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Does "another week" mean that he's fully ready by the Rams game, or does he mean he's not going to be ready until the Cards?

He's up to 43% with 5200 votes. Let's keep voting for the guy!

So you were on a professional football team before? Just kidding guy, you just came off a little pompous with a line like that. I am very happy though that there are plenty of fans out there that are showing so much excitement and enthusiasm for this team. It's great, especially since I haven't seen such in a loooooooong time. But as today's injury to Roscoe shows, anything can happen in the next 14 weeks. One of those two sack/fumbles JP let up on Edwards on Sunday could have easily been a knockout blow, a la Tom Brady. We just don't know what will happen. I am loving every minute of the past 3 weeks, but at the same time I am waiting for the floor to fall out. Three wins doesn't guarantee us anything, other than the fact that we'll be drafting no higher than #3 next year! And what do you mean "one statement and I could dispel all Marshawn" stuff? Was he there, and did he say anything to you? What? I'm lost...

Woah buddy, nobody says he's been put on IR. He's not lost for the season. Obviously, it sucks to lose any player, but this next stretch of games is probably the best time to lose the kid, IMO. With St Louis, Arizona, a BYE and San Diego, Miami and the NYJ, we could expect him back for New England (if everything goes to plan). We saw last week what a difference it can make without Roscoe's great returns. Last year, this would have been another terrible loss to our doomed season, but because of the 2008 draft, McKelvin and Hardy are now going to be asked to step up. Chris Brown also said Justin Jenkins is going to take over some of those slot plays, which is also good to finally see if this kid can do anything when it counts. From what I remember, he's six foot and lightning fast - it can't hurt to have another big body out there. Hardy should get some more plays too of course. It sucks, but at least he's going to come back. What's more, at least its not an injury that is going to affect his speed (although it might affect his catching ability). We'll be alright.

Screw Mort. Theres an espn article about the TURK http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/stor...&id=3606110 Are they subconsciously trying to say F THE BILLS with the picture from last year? JP's got the C on his shirt? Come on, find an updated pic. The articles pretty good though.

The things you say in this post are completely ridiculous. I grew up in a Republican household, went to school in Washington, and realized that both parties were pretty much full of themselves. I consider myself moderate in almost every sense, though I probably still lean a little to the right. One thing I do know is that this past administration is probably the worst one in the history of the United States. Hands off approach? Hands off when were talking about illegal wiretapping? Hands-off when the Justice Department hires only those whose beliefs are in the same line as the Republican Party (one of the guys that lost out on a job, by the way, was a Buffalo Attorney with 20 years of experience whose wife was the Erie County Dem Chairwoman, compared to a 3 year Bush partisan). Hands-off to the administration avoiding PUBLIC GOVERNMENT EMAIL that belongs to the PUBLIC and instead using a RNC email server? Hands-off to not giving $7B to people that cant afford heath care and giving $700B to wall street? I can go on and on about this crap, but I wont because this is a BUFFALO BILLS thread not politics. Politics makes sane people go insane. First, I'd like to refute the statements you said above in your post. Our borders are not safe. I think you can blame both parties for that. Neither one wanted to come to ANY compromise on immigration policy, and now we'll leave it alone for another 10 years while 3 million illegals come into our country undocumented every year. How safe is that? Obviously I believe the Clinton white house was pretty corrupt too, but the Bush white house is unrivaled. Dems as KKK backers? This is pretty funny. If you knew anything about history buddy, you'd know that as the two parties became more and more ideological based, all the southern democrats ran to the REPUBLICAN party because they hated the liberals in the Democratic Party. Yeah, the Dems may have the history when it came to the KKK and anti-civil rights, but all those bastards ended up in the Republican party. Think Strom Thurmond. Al Gore's dad as a KKK member? Buddy, this is just laughable. Do you know any history whatsoever? At all? I hate Al Gore as a narcissistic jerk as much as the next guy, but his father was one of only THREE Confederate Democratic Senators who didn't sign the Southern Manifesto. Do you even know what that document is? Did you even go to school? Obama drug using? Are you serious about this too? Georgie Bush had a serious coke addiction. Obama was man enough to admit it, because I think most Americans do not care about this issue anymore. The reason why I stopped believing (or believed at all, for that matter) in the party of my parents is because the Republican Party has been hijacked by neocons and religious fanatical Christians. The neocons have ruined everything about the party - a party that used to be about fiscal conservatism is now spending more freely that FDR. I think it was Pat Buchanan that once said that neocons were former communists back in the day. The religious right has turned the party into its champion for things that don't belong in the government sphere, like flag burning, an anti-gay agenda, and death to anyone who doesn't believe in Jesus. In my opinion, the Religious Right is a bigger threat to this country than radical Islam any day of the week. I don't know who I'm going to vote for in September. I haven't decided yet. But I do know that people like you spitting out very stupid, immature, and sophomoric statements isn't going to help McCain get elected.

