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Agreed. 2 preseason games, 18 regular season games w/ two bye weeks.

Dislocated ankle? holy hell.

Preseason games make me so nervous.

Training camp body language, as reported by Joe B.

http://blackbag.gawker.com/is-donald-trump-running-a-false-flag-campaign-to-help-h-1723925057 Edit: Link fixed?

Why can't I have low expectations and enjoy the ride? I don't expect us to win the superbowl, but it should be a fun season

Yeah, I'm not sure how Madden ratings work, but I know a lot of it is based on really general perception. Bills players tend to be rated lower since the team historically doesn't play well, likewise players on teams like the Patriots get rated higher, because the Patriots tend to win. It's basically to balance out results in the game, since the game can't really account for things like coaching, strategy, and timely calls. Also Madden games tend to not rotate through players as much as the real NFL, so depth, an important factor in real life, isn't as important in Madden, and thus the starters need to be adjusted.

Unfortunately it's a different era now. Not sure if teams built like that can have SB success anymore. Seattle is the closest thing, and Wilson is a big step up from McMahon, imo.

I like looking at this stuff Hah, OBJ is 94 OVR, 4th among WRs.

Until I hear something more encouraging from our QBs, I think we're going to be pretty mediocre. Our defense will give teams fits, but without a QB it'll be hard to score our own points. Same as the last couple of years basically. It'll come down to our strength of schedule what our actual record is.

Percy Harvin is the 8th most elusive player in the game. With Sammy as 13th, and McCoy 132nd (may have been ties in there, but didn't check... just been sorting the spreadsheet various ways) Running a 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 HB formation with this team is going to be pretty successful as long as you can complete a pass with our trifect of crappy QBs haha. Cassel is best, I guess if you can just run short routes for big YAC Gragg still appears to be a video game stud, 85 speed, 90 acceleration, but doesn't have the greatest hands. I used Gragg a lot in previous years. Kyle and Dareus both have >90 block shedding. Should make a formidable combo on interior runs. Kyle Williams ratings are inflated by awareness and play recognition, overall rating is only one behind Dareus, but Dareus's skill ratings are much higher in most cases. Mario 87 power move, 73 Finesse move, 74 block shedding (??! not very high among DEs in the league), 88 pursuit Jerry 71 power move, 96 finesse move (highest in the league), 68 block shedding, 88 pursuit Both are pretty mediocre in Tackle ratings as well. Man our DEs got screwed. Little curious there...

Name OVR Speed Acc Catch Sp Ctch Ctch Traffic Route Running Harvin 86 89 92 87 80 79 83 Watkins 85 92 91 89 92 86 79 Woods 80 90 87 85 90 85 80 Hogan 72 84 87 81 81 80 75 Easley 68 89 90 74 81 74 57 Goodwin 68 95 96 74 82 69 65 Lewis 67 90 91 87 80 83 52 Thompson 65 93 92 69 76 65 62 Brown 63 84 90 73 76 79 48 Thigpen 61 86 89 70 66 65 45 Palmer 59 91 92 69 65 61 58 Goodwin is tied for 11th fastest player in the game. Sammy is tied for 38th best catching in the game.

Looks like Karlos is our fastest runner, McCoy our most elusive runner, Jackson trucks the best. (Not counting Boobie, because I assume he's short yards/special teams only)

FWIW: Darby has 93 speed (best CB), 86 Man Cover (second only to Gilmore), 72 Zone (7th of the CBs), low play recognition and awareness (due to being a rookie) First Last Pos OVR Speed Throw Power TA Short TA Mid TA Deep Play Action Throw Run Matt Cassel QB 75 69 82 83 73 63 73 75 E.J. Manuel QB 73 83 93 73 75 62 67 78 Tyrod Taylor QB 72 87 90 74 75 62 58 83 Matt Simms QB 63 79 86 79 72 53 70 75

