BillnutinHouston

HOW do you know what you "know"?

Every GM in the league passed on Wilson at least twice.

Agree with you 100%.

Its taking a promotion. Hardly jumping ship.

Nickell Robey was undrafted and therefore a FA signing. Alan Branch was a good get also.

Interesting - what's the past Pettine-Van Pelt connection? Or is it just that he knows AVP is in line for the Bills QB coach job and is willing to raise the stakes?

There is no way that any change in the extra point rule will result in fewer commercials. I thought we all understood that revenue is what drives the NFL.

Why WOULDN'T Marrone be paid among the lowest in the league? He didn't come from a major college program, had never been an NFL HC before so other than having his name circling as a moderately hot commodity, why would he command even a middle tier HC's salary?

Is this show on HBO or some other channel?

So you IR him for the knee, but label it a disciplinary move. As Rahm Emmanuel once famously said, "Never let a crisis go to waste."

Never heard of the guy.

Outstanding thread enforcement. I like it. BTW, not asking to be signed up.

I love Freddie's vision, instincts, balance, work ethic and toughness but I have to agree. He's already lost a step and it could go further downhill fast.

So you create the hole in the year after next. Tell me what you've accomplished.

I have no second favorite team, but my secondary rooting interest is always for whoever is playing the Cowboys. Beyond that I have a soft spot for classic teams like the Packers and Bears that resemble Buffalo in terms of weather and fan base.

OK, say he's tagged and plays one more year. We're not a Super Bowl contender so what are you building toward with that approach? Is it just window dressing to placate the fans?

That is understood but my fear is once a second tag is on, the Bills leverage in trade talks diminishes. I'm not sure if my fear is well founded or not.

Do you mean that based on available cap room, or based on the Bills' history of spending under the cap? If the Bills decide to tag him again, my question to the front office is, what exactly are you trying to build here? Surely you don't think you're going to the Super Bowl next year so what's the point other than keeping Byrd for another year for "entertainment purposes" for the fans?

Yea, I get your point. In a sense that is a gadget play because a lot of times it smelled of desperation.

I never discussed Stevie dropping anything in RWS. What I said was, Stevie's fumble in TO directly resulted in the Bills losing. How is this debatable? The greatest comeback game was not sold out. That was a solid team with legitimate playoff aspirations - but they were playing in front of a spolied fanbase. I'm not asking anyone to agree with me, or disagree. Just expressing the opinion that many fans want/expect everything on their terms: prices, location and wins. And rather than lifting a finger to support what the Bills are trying to do to improve their bottom-tier market, these fans choose to bash the series, blame losses on it (even when one play snatches defeat from the jaws of victory) and claim that winning will cure the WNY market's financial challenges. This group prefers to keep their fingers crossed hoping the next ownership group isn't financially savvy - they'd rather whistle past the graveyard and expect the NFL to stay in Buffalo out of mere nostalgia. Looking forward to the next ownership group, I happen to find that way of thinking wrong and dangerous.

Gee, thanks for taking this burden from us. I feel much better knowing you got this.

I can't remember a single gadget play being run by the Bills this year (not counting Goodwin or Graham end arounds). Curious to know if any of you remember any, or if you remember any comments from Marrone or Hackett discussing their philosophy on using these. I was expecting at least some, particularly in the later games, and was surprised to not see any.

Please don't mistake my physical location with my being a Houstonian in any sense, especially a Houston fan. I was born and raised a WNYer, and I'm a current Bills season ticket and club seat holder. The challenges of being a long range financial supporter of the Bills are many, and they are what make me so ardently opposed to the whiny and entitled-sounding Bills fans that often populate this forum.

Tell that to the people who couldn't watch the Greatest Comeback because the game was blacked out. We each have our own opinions on that. If it bothers you so much, change it. "See the Toronto crowd, BE the Toronto crowd."

If the game was played in Buffalo, this, that, and the other thing MIGHT have happened. Is that not speculative?