billsfreak

Wish you were the GM, the ones we have now believe we need to get as many RBs as possible. Maybe the easiest position to fill on an offensive team.

Not only would they probably screw it up like always, they might never get him signed.

I will still take the 49ers roster, coaching staff, management and ownership over ours every time asked. We plain suck from Ralph to the last man on the roster.

You mean Fitzpatrick wouldn't start on the Jets? According to alot of idiots on this board, when they dumped Edwards for Fitz we were good to go? What about Spiller, alot of those people say it was the right pick instead of a QB or LT? All seriousness though, I think both of our kickers could start for the Jets, but that is about it. They should do a show about Bills fans and call it Hard Heads or Big Suckers. We suck and as long as Ralph and his cheap ass ways are in charge it wont get better. Gailey sucks, Nix sucks, Ralph sucks, the team sucks, what did the best fans in the NFL do to deserve all this crap? Detroit has been competitive in every game pretty much so far, more than you can say for us. We are by far the worst team on the planet, and much worse than the team that went 0-16 a couple years ago in Detroit.

I respect what Ralph Wilson did years ago, starting franchise in Buffalo (because Miami said no), keeping it here and whatever else he might have done. But at this point he is the most worthless owner in football, puts no effort to please the best fans in the NFL, signs the cheapest front office personnel, cheapest coaching staff, puts a limit on spending and the POS front office spends what little he lets them on terrible players. This front office is somewhere hiding their face, this team is an embarrasment, but hey, it is a total success if it is making Ralphie more money. Ralph kiss my ass.

Your post brings back fond memories, I too loved the Chuck Knox era, and as I have been saying, Knox is the only previously successful head coach that Ralph has ever hired. Then after getting a taste of Ralph's ownership, an extension was turned down and Knox couldn't wait to bolt for Seattle. I still have a piece of the field goal net from that Miami game, and vividly remember running down on the field and girls would just come up and hug you (pretty exciting since I was just a teenager). I also remember the year before (I believe) when I thought we finally beat Miami but Dempseys field goal went wide, which we couldn't see from the side of the field. People talk about how Flutie saved the Bills, and I don't dispute that, but I think what Knox did was just as equal, as he brought an excitement to the area that it hadn't seen in quite some time. When I started going to Bills games, most people went, and tickets were sold based on who the Bills were playing, after Knox took over, people went to see the Bills. Those teams had such a fun blend of young exciting players and veterans, several of whom Knox brought with him (Bill Simpson, Isiah Robertson). I like yourself have seen down times, and probably worse teams, but has it ever been so depressing to be a Bills fan? This team has pretty much taken most of the fun out of it? Even in the 1970' ane 1980's when they lost alot more than they won, it still seemed fun to go the games or watch them on TV. I would never say Ralph was never a good owner, or I don't respect what he did in the past, but similar to Al Davis in Oakland, his time has passed him by, the game has passed him by, the passion is gone and he has turned into a greedy business owner. I agree, Ralph might be old as dirt, but he isn't stupid by any stretch, he knows with the hires he makes he isn't going to turn this team around. He goes the cheap route with every hire he makes, hiring unproven coordinators (Williams, Mularkey), Head Coach retreads (Juaron, Gailey), or the nearest cheerleading coach if they come cheap enough. And no, the loyal fans of the Bills don't deserve the crap he throws at us year after year after year. It is too bad, that the league owners can't vote out useless owners like Ralph and make them sell the team, it would be best for the NFL, Western New York, Bills fans, and most importantly the Buffalo Bills.

Fond memories "We're Talkin' Proud!"

On one hand I don't really thing what Johnson did deserved a penalty much less a fine, but on the other hands, players on winless terrible teams shouldn't celebrate at all until they start winning. That is the problem with most of todays players, it is "me" not "team". I think that started back with Deion Sanders, the original "Me" player. Seems like we were beating them (Falcons) by about 50 points when he returned a punt or kick back for a TD and shoved the ball in the Bills players face. That is the ultimate Non-Team player.

NEWS FLASH!!!! This team has been in a transition since about the year of 2000. Transition from terrible to even worse. It is going to keep spiraling downhill until we get a new owner who will pay a real front office, pay a real coaching staff and pay good players. It is no secret on how to win in the NFL, and it doesn't seem like the Bills will ever figure it out, or don't want to figure it out (costs too much).

Western New York may not be South Beach in Miami, but it is the rep of the team, the owner, the management, etc. that make if tough to get top free agents here more so than the area. Even if it was South Beach, you have to have an owner who will pay the top free agents, that is where we are at a disadvantage, not the city. In the 1990's we didn't have a problem getting top free agents to come here-Lofton, Paup, Speilmann, etc., and they didn't have a problem getting the top players to stay here either, because we were winning.

Good point. All Ralphie and his crew do is abuse Bills fans, and last I checked that wasn't against the law (although some of us think it should be). Kobe and Ben have victims, Ralphie and the boys just have suckers like us all.

