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Give him a break..He could have ranked us anywhere from 25 to 32. All the teams in that group can be flipped around and given the same reasons for their failure. It is not like that the Bills are really in the top 10 (or even top 20) and that Prisco is stupid. The Bills were the 3rd worst team last season and no one has any idea as to how they will do this season...especially with almost the same cast...There are so many IFs.... - If Fitzy will have similar season like last year - If Merriman will be the same old former self as in SD - If Spiller will be able to shrug off his horrible rookie season - If the Bills will have a decent OL - If the Bills will be able to stop the run or falter like last year. - If the Bills will be able to replace Lee Evans - If the Bills DC be able to outsmart Ryan and Belichek Prisco has been doing this for so many years..It is silly to pretend that he knows nothing about football. I am sure he knows much more than any of us on this board.

+1.. and it is 11 seasons since we made the playoffs.

Trai Essex was a career backup in Pittsburgh and had conditioning issues. The fact that Jonathan Scott who was horrible here in Buffalo beat him to the LT spot says everything. I would rather have Max Starks who started for the Steelers at both LT and RT.

Completely agree...For a guy who can play offense and special teams and make a difference @ the end of the day....I am all for it. And finally, I think this is one of the Gailey pick where he has a plan. As someone else posted, Gailey could not run the Wildcat either with Spiller or Jackson...With Smith he can. When you can get 5 yards on 1st and 10, that is a great play to move the chains.

I believe Hangartner came to the Bills from the Panthers, mainly for a chance to start @ Center and I am not sure that is (playing RG) something he may be interested. I think Urbik is going to start @ RG for game 1. On the other hand, the RT spot is wide open.

One of the reasons for average ST last season was that DeHaven had less to work with. There were new players and a new system and also new rules...The bills were average...and with the Offense and Defense being what it was, it really did not matter.

Also, by taking him away from our rival, it is one less chance to hurt us in those two games...and Brad Smith hurt us in last years games.

Agreed 100%...When you give up 200+ yards in half your games, you better start fixing what is broken.....and the DL was broken and a blue chip prospect available....

I think they lost that ability with the Evans trade. Hopefully Jones or Spiller will be able to fill in.

Thanks Bills for renewing your thread again for this season. Now I feel my Bills Experience of the week Complete.

Dude...your precious daughter got you something for you to Cherish and Remember....Well..that is what you will do with Lee and Poz...Cherish the good plays and remember them as good Bills players.

Why do we have to jump on the ownership for every front office move. Go yell at Buddy and Chan as this is their choice. Buddy builds his team with "bigger" people. One of the reasons he brought Craig Davis from SD to here. While I think they traded the wrong WR (Parrish instead of Evans), I don't think the owner has anything to do here. As another poster said, this franchise should have had a Buddy kind of GM in 2000...They hoped Donahoe would have been that, but all he waanted was revenge against the Steeler (For kicking him out in favor of the Chin).

Except that it may have been easier for this team to unload Roscoe Parrish than Evans...considering that we already have a replacement for Parrish in Brad Smith.

Good points. When your defense gives up 200+ yards rushing in 8 games (1/2 the season) it is a very obvious place to start. I do think building an OL is far more harder as it requires too much coordination. DL is reactive and hence gives opportunities for individuals to make plays. Whereas the OL requires mental coordination to not show up the play before the ball is snapped and having to be in the right position at the right time for the play to materialize. This is one of the reasons why Defense is far ahead of Offense during training camps.

Anyone is better than Kelsay @ that position.

And hope for good health to these guys. I hope Gailey will continue to build good depth on this front 7 so that we don't see a major drop off in the play.

As per the famous quote...Where would you rather be....Right Here...Right NOW! It is all about being Right!

Completely agree...This team needs to consistently run the ball and run effectively. Unless they can run the ball and take pressure of the OL, this offense is going nowhere.

Guess who is the starting LT for the AFC Champion Steelers...Jonathan Scott..the guy who sucked here twos seasons ago...They kept him instead of Starks, who everyone is clamoring for here.

Another QB Controversy...Yes and No...Currently, there is great chemistry between Fitz and the rest of the time. The rest of the team is completely behind him. I doubt Gailey will break that up and do something different. Having said that, if the Bills did start 0-3, Gailey may go back to his favorite pupil from his past.

Wasn't the same comment made when we brought Cornell Green here last off season.

I am not surprised. Ronnie Brown has been to the playoffs 1 year in his career. And sadly the phins made a mistake..Reggie Bush is no Ronnie Brown.

Highly Optimistic when Todd Collins replaced Kelly... Highly Optimistic when Doug Flutie took us to the playoffs Highly Optimistic that Rob Johnson will be able to turn in the performance against Baltimore, week-in week-out Highly Optimistic that Drew Bledsoe will take us to the super bowl especially starting 5-1 and crushing the Pat 31-0 Highly Optimistic that J.P Losman will be the next gunslinger and that throw to Peerless Price would be the defining moment. Highly Optimistic that Trent Edwards will be the next Brady, when he drove us 80 yards downfield in a Bradysque fashion to score a TD against the Patriots Highly Optimistic that Ryan Fitzpatrick will turn the 0-3 start to a playoff run. Now....in between that we saw the carnage of a Mike Williams, the stupidity of drafting McCargo and Whitner, the failure of Greg Williams to Dick Jauron....\ and I am still optimistic that Chan Gailey can work his magic and have Spiller and Jackson run in tandem for 2000+ yards...and that Dareus is the answer for the worst run defense in the league..... Billieve....

And Belichek will probably fleece the Giants for a 5th round draft pick.

All Belichek FA's haven't necessarily worked out... The LB they recruited in FA from Baltimore was let go last season...Gaffar Jaffney did nothing...The Patriots big success with FA has been Randy Moss and Corey Dillon...They did ay a reasonable price for Wes Welker...But then Welker is successful only because he has Tom Brady to throw the short and quick routes. I believe like most teams, they have had misses in FA than hits.