Rocky Landing

I used to travel to Vegas several times a year for work (live in LA), and I would bet on games every chance I got. My preferred sports book was at the Venetian. I haven't been there in years, so I don't know how it is now, but they had rows of really comfortable stuffed leather chairs facing a bank of about 30 big screen TVs, Plus free drinks. Heaven. But one thing I never did? Bet on Bills games.

My prediction: Nsekhe - Spain - Morse - Feliciano - Ford (That's right, I said it. Dawkins doesn't start.)

Kind of an arbitrary "eight guys" in this article. Mike Love? Uh, ok. Personally, I would have a slightly different list of guys that I would want "to watch." I am looking forward to seeing how D. Williams performs. But, I'm also interested to see who in the RB room might have the ability to break into the triad of McCoy/Gore/Singletary. I'm very interested to see how Kroft fits in, and how the TE depth chart starts to stack up. Looking forward to see if McKenzie can make a case for himself, or is he supplanted by Roberts/Beasley? What will Christian Wade look like? Who do they look at most at RG? So many things to watch for this time around.

Call me crazy, but I’m going to guess that you slightly misinterpreted Chandler81’s warning.

That is absolutely true. But, watch DW utterly lay out this BC Lions CB-- a completely legal hit, in the CFL. It's what he has vowed to bring. https://www.12up.com/posts/6265633-bills-sign-cfl-wide-receiver-who-absolutely-destroyed-defender-in-viral-video

Here’s a bold prediction— Duke Williams could end up being one of the best blocking WRs we’ve ever had.

In my opinion, Beasley will be an upgrade to McKenzie on offense, but not a huge upgrade. At least, not as big an upgrade as Morse will be to Bodine/Groy. The sum total of the upgrades to our O-line better be greater than the upgrade that Beasley represents, or we’re in trouble.

I imagine there will be many glasses raised in Buffalo tonight. I will be raising one in my local pub (in CA), though few will know why. Cheers, fellow Bills fans!!!

No doubt it was done to send a message to the organization that they did not approve of reaching so high for a TE in the first round. Man, these Colts fans are a rough crowd.

One of my bold predictions from page one of this thread was that Gore would not be on the team come September. I'm taking that back. Gore needs 522 yards to pass Barry Sanders for third all-time rushing yards. That's a tough row to hoe as a situational back, but I believe we're going to see him try. Happy Birthday, Frank.

The story of Poncho Billa over the last couple years has shown the world a model for how a fan base, and team can operate as a family. RIP Poncho Billa.

Most pressing question for this thread: How many pages are the mods going to let WEO, and Doc go at it this time???

I saw him throw a football over a water fountain into a trash can at Stubhub Center in Los Angeles. Except, the water fountain was Deonte Thompson, and the trash can was Chargers' CB Trevor Williams.

Blocking is certainly one of a TE's main priorities. But, I think It's also the last thing they learn at the NFL level. I knew absolutely nothing about Fisher when we signed him, other than his previous position. But, I thought it was an interesting experiment that might have payed off. TE seems to the the default position of a lot of players that don't fit their original positions. How many TE's have we seen that started out as QBs, or WRs? If Sills had more meat on him, he'd probably be a TE. I'll be interested to see if another teams picks up Fisher.

So, who's getting 50 yard line tickets to the Super Bowl this season, amirite?

I know there were fans who thought he had a chance. I was one of them. I was into the experiment.

I was just interested in the story line. I'm not aware of another time that an OT transitioned to TE-- kind of intriguing, and I respect the risk to his career to make the change. He had to drop some weight, and I assume he's put a lot of work into chasing the dream. So, we know he can block, he'd probably be pretty hard to tackle, and if his hands were decent (the biggest ?, obviously-- I assume he's put a lot of offseason work into that part of his game) then it would have been an interesting experiment to watch. Especially if it did work out.

I was pretty excited to see the Jake Fisher experiment play out. I liked the idea of it.

In July of 1973, I posted on the internet that OJ Simpson would run for over 2,000 yards that season. I was only nine years old, and Al Gore was still in college. How impressive is that?

So, they have a Moral Quindarius. That's weird.

Well, if there's any other sport that would translate to being a football RB, it's rugby. And, in all honesty, transitioning from professional rugby to the NFL is maybe not so much greater a leap than transitioning from college football to the NFL.

Thanks for a great response.

I think if you default to such belittling comments at what appeared to be an honest question from someone who was asking your opinion, you'll likely get fewer people interested in your opinions.

Interesting. I guess I'd have to follow basketball to catch that reference. It's a little esoteric, and places an obscure context on the comparison. I think when most people think of LeBron James, they think of one of the current elite players in the league, and one of the all-time greats. That's a helluva stretch when talking about Sills.

Pretty obnoxious response to an honest question. Maybe you need to put a little cream in your coffee?