Yea so youre saying they did stop blitzing in the 4th right? That's what I remember. They obviously did blitz some, as I mentioned on the Roscoe TD and as somebody said on a few Marshawn runs. But I remember them for the most part playing prevent, having a nickel and a dime back in, and giving our receivers serious cushion a the line to allow Trent to throw the ball at will.

I know Easterbrook is from Buffalo and I love reading the guy's stories. But I noticed something he wrote about the Bills. Its in the Kiffin sent to detention section: But Kiffin doesn't call defensive signals. Rob Ryan does, and it was Ryan who called too many blitzes in the fourth quarter, practically sending the Buffalo Budgies an engraved invitation to stage a comeback. Buffalo gained 152 yards on its first 10 possessions and 221 yards on its final three possessions. Anybody else notice this? From what I recall in the game, the raiders blitzed the hell out of us for three quarters and then all but stopped in the forth (save for a few plays, like the Roscoe TD where we countered their blitz). I know I've read all over the Buffalo News this week that the Raiders supposedly lost because Ryan DID NOT blitz buffalo in the 4th enough and they played too much prevent D, which we all know never works. I can't find any Buffalo News articles that back this statement up, but I did find an Oakland paper that talks about changing from man to man to Prevent. http://www.times-standard.com/ci_10528330 What do you guys think?

Yea I know that is the whole point of keeping the game in "optimal conditions." The NFL doesn't want another London game where the teams scored a total of 10 points. But as I said, they are Canadians, they know what cold feels like. Do you think Dick has any say?

Does anybody know (or think) that there might be a chance that the Toronto game would open the dome? I would feel a lot more comfortable about the game if they at least kept the weather as close to Orchard Park as possible. I mean, Canadians are Canadians after all, and they know cold just like us. I am assuming it is Rogers has the final say. But does anyone remember the preseason game? I am pretty sure I read all over that it was Jauron's decision to close the dome to prepare the team for the same environment come December. You think he might have a say for the Miami game?

Somebody above mentioned that we should raise prices for tickets - if we can support the sabres than we can support the bills too. I feel everybody that complains about the high prices already, but we do have the lowest prices in the league. The Pats are the highest ($117) and the Bills are the lowest with $51. The thing is though, if the Bills raised every game ticket price about 10 or 20 bucks (on average), we would be in the middle of the pack. Think about it - 8 games (with preseason) with a ticket raise of anywhere between 80 to a 160 bucks. I know how bad that might sound, and it screws over those fans that spend every once of savings on season tickets. But if you want to be with the Big Boys in the Biggest League there is, you gotta shell out the bucks. It really is the only way we can think (in my opinion) of keeping this team without corporate support. Tampa Bay this year is the second highest ticket in the league at 90 a game. Obviously, Tampa and Buffalo are both cities going in completely different directions (not to mention corporate influence) but they are still considered a small market team. I believe they also have a waiting list, and you can't really say they have a die hard fanbase like the bills (Giants playoff game last year anyone? Giants fans filled that stadium). And the Giants (who historically have had the same families passing seats down from generation to generation) now have to pay Personal Seat Licenses, when their seats are anything but personal! They have to split them with Jets fans! Obviously the Giants play in New York, and those seats will go no matter what, but they are losing out on their blue collar fan base that had gone to games for 40 years. Imagine having to pay $30,000 (or more) to sit in a seat you have sat in for 40 years, plus pay for every game ticket. So honey, do pay for Suzie's college this year or pay for Giants season tickets? I personally would take a 200 dollar hit a year if I knew the Bills could say. I know a lot of people would disagree. But I would frankly cut off my leg to see this team win a Super Bowl. Do you guys agree or disagree? The one hole in my argument I can see is IF the influx of 10-20 bucks a seat would do any good WITHOUT solid corporate support. Dallas is selling their suites at 250,000 a pop, while Buffalo is lucky to get 8-10,000. It seems like Dallas and Washington and New York could make more money than the bills in one year on 200 corporate suites alone compared to 10 years of 71,000 paying fans.

