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There is an air of reminiscence....

While there are good things to say about Ralph Wilson, it has long been known that he will not spend top dollar for a GM, HC, etc. The loss of Polian (and no, not Butler who basically got to ride out what Polian built), was the end of a quality front office. Player payroll wasn't the issue through the 90's. Ralph spent plenty on players. When Donahoe became President, first they escaped cap hell, then spent on some big name FA's (Sam Adams, Takeo Spikes....) so things were looking up. A real President and players too, but that fell apart and along with the brief return of Marv Levy, the Bills began the cash to cap crap and while still paying too much for some guys (Kelsay for one), getting the balance sheets in order seemed to be priority one, not winning. Are the Bills clean for a sale, yes, and I'm sure that was very much intentional. It's a shame that Ralph has refused to consider selling the team to local investors (Jim Kelly's group comes to mind and has wished for the opportunity. Ralph should sell now. He should have sold the team when he went cash to cap. Yet, sadly it will be an estate sale in which there won't be a Ralph around to even try to work out a deal with Buffalo's interests given some consideration. It will be strickly about the Benjamins...... So sad....

Your voice of reason is so sorely missed..... Thanks for surfacing....

Who was a far better player than Trent ever hoped to be.

Outstanding LB is his day, but that doesn't necessarily translate into him being a good HC. I might add that Singletary will be lucky to finish the season.

Thanks for the injection of reason into a thread that sorely needed it. Jerry Jones did say that he probably pulled the trigger on Gailey too quickly. I doubt there's any reason for Jones to say it if he didn't mean it. What would he care? As for Aikman, he was one more concussion short of permanent brain damage and had clearly lost what made him the QB he was in the early 90's. Easier for Aikman to blame Gailey than to accept his own demise.

From this fan's perspective, it is a mistake. Greed? Obviously. Jerry Jones, Dan Snyder, Robert Kraft, etc., are all tickled pink with themselves. Now will they be able to get the NFLPA on board? Will there be an NFLPA if the owners move to a lockout? It may be inevitable, but done deal? I think not quite yet.

Only exception being that for Edwards. He lost a bunch of $$$$. Hope he's been saving his dough and has another career in the works.

How dare you call us old geezers, it's...well...ooops, you were calling Blanda "the old geezer". Never mind..... By the way, that was one great finish. Buffalo was really excited after that win. Bills went 9-5 that year but lost to the powerful Steelers in the playoffs.

I went with Kelsay mainly because it sickens me to hear the Bills are extending his contract.

I believe you meant "most people", and even at 500K per year (4 years), that does not come anywhere near what most people will earn in "5 lifetimes". Do the math.........

Dennis Shaw was a weak armed QB who threw a very catachable ball, but his long passes seemed floating balloons. Lots of air under them, and not very deep. He did win the NFL AP Rookie of the Year in 1970, but even then he threw only 10 TDs and had 20 INTs that year. In 1971 he led the league in INTs (26) while throwing just 11 TD's. 1972 was a tad better, 14 TDs vs. 17 INTs. Lou Saban replaced him in week 3 of the 1973 season with Joe Ferguson. Shaw was traded to the Cardinals in 1974 and was also with the Cardinals in 1975 (backup roles both years).

Yes sadly, Mitchell is on IR. He would be a step up whether he played inside next to Poz, or at OLB. By far a better player than Kelsay, Davis, Ellison, or Maybin.

Poz, while not an all-pro inside LB, is light years better than Maybin, and Whitner. Before him, 4/5 of the team would need to be released.

Sounds like sound advice...

Can't argue with that.............

Basically, Chan said they released Edwards. No insights, no comment on whether we'll sign another QB. Only thing he added was that they've decided to work with Brohm and not carry Edwards only to run the scout team.

Very well stated R. Rich..................

The decision was not made solely on any one factor, but any coach worth his salt, realizes that the supposed leader on the field, must command respect from his team mates, as well as elevate their play through his own leadership. Trent had lost any belief in him, both from his fellow players, and the fans that pay the bills.

My feeling of the mood was that Fitz would be the best backup, qualified and fairly capable. What was the underlying hope was that someone (Trent, Levi, the ball boy, someone) would step up and show they would be a capable starter in this league. For a personal point of view, my only gripe with Fitz is his maddening lack of consistent accuracy. What that said, I like to see Fitz succeed and play well. Maybe Gailey, the reported QB Guru, will now focus his attention of a guy who has some moxy, and needs to nail down his footwork to gain most consistent accuracy. After all, who else does Gailey have? Brohm? That doesn't seem likely at this point.

I not only agree this is completely plausible, it's likely to be dead on. Evans spoke of the lack of understanding and confidence in Trent, albeit in a diplomatic manner. Currently listening to WGR (for the Bills presser).....

So Fitz was on the field blocking for Spiller on the kickoff returned for a TD? Your accuracy is near that of Fitz (he QB'd the Bills on 23 points).

One can only hope that Carrington will get to start playing soon. After watching Stroud today, he's far too slow for a DE. He runs like a DT, in traffic. No pass rush ability, no zip, no jump off the snap, nothing. He's playing the run very poorly as well. Here's to hoping the Bills send Stroud and Maybin for the beer at game time this week. Time to give Carrington a look. Our D is in trouble. George Edwards better have a rabbit in his hat.....and he needs it NOW.

Loved Thurman Thomas scores. Generally he just flipped the ball to the ref and headed home with the air of someone who will be back again.

Kyle had a nice series late in the game, but don't make this out to be a great game. Judge your nose tackle on the the opponents running game. We were gashed inside and out all day long. Williams was a part of the 200 plus yards we gave up on the ground against a team not known as a good running team.