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Sorry, Mr. Wilson comes first.

YES!

Or is it Hackett has improved and suddenly Manuel gets better? Personally, I think it's a combination of both men at vital positions in our organization learning, growing, and getting better together. We could very well be in for some important December games this year, tough ones too. Should be exciting at least.

"There was nothing else that needed to be said after he spoke." Love it.

"I would like to get paid whatever is appropriate for the position" is a perfectly acceptable response for someone who really doesn't have salary expectations. Let them make the offer first and decide whether you want to negotiate or not after that (and after they've offered you the job). Also, don't be afraid to ask what the person who previously held that position was paid and base a number off of that.

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The real question should be can anyone turn around the negativity on this board! It's not even the regular season yet for heaven's sake. What I wouldn't give to be able to discuss the Bills optimistically with some people.

Reading comprehension is an art, I know. But let me try to explain this further. Most players in the final year of their contracts sign extensions added on to their current contracts rather than re-negotiating the terms of their final year with the new deal. This means that the money paid to them this season is not affected at all. This dead money will be gone next season. If we signed any of those players to an extension nothing would change until next season when the dead money is off the books. Thus, it is irrelevant. Try some understanding before being such a smart _ _ _.

This money has nothing to do with them. It will be off the books next season and we will be able to resign them all without having to deal with any of this money. The only thing it would affect would be money for this season if they re-signed during the season and received significant salary increases for this season but most deals are extensions rather than re-negotiating current salaries especially in last year of deals.

Of course he does, but many posters here put the blame completely on Marrone for our QB depth, but the buck stops with Whaley. To put it simply, it's Whaley's job to put together the roster and it's Marrone's job to coach that roster.

So you're calling Marrone an idiot for the GM not getting a better backup? Marrone doesn't make signing decisions, Whaley does. Amazing that so many people have no idea how an NFL organization works. I may be wrong, but I believe Belichick is the only coach / GM in the league right now.

Sort of like saying a QB is a bust after one season (shortened by injury) and a pre-season. Oh wait...that's only for our QBs I guess. QBs need AT LEAST 2 years most of the time, AT LEAST.

I find it so funny that people here actually believe the type of offense we saw in the first half of that game (and for most of the pre-season) is going to be the same play calling as during the regular season. No one knows what they are doing and thinking. No one knows their real game plan. No one knows their EJ development plan. I am of the thought process that they severely limited the play calling last season for EJ to give him a development year and not hurt his confidence level. Although derailed by some injuries, I think they did it pretty well. I also believe that this year they will be opening it up a lot more and that they don't want to show any teams what we will be doing until the real season begins. Other teams will have no idea how to prep for us going into the season and I think Chicago will be completely surprised (less so as the season progresses but that's OK). I think we got just a little taste of it in the second half yesterday when the play calling completely shifted (and what the heck was that screen type pass to Chandler?). I believe they did this to see if what has been working in practice is transferred to the game, and it did. Now, is this plan going to work? Can EJ execute it? That's a whole different question, but to think he's going to be throwing swing passes to covered RBs and short throws all season again just doesn't make any sense to me, and our coaches are a whole lot smarter than I am in football matters. If they do, I'll be first in line to jump on the "clean house" bandwagon, but let's just see what happens in the regular season for a few weeks first please.

Congrats JohnnyGold, you are now the second poster I've put on to my ignore list.

Very close family member who has been dealing with it for over 20 years. Can be quite brutal at times. There are times when they don't even leave the bedroom for days at a time. It is no fun for everyone involved.

Look for ESPN to be wrong...again.

Everything is Awesome. Everything is cool when you're part of the team.

Yes, you are example number 1 of the ridiculous. Congratulations. And the fact that you post anything regarding QBs anymore is the most laughable of all. But I guess if you proclaim every back-up in the league and every QB coming out of college the next big thing you are bound to hit on it eventually. Blind squirrel / acorn and all. At least I, and most reasonable people here, are willing to give the kid a fair shake before we proclaim him the next in a long line of failures.

Some of those are surprisingly very disappointing. You can go on virtually any beach in Brazil and easily find replacements for over half of those chicks.

There are so many posters on this board who are going to look absolutely ridiculous when EJ has a good year and turns out to be a pretty darn good QB. The fact that so many rush to judgement based on 1/2 a season last year (which he was actually pretty good in considering he was a rookie, our OLine sucked, rookie HC and OC, lost significant development time to injury) and 2 drives during the pre-season is so laughable to me that I can't even describe it.

And Brent Musburger wants to %fiance. I love it, unlimited possibilities.

I understand what the OP is saying and agree with him completely. They are not going to throw away this season by playing EJ because he was a first round pick or trading CJ because they think he may be gone after this year. They are playing EJ because he is our best option (in their opinions which I agree with) either on the team or available at QB elsewhere and they are not trading CJ because we want to win now!

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Ha!

I absolutely love this: NSFW! http://youtu.be/66KxN3DFW64