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So, there is an appetite in Buffalo to buy up to $1 Billion in undervalued bonds? 50,000 people willing to lend $20,000 interest free (or very close) to keep the Bills in Buffalo?

Getting old? It has happened twice this year and we are still 21st in the league in scoring. Although the offense may be ahead of the defense, it's not that far ahead. We still need talent on both sides of the ball and I don't think we can ignore either side.

Describes exactly what is wrong with America, but probably not how you intended.

I was trying to do a "back-of-the-napkin" valuation for the Bills and I looked at the most recent Forbes list. The number that really stuck out to me was that the Bills have approximately $127 million in debt. Any idea how/why the Bills acquired so much debt?

It used to be Boy I Love Losing Superbowls. Those were the good days. Now it's Boy I Love Lost Seasons

I prefer to think that releasing Edwards shows some confidence in Brohm and Gailey wants him taking more snaps in practice. Edwards may have preferred to be released than be the third string QB and the team granted his wish.

The team needs to be sold. If it's not economical to put a winner on the field in Buffalo, then the team needs to move. Before they move, I would like to see one of the groups talking about keeping the team in WNY given a shot at turning it around. I know Mr. Wilson has said that he won't sell the team, but I'm hoping he sees the light before he "Sees The Light."

Doing your bit to return the board a better place. Great response.

One more difference - it would show that the Bills could get a coach like Cowher. Still lots of stories out there that the Bills chose Gailey because top coaches won't come to Buffalo.

Except I think the original post wanted the stadium paid by taxpayers. Of course a new stadium would increase the value of the team and cause the new owner to go further in debt anyway - but it might make it worthwhile to keep the team in Western New York - at least Ralph's heirs would make more money.

It's been talked about before, but the team only has no debt load as long as Ralph owns the team. Any new buyer will be borrowing most of the cost and the Bills will be in the same position as everyone else in the NFL (except with an old stadium unable to generate sufficient revenue to pay off the debt).

Missed penalties are an expected part of the game. In my mind, the original lawsuit was dismissed because the plaintiff received the contracted entertainment, however the gambler bet on a game that was misrepresented. If you told a gambler that there will be missed penalties in the game, he would probably still make his bet; if you told him one side was filming the other team's practices outside the rules of the NFL, he probably would not make the bet or change his bet.

It seems the court is simply saying that the teams provided the entertainment that was promised by the ticket, but I wonder what would have happened if the case was brought against the Patriots by somebody that legally bet on the game and lost money.

Week 1 Buffalo vs. Miami win Week 2 Buffalo vs. Green Bay win Week 3 Buffalo vs. New England Patriots* win Week 4 Buffalo vs. NY Jets win Week 5 Buffalo vs. Jacksonville Jaguars win Week 6 BYE get healthy for the stretch drive Week 7 Buffalo vs. Baltimore Ravens win Week 8 Buffalo vs. Kansas City Chiefs win Week 9 Buffalo vs. Chicago Bears win Week 10 Buffalo vs. Detroit Lions win Week 11 Buffalo vs. Cincinnati Bengals win Week 12 Buffalo vs. Pittsburgh Steelers win Week 13 Buffalo vs. Minnesota Vikings win Week 14 Buffalo vs. Cleveland Browns win Week 15 Buffalo vs. Miami Dolphins win Week 16 Buffalo vs. New England Patriots* win Week 17 Buffalo vs. NY Jets win

Maybe, but that pressure is on the coaches/management, not on the players.

Or they decided that the team would perform better in the playoffs and Superbowl without the additional pressure of thinking about the perfect season. Not only resting the starters physically but also mentally - allowing them to focus on one game rather than their chance at history.

It cost the Roughriders the title - the Stampeders lost in the Western Final the week before. I was at the Grey Cup and the original winning kick, prior to the penalty for too many men, went wide right. All I could think about was the Norwood finally has some company, then the Alouettes got a second chance from 10 yards closer and Norwood stands alone again.

The Grey Cup is named after the man who donated it (Earl Grey) a hundred years ago. I guess it's too bad his name wasn't Earl Shazam or Earl Bling Bling so that the Cup with a hundred years of history could appeal to the hot pockets generation.

I meant earlier in the season, I don't understand why they couldn't have been looking for a "real" GM prior to firing Jauron.

I agree and I don't understand why we are waiting for a GM - if Brandon is on board, why don't we have a new GM already? Perhaps our new GM is waiting in the wings and one of his demands for signing was removing Jauron before his signing was announced...

I think the problem is having all the fans listening/watching the post-game press conferences. A question is only "sucky" when combined with a sucky answer. Obviously, you were giving Jauron an opportunity for a potentially great sound bite, maybe "they may have saved my job today" or something along those lines. In the "old" days, if he gives a bad answer, you don't use it and it doesn't matter. I would love to see a process put in place where the coaching staff answers the fans "Top 5" questions from the weekend. Obviously Jauron won't have a couple of hours to provide strong answers but even a "quality control" coach could let us know the team's thought process. For example why didn't we run inside without Jenkins? I can think of several legitimate answers that would "peel back" some of the coaching to us fans - maybe the game plan was outside and they didn't want to change the plan. Maybe they felt the advantage was still greater outside. Maybe the Jets were bringing their ends inside to force runs outside, etc... Any chance the Bills would ever do something like that?

We're all Bills fans BUT are you really professing the Bills have some tradition worth $$$ to the NFL? This is a league that moved the Baltimore Colts. Our greatest claim to fame is four consecutive AFC Championships surrounded by decades of failure. Good luck selling that tradition.

Why are the Jags better suited for Toronto? It seems to me that the Bills have targeted Toronto and it wouldn't help the Bills if there was a different team in Toronto taking away the Canadian fans.

I'm pretty sure there is only a margin of error when you're claiming a sample is representative of a population. There should be no margin of error in a simple survey. But you're the professor

I'm not willing to concede that TV revenue will be untouched. Why are you so certain that it will never be altered? Does it really benefit Jones, Snyder and the big markets to share equally with 32 teams? I'm sure they would argue that the teams with higher ratings, should receive more compensation. I don't agree, but I'm not convinced the big boys would mind being in a smaller league of 24 teams and getting a bigger piece of the pie. The Cowboys don't need a 32 team league to maximize their revenue and I'm sure that several of the smaller teams cost him money in revenue sharing and opportunity cost.