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This was to be the year we make our run. Year Three of Marv’s rebuilding plan. The roster is loaded with talent across the board, with pretty much none of that talent being considered over the hill.
Offensively we didn’t add anything this spring, but that’s ok because in my opinion changes coordinator was better than any personnel move. We have an intelligent QB going into year two with more experience, a RB who’s ready to explode, a big rookie red zone threat, and an OL that returned all of its starters was to be led by who many people around the league consider the best left tackle in the NFL right now.
Defensively we add two quality vets and use our first round draft pick on an athletic playmaking rookie. Stroud shores up the front four, while Mitchell was to combine with the rugged Poz and athletic Crowell to give us one of the better LB corps in the conference.
The fans are jacked up for the season, and basically sell the season out by August.
But lost in this is the one factor enough people don’t take into consideration, and I’m guilty as well. This is simply put, a piss poor run franchise from the top.
This organization seriously has no clue what it’s own identity even is. They contradict themselves constantly, and as a fan it gets unbearable.
Cases in Point.
Jason Peters, despite clearly being the best and most valuable player on this team is sitting home. The reason? The Bills refuse to renegotiate his contract again while he still has three years remaining on it. The Bills talk about not setting a “dangerous precedent.” Well, maybe they should’ve thought about it last year before grossly overpaying Aaron Schobel, a good player but far less irreplaceable than Peters, who by the way ALSO had three years left on his deal. Talk about bad precedent? Peters may be in the wrong for not reporting, in fact he is.. But the bottom line is he’s the best player on the team, and is the THIRD highest paid OL on the team.. So to prove the point that you’re not going to hold out and get away with it the Bills insert Kirk Chambers into a starting role, and move Langston Walker, who was a revelation at RT with the Bills last year inOakland and a disaster at Oakland
Angelo Crowell tries to play through knee pain, unsuccessfully over the summer. The fact he missed large chunks of camp and was only able to go in one preseason game should’ve been indication he could be headed towards surgery. But don’t tell that to this front office. He decides three days before the season he needs his knee scope, a procedure that sidelines a player from 2-4 weeks. So the Bills, angry at the timing of the surgery, PROVE that it’s 100% unquestionably personal, and they put they’re most proven LB on the Injured Reserve list, finishing him for the year. That’s 126 tackles, two sacks and a forced fumble gone from the roster. The replacement? Keith Ellison. The same Ellison that was so brutal and overmatched as a starter last year a premium was placed on signing Mitchell this spring to upgrade him. Again, the worst part? It’s 100% personal; it doesn’t take Peter King or any expert to see that. Crowell, even if he only played in 10 games this year, is miles more valuable than Blake Costanza, yet that’s exactly who the Bills signed this morning.
Plaxico Burresss runs his mouth all off-season, threatens to sit out training camp, hobbles around with an injured ankle, and gets rewarded with a $7 million per year extension. Lee Evans does exactly the opposite; lets call him the anti-Peters. He shows up to camp, doesn’t publicly say a complaining word about a contract, goes about his business, has a productive preseason and looks like a leader/playmaker. So what does the front office do? Despite saying he’s our “top priority” he heads into the season poised to play out the final year of his contract. But don’t worry, we can always pull the Nate clements move of two years ago. We can franchise him and to keep him from going ballistic, we can do it while promising not to franchise him again. Basically, we can rent him for another year while we draft someone to take his place and start all over again--- yet again.
Oh, but congrats to this years lot of pedestrian talent winners Brad Butler and Kyle Williams, who get those long term extensions.
Ralph Wilson has the fans by the balls-whether you want to admit it or not. This kind of stuff is nothing new with the Bills, and it’s not going to change. There’s nothing you can do about. Continue to buy up all his tickets, and he’ll put a team out there competitive enough to go around .500, while keeping HIMSELF economically viable. Protest the blatant uncommittment to having a championship team here, andWilson will pull this team to Toronto
Mr. Wilson has done this before. Remember 1998 and the Suite Box sales or I’m outta here threats? If he lives long enough, he’ll do it again.
Most people won’t say it out of respect, but since I have little respect for the man, I’ll say it. Ralph Wilson is a dirty sleazebag. He got $78 million fromToronto
But it doesn’t matter!! The season is sold out. He’s not going to make any more or less revenue on fans at this point. Why cave in and pay your best players Peters? Why give Evans an extension with $20 million guaranteed?
He doesn’t need to. You know why? Because if you don’t buy up his seats he’s going to move the team out of here. Maybe he’ll talk down to the city and its economy first before doing so, like he did inToronto Wilson ’s wonderful comments for the city of Buffalo Wilson
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No. You hear guys like Jim Kelly and Charles Schumer left and right talking and working on ways to keep the team here. But the very guy who owns the team, who’s nearly 90-years old, has done nothing.. squat.. zilch to assure ticket and merchandise buying fans he’ll do everything in his power to keep this team inBuffalo
There’s your owner for you.. And at the end of the day, when you’re blaming Jauron, Peters and/or whatever players when we end up winning 6-7 games this year----- the vast majority will let Wilson skate free as usual. When the reality is when you’re a crap organization for a decade, it comes down to the ownership and leadership at the top—just ask the Bengals fans about Mike Brown.
