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After being away from Buffalo for 14 years, I miss the following (other than the 2 greatest sports franchises ever): 1. The people - cocksure and arrogant, but always willing to give you the shirt off their back 2. The beer - Blue doesn't have a shelf life, so unless you drink where it flows like water, it goes bitter quick 3. Chicken Wings - Only exist in Buffalo, everywhere else its a weak imitation known as the "Buffalo" wing. 4. Mighty Taco - best fast food taco chain (Del Taco blows and Taco Bell ain't much better) 5. Beef & Sirloin - Oh what happened to you???? 6. Bozanna's - Home of the 69 pound pizza... 7. Weber's, Chivetta's, and Miller's - 3 staples to good food. 8. Wegman's (and even Tops) - no one else can compare 9. Delta Sonic - Best car wash in town 10. The Old Pink - Great Chicken Sandwich, good pool, and that key chain stamper thingy 11. Friday Fish Fry - pick your poison 12. Zorba's - No better burger at 4am. 13. Chicken Finger Subs - again, pick your poison. 14. Aunt Rosie's Loganberry I'll stop there or else I will lose it.

I agree with you that Fred Jackson should get more playing time if when he performs well. But as I've said in previous posts, if Turk is good, he will find a way to get the top 5 skill players on the field as much as possible. Thus Lynch, Jackson, Owens and Evans should be on the field almost every play, with the other players rotating in based on the specialty situations (i.e. Parrish for WR screens, Reed on 3rd and long, Schouman for Running plays, etc.), obviously in a manner not to telegraph the plays however.

I think its hard to state that it is not possible for TO to implode the lockerroom given his track record. I would not expect it given the overall type B personality of the team, so you shouldn't see the type A personality clashes similar to TO's previous run-ins, however the possibility definitely still exists.

Why the Bills will be good this year: - Holes - Outside of Keith Ellison, the team has no glaring holes. Even Ellison is a 3-year starter, so he is serviceable. One would argue that although the line in new/young, the players are solid. Most teams in the NFL are solid on one side of the ball, but have glaring holes on the other. We happen to be fairly balanced - Skill players - if the line blocks the skill players are there. The overall talent may be the best in the league - Depth - most of the backups have significant NFL experience (primarily from the disaster injury season of 2 years ago). Many of which can/have started either in Buffalo or elsewhere. - Intelligence - the Bills, for a change, went with brains. Between the O-line and Edwards, they could do some interesting play calling on the line - both from a no-huddle and an audible standpoint. - Special Teams - Best in the NFL - need I say more. - Terrell Owens - he will bring the spark that lights the fire under the a@@ of the rest of the team Why the Bills will suck this year: - Offensive Line - the new line won't gel, Walker will be a revolving door and Edwards will run for his life. - Edwards - He gets another concussion, becomes a head-case again and can't throw basic routes. - Coaching - DJ has a history of the wrong call at the wrong time. The guy is well-respected and gets his team prepared, but has game-day issues. I am hoping he's learned from his mistakes - December/January - Edwards and Lynch are warm-weather guys. Orchard Park gets mighty cold and snowy. If Edwards thinks he can play with gloves (ala Flutie), he is sorely mistaken. We could be 9-3 going into December and blow it in the end. - Terrell Owens - the Bills blow a game they should’ve won and TO rants sending the locker room into a tail-spin Pick your side. Personally I think they will hit on all cylinders and win the division, but 3-13 is a real possibility...

If Vegas posts odds, the predictions should follow.

Preseason is roughly meaningless as TO, Lee and Trent will all have minimum playing time. However, the line should get some must needed gelling time and the Chroise will grace us with phenomenal play.

Awesome

Bills currently 10 point dogs to the Cheats*. Oh how great it will be to spoil Tom Brady's comeback tour in Foxboro on National TV. Bills 31-10. http://www.vegasodds.com/NFL.html

It only needs one TD - Fred Jackson's run over the entire Jets defense into the endzone.