Most successful teams use all methods of shaping their roster-draft, free agency, trades, resigning your own players, etc. No team has won by building exclusively by the draft since the free agency era started. Maybe back in the 1060's and 1970's you built by the draft, but that was about all you had other than the rare trade. And if you spend it right, you can win a championship. Who was the Saints Superbowl MVP quarterback-Oh yea, Drew Brees who they signed as a free agent. They also had a guy you might remember playing DB-Jabari Greer who was a free agent. They had many others too. Who caught the winning TD for the Giants a few years ago in the Super Bowl-free agent Plaxico Burress.

Boy you said it. Some of the fans on here, and bless their hearts, should walk around with a stick up their butt, so they really look like suckers. Maybe I am missing something here, but isn't he on the IR? Does that take up a roster spot? I didn't think it did. Maybe I am wrong, wouldn't be the first time.

No team is going to pay him close to what the Bills paid him. Just another example of how people don't want to be in this poorly run organization once they see how it is operated. The guy went from the penthouse (super bowl victory) to the outhouse (longest stretch without playoffs), and I am not feeling sorry for him, he got paid, but I bet he was fed the same BS that us fans are, that there was a commitment to winning-what a freaking joke!

Yes it is. Being a Bills fan should come with a season long supply of doggy bags. And maybe a dart board with Ralphie's face on it.

Agreed, and he is the only proven winner that Ralph has opened his wallet for, and then couldn't keep him because Knox was tired of the ownership after only what, 4 seasons?

I have been a die hard since I started going to games in the early 1970's, and in my opinion, the past 10 years have been the worst time to be a Bills fan, with the current being the worse. There have been bad teams in the past, no doubt, but I don't remember us ever being clearly the worst team in the NFL, with the organization seeming like they didn't care either. The 1970's were some lean years, but there was no free agency, and none of the last to first teams like we see every year back then. Back then you really did have to build for the future, nowadays the NFL is a win now league, there is no building for the future, but the Bills haven't gotten that message. Sit back and look, this team has went an entire decade without making one playoff game! That doesn't even seem possible, even the Browns make it every 7 or 8 years by accident. Ralph won't pay for top notch front office personnel or coaching, and if he does by chance get a good one, he chases them out of town. It isn't going to get any better until we have a new owner, who comes in with a commitment to win. Just look at the teams history in the Super Bowl era, we had one good decade out of four? The other 3 decades we pretty much sucked, and nobody can dispute that. We are such a joke around the country, that the Patriots' defense has been getting slammed all week, because they gave up 30 points to the Buffalo Bills (giggle) on every radio show.

Why would we have traded for Schobel? He was already the property of the Bills.

And you could look into a bag of horse manure and see gold to I bet. This team has been rebuilding longer than it takes to rebuild and entire country. Maybe we should change the team's name to the Buffalo ReBillders.

Exactly, they took over a team with as many holes as any other team in the league if not more, and all they did was create more holes. They didn't address any of them. This team wasn't equipped to switch to a 3-4, they had zero players who fit that scheme up front-and still have zero. The new regime has taken a sinking team and tied sandbags to it's feet to make it sink faster. The 2010 draft was a joke, they addressed zero needs that this team had. Alright, we got the best running back available, but we won't see that because there is no line to block for him, so other rookies (Matthews, Best) will outperform him by a mile. Besides, having two 1,000 yard rushers on the roster with multiple years left on their contracts wasn't good enough, but keeping the NFL's worst offensive line intact was? So far the Nix/Gailey regime is a joke, just like this entire franchise is in the eyes of the rest of the country.

Not to mention the few good players we have will be near the end of their contracts and will be headed out like Pat Williams, Winfield, etc. It is a never ending ugly cycle with this team and has been for a decade plus. I believe you should hop on your white horse, sprinkle pixie dust and keep believing that every 3 or 4 years when Ralph hires the cheapest head coach and front office personnel available he finally got it right and we will be winning Super Bowl after Super Bowl in a year or two. Is it just a coincidence that every quarterback we have had since they cut Flutie loose has been a failure here? I don't think so. Is it any coincidence that every coach since Ralph ran Wade Phillips out of town has been a huge failure? I don't think so there either. In your little fairy tale football league that the Bills play in everything might be fine in a couple weeks, but get a look at the real world and face the facts.

Not sure what improvements you are seeing at LT, most don't see it (including myself). McNabb wasn't a free agent, he was traded, and to this day I really doubt that the Bills made any effort to acquire him, that was the media creating stories as usual. Kinda like the 10 million dollars they offered Shanahan-doubt it ever happened. It isn't the risk reward gambles that are shooting from the hip, it is the panic like changes they are making after just a couple weeks. Mini camps, training camp and preseason were useless as the QB, RB, #2 WR and at least one DB was changed after only a week or two into the season? They cut Brown instead of signing him to a practice squad spot, he gets at least two tryouts, gets no offers, then all of a sudden he is good enough to be the #3 QB here? What sense does that make? Sounds like a bunch of unqualifieds not wanting to admit a mistake.

I don't think I ever said anything about a white stead or world beaters, but if one does come in, it can't realistically be any worse than it is now. When you are at the very bottom and a change at top occurs, the odds are somethings will change, and on the very bottom there is only one way to go-UP!