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#54- Chris Spielman...not even necessarily my favorite Bill, but I found it used, and I look awesome in it...the older jerseys fit us bigger guys a lot better! Or #24- Terene McGee- the only guy currently on the team (just barely according to some!) who I have a jersey of...the pukey TD era style... #83- Lee Evans- probably my favortie Bill in the last 10 years

My god...you guys are always on top of everything!

12?

Right! Some teams opted for the more subtle collar change, but the one that the Bills, Broncos, etc etc have looks almost like one of those silly tuxedo shirts...or like they should have a bow-tie printed on the front. Who, in the NFL, approved these hideous things? I haven't purchased a new jersey (was seriously considering it) but I can't buy one of those. When they show them up close, say, when a player is being interviewed, they just look like something was torn off their jersey collar..awful look. Too bad, cuz other than that detail, love the Bills "new" uniforms.

Guy has missed 7 games in 6 years...granted, three of them last year. He is saying he will play tonight, but the Packers may not risk anything with him...get the sense if it was a "must" game for the Pack, he would play. I don't know if that qualifies him as injury prone. I would take a shot at getting him...29 isn't that old. Our only other options are getting guys who are on their "last stand" at a bargain price (Plax, TO, etc etc) or guys that haven't been able to stick with an NFL team. At some point, if the Bills want to take that next step, they might have to pursue a guy with another 4 or 5 good years in him, instead of nobodys or has-beens. They made a bold move to acquire Mario Williams to address a huge, ongoing need, WR seems like another one of those kinds of needs...I am not saying I all in on this, but I wouldn't dismiss the notion, just because the guy might have to get paid. That is to me, respectfully, the attitude that the Bills, for too long, have passed off to fans (some buy in, some don't)...time for a fresh approach.

To me, the most disappointing thing about the loss was not the loss itself, but the fact that the Bills, for the first half especially, looked as though they had overslept, forgot that the "real season" starts today. I put that on Chan. That being said, every season, the first 2-3 weeks, there are game results, and player performances that are in no way indicative of how the team/player ends up their season. I am not ready to pull the plug on this season over an opening day loss...now, if we see this for another 4 or 5 weeks, then I am reaching for the plug. But, I have been following this team for 40+ years, I am not going to stop now...

I love the game, and that damn team (or the concept of the Buffalo Bills NFL franchise) too much to get suicidal after one loss, albeit and awful one....I have my concerns and doubts like anyone would, if they were objective...but I take some solace in the fact that we were one decent QB performance away from playing a good game...defense will still come around...honestly, I didn't have the Jets in NJ penciled in as one of my 8 wins for the season. I would feel better if they had lost 31-27 or something like that...but when it comes down to it, a loss is a loss, no matter what the final score is. I expect a much, much, much better performance against the Chiefs on Sunday...can't wait!

Foster Brooks? Is that you?

I hate to say it, but I agree with Mike Schopp. The Bills weren't in great shape during the Donohue years, but they were significantly worse after his firing. You might say, they had one rudder in the ocean with TD...none after he was fired. Still willing to give Buddy some more time. http://wgr550.com/SCHOPP--The-harsh-reality-is-looming/14209425

Somewhere between what Eastbrook wrote, and what Promo says is the truth....season isn't over after one game, though that one game didn't look/feel very good. I will say this, though: Every NFL season, the first two weeks there are always game results, and player performances that are in no way indicative with the way the rest of the season pans out...hopefully, the Bills/Jets result is one of those. Also, the Bills may not be ready for the playoffs yet (I never thought they were, and I think way too much is made of the Mario/Anderson signings), but I think they are better than what they showed this past Sunday. I suspect the level of play, win or lose, will be much higher the rest of the season, with a few of these stinkers sprinkled in. The WR situation is pretty scary, particularly if Fitz plays the way he played on Sunday.... my guess is, he has some much better games along the way...with a few of these stinkers sprinkled in...a work in progress this team is.

Bonnies is a Bills bar, Park Slope, allows kids, and has great wings!

C'mon..is there an issue that Mitt hasn't flip-flopped on in all of this years of running for office/offices. To pretend he has all of this virtue, while his oppenant is somehow different, is, as you always love to say is being "intellectually dishonest".

At this point, as clihe as it may sound, bringing in somebody like Plaxico Burress, or, dare I say it, T.O. is the only addition they can make that might help them out this year. I just hate the feeling that one week into the season, we are already in desperation mode...I mean who would have thunk you could lose a WR and a RB in the same game? Who, I ask...who?

No, not advocating cutting Brad Smith. It just seems at some point, they are going to have to address the receiver spot.