There was an article in the Buffalo News last weekend about Josh's blocking skills. He said that him and Evans love to block, and Evans joked that they spend more time in practice on blocking than running routes. Josh said in the article that he knows if he crosses the middle and isn't looking, a DB won't hesitate to take his head off. So he feels that if he gets physical first, it will throw the DB off/make him angry/take him off his game and will work to his advantage. It has obviously worked the past three weeks. I have honestly never heard this type of attitude displayed by a WR. A guy that wants to block? No way. What a thought.

6 Did criqui really say game over? I must have missed that. Was that after the higgins TD? There was still 6 and a half mins left in the game. He really is a Buffalo traitor.

Here's the article about Kiffin by Mark Kreidler: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?id=3591734 Gotta love the picture of Davis

I think this whole notion of drafting Edwards in the 2nd round is silly by the Raiders. Granted, some draft prognisticators said Edwards could have been a late first or early second rounder, there were still 5 quarterbacks ahead of Edwards (Russell, Quinn, Kolb, Beck, Stanton). I still understand that they might have had a keen eye on Edwards because he's from the area, but this is still splitting hairs, and hindsight is always 20/20. Edwards in Oakland - come on. I love Trent Edwards and I hope he's going to be a great Pro Bowl caliber QB in this league, but he would have sucked. The reason why Edwards has been good so far in Buffalo is because of the way we have developed him (crazy thing, right?). We've got an O line that can pass protect with the best of them, and we didn't push him for greatness last year. Instead, we let him grow at an acceptable pace. If he played in Oakland, he would have been toast before he even started a game. With that O Line, trent would have been sacked on every other play, just like at Stanford, and hurt himself way to many times before he would have ever gotten a chance. Thank GOD we drafted the kid! Another thing too, when Russell was coming out, I thought it was going to be a pretty stupid pick to draft him in the top ten. Sorry, I'm no "TFG" jerk with a website that "failed," so you're just going to have to take my word, like it or not. I've always thought it was pretty dumb to pick a QB #1 or #2 overall, especially these days when you have to give out 60 mil (20 guaranteed) to a guy that's gonna have to sit a year or two and not actually produce until year 3 or 4 (at which point you have to give him another rediculous contract off of 1 or 2 years of work). It's silly. I figured him as a huge quarterback with freak skills that probably wouldn't make it on the next level. But the thing is, they drafted him and now they have to support that pick. That's what I don't understand with Kiffin. You go out and say "If we didnt draft Russell we would have drafted Edwards." Really? So what does that say to your confidence in your QB after 2 games? I don't like you? Obviously this is a shot against Davis. I know everybody says Russell sucks right now (me included), but it still has been only 2 games. He's only thrown the ball only 40 times in 2 games, and only completing 53% of his passes, but the kid has still thrown 2 TDs and zero picks for a 84.9 QB rating. As I said, I don't think he will pan out (especially in Oakland with continuous turmoil, and another 2-3 coaches and 5 new coordinators the next few years) but you still gotta give the guy a chance. We have no idea how this season (or next) will turn out. Russell could go on an get the system this year or next and make Edwards look second rate in comparison (HE BETTER NOT!). But, we literally have no idea. This is why I question the way Kiffin is coaching. He knew going in what Al Davis ran the Raiders, and now is so befuddled at the way he is being treated. You were hired when you were 31 years old, and you didn't think Davis would try to turn you into a puppet? It's the way it works over there, Davis' way or the highway. Of course you will have little say in personell, of course you can't hire/fire your assnt coaches. He obviously saw this job as a stepping stone to greater things. Okay, I get that. I thought he probably was a good coach with a good future in this league, but the past two weeks have changed my view on the guy. Him speaking out against Davis the way he is makes him look like an impetulent player, not an NFL coach. When you signed up for the job, you understood that it comes with all the weight, scrutiny, and criticism. Most NFL coaches get that, and if they don't they gone pretty quick (see Mike Mularkey). He needs to act like a coach, and take it gracefully (wrong word, more like a man) until he gets fired. He's not doing himself any favors by snapping back at Davis. Why would anyone want to hire a guy that speaks out against his employer, even if it is Davis? He has the entire United States and the sports media on his side championing his case; he doesn't need to put his two cents in, it just makes him look bad. I read an espn blog the other day (looking for the link right now) that said basically this point. GO BILLS!

