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There are still Bills fans around Albany, maybe not as vocal as in the past, but we're still here. Giants training camp has definitely made an impact though. The Jets don't have near the following that the Giants do, and I feel like many more young people follow the Giants than in the past. The Jets may have even fallen behind the Patriots in the Albany area. The Bills are probably behind the Patriots as well, by the way. Albany is a weird sports city. Smack in the middle of two of the most prominent sports cities in the country (Boston and New York). Whoever is enjoying the most success at any given time seems to be who has the locals attention. I'm not sure if that is because Albany is a town of frontrunners, or that fans of the different teams stay generally quiet when losing and become more vocal when successful.

I don't get it. Moats might be the closest thing to a proven commodity we have on our defense outside of Kyle Williams and maybe a couple guys in the secondary. He's certainly one of the brightest reasons for optimism. Much of us think he was our best linebacker last season. Even if he is taking reps on a contingency basis as the front office looks for a replacement for Poz, it doesn't make sense to have him play inside at any point of the season.

When's hockey season?

Sooo happy that he's bringing the beard back.

Where did Aaron Williams have a first round grade? Not trying to be a smartass, just everything I've seen has him as a second day pick that projects to the nickel in the NFL. That's fine and good if you want to get serious about covering TEs, but I have a hard time convincing myself that Rudolph, Wilson, Ayers, etc. wouldn't have done more to immediately improve the team.

It'd be nice to get to useful information without having to sift through a bunch of crap, that's all I'm saying.

Wow guys, way to ruin NGU's very useful and informative post with a bunch of crap. Don't stop posting Nevergiveup, your input is much appreciated.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize that everyone knew last year that the top 2 QBs in this year's draft would be Cam Newton and Blaine Gabbert. A lot happens in a year, guys develop into viable 1st round picks (Gabbert), guys don't develop the way they should and fall (Locker), and some guys surface out of the blue (Newton). That, at this time, there's one purportedly complete QB for next year's draft (Luck, who could still fall if he turns in a Locker-esque senior season), does not detract from the fact that this year's QB class is weak. Assuming next year is atleast a return to normalcy, there should be more options, and who knows, several strong prospects could emerge over the course of an ENTIRE college season.

Fitz isn't the long term answer, but he's serviceable. We won't win a super bowl with him, but I don't think a return to the playoffs is out of the question if we can build up the defense and OL with some good, young talent. This year's QB class is awful. There's not a single guy that gets me excited about the future. Newton played a simple one read offense and his maturity sucks. Gabbert has tools but has lacked accuracy and has no experience in a pro system. Ponder has no arm strength. Dalton does a lot of things well for a college QB but nothing well enough to be more than a pro backup. Kaepernick is a tremendous athlete with a strong arm but his mechanics are shite and he's very inaccurate. I say wait til next year or the year after. Fitz is relatively young and made some real strides last year despite getting knocked around every game. Let's build up his supporting cast and see what he can do.