FYI for rookies/young players, their overall ratings are generally lower than their performance in the game, due to being low in things like "Awareness". It's always best to review individual ratings in attributes that are important to the position before getting too mad. Likely Darby has all the skill/speed needed to be an effective CB in the game, but lacks in a few vet friendly attributes, which artificially lower his score. Marcell Dareus DT 94 Kyle Williams DT 93 Mario Williams LE 90 Dan Carpenter K 89 Jerome Felton FB 88 LeSean McCoy HB 88 Charles Clay TE 86 Stephon Gilmore CB 86 Cordy Glenn LT 86 Percy Harvin WR 86 Jerry Hughes RE 85 Sammy Watkins WR 85 Corey Graham CB 84 Nigel Bradham LOLB 83 Fred Jackson HB 82 Leodis McKelvin CB 80 Eric Wood C 80 Robert Woods WR 80 Richie Incognito RG 79 Aaron Williams SS 79 Preston Brown MLB 78 John Conner FB 77 Manny Lawson RE 77 Jarius Wynn LE 77 Seantrel Henderson RT 76 Duke Williams FS 76 Matt Cassel QB 75 Kraig Urbik C 75 Chris Williams RG 75 Bacarri Rambo SS 74 Nickell Robey CB 74 Ross Cockrell CB 73 E.J. Manuel QB 73 Bryce Brown HB 72 Alex Carrington LE 72 Boobie Dixon HB 72 Chris Gragg TE 72 Chris Hogan WR 72 Tyrod Taylor QB 72 John Miller LG 71 Stefan Charles DT 70 Ronald Darby CB 70 Alex Kupper LG 70 Ron Brooks CB 69 Corbin Bryant DT 69 Randell Johnson ROLB 69 Nick O'Leary TE 69 Karlos Williams HB 69 Marcus Easley WR 68 Marquise Goodwin WR 68 Mario Butler CB 67 William Campbell RG 67 Cyrus Kouandjio RT 67 Dezmin Lewis WR 67 Rod Sweeting CB 67 Jordan Gay K 66 Colton Schmidt P 66 MarQueis Gray FB 65 Jonathan Meeks SS 65 Tony Steward ROLB 65 Deonte Thompson WR 65 Jimmy Gaines MLB 64 Justin Hamilton DT 64 Cyril Richardson LG 64 A.J. Tarpley ROLB 64 Justin Brown WR 63 Kenny Ladler FS 63 Ty Powell MLB 63 Matt Simms QB 63 Marcus Thigpen WR 61 Tobais Palmer WR 59 Garrison Sanborn C 57 Andrew Hudson LOLB 56

Ok, ok... New guess... Trade 8 players and 7 draft picks for a high 1st round pick. Start said QB immediately. Outrage after his first interception, demand his release, and everyone on the Bills coaching staff/front office fired.

At the very least it should be entertaining. If we're gonna suck every year, might as well have fun with it (Yes, I think a team 'sucks' if they miss the playoffs, and no, I'm not 100% certain this team will make the playoffs)

As I've said before.... it's like speeding. Everyone speeds. If you get caught, you get a ticket, and the defense of "so is everyone else!" doesn't work. Every player and team in professional sports does what they can to get ahead, many of them doing what they can to skirt the rules. You get caught, you get in trouble, and "everyone else is doing it" doesn't work. Seems pretty simple to me.

Wonder if the Colts will be going "HELL NO, I WANT TO BEAT THE BILLS WITH DAREUS IN THE LINEUP"

Right, that's why I said I wouldn't be surprised, or opposed to a few games.

Even if he doesn't make it, no one can say it's because EJ doesn't work hard. I think that's why a lot of us are pulling for him.

The players all probably have a certain opinion of Geno, and have probably heard more facts than we have that lead up to it... if they think it's a non issue, then it's probably a non issue. As far as punishment goes, I wouldn't be surprised, or opposed to a few games suspension... it's basically assault, even with no charges pressed.

Ideally, my hope is that EJ or Tyrod develop into something promising this year, so we don't have to put another rookie through our miserable development and fanbase.

Hilarious.

Did any of them have the ole ACME stamp?