I normally don't jump into these pissing contests, but this is one where the line needs to be drawn. Please see Raimius' comments above to show that you are no draft genius. No one else on this board claims to be a draft guru or know all the answers. None of us watch hours upon hours of tape of prospects, or sit in the interview rooms with these guys. Neither did you. You're not even in the media (yes I know, these guys do an even crappier job of projecting prospects than fan posters). You spend your time championing these guys to make your draft projections from 3 years ago look good. You made some third-rate website that "failed." I wonder why it failed. Maybe we should ask carpenter and lendale white. And your defense of how "I had Leinart below Cutler" was pretty weak. Please stop the self-aggrandizing, its getting old....

Who refers to themselves, not only in the 3rd person, but as "The Draft Genius." Are you serious? You make Mel Kiper seem humble.

Heres the website you said FAILED http://web.archive.org/web/20060503123244/....com/index.html On Lienart: "Matt Leinart and Jay Cutler are legit high First Round QB prospects"

Looks like you made GREAT picks on matt leinart and michael huff!

Hey can you interview Billy Joe Hobert next time? If we're going for blast from the past and all...

I read in the Buffalo News that we are wearing the 1960s throwbacks for the Oakland game. Obviously this is superstition and will play no role in how the game plays out, but does anyone know what our record is when we play in our throwbacks. I remember last year reading in the paper that we had a pretty bad record in them - one of those being the Dallas game last year. I don't want any curses for a game we should be winning!

I kinda feel for the Vikes b/c of our similar QB situations in the past - but at the same time they have no one to blame but themselves. They built a team of savvy veterans on both sides of the ball. They have the arguably best O and D lines in the game, the best RB, some pretty good LBs, and even some playmakers in their supposedly average or below average secondary - Winfield and Darren Sharper anybody? But when you build a team that can win now (especially with all the money and draft picks they spent on free agents and trades) why do you give the car keys to an unproven second year starter like T. Jackson? Because of potential? Are you kidding me? People could say the bills put Trent Edwards in the same situation - but the teams are completely different. The vikes are an older veteran team (more like the 2003 bills) that need to win NOW. Pat Williams can play at a pro bowl level for no more than a few years, the Jarrod Allen trade is going to leave them lacking with young talent the next few years, Winfield and Sharper are getting old, as is the O LINE. The bills on the other hand are a team built through the draft, and if they don't make the playoffs this year, they have a good shot the next 2-3 years before the window closes up and the next cycle begins. The Vikes are fast closing. While we all want trent to win now, we know its not as important as it is for the bills to win consistently in the future. The vikes screwed up. They should have upgraded in the offseason. Even going after Pennington probably would have made them a playoff team. Or went after a solid backup in the mold of Kerry Collins or Kurt Warner. Now they're stuck with Brooks Bollinger? At least ride out Jackson - don't JP him. Poor Purple Eaters...

I'm all for expanding the base to Canada, but am I the only one getting tired of hearing "offence" and "defence?" I know you guys say it the British way, but this is American football you're talking about. Why can't you say it the right way when you're talking about football? I'll give a free pass in hockey, but geez. Please don't take this as an arrogant American comment (it probably will come off anyways), I'm just trying to grasp this issue.

Couldn't you see a stereotypical high school version of the two where Jimbo's putting Flutie up a flagpole or shoving him into a locker? No offense to Flutie, but nobody did it like Jimbo...