CodeMonkey

A third round pick in 2005 who played well for Oakland for 6 years, got traded to the jags where he had a forgettable season and not resigned. Hopefully it is a 1 year deal and he can contribute in some capacity. This could explain it as well ...

Ticketmaster still has some for that game, but not a lot. Stubhub has 5,725 for your friend to choose from.

And Brady with lots of bite marks.

Thanks. A friend was telling me that was the case as well but I said even the NFL can't be that greedy. I guess I was drinking the koolaid last night.

Yeah that's how I remember it. One decent sized run and the screen.

I'd have to go under only because he is not practicing. Missing preseason games is fine for a vet, but he is also not practicing which tells me the Bills medical staff is VERY afraid of his durability. Plus steroid use does make you more susceptible to injury after you stop.

Does anyone know for sure?

The run defense should be somewhat improved. Watching the gadget plays Gailey comes up with now that he can dress Brad Smith should prove entertaining. After the season starts we shouldn't have to listen to Steve Tasker anymore.

A quick scan on ticketmaster showed me that the games up to the jets game only have a few thousand seats left and will probably sell out. The Jets game and later have quite a few seats left. I think you are right, if the Bills play well early in the season the remaining games will probably sell out. If not its blackout city.

You can write all the letters you want. But spending 100 million on a team you like in a sport that you love is one thing. Spending 800 million on a team you may or may not care about in a sport you are lukewarm about is another. Lord knows the Bills could use a new owner with ties to Buffalo, but I have a hard time seeing this working out.

If they pulled that off even I might start drinking some koolaid

I have no axe to grind. I hope he turns into a perennial all pro. That screen you mentioned looked to me like Spiller outrunning his blockers (which has been an issue with him to date). The only nice run I remember was the one where he had nothing in front of him to the right. The others I remember him seeing people in his path and either stutter-stepping or trying to take it outside and getting dropped. I could be wrong I guess, maybe it just depends upon our definitions of a nice run.

I have seen a couple people post this. I must have been watching a different game. From what I remember he had one good run to the right where he had nothing but space in front of him and he used his speed well. Otherwise squat. Not to mention his pedestrian pass routes and non existent pass blocking. I'm not ready to declare Spiller a bust at this point, but he did not play or run well Saturday overall.

Running backs have considerably more mileage on them then wide receivers from taking more pounding. Plus I could be wrong but my belief it is easier to pick up a servicable running back than it is a wide receiver. For a apples to apples comparison you need to pick a running back, not a WR. Kinda morbid for a "ray of sunshine" post, no? No you wouldn't. You would look out for your wife and family making sure they were well taken care of after you passed just like Mr. Wilson is doing. At least I would hope so.

No worries, didn't you read in some other threads that Spiller played pretty good Saturday?

3-5 for a 30+ slightly above average running back? I wish you were the GM of another team

Exactly! Both are fans. Blind acceptance is neither a requirement or a dis-qualifier for being a Bills fan.

"In Trent we trust!" How quickly that tune changed huh.

Laura

Obviously. A team that has not even dreamed of making the playoffs in the last 11 years, was one of the worst teams in the NFL last season with a 4-12 record, lost a couple decent players and added a couple during the offseason, how could an organization that knows about sports in general and even more about american football POSSIBLY not rank the Bills in the top half of the teams in the league this season? It's so obvious!

Chix did not pick Maybin, they did pick Spiller (and as their first pick to boot) so if you think of Promos statement as coming out of Buddy Nix's mouth it makes sense. "We picked CJ first round. He's gotta play." Their first ever pick, and a first round running back, who does nothing but collect splinters in his ass from riding the bench makes Chix look bad.

I think what Chan would want to show which would be unique for recent Bills teams is the ability to compete. Like the O line being able to be effective, the D line showing at least a little domination, DBs being able to cover, offense being to put together some semblance of a drive, etc. Would he open his playbook in preseason and tip his hand, no (and neither did Denver). Did Chan expect considerably more from his #1's than he got, you bet your ass he did. If you need proof look at the pre-halftime comment he made.

Yeah I probably misspoke a little there. What I was referring to is when he runs into traffic and could make the choice to put his head down and try to get a couple yards (which is what Freddy and Lynch would do) he tries to break it outside or stutterstep and gets dropped in his tracks.

Can't argue with that. But he is usually wrong by trying to blow smoke up Bills fans asses, not the opposite