May Day 10

Again, he is deflecting blame for his suckiness. "I dont want to talk negatively about last year's staff" well you just did m-fer. I havent heard him say much (if anything) about how hard he needs to work to improve his game.

dont like that attitude really. He needs to blame his faulty play and try to improve. It was a lot more than injuries.

I definitely do not want Clausen. He was throwing to a thouroughbred receiver playing against a bunch of crap. Im still on board with loading up with linemen and linebackers... making development the primary goal for this season, using a stopgap QB that could be Edwards or Fitz... Then draft the top QB next year and not have to trade anything for him.

based on papazoid's point assessment, I would make that trade and thank the Rams for it

I would have no problem if the Bills gave up the farm to get Bradford

this is why I was rooting for the Bills to lose every game from the Cleveland game on

i really would love for them to scrap the "current" unis. My ideal uniform situation is: current retros home and away "3rd" 90's Bills.

nope. im a mcnabb fan, but for the situation the Bills are in. No way.

that is a good way at looking at it. I really do like McNabb a lot. The guy is a warrior. I would love to see him on the Bills. I just do not foresee this roster competing in the next few years.

yeah, maybe I should just stop thinking and let go. I have no control over it and just have faith that Nix, Whaley, Modrak, and Gailey really know what they are doing and will do what is right. After watching the last 10 years it just seems so impossible.

I am a little discouraged with the rumors that the Bills are looking to trade for McNabb. From any outside observer, you can see this team has many holes. Just trying to patch a couple will just create more holes. This is the cycle we have seen for the past 10+ years. I feel the roster is at its weakest now... arguably worse than the 2002 squad... ESPECIALLY if Schobel retires. they should be focusing on 3 years from now. draft picks in 09, 10, and 11 will be important, mcnabb will not. Any player they do not see contributing in 3 seasons they need to dump off for whatever pick(s) they can get. Build off last year's successful draft, and hopefully good drafts in the next 2 with the odds of landing good players raised due to offloading players like Schobel, Parrish, etc. for picks. They may possibly be in a position to draft the top QB/Locker after next season. After that the Bills can fill in with FAs and trade for vets. IMO this is the direction this organization needs to go now. I suspected that is what they were planning. I kind of dont want them to try to be good this season if it means trading assets that will help in 3 seasons. Now if the young core comes together early and they win a bunch of games next year Ill be thrilled. But if they stay the course and go 2-14 I will not be upset. Im saying bring the full rebuild on. I will continue to renew my season tickets and buy as much merchandise as I would normally. This groundhog day scenario of below average teams followed by FAs walking and attempting to fill holes foolishly is what is going to suck my life out as a Bills fan.

no way. not the 9th pick. no.

awesome article. Brings me back. I am also guilty of moving towards these electronic games. I still have my Strat-o-matic hockey and baseball games (football too). Reading that makes me want to break em out. My dad still plays Strat hockey almost every night. He just finished a complete replay of an Original 6 hockey season. A few other games I remember are Pursue the Pennant Baseball, Statis Pro Baseball, Basketball, and Boxing, Win Place and Show horse racing, and a more primitive game with a spinner called All-Star Baseball. Its a shame that tabletop games are eventually going to dry up.

tabletop football never worked for me. Strat-o-matic baseball and hockey were great. Never tried APBA. I think I might skip Madden this season. There hasnt really been enough significant improvement in the past few releases to justify buying that. I buy Madden, NCAA, FIFA, and NHL every season. I like to play NCAA and use the draft classes on Madden, but usually I just get through 2 seasons of each before I move on and later the new titles come out and I start over. This year Ill just continue on my NCAA Dynasty and NFL Franchise from 2010 Madden. Ill stagger my purchases. NHL and FIFA World Cup this year, NCAA and NFL in 2011(2012), and so on. I wish EA still could make baseball games. Their last MLB release was Great. 2K sucks at baseball games.

so if they won the coin flip and scored... then the OT rules would not have done justice? Didnt San Diego or Indy lose a game the same way in OT?

I think it makes things very interesting. Do you kick the FG or go for it for the TD? I dont think it changes the dynamic of the game at all. A whole lot less than 2 point conversions. Watching a 16+ game season end on a coin toss and a fluky pass interference call without getting a possession is maddening

I hope they change the rediculous OT. Horrible.

Culpepper would be fine. The Bills arent looking for a QB of the future success. They are looking for a stopgap for a season or 2 until they draft Locker or someone next draft.

this is true. The Bills have to focus on 3 seasons from now on... McNabb isnt a part of that. The Bills cant trade any picks.

Dream? Looks like a nightmare to anyone interested in seeing the Bills win.

I dont really see this. I see him motivated to make a great paycheck, and do and say the right things publicly. I really dont like what he said about coasting through Atlanta either. He had a great chance in Philly last year (and probably will still have the chance), but he was rather worthless to them. With that said, even if he had the fire of 1,000 suns, I dont think he (or any QB) could take the Bills to the Superbowl. It is obvious that the Bills are either closing the hatches for the labor deal (or lack of)...and/or are working on a 3 year plan which includes a top QB not yet in the NFL. If the Bills make any trades, it will be for either draft picks, or young diamonds in the rough (3 year plan in mind). They arent going to waste resources for a vet QB to play stopgap for the next few seasons. If you are a Vick fan, you shouldnt want him to come to Buffalo. Its not a good environment for him to succeed. There are better situations out there that would give him a chance to shine. I actually felt bad for T.O... but at least he only had a 1 year sentence.

the Bills are walking the correcct path at this time. they are not going to be very good for the next 1, probably 2 seasons. But they will stock up on linemen and linebackers in this draft. Next year we will take Locker or another top QB and probably a WR or 2. at tht point the FAs will be brought in to complement the established core.

Well, Vick is getting his chance in the NFL and life, and he will not be playing for the Bills, so everybody wins.

this season and likely next season will be a joke. We will see a collection of crap players as stopgaps while the core is built through the draft and maybe a couple existing "gems" that Nix, Whaley, and maybe Gailey pick out for the long term. Think the 96, or 02-04 Sabres. They need to reload and I dont think that any vet players we see signed now will really figure in the REAL future plans this team has. Once the core takes shape, then they should go for the Greers and etc of the Free Agents. It sucks, but this is what needs to happen. Too much rotting on this team the past 10 years.

I decided to keep mine. Im not watching every day for signings, etc because I know it would be a mistake to try to build a winner and look for stopgaps (like they have for almost 15 years). I realize the best thing is for the team to purge and take 2 steps back and rebuild. The team on the field needs to hit rock bottom before it rises. Im cool with that, and I am cool with the 2-14 season we may face... I am in Philly most of the time and try to make it to 4 games of the season normally. Its only like $250. I like the location of my seats and would nearly be irreplaceable if I lapsed. What the hell.