RunTheBall

As a doc who has been involved in hundreds of back operations, let me give you my professional medical opinion: I have no friggin clue how Troupe will recover and neither does the surgeon who did the operation. Backs suck, period. I'm a big proponent of Darwin but this skeletal organization defies natural selection as a positive genetic trait that should be passed on. I've seen guys have 4 levels fused and go on to play sports, and I've seen others have a minor disk rupture that live on disability because of pain for the rest of their lives. The only way to find out is to throw him out there and see how he does. If he misses any more time because of back pain he's finished. RTB

The shark has been jumped. We will miss you RTB

Heard 2 years 8 million on Sirius RTB

You can certainly be a fan of the Bills wherever you live. I think those of us who grew up or live in Buffalo have an emotional connection to the city/team that is difficult to explain. This doesn't make anyone more or less of a fan, but it brings the whole experience to another level. RTB

Just needed to add my name to this epic thread. Hopefully if Mario fulfills hs potential and joins Bruce in the hall I can show my kids my anonymous name on an epic thread. RTB

Hahaha this is an outstanding maneuver by the owner. I'm not a big fan of management, but negotiations are all about understanding how much leverage you have and when to use it. Obviously these arena league guys don't have much, and they were stupid enough to make public what their plans were. The simple fact is, these guys can be replaced by guys off the street an hour before kickoff and the quality of the product doesn't decrease too much. They over-valued themselves and got burned for it. RTB

Come on, seriously? He is an average running back and a malcontent to boot. How could he possibly fill a TE roll for us?

This has the potential to be a classic thread. How does he keep doing it? Outstanding, I applaud you sir. RTB

I use Toradol every day on patients. Many have already hilighted the salient points. One thing that hasn't been mentioned which I think is the most interesting aspect of using it in football is its effects on microvascular bleeding. What that means is it slows down the body's ability to heal small injuries to blood vessels so patients who have surgery can "ooze" (they don't hemorrhage to death) All NSAIDS but especially Toradol inhibit platelets to some degree so they can increase this type of bleeding risk. Now you go shoot up a bunch of players who are at increased risk of bleeding and then ask them to go bonk heads for a few hours. I'd be very interested to look at the brains of these players who received Toradol regularly and see if they show signs of small bleeds (which can lead to much badness long term). It would be better to compare them to the brains of football players who didn't receive Toradol. We need the brains. RTB

This is exactly what happened to us in Buffalo. RTB

Well, he would be an upgrade from our current defensive coordinator ; ) RTB

I absolutely don't want Tebow on our team. He sucks as a QB. He's a good guy, but so was JP. He sucked too. JP wasn't hyped as the next coming of JC though and don't think for a second Tebow doesn't know exactly what he's doing. He's a marginal talent with very limited time in the NFL who is making the most of his 15 minutes and I give him all the credit in the world for making the most of his limited opportunity. Hes a big boy, he can handle a "Tebow sucks" chant. Buffalo has done the best job of taking away the run and exposing his limited ability to read defenses. The Magic Tebow run is over. RTB

This post almost makes up for all the brain cells I have lost over the years reading some of the crap on this board. There is nothing more to add, it's an excellent synopsis of Fitz, not more needs to be said. I think we can keep our QB talk now to RJ vs, Flutie. RTB

God I love this shiat I'm just sorry its only 3 pages, I have half a cigar left Quick, someone insult Tim or Lori to keep it going. THIS IS SPARTTTAAAAAAAAAAAA! Just awesome, thank you all for participating

I'll give Spiller to the end of the year before I make a judgement, but this pick is starting to look bad, and I didn't have a problem with it at the time. I think he was by far the best player available. I think only Pierre Paul or Poncy would have been better for Buffalo, and at that time Pierre Paul would have been a huge reach and we already had Wood and Hangartner still as centers. No one knew Pouncy would play as well as he has as a rookie. I've seen improvement from Spiller from last year to his year. Better patience, better at blitz pick ups, good hands, running hard between the tackles. I agree he goes down too easy still. I think the next 5 games will give us a good idea in what we have in him. RTB

I don't want to cut Stevie, that's ridiculous. I want Thurman to teach him some class and for him to learn a little humility. Act like you have been in the end zone before, don't hurt your team with stupid penalties in a season deciding game. RTB

If its just his fibula, the smaller outside bone, Fred will be ok and be back. The Bills don't owe Fred a thing. We brought him out of the football scrap heap and made him a starter in the NFL. The whole thing comes down to the difference between what Fred thinks he is worth and what the Bills think they should pay an injured RB on the wrong side of 30. I hope they can find a way to bridge the difference but I definitely wouldn't break the bank on him at this point. RTB

That is outstanding. For a split second there I actually had a thawing in the burning hoodie hatred I have and smiled. RTB

Liked the end. Hated Dickless Juaron, and Trentative Checkwards. Could have done without Whitner too. Gotta love the Big Tree. RTB

This. Ir's the emotional connection Bills fans have with their team that separates us from the casual fans of other franchises. I'm sure there are fans like this in every city, but without a doubt Buffalo has the highest proportion of fans emotionally connected to their team. I have lived in NYC and now NE and it seems there are bandwagoners galore. It's because they pick and chose whichever one of their teams is doing well this season. Pathetic. Especially here in NE. When the Pats* sucked, they were a week away from becoming the Hartford Patriots because fan support was so low. Now everyone has been a fan of the Pats* forever. When they start to slide, and it's happening, Foxboro won't sell out. Bandwagoners. No emotional connection. I still get pissed about bad calls and stuff made 15 years ago (like that Hail Mary pass interference). Fans of other teams just don't understand and can't. RTB

Not to be rude but wow, that post made me feel much older than my 40 years. I learned that in elementary school way back. They probably don't teach it anymore in our new sanitized PC environment. RTB

Our pass rush needs serious help. You can chalk up the first 2 games to playing the run first because of how good those teams were last year running the ball, but not this game. There is no way the plan was not to pressure Brady up the middle. That doesn't mean they should have blitzes all the time, but even when they did it was picked up fairly easily by NE. I think there were times Brady was a little uncomfortable but in no way do I think that was the type of pressure we anticipated or should be satisfied with. Hey, it's something to work on. This team has flaws but the things you can't really teach, like heart, guts, and courage, this team seems to have in abundance. This team has sack for the first time in 8 years and I give the creditnto Buddy and Chan for changing the culture. 3 - 0 is so much better than 0 - 3 but it's a long season and there are many areas we could improve. Pass rush is # 1 on that list. RTB

I think he had to take a TO because Freddy was ruled down so the click would have been running

Lee Evans in street clothes on the sideline will be just enough of a distraction to the free safety that it will open up those seam routes

You have got to be kidding me. It's ridiculous to talk pro-bowl or playoffs with the Bills,especially this early. RTB