MarkKelso'sHelmet

The blackout extends stricly to Buffalo & Rochester, yet it appears that Syracuse will not get the game. But is the game blacked out in Syracuse -- or simply not being shown as the primary game. i.e., can I go to a sports' bar in the cuse and catch the game??? (which I know I couldn't do in Buffalo or Rochester)... If anyone knows the answer to this I'd appreciate it...

NO, he was the best player on the field in week one. Maybe stop making huge generalizations about a player after one half...

Good man.

Funny, I thought the same thing! He looked at Snyder with an almost erotic intensity! How many hours does he spend in the tanning booth before gametime?

I agree with this 100%, and I have been among Trent's biggest detractors. I wanted Gailey and Nix to cut him when they assumed control of the team. I'm just allowing for the possibility, however small it might be, that after a few weeks in camp with Gailey, Trent becomes a different QB with more confidence. I've never heard Trent say "I need to fire it in there and be accurate with it" before. I'm just saying that this is an encouraging response, not the bland "we need to keep working hard" nonsense that Trent usually offers up for the media... I mean, what's the point of having all these practice sessions, watching film, having meetings, if it doesn't mean that some players improve. Gailey and his staff, after all, are known for being great teachers...

This is perhaps the most encouraging thing I've heard Trent say in quite some time, per Gaughan in TBN: "Lee's one of the best go-ball route-runners in this league, I feel like. He runs them down, he pins the guy, he gets open downfield. We just have to protect. I've got to be able to let it fly. I've got to be accurate with it." YES!, TRENT, YOU FINALLY GOT IT! LET IT FLY! STOP CHECKING DOWN EVERY PLAY! Maybe Gailey can get through to Edwards after all? (or maybe I'm trying too hard to find something to be optimistic about?) I think all along Trent's problem has been confidence and a sort of psychological hesitancy. If Gailey can be Trent's shrink and get his confidence level back up, who knows, maybe he can still turn him into an NFL QB. He has the prototypical size. Let's hope Gailey tutors Edwards the right way and unlocks his dormant potential ... Or am I just another irrational die-hard fan trying too hard to find a shred of hope as the season approaches?

While I certainly understand the criticisms directed towards Mike Schopp (he hates football; he hates the Bills organization; he is arrogant and rude to callers on a consistent basis, frequently ignoring the main points they make and instead choosing to pick out some minor flaw in the caller's logic, which shows how petty and mean-spirited he is)... I must admit I've never understood the negatively directed towards Jerry Sullivan.... Look at his recent piece on Eric Wood. It can hardly be construed as negative or pessimistic. Sullivan is a good journalist. He's not from the area and he gives the team a fair shake. Yes, it's probably true that he has written more negative things over the years than positive things..., but maybe there's a reason for that? After all, unless I've missed something, the Bills have done more negative things than positive things over the last decade! His running commentary on the Bills simply reflects a poorly-run organization. Nothing more, nothing less. And in fact, Sullivan is by far the best journalist on staff at TBN. He has a good sense of what it means to be a journalist -- and it's clear that he is a student of sports in general. He reads a lot of sports' history and he has insightful things to say about the games, and about the culture of sports. What more could we ask for? If you want sunshine and optimism, read Chris Brown, whose recent pondering about what C.J Spiller's birthday tweet "hinted at" (absolutely nothing) surely satisfied the "hope springs eternal" section of our fanbase...

I disagree entirely. Since when has good journalism ever been dispassionate? Don't conflate or confound objectivity with a lack of passion and conviction... Good for you, JW, for having the courage to buck the trend...

He lied: http://twitter.com/DONTEWHITNER

Whitner did NOT QUIT TWITTER -- just like he didn't give away the superbowl tickets he promised. He is still tweeting away... He's an absolute idiot. He must have the lowest IQ of anyone on the team. He can't even follow through on his pledge to quit a social networking site -- and yet some believe he's going to follow through on his guarantee to make the playoffs... I can't understand why anyone would defend him...

Donte Whitner is an idiot. I stopped following him on twitter months ago. This doesn't surprise me at all.

I agree completely, but I'm not sure Gailey is smart enough to go hybrid. Remember, he said that most of the time what wins you football games is blocking and tackling. Everybody has the "bumble-ruski," after all... I don't think Gailey is the sort of cutting-edge innovator that will design creative and versatile schemes, like Belichick always seems to do in New England. I predict the same old boring Tampa 2, because it's the easy choice.

The retention of Bob Sanders on the staff seems to indicate that Gailey is planning on sticking with the 4-3. Sanders coached a 4-3 while he was with the Packers, and while here. He doesn't seem to fit the bill if Gailey is planning on switching to a 3-4, unless he reassigns Sanders to coach a different position (which seems unlikely)...

is he talking about Jauron, or is he talking about Fewell? one needs to specify!

You seriously need a lesson in reading comprehension...

Oh yes -- Tom Cable surely is the man to bring respectability back to OBD

exactly: I think this story has been circulated even more times than you're suggesting. Every two months or so we hear the same thing. The stadium builder has AP writers on his payroll, to make sure this stays in public consciousness. The very idea is absurd. Teams don't move themselves -- specific people make decisions. Ralph Wilson won't move the team while he's alive. Everyone involved in this article is an idiot ...

According to a source I have: Jauron has every intention of coaching again next year. He told my source that his agents are actively seeking a position for him. This isn't exactly news, or even inside info, but this is the only place in the world where someone might be interested in knowing such a thing... I don't have a link, because it was communicated to me verbally...

So basically Carucci says that it's unlikely that Weis, Cowher, Schottenheimer, Billick, Fassell, Haslett, Grimm, Harabaugh, Rivera, or Grimm will be hired... okay? are there any likely candidates? Also, it would appear that Carucci is calling Jason Cole a liar...