Giaimo25

I'm going with the more optimistic approach...

It's all rumor, Polian himself said the only place he will be on Monday is at ESPN. Doesn't mean things can't change, I just don't see it happening http://bills.buffalonews.com/2014/12/27/polian-report-joining-bills-wrong-can/

So, offering buffalo brothers pizza to my directv rep isn't a good idea if I want to get my free Sunday ticket?

It's not so much about "worrying" about what the media is going to say, it's more of just wanting to hear different people's perspective. We all come on here, and I'm sure most are like me and check multiple other locations for news about our Bills every day. Even with many posters on here that are doom and gloom, we all are pretty biased towards our team, so it can be refreshing to hear an outside perspective. I enjoy when guys like ice bowl come on here, or some of the browns fans that I can't remember their name right now, and give their view on the team because it is usually pretty unbiased. National attention for the bills is very low, (and rightfully so) so I always get a little excited when I'm driving to or from work and hear them talk about the Bills out here on the radio. (I'm in so Cali, so this is few and far between) I started this, somewhat selfishly, to be able to hear what predictions, or insight I would otherwise miss. It wasn't meant to be a "look at the big bad media disrespecting us, what idiots!" kind of thread.

Maddenboy, I see your point, but with all of that going on, it would be interesting to see what one suprise cut, or one injury does to the public (or media's) perception. If we are sitting here and everyone is projecting us around 7-9 now, and all of a sudden one bad preseason game, or one really good one, how much does that sway people predictions? Personally, I thought it would be cool to see how these predictions change from now to kickoff weekend against Chicago, and maybe catch what some of the bigger names on radio and tv are thinking about us, because god knows I can't listen or watch them all (although I do give quite the valiant effort this time of year! )

I think a lot of teams are looking at faster nimble guys at the end positions. This is kinda how the whole "nascar" formation that the giants and Seahawks have been making more and more popular the last few years. This formation usually has 4 ends lining up on the line instead of tackles. This allows for more of a speed rush, and also you can run a lot more stunts when you have a faster smaller guy on the end because he is usually looping around and covering more ground instead of just a bull rush. Whaley even commented on this speedy package a lot of teams are experimenting with when he was talking about the right O-tackle position needing to be fast. I'm not saying that Hughes or Lawson is the perfect fit for this type of scheme, but there size and speed could work out to be very beneficial.

Thanks for the info nanker! So far it seems that most predictions are probably about as good as you would expect for a team that's been down and out for so long. It wasn't that long ago that all of the pre season predictions had us at 3-5 wins and picking top 3 in the draft. The senator in me wants to billieve 16-0, the realist in me thinks 8-8 or 9-7 is probably more likely, but a good or bad bounce, or a good or bad call here or there can easily teeter-toter us to either 7-9 or 10-6.

This is happened to me many times and actually has become part of my strategy. I call them and tell them I've been a DirecTV customer for many years and I'm unhappy every time I see your commercials for the new customers getting this free. I proceed to tell them that you can cancel or give me the Sunday ticket for free. when they say they can't do it I say go ahead and cancel. while they are canceling I hang up the phone call back a few seconds later and tell them I was in the middle of canceling my accounts and I got disconnected I just want to check and make sure everything went through. The next person ALWAYS wants to be the hero that keeps you, and have never had the second person NOT give it to me for free. Worst case scenario repeat the process over again, but like I've said, this has always worked for me.

I was listening to Jay Mohr and today he had his projections for the 2014 Bills. He projected them at 8-8, and Dan Beyer his update anchor projected us at 7-9. I thought with this time of year upon us, and many of the radio and tv shows doing their version of 32 in 32 guessing what each teams final record will be, that having 1 thread to post all of these predictions might be fun to see what everyone's early predictions are before we "shock the world" once the season starts.

Sign and trade for Skelton!

I'm not going to act like I know that this is a good pick or not, but I loved his interview, sounds like he will be able to open up huge holes for CJ and FJ. I loved this quote from him "I take pride in run blocking and taking a man against his will in a direction that he does not choose." Haha love it!

Great work! The pink circle of shame had me laughing out loud. To the point where my wife asked what was so funny, and as suspected she didn't think it was nearly as funny as I did. Keep it up! Always look forward to these

I don't think that's true. Look at Carolina they drafted Clausen in the first round the first year of the rookie cap and figured out soon it wasn't going to work and they went with cam newton the very next year. With the rookie cap I don't think taking a chance on a guy this year is as horrendous as it was before the rookie scale was implemented (i.e Sanchez)

What I don't understand, is that just a few years ago Chicago was in the NFC finals. Cutler gets hurt, takes himself out, and everyone was in an uproar because he let his team down.and he should of "manned up." People questioned his toughness. Now move ahead to this season and it is just the opposite. I completely understand if it was pop Warner, high school, and even to a lesser extent college for the coach to take the blame for leaving someone in too long. These are adults. This is their career, and their choices. Rg3 even commented how on every play nfl players risk every ligament in their body. He is a fierce competitor who thought he even not 100% gave his team a better shot at winning. I can't put this on Shannahan...

This is a song that Mat Kearney made as a Oregon ducks fan pleading chip Kelly to "please don't go". I got a few laughs from it, and it refrences buffalo so take a listen...

Maybe you linked the wrong story? This was a Bucky brooks piece and not Billick, also didn't see any mention of the spread. I am looking at it from my phone, so I could be wrong if there was a video that I just am not seeing...

I believe he is new to The CBS crew for this year, but I could be wrong. He was the guy for the Lakers radio broadcasts for a long time, but was replaced last year. Did a good job doing basketball on the radio, I actually look forward to seeing how he does...

We have heard of him. Don't sleep at the wheel buddy!!

They signed him for all the pats* "inside information" that he couldnt grasp, haha... Damn it's nice not being the team everyone looks at in an offseason and just laughs at. Dolphins are a joke...

Per Schefter's Facebook, dolphins sign him to a 1 year deal

I actually thought the nfl did a great job this last year reviewing the touchdowns very quickly, and it didn't seem to really take any longer except for the few touchdowns that would have been reviewed anyway, I have no problem with this rule. Worst case scenario it adds MAYBE 20 minutes if you have a game that has a bunch of turnovers. I've taken longer *****, I think I can deal with that.

If he gets his act together, that could be a nice duo with him and Jamal Charles

^ this.... This news is good news for the bills if they really want to pursue Vjax. They just had one major bidder almost shoved right out of the picture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1qZdV8IWzM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Too bad that doesn't last 4.3 seconds...