OT…Bills have one skill talent player from a cold weather state

[Albany,n.y.]

Beane built this team to win the Super Bowl knowing that he needed players used to playing the game in warm weather and/or indoors.  

[streetkings01]

On 12/14/2022 at 8:50 AM, 78thealltimegreat said:

Someone brought up on the radio today the Bills have exactly 1 skill talent player from a cold weather state on their active  roster and they really do with Jake on IR ....

Gillam Florida 

Singletary Florida Atlantic

Hines NC State

Johnson Miami 

Cook Georgia 

Knox Old Miss

Diggs Maryland

John Brown Pittsburg State Ks

Cole SMU

Davis Central Florida 

Shakir Boise State obviously cold here

 

Not a big deal at the nfl level but just odd the way the roster was constructed with no receivers who played in cold weather and you play in Buffalo 

Huh? NFL you draft the most talented guys regardless of region. What you’re saying is we should’ve focused on bringing in more players from up north and the Midwest? I swear people wanna find anything to have an issue with smh

[78thealltimegreat]

35 minutes ago, streetkings01 said:

Huh? NFL you draft the most talented guys regardless of region. What you’re saying is we should’ve focused on bringing in more players from up north and the Midwest? I swear people wanna find anything to have an issue with smh

The jets had no problem catching the ball 

[BuffBills51]

I don't think where they want to college or grew up has any bearing on how they will play in the cold. The Bills played a perfect game in one of the coldest games in NFL history last year, but that night had little wind and no snow. The issue I see with the current Bills roster is during windy and snow/sleet games. We are built to throw the ball and not ground and pound which is why we lost the game last year to the Patriots the first time. Fortunately for us the Dolphins aren't built to pound the ball either. I could see Saturday being a low scoring game with Josh being the x-factor with his running ability.

[ddaryl]

1 hour ago, DCofNC said:

So it’s worth using tax payer money to build a stadium that’s used for 20 games a year? Build a truly useful year round complex and bring concerts etc in to give the economy a real boost.

 

 

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardmcgahey/2022/03/29/buffalos-billion-dollar-tax-fumble/?sh=103d00c4516f

 

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But what about team-specific economic impacts? An analysis done for the state estimated the Bills produce “nearly $27 million annually in total tax revenues to the City, County, and State combined.” But 73% of those projected annual revenues are income taxes “primarily related to Bills team payroll.” It doesn’t seem like a good deal to spend over $800 million in state and city tax revenues to recoup $27 million a year from the team payroll.

 

 

it wasn't ever going to happen and it wasn't ever going to be pushed for because it cost a $Billion more..

 

regardless of what you said a billion in profits for the state was not going to happen with a dome added.... 

The Bills alone generate $27 million annually...That $27 million is already tied to the cost of the no dome stadium

27 million times 25 years = 675 million


SO lets say we add the dome at cost of $1 billion more. How many events would it take to recoup the cost of investment. Even if a dome only cost $500 million more do the math. 

 

65,000 people (projected stadium capacity plus floor for concerts) you can argue the additonal taxes from bars, food, shopping in preperation, parking, gas might add more to the revenue but it won't be enough to offset the cost to taxpayers, whom many were against what we did spend.... And in regards to concerts there is no payroll income tax that matches what the BIlls pay so you would have to have multiple major events a month to come close to producing the tax revenue that would justify the investment. 

 

Now you understand fully why we did not get a dome. There is NO justification finacially, and we barely got justfication for what we are building.

Edited December 15, 2022 by ddaryl

[papazoid]

not surprising....most elite players prefer warm weather colleges

[streetkings01]

1 hour ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

The jets had no problem catching the ball 

Garrett Wilson - Austin, TX

Elijah Moore - Fort Lauderdale, FL

Denzel Mims - Daingerfield, TX

[NoHuddleKelly12]

Per JA, Knox loves playing in the cold without sleeves, so there’s that? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[billsfan89]

It is pretty irrelevant as most Bills players have played 2-3 years or more in Buffalo in the elements. 

[Fetou]

You get accustomed to wherever you are. As someone who has been out of the WNY area for a number of years, that cold tolerance I used to have has largely disappeared. It's not a lifelong thing

[78thealltimegreat]

3 hours ago, streetkings01 said:

Garrett Wilson - Austin, TX

Elijah Moore - Fort Lauderdale, FL

Denzel Mims - Daingerfield, TX

Garrett played at Ohio State 

[SoCal Deek]

1 minute ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

Garrett played at Ohio State 

As has been said repeatedly…most college teams play at most ONE cold weather game per year. Their season ended a few weeks ago. 

[78thealltimegreat]

1 minute ago, SoCal Deek said:

As has been said repeatedly…most college teams play at most ONE cold weather game per year. Their season ended a few weeks ago. 

And Garrett played at Ohio state