R. Rich

Work out trades via PM; post 'em in the thread. BTW, I like the username. My seats are in that section.

Anyone who is interested is allowed. I put you down for the Iggles. We start in 50 minutes; the link is provided in the first post.

Okay, the trade thread is open. If anyone makes a trade, follow the instructions listed in the trade thread and post 'em. There's a couple teams left: Philadelphia and New Orleans. If there are no takers by the time we start, I'll pick for 'em. Have a good time, folks.

Oakland it is. I have the Browns. Peytonn Neck has Seattle. You get Atlanta.

This thread is just to announce trades 'tween GMs. PLEASE DO NOT POST ANY PICKS AND/OR DRAFT COMMENTARY IN HERE! IT WILL BE DELETED!!!! Trades should be posted as such: (First team in trade) trades (pick/picks involved) to (Second team in trade) for (pick/picks involved) Once a trade is posted by one team, it MUST be confirmed by the other team to make it official. Trades not posted in such a fashion will not be honored.

ROUND 1 1. Indianapolis (10:00 - 10:15am): Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford 2. Washington via St. Louis (10:15am - 10:30am): Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor 3. Minnesota (10:30am - 10:45am): Matt Kalil, OT, USC 4. Cleveland (10:45am - 11:00am): Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State 5. Tampa Bay (11:00am - 11:15am): Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU 6. St. Louis via Washington (11:15am - 11:30am): Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama 7. Jacksonville (11:30am - 11:45am): Quentin Coples, DE, North Carolina 8. Miami (11:45am - 12:00am): Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M 9. Carolina (12:00pm - 12:15pm): Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi State 10. Buffalo (12:15pm - 12:30pm): Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College 11. Kansas City (12:30pm - 12:45pm): David DeCastro, G, Stanford 12. Seattle (12:45pm - 1:00pm): Melvin Ingram, DE/LB, South Carolina 13. Arizona (1:00pm - 1:15pm): Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa 14. Dallas (1:15pm - 1:30pm): Mark Barron, S, Alabama 15. Philadelphia (1:30pm - 1:45pm): Dontari Poe, DT, Memphis 16. NY Jets (1:45pm - 2:00pm): Courtney Upshaw, LB, Alabama 17. Cincinnati via Oakland (2:00pm - 2:15pm): Cordy Glenn, G/T, Georgia 18. San Diego (2:15pm - 2:30pm): Michael Floyd, WR, that school 19. Chicago (2:30pm - 2:45pm): Whitney Mercilus, DE/LB, Illinois 20. Tennessee (2:45pm - 3:00pm): Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, LSU 21. Cincinnati (3:00pm - 3:15pm) 22. Cleveland via Atlanta (3:15pm - 3:30pm): Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina 23. Detroit (3:30pm - 3:45pm): Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford 24. Pittsburgh (3:45pm - 4:00pm): Donta Hightower, LB, Alabama 25. Denver (4:00pm - 4:15pm): Michael Brockers, DT, LSU 26. Houston (4:15pm - 4:30pm): Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech 27. New England via New Orleans (4:30pm - 4:45pm): Devon Still, DT, PENN STATE 28. Green Bay (4:45pm - 5:00pm): Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin 29. Baltimore (5:00pm - 5:15pm): James Brown, G, Troy 30. San Fransisco (5:15pm - 5:30pm) 31. New England (5:30pm - 5:45pm)Andre Branch, DE/LB, Clemson 32. NY Giants (5:45pm - 6:00pm)Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford

