OldTimer1960

Big play, could feel momentum slipping away

Right on cue!

That was an awful call, but typical of what goes against the Bills

We need the offense to carry the team and they are not doing anything.

Well, that was big.

And now it is time for the defense to wilt...

Ugh! So he made all his kicks in preseason. Saved his misses for regular season.

Why is it so hard for this team to get plays off without having to waste timeouts?

Well, hope didn't last long this season.

I am not quite as confident, but I feel far better about Tyrod Taylor than I have about any QB that we've had in a long time.

I try to be an optimist, but my expectations are pretty low for this season. I hope that Rex and his defense pleasantly surprise me and that Tyrod Taylor shows that he is a legitimate good starting QB!

He isn't a great option at WR and they already have Reggie Bush penciled in at KR, so what will his role be? Bush is older than Tate, but I think think that Bush offers more as a RB/receiving option than Tate does at WR. Does Tate also do kick coverage?

Hindsight is surely 20-20, but I remember thinking that Mike Williams was going to be great. He was exceptionally mobile and athletic for as huge as he was. I think I remember him playing well early on only to completely go into the tank when his Grandmother died. I don't think he knew how to handle that and he got more and more out of shape as his career went on. If he'd have stayed in shape, I think he would have been very good.

Tom Donahoe had been a highly appreciated personnel man before joining the Bills. Yes, he didn't have great luck after joining the Bills, but I think John Butler had orchestrated a few bad drafts before his arrival that made Donahoe look worse than he was. According to many on this board, his primary failing was not finding a NFL starting QB. Not many were coming out of college at that time, as I recall. I am not here to say that Donahoe was very good, but there usually are extenuating circumstances when a highly regarded person fails in a new situation.

Looked great against Sammy Seamster - not great credentials.

I think that you are really overestimating the DL and OL when you call them great. I think the OL could be above average and the DL looks like a weakness to me until Dareus returns - then they are maybe average.

I think they are + or - a game around 8-8. Unless Tyrod Taylor plays very very well and the offense is great, I think the defense will drag the team down. I hope that I am wrong, but the defense could be very bad.

Gotta disagree with "if he wasn't good enough to start (immediately), he wasn't good enough to go #1". If he sits this year, plays and learns next and becomes a long-time NFL caliber starter, I think that is fine - even for first overall pick.

I would stick with Miller. I think he is going to be pretty good.

I agree, I think it is a very bad idea to throw Wentz to the wolves this early. Didn't he miss much of the preseason and he IS a rookie from a lower level college program. It can work out if they manage it like the Ravens did with Flacco - don't rely on the rookie QB to make many plays - just ask him to be conservative and avoid mistakes. Can you imagine the heat on Wentz if he throws a couple picks and they lose to the Browns next week? There could be death threats

Why is it that half of this thread is about berating EJ Manuel? I get that he was a 1st round draft choice at the all-important QB position and he did not live up to our hopes. League history is riddled with QBs drafted higher than Manuel who never made it. At least Manuel is a class act and works hard - he isn't a turd like Manziel and he doesn't really deserve the bashing that he receives on this board. Time to let it go and get over it. Selecting EJ in the first round in that draft was a mistake - so were a lot of other players picked in the first that year.

I disagree that AP is JAG, even now I don't think many defenders really want to tackle that guy.

I think a 1st and 4th is a lot to give up for Bradford at this point in his career, but he is talented and competent. Who knows, could be a very good situation for Bradford. I was sure that Carson Palmer was done when he left Cinci and then again when he left the Raiders, but he put together some good years in Arizona.

Well, this has been ugly, but I think that the Bills can't cut either Jonathon Meeks or Duke Williams. I didn't see a lot to get excited about beyond that, but Cardale Jones at least looks calm, if not especially effective.

I think that expecting the defense to be anything close to 2014's is asking way too much with the personnel on hand. There is far less talent available on defense than there was in 2014.