Losing to the Jets this past week is not a panic alarm thing for me, though I am not enthralled with the way we lost. Watching all the prime-time games this past week is what is most depressing to me. Other than the Bengals getting smoked last night, and the Raiders having offensive woes (hurting at WR like us) it still looks like the Bills are a ways away from taking that next step. I do believe the defense will get considerably better, but the offense really worries me. It seems like this past Sunday exposed every weakness the offense has...poor QB play, lack of WR talent, and, for me, some puzzling play calling. CJ Spiller and the O-line seem to be the only positives...but Chan doesn't seem to be content to run the ball. Every time I think "surely, Chan will see that we have to run the ball", he seems to double down on putting the game on Fitz weak shoulders. It is kind of frustrating...go with what works, not with what you want to work. Did anyone catch the "sights and sounds of Week 1" on halftime of the first MNF last night? There was a snippet of Spiller, on the sideline, rather empahatically saying "They CAN"T stop me from running!" In the second half, after Fitz pick-6 to open the half, I think the odds were better of Spiller breaking a 60 yard run, than Fitz connecting on a 60 yard reception.

I think everyone gets the numbers thing...but the Bills decision to go with 4 wideouts on Sunday didn't work out so well...and now they are going with 4 again, and one apparenlty is "not ready" for the NFL... they dressed Dorin Dickerson last week, and I am not even sure if he even stepped on the field..maybe he did, but he certainly wasn't noticeable. Unless they plan on using Dickerson as a receiver some (wouldn't last week have been ideal for that?), why have two fullbacks dressed? Just seems this would be the ideal time to not only accellerate TJ Grahams development, but Marcus Easley as well.

Spiller may be the best running back and wide receiver on the roster!

So is Marcus Easley "not ready" either?

Agree with BuffOrange... the only RB that Shananhan has ever hitched his post to, full time, was Terrell Davis, almost 15 years ago....Morris had a nice game on Sunday, so now you can expect Evan Royster to get most of the carries this coming Sunday.

Yikes!

Overall I agree with you...but not to beat a dead horse, but I don't agree the timing was really off...it is an accuracy issue with Fitz. You could see, before he got injured, Nelson looked as though he was getting really frustrated with Fitz knuckle balls and grounders...he was getting open. Fitz is streaky, as we have seen. It is very possible he can pull it together for some games, but this sort of lackluster Fitz can show up at any time. IMO, he just didn't look ready to play on Sunday. Maybe he should have played more in pre-season...he had good protection most of the time, but just didn't perform. His mechanics looked as bad as ever. I really like Fitz as a guy, but I am real worried about him as a QB...

I was never sold on the Bills necessarilly being a shoe-in for the playoffs, or even challanging the Pats for the division. While I thought they had a chance of winnig against the Jets this past Sunday, I wouldn't have bet on it. Just as the Bills had a lot of positive media hype, the Jets have had a lot of negative media attention, I don't think the Jets are a great team, but they have been through more of this kind of thing than the Bills in recent years... What I never fathomed was the Bills getting hammered as badly as they did on Sunday...I could have accepted a 24-17 kind of loss, or even a 35-28 loss... Like you, I am not going to let one piss-poor showing taint my expecetations for the season. My expecataions are likely not as high as many: I just want this team to finish strong, competitive, and at least sniffing the playoffs in December. Whether they make it or not is irrelevant, this year, to me. I just want to feel like this team is making solid progress, and not regressing. I didn't expect the defense to come out and dominate from week one..it would have been nice, but that kind of thing doesn't happen most of the time. It is a gradual thing, where you see them getting better each week...I still have high hopes that the defense improves as the season goes on, and starts pulling out games for us along the way. After Sundays performance, I think there are legit concerns about Fitzpatrick. As ineffective as the defense was, Fitz put them behind the 8-ball the whole game. It is much easier to execute, offensively, when you are operating with a 21 point lead. Also, as great as our off-season was, it appears, to me, the Bills kind of botched up their handling of the WR position. It was a perceived weakness all last season (or was it the QB?)...they made a noble attempt to sign Meachem, but stopped there. Not dressing a healthy TJ Graham on Sunday doesn't really say much (at least not much good) about the situation. If the Bills don't think Graham was ready (as Chan Gailey said) to take the field on week one, how is it going to play out in week 2. I know, coaches know more than us, but I thought Graham looked pretty comfortable out there in pre-season. Sure, he will make mistakes, but, as Chan said, in regards to not benching Fitz on Sunday "he isn't going to learn anything standing on the sidelines"...doesn't it go the same way for Graham (a rookie, not a 7 year vet)? If he was worried about TJ making some big errors to hurt the teams chances, Fitz has that covered. A work in progress this team is..

Get Plax!

Personally, I would take a shot at Burress (no pun intended). He did alright with the Jets last year...Shipley has great hands, and can catch anything (a great assett with our QB), but he just can't stay healthy.

The whole mantra we have been hearing is that the newly revamped D-line would be able to create enough pressure on their own, so the LB's & DB's could do their job..that is how the really great defenses have an edge, we were told...if yesterday is any indication (and I am not one throwing in the towel after one pukey loss), then Buddy just delivered one ugly baby! That said, I have more faith in the defense turning things around than I do the offense.