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Marcus Stroud grew up in Georgia and went to college there. He played the first seven years of his NFL career in Jacksonville. So if you’re in a charitable mood, you can forgive the guy for insulting the intelligence of Bills fans. “I guarantee you won’t find any guys in our locker room that’s complaining about going to play in a dome,” the Bills’ defensive tackle said the other day. “So it’ll work both ways. It [playing inside] is going to benefit everybody.”
Gee, and all these years I’d been under the mistaken impression that playing games outside in December helped the Bills. I actually bought the idea that biting cold, sleet, snow, swirling winds –all the things we endure here in winter –gave the Bills an advantage.
I must have spent too much time listening to Darryl Talley, Thurman Thomas and Jim Kelly. They relished the brutal conditions. What must Marv Levy be thinking? Whatever happened to, “Where would you rather be than right here, right now?” Or, “When it’s too tough for them, it’s just right for us.”
Maybe Stroud will assemble the Bills at midfield inside the balmy Rogers Centre dome and say, “When it’s warm and cozy for everyone, it’s just right for us!”
I didn’t take any polls in the locker room. But considering how mentally soft this team has been in recent weeks, I don’t doubt him. I sure didn’t hear any Bills
complaining about having their home-field advantage taken away, like Kelly did last week in a national interview. Mainly, the players were mouthing the company line that says moving a home game to Canada is essential to the team’s long-term survival.
Believe that if you must (I don’t). But they could show a shred of resentment about playing the game indoors, without the real 12th Man. Offensive tackle Langston Walker said he doesn’t think they’re losing any home-field advantage.
Gee, and all these years I’d been under the mistaken impression that playing games outside in December helped the Bills. I actually bought the idea that biting cold, sleet, snow, swirling winds –all the things we endure here in winter –gave the Bills an advantage.
I must have spent too much time listening to Darryl Talley, Thurman Thomas and Jim Kelly. They relished the brutal conditions. What must Marv Levy be thinking? Whatever happened to, “Where would you rather be than right here, right now?” Or, “When it’s too tough for them, it’s just right for us.”
Maybe Stroud will assemble the Bills at midfield inside the balmy Rogers Centre dome and say, “When it’s warm and cozy for everyone, it’s just right for us!”
I didn’t take any polls in the locker room. But considering how mentally soft this team has been in recent weeks, I don’t doubt him. I sure didn’t hear any Bills
complaining about having their home-field advantage taken away, like Kelly did last week in a national interview. Mainly, the players were mouthing the company line that says moving a home game to Canada is essential to the team’s long-term survival.
Believe that if you must (I don’t). But they could show a shred of resentment about playing the game indoors, without the real 12th Man. Offensive tackle Langston Walker said he doesn’t think they’re losing any home-field advantage.
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