HalftimeAdjustment
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The criteria for "market success" will be interesting to see. Lowest ticket price in the league, empty or cut rate luxury box rentals, bottom 5 merchandise sales, zero TV ratings and fan interest outside of WNY, I'd argue that is market failure of the highest order if I was a prospective buyer with $800million on the table to buy and move a team in a national and hopefully international league. Full stadiums of people paying $40/tkt don't mean much in the grand scheme of NFL team economics. Agree, full stadiums are good for show, but the NFL is a revenue sharing league, and Bills franchise is a drag on the growth of the shared revenue and WNY is death to the non-shared revenue in any sober analysis. Hopefully the "fix is in" upon Ralph's death and he didn't really mean " sold to the highest bidder". Plus the Jerry Jones' of the NFL will be 100% behind moving the franchise.
By this rationale, shouldn't they move the team with the lowest revenue in the league (assuming that it is not expected to grow over time)? This article says the Bills had the 2nd lowest (not the lowest) ticket price and the 30th (not 32nd) most revenue. If they are 30th in revenue, why not move the 31st and 32nd ranked teams first?
If the team valuations are to be believed, it has increased in value by about 75% from 2002-2012. While that is not a phenomenal return, when coupled with an EBITDA of $30M/yr it is not completely unviable either. It is not at all clear what will happen either way in the short term. However, over the medium term... no new stadium, no Bills.
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Your 2013 starting quarterback... Tim Tebow.
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He also likes to punch his assistants in the face
And you have a problem with that? Seems like we could count on more emotion than Dick Jauron showed. Will he get the DLine to play "nasty"?
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Whatever Jeff Littman's spreadsheet says about the pros and cons of firing Chan Gailey will probably determine what happens after the season. There is no financial or competitive reason to fire Chan now, before the last 2 meaningless games. When the season ends, Russ Brandon will give his input on whether ticket and merchandise sales will be negatively affected by retaining Chan. Once the numbers have been crunched, whatever the $ dictates will be done. Since we don't know the terms of Gailey's contract next year, we can't tell whether the team would be willing to eat it. If it is cheap enough, they might, since a new coach could improve ticket and merchandise sales. If the contract is too expensive to eat, Chan will stay.
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TO is available cheap.
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58-0... amazing. This tweet was on NFL.com... from Vince Young. Kind of funny.
@LarryFitzgerald you know I can help tell coach.
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There's been basically no evidence on the field that we need a new kicker, other than possibly Lindell's relatively short kickoffs, which have not resulted in noticeably bad position. When he was injured, the replacement kickers were terrible by comparison, if anyone remembers.
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I rank Fitzpatrick just below J.P.Losman but one Step ahead of Trent Edwards.
Probably about equal to Kelly Holcomb
Losman is available.
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One thing I'll never understand about this board is the amount of people that spelled it "Darius". Is it some sort of inside joke? There's no way that many people on this board can possibly be that stupid.
Anyway, I've always liked Carrington. I'd like to see how many snaps he saw today compared to previous weeks.
In the offseason, he is the king of Persia.
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Git er done?
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He lived not too far from me in OP and directly accross from some good family friends in the neighborhood and they talked pretty fequently and they said that his wife hated the weather in Buffalo. I think they were originally from south Florida. The weather thing was a big deal for her and she was miserable. My buddy said they were also very nice people. So anyway- there is my bit of gossip for the fire.
This is probably a big part of it. Not that having your kids harassed is good - but would your first reaction be to quit your job and move to a different city? Or would you move somewhere the area, try to find a better school, etc? I mean, from the perspective of someone with enough financial resources to make that happen. Seems like you could protect your kids without moving cities if you tried hard enough. Is Buffalo really that much more hostile than other cities (especially northeastern cities)?
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Yeah. Obviously his latest construct for the team didn't work out but he's been pretty successful in a tough division before that. I wonder if this year he's mentally out of it due to his sons death too.
This is a real possibility. In which case, 1-2 years off might be exactly what he needs to get better. Or, if not "off", maybe he can be on TV for a while. It might not be best for him, or his future team, to jump right back into the head coaching grind.
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We know Nix covets size in the players he drafts. Therefore you can safely assume he won't take a QB that is undersized unless he's a game changer. I don't see such a QB in this class.
