Buffalo Bills – Ralph Wilson

Remember when Jerry Rubin and the Yippies used to say, “Never trust anyone over 30”? The 90-year-old Wilson’s motto seems to be “Never trust anyone under 70” – a trend he continued when he hired septuagenarian Buddy Nix as his general manager last December. (Do they serve 4 p.m. cheap nfl jerseys
dinners at the Bills’ training facility? Do they blast Perry Como in the weight room? Sorry. I’ll stop now …) In fairness to Wilson and Nix, they turned to a young whippersnapper as their head coach, hiring 58-year-old prodigy Chan Gailey in an attempt to end a decade-long playoff drought. It’s not just the playoffs the Bills have been missing; after the team used its top draft pick on explosive halfback C.J. Spiller(notes), Wilson explained, “We’ve been dull for 10 years. We’ve got to create some excitement.” Wilson, who wholesale nfl jerseys
raised ticket prices after last season, continues to create revenues – after years of listening to him whine about his small-market struggles, the other owners placated Wilson in ’08 with a five-year deal to play eight games in Toronto, which guaranteed him $78 million. Not bad for a guy who paid $25,000 for his franchise in 1959. And while I’m not thrilled about Wilson as an owner, I’d love to see him get a gig as a draft analyst. In addition to the frank comment about the Spiller selection, Wilson was in fine form last April, lampooning the Broncos for trading up to move in front of the Bills and draft quarterback Tim Tebow(notes) with the 25th nfl Saints jersey
overall pick. “Denver panicked,” Wilson said. “We were not moving up to take Tebow.” I’m sure his Broncos counterpart, Pat Bowlen, was thrilled upon hearing that statement.