Hey, Pegs.

[casdhf]

Thank you.

After browsing through Chargers and Raiders message boards, I am genuinely thankful that I have no fears about the team leaving. So while I piss and moan about the playoff drought and the idiots hired, I will always be thankful that the team is right where it belongs. Go Bills!

[Gilly]

Second that. With no doubt.

[justasportsfan]

Word. For all of Russ' faults, he deserves props for the bills staying.

[Novacane]

I'm glad he kept the Bills here. That doesn't give him an exemption from deserved criticism.

[feldspar]

Be prepared to be *****ed-slapped by the faction that criticizes the "just be happy we have a team" crowd...as though we SHOULDN'T be happen we have a team, or it's somehow any fan's fault why the team loses...

[casdhf]

Be prepared to be *****ed-slapped by the faction that criticizes the "just be happy we have a team" crowd...as though we SHOULDN'T be happen we have a team, or it's somehow any fan's fault why the team loses...

**** them. I'm happy and critical. You can be both.

[OpIv37]

Be prepared to be *****ed-slapped by the faction that criticizes the "just be happy we have a team" crowd...as though we SHOULDN'T be happen we have a team, or it's somehow any fan's fault why the team loses...

It's not that you shouldn't be happy that you have a team. It's that we need to stop praising ownership for simply having a team and only praise them when they actually accomplish anything.

Ralph Wilson did one great thing : he brought Buffalo a team. But the team sucked for the overwhelming majority of his ownership. Yet, people lauded him because he didn't move the team. He did one good thing then got 50 years of accolades for simply not undoing the one good thing he did.

Looks like we are already starting down the same road with Pegula.

Is it the fans' fault that the team loses? Of course not. But when fans are content to simply have a team, it is the fans' fault that ownership has no motivation or incentive to do what it takes to win.

[SpikedLemonade]

You can still drink in a parking lot if there is no football game that follows.

[Mace]

You can still drink in a parking lot if there is no football game that follows.

If you ever see a guy drinking and cooking a hot dog in an empty parking lot, go over and say hello to Spiked.

[Thurmal]

I honest-to-God thought that team would be in Toronto. I still believe that Goodell and the NFL brass did everything in their power to make that possible, and Pegula stepped up and shut them down. I will always be grateful for his effort to keep the team in BFLO.

[SpikedLemonade]

If you ever see a guy drinking and cooking a hot dog in an empty parking lot, go over and say hello to Spiked.

Thank you for the introduction but your slavish mentality has you confused because I am a gourmet chef and NEVER cook hot dogs.

[Mace]

Thank you for the introduction but your slavish mentality has you confused because I am a gourmet chef and NEVER cook hot dogs.

I find it awful hard to believe you can avoid wieners and buns no matter how you dress them up and call them something else, burger queen.

[Night Train]

Nice job with the Chargers, Spanos/Goodell. I love LA. What a mistake.

[feldspar]

It's not that you shouldn't be happy that you have a team. It's that we need to stop praising ownership for simply having a team and only praise them when they actually accomplish anything.

Ralph Wilson did one great thing : he brought Buffalo a team. But the team sucked for the overwhelming majority of his ownership. Yet, people lauded him because he didn't move the team. He did one good thing then got 50 years of accolades for simply not undoing the one good thing he did.

Looks like we are already starting down the same road with Pegula.

Is it the fans' fault that the team loses? Of course not. But when fans are content to simply have a team, it is the fans' fault that ownership has no motivation or incentive to do what it takes to win.

Just like I said...not surprised this came from you, really...all due respect.

I'm sure you can differentiate between Pegula and Ralph though, right? Jaded as you are even? Ralph is dead.

And even you must realize that no fan is ever glad to pay to see a bad movie? There is no high ground in this discussion because we are all in exactly the same boat. Understand THAT do ya? Sometimes I wonder about you, Opie.

Dress warm.

When do you embark?

[swiper]

I can't wait to hear these teams start to complain about LA as the teams in the past did.

[OpIv37]

Just like I said...not surprised this came from you, really...all due respect.

I'm sure you can differentiate between Pegula and Ralph though, right? Jaded as you are even? Ralph is dead.

And even you must realize that no fan is ever glad to pay to see a bad movie? There is no high ground in this discussion because we are all in exactly the same boat. Understand THAT do ya? Sometimes I wonder about you, Opie.

Dress warm.

When do you embark?

This isn't about whether Ralph and Pegula are different though. It's about fans giving ownership a pass simply because they don't move the team.

We leave at the end of Feb.

[Mace]

This isn't about whether Ralph and Pegula are different though. It's about fans giving ownership a pass simply because they don't move the team.

We leave at the end of Feb.

There can be some nuance though. I love the Pegula's for investing in Buffalo and stabilizing ownerships. I criticize them for what I perceive as ownership fumbles.

I'd rather have a bad team to criticize, than no team.So I can say thanks to the Pegulas, then call them goofballs. At least they're our goofballs.

[Strongman]

A fan who is content that his team doesn't pack up and leave town has the same mindset as the parents who are thrilled their kid got a participation trophy in a sport.

[casdhf]

I can guarantee you're wrong. This is a game that doesn't matter. I can be happy that they're here and lose while you stock shelves at k-mart

[Bill Cody]

A fan who is content that his team doesn't pack up and leave town has the same mindset as the parents who are thrilled their kid got a participation trophy in a sport.

wow so harsh and so dumb

It's pretty hard for your team to one day win a championship if it's no longer your team. You can be happy your team is here without not caring about results, 2 different things.

And not every kid is a gifted athlete. I've got 2, one is, one isn't. Happy to see them both running around on fields and I'm not worrying about trophy's. If you were a parent you'd understand that.