ROUND 2 33. St. Louis (10:00 - 10:10am): Janoris Jenkins, CB, Northern Alabama 34. Indianapolis (10:10am - 10:20am): Jerel Worthy, DT, Michigan State 35. Minnesota (10:20am - 10:30am): Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers 36. Tampa Bay (10:30am - 10:40am): Lavonte David, LB, Nebraska 37. Cleveland (10:40am - 10:50am): Doug Martin, RB, Boise State 38. Jacksonville (10:50am - 11:00am): Reuben Randle, WR, LSU 39. St. Louis via Washington (11:00am - 11:10am): Nick Perry, DE/LB, USC 40. Carolina (11:10am - 11:20am): Alfonzo Dennard, CB, Nebraska 41. Buffalo (11:20am - 11:30am): Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor 42. Miami (11:30am - 11:40am): Kevin Zeitler, G, Wisconsin 43. Seattle (11:40am - 11:50am): Zach Brown, LB, North Carolina 44. Kansas City (11:50am - 12:00pm): Brandon Thompson, DT, Clemson 45. Dallas (12:00pm - 12:10pm): Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse 46. Philadelphia (12:10pm - 12:20pm): Bruce Irvin, LB, West Virginia 47. NY Jets (12:20pm - 12:30pm): Zerbie Sanders, OT, Florida State 48. New England via Oakland (12:30pm - 12:40pm): Harrison Smith, S, that school 49. San Diego (12:40pm - 12:50pm): Amini Silatolu, G, Midwestern State 50. Chicago (12:50pm - 1:00pm): Bobby Massie, OT, Mississippi 51. Philadelphia via Arizona (1:00pm - 1:10pm): Bobby Wagner, LB, Utah State 52. Tennessee (1:10pm - 1:20pm): Kendall Reyes, DT, UConn 53. Cincinnati (1:20pm - 1:30pm): Ben Jones, C/G, Georgia 54. Detroit (1:30pm - 1:40pm): Jayron Hosley, CB, Virginia Tech 55. Atlanta (1:40pm - 1:50pm): Mike Adams, OT, Ohio State 56. Pittsburgh (1:50pm - 2:00pm): Alameda Ta'amu, DT, Washington 57. Denver (2:00pm - 2:10pm): Kelechi Osemele, G/T, Iowa State 58. Houston (2:10pm - 2:20pm): Vinny Curry, DE, Marshall *** New Orleans (Pick Forfeited) 59. Green Bay (2:20pm - 2:30pm): David Wilson, RB, Virginia Tech 60. Baltimore (2:30pm - 2:40pm): Ronnell Lewis, LB, Oklahoma 61. San Fransisco (2:40pm - 2:50pm): Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina 62. New England (2:50pm - 3:00pm): Shea McClellin, LB, Boise State 63. NY Giants (3:00pm - 3:10pm): Lamar Miller, RB, Miami (FL)

ROUND 3 64. Indianapolis (10:00 - 10:10am): Brandon Boynkin, CB, Georgia 65. St. Louis (10:10am - 10:20am): Jeff Allen, G, Illinois 66. Minnesota (10:20am - 10:30am): Malik Jackson, DE, Tennessee 67. Cleveland (10:30am - 10:40am): Brandon Weeden, QB, Oklahoma State 68. Tampa Bay (10:40am - 10:50am): Dewayne Allen, TE, Clemson 69. Washington (10:50am - 11:00am): Brandon Brooks, G, Miami (OH) 70. Jacksonville (11:00am - 11:10am): Josh Robinson, CB, Central Florida 71. Buffalo (11:10am - 11:20am): Mitchell Schwartz, OT, California 72. Miami (11:20am - 11:30am): Trumaine Johnson, CB, Montana 73. Miami via Carolina via Chicago (11:30am - 11:40am): Marvin Jones, WR, California 74. Kansas City (11:40am - 11:50am): Mychal Kendricks, LB, California 75. Seattle (11:50am - 12:00pm): Michael Egnew, TE, Missouri 76. Houston via Philadelphia (12:00pm - 12:10pm): Nate Potter, OT, Boise State 77. NY Jets (12:10pm - 12:20pm): Demario Davis, LB, Arkansas State *****Oakland (exercised pick in Supplemental Draft) 78. San Diego (12:20pm - 12:30pm): Jared Crick, DE, Nebraska 79. Chicago (12:30pm - 12:40pm): Chase Minnifield, CB, Virginia 80. Arizona (12:40pm - 12:50pm): Juron Criner, WR, Arizona 81. Dallas (12:50pm - 1:00pm): Tony Bergstrom, G, Utah 82. Tennessee (1:00pm - 1:10pm): Philip Blake, C, Baylor 83. Cincinnati (1:10pm - 1:20pm): Marvin McNutt, WR, Iowa 84. Atlanta (1:20pm - 1:30pm): Chris Polk, RB, Washington 85. Detroit (1:30pm - 1:40pm): Tank Carder, LB, TCU 86. Pittsburgh (1:40pm - 1:50pm): Brandon Mosley, OT, Auburn 87. Denver (1:50pm - 2:00pm): Jamell Fleming, CB, Oklahoma 88. Philadelphia via Houston (2:00pm - 2:10pm): Sean Spence, LB, Miami (FL) 89. New Orleans (2:10pm - 2:20pm): Brandon Washington, G, Miami (FL) 90. Green Bay (2:20pm - 2:30pm): Dwight Bentley, CB, Louisiana-Lafayette 91. Baltimore (2:30pm - 2:40pm): LaMichael James, RB, Oregon 92. San Fransisco (2:40pm - 2:50pm): Josh Champman, DT, Alabama 93. New England (2:50pm - 3:00pm): Isaiah pead, RB, Cincinnati 94. NY Giants (3:00pm - 3:10pm): A.J. Jenkins, WR, Illinois 95. Oakland-COMPENSATORY PICK (3:10pm - 3:20pm): Hebron Fangupo, DT, BYU

