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Foles would maybe be an option if he was on the open market. Not worth a pick though, unless it's a 5 or 6.

I'd love to see Bradford here. He's had terrible luck with injuries, I think he's our only realistic option that'd be a sure upgrade from Orton/EJ. Now we just have to hope he gets released... I highly doubt Cutler is going anywhere, but he'd be a big upgrade too. If No Bradford or Cutler, we wait another year.

If the Defense can get a hit on Manning & knock him out of the game, it's on like a mofo. Hopefully it happens before he throws his 3rd TD.

His wife pronounces his name "Mar-kweese" in the video on page 7, so I assume that's how he pronounces it.

Schwartz better have some blitzes planned. We made Tannehill look like Peyton Manning a few weeks ago, imagine what will happen with the real Manning if we don't get pressure.

I've been saying for the past few years that Aaron Rodgers is the best player in the NFL, at any position. I agree with the OP, with the possible exception of prime Joe Montana. I hope Rodgers wins another Superbowl or 2 (as long as it's not vs Bills), so he gets his due among the all-time greats.

Spikes is One & done. Some other team will pay him 3-down LB money, and he isn't worth that to the Bills. We need Kiko.

Even if Orton does well, it'll be 3 games tops before he gets dinged with his mobility + our OG play. EJ will likely get back in by mid-season.

Bears fans can be as drunk & rowdy as Buffalo fans, or civilized regular people- depending on where you're sitting. There's a huge difference between the lower level seats and the seats up at the top on the high side of the stadium. Nobody who pays $300 for a ticket is there to be a jackass, but somebody in the nosebleeds may be. For the most part, you're far less likely to get in a fight for wearing the wrong jersey in Chicago than in Buffalo, mainly due to the much higher prices keeping most of the riff-raff out. Back in the 90s, I attended Bears games on X-mas Eve 2 years in a row. Both games, I saw somebody dressed as Santa get beat up by drunks. I've been in Chicago my whole life, and attended 20+ Bears games. It's more civilized nowadays though.

I really think Kouandjio will get IR'd, then both Hairston & Legursky will make the final 53. I'd much rather keep Hairston if they only keep 1. Legursky would literally be the worst O-lineman in the NFL if he makes the team.

I've been intrigued by Cockrell since the draft, and looking forward to seeing him in action. I do think his skill-set translates best to Safety in the long run, I don't think he has the speed to be an outside starting CB.

Legursky has to go. He isn't good enough for even a backup spot. Urbik should be the backup C, even if he wins a starting Guard spot. I'd much rather see Cyril Richardson (or anybody but Legursky) come in for Urbik if/when he moves to Center.

What event?

I live in Chicago too. I keep telling all the Bears fans that they didn't face a Defense as good as the Bills all of last year. I think they're in for a rude awakening. I'm a little worried about our OLB position, but as long as EJ can manufacture 20 points, we should win.

I'd like to see 3WR sets as our base formation, with Woods, Sammy, & Mike Williams. Hopefully the traditional 2WR pro formation was just part of the vanilla pre-season gameplan.

Whoah whoah, pump the brakes here a minute! Peterson is definitely NOT the best all-around corner in the league. He isn't even top-5, unless "all-around" means including his punt returns. Peterson may be among the best all-around athletes in the NFL, but he is an above-average cover corner at this stage of his career. He's highly overvalued due to his punt return skills and his ability to take an INT to the house, but at actual CB skills- he is NOT elite.

You guys are quick to forget that Pears was an average to above-average RT 2 years ago, which is also when he last healthy. Ditto for Urbik, he's a solid player when healthy. I'll be surprised if anybody surpasses him this year barring injury. Chris Williams will be solid at G as well. I don't expect Richardson to beat him out until 2015, which is what the FO probably expected when they drafted him.

Flowers is a very good player in the right system, but he's not scheme diverse. He was a bad fit in KC's new defense, as evidenced last year. Think Warren Sapp in the Raiders 3-4. He'll catch on & be a good player again. I don't think he's a good fit for us-especially at his price tag, but Atlanta seems like a good fit.

I totally agree with this. Which is why I'm confused that we signed Spikes to a 1-year deal, and gave multi-year deals to Keith Rivers & Chris Williams. If Spikes plays like he talks this year, he'll walk for a big FA deal.

I'm really starting to like Spikes, despite hating his guts the past few seasons. He's exactly what this team needs. But if the Bills do "shock the world" this year, does he walk? I really wish we'd have given him at least a 2yr deal. We gave Keith Rivers 4.5mil, why not offer Spikes at least the same?

I think this was primarily to see if Hairston can fill in at LT. Glenn had to move somewhere, in that case, why not try him at LG?

Good Point. I was gonna post that Finley is done, even before knowing about the $10M. After his first concussion last year, he said he'd consider retirement after the year. Then he got lit up again, only twice as bad. Any contract a team would offer him would be incentive-based and have little guaranteed money. Very slim chance he plays in the NFL again.

All the jerseys in the official Bills store have the old half white stripe collar for both the Limited & Game versions. Even the Watkins jersey. http://www.shopthebills.com/pre-order-first-pick-jersey-nike-home-game-buffalo-bills-jersey.aspx

The Pats are no longer an elite team. But they're still savvy enough to put themselves in position to get the breaks to fall their way. Last year they won 12 games despite never being dominant like the other top tier NFL teams. If a few breaks go the other way, they only win 9 games. That luck will eventually run out. Hopefully it starts now.

I had to work that day. I was still in High School and was working at Service Merchandise as seasonal christmas help. The awesome part was that I worked in the electronics department, and most of the 50+ TVs were tuned to the game. It was super busy all day, and it sucked having to help customers being as dejected as I was early on. Then it sucked even worse when the game got interesting and I couldn't stay glued to the TV. I vividly remember nodding at customers without hearing what they said, while only paying attention to the screen over their shoulder. I'm in Chicago, so I didn't hear Van. We only had the national broadcast.