LGB

I agree that the Bills OL will not have the same experience as KC last week, but Chan has to know this as well and will likely use TEs and quick drops to move the chains (BTW - Orton still threw for 300 yards last night).

McFadden is the real deal and the Raiders will know that the Bills are improved, but I pick the Bills to win 23-16 in a very physical, hard-hitting game.

There seem to be some similarities between the Bills and Raiders in that they both suck at drafting top picks, both have good kicking games (so much game experience - right?), appear to not have franchise QBs and both owners are older than dirt. One thing is that the AFC East is much stronger than the West. Not that this means that the Bills will win, but my guess is that the Bills might be the better all around team. Raider Joe, you have had almost as many whiffs as us at QB...who was the last good Raider QB - Gannon?

NASCAR is experiencing the same thing. Ticket prices and associated costs are being weighed against Hi-def TV in this poor economy.

yep, would have liked to see Jackson get in the end zone also, but if that is the worst thing that happened yesterday...

We will need at least 5 wins this year to know if they are better than last year?

Let's hope that happens every week. Just ask the Chiefs what happens when you don't... Go Bills!

a wildcard would be nice, but the real barometer will be if we can break the streak of 15 straight losses to NE.

you can add the Chiefs to the list of people that whiffed on the Bills. They did not look prepared for the Bills at all (e.g. Chandler)...and even though I predicted the Bills to be 9-7 (yeah, picked KC to win their opener), there are 15 more games left to balance things out (on any given Sunday - right)?

wow, breaking that lease might not be so easy either...

If you go to a Bills/Finns game in south Florida, the stadium is usually about 30-50% filled with Bills fans.

why would the Bills move to LA before the Jags who - can't even sell out their home opener (with tarps covering the upper seats in their stadium)? if the Bills move, it will likely be towards Niagara Falls or maybe Darien Lake - in a new WNY multi-purpose stadium.

They thankfully canceled Schopp/Bulldog in Rochester and replaced with Doug Gottlieb.

"Forbes ranks the Bills ninth, with an annual operating income of $40.9 million (that's after they pay the players). And it's more than the Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, and New York Jets each make. It's also more than triple what the Miami Dolphins or Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers take away." If the Bills, who haven't been to the playoffs since 1999, can still put fans in the stands and make $40.9 million a year, why should they change anything (especially considering the fact that they receive millions of dollars a year in taxpayer subsidizes)?

Easley looks like someone who has all the right qualities - plus has had the benefit of being more mentally prepared (after being injured and learning in the classroom last year) and has a good chance to ramp up into the WR 2 position using his physical skills.

"pain and patience" might be the plan but time does not appear to be what most folks have (including 93 yr olds.) Also, the Bills might be their worst enemy if they start out slow and then finish strong - out of the Luck sweepstakes.

Right, and Denver probably spent all summer planning for the Bills... :-) my guess is the Bills are somewhere in between prepared and unprepared for the opener in 12 days, but the same could be probably be said for the Chiefs.

Eric Moulds (drafted in the first round in 1996) was a first round bust until his third year in the NFL...

Larry Quinn is the Tom Modrak of the the Bills...the effort is there, but not the results.

right - plus: a six-year deal worth $45 million, with $15 million guaranteed should make looking at all those covered up Jacksonville seats not that big of a deal.

okay, how about Danny Wegman or whatever group Kelly et al can put together? Some people think the the bills will leave town, but there are too many other teams that have a bad economic situation that would likely improve in a different location. As far as the Bills winning a SB...yeah it would have been the greatest, but the fact that they went 4 years in a row has galvanized (older) fan support and made OBD marketing a lot easier (Bills marketing: "we were on the brink, but this year we have that missing link in place - so buy your season ticket now").

Paul Posluszny says he feels much more comfortable in the Jaguars' defense than he did last season in Buffalo.

Every team builds for the future, but what has hurt the Bills is that they have had so many misses with their top picks that should be making an impact right now (not being cut or traded). These are picks that have received big signing bonuses with the expectation of big performances that unfortunately have not materialized for the Bills.

not to split hairs either, but it looks like Easley is listed as 6' 3".on at least one site. Bottom line: maybe he is better than James Hardy who was once touted as the big red zone target the Bills were missing and also might potentially take some heat off of Johnson.

Easley making it look easy to be a nice red zone target. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2TEeItfAXs