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Skoobydum

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  1. I told myself that I will not let the Bills make me miserable this year. I tell myself that I know they will be terrible and to just sit back and enjoy football this year.But I know when I watch the opening game, I will put my whole heart into it again, get all riled up at the bad calls, the bad coaching(hoping Gailey is not like the last two), the errors, the mental mistakes, etc. So my mind says no chance they can make the playoffs, but my heart has hope, as always.

     

    We wouldn't be fans any other way. :thumbsup:

  2. An illegal snap penalty called on the Colts during Thursday night's game in Green Bay demonstrated a potentially significant problem with the NFL's decision to move the umpires across the line of scrimmage to the offense's side of the field.

     

    The league moved the umpires out of concern for their safety -- in the past, umpires lined up near the inside linebackers, right in the middle of the action, and sometimes that meant the umpires got trampled. Starting this season, the umpire lines up behind the running back.

     

    Unfortunately for the Colts, the umpire is the official who spots the ball, and the offense can't snap the ball until after the umpire has had time to put the ball in place and move back into position. For a no-huddle offense, that can present a serious problem -- as it did when Peyton Manning called for the snap Thursday night before umpire Garth DeFelice was in place.

     

    The referee ruled that the Colts were at fault for snapping the ball too soon, but Manning complained about the call, and ESPN announcers Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski both said DeFelice -- and the new rule -- were to blame

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    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/08/27/new-alignment-of-umpires-could-cause-problems-for-colts/

     

    Instead of putting helmets on the refs or any type of protection at all, they put them in the offense's way. :thumbdown:

  3. I bet the vast majority of players have their "careers shortened" because they are released from the league (they suck) than because they are injured. I bet it's not even close. This notion of large numbers of players disappearing from the league because of 2 more games played is disproven every year by every team that advances to their second playoff game.

     

    On the other side of the coin, the Bills lose a huge amount of players to IR without even touching the playoffs 10 years running.

  4. No, the easy thing to do is to give up on something you never had. And the easy thing to do would be to cut him. The hard thing to do is keep him based on such little production and playing time. But that's what I think Nix and Gailey are going to do, because they are smart football men.

     

    Again, I don't think it's set in stone. If he looks bad or drops a few passes in the last two games I expect him gone. If he's cut I won't be shocked, and I have no connection or real affection for him as a player. I just still think he could be a valuable cog with certain talents he possesses, and I don't think we have seen it yet. But I expect to.

     

    I think your faith in him is a huge stretch & I'm a real big homer. I hope you're right, believe me that I feel him playing anywhere near potential would improve the Bills. How long we wait for him to get healthy or show flashes of greatness is going to be a wait and see.

  5. I never thought Hardy was going to get cut and still don't. After watching Gailey talk about him today on Bills.com, it reinforced my feeling he is going to make the team. It's surely not a given, and I wouldn't bet a lot of money on it, I just don't think we're going to give up on him.

     

    Here is the link, click on Gailey Thursday update on lower right.

    http://www.buffalobills.com/media-lounge/videos/Trent-Edwards-Meets-the-Media/3af66cf5-d16e-42ae-af77-1f5b34ad1e74#?id=202d1f1c-bbfd-4bd3-8c1c-2186115ff6f6

     

    It's hard to give up something we never had, the kids either hurt or playing bad.

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