ganesh

This defense is tired. No pass rush. Too many penalties

They need to score TDs. Missed two opportunities to score in the Red zone. Run game needs to pick up, That Dolphins defense should be tired by now. Come on EJ and the Offense.

Today is the day the front four has to generate the Pass Rush and not give Tannehill the time to throw the football. The DBs are not even in the picture today. It is the day Mario and Hughes earn their contracts. Who is the #2 WR and the TE in Miami.

The crowd noise on the Monday Night game against Dallas four-five years ago was phenomenal. It was just unfortunate that the Bills made SILLY mistakes at the end of the game which cost them the win. Even our DE who often gets whipped by the Bills fan had a fumble return for TD that day.

I wish the NFL had chosen to honor Mr. Wilson by making the season opener a Nationally Televised game. And to match it wonderfully, they would be playing the Dolphins, the Bills most heated rivalrly over the past 40 seasons (as per Mr. Wilson). Considering the timing of the Pegula news, this would have been a perfect game.

+1. When your starting QB is out for a signficant time and you are using two scrubs picked off the scrap heap, you are going to be conservative. It is not like Hackett had enough weapons to play last year

I guess the answer would have been to not draft a QB in the 1st round last year and hope Kevin Kolb would have been the starter and then pick a QB in Rd 3 or so. Again this is all hindsight. I am just answering what he could have done.

Nigel was the weakest link on that front seven last year. While he had a good TC, the pre-season games did not show anything to me. Since Rivers, Spikes and Brown played well last sunday, I don't see any reason to send Brown back to the bench. I think Nigel should be the one on the bench,

But Chandler is *NOT* a Top-Tier TE. He is an above average TE. There was no way Chandler was going to make a play on that ball. EJ had to do a better job there.

Nope; According to the stats shown on TV, the Bills were 0-5 in Chicago prior to this game

The D-line was phenomenal. They kept the pressure on Cutler all day, forcing him to make erratic throws. Those INTs were directly due to the pressure applied by Mario and Hughes. Give credit to that line. Also one must note that on Freddie's play, the OL did a fantastic job to give him such an open lane. He was already 15-20 yards downfield before a Bear defender touched him.

Yesterday's win in Chicago was the first in that city for the Bills in their entire history. The more important one is that Chicago was the only NFL City where the Bills had yet to win an away game and they remove that from the record books yesterday.

I am sure everyone have their opinions on the MVP of the game...It could be Corey Graham for handling the CB spot admirably, or Fred Jackson's 38 yard sprint that clinched the game. To me it was Robert Woods. He was open all day and made some tough catches. He provided EJ the opportunity to go downfield and connect

The worst was that a majority of those 9 came in the 3rd quarter which was the worst for the Bills. They kept shooting themselves in the foot. To make it worse I think the bears actually declined about 3 more fouls.

Agreed. This team was positive and made a few more plays than the Bears and that is reflected in the final score. I still thought the Bills did some bad stuff that could have almost cost them the game, 1. EJ was still inaccurate with some of his passes; Quite a few times Woods and Williams bailed him out, The pass to Chandler in the first quarter was bad and the long ball to Watkins was way overthrown. 2. The Running game struggled for most part of regulation time. The line was not able to open up any lanes to run. 3. While Spikes and Rivers played well, Preston was taken to school by Matt Forte repeatedly 4. McKelvin dropped a possible game clinching TD, let the ball drop through his hands. 5. Penalties really killed this team today; while a few of them were bogus calls, I still think the team was ill disciplined. 6. Watkins has tremendous skills and the Bills need to throw to him more often. He will find a way to get to that ball.

It had to be because of the heat and humidity.

This grass field sucks. But why are only the Bills slipping all over the place.

That is insane. The front seven has been putting lots of pressure. Mario and Spikes have a sack each. The DBs could play a little better

has to protect the football and throw it away

Wood should have caught it. I am more upset with the play calling on that 3rd down. You got to put people in the end zone and throw it up there for a Mike Williams to grab it.

and defending the TE too.

But I guess a guarded optimism is not to be expected from the Buffalo News folks. The sully article was just plain stupid.

The bills are known to make stupid mistakes on the road. Can they cut it down. Can they show some emotions coming out of the gate. Can the Pass rush get to Cutler. Can Manuel connect with Woods/Watkins/Williams. Can Spiller and Jackson run the ball effectively. Can our DBs hold down.

Your post annually reminds me on our life with the Buffalo Bills. Here we go again: SuperBowl weekend - Cautiously peek at who is playing. Sit and wait to see if one of the 90's Bill will make it to the HOF. Disappointed that someone else went over them. Can't wait for FA. FA - Excited at prospect of who will come to Buffalo. Looking for the Cab driver in the Airport to give a scoop. There is excitement and disappointment of who-is-who were at OBD. Combine - Read and watch NFL networks boring coverage of 40 yard dash and lifting weights. Waiting for statement on who the Bills met and spoke. Wonderlic scores curiosity sets in. THe Big Draft Weekend - Optimism soars here after the draft. Even disappointed picks are turned into we could hit Jackpot kind of feeling. Can't feel better. Mini-camp/Workouts/Whatever-the-NFL-calls them - Hoping to see an improvement in the play. Hear about a spectacular play and how coaching staff comes in. Dull and Dreary Pre-Season - Every year, we cannot score TDs; cannot defend Run plays....ALl the bitching about the team Can't wait for the Season Opener - Optimism is highest on Week 1. End of the day, we are reminiscing a 1-point win or a 3-point loss. A key player is always injured. As the season goes, the optimism goes south and sours by THanksgiving weekend!....By then the Bills are out of the playoffs...We start talking about College bowls and College QBs. It is time for the offseason again. Now it is time for the highest optimism.....Go Bills.

And that is possible if the OL can hold off the DL and give the time for WRs to get to their positions. Our OL is a big problem with consistency. Again at the end of the day the small plays here and there make a big difference. That was the biggest diferrence between a Flutie Vs Johnson or Edwards vs Losman or Edwards Vs Fitzpatrick. I think we did do that to Flutie and Bledsoe. Bledsoe went on to have a few good seasons with Dallas and Flutie did a few good tricks down in San Diego.