Anyone Else Tired of Being Embarrassed?
by CPT Shawn on Oct 4, 2010 9:21 AM EDT
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Call me brash, but I think we have finally passed the Raiders for the title of the league's most dysfunctional/habitually terrible franchise.
As if the score of yesterday's game was not bad enough, I had to watch Drayton Florence commit the dumbest/undisciplined penalty I have ever seen, and I had to read a PFT article in which Mark Sanchez credited the Bills "trash talking" for giving the Bills motivation. I am willing to underwrite being simply terrible, but I will never underwrite a terrible team that still displays arrogance. What exactly has our team accomplished in the last 20 years? How many wins does our team have this year? Maybe the 53 overpaid, under skilled "trash talkers" should ask themselves these questions and adjust their priorities. It appears as though they are no longer the "blue collar" Buffalo Bills that we have all come to love over the years.
I have religiously followed the Bills since I was 5 years old (well over 20 years), despite the fact that I have lived all over the world. Regardless of where my job takes me, I would always be glued to the TV screen/radio/internet to hear how the Bills were doing each Sunday. For years, I have been ridiculed by every other football fan I have encountered; every time, I would argue that the Bills were on the upswing, and that we would soon be back in the playoffs. Well, needless to say, I have been a liar for 20 years.
Some of the recent moves have really made me question where the people directing this franchise think we are headed. Here are a few that come to mind:
-Numerous "big name" head coaches turning down the chance to take the team
-The way we railroaded Trent Edwards out of town (a simple benching would have sufficed)
-Mitchell's request to be released
-Our failure to draft a QB or LT this year (really, it's routinely botching the draft)
-Our "knee jerk" changes to the no-huddle offense and 3-4 defense
Really, I think this town has turned in to a graveyard for NFL players, much like Oakland was viewed for many years. The team needs to change the culture and purge our roster. I think there are about 10 guys on the team worth keeping around.
Maybe a rant, but 20 years of frustration is starting to make it hard to still put on my Bills' jersey every Sunday.....
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I seriously doubt anyone will answer your headline in the negative.
Also – I’ve yet to see this trash talking Sanchez was referring to. Bills and Jets beat writers have no idea what Sanchez was talking about. I think Rex Ryan’s crazy is permeating his team’s psyche.
I agree 100%, particularly with the knee-jerk scheme changes we have made. I kind of liked running Trent out of town, though. He really was done in B-Lo after those two games. Let him escape while he still can.
Reference Trent's Release
My problem with Trent’s release is that it gave the perception that we truly ran him out of town. Granted , I do not know what happened in the closed-door discussions leading up to the event, but I can’t imagine how you could go from starter to unemployed in 9 days. Bottom line, Trent was a good player and member of our team for several years, so he did not deserve to be embarrassed. Trust me when I say that other players throughout the league (to include Mitchell) see that and factor that into their decision when choosing their next team in free agency.
Have Become Used to It
The Bills are my team for better or worse. I am not embarrased by them much anymore. A couple of years ago I decided I could either laugh or cry and that laughing was better for my blood pressure.
At this point in the latest rebuild, I expect losing badly and am pleasantly surprised by anything else.
I live in the Carolinas, and the the Bills are so irrelevant here, nobody picks on me or the Bills.
Just saying ….
Sadly, I think that truly is the reason. I truly respect Mr. Wilson, and all that he has done in the past, but he’s been the one constant through all of the recent failure.
complex
NFL football is the most management intensive of all professional sports. The sheer number of players required, the injury factor, the salary cap, etc. The best run teams win. Ralph has only one real blemish on his otherwise perfect record of bad hires over 50 years: Bill Polian.
prediction for 2010 season is 3 and 13
I doubt they talked trash..........
unless the Bills are the dumbest team walking the planet today.
"Oh man, moral victories and pulling confidence from losses, that's crap" -Marcus Stroud
by norcaliangelsfan on Oct 4, 2010 11:46 AM EDT reply actions
Why not give it a shot?
Why have we not started Brian Brohm or Levi Brown? What do we really have to lose? Right now we are the worse team in NFL!! The Lions, Raiders, Browns, and Cheifs all look better then us. What is up with that?
Maybe Brian Brohm and Levi Brown are not the answers for this team but we have not given either one the chance to play. This is just embressing to be a fan. I know we have been looking for our next Jim Kelley but no one is stepping up and taking that role.
To top it off we cant even win a game. Look at the schdule…We are going to finish 0-16…Ok we could beat the Lions and Browns but honestly….it isnt going to happen. People need to stop blaming it on Ralph. The man is 90 something years old…It is the coaches who put the team on the field not the owner. Leave the old man alone..
And you people who are bitching about the QBs on this team…I bet you anything you couldnt do it either….One hit from a Ray Lewis and youll be out…Thats why you are sitting by behind the computer complaining. That is all!!
i dont think any of us thinks we can do a better job than trent or even jamarcus russell… that’s not the point… the point is to find some good qb who can play, after waiting for 10-15 years….
i think brohm will get to start the last 5 games of the season… that’s my prediction… but sounds like it would be lot sooner than that…
And dont be pitiful towards Ralph… Based on the past, Ralph has meddled a lot with running a football operation… I think he still does it… i cant make any sense of the Kelsay deal otherwise…
I dont want Ralph owning the team anymore… I for one, am fine with this team moving away from Buffalo, if it leaves the hands of Ralph
by statcruncher on Oct 4, 2010 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Grief
Twenty years of frustration over front office incompetence? Try 50!
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