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Bleed Bills Blue

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  1. Do not underestimate how much that played a role in this. If New England didn't make us a whipping boy for 10+ years this team would have made the playoffs, maybe a couple time. We have had some solid starts since the drought started, whats been consistent is NE crushing those solid starts and our inability to play for a division title because of the dominance the Patriots have over us. Even during our best stretches since the playoff drought, the best I ever thought was Wild Card. NE just made the division seem like and impossible goal.

    Exactly. The past 15 years has seen the playing out to our detriment of two parallel events: The emergence and consistent excellence of Tom Brady and the slow dissolution of our organization under an aging, increasingly out-of-touch owner. The latter reality is now history. Next season, the first full one of the Pegula era, looks to be very different from those to which we've grown accustomed. And the former reality? Well, the same specter now knocking on Peyton Manning's door is coming for Tom Brady next. No more kissing Patriot rings and ass. To be the best you have to beat throttle the best.

  2. Whaley seems like he is batting .750 in personnel...

     

    I like the way you put it, and it's amazing to me that so many internet GM wannabes want to replace him with a hope and change prospect. No one bats a thousand, right? On balance, I think he's rounding into the best talent architect we've had in some time, especially considering the dysfunction he's had to work in. And he's still young, with room to grow and improve. You know, the best teams in the league have strong, consistent organizations that work together toward a well-defined, common goal. Let's hope the Pegulas and Whaley are currently laying the foundations for just such a Bills organization. God knows, with an aging Ralph Wilson, we haven't had a franchise structure like that in forever. Such an organiztion, combined with the right player talent, will get us where we all want to be.

  3. From Yahoo Sports:

     

    "Mike Pereira, the well-respected former vice president of officiating in the NFL, was in the booth for Fox’s broadcast and said he thought it was pass interference and wrong of the officials to reverse the call."

     

    Mike Pereira @MikePereira Follow

    I am out of here. Biggest call was the DPI pickup. It was DPI and it was defensive holding as well. Not good.

     

  4. Polian/Marrone have succeeded in undermining Whaley's position. Not good

     

     

    Maybe with some media, but the only two whose opinions of Whaley really matter seem to be backing his vision of the team's future. Ralph Wilson, God bless him, was increasingly weak and distant in his long, declining years; and, it would seem, a culture of division and contention brewed behind the scenes in the the absence of strong leadership. But times have changed. I believe Terry and Kim Pegula will not hesitate to root out the rot and establish a new culture of cooperation and winning. Let's hope this is the way it plays out. Go Bills!

  5. So hard to square the QB we've seen the last few weeks with the one who won the Vikings game. I think there's no way Marrone won't start Orton this week; but, at this point, I'd rather see EJ, if only because I feel like I've been kicked in the nuts by both Orton and Marrone, and I'm sick of them both.

  6. I went to bed last night early in such a good mood...I guess that's what you do when you're a playoff caliber team...you find ways to win in the pinch.

     

    When I saw Rivers huddling with a composed, confident looking Frank Reich on the sidelines during the tying touchdown drive...that's when I felt the hammer of doom begin to drop.

     

    Postscript: The Jim Beam is buried under 50 metric tons of gifts in the car. Contemplating...

     

    This is no time for New York to be banning powdered alcohol.

  7. Scanning through the donors, I notice there are lots of fans of other teams...Cowboys, Lions, etc. How about Janice Torbet, who gave $100:

     

    "From the Raider Nation, to one of the Bills who whopped us so badly in the Jan. 20, 1991 AFC title game."

     

    Or Paul Richardson, who also gave $100:

     

    "As an Oiler fan I hated the Bills, for obvious reasons, but I respected the hell out of every player. Especially the heart and soul of their defense. Good luck Darryl, don't give up!"

     

    I also see a lot of comments from folks who don't remember, or were too young to have watched Talley, on how the NFL needs to step up and do more. If nothing else, this is raising some badly needed awareness like few other stories have. Maybe because there's still hope for intervention and not a suicide, after the fact.

     

    Some notable donors (real or not):

     

    Takeo Spikes $500

    London Fletcher 1000

    Peter King 250

    Ryan Miller 100

    Mike Williams?? 100 :lol:

     

     

    And many anonymous $500 & $1000 donors. Got to be quite a few current and former players in that bunch!

  8. It's just so great that the nation now gets to see such a positive story about our team and region after the endless snowtorm coverage.

     

    A story about a proud, sacrificing man who has become the victim of circumstances beyond his control and the community that wants to show him that he matters to them in his time of dispair. Wait....... I think Frank Capra has already told that story.

     

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