Buffalo Boy's Blog

How many Bills fans would gladly trade Andre in the Hall of Fame for Ralph Wilson?

Yesterdays results were somewhat disappointing I would imagine for Bills fans. How does an owner get elected whose record over all as an owner in the NFL is sub .500 and has not made the playoffs in close to 10 years.

His management of this team has become progressively worse, from an owner that didn't tolerate losing to one that is afraid to lose control and that is a bad way to manage a team you own.

Yes, Ralph had his day in the sun with the AFL and without him the Bills wouldn't exist but once he got to the NFL, what has he done? His team made it to 4 Super Bowls in a row, that was nice but then he proceeded to fire the GM, Bill Polian, that got him there. His refusal to hire any coach of significance has left a black eye on this franchise and now his refusal to do the same with a GM is doing the same.

For all the negativity we have about Ralph, Andre leaves us with only good memories. His play on the field was second to none amongst wide recievers during the Bowl runs and the position he plays and the routes he ran were not condusive to high yardage plays. He played the slot fearlessly and went were few wide outs like to go.

He went to the Pro-Bowl 7 times, he is 4th all time with 951 receptions, 6th in recieving yards with 13,198 and 7th all time with 86 touchdown receptions. Add to that four Super Bowl appearances and 6 AFC titles and it is without a doubt a Hall of Fame resume.

Ralph out, Reed in.