Oops. Someone opened the thread after I had closed and pinned it (so that nobody would post in it 'til after 10am today). I did post that it wasn't officially open 'til today @ 10am though.

I don't think draftin' a stud DL would be a mistake. The Giants have flourished w/ their strategy of draftin' D linemen; they can consistently bring pressure by rotatin' players in. The Bills can really go a number of ways w/ their pick and get a quality player. OL, WR, DL, LB, even DB (easy, William).

Maybe you do. I take the time off now to go up to Buffalo for the draft party, so I'll be off from Thursday 'til the followin' Wednesday. But, I do echo your sentiments. I miss the old format, too.

Yeah, I kinda liked the old format better myself. Loved goin' to the draft party @ RICH, then goin' back to the Draft Cave (LancasterSteve's place) to check out the rest of the first day, followed by Mark VI bringin' over the breakfast pizza on Sunday mornin' for the second day's festivities. But, like some have said, I can see the plusses of the new format, especially when it comes to havin' the time to really strategize and engineer trades.

Don't know how this got reopened, but anyhoo, it's open now so go ahead and make your selections. Taken by me.

So, it's 'bout that time for another Mock Draft! The mock begins Monday, April 23 2012 @ 10am EST. Thread will open tomorrow (04/20/12) morning @ 10am EST. Teams awarded on a first come, first serve basis. The mock draft will be conducted in the Mock Draft Forum. Draft Order:(This is the generic draft order based on final NFL standings. This is NOT just for one particular round!) 1. Indianapolis JPS 2. St. Louis jobyst62 3. Minnesota jobyst62 4. Cleveland R. Rich 5. Tampa Bay Ramius 6. Washington Why So Serious? 7. Jacksonville TheNewBills 8. Miami Numark 9. Carolina NewEra 10. Buffalo PICK WILL BE DONE BY POLL 11. Kansas City JPS 12. Seattle Peytons Neck 13. Arizona aussiebills 14. Dallas BillsFanInTexas 15. Philadelphia UK ATO 288 16. NY Jets JWell 17. Oakland Scott CHANdler 18. San Diego Ramius 19. Chicago JPS 20. Tennessee tennesseeboy 21. Cincinnati BillsGuyBackInMalta 22. Atlanta ecgetty 23. Detroit ans4e64 24. Pittsburgh R. Rich 25. Denver KD in CT 26. Houston BillsInMaine 27. New Orleans section122 28. Green Bay Boom Jam 29. Baltimore Why So Serious? 30. San Fransisco BillsGuyBackInMalta 31. New England section122 32. NY Giants KD in CT

150 days and counting!!!!