So - another year of Fitzpatrick then? Or are we grooming Tarvaris Jackson to be our starter next year?
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Trade up for the right QB if possible. Otherwise get Alex Smith on a 2 year deal and draft 2 project QBs.
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What's a fair pick to offer for Alex Smith? Only if we do not like the 1st round draft options. We send a 3rd, they send A. Smith and a 6th?
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Tell SJ to work on his speed! He had a TD today! Man hes slow as hell for a WR! Like the heart though!
He has never been very fast. That's why he was a 7th round pick.
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1) Gailey. He made bad decisions, especially in terms of the run/pass mix but also the punt. Gailey put Fitz into a situation where he is not capable of performing (pass on virtually every down in 2nd half). Does not run from a standard handoff enough - when we do, we have good success. We tend to lose more yards on toss-outs and other plays designed to start side-to-side (as opposed to plays starting from the middle where the RB chooses to go in or out).
2) Fitzpatrick. Cannot pull out the game when it is put on his shoulders (see #1).
3) Bruce DeHaven. Oops, our special teams are not good. Great special teams do not win a lot of games (see the Jauron era) but bad special teams lose enough games to matter (see Jones, Ronnie).
4) The secondary. Our defense played well overall, but let us down at some critical moments primarily in coverage on 3rd and long.
5) Ralph Wilson. The curse of Doug Flutie continues, and Ralph is to blame.
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The idea of "rebuilding" is BS. All we need to do is make a wise and well informed coaching hire this offseason and we could be back in contention by next season. Look at Tampa and Miami, two teams who were dismal last season and already they're back to being respectable and then some.
Even more of a turnaround: Indianapolis. While we wallow in mediocrity they just smacked us in the face having already won 5 more games than all last season. Wait, I thought it would take at least 3 years to go from the cellar to playoffs?
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A tool not used is a paperweight.
If we get a guy with a much stronger leg, there's still no guarantee that Chan tries the FG there. In my opinion Lindell can hit a 52 yarder in a dome, but Bruce DeHaven thinks that is too long because he learned field goal ranges in the 80s and early 90s and has not caught up with the game. (Chan, as well). Get a younger coach, bring in a kicker to compete with Lindell, and let the best player kick.
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Ah, but there's the ownership problem. Ralph doesn't have a great reputation as an employer (just ask Wade, or Polian, or AJ Smith, or Mularkey), and worse, he's likely to die soon - without any succession plan. I'm not sure I'd like to work for an erratic owner, with the added threat of a new owner likely to come on board with new ideas for managing the team. It's not a recipe for success.
What if you got a contract that was guaranteed, as most are? Owner dies - new owner fires you - you take the money and go back to work as a coordinator. How would being the HC in Buffalo be bad for a coordinator's resume? It did not hurt the career or earning potential of Gregg Williams (3 DC jobs) or Mike Mularkey (OC, HC jobs) at all... on balance it probably helped Dick Jauron's career as well. Wade Phillips, also doing well. Based on the history it seems that being a HC in Buffalo is better than being a coordinator almost anywhere else, and only worse than being a HC at a winning program or perhaps a major college HC.
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Stevie has been upset for about a month now
Liked hearing one of the guys talk about throwing short so much on 3rd n long, this drives me nuts
I am glad he is upset. He does not like losing. It was apparent he was trying to win the game, his effort on the INT/Fumble play showed that he was not giving up. We lost, and he is upset. Good, he should stay for next year, and Chan should go.
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Forget PAT kicks. What about awarding 1 point for kicking the opposing QB in the groin? Too easy perhaps- how about the groin kick only scores if the QB still has the ball?
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I've heard of him.. he was a high draft choice, and he plays LB. Could he be an improvement on "inactive man" Kirk Morrison?
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punt returner
...nope, I was wrong.
Actually, our punt returner is a free agent after this year, no?
Buffalo Bills Pursuing Continuity With Buddy Nix, Chan Gailey
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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For those preaching continuity. How many consecutive losing seasons should a coaching staff be given before a change. Is 5 losing seasons a reason to prefer change? How about 8? Or should GMs and coaches be appointed for life? I am curious as to when, if ever, you think a change would be the better option.