mjd1001

I AM worried about the OL, I think it is pretty bad. I'm not sure how scheming can make it much better...the only 'scheme' that will work is to get the QB to throw the ball after about 1.5 seconds every drop back.

I think the team will be pretty bad, but I'm O.K. with it (its what I expected). I think Peterman is probably a better QB than a lot of people think, but he won't look that good on this offense. I think the team could be pretty bad (3-13 or 4-12 wouldn't surprise me) but if things fall into place, I could also see as good of a record as 8-8. If I had to pick a record, I'd say 5-11. I see ZERO chance of having any kind of winning record though. With so many changes over the past year or so..I have no idea exactly what to expect. But even if they are bad, at least the beginning of the season will hold my interest because it will be only way I can see just what they are.

Recognizing the Bills aren't as good as they can be, or we want them to be....does not make someone less of a fan.

If Bosa really ends up being the best player in college football this year, I'd say him. The Bills DL doesn't generate much pass rush, and the couple guys they do have are not getting any younger and better.

I agree with you. I'd put most likely at about 5-11 though, not 6-10. COULD this team be 8-8? Sure, if whoever they start at QB exceeds our expectations (and national expectations), then sure. But right now I see too many holes on this team for them to be in the top half of the league. Honestly, I don't have a strong feeling at all (less than most years). If they finish as good as 8-8, it wouldn't surprise me much....if they are 3-13, it wouldn't surprise me much either.

I could be wrong (like I often am) but I don't see the Bills trading McCarron. You are not going to get much back, and then you have to go out and get another QB, which will take a while to learn the playbook. If the OL is as bad is they seem, it is only a matter of time before Peterman gets dinged up..or seriously hurt. Then what? You want to put Allen behind that SAME OL...and with who as the next man up if he goes down? For what you would get for A.J....I don't think it is worth trading him. Besides, just how bad has he been? Not great, but he has a total of 16 attempts behind a bad OL in the preseason throwing to a sub-par set of WR's. That is less attempts than a lot of QB's have in one half of a regular season game.

2 preseason games, 18 regular season games. Expand the rosters by a few. Give the players their share of the additional TV revenue gained from the 2 extra games. Done, lets go.

Maybe I'm nitpicking, but in the initial release on twitter from the Bills, it is an announcement she is hired as a coach and (of course) she is a woman, but no information about what kind of coach, what position, what responsibilities. If we are to treat men and women equally, how about making the announcement equally that she is a woman AND what her exact position is?

If he were a free agent...FREE (no picks or players), I'm not 100% sure I'd want him if he is asking for $16-$18 million per year for 6 years. So, if that is his 'contract' price...I don't want to give up anything for him. I would maybe, MAYBE give up a 2nd next year...maybe a 1st in 2020...if you could get him on a 4 year deal for $60 or less total. I don't think either of those things are happening so I hope the Bills don't make a play for him at a higher price. It isn't the draft pick compensation that worries me so much....as the cost (in dollars and cap space) you are going to pay someone who will be well into his 30's by the end of the contract.

Whats better now? Salary cap going forward I like the QB 'situation' better Secondary TEs

I'm less interested in all sports than I used to be. Why? There is very little I see in a game that I haven't seen before in one way or another. I still watch most Bills games, but I'm not glued to the TV like I once was.

I have trouble comparing anyone to Marino in this class. I hated Marino when he played, don't like him much as an announcer, and thought he was a huge baby on the field, but I think, despite being a Hall of Famer, he might be under-rated. The numbers he put up in that era, without much of a running game to fall back on, with the rules back then that are no where close to favoring the passing game that they are now...pretty incredible.

I'll add another one to "my own house/living room" I get to show up when I want...1 minute before kickoff or 1 hour before. I get to eat what I want...sit on my favorite couch. Have my phone with me or access to the computer if I want. If the game is awful, the remote takes me to another game. If I want friends over, I can invite them...if not...I have the option to watch the game myself. Can get stuff done during halftime. The second the game is over, I'm ready to do anything else I want (movie with the wife, clean the house, watch the next game, do the shopping or chores I decided to not do in the morning, etc.)

I agree. There are a lot of former players and commentators that I like who I didn't think i would (I like Randy Moss and A-rod, when I didn't think I would), but Cris Carter has to be at the very bottom of the list of former players who are now on TV. I don't like his attitude and I don't agree with a lot of what he says.