Only 152 days 'til the home opener!!!! Hey, just like last year! Super Mario on board to rush the passer, maybe a really good LT, LB, or WR added in the first round and (hopefully) some depth added @ linebacker throughout the rest of the draft. And just two days before my anniversary!! I really can't wait!!

Have a wonderful day. You're not @ work, so it should be fantastic.

Can you Billieve it?!!! Wow! The Buffalo Bills not only gut out a tough win in a game that started off horrendously for 'em, but they did it against the team that had beaten' 'em 15 consecutive times: the New England Patriots!! This team is showin' a lotta heart so far this season. I sure hope it continues. I watched the game @ Jimmy's Old Town Tavern in Herndon VA w/ a bunch of rabid Bills fans (the owner is originally from Buffalo and shows all Bills and Sabres games there), including the daughter and son in-law of my good friend William (Bill from NYC). There were a group of us who actually held hands while Lindell made the game-winning kick. It was awesome! Oh yeah; sorry for missin' Game 2. I forgot to tivo the game, so I couldn't do the kinda review of the game that I like to. No such problem this time, so on to the game.... Ryan Fitzpatrick had a very good game. Yeah, yeah, he threw for well over 300 yards and a pair of scores, but he also made some very big throws while minimizin' the harmful ones. The 29 yarder to Donald Jones @ the 3:25 mark of the fourth quarter, just after Tom Brady made that game tyin' TD throw to Wes Welker on fourth down, showed the kinda heart I mentioned earlier I see outta this team, but also the type of steely resolve you love to have in your QB. That feelin' of "don't worry, I got this", so to speak. There were plenty of other great throws, such as his 33 yarder to Steve Johnson @ the 9:45 mark of the first quarter, a beauty of a throw to David Nelson @ the 4:56 mark of the first quarter when he faced the rush, stepped up in the pocket, and delivered a nice strike, and that great 11 yard TD to Johnson @ the 2:00 mark of the second quarter, where he put the ball right on target in the corner of the end zone. There were a few miscues: a pass thrown a bit too high (but still catchable) to Jones @ the 8:58 mark of the first quarter, the throw @ the 0:22 mark of the first quarter where he threw into tight coverage in the middle of the field and was intercepted by Kyle Arrington, and a horrible decision to throw in the end zone that was picked off @ the 10:52 mark of the fourth quarter (he was bailed out by a pass interference call on that one). Still, those pale in comparison to the many big throws he had in this one. Is Fitzpatrick a long term solution @ QB? I have said no in the past. Maybe this game was his way of tellin' me to STFU. The jury is still out though, but havin' such a performance in a game of this magnitude for the Bills goes a LONG way toward convincin' me that he's not just a stopgap QB 'til the Bills find their long term solution. Props to you for a great showin' when you needed to be great. Speakin' of big plays, what 'bout Fred Jackson? Man, this guy can do damage! He definitely had plenty of help from his offensive line (more later), but he also made tough runs and big plays aside from that. His 11 yard run @ the 10:07 mark of the second quarter was helped by some good blocking, but also by a nifty cutback move Jackson made to find open field. Same w/ his 21 yarder @ the 5:21 mark of the second quarter and his 27 yard reception on a well called screen play @ the 0:35 mark of the second quarter. And, how sweet was his 18 yard run @ the 11:11 mark of the third quarter, especially when he shook safety Sergio Brown and kept on goin' or the blitz pickup he had @ the 11:24 mark of the fourth quarter on a play that went for 48 yards? Nice. But yeah, the 28 yard screen play @ the 2:00 mark of the fourth quarter was as cluth as anything! What a huge play @ a critical time!! C.J. Spiller got a few shots, but mainly did his work on special teams. Corey McIntire had a nice lead block on Jackson's fourth quarter 1 yard TD dive. Cannot say enough good things 'bout the job this young group of receivers did. Steve Johnson made some very big plays, like his aforementioned TD grab (great inside fake on CB Devin McCourty to get 'em to bite and then beat 'em to the corner of the end zone) and a great third down conversion @ the 3:28 mark of the first quarter. There was a noticeable drop he had @ the 4:45 mark of the third quarter on a 2nd and 10 play, but overall, he was consistent and reliable. How did David Nelson follow up bein' the hero of the win over the Raidahs? He made the nice catch I mentioned @ the 4:56 mark of the first quarter, made another great catch @ the 4:08 mark of the second quarter for 15 yards, and had a nice run after the catch play @ the 2:55 mark of the first quarter that went for 26 yards. Nelson also made a nice chip block of DE Andre Carter on Jackson's 18 yard run @ the 11:11 mark of the third quarter. Donald Jones, who I saw havin' some issues w/ consistency in the opener vs Kansas City, made some very nice plays in this one. He had a nice comeback route for 7 yards @ the 9:04 mark of the second quarter, made a nice third down conversin w/ an 8 yrd catch @ the 0:45 mark of the second quarter, and was the target on two key plays late in