Quinn Early's Ghost

they're an average team with average players."

The fact of the matter is that you wouldn't have posted this if we were 4-0 right now. "it would read the same had they won". You're off your ass, and this is a direct response to yesterday's loss. It's just MORE MORE MORE MORE fickle Bills fans, it's like a pandemic around here. It really is stunning.

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/page/bruschibreakdown-0922/new-england-patriots-vs-buffalo-bills Spoiler Alert: Bruschi did not pick us to win.

Some Respect Finally..#16...http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings/_/year/2011/week/3 But we already knew the Pats are the true test.

I feel like we as Bills fans have a really short memory sometimes. Not, say, big games that hurt really bad and which our playoff hopes hinge upon. I'm talking about random games for the past 11 years, games which for one reason or another: fumbles, penalties, a random bounce/opposing interception/opposing amazing catch-kick, beat us in a game we had locked up. I wish there was a place I could go to watch us get screwed in the final 5 minutes of a game, because I think it has happened A LOT in the past 11 years, like more than everyone actually considers/knows/cares to dwell on. In fact, writing this post has made me want to go back in the records and just dissect the past 11 years...

They have us at 27th, at least we have a lot of support from the commenters--which is a first. http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings/_/year/2011/week/2

Green Bay went 2-2 last preseason. All close games, except the one where they hung 59pts on the Colts in the 3rd game. Jets went 2-2. Not many high scoring affairs. Pittsburgh went 3-1 and Denver beat them handily. Chicago went 0-4. Those were the final four, so is there really any correlation at all?

My two Trent Edwards jerseys can attest to that

is like the couple who fights all the time and thinks that getting married will solve all of their problems. We're blowing this preseason and the team is imploding, but just wait until the REGULAR season.

These boards should be locked in between preseason games.

I was out at a bar and saw Evans make the catch for a TD and the first thing I thought was oh god a thread is being started on TBD before they even show the replay.

I mean, based on Buffalo's economic condition right now, we're fairly spoiled with an NFL team. There are other US cities that could probably financially support an NFL team better than us. Fans become so wrapped up in their teams that they forget this is a business, a multi-billion dollar one at that. And for a city that has a 9%+ unemployment rate, shouting about not signing an OL/TE to a multi-million, multi-year deal, doesn't make sense. Take what you can get, while you can get it, because no one is dumping money into this team anymore, it's just not happening. A Terry Pegula isn't stepping up to buy the Bills and Jim Kelly doesn't have a cache of rich friends waiting in the wings to scoop up the Bills. Face some reality, we can barely get a Peace Bridge rebuilt, they're not going to approve a new stadium. The writing is on the wall, whether is next year, five years or ten years away...it's going to happen. They're going to leave...and that sucks horribly.

Jimmy does it bother you that the Jets' D picked off Big Ben twice and held him to 133yds and 0 TDs...and you still lost? You'll always be the Giants' little brother.

So our seemingly strong D lets up 20+ points 13 times this season? I'm not a homer, but that doesn't make any sense. And what about that last Miami game? Just 13-7...no explanation? We just lose in December at home 13-7, but we somehow beat Miami in November?

They beat us by 3 in KC. I think that it's a PUSH in terms of odds of winning.

While I agree that the Raiders have a fairly stacked front 7, they have a meek offense, including a concussed Campbell and Trent Edwards as a back-up. They've scored 5 FGs and 1TD (thrown by Edwards), they're not exactly lighting up the board. I know that Buffalo's offense is stagnant, but they is great opportunity for our D to give the O good field position and maybe a few turnover points. Calling the OAK game an automatic loss is crazy.

I'm sick of talking about the OL and the QB and Ralph and FAs. Let's talk about the quickly approaching season: September 11: Bills at Chiefs (10-6), 1pm September 18: Raiders(8-8) at Bills, 1pm September 25: Patriots(14-2) at Bills, 1pm October 2: Bills at Bengals(4-12), 1pm I'm not too keen on starting the season at Arrowhead, but the Raiders/Bengals are beatable, and having NE early in Buffalo is our best chance(We haven't played NE in Buffalo to start the season series since 2004, every time we do play them in Buffalo, the season is already out of hand).

I think you're right on. It seems that the team is falling apart and no one in the administration is stepping forward to even confront what is happening. I would honestly like to know what Ralph does everyday. He is 92, and running an NFL football team. I imagine him waking up every morning and his handlers having to remind him he owns a team. The Bills are in death throes right now, and it's obvious that no one cares. Ralph can die any day and he's running the team that way. Everyone on these boards is arguing about the state of the team as if a logical, sound person is running the show, that's not the case, so don't expect logical moves to be made.

I just re-thought about that this morning, and it hurt all over again. I remember actually thinking how do I even go about ORDERING playoff tickets? I have never done that. Do they make them available when we clinch or do they just assume we're in and they pre-release them mid-season? Is it after we beat Arizona next week, or do we have to go through the FORMALITY of beating the chargers, dolphins and jets?

I, as an average fan, know that an inaccurate QB is an inaccurate QB. Simple sets or not, regardless of the coaches agendas, Fitz couldn't hit the far side of the barn. So here's the OMG WE SUCK screaming contest, FITZ LOOKED HORRIBLE. But it's okay, it's only the 2nd preseason game, and we only used base packages, that called for the QB to misthrow, so we could see how athletic our WRs are.

Ah, I just saw that. Sorry for the re-post.

I don't know if this was already touched upon, but since it was posted last night at 1am, I think I'm safe: Bills LB Nick Barnett knows their performance against the Denver Broncos may not have been anything to shout about on Saturday night, but he’s promising bigger and better things for the regular season and is telling Bills fans not to panic. “We should be able to run our base defense and stop them, then again, we did not game plan them at all,” said Barnett. ”I probably watched one quarter on them, and that was today. It’s the preseason, you’re supposed to be able to go out there and play your base defense and make the plays. We came up a little bit short, but there were some good things that we can take from this game and build upon. I wouldn’t throw away your season tickets; it’s going to be a great season, don’t worry.” Watched. One. Quarter.

These are great observations. But every single team has had an abbreviated off-season, so that can't be the reason we're having a poor pre-season. After watching these last two games, I feel like we absolutely have the weapons to have a great season, but the execution is horrendous. I really can't get a feel for the play calling just yet, because it's preseason, but we need to be far more aggressive on offense, and start utilizing our play makers. I just don't think we can rely on our D to be on the field all game and bail out the sputtering offense. But, as you say, we'll see in the coming games.

Your camp coverage is awesome. I really appreciate it, seeing that I can't be there and this type of in depth development doesn't exist. Thanks again!

Hmm, that's good to know. I wonder why they're giving so much push back this year? I had to talk with three separate people. I mean if you say it was horrible last year, I imagine that a good amount of people complained--hopefully they did something about it. And since it's my only option, I'll be posting on whether it looks any better.