffalo that I would probably pay the increase but I can only speak for myself.

Disagree. All the reports were that Golisano eschewed a higher offer to sell to Pegula so that the Sabres would stay put. See above… he got less for the Sabres than he could have. As for your second point about Golisano's lack of enthusiasm, I think you have a tin ear. It seems to me that: 1) He isn't going to speak enthusiastically about a hypothetical situation involving Ralph Wilson dying, and 2) Golisano sees himself as part of an ownership group and probably not one of the principals. His comments virtually assure that. So yes, he would be doing us a favor by joining a group of investors intent on keeping the Bills in Buffalo. Would you have a problem with that?

And again, the Bills have the cheapest ticket prices in the league, no corporate community to speak of, and a demographic that does not support PSLs. In other words, the stadium would have to have at least 70K seats in order to generate revenue from a volume model.

So then… in what way is Wanny not stupid?

I wasn't sure because he didn't finish his sentence with "dude." That said, I think you're right.

Good stuff. Thanks for posting. Still looks like the same game we all know and love… Mike Stratton spearing Namath on a blindside blitz, LOL.

Like NoSaint suggests, how or why he got caught is besides the point. If your career was spiraling down the drain, like a poor imitation of Pacman Jones, would you continue to hang out with the wrong people and burn blunts all day? Shouldn't he have already received his wake-up call?

The fact that he rescued the Sabres in their darkest hours (post Rigas) and sold them to a person who wanted to keep them here (Pegula)? I agree. Please consider his track record as Sabres owner.

Link? Full disclosure. mrags went to Williamsville North so he wants the Bills to build a cheapo stadium so they can call it Spartan Field. Seriously though, I don't think you could get a stadium done in Buffalo in 2013-2014 for $500 million but I think it's worth considering a more responsible approach to a new stadium, one that doesn't include ratcheted-up costs for some pie-in-the-sky dream of conventions and a Super Bowl. The cost/benefit analysis might favor a more realistic budget and design. For one thing, I don't see a Super Bowl happening here in any scenario. There's not the hotel rooms and infrastructure to host one and the owners wouldn't vote to have their marquee event in Buffalo in February anyways. As far as the conventions and other events, none of the currently existing venues book at anywhere near a positive cash flow. How is it that a new facility will magically increase the city's attractiveness as a convention destination? As mrags says, build something like Heinz Field. Incorporate some great design elements but forget about the needless extravagance. Make the stadium say, "Buffalo Bills Football Stadium," both literally and architecturally.

Yeah, like NoSaint said, you're missing the point of the commentary here.

I'll have to pile on with the others and add, I don't think you know too much about pass rush specialists. As Marauder said, that wasn't even Pouncey's best comment. For those who didn't click the link, Pouncey when asked if he would say something to Maybin also said: "I have to be on punt block (team) to say something to him… he's not even gonna play enough plays to touch Reggie."

Yeah Soldier and Sisyphous are correct. If you're competent enough to put together offensive game plans as Chan Gailey is, you completely understand pro defenses. His non-involvement in the defense is not a matter of knowledge although it might be a matter of either a hands-off management style or having limited bandwidth. With regards to the Bills D and Wanny, I don't think anyone here is talking about one game.

Yeah, because this is exactly the life of a professional football player.

Actually, if he's not good enough and you hired him, you might be fired. I think that's the point. So you'd better "help" him be "good enough" like Coughlin and Cowher helped Gilbride.

Yep. And Thigpen was his… wait… what? What? Agreed. Why would we trade away the better player for the worse player?

Really, it's immaterial whether Gailey has input or not. Whether he's involved or not he bears ultimate responsibility so if the defense sucks, it's a reflection of him as a head coach. If he chooses not to be the control freak that so many NFL coaches are, then he does so at his own peril, and responsibility. Just because a parent turns a blind eye to his child's underage parties doesn't absolve that parent of responsibility.

The "Locker Room Cancer" who was 21-9 as Bills quarterback when "good guy" Rob Johnson was 9-17 WITH THE SAME DEFENSE? That "Locker Room Cancer? Happy Birthday, Doug. Wish you were still young enough to be our quarterback… we wouldn't be the losers we've been since you left.

The Bills have the lowest ticket prices in the NFL. Obviously a new stadium would increase those prices but they'd still need to work on a volume model, IMO. I've never been there but I'm told Indy is a very nice city that has had competent people building the urban core for many years now. Indy is the 12th largest city in the U.S. and is its downtown is considered one of the best among U.S. cities.

Painfully hilarious guys.

The next coach has to be a motivator yes. But he also has to be competent. Here in the Bay Area, Mike Singletary was seen as being a supreme motivator. That is, until everyone realized that he was incompetent and the players lost faith in his knowledge and skill. Being competent is a big motivator too.

As Bills fans, haven't we been burdened enough?

Excuse my stupidity but what is an IDIO?