flmike

Pretty drastic. I agree that we need new leadership (or at least some), but good teams build the lines first. Guess what the Buffalo Bills have done? The best skill players in the world won't help you until you build the lines. Take 2 years and draft linemen and get free agents, then plug in good skill players. That's building for the future. Oh yes, get a cold-weather quarterback for God's sake. Kelly played in PA before college in Miami. He understood the elements. These California kids have no clue and never will.

Ha! I think 7-9 IS optimistic for this team.

Preseason or not, they got schooled.

It's only the largest because they count the entire county in the Metro count. Miami is much bigger in actual city size. I go there frequently and find it to be just a big spread out suburb without much of a center city identity. With the big hispanic population, it would be a good soccer city, but most of the folks care more about college football.

I have to agree with those who say let him wait all he wants. I don't see a Superbowl team this year and if we overpay then we are stuck with dead money for a borderline player. Not a good pick to begin with. Someone please clean this house...

Am I the only one who remembers Walker playing LT when Peters was out at the first of the season last year? I thought he did a respectable job. We didn't start losing until Peters played full time.

Dude, who was our starting LT last year? How bad was he (Langston Walker)? The line will not be the greatest in the NFL, but it will be adequate by game day. Mike

The advantage of smart interior linemen is that they can change variations of a blocking scheme on the spot. When the center calls out the change, smart guys can quickly retrieve the new assignment AND remember where everyone else will be. Add to that a change in snap count, well... being quick witted helps. Offsides often occurs when the center or QB makes a change and the OT or OE doesn't hear it or remembers incorrectly. Mike

I gave a B+ once I saw the UDFA signing. I'm a little concerned about all the changes of position expected from all these rookies.

I've been thinking the same thing for a few years. The team should take advantage of our home field. Lately we haven't. Remember when it was a given that the fish would lose here in December?

Listen, he's probably going to do pretty well in Philly. I'm not an expert on NFL linemen, but if Peters is one of the best LTs in the league, it must be a low point in the history of Left Tackles. Think about it, anyway. How well we were the Bills doing with him? Let's hope some young guys stand up and play some football and that, sometime soon, the Bills will be fun to watch again. Ever since Polian left the FO can't seem to find good players.

Marchibroda got the job done on offense and I'm not sure why you think Corey's defense was a "disaster". Marv was never a great coach, but he didn't do stupid things and relied on his assistants to do their jobs. Yeah, he got out-coached a lot, but he was a good leader in general. Dick Jauron wins his players loyalty by treating them like men, but some of them need more than that. The key line after every game for me is "I don't know what happened. We weren't really ready for what they were doing." Hearing that time and again sealed it for me. Jauron had to go. Well, I'll watch dispassionately (as much as possible) next year to see if anything positive happens. BTW Belicheck went from worst coach in the world to genius when he got to NE.

I doubt that anyone in the family would be able to afford the estate tax on the Bills, especially in New York.

So, who else thinks the Defense is fine and that we just need to work on the Offense? BTW does anyone really recall the games we won early this season. None of them were pretty. Please let the Defense players call their own plays for the rest of the game. Fewell sucks.

I wish they would ban the combine... Scouts would have to rely on watching college players play football. How did a guy do against the best competition? Did he tend to play down to his opponent? Can he play in cold weather games?

Sadly he has a history of wanting to renegotiate well before his contract is up. Signing him now would make no difference. Peters is a good LT but not good enough to hold the team hostage. Money is his god, and it will continue to be in 2 years when he walks and we get nothing for it.

No. 1 Poz has only played just over a full season now. This is essentially his rookie season. No. 2 A MLB can only excel when the DTs do their job (not really this season). We don't really have a good sub for him on obvious pass plays either No. 3 With some decent help on the OLB position, he can do more (team game and all) Notice how bad things got when Whitner went out. This guy is for real in his second year. A star? Probably not, but no need to replace him. My question is about Lee Evans. I'm told every day that he is a star, but don't star receivers get open SOMETIMES? I suspect the play designs and WR coaching have something to do with this since NO ONE ever gets open downfield. I'm not going to put Evans' number on the Wall until him find a way to get open. I like Lynch better lately since he gave up his dance routine. Edwards might still be good. A good line can make all the difference. I'm troubled by his arm though. I haven't seen the Bills stretch the field in ages. BTW we did address the TE position a few years ago. Unfortunately Everett got hurt twice. I would have loved to see what he could do. DE in the first round (a scary one, please!) and OL for the next 2 picks. Sometimes drafting the best player on the board leaves far too many holes and those players can't excel w/o the foundation of good lines.

Yup, DE is the most pressing need. Haven't had a real star since Bruce Smith. That double team frees up the DTs and the blitzing LBs. Watch how good Poz becomes when he's got a real DL in front of him and some help beside him. A receiver who can get open A real Center DB depth, sheesh

Dude, have you ever been to Brazil or Italy? Those people live and die over lame sports like soccer and Formula 1. It's no different. Just different sports.

I'm with buftex. Still a fan, but not willing to spend money and go out of my way (in this area you HAVE to go to a place with Sunday Ticket) to watch them until some changes are made.

Sure, go ahead and teach your kids that winning is everything. Community and rooting for the home team is for losers. Yeah, I hate watching this sorry product and I feel badly for the quality athletes on the team who are completely mismanaged and have no support from ownership, but even living in S Florida now, the Bills are my connection to "home". But if you want your kids to miss out on the life lesson of loyalty to one's own community, that's your call. How about this, instead? Teach them that football is a game played for our entertainment. It can offer us highs and lows of emotion, but it's just a game. Enjoy the ride of winning and the right to grouse when the guys are losing, but keep perspective. It's a part of life, not the reason for it.

Might pull for the Fins since I'm in their area now. Might actually be sweet revenge if the Bills move to Toronto. They would have to change the name anyway, so bye bye.