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It is very annoying. How are the chinese cloners supposed to get the rookie jerseys to market?

No that was during a day practice. I wasn't there but my family was. My wife was impressed with how Gailey handled the situation.

I agree with you about Barnett. That was an excellent pickup. But lets face it, my 10 year old could have made the Dareus pick Next draft Nix works on the offense, and he is starting in a much better position than he was with the defense. It certainly appears to me, a self proclaimed realist, that the Bills have turned the corner.

No issue with any kind of "spy gate" in training camp. Of all of the open practices I have been to at SJF I have never seen anything but basic plays and formations. They certainly are not running anything that would need to be kept a secret from other teams.

I remember looking for satellite feeds last year and several teams were broadcasting from camp. I think it was through ESPN if memory serves. The Bills were not one of those teams last year, but there does not appear to be a NFL rule against it.

Not sure I completely agree with you here. In my opinion Nix did a great job this off season both in free agency and the draft. But his previous two attempts, not so much. The offense going into this season is not that much different than last season. While some think it was just injuries that made the offense fall off a cliff the last half of the season and the offense is fine. I think it was defenses figuring out Gaileys 5-wide thing and the fact that the defense, sucky as they were, got an extraordinary amount of turnovers during the first part of the season which is not a sustainable way to win over the course of a season. I expect the defense to be greatly improved this coming season, but unless Gailey has some magic up his sleeve I don't expect the offense to be anything but average. If Nix can hit another home run next off season and retool the offense, and Gailey can manage to not force feed his 5-wide system all the time, 2013 could be a Bills season all of us fans have been waiting for a long time.

Injuries always play a big role for every team. The Bills made great strides with the defensive starters this off season. But team depth is still a big question mark. With the exception of maybe the secondary and running backs, any injury to a starter is going to be extremely noticeable.

I love this place. People claiming they would not trade Fitz straight up for Luck or RG3 or even some of the proven top QBs in the league. Nothing wrong with being a homer I guess I have never said "I'm through with this team" before. But if Indy offered the Bills a Fitz for Luck trade straight up and the Bills declined, I would be through with the team.

I agree that the QB is a weak link, but not the weakest. Fitz has his weaknesses like you stated but he is far from a disaster. But behind Fitz there is nothing but despair and failure which makes the position overall pretty weak. In my opinion however the weakest "position", based on last season, is offensive coordinator. The quickest way to end this season for the Bills is pigpen playing because Fitz went down. But the second quickest way is Gailey forcing his 5-wide gameplans all season again and not adapting to defenses. Gailey is alleged to be a offensive genius by some here, he showed me none of that last season. If he does considerably better this season and this weakness becomes a strength then watch out. If this season is more of the same from Chan-the-man then the word of the season will be mediocrity.

I doubt the "branches" will be investigated much. In my opinion neither the NFL or King Roger really want to know how pervasive this was/is. They just want it to be over and go away.

Actually now that I think about it, the DHGate manufacturers probably care. They want to get Marios jersey to market

It's a !@#$ing number. Who gives a ****.

Wow talk about a meaningless line.

So in your opinion VY absolutely doesn't think he is a better QB than Fitz? And the Bills know that for a fact as well. You certainly claim to have a lot more detailed knowledge of the situation than I do

My first post was that I found it interesting that everyone here assumed VY was being brought in as the backup. I at least haven't made that assumption.

I doubt ChaNix assume VY would be the starter any more than they assume he will be the backup. At the very least VY should be able to beat out pigpen for the backup position. If VY somehow had a change of life and has his head on straight he could end up as a better option as the starter than Fitz. The point being, they won't know unless they try. Assuming the price is right they have at worst an upgrade to the backup position and at best a better starter AND a better backup. This only has upside in my opinion.

I think that Chan will do whatever it takes to win, as he should. "Face of the franchise"? If you think Gailey or Nix worry about bull **** PR like that over wins and losses then I cannot help you. If they sign VY, then what I expect is a competition at camp and for Gailey to make the call as to who gives the team a better chance to win ... period.

If you think Jackson is not concerned about his contract they you are incredibly naive. This is his livelihood and future we are talking about. He is concerned, just not making a public spectacle out of himself.

Funny how everyone assumes backup.

I give FredEx a lot of credit. Anyone can look at his contract next to Spillers and see the gross inequity. Based on performance, those 2 contracts should be swapped. But it is what it is and kudos to Fred for not being a whiny B word about it. I agree that Nix should step up. No reason he has to of course, but Fred is being a man about it and now it's time for Nix to be one as well.

!@#$ing Mayans are cheap and hate the Bills.

The Mayans were behind this off season ... I knew it!

Talent level - They have improved the defense. But haven't changed/improved the talent level of the offense much, have they? Mechanics - This is Fitz's 7th year in the league, and going into this season with a new (to him) QB coach. Do you really expect work to be done on Fitz's mechanics now? I agree he could use it, but I suspect that ship has sailed.

I usually see the "business first" angle, but I totally missed it this time.

Man I hope Fitz doesn't use his legs at all this season. Nothing will sink the Bills this season faster than pigpen getting in and playing because Fitz got hurt running the ball.