Rocky Landing

I've always thought that Edwards got a raw deal (as did we all) under Dick Jauron. A no-huddle offense with a weak O-line? Who ever thought that was a good idea? As far as I'm concerned, Edwards was set up to fail. Be that as it may, I'm more interested in the comparison between Kolb and Tarvaris Jackson.

I don't think there is any way Manuel will start in the season opener. Marrone isn't going to want to start his career in Buffalo with a loss to the Patriots. Manuel may very well be the long-term solution at QB. But, he's not the week one solution. I think we are going to see the QB that Marrone believes will have the best chance of winning in week one starting in week one. I would put Manuel third on that list. I would give Kolb the edge over Jackson.

Good to see that we are, once again, winning the offseason.

I don't think they are going to go for a QB in the first round. But, if they are planning on it, I think they could safely trade down to the bottom of the first round and still get whoever is available at #8.

If we're going to take one of these crappy QBs in the first, we better trade down.

We are 10 point underdogs.

I'm not going to put this on Fitz. Two of his ints were horrible. But, it's pretty hard to come back when the defense is allowing a TD on five possessions in a row. And, I'll even forgive Fitz's late int. He was in a position where risks were necessary.

OMFG

Since I live in LA, I was thinking that maybe it was just a West Coast thing. But, yeah, the reporting on the Bills is so sparse, that I am starting to wonder if maybe the NFL is gearing up to move the Bills to LA. Something else that I've been noticing: the Jags are getting a TON of press! WTF!!!

Careful what you wish for. They're going to start smacking us back!

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In LA, you can get on just about any freeway at 4am, and possibly find yourself in a traffic jam. The last time the President of the United States visited LA, it changed my commute time from 20 minutes to almost two hours. We have a situation here later this month where they are going to shut down the 405 for two days on a weekend. They are calling it "Carmageddon." That being said, I am actually all for the LA Stadium Project- as long as the Bills don't leave Buffalo!

48. Grew up in Rochester, but now live in Los Angeles. (And, no, I don't want to see the Los Angeles Bills!) But, here's the funny thing. My wife is from Boston. Patriots fan.(How did I come to marry a Pats fan? What can I say? She's totally hot!) Her father is downright rabid. The solution? My daughter, six, wears a Patriots jersey (Welker, at the moment). My son, two, wears a Spiller jersey. Good times.

I live in Los Angeles. The downtown stadium project is considered by most residents, even football fans, to be a really terrible idea. The congestion it will cause alone will be massive. However, it also represents such an enormous revenue stream coming into the city that I very much doubt that any number of sign wielding hippies, or lawyered up environmentalists will be able to derail the Stadium Train. That being said, I still don't think that the Bills will leave Upstate New York.

Some of you seem to have some pretty crazy and unlikely predictions here. I think some of you people really need a little dose of reality. Here are my predictions: The Bills get off to a frustrating start as the twelfth man makes the stadium so loud that Chiefs starting Right Tackle Eric Winston can’t hear the whistle and doesn’t release the headlock he has on Mario Williams. Williams is then ejected from the game for cursing at the replacement ref (with Johnson still hanging from his neck) for not getting a holding call. Ryan Fitzgerald, Fitzsimmins, Fitzpatrick, or whatever his name is, still has trouble connecting, so Chan Gailey, out of sheer frustration, has Tyler Thigpen open up Fitzpatrick’s head and throw his brain deep downfield to Wide Receiver, Ruvell Martin, who just can’t haul it in. Towards the end of the first half, The Bills score their first points when Brad Smith shows more of his versatility and kicks a field goal. Unfortunately, the points are overturned when Cordy Glenn is called for holding after he hugs Smith. After the play, the replacement refs are seen looking up the definition of “holding.” The Bills go into the locker room at halftime with some of the drunker and more confused fans chanting “Tebow… Tebow…” During halftime, the Bills fortunes seem to turn around when Dick Jauron is found in the Basement sticking needles into various Bill’s Bobblehead figures. Also during halftime, Ken Johnson, the famous tailgater, holds a Satanic ritual in which the first born son of Jim Kelly is sacrificed on an alter (or as most would call it, the hood of his car), and then grilled to perfection. Kelly is then served to dozens of craven, bloodthirsty Bills fans. A good time is had by all. Early in the third quarter, the game finally turns around for the Bills when Marcel Darius becomes so infuriated that he tears fellow teammate Arthur Moats’ arm out of its socket and uses it to beat Chiefs center Rodney Hudson into the turf. The replacement refs are unable to find anything in the rulebook regarding body parts and allow the play to stand. The Bills Fans follow suit and begin tearing out, and throwing various body parts all over the field. The Bills are then able to repeatedly march down the bloodstained field as the Chiefs defense mostly huddle in fear in the endzone. Final score: Chiefs 10, Bills 189

Which do you think is a better trolling lure: the Yozuri Hydro Magnum, or the Sea Stryker Jet Head?

Spiller played pretty well last year in as WR, also.

There are plenty of people on these boards who were saying the same things as you. They just haven't been on here gloating. Essentially, leading up to this opener, there were people who were optimistic (admittedly, like myself), and those who were pessimistic. Congratulations on being right. Douche.

Biggest game of the year so far. (And, btw, we are three point underdogs!)

Exactly

I live in Los Angeles. I work in television, and do a fair amount of reality tv. In fact, as I write this, I am sitting at my desk on the television show, "Hell's Kitchen." You are absolutely right about the distraction. But, it's not just one camera following you around. It is likely that there are anywhere from 8 to 15 camera operators working at any given time as well as numerous robo-cams and surveillance cams. Add to that lighting techs, sound techs, assistant directors, production assistants, etc., and you have a veritable circus in your midst. You'll never see anyone complaining about it on the show (obviously), but you better believe that the players and coaches are hating it.

It's a purely financial decision. A team like Miami, with a notoriously fickle fan base, that isn't doing well coming out of last season and going into this one, is looking at a revenue loss vis a vis ticket sales, blackouts, merchandise, and especially commercial air time. If the ratings for their televised games go down, so does the per second rate for television sponsorship. I would think a show like Hard Knocks would be viewed by Miami's marketing division as having serious potential to boost their ratings. I would be interested to know what those numbers were.

That would be true if it were horse racing.

Well, bookmakers certainly aren't paying attention to this thing. The Jets are still 3 point favorites.

A more important question is how well our D matches up to their O, and visa versa. The Jets current O-line issues and their paper-thin depth at WR vs. our improved pass rush are going to force them to run and absolutely hobble their starting QB. They've also lost one TE and another is questionable. If our run D is as improved as advertised, I would say that we have a positive match-up regardless of how our Defenses compare. On the other side of the ball, I wonder how well our O-line will hold up? If Fitz gets enough time in the pocket, Chan's spread offense might play well. We know Stevie can handle Revis. But, I think we are going to need to see some real production from some of our other receivers.