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So the Bills are going to part ways with their starting, nearly 27 year old RB and move forward with their 33 year old RB? Honestly, Fred Jackson is great and I love having him on the team, but when does he go over that cliff that most RBs fall off by 30? Who wants to see him thrust into the starting role at this stage of his career? I sure don't. The Bills would be foolish to move Spiller unless some team goes Full Retard like Indy did for Richardson. I don't see that happening.

Can't see how I could vote for anything other than the comeback against Houston. That was amazing.

That's a very misleading statement because it ignores the fact that EVERY LAST QB coming out of college has a different set of skills to develop and different degrees to which each of those skills must be developed. Wouldn't we all be breathing easier if, in college, EJ had done a great job running a complicated offense that required a lot of reads and anticipation throws? I know I would. If a comparison is to be made it should be with players that were much more similar from a skill/deficiency standpoint. Pulling out the Bills best QB ever who bore almost no resemblance whatsoever to EJ just damages your credibility.

Yup. A sadly accurate appraisal.

Agreed. And I'll say it again: Buffalo needs to put its best deal on the table now because owners will be exploring these options and, if a good enough one is presented, might just take one. Baltimore didn't let a bidding war happen when they got the Browns to move. They gave Modell a great deal and told him they would pull it if they were used as leverage. I'd rather that not happen here.

If not EJ, then I think were would have been looking at either Ebron or Beckham at 9, then would have been trading up for either Manziel or Bridgewater. Last year would have been tough unless a trade would have netted someone to hold the QB fort down. I agreed with taking Manuel, but it was more a case of him having potential and not being Geno Smith than loving him as a prospect. I hope he blossoms, but if he doesn't then we move on.

lmao

I like Watkins a lot and I think he's going to be a very good NFL WR, but can we all maybe hold off on the Canton bust and gold jacket measurements until he plays a down in the NFL?

F no. The instant it is apparent the Bills will be moving it is over. One caveat: Browns fans packed their stadium after the announcement that the Browns were moving for one reason only - to show the league they deserved another team. I'd encourage everyone to go for that reason alone. Even if it is just to rally outside the stadium on game days.

Agree totally on the QBs. I'm not sure how much another few roster spots would help the QB pool, but it sure wouldn't hurt.

Yes. Very SEC.

Actually a bullmastiff, not a bulldog. It was misreported by Fedor and he has since corrected it.

I think his pattern of behavior shows that he actually believes what he says regarding race and that the "boys" comment from the waitress was racist. Let that sink in for a minute. No, seriously, take that minute or two. Whatever it takes to mentally get there. Not that we have a society where racism doesn't exist - we don't. Not by a longshot. But it is also the same society that netted Warren Sapp millions of dollars as a football player, hundreds of thousands of dollars a year as an ex-football player and untold admiration from football fans - including far more tail than he'd have ever dreamed of otherwise.

I'm not sure a man can sink any lower than hanging out with Justin Bieber. He's hit rock bottom, folks. Intervention, counseling and therapy await.

Brian Hoyer ‏@bhoyer6 8h @Kiko__Alonso keep your head up man and be ready to work hard. It's not the end of the world and you will come back stronger! Classy tweet from Brian Hoyer.

No Jim Kelly jersey for you, okay? He just got better. I'll be interested to see what kind of personality and attitude the defense has this season without Kiko. He seemed to not only have high energy and bad intentions personally, but those traits seemed to bleed I to the rest of the defense as well. I wonder how much was him.

I got it from here: http://football.gotnewswire.com/news/sammy-watkins-fires-back-at-donte-whitner-tells-him-to-act-like-a-vet I'm retracting my comments about this being on Watkins. This is on Whitner. The article makes it seem like Watkins said specifically that he was looking forward to playing Cleveland, but there is no quote and I can't find a quote that singles out the Browns - or any other team for that matter. Sorry, I took the article at face value. I was wrong on this one.

Watkins said "I can't wait to play Cleveland." If Whitner had said "I can't wait to play Buffalo." I can't imagine any reaction from Bills fans except anger and telling him to keep his mouth shut.

Wow. Sammie should keep his mouth shut. Players - especially rookies - shouldn't start things like this. If Whitner had started things by saying he couldn't wait to play Buffalo and Sammie (or, better yet, a vet like Mario or CJ) had responded like Whitner had, then I'd agree. But it didn't happen that way. Sammie was wrong. Still, there are 4 pages of posters ripping on the ex-Bill and sticking up for the current Bill. It probably didn't help that it was Whitner. He's hated here as much as Tom Brady. Sammie thought Cleveland was going to pick him at 4 and they traded the right to do so away so I think he carrying a grudge. He should deal with that on the field, not in the press.

I agree with what you wrote. My only additional point is that the money-focused owners are the way forward. Virtually every new owner will be cut from that cloth because this is a billionaire's game now. Eventually all of the old school owners will phase out.

lmao. Yup.

It would sure be nice to see EJ hit that FQB level. I think you'd see a lot of people downplaying some of the things they said about him and some others would bring up some of the things said about him. But ultimately the salve off wins and expectations of playoffs would make this place a love fest overall.

Agreed. Everyone should read that.

I hate that question: "Can we trust Goodell?" What does that even mean? I'm sure he would like the Bills to stay in WNY, but so what? That ultimately means very little against possible economic realities, improving the league and the wishes of new ownership. Any or all of those may come into play. Goodell works for the owners. His job is to support the agenda of the majority of the owners and keep those owners that stray in line. He's got other duties, but it mostly boils down to that. That's what we can trust him to do - support the agenda of the majority of owners.

Well stated.