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Brohm (Hate to say it, but Gailey will go with the known quantities) Lankster (Woeful) Mitchell (Bills will attempt to upgrade the position through castoffs) McCargo (He's invisible) Hardy (Always injured, taking up a valuable roster spot)

Definitely wasn't taking anything "performance enhancing".

The Bills should put Brohm and Bell up against the Bengals starters, just to see what happens. FWIW, I think Bell is the real deal. It's just that this team is loaded with running back talent, so some other NFL team is probably going to hit the lottery picking him up off the PS.

I agree. I'd like to see BB run with the 1's. I thought TE and BB did well last night. I was pleasantly surprised all the way around, with the exception of Lankster.

Eh, I'd put him down there with Vick, perhaps worse.

Omaha Nighthawks...very cool name.

I give major credit to the Bills and Ralph Wilson relative to the CBA. Almost every team but Buffalo is so over-leveraged, with debt to their eyeballs that I don't see how a lockout can be avoided. The NFL has the highest debt load of any professional sport. You've seen the NFL lower the debt cap and put forth a very aggressive debt reduction plan. The owners *need* concessions from the players to remain somewhat economically viable and to reduce all that debt. It's really not a question of negotiation. The financial approach and mechanisms of the 90s and 00s are unsustainable. A lockout might do some good in that it will protect the game itself and the investments that cities (taxpayers) have made in the teams and set a course where teams are financially healthier.

It might. Rosenfels will surely be dealt now that Favre has committed to the 2011 season.

The Bills could win the Super Bowl. They could win Super Bowls. In a row. All 51-3. They could go 16-0. You could have CJ Spiller running up and down the field like a gazelle in the Serengeti. You'd still have the national media not giving the team or the city any respect. To the Hollywood types, Buffalo is a caricature. Buffalo is never going to be "popular" in the high school of national sports media. It'll always be the vo-tech kid. There won't be Bills jerseys in rap videos. You won't see Bills merchandise in Allentown, just as you don't today. Haha. Part of the reason I enjoy being a Bills fan. It's not trendy. It's not cool. It's definitely not easy. You gamble that all the depression and frustration will someday payoff in a high of equal value. We can all never be accused of bandwagon jumping.

+1. Or Garcia.

Not quite. June Jones runs the 21st Century version of the Run and Shoot offense at SMU, and previously at Hawaii. He tried it in the NFL when he was coaching the Falcons and it failed. The Run and Shoot is about as gimmicky as it gets today.

What is truly puzzling is why Washington got rid of Brennan for Beck? Is the injury to his hip that bad, or diminished his ability to play? I'd rather scout the Arena League for a QB before taking Beck.

Brennan had an impressive preseason before getting injured. I don't buy into gimmick programs like they have at Hawaii, but I admit, his performance in preseason did catch my eye.

If you are the GM, you've got to consider...do I go through another season of the known quantity (TE, RF) and potentially get the same result as if I played my unknown quantity (BB, LB)? If the known gets you to say 4-12, and the unknown can get you to the same place, which do you choose? For me, I choose seeing what BB and LB have got.

I agree somewhat, but I expected more from Trent Edwards. I think above anything else, that's what gives Bills fans the doom/gloom. Just seeing the same ol from him. I'll be looking for the defense to be faster this second game, with more reaction than thinking.

I will panic if: 1. By the last preseason game, the defense still looks as slow. That means they are not reacting to the play but instead thinking about assignments, routes, etc. That was one of the bigger problems on Friday...the defense, especially the young guys like Moats, were thinking. That makes you very slow on the field. 2. If Edwards remains QB after a repeat performance of Friday night. 3. If Edwards remains QB despite Brohm or Brown obviously outperforming him. 4. Guys like Nelson and Bell get cut.

Is it even remotely possible for Maybin to be transformed into a MLB?

Thanks for posting the video. That was a lot of fun to watch. For me, witnessing a Bills Super Bowl win would be tantamount to finding out I have a $150 million dollar winning lottery ticket, or the birth of a child. It'd be right up there.

Last year was the bottom of the barrel. It cannot get worse than that preseason from a year ago.

Prediction: The Bills 3-4 defense will be better than advertised, igniting a fire of hysteria in Washington.

I do not believe any preseason analysis of teams since 1999. Every preseason analysis had that as a season of doom for the downtrodden St. Louis Rams, even more so after Trent Green was lost for the season and the team had to rely on some dude named Kurt Warner, and some old, out of touch coach named Dick Vermeil. That's all you heard about. The press was just so completely absolutely wrong, not only on the Rams but other teams...that it was the point that I just stopped paying attention to them.

I bought in long ago. It was a shockingly practical move to hire Gailey after going through a decade of Williams, Mularkey and Jauron, and I think the Bills will be better for it. He's a proven winner, and experienced. Not sure what more fans could possibly ask for.

This team won six games despite Jauron and that grease fire we called a season last year. I think we'll go 9-7, with the last game of the season being the clincher, with the playoffs on the line.

Clapping? Why stop there? Nothing says good play in a 7/7 like tearing down the goal post.

How about a Ric Flair woo in lieu of a clap? Six shooters to cap it off?