Sisyphean Bills

Did you see all the empty seats in the stadium today? PC: "You're right, Mac. Better put it all on marketing."

Who's JP?

Very succinct.

Right. Because as a professional newspaper journalist, he makes sh-- up just like pompous posters on TSW.

In the Sullivan article, it was reported unambiguously that Wilson said he had no plans to use the money from the Toronto deal on players. (I know, Sullivan doesn't know football, so he must be a liar. ) FWIW, Ralph is considered a bit of a doddering miser owner by some of the other owners. He has no one to blame but himself for not capitalizing on the success of the team in the 90s (when its success on the field was building a national fan base) and translating that into innovative, new revenue streams. Instead, he looked backwards as evidenced by his refusal to resell the naming rights on the stadium when the Rich deal ended.

I am actually very aware of the marketing angle involved and that this deal was to make the team more regional. Of course, that had nothing at all to do with my point, which was what is Ralph using the millions in "chicken feed" from the deal itself for exactly? As far as I've heard it is not going towards getting better players or coaches. The cash-to-cap is a constraint of the Bills own choosing. The cries of "poverty" are trumped up -- the Bills are in the upper half of profitable NFL teams and have little to no debt. (Edit: The value of the franchise -- read sales price -- has eroded over the past few years according to Forbes and the marketing to a larger fan base, Toronto is 4X larger than Buffalo, is an obvious attempt to stem that slide.) Putting the $78 million in cash in his pocket, under his mattress, or in a trust fund for the grandchildren isn't going to reduce the debt that a new owner will take on to purchase the Bills. Which is all another way of saying their marketing strategy is ass backwards.

The design process is to take different plays seen on SportsCenter toss them in a hat and have a blind squirrel select his favorites. Near as one can figure anyway.

What do you think the answer is? Prove you are "paying attention."

Still, that's not a reason to have no competition at the position.

Don't forget Sully!

BTW, what is the point of the Toronto thing if he's just going to use that money to trick out his Taurus?

I hope so as well. I'm not optimistic, but I do know that hitching our wagon to a mannequin hasn't worked and isn't going to work. At least with throwing darts, there is a chance something good might accidentally fall out of the sky.

Well, if we look no further than the Jauron era in Chicago, then hiring a competent GM and a good head coach can turn things around in 2 years with much of the same core group of players.

Why keep the Dick if you make him fire his hand-picked staff? Who the fook is going to come to Buffalo to coach with him? A bunch of corpses from the morgue?

It is now time for the Edwards Apologists to think of a new excuse!

Meanwhile, David Carr is leading the Giants to victory.

Zero points.

You mean the C is allowed out of his own backfield? Never would've guessed that watching Preston.

Seriously. When Jim Kelly was the QB here, every game was 70 degrees and sunny with no wind.

Losman has started roughly 40% of the games in his 5 years and Edwards has started over 70% of the games in his 2 years. Losman had 0 starts as a rookie.

Did you say "Change?" Obama is going to have a radio show?!?

Super Bowl!

Just remember to have him bundle up.

Are you a generator salesman?

No, it sounds like ideal conditions for Trent.