CSBill

Smith was picked off the Patriots practice squad, or he was cut by them.

I think that is a very accurate observation

Time for Aiken to set up, he looked as good as anyone in preseason - it's his time now.

I say give me a tryout, see if still has any gas

that! understand what's going on fellows--but every once in a while might be OK

I think he does that every week, very underrated by the general public, but I'm confident not by Fred and Fitz

Surpised its Batten, I thought Carrington would be the next up . . . oh well, for Batten, its time to sieze the opportunity. Can you say "Wally Pipp" Chris Kelsey?

Perry Fewell was a better D coach . . . at least he was aggressive, the defense has regressed under the current coaches and system. I say, if we get run (and thrown) all over again this week, time to make one of your courageous moves Chan - fire Edwards, give Wanny the job!

Well, I'm boycotting them too, until they bring back Willie Nelson!!! Period nothing ESPN until I see Waylon and WIllie croning "Luckenbach Texas" again.

What was his wonder lick score? Troy State ain't in the Ivy League.

Exactly!

"If Dalton can run on us ,what do you think Vick will do" . . . that really is the scary part coming into this weekends game. It will be up to the defense to figure out a way to contain him.

Indeed, that is the point. In the words of Marv Levy, an "over-officious jerk" of a call---dude, unless its very obvious, how can you overrule a call from several yards away? Anyhow, its not why we lost, but we could have been bailed out had the bills scored even a field goal on that drive.

I'm with you on this. I think we are hoping that Merriman gets back somewhere close to his former self, but so far, not so much. I think its time to get Moats and Batton on the field, both have shown glimpses of promise, and I think its time to see what they can really do. Can it be any worse then the veteran guys in front of them?

I think Wade is doing just fine, I doubt he has any need or interest in returning to Buffalo.

Its a long season, and there is a lot of chess moves in the course of a season. Cincinnati didn't send extra rusher and dropped more people in coverage, especially against the short routes. The Bills needed to respond by hitting the longer routes, and a combination of inconsistency by Fitz on deep throws, receivers that don't have separation speed, and recievers who didn't make any big catches when needed, led to the demise. However, the real issue with them is the ability of teams to rack up yards. Although much blame should be placed on the secondary, I think some kind of pass rush, including this thing they call "a blitz," would help them. When a NFL QB has time, even a rookie, they will eventually find the open guy--and there will always be one open given enough running around time. One way or another, the Bills have to figure out how to generate a pass rush! The one lesson we have learned from the first four games, although improved, the front 3 or 4, are not capable of doing it alone. So the scheme has to change. Do something, figure out some way of putting at least a threat on the QB.That will help the secondary, which as we've seen, needs all the help it can get.

It seems like he kept trying to force longer throws, and not taking what was given to him on the shorter routes . . . today at least, I think he just made too many bad decisions. This is not a deep route team, Jones does't get separation, and when trying to go long, although he was only sacked once, he was pressured and hurried quite a bit. Bad day for Ftiz, the offense just never got in rhythm.

Why didn't he cradle it when he went down? Why did he need to put an arm down and hold it with one hand? . . . it's too big of a play to have any doubt on, get the first down, and go to the next series. Yes, it was bad call by the officials, but equally bad by him in not protecting the ball, it was an easy catch and first down, and his not securing it left it in the hands of the officials and that is never a good thing.

totally agree, excellent points I really like what the Bills are doing with their kick-offs. Its a risk reward proposition, and as pointed out, the new rules, a capable kicker, and a solid ST coach all conspire to the Bills advantage in taking this risks. I can put up with a few that may go out of bounds, but the the real risk is in someone taking one to the house--and it may happen this season, but I still like the longterm rewards of this strategy.

would you rather have Merriman or Maybin? Hmmm, let me think about it.

What?

pathetic

right

Might be a good backup if we don't get anything in the draft, but I wouldn't spend too much for him. I like Tebow, but there is a lot to prove yet. The only negative, we already have a veteran version of him in Brad Smith, would they want a less proven duplicate?

short for "you big son-of-a-b#%#$" ???