EasternOHBillsFan

That's not true, and I must protest this comment. There are some of us who are here that knew where we were at especially with our defense, are at due to injuries, and will be at unless we get an infusion of talent, straight out facts. In order for there to be hope the front office must GIVE us hope- not false hope, but bonafide hope that will tell us we will compete for a playoff berth. A lot of us are sick to DEATH of false hope, and yearn for a sign of sustained positive change. The only thing the Buffalo Bills have sustained is a reputation for vying for a top 15 draft pick, and someday it will be reversed. Until then, dark clouds hang over the Bills and that's not being jaded.

I got a LOT of crap in this thread as well and in other ones, but injuries made a mediocre season into a nightmare season real quick. I so wanted to be wrong and get to 10-6, but our defense really sucks, and if Edwards (Georgie Porgie) keeps his job, then I'll be EXTREMELY angry. Andy Reid will get fired for not having a defensive coordinator, and Chan Gailey, for all he possesses in intelligence, HAS to realize Edwards must be fired.

Then you should be the first to eat your words after you personally attacked me for saying the Bills defensive yardage fest early would cost us dearly. And yet, oddly enough, suddenly you are on the side of those who saw through the 4-1 record??? I have a big huge flag waving for you with two letters on them, B and S. At least PTR is man enough to stand behind his words and not flip flop to suit an argument. Poor form... poor form.

I'm SO HAPPY the NBA lockout continues... great stuff. It gives the NHL more exposure

We had McGee, Greer, and Leonhard on this team for God's sake. Letting two of them go seems like utter stupidity now for what we got in McKelvin and Florence! We're much better than our talent on defense comparatively speaking. We have a base we can build from...

It is easy to be positive when you don't have to endure Wide Right, the Hogs, Jimmy Johnson, Thurman's lost helmet, The White Ford Bronco, Bruce Smith's flu, the Music City Miracle, Rob Johnson, Doug Flutie, Tom Donahoe, X Bills coach, No Goal, Philly's net non-goal goal, Delay of Game vs. Carolina, etc., etc, etc, etc... UNTIL THEN, after all of that, let's see how positive a person can be. It eats at your soul, it really does. OHH, and of course, I have had the 1992 NCLS and umpteen straight losing seasons in baseball, and Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan beating the Knicks in the NBA.

We have to first beat the Jests in order to pass them up, and if we lose another 'supposed to win' game, we're out of it. I'm much more concerned about beating MIAMI than getting a playoff spot, as are the players. We cannot be respectable losing to Miami in any case.

Believing in the team as in watching the games, of course. Does this mean that after number 7 you will no longer believe? This team is not a playoff team at the moment according to their play. Injuries and a lack of good talent in some positions will continue to hurt us, but I'm still watching every single game no matter if they end up 10-6 or 7-9, and to me that's all the believe one fan should be concerned with. It is a process to improve, and we're a heck of a lot closer to it with Gailey than Jauron.

The Cardinals one is really outstanding. It reminded me of Saturday morning cartoons.

There is no way we make the playoffs at 10-6 with this scenario... the Jets would own the tiebreaker along with Cincinnati, Baltimore (AFC), and Pittsburgh (AFC). We'd be screwed...

Offhand, I can think of many institutions that can beat them, i.e. Duke, Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, etc. I have the luxury of skipping a school that revels in stirring controversy.

That is a matter of debate... if you can call it an education... I wouldn't have my son go there if they paid me.

Unfortunately I was spot on with the observation that when the turnovers dried up, we'd be exposed. The game against the Chargers should be another one of those nightmare games because of the talent they have, regardless of current record. I could not have predicted the injuries we have sustained, which makes it worse. It is very difficult to be realistic here for many, but hopefully now we can beat the Dolphins, Titans and Broncos to at least get us to 9-7. Any other victory is a huge plus in my book (Chargers, Jets, Patriots).

THIS. A voice of reason in the wilderness.

If our defense doesn't stop the opposition, how in the heck do we keep up with the pace? We will end up running the ball 25+ times and lose by 10+ instead of losing by 21+ against good defenses. They will stack the LOS and force us to go deep, something we have been unable to do. Face it, our defense has to be upgraded and our offense has to have better talent at the WR position. We didn't need Casserly to tell us this, because in order to be a playoff team and win a championship you have to beat the good teams more than just one time.

Brady can't win if his defense gives up the ridiculous amount of scores they did before, so what makes you think Fitz will? It's the DEFENSE.

Does it really matter at this point? When you allow Tony Romo to set a Cowboys record for passing percentage, that pretty much says it all. Come on now, enough. We are building for better days, but we put the shutters on and planted a garden too soon.

I'm not buying that... this summer's movies were not highly anticipated as compared with years past; in fact, they were brutal. I still can't believe that it took until November to get a good movie out there in J. Edgar (Harry Potter nonwithstanding). Who could possibly name all of the Top Ten movies of 2011 from this list, and have seen them? http://www.the-numbers.com/market/movies2011.php This year has sucked, a new low for mainstream Hollywood filmmaking. What once was an annual treat to enjoy movies has now become a yawn-fest. Only Martin Scorcese and Clint Eastwood can save us from CGI/bad plot/stupid comedy hell. Meanwhile, I'll just sit back and watch Rear Window, The Godfather, or Terminator and remember how well it used to be done. Watch Boardwalk Empire... there is where the essence of quality Hollywood filmmaking lives and breathes.

Don't expect miracles, because you will be waiting until eternity. I wish I had used my writing ability many years ago to write sports columns, because it seems as if there is a dearth of quality sportswriters these days. I do not see the best sportswriters throughout the country choosing to engage in character assassination just because someone disagrees with them, and the same sportswriter is taken aback when others dare to call them out on it. "Blithering idiots", "simplistic morons", and other phrases to shrug off disagreement that are thrown about by supposedly educated people are a poor substitute for actually attacking the argument and not the person.

Using your physical condition to make us somehow go easy on you isn't going to stop anyone from responding to your Jests nonsense. All I see is this: "Maybin is like da best defender in da league, aight? Ryan's a friggin smart guy and da Bills coaches suck over dere. Da Jets won last year so dis year dey are gonna win again just cause." BLAH, BLAH, BLAH... Sunday will tell the tale, and you can blabber on and on about Maybin and whatever else comes into your tiny little mind.

You can smell the desperation after they watched us dismantle Washington, and they know what we did to the Patsies*!

Without him, we don't get Nick Barnett *probably* and so I'd take a definite Barnett and Merriman over no Merriman and probably no Barnett.

That's what I meant... where in the heck was I yesterday????? I must have been clouded thoroughly in Bills thought. What a gaffe!!!

Master of Disguise Count of Monte Cristo remake Joe Versus the Volcano Wild Wild West

TOUGH Patriots TOSS UP Jets x2 Titans Chargers* *only because they are playing in San Diego SHOULD BEAT Cowboys SHOULD DESTROY Dolphins x2 Broncos Ohh, and when will he stop being a Romo apologist? Could you imagine what happens if we beat the Cowboys?