steven50

100% agree. Comparing quarterbacks now to quarterbacks in the past is impossible. The rule changes have been very slanted towards the offense and blowing on a QB hard now will get you a flag.

I see a top 10 D this year. The offense I am not so sure about. But I think our D will be good

When I was in the Army I was stationed all over the country. When I was in Georgia the Atlanta Constitution wasn't constantly quoting a guy in Chicago about what was happening with the Falcons, at least not when I was there. In sports I think a lot of it stems from the fact that they are all so negative, all the time. Right or wrong when you are constantly saying nothing but bad things about the team and the players you are not going to establish any relationships with agents, staff, or team members and you will always be on the outside looking in. In the past I have seen lots of articles in the news that should have had some kind of followup but never did unless the story become a national story like the teachers cosmetic surgery thing or the doctor running over the girl on the skateboard. The rest of the stuff is just taken off blotter reports with no real journalism follow up to it. When I was working security I got the news everyday. I remember they had a story once about some poor girl that was basically held as a sex slave for years. No followup stories at all. What happened to the girl? Is she ok? What happened to the family etc? No national media picked it up so TBN just dropped it. Covering local things and following through on those stories is what local papers used to do. Now they want to try to be Fox/MSNBC/CNN/USA Today light. I think a lot of them could survive if they remembered who and what they are. A source of information about local happenings. That is something no blogger or national media outlet can do.

I think there is more to it then that. The Buffalo News has become less and less "Buffalo" every year for the last 15 years. I think there is still value a local newspaper can have covering local things. Sports is a great example. When was the last time the Bills or Sabres had a major trade or event and the story was broke by the Buffalo News or even WGR? Our local reporters are always reporting what someone else has said has happened with the teams. When the Russ Brandon stuff broke I was listening to our local guys try to get confirmation about what was going on with the team two miles from there home from a guy in another state. That is crazy. The news isn't really news anymore it is just regurgitated stuff from the NY times and opinion pieces. If they actually covered real local things then I would still be reading.

You guys don't get it, or just refuse to get it. Unless you live in California you can be fired for just about anything that is not protected by the government like race religion etc. If you tell your employer you voted for Trump and he doesn't like it he can fire you. If you come to work with an Obama bumper sticker on your car, he can fire you. I have seen both of these in the news and the employee can do Jack about it. This isn't Europe. If he chose to not stand for the anthem because he just didn't feel like it, He could still be fired. That said, he wasn't fired he basically quit (opted out of his contract) and you cant force someone to hire you just because you think you are better then someone else they have employed. No court is going to open that can of worms and have lawsuits filed all over the country demanding that the courts be the arbitrator of who is or isn't worthy of a job. He has zero chance of winning this thing. Its not murky, its not hazy, it is not a slippery slope. ZERO CHANCE

Your right. We should lock up every college who gets drunk and does something stupid and not only lock up but throw away the key if a young guy is drunk and breaks a window. Anyone, and I mean ANYONE that is stronger then you and me deserves 20 years in prison for what they MIGHT do. Lets forget about what they did, lets throw them in jail for what MIGHT happen. Apparently California law requires "malice," the intent to do a wrongful act with intent to annoy or injure someone else. So being stupid isn't enough to get you put in jail. Everything else is civil not criminal

wow some of you guys are really taking this way to far. In my younger days in the army we got in to fights, sometimes those fights happened in public, sometimes things got broke. None of us did Jail time for it. What normally happened was you paid for what you broke, apologized profusely, promised never to act like an idiot again and they slapped you on the wrist. It isn't like he hurt anyone but himself. College kids get drunk and tear **** up all the time without ending up in jail as long as they pay for what they broke. Young men do dumb ****. Its as simple as that. He might have been trying some exotic drug or someone might of though it would be funny to slip something in his drink. None of us know why it happened.

All this speculation is fun I guess but if Giants take a QB (and with Eli's age they should) then that is three that will be off the board regardless of what the bills do. The odds that whomever is left is the Bills guy is slim to none.

I think Clay is gone next year, but this year is to big of a cap hit

I really don't care what he was saying two weeks ago. I listened when the great tank was going on and he was going right along with schoop. I also remember one episode when he was talking about how he was explaining it to his kid, How losing on purpose is a good thing. I am a LL coach and I am sorry but that is not the lesson I want kids to learn. Sports should be about being competitive not about rolling over. Your view may be different and your welcome to it. In hindsight they all say sing a different tune then they did in 2013 and 2014.

I really don't care for Schopp and the Bulldog, the only position in football they ever talk about is QB. I cant see the whole field during a game, I don't need endless recaps of what I saw on TV. I want to know if receivers are open that I don't see and what linemen are blowing assignments etc. They were also the pied pipers and lead cheerleaders of the great tank in hockey. I don't think it takes 5 yrs of unwatchable hockey to finish in last place again, so ya I thought all that tank crap was stupid.

Tyrod spends way to much tim patting the ball and waiting for that perfect pass. Sometimes you have to trust your recievers to make a play

Any chance of a comp pick?

I have noticed it all season. It doesn't seem to be a thing the Bills are suffering from though

Schopp and Bulldog seem to have very little football knowledge. I have never heard them breakdown a blocking scheme, a secondary, the all 22 etc. All they can talk about is QB. They ranted and raved about Gilmore leaving without ever mentioning he is a man corner and we are running a zone scheme this year, I honestly don't think either of them is even aware of that. I listen on my drive for the few times sal is on. Schopp and Bulldog are Hockey fans and if I had it my way that's the segment they would be reduced to. Just not knowledgeable enough about football for my taste.

Trust the process.

I agree, I think shady even got a hand-off with under 3 minutes left.

One thing I didn't like that I didn't see anyone else mention ( I know I am nitpicking) is that we snapped the ball a lot with 14, 15 or 16 seconds still on the clock after we were up. It wasn't until the last possession or two that we started letting the clock wind down to 3 or 4 seconds. It adds up, on 4 downs that is leaving another minute on the clock.

Boldin is 36 not 46, lol

I was thinking the same thing. The injury thing with them was crazy last year.

good for him

Its not 35 million there will be offset

Great Pick