SageAgainstTheMachine

EJ played a better season than Eli last year, he's playing better this year, he's a decade younger and has greater potential for future success in every capacity. And you want to unload EJ AND our most dangerous weapon?

Watching this SNF game...the 49ers owe us one.

I sincerely believe that the results of this game were decided when the announcement came out about Pegula. Most fired up Week 2 crowd in NFL history?

19-0

Terrified? Even if we lose, we're 1-1 looking forward to an eminently winnable home game against the Chargers. Oh, and the Bills are staying in Buffalo forever.

The Dolphins are walking into a buzz saw this weekend. I'd give us 50/50 odds in their house and 90/10 odds in our house given this week's events.

RWS is going to be one fired up stadium after last week's win. If I'm a Miami fan, I'm thinking that Tannehill will have tough sledding against our DL and 12th man.

At the very least, they can't be alone in first until Week 4. Seriously though, I really have no doubt they'll make it to double digit wins.

The Bills are one of the few power running teams left in the NFL, so EJ's end of season stats won't impress many people when it comes to yards and touchdowns. What I'm looking for are efficiency and leadership. Yesterday, the Bills averaged 7.7 yards on passing plays and 73% of EJ's attempts were completions. That's efficient. The content of these articles suggests growing leadership. Before yesterday's game started, I predicted that Orton would be taking over after the bye week. EJ's still on big time probation in my mind, but the tide is turning on my opinion.

A grand total of 3 players remain from that 2008 squad, and no coaches. The three players are Fred Jackson, Kyle Williams and Leodis McKelvin. I'd hardly call that season relevant to this one.

The Fins just want info on our 2012 playbook.

I don't understand how the Ravens haven't already come to that conclusion.

Woods/Watkins/Williams sure looks a lot better than Stevie/Woods/Graham.

A few passing plays on first down would be nice. That said, if the Bills pass on any more than 40% of their plays, it probably means they're down a couple touchdowns.

There was a lot of hub bub over Woods not being a "starter" in the preseason, but even a running team like the Bills will obviously have 3 receivers who see a majority of reps. I'd love to see us continue to run the ball 60% or more of the time, but I feel a little better about our chances if we're down a couple scores.

Sunday afternoons are pretty busy at Burger King. I don't know if he'll be reachable.

Is it fair to put him down based on the fact that the news is non-specific and pretty useless? Do we really believe that somebody reliable in the Bills organization told Schefter "Yeah, we're not gonna hesitate to use Orton"?

A 300 yard, 21 point pass from Orton to TJ Graham. Then Graham tears off his uniform, revealing that he's been Tim Massaquoi the entire time.

I'd argue that's Leonidas McMumbles.

Of 22 expected starters, one guy is out. Two if you count Kiko. This isn't exactly an injury bug situation yet.

Yep. The "Oh crap, I'm gonna be in trouble with coach!" mentality probably doesn't live in the hearts and minds of most NFL players. Being strong and bombastic is one thing, but I get the sense that Harbaugh is a condescending ass.

Plus, diabeetus. But it's not Cutler I worry about. It's covering Marshall and Jeffery. I think any QB in the league would look above average with two top-10 receivers.

In other words, a pretty solid chance!

If Orton comes in, it's probably for the rest of the season. I don't think Marrone presses that button on day 1. Also, Orton's command of the playbook must still be pretty limited. Even though he's a veteran, he'd probably enter the game with a dozen or so plays in his back pocket.

For one, it's when the most people are thinking about football. Personally, I think that the players make their own choices to play. They have agency. But when a multi-billion industry is motored by guys who are willingly lopping off a third of their lives, it's a relevant story and journalists who cover sports are obligated to pay it mind. NOTE: I've yet to read the article (though I will now) and moreover I don't think of Bucky Gleason as some intrepid ace reporter. I'm speaking mostly on principle.