Slack_in_MA

I'm guessing they will say they don't watch with any emotion either way. Then when they start winning, they will jump on the bandwagon. The very definition of a fair-weather fan.

I didn't mean to imply that I think your prior season record matters when the next season starts. I meant that I'd rather have my team moving in the right direction and showing signs of improvement than to intentionally jake it in an attempt to win the lottery. Jake Long was not single-handedly responsible for the Dolphins turnaround. And for every Dolphins turnaround like that, there are just as many examples of drafting #1 and still sucking. Both winning and losing are contagious.

So what? You really want to perpetuate, and potentially deepen, the culture of losing in order to draft ONE GUY who could get his knee wrecked in training camp? Then where are you? So they get the first pick, but the rest of the team is still a bunch of miserable losers who don't know how to win and don't want to be there. How do you turn that ship on a dime? You finish strong and some decent free agents might consider coming. I don't know, but in any other business, purposefully trying to not win is a serious integrity issue. But a lot of people these days don't know what that word means anymore, I guess.

Matt Ryan was not the first overall pick.

Nice comeback win on the road. Good for them.

"Did we win? What was the score?"

And then the Bills sign the goose to the practice squad after the game.

Called him dingleberry....

Any chance of snow this weekend? If it snows, the Bills definitely win!

I predict ESPN won't even bother to show highlights of this game.

It's only for a few months....It's only for a few months...It's only for a few months...

If the Bills brass makes decisions based on friggin' message board fodder, then we have WAY bigger problems than we thought. C'mon....

Blah, blah, blah. Further proof that some people aren't happy unless they're miserable. Go kick the dog.

First and ten.... sorry but you got used. Senator, I don't always agree with what you say, but I respect you for resorting to facts instead of emotional opinion.

"I Haven't Got Time for the Pain" - Carly Simon "No Expectations" - The Stones

This is where I'm at. You find out a lot about a person's character when things aren't going well-- what kind of teammate they are, how they deal with adversity, etc. Gailey and Nix will have a tough job keeping young talents like Spiller, Wood, Byrd, etc. motivated and focused on the bigger picture throughout what's likely a very bad experience this season. Drafting a franchise QB and some quality FA leaders in next year will help. It's an exercise in leadership on many levels.

Easy on the hyperbole generator... they've lost to four above average teams, IMO, and were in two of those games until very late in the game.

Regarding the drafting, why is everyone so certain that all the big names we "could have had" wouldn't suck if put into a dysfunctional organization and/or not developed properly? How many Pro Bowlers each year are rookies? Not many. How do Pro Bowlers get to be Pro Bowlers? By being developed, put into schemes that maximize their talents, and shown the way by LEADERS. It's easy to see the players perform (or not) week in and week out, and pass judgment on their ability. It's not so easy to see the coaches and front office perform their jobs day in and day out. It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall in a coaches meetings, wouldn't it? I'm as disappointed with the team's performance as the next guy. But I also came into the season with very low expectations given all the changes involved with this rebuilding.

They make me wanna SHOUT! Kick your heels up and SHOUT! : (

Where's my clipboard?

Try reading through some other threads before posting.

Agreed. We stayed with a pretty good team all the way, and actually put some points on the board. Run D has a lot of work to do.

Someone strip the damn ball please.

Why didn't Nelson even make a play on the ball?