Offensively we didn’t add anything this spring, but that’s ok because in my opinion changes coordinator was better than any personnel move. We have an intelligent QB going into year two with more experience, a RB who’s ready to explode, a big rookie red zone threat, and an OL that returned all of its starters was to be led by who many people around the league consider the best left tackle in the NFL right now.
Defensively we add two quality vets and use our first round draft pick on an athletic playmaking rookie. Stroud shores up the front four, while Mitchell was to combine with the rugged Poz and athletic Crowell to give us one of the better LB corps in the conference.
The fans are jacked up for the season, and basically sell the season out by August.
But lost in this is the one factor enough people don’t take into consideration, and I’m guilty as well. This is simply put, a piss poor run franchise from the top.
This organization seriously has no clue what it’s own identity even is. They contradict themselves constantly, and as a fan it gets unbearable.
Cases in Point.
Jason Peters, despite clearly being the best and most valuable player on this team is sitting home. The reason? The Bills refuse to renegotiate his contract again while he still has three years remaining on it. The Bills talk about not setting a “dangerous precedent.” Well, maybe they should’ve thought about it last year before grossly overpaying Aaron Schobel, a good player but far less irreplaceable than Peters, who by the way ALSO had three years left on his deal. Talk about bad precedent? Peters may be in the wrong for not reporting, in fact he is.. But the bottom line is he’s the best player on the team, and is the THIRD highest paid OL on the team.. So to prove the point that you’re not going to hold out and get away with it the Bills insert Kirk Chambers into a starting role, and move Langston Walker, who was a revelation at RT with the Bills last year in
Angelo Crowell tries to play through knee pain, unsuccessfully over the summer. The fact he missed large chunks of camp and was only able to go in one preseason game should’ve been indication he could be headed towards surgery. But don’t tell that to this front office. He decides three days before the season he needs his knee scope, a procedure that sidelines a player from 2-4 weeks. So the Bills, angry at the timing of the surgery, PROVE that it’s 100% unquestionably personal, and they put they’re most proven LB on the Injured Reserve list, finishing him for the year. That’s 126 tackles, two sacks and a forced fumble gone from the roster. The replacement? Keith Ellison. The same Ellison that was so brutal and overmatched as a starter last year a premium was placed on signing Mitchell this spring to upgrade him. Again, the worst part? It’s 100% personal; it doesn’t take Peter King or any expert to see that. Crowell, even if he only played in 10 games this year, is miles more valuable than Blake Costanza, yet that’s exactly who the Bills signed this morning.
Plaxico Burresss runs his mouth all off-season, threatens to sit out training camp, hobbles around with an injured ankle, and gets rewarded with a $7 million per year extension. Lee Evans does exactly the opposite; lets call him the anti-Peters. He shows up to camp, doesn’t publicly say a complaining word about a contract, goes about his business, has a productive preseason and looks like a leader/playmaker. So what does the front office do? Despite saying he’s our “top priority” he heads into the season poised to play out the final year of his contract. But don’t worry, we can always pull the Nate clements move of two years ago. We can franchise him and to keep him from going ballistic, we can do it while promising not to franchise him again. Basically, we can rent him for another year while we draft someone to take his place and start all over again--- yet again.
Oh, but congrats to this years lot of pedestrian talent winners Brad Butler and Kyle Williams, who get those long term extensions.
Ralph Wilson has the fans by the balls-whether you want to admit it or not. This kind of stuff is nothing new with the Bills, and it’s not going to change. There’s nothing you can do about. Continue to buy up all his tickets, and he’ll put a team out there competitive enough to go around .500, while keeping HIMSELF economically viable. Protest the blatant uncommittment to having a championship team here, and
Mr. Wilson has done this before. Remember 1998 and the Suite Box sales or I’m outta here threats? If he lives long enough, he’ll do it again.
Most people won’t say it out of respect, but since I have little respect for the man, I’ll say it. Ralph Wilson is a dirty sleazebag. He got $78 million from
But it doesn’t matter!! The season is sold out. He’s not going to make any more or less revenue on fans at this point. Why cave in and pay your best players Peters? Why give Evans an extension with $20 million guaranteed?
He doesn’t need to. You know why? Because if you don’t buy up his seats he’s going to move the team out of here. Maybe he’ll talk down to the city and its economy first before doing so, like he did in
Lastly, for all the
No. You hear guys like Jim Kelly and Charles Schumer left and right talking and working on ways to keep the team here. But the very guy who owns the team, who’s nearly 90-years old, has done nothing.. squat.. zilch to assure ticket and merchandise buying fans he’ll do everything in his power to keep this team in
There’s your owner for you.. And at the end of the day, when you’re blaming Jauron, Peters and/or whatever players when we end up winning 6-7 games this year----- the vast majority will let Wilson skate free as usual. When the reality is when you’re a crap organization for a decade, it comes down to the ownership and leadership at the top—just ask the Bengals fans about Mike Brown.
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