CodeMonkey

I agree with him that this is exactly what happened the last half of last season. The offense will be fine IF Gailey recognizes that this happened and his "offensive genius" comes out this season and he not only has an answer for that at game 1, but is capable of adapting his game plan as defenses adapt to him. Something he did not do last season but will have to do this season for the Bills to be successful. A healthy FredEx certainly gives Gailey lots of non-passing options as well.

Not me. Schumer is pointless. He could guarantee the Bills will stay in Buffalo forever and it would have no meaning coming from him.

I believe that is probably correct. The one thing to remember about ole Chuck is he LOVES to see himself in the media. I'm sure he will try and play the lease as "keeping the Bills in Buffalo". But we will see.

The answer is obvious, as you are aware. He would have not have played those games if he was injured. But it is, as others have mentioned, irrelevant now. Fitz is the QB of the Bills this season. Many have concerns about that. But the bottom line is the defense almost certainly will not be able to be used as an excuse this season. It is time to see if the offense is fine as-is, or if it needs upgrades. I have to believe QB is not excluded from that evaluation.

From the PreseasonLive web site ... It's bad enough the NFL is greedy enough to !@#$ season ticket holders by charging full price for preseason games and !@#$ing Sunday Ticket subscribers with blackouts. Now they are going to !@#$ the people willing to shell out $20 to watch preseason games? They have no shame and their greed has no bounds. They should be embarassed.

She simply cannot be any worse than the 100+ year old geezers doing it now. And yeah, I would.

Definitely a good idea to bring your own food and water. But if you do want to buy some food there, it's cash only. No plastic. Also if you get there a little early check out the Bills store on your way in (you can't miss it as they force everyone to walk by it ). My wife got a replica Dareus jersey the other day for $30 (had a grease stain that came out in the wash).

They are gone!

I have 2 extra tickets for the last practice of camp, which happens to be a night practice. Last day is usually pretty interesting as everyone goes to the fence after practice to autograph stuff and give stuff away. Last year my one son got Kelsays gloves (which he got autographed yesterday) and Fitz's waist towel. One lineman (can't remember who) gave away his shoes to some kid near us Anyway first come first served. PM me your address and I will drop them in the mail. No charge.

If those calls had worked, then instead of "inopportune situations" we would be reading how Gaileys megamind offense is so great because it keeps defenses guessing.

I was very impressed with Choice at the end of last season when he got some touches. I actually thought he looked better than Spiller at the time, went north instead of east/west (and was scolded mercilessly here for even thinking such blasphemy ). How nice would it be to have a solid #3 RB that didn't make you cringe whenever he got the ball? I couldn't agree more about camp at SJF. A class act from top to bottom.

Not from what I've seen at camp so far.

I couldn't go last night but my family did. My 11 year old daughter disagreed with your Mario statement based on a text I got from her towards the end of practice ... "Mario is rockin out on defense!" It is amazing the impact a simple thing like signing autographs can have on the younger fans. My kids came back all smiles after getting several last night. And look at that list, these aren't practice squad camp fodder guys. It's a great thing to see.

Assuming you buy into the theory that the Bills offense is so complex that it takes a megamind to understand and execute it (which I do not, but just for the sake of discussion), the reason to dumb it down is very simple. Football players, with very few exceptions (Fitz being one), are physically gifted, but dumb. If Fitz is the only player on the team capable of grasping the scheme, the Bills are doomed. It's not just the QB that has to understand the system, the entire offense does. Add to that the possibility that Fitz could be injured for a couple games and the Bills would be lucky to get 5 wins (hey wait, how many wins did they average per season so far with Gailey in charge ??? ).

Hmmmm. Not so sure about that. I have seen several posts here that had a "playoffs or bust" feel to them. I guess you could apply the "with a brain" caveat in your statement though I personally would be happy with 10 wins this season. Playoffs or not. I still think there is a fair amount of work to do on the offense next off season. The season after this is when I will be looking for heads to roll if the Bills do not get into the playoffs, and if they don't play pretty late into January. Man there are some people on here who saw a lot more in Spiller last season than I did. I hope you are right

I always get a kick out of articles like this and people reading so much into them. Almost certainly Fitz is the man this season. I can't imagine anyone thinking otherwise. So do you really expect Wood, Gailey, or anyone else on the team to say "Fitz sucks balls, but unfortunately we have to make due with him for the time being"? Of course you hear "he can win championships" and "wouldn't trade him for anyone". WTF else would you expect them to say to the press?

Megamind offense, really? Nothing more cerebral about it than any other offensive scheme. Fitz being a smart person doesn't automatically make Gaileys 5 wide thing a "megamind" offense. From that article: Wow, Young who is coming into a new system cold isn't as comfortable with it than the guy who has been around it and been starting the vast majority of the time Gailey has been in Buffalo. That's quite a shocker. Please September, get here quickly!!!!

Ahhhh well played Mr. Brandon ... well played

As long as he does not display that shirt after scoring his first regular season TD it's all good

To the OP ... optimism in any form is enjoyed here. Even if it is only speculative and unbounded. Most here, probably you as well, feel the Bills had a good off season on paper. That alone is reason enough for unbridled optimism and assumptions of playoffs etc here. Perceived pessimism in any form, including but not limited to trying to ground the optimism in any way, is generally met defensively. That's just the way it is. Until the season starts and we can really see what the Bills have got this season, there is only how they look on paper and how they look running half speed drills at camp. Bills fans have suffered though 12 horrific seasons in a row. Certainly there is no harm in a little giddy love fest waiting for Sept. to roll around

You cover it like teams did the last half of last season ... DB's crowd the line and take away everything short to force the Bills to beat them at a mid to long distance. They could not last season. We will see if Lee working with Fitz can improve his accuracy enough where that defensive scheme is no longer an option.

At camp on Saturday he was on the stationary bike the entire time.

Stop at one of the offsite parking lots that they run shuttle buses from. My wife was going to give away our two extras that way Wednesday, but they have been claimed by someone already.

I now have 2 extra, I sent you a PM.

I agree with you about VY. Seemed to have an order of magnitude better skills than Thigpen to me. And so far anyway is by far the most athletic of the guys in the red pinnies. I was disappointed to see Merriman watching practice. I didn't hear of his ankle issue beforehand. He did show up at the kids autograph tent after practice so I take that as a good sign that maybe it isn't all that serious. On Friday they had the offense and defense split on two fields (my kids were there ). I was glad to see them all in one place Saturday.