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The onside kick and recovery in the Comeback game was a great play...Steve drilled it so well and Pike recovers! And even the Bills offense did not know about it as Reich would describe it later....

Rich Gannon has been a refreshing change the past few years. Pretty insightful as opposed to some of the ex-QB-wannabe broadcasters... How come there is no Steve Tasker doing Bills games?

Disagree. Merriman helped other Veteran players to sign with Buffalo like Barnett. He gave credibility to the franchise with his presence and honest attempt to come back. Unfortunately, he couldn't make the transition. Good luck to him.

I understand what you say. Unfortunately, no one else wanted the Bills Job 2-seasons ago, in spite of Mr. Wilson willing to open up his check book.

Other obvious misfires: 1. Retaining Edwards as DC (or hiring him in the 1st place) 2. Toying with Levitre at LT and Center 3. Horrible 2nd half adjustments on game day. 4. Non-use of Brad Smith for an entire season after paying him a 15M contract 5. Inability to find that 2nd WR after Donald Jones went down (Kept claiming that his scheme doesn't need a real 2nd WR) And to strengthen your argument....Wade Phillips took over a horrible Houston defense and turned it into a top-5 defense...Mario played 5 games and had 5 sacks and after Mario departed, they still did not miss a beat. You really need an experienced DC to run the 3-4 and Edwards cannot even hold his JockStrap to a Phillips or Capers...We could have had Romeo Crennel last year, but Gailey refused to fire Edwards...and we continued to have a mediocre run defense.

On one hand every body blasts the Bills for not doing anything in the Preaseason and procrastinating that we will be doomed and on the other hand we want them to shut down and show NOTHING. Where do the Bills stand?

Kevin Gilbride and Mike Mularkey are established OC in the NFL for a long time. It would be foolish to say that they did not know how to use Evans (their main receiver) in their schemes. Lee could play only the long ball as was evident with him connecting with Bledsoe first and then later with Losman. Unfortunately for him, he did not have a complimentary WR or a good consistent QB to make those long plays count, except for that one year when he had Peerless Price and Bledsoe (and the coordinator was Kevin Gilbride).

Good point. Never understood that move...unless Nix thinks McGee as the leader on the defense (like the Kelsay signing). If so, then McGee will be on the 53 man roster.

Agreed. Jackson is J.P. Losman II. He has no presence in the field and cannot feel the pressure. To make it worse, his accuracy is very questionable. Vince Young is way better than any of these guys, but has different issues.

The 31-0 Season opener against the Patriots about 10 seasons ago....Tom Brady took a beating on that day with the newly built defense....That defense was ferocious that Sunday afternoon.

He kicked our sorry A** in the 1st quarter last year!!!!! Romo is a good QB and I would love to have him as the Bills Starter any day. The problem is that unlike the "Jimmy Johnson" Dynasty, the Cowboys have never given Romo a good team to back him up. When you put the game on the shoulders of the QB without much supporting cast, you are likely to be the scape goat for many of the failures. The cowboys defense is just plain horrible. It just goes to show that who really built that team in the 90s.

A Good rhythm first team offense (Balanced Run/Pass) A glimpse of how our first team defense will stop the run A win - I understand that the super-bills lost most of their pre-season games. But that is because they knew what to do in the regular season. Unlike those teams, this team is young and new and needs to smell that win. A win always makes it feel good. What is "Dominant defensive performance"....Ends don't rush passers in the pre-season (especially the starters).

Isn't that the ultimate goal ?

You don't have to Yell. We can all read it.

Live in India...Have access to NFL Game Pass in HD quality and recordable...That is awesome. For the first time, I got to watch all the 16 games last year..Awesome..Of course, I always follow the Game Day chat on TBD.

I thought some of the starters were replaced by back ups in that 3rd series.

The 3rd preseason game gives a good idea of how this team is going to look. Game 1 is all about figuring out who is good on your 80 man roster. Game 1 exposed our weakness...Depth on the OL. We are thin on talent at the LB group. Our WRs did nothing today. THey were not helped by the backup QBs.

Who is going to separate himself as the 2nd WR from that pack. Will Hagan, who is having a terrific camp, show that on the field. I am really not impressed with Donald Jones. If the Bills are going to keep him (in PS), I doubt they are going to show him to the NFL too much.

That!

Then why do they time the college kids on a 40 yard dash at the Combine?

Agree 100%. I hope Buddy's moves this year will turn this team around. The only reason it has taken them 3 years is that it is hard for this team (deprived of any talent) to fill that many holes in one season. He needed two seasons to fix the OL and DL including depth at those positions. However, there has been quite a few questionable calls during his tenure. 1. Switching to a 3-4 defense when we had cover-2 personnel. Fitting a square peg in a circular hole 2. Picking Spiller in the 1st round. They could have still had Best in the 2nd round if they needed a RB. 3. Picking Troupe, Carrington, Wang and a big question mark on this years 3rd round pick. However, I would rather give him a B+ for getting good FA to actually sign with the Bills. The Merriman signing is more like to get other FAs to sign with the team.

Thanks for the awesome update....Living 10K miles away, it was fantastic to get this great a description of the TC. Thanks.

DirectTV first started broadcasting in 1994....That is almost 20 years...

The failure of the Bills in the past seasons is a collective effort..You can't pin all the blame on those losses on Fitz's back...When your run defense sucks and is the worst in the league, you are already playing down by 7 points.

SJ, Spillers Stats from the games that he started. Att/Yards/TD Week 12 Jets - 19/55/0 Week 13 Titans- 14/83/1 (Had a good game, but Gailey forgot to run him in the 2nd half in spite of the 1st half success) Week 14 San Diego 12/46/0 Week 15 Miami 12/91/1 Week 16 Denver 16/111/1 Week 17 Pats 13/60/0 In 6 starts, he went over 100 yards in 1 game and scored TDs in 3 of the 6 games. In three games he averaged under 4 YPC. I see an average performance over that period of time and a potential to improve. The biggest problem I saw last season (Watched all the games live on TV) was the Coaches not trusting Spiller with the ball and putting it in the hands of Fitzpatrick in spite of his Rib injury. Can Spiller over come that and gain the trust of his coaches to execute the game plan. Nix has done a good job of filling the roster with Talent (except for the 1st draft). The doubts on Chan to build a winner is still Valid. Can Wannestdt have the same success as in Dallas and Chicago with the defense. Chan stopped running the ball many times in the 2nd half of last season in spite of close games. He did not put the ball in the hands of Spiller and rather chose to ride the arm of Fitzpatrick when he was playing with his 3rd Center and no 2nd WR (and an injury to boot). The Special teams were very ordinary. Can Chan, Dave and Bruce build a team together is the big question.