What a Tuel

Please explain to me how the organization is "colluding to lose games", and using specific examples, explain why you think what they are doing in those examples is wrong. Also in their history the Sabres have been to the post season 29 times. Admittedly no championships. Patriots have went to the post season 22 times with 10 more years to do it. Won championships, but only in the Belichick/Brady cheating era. But go ahead, you can "respect" whoever you want. I disagree.

The Sabres had to trade off assets to get this bad. They are losing something in the process of rebuilding, but are hoping it will pay off. They are also having multiple losing seasons as a result, which no one really likes. You compare that to cheating? Really? Looks like 3 games left for us. 2 points down on Arizona still. I think at this point, multiple point wins or winning out is the only way the Sabres lose 30th.

If you are going to claim research, you should probably include stats in his rookie playoff run. Joe Flacco had a combined 437 yds 2 td (1 passing, 1 rushing) and 3 ints in that playoff run. (3 games) Completion %? 39.1 50.0 and 43.3 respectively While I agree playoff runs boost people's perception of a QB's abilities, 4 straight playoff eliminations will also cast doubt. That's why there were always questions about Flacco and whether he was an elite QB. All the way up to after he won the Super Bowl, and people even then criticized his huge payday. I can't imagine people were throwing around "Franchise QB" during these first couple years, but he eventually proved he could be a legitimate NFL QB, and EJ will have to do the same. Maybe he will, maybe he won't. As long as our GM has his head clear and keeps his eyes open for our next QB, we have no incentive to run anyone out of town. Wish NFL Rewind went back that far. I'd love to check out his rookie season again. I booted up the first game in 2009 Baltimore against Kansas City, and a couple things stood out. He has a big arm, and guns it in there. The Baltimore o-line seems to be outstanding, I wonder what they were ranked that year, the Chiefs D seemed to be pretty bad this game. He has a couple throws that would have people yelling that he is trying to kill his WR's He had a couple throws that were behind the WR, or 2 feet above their heads He had a nice TD pass that was dropped by the WR Overall, I don't think EJ was playing at Flaccos 2009 level in 2014, and probably 2013, but I think Flacco had some help. He had all day sometimes. Bottom line is, who ever is under center, we need to set them up to succeed.

Glad you all liked it. I had a lot of fun going back and looking at all of his plays. Some of my favorite parts of watching Freddy play is when 2-4 defenders can be waiting for him a few yards in front of the first down marker and he still manages to plow through them for the first down. I also love how he lowers his shoulder and makes them pay for trying to tackle him. This was a stat I planned on looking up after doing this, just because the sheer number of first downs he got with that second effort was incredible.

Haha, my problem was the copyright system is so messy, I don't know what I can or can't do so I just grabbed some free music, so I wouldn't get yelled at. Maybe I can use this audioswap thing to swap it out legitimately.

It's done. I'm uploading it to YouTube right now, but where else can I host it? I'm not sure of the NFL's policy on highlights on YouTube, but have noticed a huge decrease in the amount of highlights you can find on it. Watch it while you can!

Working on it now Seems fairly easy, but I've never done it before, so no promises on quality, but ill try my best! Music ideas?

It's ok, we are used to people ignoring the proof that this is false in this very thread. Also do you really think Fred Jackson and his $2.7 million is preventing us from signing Blalock? No, it isn't, so knock it off. A properly structured contract could be done easily. Whaley went for Bulaga and Evans, and is now on to the draft, so that says whatever he thinks about Blalock anyway. https://twitter.com/viccarucci/status/581483268442292224 And another Jackson highlight! Haha, sorry. I'm almost inspired to get my cousins NFL Rewind login and make a cut of Freddy highlights from the "he's done" year last season.

Fred Jackson Highlights!

Keep on working EJ!

Fanfreakintastic highlight video. Here's another:

I find it worse that fans give up on seasons so very easily. A lot of Bills fans were talking trash during the preseason last year saying we would maybe go 3-13 at best. When we lost to the Chiefs and Dolphins, a large number of people gave up on the Bills again, saying they won't ever have a chance for the playoffs. I find that to be much more disturbing than this. Those fans give up all hope, turned the channel, and abandoned their team before the twelfth hour. The fans you are criticizing are still going to Sabres games to watch their team play when they are freaking 20-46-8 and in dead last place. Those fans would give anything for the Sabres to win, but it isn't happening, and they know it. They were playing against the 2nd worst team in the league, there is no glory or positive coming from winning that game. The fans shouldn't be proud of winning that game, nor should the players. It was a meaningless game to end all meaningless games, and the fans were cheering for the single most positive thing that came from their team losing another game: A promise of a brighter future for their team, so lay off them. This is coming from a guy who dislikes tanking in general.

