OldTimer1960

I would not be over confident as a Bills fan vs the Jets. The Jet's D is easily equal the Bill's D and both offenses look to be putrid. I would say that McKown is at least Tyrod's equal and likely Shady is better than the Jet's RB. I think the game will come down to who makes the fewest mistakes and whose kicker is more accurate.

I don't suppose your friends were competing at an NFL level...

Huh? Would,he have been playing kick coverage? Up front, I don't hate Flutie - he was a good story and how he might have played in the NFL in his prime is open for debate, but he was just a feel good story when he played for the Bills. Inspiring and exciting - yes, good not so much. His arm was shot by the time he joined the Bills.

I think that your optimism about the defense is best-case. They have a LB core made up of 2/3 career special teamers and the secondary is all new and likely overrated.

It may start with one win this year

I would not count too heavily on beating the Jets. The QBs are a wash between McKown and Taylor and I think the Jets still have a better D than the Bills. IF the Bills win, it will be because McCoy has a huge day. Loooooong season a-comin'

How is Mike Tolbert still on the roster other than because he played for the Panthers? Must be the new "Bills way" is to have old overweight never-was guys. Tolbert has never been anything special and he is carrying 15 lbs of extra weight in his gut. I hope that isn't the example that they want to set. Baffling...

I don't understand this move at all. Hodges's looked quite respectable this preseason and played well last year in real NFL games. No idea who is the backup MLB, but the Bills now are in contention for the worst LB crew in the NFL.

No big loss here(at least).

Webb in not an upgrade over anyone. Just another not-good-enough guy

Well, I try to be optimistic, but 2 of their 3 most talented players (Watkins and Gilmore) are no longer with the team and Vlad the failure may be starting on the OL in place of a much better player. That's the first level...

There have been some real head-scratching moves the past few days. I freely admit that I am only a fan and not qualified to really assess the performance of players, but I cannot see any way that Jonathan Williams did not earn a spot on this team over Taiwan Jones or Banyard. If Ducasse ends up starting over Miller, I will be completely baffled.

Agreed.

That was Rex's pick. Hard to criticize the pick - he was a great fit in the D he was drafted for and nobody could have predicted that he would tear his ACL.

Why would you say that? They are trying to build a winning culture and Dareus is not getting with the program. Do you think that Bill Belichick would put up with Dareus' lack of discipline? You see zero players like Dareus on the Pats.

He clearly never will grow up. So much talent mostly wasted.

Jim Kelly was the 3rd QB drafted in his class and Dan Marino was the 6th QB taken the same year.

Is have to agree here. I do think that Peterman has shown some good things during the preseason - enough to be cautiously optimistic that he might become a decent NFL QB, BUT he has been under MUCH less defensive pressure than Taylor has seen and that is a BIG deal. I'm not trying to throw cold water on this thread, but I think many are waaaay ahead of things with Peterman.

No team would be willing to give up much at all for Ragland in his current circumstances. Coming off torn ACL, has never played a regular season NFL snap and currently not 3rd team for a defense that is hurting for LBs. For as little as you could get in return, better to keep him and hope that his struggles are mainly coming back from the injury. Trading him for a 6th or 7th round pick would be a waste unless they are convinced that he was a flat out draft mistake.

Nobody is trading a 2nd for Taylor, though He could be good enough to get the Jags into the playoffs with all their other talent

Tyrod: 8-18 for 53 yards and 2 interceptions. I don't hate Taylor, but that is criminally bad.

Right, Watkins would make all of those misfires better. That is patently ridiculous.

Good Lord, this is abysmal.

This is HARD to watch even for a die-hard

How many more unplanned series are they going to give Tyrod to try to complete a pass?