Billsguy

Sounds about right.

Just checking.... any room left on that bandwagon? Just kidding. You can laugh or cry. Either option is valid for a Bills fan nowadays.

The Bills remind me of people who drive through the neighborhood and reclaim old furniture left on the curb. What does that tell you about the state of the franchise?

Pre-season is a total ripoff. This is probably the greatest ripoff in all of sports. Until the fans rise up and say, "NO!" , the owners will continue to fleece the flock. This is not breaking news.

You are exactly right! This is classic bottom of the barrel stuff. The Bills are possibly the worst in the league at linebacker and definitely worst in the league at cornerback. Also, at QB they are currently worst in the league. And a lot of people around here are still thinking playoffs?

Hail Fredonia!!!!

The very second Leinart was signed I knew he was brought in as a seat filler (along with Lewis). He was a warm body to keep Tuel off the field in the 4th and most meaningless pre-season game. He has no chance of being on the team and never did. The Bills would be wise to search the list of team cuts from around the league. They may find 5 or more players who could easily make this terrible roster!

Ralph Wilson lives in Detroit and he wants the series to continue. The main point should be is how the billionaire owners manage to extort regular season prices from fans for meaningless practice games.

In Buffalo? Prove it! Unless there is empirical evidence to the contrary, the statement must be considered false.

I know it's two weeks later, but any room left on that bandwagon?

Don't forget the Jets already drafted two players before they took Smith. If they took him first, the comparison would be more valid. Neither has played a real NFL game so it might be just a little early to tell.

Rock bottom. Desperation! He makes Sanchez look like a Hall of Famer!

Pre-season is definitely the season to overreact. The same people who were praising the Bills the first two weeks are now re-considering. Here is what we know. The Bills finished 6-10 last year. They are still a 6-10 team until proven otherwise. They will have a new unproven QB in Buffalo. They will have a new rookie head coach and a new rookie offensive coordinator, They will have a new defensive system to be learned by players who were terrible last year. They have major problems in the secondary. They have a woeful group of linebackers. They have a seriously under performing defensive line. They have many other defiencies too. This team has way too many question marks to seriously consider themselves playoff contenders. Right now this year looks like another transition year. Year number 14 without the playoffs is highly likely. However, if every one of the question marks works out for the best, they may win 8 games. The chances of everything going perfectly is about 3%. There are some signs of light at the end of the tunnel for sure, but not yet sorry to say.

The kicker and punter. What does that tell you? Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose!

All his throws are too far right.

I think its reasonable to jump to conclusions after two pre-season games. He might as well retire now. It's over.

Yes. I was there. i still have the commemorative items from the game. i thought the Bills would have won a Super Bowl by now. I hope I live long enough to see one. I used to live so close to the stadium I could hear the crowd cheering.

Sheppard for Hughes looked good from the start because Sheppard wasn't good at all. Unless Hughes sucked also, it was a win for the Bills.

I doesn't matter. Pre-season is meaningless, therefore all else is meaningless. After at least four regular season games it will be more legitimate.

Oh, there will be room and plenty of time too. As you are one of the biggest cheerleaders on this board, I would refer you to some of your own posts over the last few years. Time for a reality check I think.

Every year in pre-season every team in the league believes they are going to the playoffs. Every year in pre-season the fans get excited about their team's prospects for the new season. Bills fans are no different. Each year for the last thirteen seasons Bills fans have had similar feelings. You can search the archives and literally cut and paste the comments from previous seasons into this season and nobody would recognize the difference (except for the name changes) The Bills must prove they are not losers in the regular season and playoffs before many fans will jump on the bandwagon. After one pre-season game with mostly substitutes and a lot of players who won't even make an NFL roster, I'll reserve my bandwagon seat for meaningful games. I'm hopeful for the future, but I've seen this movie before.

Wouldn't it be reasonable to wait until he does it against 1st team competition in the regular season before jumping to conclusions?

I was pleasantly surprised. (Too bad it means absolutely nothing.) Very impressive performance against the Indy's camp fodder. The real test begins in September. Until then, any conclusions made after one practice game are conversational, but irrelevant, Let the overreactions begin! (I mean let the overreactions continue!)

There is a reason Buffalo has to overpay for free agents. This is not breaking news. Fortunately, professional athletes work for money.

from WGR550.com "Gone are Chan Gailey, Dave Wannstedt, Kelvin Sheppard, Nick Barnett, George Wilson, Mark Anderson, Spencer Johnson, Chris Kelsay, Kirk Morrison, Kyle Moore and Terrence McGee." The Bills are better now that these players and coaches are gone.