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It's Friday morning and there's no Haiku yet - you can really tell it's going to be a down year. It's just not as much fun. So, I'll start the ball rolling: Here we go again We play well against good teams The score will be close

Yes

I haven't seen the Week 1 Haiku topic started yet, so here goes: Trent returns to form CJ Spiller looks good, too Miami will lose

Here's how I see things shaking out during Week 1: Buffalo/Miami: In a hard fought battle where both teams play well, Buffalo escapes with a 24-23 win. An interception on Miami's final drive seals the victory. New England/Cincy: A high scoring game with both offenses seemingly moving at will; however, the Bengals are able to win on a late TD Drive, mainly through the passing game. New England's young secondary showed that it has room to improve. NY Jets/Baltimore: An ugly, defensive battle. The Jets lead 9-7 late in the 4th quarter, but a controversial pass interference call on Darrelle Revis sets the Ravens up for a chip shot field goal to win it. So, after Week 1 concludes, the undefeated, 1-0 Buffalo Bills hold a one game lead over their three division rivals. Hey - this sounds plausible to me!

No, Champaign Mike has it right. So CBS will only have the chance to broadcast Green Bay when they host the two AFC East teams this year (assuming one isn't an NBC or ESPN game). The other two AFC games are on the road. So, maybe we'll get the #1 announcing team for a change.

I wonder what CBS will do for the Green Bay game next week?. That's one of the few opportunities they'll have to broadcast one of the teams they've decided are going to be good this year. So maybe we'll catch a break and get some decent announcers.

Wal-Mart? He held out last year and he's still shopping at Wal Mart???

It's funny that copying and pasting an article is a violation that is enforced (appropriately, I might add), but we can also post all sorts of links to live game feeds that I'm pretty sure are in violation of something somewhere - but those seem to be OK. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

Wow - very impressive. See? People on this board can be nice every once in a while...oh, I almost forgot... +

I specifically went to TBD today to see if Lori did her pre-game analysis. It's really great to see it - thank you.

I love it that Trent Edwards isn't cutting his hair until they lose. I don't know if he meant pre-season, too, but here's another reason to root for Buffalo.

Hey, Schefter and the ESPN van rolled into Eastview Mall tonight. I thought they'd come in to Champps, but they didn't - probably opted for PF Chang's.

Last night I dreamt that the Bills opened up the season 2-0 and had the sports world starting to take notice. Reminiscent of the early "Trent for MVP" talk a few years ago, before the concussion.

I like the idea except for Campbell. To me, he is one of those guys who has all of the tools but just can't put it together on the field. Whenever I've seen him play, he just doesn't have that fire in his eyes, or whatever you want to call it. The same lack of fire that Rob Johnson had. As far as the "playoff roster" comment, call me an eternal optimist, but with even halfway decent coaching, we could have won two or three more games last year. So with a few breaks this year, I could see the Bills at least being a factor in the division until December.

I like haiku better, too: Clausen is cocky Then again, so was Kelly Based on that, draft him

The guy in the middle looks like a Clausen, too. I can't believe I'm commenting on this picture...

Luck is the residue of design

I've googled this a few times, but the only subject that comes up is the "safety risk" associated with an extended overtime. What I want to find out is this: what happens if a team scores a safety in Overtime? Since the ball is kicked off to that team again, I would think the game is over.

That's OK with me - if I can dream for a minute - if there is any chance at success in 2010 it will most likely be with the low scoring, opportunistic defense approach. The low scoring part we have down pat, so we are halfway there...

Oh my....Obviously not a fan of classic comedy...

You really think it was Wade who decided to start RJ?

You're not alone. I've only been mildly interested in Bills news since the season ended, so I didn't pay attention to the name of the guy we brought over from Pittsburgh. Until now, I thought this was a play on Chan Gailey's name - I thought he might have put on a lot of weight recently. I pictured in my mind the before & after pictures of Chuck Knox from the Rams/Bills days to the Seahawks days.

January football was played in Buffalo last season, and Buffalo won! How often can you say that?

Except in playoff games at home when they are favored to win

I'm getting the sneaky suspicion that someone who is eminently qualified will be hired soon...