Iron Maiden

Our DL is good...potentially great....Our secondary..not so much....I might be in the minority but I feel we're going to miss Gilmore....Darby took a step back last year also.....there's going to be a lot of pressure on Hyde to step up his game.... One thing for sure, it will be better than last year....I just don't think it will be at the 2014 level....

I couldn't have said it better myself....long term, I am optimistic....I have faith in the new coaching staff, but it will take a couple of seasons.....

lol.... I just thought it was funny for him to claim it was demeaning to the game and to the players when the same players, past or present, are mostly proclaiming he's the greatest QB ever....

Are you saying you don't believe Brady is a great QB ?

The guy is the GOAT and everything he touches turns to gold...why wouldn't he write a book ?......As long as there's no chapter called " how to own the Bills and rent space in their fan's skulls ", I'm fine with it....

2 of those games are vs the Patriots.......that can't be a good thing.....

I'm sticking with my 8-8 .....I'm looking forward to see what our new HC does and how he looks on game day.....this year is a long audition for the kind of players he wants or the ones he doesn't.....NE has been dominating for 17 years. so I don't think it changes anything specific to this season....They'll be in the AFCCG like most of the time...no surprise there....

Would you take Newton over TT for the 2017 season ? Straight up.....I like TT but I would take Cam without hesitation....He is a better QB IMHO....His ceiling seems higher than TT's....

I haven't seen many predicting 5-11....we have our usual 7-9 to 10-6 crowd....I would bet real $ that the 2017 Bills fall into that range....5-11 would take some serious injuries and/or coach McD being a lesser HC than Rexy.....I just don't see it.....

They push the limits ...I will give you that....But ask yourself why every single player that goes there for some time always say...the expectations are higher in NE...they work harder in NE.... I think it's a combination of hard work, Brady + BB, and exploiting every little thing available to get a W on Sunday....do they push the limit ? Yep...Is it why they are so good and so consistent ? I would say no..... They are probably the most watched team by the league offices....if something is done outside the rules, we'll know about it....that deflategate thing was so ludicrous...just silly stuff....4 games suspension for deflating balls...They destroyed the Colts 45-7....the Colts balls were also deflated...Aaron Rodgers admitted he likes his with more pressure than the legal limit...most players thought it was stupid...and what does NE do ? They win the SB and shove it back in Goodell's face.... They are just that good....the day Brady leaves will be a great day and it's coming.... The tuck rule was stupid, and they since changed it, but in 2001, it was the rule...It was applied correctly...that's not NE's fault.....the same play was called earlier in that same season.... Never understood why people bring that up vs NE....there was a rule, the refs applied it correctly.... Occam's Razor would say...they are just that good....as opposed to... they cheat and get away with for 17 years.....while the rest of the league keeps naming Brady the best player in the NFL....

Yes...at that time, they were...I agree..... NE's success however dwarfs what SF did.....7 SB appearances and 5 trophies is incredible, but the stat that really jumps out at me is the 11 AFCCG appearances in 16 years...that is just absurd....

Brady/Belichick > Montana / Walsh...especially if you consider the free agency era....

None of those other dynasty had the GOAT QB and the GOAT HC together...at the same time.....As I said, the good news is it's almost over...we'll never see a team like the 2001-2017 NE team ever again....that's also a good news...Their dominance is hurting the league....if they win the SB again this year ( they are the favorite ) things will only get worse....The entire AFC is waiting for those 2 to retire... Putting cameras in the wrong spot ( Spygate ) and deflating balls ( if they did it ) doesn't explain they're dominance...they are that good..it sucks, but it is what it is....everything else we hear about NE cheating is made up by jealous fans and players IMO....the communication things is the weirdest...communications are controlled by the league, not the teams....couple of years ago, our Bills had issue in Foxboro...everyone started to scream " cheats "....come to find out, Rex's staff were to stupid to check the batteries and they ran out....it happens in every stadium....it's somehow a story when NE is involved...you never hear about it when it happens to Houston playing in Cleveland for example....

It really is that simple......Brady was just voted # 1 in the top 100 by NFL players...the guys that play while we sit on the couch watching......I put a lot more credit in that list than the ones made by TV personalities or writers ( where Brady is usually # 1 anyways )....NFL players, including some from the Bills, are saying he's the best......he's also the only player ranked in the top 5 every year since that list began in 2011....1st, 4th, 4th, 3rd, 3rd, 2nd and 1st again....That's the ultimate respect.... We are just unlucky to have him and BB in our division....the good news is it's almost over....

The Jets , Cleveland and SF all have a better shot at a top 3 pick in the next draft...the Bills would have to intentionally be bad to be in the discussion...i just don't see it....

I agree that those are the keys...the most important one is keeping him off the field/having long sustained drives.... Hitting him as often as we can goes without saying, but even that is not a guarantee for success...Atlanta sacked him 5-6 times and pressured him on many other plays and he still came back.... Pressure up the the middle with 4 guys is the way the Giants were able to beat him....I'm hoping coach McD knows how to dial up that kind of pressure....

I have a hard time believing we can ask a steer of professional athletes towards tanking....their brains are just not wired that way....they would lose all respect for the new coaching staff rather quickly....

They cheat AND are lucky... On a serious note, as a Bills fan, I never had issues admitting they are historically good....I hate them, but their run is something we've never seen before.....It baffles me that " Football " fans can't understand that...

That's just silly.....If it makes you feel better to think that way, feel free.....I'll go with Brady and NE's offense are really really good...the cheating thing on this board is out of control.... Of course !! And they deflate balls, steal playbooks, make other teams communication go down.... etc....It's the main reason why they've been dominating for 17 years..... ( sarcasm off )

Their system looks simple but it really isn't...otherwise, a team or 2 would have figured it out in the last 17 years ....with a few exceptions, no team can stop it and no team can duplicate it.... Do a Google search for " Erhardt-Perkins offensive system " And, there's only one Brady.....no one can find the open man faster and deliver him the ball accurately as he does....

This is spot on

I also have high hopes for our new HC.....I'll wait before anointing him, but I truly believe he'll get us to the playoffs by next year...I look at this season as a long audition where him and his staff will weed out the problems and put his stamp on the team he wants...by 2018, we should be a real contender.....

Their streak of sell out started in 1993 when Kraft bought to team...with a young Bledsoe.....Brady didn't play until 2001....Still, doesn't make them better fans.....it's easy to have full stadiums and lots of " social media " followers when you are the best team for 16 years....plus,Boston has a lot more $ than other parts of the country....they can afford expensive ticket prices....

Besides Brady and Gronk, they don't really have superstars......I don't see the similarity with Golden State.....The NFL is designed for parity...NE is just an anomaly....that has now lasted for 17 years....

You do understand the difference between thinking a team will be dominating versus rooting for that team right ?.....I hate them but I think they are going to be even better that last year.....