RocCityRoller

Is Nick O'Leary a world beater? No. Is he a good depth player for a 6th round pick? Yes. He is sneaky in route running, below par on straight line blocking and mediocre on 'move' blocking as a TE. His swim move is exellent, and he has shown some very good catching ability on or near the boundaries, which many TEs struggle with. He is solid depth at TE, on a team that has struggled to complete traditional middle of the field passes to anyone (WR/TE/RB) He has made some important catches for this team, and has blown some blocking assignments. I'd like to see Buffalo address the TE position in the next 1-2 years, as it's an important safety valve for young QBs. Clay and O'Leary are no world beaters, but we and the league have seen worse. IMO O'Leary has been a better TE value than Lonnie Johnson who was a 2nd round pick and played with superior QB play and OC planning.

Keep your eyes on the young guys. Phillips, Dupre and Foster have all had some nice plays

Agree with you 100%

I saw that too, seems a bit early for that ruling.... He did have the 1st or 2nd most uncatchable targets last year per PFF. Who exactly did Tyrod make look good in his time here?

Was thinking this would be an ok signing, but feel like we kind of got the same player in Jeremy Kerley , and Kerley is younger and shiftier. I also was banging the drum for Dupre, Reilly and Foster (not to mention McCloud and Proehl) to develop some chemistry with our new QBs, so going on a soap box to sign Lafell would be a bit hypocritical. Who knows what is going on with Zay Jones? If an injury to WR happens during TC, or Zay is going to battle his offseason injuries longer than we think then yeah I could see it. He makes a nice #2-#3 but I really, truly think some of the answers to WR are already on the roster, we just don't know it yet.

The third and 22 in Super Bowl XXV is to me the seminal play. Bruce, Biscuit, Talley and Smith allowed that to happen, not Andre Reed. It was a back breaker for a potential football empire. That play alone sums up the 90's Bills.

Phil Hansen and Aaron Schobel are all time Bills greats. Buffalo has always had good RBs and good DL, you would think that would win you some games. Discounting the obvious greats (Bruce, Williams), and forgotten 1960-80s players, Imagine a D-line of Phil Hansen (DE), Kyle Williams (DT) and Aaron Schobel (DE) in a 3-4. If you add in a Sam Adams, Pat Willliams or Fred Smerlas at DT that 3-4 becomes a brutal 4-3. I'll take that trio or quatro for an all time great team, and they are our 'B' or 'C' squad. (Bruce, Mario Williams, Sestak, McDole etc.) I hope that Phillips, Washington, and Lawson can step up this year to continue the tradition.

I just want 'Poyer the Destroyer's' head on straight for the football season!

I have a Boog Powell Magnet from a Rochester Red Wings giveaway. He is in his minor league Rochester Red Wings uniform. It's in really nice shape. PM me and I'll send it to you. We played lot's of backyard football growing up since my high school team didn't have football until my sophomore year. Anything from 5 on 5 to 15 on 15. It was madness. I was called 'Brew' for Larry Kinnebrew. At 5'9 240 pounds I had nice hands, wasn't fast, but was very hard to tackle. Whatever FB Buffalo had was my nickname du jour. Mueller, Gardner and Brew, but 'Brew' stuck. It apparently was kizmit since I now have a Tom Brady beer belly.

I was at that Sunday night Raider game with my dad (who is from Oakland). That was the game where Nate Odomes mugged Willie Gault on the sideline and raced in for 40+ yards. Everyone thought Gault had a huge play and first down on a drive that could have tied the game late. We were all confused to see Odomes running to the endzone by himself, and the fandemonium in the stands after the ref signaled TD was incredible, like 70,000 plus exhaling at the same time. It's one play i saw live that will always stick with me.

"It's true, there is a good Applebees in Buffalo."

excellent player, a respected divisional rival. I think Stevie Johnson may have he best per game career stats against him. Those were fun match-ups to watch.

so they were about 12 pages weak of this thread and all the 'evidence' and 'charges' some people here came up with.

Who was making this a TT thread? When did I mention TT or even elude to him? My whole post was about Rosen... I'm happy they are moving on from TT and didn't take Rosen for the reasons alluded to in the OP.

If serious, don't be the guy who argues semantics and grammar I was involved in an online political debate the other day and when exhausted of facts and points my opponent stated: "you misused a non-defining relative clause, dummy. try again" Who the Fu#k knows what that is other than some over educated, good for nothing dumb @ss? I had to look up what a 'non-defining relative clause' was. I found it between 'micro-aggression' and 'trigger warning' in the @ss hat dictionary. The proper insult would have been: 'You misused a non-defining relative clause dummy. Try again.' His punctuation was terrible for such an educated lad. Moral of the story: don't be 'that guy'.

Right? It keeps happening. I guess after 159 pages all of the original material is exhausted...

Neither the Bills or Sabres are winning a Championship this year. Both teams are rebuilding. This is an easy bet. No. It sucks, but is the truth. $200 goes a long way on Lundy's Lane.

The offense is a big question mark for us. We don't have a starting QB yet, and you have, um what's his name, oh yeah that Rogers guy. I think we will know Buffalo's QB situation for the future by the end of the season, but asking a career backup, or a rookie to go to Lambeau in September and win is a bit much. The Shady saga is also a potential issue from an NFL perspective (real life more important IMO). Clay and Benjamin are solid but always seem injury prone. I do think the Bills D will be up for this game and keep it closer than it should be. I see a 24-13 or 27-17 type game. Pack D is not great, but they score enough with Rogers to win. Oh yeah, you are at home too. Good luck this year Ice Bowl. You have been a terrific ambassador for the Pack. I see a Green Bay and LA Rams NFC Championship game as a real possibility.

only as protection against an eclipse

I stated all along the injury history with Rosen including two concussions would be a factor in the draft. That and two throwing shoulder injuries. Rosen will probably have 3-5 very good NFL seasons and then ride into the sunset. He is not a long term answer.

Exhibit A of ridiculous conflation used by some to 'prove a point' or 'forward an agenda' by the OP How about we treat people as individuals and let the process of law work itself out? Crazy thought.

How did you get to this point of view? Was he convicted of anything? Nope Has McCoy been charged with anything? Nope Has the NFL ruled anything? Nope Have the Buffalo Bills taken any action? Nope Your 'hot take' lacks any merit. But hey Twitter....

"Mr. Shine was never accused of harassment himself. But his boss, Roger E. Ailes, was" - NY Times So we are now holding individual employees accountable for their organization's and/or boss's activities? Isn't he a victim of 'big business'?

not your best material, you Russian bot. Tom, have you thought of getting out of DC for a while? It might do you some good. I love your posts and comments, but we all need a break. Red Storm Rising nationwide.

Better than 10 children by 11 women! Damn it you beat me to it