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I like it. I'll say this.... do we have areas we can improve? Absolutely. However, this time is light-years ahead of last year's group. Our defense is going to be NASTY (Yes, I know Luck didn't play). Offense, while not KC Chiefs, will be efficient enough to score 24 points a game. With as good as our defense looked last night in their first outing, that will be plenty. Only really saw one bad throw from Josh, which was the one at Zay's feet on 3rd and I think 5. But he also threw a beauty that Zay dropped as well. I also saw some improvement from Josh as far as extending the play. Last year, when he felt pressure, he'd just tuck it and run. Last night, it seemed like he would use his feet to extend the play, but didn't just take off. He kept his eyes down field, looking for a receiver and the best thing was, when he didn't find one, he threw it away.

I'll be bringing my four-year-old for his first game next week, when the Bills come to Charlotte. Got some freebies from a customer of mine. We've done a handful of baseball (Charlotte Knights and/or Kannapolis Intimidators) games, and it's hit or miss. Sometimes he sits and watches, sometimes he just wants to run around. It's the age. And you wont have the drunks at a preseason game, for the most part Here's to hoping our kiddos end up loving the Bills as much as we do!

First and foremost, no injuries to either team. Other than that, I just want to see some time for Josh to throw and to see him make good decisions and accurate throws. That's really all that I care about tonight.

probably around 40. I've had the opportunity to see them play some away games, too. At the Jets in the old meadowlands, Cincinnati, and here in Carolina. This coming week will be my third Bills game here.

Colts vs. Bills, 1997. Early in the season. I was seven years old. The thing about that game I remember, is we were down 26-0 in the second quarter. Bills came back to win late on a big run by Antowain Smith to take the lead late in the 4th quarter.

my first thought when i read the question was 1500. I was surprised when i clicked it and it was an over/under of 750. I think he blows it out of the water... only question is by how much.

If they come out an play two series and march right down the field and score 2 TDs, they'll be out pretty quickly.

Just goes to show.... none of this camp stuff matters until they're on a game field.

At whose expense? short of trading McCoy (which I'm 99.9% sure isn't going to happen), how does he get out of the #4 slot? They're not cutting Shady or Singletary, and I have a hard time believing they'll cut Gore before him. I could be wrong, I just don't see him out-performing those 3 in any way, shape, or form. And I can't see them carrying 4 RBs. Good problem to have, though.

All aboard the Tuel train!!

Absolutely. During camp when your QB makes a great play, the negative side of me goes, "our defense is terrible!" and likewise, if the defense makes a nice interception, the narrative is, "Our QB just throws interceptions!"... It'll be nice to see them against another team, for sure.

Cancer sucks. Period. Congrats on winning your battle, @TigerJ. I've had way more of it in my family than any one family should. Lost my dad when I was a senior in high school, among several other aunts, uncles, etc. It blows.

No, but I do live in Bills country South. Tons of Bills fans in the Charlotte area. Originally from CNY, actually more Giants/Jets country than Bills.

I don't get all the hate for this post. There are multiple position groups that are going to see guys that might be the #2 on another team get cut. WR, CB, and RB all come to mind. It's a good problem to have, trying to decide which ones to keep when they're all capable of producing. There are guys that started on this (#2 overall) defense last year that may get cut because we've brought more talent in. Definitely the first time in a long time I can remember having this kind of depth of quality talent. Not like having 3-4 great players and a bunch of backups in starting roles. Just think back to last year. We were trotting out Vlad Ducasse as a STARTER, and he started yesterday with the third string OL. The point that I think the OP is trying to make is this. If our worst player is a guy we don't want to get rid of because he's actually a dang good player that can start on another team, that's a pretty good problem to have. Lay off, all you Negative Nancy's

He lives literally two miles from where I'm sitting here at work.

How many do they have without Belichick as the head coach? Remember when Brady blew out his knee, and Matt Cassel, who hadn't started a football game since high school, led them to a 10-6 record? I don't think it's any question who's more responsible.

Wow. Great read. Thanks for posting

Oh I agree. Makes me wonder what kind of influence this particular coaching staff had on him to keep him on the straight and narrow. Because it's not like he was here one season and stayed out of trouble. It was a several year period of, thankfully, none of this craziness. But then again, I don't even think that necessarily is the case, because his first two years here were under Wrex. Just very intriguing why he was good here for a couple years, and then it seemed like the second that he left, it all came flooding back.

It's unfortunate. It really seemed like he had it all together here in Buffalo for once.

Yeah. I understand the need for a roof to attract concerts and other events to help pay for the costs of said new stadium. But I don't want to lose the atmosphere on Sundays in the fall. Or, just keep the stadium that we have, which is my overall preference.

My four-year-old literally blamed me for a fart the other night to my wife. I'm tossing his ass straight under the bus on the freezer deal!

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/ex-nfl-qb-anthony-wright-shot-multiple-times So this is pretty crazy. This literally happened in my neighborhood. Apparently the shooter was dropping off his six-year-old daughter at her mother's house and Anthony Wright is her new boyfriend. The ex-boyfriend and new boyfriend had a verbal altercation, and the ex shot him. I didn't even know he lived there (I've never met the people, but they seem nice enough.. but like we don't see them at the pool, etc.) My wife and I actually walked through that house when it was for sale three years ago, and LOVED the house, but it was a really crappy lot. We ended up buying another house of the same floor plan in the neighborhood, that was on a much more desirable (for us) lot. It's just crazy. You hear about this stuff happening, but when it happens in your own backyard, it seems different. I'm not saying it's an "upscale" neighborhood, but it's a pretty quiet neighborhood that you have to have a little bit of money to live in. Average home values are 300-400k I think. Not necessarily in the 'hood. What ever happened to the days of just punching a guy (instead of shooting him) when you had a disagreement? That poor little girl will be scarred for a long time. She witnessed the whole thing. Horrifying, although thankfully, I believe he's going to be OK.

I was all about it four years ago. The national pride thing is cool, especially because they were unstoppable. Then the players brought politics into it, and I have ZERO interest. I get enough of the politics BS away from sports. I don't want it in my sports. Period.

Because pressure on the QB ultimately leads to more INT's. He doesn't have to be a "forced fumble machine" to create more turnovers for the defense. I don't know the actual stats on this, but I'd be willing to go out on a limb and say that around 75% of interceptions are thrown under duress. More QB pressures almost always equals more turnovers.

I'm an open-air stadium guy. Different vibe/atmosphere. I'd be ok with a roof that is left open for football games, but can be closed for other events as needed.