The Browns had 6 games last year where they were within one score of winning late in the 4th, including a couple of OT losses. That was with terrible, TERRIBLE QB play and a lopsided turnover ratio (partly due the the awful QB play.) I think the betting on the Browns doing well is that if they even have AVERAGE QB play, they are likely to turn many, if not most of those close losses..and maybe with a couple good QB games, they can take some of their moderate losses last year and turn them to wins. Also, add the likely return of Josh Gordon (some think he is an elite WR) and some more high draft picks....and I can see why people think this can be a 6 win team.

Are Sabres season ticket holders forced to buy the NHL preseason games? Just wondering...I never hear the same conversation about hockey preseason games.

I don't mind his attitude, but i don't want him just because I don't think he is all that good anymore. In week 1 he might be better than some of our younger guys..but the young guys on this team will be getting better as time goes on...Dez is on his way down.

I agree If you are worried about him getting hit, then run a 'run-heavy' offense. The benefit for him will be to be in game action and make his pre-snap reads. Sure, they may be against 'vanilla' defenses, but it will still be against a team that he doesn't see in practice.

I agree. I'd be OK with 2, but I would really prefer zero. Player evaluation and getting the new players into the system in regular season games just becomes another point of coaching/strategy.

Once again, I am amazed by how open minded people are on this forum....I like what I have, and if you want something different, too bad. Geez

Some fan? Yeah....that would be a person who is a fan of the 'event', not just the game. People can be a fan of the game or a team just as much from home as they can from the stadium, or be just as much of a fan watching in from more comfortable seats in a nicer venue as they do surrounded by concrete. It drives me crazy that people say to be a 'real' fan of the team you need to watch it in person at one of the oldest stadiums in the league. Wanting a nice experience doesn't have to make someone less of a fan.

I'm OK with him not starting with the first team yet. The coaches see a LOT more of what he is absorbing and not absorbing, see a LOT more of the throws he makes and doesn't make. If the coaches think he should get a start with the first time, then let him PRACTICE with the first team before playing. If they think he should stick with the 2's and 3's, I'm ok with that also.

I'll answer that question. A bunch of 40-60 year old guys and families that don't go to games anymore but used to..who make a good salary in the area. I'm not saying multi-millionaires, but I know a handful of people (including a couple relataives) that make over $100k that used to go to games but haven't gone in years. Give them a new stadium..a Dome...some trendy bar/restaurants to hang around in....and LESS of a perception (whether real or not) of out-of-control drunken-ness...and I guarantee you those will the people who will be willing to pay double, triple or more for tickets, replacing some of the current base of buyers. Personally, I will not buy season tickets again, but I would pay $200 or more for tickets a couple times a year to give me a new and different experience than what the current stadium gives.

As others have said, they don't NEED a new stadium. But why would it be important they get one? New revenue of course, and for P.R. for the league. People say how would it generate new revenue, the Buffalo market is tapped out? Well, it could a few ways: -Whenever a new stadium opens, there are some fans from other cities that will make a trip to see the new stadium. The effect can last a few years. -You WILL get more money for tickets and concessions. I haven't been to a game in years and years. Give me tix, I won't go because I'm happy at home. But give me a shiny new stadium with cool places to eat and gather..I'm likely to go to a few games per year for at least a few years...even paying $100+ per ticket (maybe more) -You have people like my brother-in-law who makes a really good salary living here in Buffalo..he had a few season tickets up until about 5 or 6 years ago. Give him a new stadium, he'll shell out $200 per game easily and get season tickets if you give him something he thinks is worth it. That may not make him a 'true fan', but the reality is there are a lot of people with disposable income that don't go to games now but will pay higher prices if you gave them a better, more comfortable (domed) gameday experience.

I agree. The afternoon 3pm show has gotten bad for me. It drives me crazy when I turn it on at 3pm..give it 5 to 10 minutes and they STILL haven't brought up sports...but instead are talking about the kind of morning they had in their personal lives. I'll take the young guys...even if they are a bit rough around the edges and new...just because they mostly talk sports (even if its nba, nhl, nhl, wrestling...anything, not other junk that goes on in their own day-to-day lives.