vincec

If the Bills signed him to a moderate contract and he had a great season then he would just want to renegotiate anyway. So you might as well wait.

I thought the same. Like this is somehow an advantage for NE. The press is funny.

They have more leverage than Fitz does. He doesn't appear to have another suitor. I guess he can retire, but that's not exactly great leverage.

I don't think Dareus can be all that effective playing 5 technique. I don't think he has the height, wingspan or speed to play the edge. Kyle Williams is even a bigger misfit. We'll see how they decide to use them.

As far as judgement calls go, I'd say this one is pretty clear. It's nothing like PI for example.

I'm not following the judgement thing. It sounds like anytime you block a guy low when he's already engaged, run or pass, it's a penalty. Where's the judgement call?

LoL. What??? Like they care at all in China. The NFL is funny.

Biggest difference is Fitz's familiarity with Gailey's system. McCown is not that much better than Fitz (if at all) to make up the experience gap. Totally. I heard he was asking for $14m per year. Crazy.

The only reason that they haven't done this is because they don't want to take the on-side kick out of the game. Then there wouldn't be much surprise would there?

Bills fans are cheap. Ralph trained them well.

There is a thread on a new stadium already. Majority opinion is as long as tickets are cheap, parking is plentiful and there are lots of toilets for drunk people then all is good for the Buffalo fans. Everything else is a waste

What would be tough after this season is if Tyrod doesn't play like a hero or a heel, but has an inconsistent season. Then what? I'm sure his agent will still want a mega deal and someone will give him one so it will be tough on the Bills to make a call.

No, I said that you don't improve as a team by weakening your level of competition. Apparently you disagree. I'm not sure how the rest got into this discussion.

So, on the one hand you're saying that the Jets are not a threat because the Bills always beat them, but on the other hand you're saying that the are a threat to take Buffalo's WC spot. Are the Jets a threat to the Bills chances of winning a championship or not?

So then who cares if he's out of the division? What's the big deal?

Don't agree. You don't improve by reducing the level of your competition. If you beat the best, then you are the best.

That rules Buffalo out.

Would have been nice for last season, but I doubt the Bills could have afforded to keep Marshall this season even if they had gotten him, and certainly not after TT and Gilmore get new contracts next season so it would have been a short term rental just like Cassel.

No he won't.

Except of course that at this point in his career Chris Long is a faint shadow of what Jones is.

I know, but I have no doubt that this is in the backs of their minds.

I think it's important to point out that the basis of the NFL's punishment being overturned had nothing to do with the merits of the case. The Patriots were cheating and Brady knew about it and encouraged it. I have a feeling that this will play a part in the judges thinking as to whether he can be punished.

Apparently it all depends on scheme. If it's a scheme that Mario likes then he will be effective, otherwise he will stink.

What I see is that offenses have become much better at dealing with complex schemes. They work quickly, giving the defense less time to make changes and adjust to offensive formations. This strategy alone was so effective in the late 80s when the Bengals started using it that many teams just sat in their base defenses rather than try to make substitutions and adjustments. Can't get more simple than that. Now it seems like half the teams in the league go twice as fast as the Bengals or Bills ever did. That makes it really hard on the defense. Also, they use spread formations, making it harder for defenses to disguise what they're doing and they use quick, short passes to minimize the effectiveness of complex blitzing. So it's harder than ever for defenses to matchup with the offense, create pressure and disguise what they're doing.