the game: the 48 yard completion @ the 11:24 mark of the fourth quarter and the 29 yarder @ the 3:25 mark of the fourth quarter. Scott Chandler, another bright spot of the early part of the season, made some nice blocks (nice one on Carter @ the 5:21 mark of the second quarter on a 21 yard run by Jackson) and nice catches (7 yard catch for a first down @ the 5:33 mark of the first quarter, 3 yard TD catch @ the 9:38 mark of the third quarter). He did miss a block on LB Jerod Mayo @ the 10:07 mark of the second quarter, but the rest of the line did their job on that play and Jackson still got 11 yards. Okay, we're three games into the season and it has to be said: Demetrius Bell has been havin' a heck of a season! Not only has he gotten it done in pass protection (as the line as a whole has), but his run blocking has really been a welcome surprise. He had a nice block on Carter @ the 6:01 mark of the first quarter on a 7 yard Jackson run and teamed w/ Andy Levitre on a trio of plays that were impressive: Jackson's 21 yard run @ the 5:21 mark of the second quarter (nice double team on NT Vince Wilfork), a 6 yard Jackson run to start the third quarter (15:00 mark), and the 18 yard Jackson run @ the 11:11 mark of the third quarter (both Bell and Levitre blocked down on Wilfork). Levitre has been havin' quite a year, too. On that last play I mentioned, in addition to the double teaming of Wilfork w/ Bell, Levitre also got to the second level and took out Mayo. He took Mayo out on Jackson's 7 yard run @ the 6:01 mark of the first quarter as well, and had a nice double team on Wilfork (again w/ Bell) @ the 10:07 markof the second quarter on an 11 yard run by Jackson. Chad Rinehart had a nice block on DT Kyle Love on that same 11 yard Jackson run, teamed w/ Eric Wood to take DE Shaun Ellis out on Jackson's 18 yard run @ the 11:11 mark of the third quarter and also looked good gettin' out in front on screen passes. Wood had some issues w/ penalties (chop block @ the 1:30 mark of the first quarter and holding @ the 9:33 mark of the second quarter), but made all the line calls and also showed nimble footwork to get out on those screen passes. Erik Pears held off Ellis on the 11 yard Jackson run @ the 10:07 mark of the second quarter, sealed off LB Rob Ninkovich on the 18 yard Jackson run @ the 11:11 mark of the third quarter, and was solid in pass protection, as were the rest of the line. It was a very strong showin' for these guys. The defensive line didn't generate a ton of heat via the pass rush, but a lot of that has to do w/ the quick release of Brady. They did have their moments. Marcell Dareus was able to get a good rush right @ the start of the second quarter (15:00 mark) and get his hand up on a pass that ended up being broken up. On the very next play (14:56 mark), Kyle Williams was able to break through and get to Brady just as he released the ball on an incomplete pass. Dareus was also in on a couple other plays that stopped Brady pass attempts: @ the 8:24 mark of the fourth quarter, he got a good push into the backfield and allowed Chris Kelsay to get in right behind 'em and knock the pass down. He also was key to one of the biggest plays of the game, Drayton Florence's INT for a TD @ the 10:32 mark of the fourth quarter, as he bulled his way into the backfield enough to deflect the pass w/ his helmet enough to where Florence was able to grab it out the air and race untouched for the score. In terms of stuffin' the run, there was one play in particluar that stood out to me. Alex Carrington had a beautiful stop @ the 3:20 mark of the third quarter when he beat his blocker, got into the backfield, and stopped WR Julian Edelman for a 3 yard loss. There were some bad run plays too, but not many. On back to back plays (9:33 and 9:03 mark of the fourth quarter), I saw Dwan Edwards and Carrington get knocked off the ball, allowing RB Stevan Ridley to get big gains (first for 16 yards, second for 6 yards). The next play after those was the one I mentioned earlier where Dareus was brought back in and Kelsay got the knockdown. While they didn't rack up impressive stats, these guys helped to make the Pats one dimensional. They did their job. The linebackers had some success w/ run support, but little in pass rushing. Shawne Merriman did have one nice rush (6:42 mark of the second quarter) where he nearly came up w/ the sack on Brady and forced an incomplete pass. I did see 'em get neutralized by LT Matt Light (14:20 mark of the first quarter) on a Brady pass to Welker that went for 11 yards and he was stuffed @ the line of scrimmage (7:33 mark of the second quarter) on another Brady pass to Welker for 17 yards. He had a couple of nice plays vs the run: one (11:40 mark of the second quarter) where he set the edge and forced RB Danny Woodhead back inside on a play that gained only a yard and another where he took on the lead block (4:22 mark of the fourth quarter) on a second and goal run by RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis @ the 1 that was stuffed for a yard loss. Chris Kelsay did some good things in rushing the passer (beat RT Nate Solder off the edge @ the 15:00 mark of the second quarter, his previously mentioned pass knockdown, pressure of Brady to force incompletion @ 13:27 mark of third quarter) and in run support (was there to help stop Green-Ellis