TDO'Kearney

Usually but not always. Peters wasn't even drafted. Who's to say Demetrius Bell won't perform well at RT? Few would have said that they couldn't wait to see Peters in for Mike Williams 3-4 years ago? (well, they might have said they wanted a blocking dummy in for MW, but that 's another story). Walker might then be fine at LT, or at least as good as Jennings was. At this point, all we'd need is another OL at the bottom of the first for quality numbers, a pass rusher at 11, and a decent TE in the second. I know I'm being off-season optimistic, but while Peters was a top 5 LT talent, he doesn't appear to have a top 5 heart, and you can't fix that. Maybe he'll love the cheesesteak diet in Philly and perform for them, but based on last year, I don't think he was ever going to perform well again in Buffalo. Call RW cheap, but the Bills have been taking care of some of the class guys early (Stroud, Evans, Schobel...).

See, that's where I worry it's the organization. Gilbride has a Super Bowl ring for pete's sake, with the best rushing team in the NFL. How many threads are there in the archives of this board about how he sucks, he has to go, he throws on 3rd and 1, etc. There hasn't been an OC we've like since Marchibroda, but gee, those guys sure seem to do pretty well everywhere else..... With our luck 5 years from now Schonert is calling the offense for the upstart Lions in the NFC championship game after we run him out of Buffalo.

This just proves the cliche that there's no more popular player on any losing team than the backup quarterback!

Yea, I don't feel Royal distinguishes himself as a receiver, and I don't hate JP, but what Gannon said made a lot of sense. It comes back to the field presence where Losman didn't control that cannon of an arm he has at the right time. I remember Kelly in an interview once that if a receiver dropped a ball like that he'd call a play to that receiver over the middle and purposely throw it just a little high so he'd get whacked by the safety for it. THAT's field presence.

No, what he did was got into the open field and started looking back at the JumboTron watching himself run. The problem was the JumboTron didn't show Darren Sharper coming at him like a missile. That was funny....

That's true. I got a better feel that the Bills would score when McKelvin takes off with a head of steam than I ever got from the offense. They probably figured a McKelvin return is the only thing that could hurt them.

And is it me or did the announcer just revel in saying "Wide Right" again? I keep waiting for the year when I don't hear that or see a replay of the kick. It never happens. Every SuperBowl, I have to see it again.

What kills me is last week, NE and the Jets lost. This week, the Jets and Cheats are losing and the Bills could be taking advantage of all this by just winning winnable games. I hate all this frustration watching this team.

As bad as we need a TE, I don't think the Bills need one of those "enigmatic thugs" with all this upside and bad character. I do wish Singletary was the coach of the Giants instead of Coughlin when Plax told his coach to shut the f$%^ up. As badly as I'd like to see the Bills win, I don't want to model the '08 Cowboys.

Maybe he couldn't find his helmet.....

I didn't really have a problem with it either. There's a good point to be made on both sides of that argument. My gut said go for it, but with 5 min left in the 1st quarter I gotta believe you take the points too. Plus, probably DJ figured why give the Dolphins and the crowd a reason to get fired up if they don't make it. DJ doesn't have his team go through the emotional highs and lows of going for broke and hitting or missing on their chance, but they DO usually apply a steady forceful pressure all game that keeps them in it and gives them a chance at the end.

This is great. I can read about the Bills AND be smug about how much smarter it's making me.

I'm a transplanted Buffalo fan in NJ. I don't know exactly what kind of festivities you're looking for, but there is a pretty cool one called Jetspack. I forget the exact section of the parking lot, but it's on the SW side of Giants Stadium. As of 2 years ago, you pay 10 bucks and there's food and a keg of beer, they'll even feed a Bills fan although they gripe about it and you don't have to "know" them. Everyweek is a theme (Chinese, Mexican, etc.), and the Thanksgiving day one is as good as eating at Grandma's.