Are people not reading the thread? This has been disproved multiple times.

Even with Harvin, I am not so sure I would want the Eagles to still be pursuing Woods. I'm not sure what they could give us to make it worth it, but I like our WR's the way they are now. Also Whaley is talking about picking up another veteran WR for depth, so I don't think he is high on letting any of the WRs go either. https://twitter.com/viccarucci/status/581481039907987457?lang=en On the other hand, maybe that means he is going to deal Woods. Who knows.

We should turn this into a Fred Jackson highlight thread haha.

Now you are just trolling

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000423634/article/nfl-announces-2015-international-series-lineup

Why does he have to be a top RB to retain him? He does his job very well, and is still doing his job very well. We signed the top RB, but have room behind McCoy for a Jackson type player. Our run game was poor all around last year. We went from 2nd in 2013 to 25th in 2014. The entire offense regressed last year, and it wasn't because Fred was a year older. In 2013 Fred Jackson ranked 34th in the entire league in all purpose yardage which includes all WR's RB's and TE's. You might say 34th is bad, but it is in company with players like Brandon Marshall, Darren Sproles, Frank Gore, Le'Veon Bell, Jordie Nelson. That is not mediocre. You are wrong.

As big as Google is (which may end up being a problem), it is the solution to the other bastard ISP's price gouging, and data caps. Since Google is so entrenched in the internet, it has a vested interest in people actually utilizing the internet for any purpose rather than limiting your access and charging a premium. Are there any data caps on my internet connection? No way! We want you to use and enjoy your broadband or gigabit connections. There are no caps or limits to the amount of data you can send or receive. There needs to be competition, I only wish it would come to Buffalo. It'll be a looooong time before that ever happens though.

I saw someone mentioned the Dolphins/Jets being on bye in week 5, but also remember the Chiefs have a London game Week 8, and therefore will be on bye Week 9. Sigh, offseason cabin fever, I made a chart. And I kind of want to win season tickets. http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8iZl6wxafbrYkRPTG5KQlFJR1E/view?usp=sharing Blue = AFC Division Opponents Green = AFC East Games Red = NFC Division Opponents Gray = Misc Opponents A few notes - 1. We have had 2 season home openers in the last 5 years, and 3 away season openers. Maybe we have a home season opener this year to even it out? 2. They seem to like to bookend our division games 3. They almost always give us 4 road games in the first 8, and 4 in the last 8. (I know, I know, pretty obvious) 4. There really is no method (or at least pattern) to their madness 5. Just noticed we have been alternating home/away with the Dolphins in December every year. If it follows the trend, Dolphins will be visiting us late in the season.

I don't believe we overpaid on anyone but Clay, and he was a very special circumstance. Hughes signed a team friendly contract. McCoy signed for more guaranteed money, but a lower average cap hit than his original eagles contract (although he didn't have much of a choice) Harvin is making $6 million, which is about the same as the Jets (add in Seattle fronting the signing bonus, and the Jets paid more), and much less than Seattle was paying originally. Felton while making more guaranteed money with the Bills, he is making less as a yearly average. Urbik took a pay cut We certainly paid players to come here, but we didn't overpay.

You forgot Oakland. The AFC North is not the toughest division in the NFL. That is baloney. They had a cake schedule. I'll mail the proof to you in December.

They also ranked us 5th (4th? if Oakland is really just a B) overall. I read through most of them, and they had some pretty good points. They have a serious dislike for DeMarco Murray to the point of congratulating the teams that lost out when they bid for him.

Ah ha, this is what I was looking for. I knew the punt "fumbles" had to be something that wasn't a huge deal, because I don't remember it being detrimental to any of the games. Overall great post though

He was starting rb for half the season while spiller was out and was out a couple games himself. Then there is the line that was a contributing factor that had us going from second in the league in rushing in 2013 to 25th or so in 2014. Add that to the fact that LeSean mccoy is the starting rb, and I have to ask. What's your point? Jackson isn't going to get as many carries and Bryce hasn't shown he can do better with the carries he's given (3.5 yds a carry 0 tds)