run for a yard after pressure by Kyle Williams @ 10:52 mark of first quarter), but he also needs to do a better job of droppin' back in pass coverage (way too shallow depth @ 6:38 mark of the second quarter on 21 yard catch by TE Rob Gronkowski). Nick Barnett was caught in a bad mismatch late in the game on Welker's TD catch (3:33 mark of fourth quarter) and caught a bad penalty late in the first half (1:56 mark of second quarter) w/ the roughness call against Woodhead, but he and Andra Davis also had a nice stuff of a short Green-Ellis run @ the 6:44 mark of the first quarter. I thought this was the secondary's rough go of the early season, but considering how prolific the Pats' offense has been, they did pretty well. I, for one, have been impressed by the improvement in the tackling overall and by Jairus Byrd in particular. Obviously, they've paid attention to this and worked on it. There were a few bad plays though. Drayton Florence's goin' for Welker's inside move on his first TD catch (9:51 mark of the first quarter) was bad, but havin' Gronkowski covered by three guys on that play (George Wilson, w/ help from Bryan Scott while Byrd gave deep help), leaving Welker alone w/ Florence, was a bad move. Byrd also was outmatched on the goal line play (6:06 mark of the first quarter) where Gronkowski got off the line clean (?????) and Byrd trailed the play too far to make a play on the ball. Speaking of Scott, he missed a shoestring tackle of Woodhead (1:25 mark of the second quarter) on a 10 yard gain, but he made up for it big time a few plays later (1:09 mark of the second quarter), when he made the interception in spectacular fashion, stoppin' the Pats as they were in the red zone. Wilson got in on the action, too, w/ his great interception @ the 11:38 mark of the fourth quarter, a pivotal play. It also was good to see, as he had been beat on that route several times earlier by Gronkowski, so he undercut it and made the pick. There were nice pass breakups by Byrd (15:00 mark of the fourth quarter) and Reggie Corner (14:55 mark of the fourth quarter). Leodis McKelvin made a beautiful pick (13:27 mark of the third quarter) on Brady's first pass attempt of the quarter, which was his first attempt since Scott's INT in the first half as well. McKelvin also had a nice tackle on a 3rd and 4 play (5:30 mark of the third quarter), stopping Woodhead short of the first down and forcin' a FG. Special teams did okay. The coverage units had some really nice stops: Da'Norris Searcy made a nice open field tackle @ the 9:34 mark of the third quarter and Arthur Moats did the same @ the 10:36 mark of the fourth quarter. Now, I did see my buddy William takin' Spiller to task for his fair catch @ the 5 yard line (14:51 mark of the fourth quarter). I think it should be noted here that there were two Patriots defenders (WR Matthew Slater and DB Ross Ventrone) who were ready in position BEHIND Spiller. So, if he chooses to let the punt go, there's a very good chance that one of 'em scoops it up even closer than the 5. Can't really fault Spiller that time. Of course, props to Lindell for the game winner! Imagine, there was a time when he simply wasn't good enough for many on TBD. I like to call that the "Nuge Hysteria Era". May it never rear its ugly head again. As for coaching, there were some mismatches that the Bills seemed to have trouble figurin' out (Barnett coverin' Welker in a goal to go situation?), but man, did they do a great overall job. Think of this: they had the ball late in the first half lookin' to score w/ THREE timeouts available to 'em and had TWO available on that last drive of the game. Really? The Bills bein' good clock managers? Wow. Also, props to Gailey for figurin' out that the Pats had NO answer for the screen pass and for Fred Jackson in particular. That last pass to Jackson, where he was split wide, then came underneath as Steve Johnson went wide was sheer genius, and the Pats had no clue as to what to do w/ it. Excellent job! And so, the Bills are 3-0 and in first place in the East. Gotta love it! Of course, the by-product of this is now you have the media fawnin' all over 'em. Ugh! Sorry, but I am not one of those fans who needs the "love" from those guys. I want to see my team win the championship, and I realize this "fake love" comes w/ that. Now, I also realize that this was a big win, but there is plenty more work to be done. This team isn't perfect; they still need to defend the tight ends better, they still need to do a better job defending the outside running plays, and they still need a pass rush. BUT, these guys play w/ such heart (imagine that!!!) that you gotta love their chances. Fitzpatrick didn't get overwhelmed in that last drive; he just calmly hit Donald Jones for a big play and later hit Jackson twice to get in Lindell's range. Pure heart! It's been a long time since I've seen this outta the Bills, and I'll savor it as long as we have it. Enjoy this (hey, WE FINALLY BEAT THE PATRIOTS!!!), but re-focus and move on to the task @ hand: a win over Cincinnati. I'll probably miss it, as I'll be w/ my wife on a cruise that sets sail that day (and returns the day of the game vs the Iggles), but I will be tivo'ing it and I will check it out as soon as I can. So, when I get back, I'll have double duty. But, it's a labor of love and one I look forward to.

