Albany,n.y.

The story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/report-romo-agrees-to-dollar17m-per-season-deal-with-cbs/ar-BB10xDKD?ocid=spartandhp

I remember the Buddy Ryan incident A YEAR LATER IN A GAME VS THE JETS. Buddy Ryan wasn't with the Oilers for the Bills game. He was hired to fix the Oilers D AFTER the Bills took apart the Oilers D in the 2nd half of the comeback game. Edit: Here is the reason for the punch from 1994 The Sporting News Pro Football Guide: Houston became the 1st team since the 1972 Dolphins to win its last 11 games. The Oilers latest triumph was marked by a sideline scuffle between assistant coaches Kevin Gilbride and Buddy Ryan. Defensive coordinator Ryan threw a punch at Gilbride, his offensive counterpart after the Oilers, leading 14-0 at the time, attempted two deep passes in their own territory late in the first half instead of running out the clock. Quarterback Cody Carlson fumbled the ball on his second pass attempt to give New York possession at the Houston 18yard line. The Jets however, did not score. Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason when asked to assess the Oilers Super Bowl chances " I think the only thing that might hold this team back is if the coaches kill each other." For the record Houston beat the Jets 24-0 and then lost to KC in their 1st playoff game. Ryan only coached 1 year in Houston & then was hired as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals in 1994.

Close, but with the benefit of seeing the 1st round after the draft, the odds are the Bills would have taken Edmunds at 12 and either drafted Rudolph in the 1st or 2nd round with their own pick.

Here's the order translated. Allen, Darnold, Mayfield, Rosen, Rudolph & Lauletta. The proposed trade with Denver would have been only for one of the top 3.

At the time I would have been optimistic about drafting Rosen. Fast forward to today and I'd be wondering who we should draft with the first overall pick of the 2020 draft. Rosen would have put Beane & McDermott on pretty thin ice with a shot at a 2nd QB to either make or break them. The talk would be do we draft a QB or sign a veteran FA. The Bills would be on the verge of cutting Rosen if we had drafted him.

Bring back Josh Johnson? Just imagine Johnson to Phillips, we'd have the best minor league duo in the NFL. Cardale's MVP dream is dying in LA. I hope nobody here bet DC and gave the points.

I'm just glad that JP Losman isn't in the XFL lighting things up like he did when he led Las Vegas to the UFL championship. The calls to bring him back would crash the site.

Bring him back as a valet parker.

The Buffalo News says Ch 10 in Albany is part of the agreement. Games have been on Ch 23, but since it's the same management I'm guessing they'll stay on Ch 23.

My point is that no matter what your age, rooting against your team on a given down or even a game now and then will not divide your loyalty. Fans can multitask & still love their team just as much as the blind loyalist who feels the need to root for the team on every single down regardless of any other circumstances. I don't buy the idea that some kid, who isn't even eligible to play fantasy football, will lose his love of a team by not rooting for the team on every play. Do you know what the best way to kill a kid's interest in the home team is? I'll tell you-it's having a losing team for almost every year the kid is growing up. Fantasy football & betting won't make a kid find a different team than dad's, losing will. There have been numerous times in my 50 +/- years as a Bills fan that I have rooted against the team for one reason or another and it has not reduced my love of the team one iota. Examples are: I bet against them in a game I know they are not giving their best effort, like this past season's finale, December games where the game means nothing & the team will benefit with a higher draft choice, and games where a key player or coaching change will happen with a loss and that change, IMO, will greatly benefit the team in the long run. The best example would be in 1986 vs Tampa where an incompetent coach's job was on the line if the Bills lost. They lost & Hank Bullough was replaced by Marv Levy. I had no problem with the team losing if it meant Bullough, who I thought should have been fired immediately after the 1985 season ended, would get fired.

As a gambler, I can't agree. This year in the Bills regular season finale I saw a golden opportunity to bet against the Bills because I knew they were resting their key players. I bet the Jets on the money line & cashed the bet. Yes, I was rooting against the Bills 2nd stringers, but it didn't effectively reduce my long term love of the team.

You are underestimating how legalized sports betting will greatly expand further NFL growth. As gambling on the NFL continues to grow there won't be a peak until all states have it for years. Also, once gambling availability comes within walking distance of the stadiums, or even in the stadiums themselves, your theory of empty stadiums dies. Right now there is a sports book in the Meadowlands complex. You can walk to the Meadowlands race track from your parking spot & they even have shuttle buses to get you there. That is the future of the NFL: Go to the game, bet the game at either the stadium or a short distance away and root on your bet. The time of peak football isn't even close to the present.

Chan Gailey-screwing up teams wherever he goes. I heard on WGR this week when Armando Salguero was on from Miami that Chan Gailey was OC in Miami and told them not to draft Drew Brees because Brees was too short to succeed as a NFL QB.

Why would anyone ask a question about a lockout when the current CBA runs through next season & reports are the new agreement will be done within a month?

We waived him twice, including the year we had the worst group of WRs in the NFL. That ship has already sailed and sunk.

The fans at that stadium in Carson seem to be a lot more into rooting for the home team (Wildcats) than at any of the Chargers home games in that stadium. Biggest name in the XFL: Willie Mays. Nobody seems to care that he's not the former Giants HOF baseball player.

Not if there was a blizzard. The good news is UBs stadium would require a lot fewer people to clear the seats than New Era, the bad news is they never have to worry about clearing snow in LA.

The facts are he has never said "bigly". He is actually using the term "big league".

Raiders. I went to a game in Oakland & saw him play.

McGloin just threw his OC & HC under the bus. When asked what NY needs to do he said change the entire offensive game plan. He'll probably be replaced within a couple of weeks talking like that. If there's a post game presser, I wouldn't be surprised if Gilbride says : We need to change the entire QB depth chart.

Real Sports had a segment that recommended every football team at all levels have an ice tub available for when a player collapses with heat exhaustion. They save lives.

He's only 68, there have been assistant coaches in their 70s. Head coaches too, he's only 1 year older than Belichick. He was an assistant coach for 19 years in the NBA. If he can translate his NBA experience to the NFL, why not give him a chance?

Here's why it can't be done. Wipes out too many parking spaces. Also, the stadium is too close to Abbott rd. They would have to close the road permanently and the people trying to go south on Abbott would have to re-route like they have to do on gamedays all the time instead of around 10 times a year.

It was the joke of a duo of Nix/Gailey who traded Lynch, not because Ralph didn't want to pay him, but because the duo didn't like his off the field stuff. So, instead of building his trade value up, they tore it down by drafting another RB in the 1st round, then demoralizing Lynch making him unwelcome & taking snaps away from him. So after that Lynch was glad to get away from a team that (yes, through Ralph's "contribution") had become a place where nobody wanted to come to and had no chance of winning for the foreseeable future. That's how we got Gailey in the 1st place since the situation was so bad, Nix had to hire a coach whose last NFL stop was getting fired as an OC in preseason because no self respecting coach would come here. I still don't get the love Gailey gets around here-he sucked as a HC, exemplified by the time he lost a game by punting from his opponent's 34 yard line because he didn't trust his kicker to try a 51 yard FG or trust his offense to get a 1st down.

Kelly was drafted in 1983. Polian didn't join the Bills until August 2, 1984 when he was hired as director of pro personnel. Polian was GM when Kelly signed his 1st Bills contract after the USFL let the players go to the NFL in 1986 before officially folding.