Lankster may make it instead of Drayton Florence. Thought process is as follows: Starters: McGee, McKelvin Nickel: Corner #4: Youboty #5: TBD Florence may be the better player at corner than some of the young guys, but do you pay him that kind of money to ride the pine. Personally, I would rather take a younger guy with more upside potential that would cost less money.

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You think Ralph knows how to use a computer?

Bills Unis - They should definitely go back to the throwbacks full time. I would like White Jerseys with Blue pants for the away games though (as opposed to all white) Sabres Unis - I know everyone likes the blue and gold, however I thought the Black and White Uni's of the late 90's were way better unis. I even thought the Red third jersey's were better than the blue and golds (both current and throwback). The current uni's are absolutely horrible. Plus, the logo of the late 90's was a fierce Buffalo head, why they changed it for a USFL style Buffalo is beyond me.

Agree that this is a very smart move. It appears he lives in Miami, which is huge. Florida is a "Welfare" state which means if he declares bankruptcy his primary residence is excluded regardless of size. Hence the reason earlier in the decade when there were all of those business scandals (i.e. Enron), everyone had houses in Florida. If he is $5-10mm in the hole, he'll come out smelling like roses as he will probably sell his home in a year or two, take the cash and start fresh.

Definitely a reach.

Fish Fry - How about Buffalo Brew Pub Pizza - Bozanna's - No place in the world like it (however not really Buffalo style pizza a la LaNova and Bocce) Best Sponge Candy - Antoinette Sweets Best Chicken Finger Sub - John and Mary's or Alton's Best S**t Canoe - Zorba's (note this is only good half to fully drunk at 3-4 am) Best 4 am dining - Jim's Steakout (again only good half to fully drunk) Best Grocery Store - Wegmann's (After living outside of Buffalo for 12 years in various parts of the country, nothing can compare. Tops, a distant 2nd in Buffalo, blows away 95% of all grocery stores in the US) Best Breakfast after a night of drinking - Pano's (However I am impartial to the country fried steak at Hillview Family restaurant)

How about Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison, Jeff Saturday? The Colts were in the AFC East for the 00 and 01 seasons, so they need to be considered.

Losman better than Pennington - no Edwards better than both - totally agree Buffalo fans are always going with the rocket arm - I personally would rather go with who wins. However you may have a point, hence the Flutie/Johnson divide and the Edwards/Losman divide. The stronger arm had fans regardless of W/L record.

JP has, what I like to call, Rob Johnson syndrome. He is afraid to make a decision and then the pocket collapses on him. Call it what you like - indecisive, scared - it doesn't matter. People blame the line, I blame fear - fear of making the bad decision. I'll agree he runs tough, but that is not what I was referring to.

To pile on, Chad is a poised QB who has few negative plays, conservative, low risk high-percentage ball movement. JP is a QB who plays scared, oft sacked, aggressive high risk high reward ball play. JP is flashy, but Chad wins games and fits Parcells system.

The first game back against San Diego he played spectacular. However the games to follow, the wheels came off. He had trouble throwing routine passes to wide open people. Once this began his confidence fell apart. After following a discussion about non-linear post-concussion syndrome, his symptoms seemed text book as he had difficulty performing routine plays.

I agree that Chad is very similar to Trent. However, as other posters have said, Trent is significantly stronger. In addition, his leadership abilities are better. I think Trent has all of the tools to take us to the promised land. If it wasn't for the concussion, we may have got there last year. Look for some fireworks. One point of note - last year I was a big proponent of the Bills cutting Losman and bringing Pettington in to back up Trent given their similar styles. Oh how I wish that happened. Rather than having him as a more than solid backup, we now face him twice a year playing for a legit team.

1. Zona 2. Bills 3. Pats* 4. Cinci - Coles & Ochocinco 5. NO - Colston & Henderson Honorable Mention Pitt Sea Branch & Housh (A distant 7)

Amen.