The day is finially here..... It's Game Day!!!! We'll see ya in a few. GO BILLS!!!!

T minus..... 1 day and counting!!!! Spendin' the day visitin' w/ family and then we'll head to Danny's tonight. Hope to see some of you there!

T minus..... 2 days and counting!!!! We're in Hamburg and I am ready to go. I'll be leavin' to go to Rochester for my inaugural Garbage Plate in 'bout 90 minutes. Home Opener weekend has begun!!

Yeah. Just woke up a few minutes ago (LOVE bein' on vacation!!!) and I'll be headin' over in 'bout 90 minutes. I should arrive right 'round noon.

T minus..... 3 days and counting!!!! Headin' out soon, after we finish loadin' up the vehicle. I will see you all either tomorrow @ Nick Tahou's (WNYTBDGPS), Saturday night @ Danny's, or Sunday @ Hammer's Lot. Lookin' forward to our vacation/home opener/anniversary weekend!! See ya soon.

Have to agree w/ Gordio. The Broncs have to come cross the country and play in hostile environments (last year @ Blacksburg; this year in a "neutral" site vs Georgia.....the GEORGIA DOME) in order to get anyone to schedule 'em. I guess what we'd love to see is a team like Alabama go to the blue turf and kick Boise back to Division II. I'm sure it's set to happen soon.