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A legit backup is a qb that, when called upon, will keep you in a game. Not lose it for you. I don't know if that's EJ. It sure wasn't last year

Offense looked good. Run game was troubling, but looked that way last pre-season too. Would like to see them work on some longer, sustained drives and not rely on the big play, but that's me nit-picking. Defense looks deep, especially at DB.

Love you too

I'm not saying anyone should be fired right now and I don't even know who. I'm just starting to feel like I'm on the Bengals cruise ship. I really just hope that, IF we do have a failure of a season, none of this is used as excuses.

Not until mid November Wait, what? You don't think our first two picks should have made an impact this season? You don't think the rushing TD's that Karlos put up were big?

I understand that the players are grown-men and responsible for their actions. I get that injuries happen. But at some point, when does it stop being bad luck and start being someone making poor decisions to bring all of these people together? Karlos Williams had personal issues in college. Their were rumors of Shaq's injury. Dareus had issues his first few years. I could keep going. Again, I know there is a certain level of circumstance, but it gets to a point where you have to wonder. It's like that person in your life who always gets in trouble or get cheated on. You know they don't want it to happen, but they always find a way when no one else does. Just thoughts. Flame away.

I'm not offended. We were behind the times with naming rights. But yes, I think it looks stupid too.

You know that all of this will be used as an excuse to give Rex one more chance after a mediocre season

I know it's easy to want to Bill-ieve, but he did it against players that won't be on the roster in 3 weeks. He did it against vanilla defenses where you can just go out there and find the open guy. There weren't any timing throws, disguised defenses, or speed of a regular game.

I really thought this was the year where it wouldn't hit me as hard. I hadn't missed football that much. I didn't care that much about training camp news. I rolled my eyes at Lawson and Ragland's injuries. And yes, Rex is still an ass clown. But then, one of you horrible people put a link to the game tonight where I could stream it live and by 7:05pm, football-brain mode and BBFS was activated. I'm ready for next week already. I'm ready for my FF leagues to start. I'm ready for December pain. I'm ready for BILLS FOOTBALL!!!!!

Any good live streaming sites?

I'm sorry, but I can't give him normal money. I give him the franchise tag next year and then hope to trade him. It's too much when we have Darby. Draft a CB next year and let Gilmore get paid somewhere else. Or, if I'm terrible, hope he has an eh season which lets us pay him a little less 😈

So, 15 of his 27 mil salary in 2017 is a bonus. He gets it all at once, but from a cap perspective, doesn't it get split up among the remaining 5 years? So basically, it's a 12 mil cap hit plus 3 mil bonus, bringing him up to 15 mil against the cap in 2017? If true, this is an even better deal for the team than I thought, all while TT gets taken care. I'm very impressed

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I'm very happy about this. Risks? Absolutely. But if you look at the qb purgatory we've been in, the deal Osweiler got for doing so much less, and the reality of qb deals and power of the position....this is an all around win. The $10 mil buy outs give TT some financial stability in case he doesn't pan out or get hurt. Better $10 mil than just getting cut. Great job everyone. Now, who do I fight with on here? I'm missing out. I can get negative real quick. Bring back Fitz. Why aren't we giving EJ another chance? Tom Hanks is overrated.

Seriously? $100?! Do you get more with it? That's just insane

Yes, many teams knew about his shoulder and maybe needing surgery. That's not a spin. That was said

During the draft, it was rumored by both networks that his shoulder was a reason for his draft ranking. That wouldn't come from no where. Now, whether you think the Bills knew or were inept, I'll agree that would be up for debate

I understand that this season is only their first of hopefully a long career and in the grand scheme of things, this is a small amount of time. The issue is that we aren't a playoff team. We are in win now mode and don't have the luxury to gamble so much with our first two picks. No, we couldn't have predicted Ragland's injury. But we put our own backs against the wall when we took a guy who many already knew was going to miss half the season. If we were the packers, or a team that makes the playoffs regularly, this is a different opinion. And we also have no idea if this is going to be a domino effect and these injuries will nag them all year.

Genuinely laughed out loud at this

This is what makes the Lawson pick seem more irresponsible to me. I know I'm going to get torched for this, but when you take a guy who you know is going to miss half the season, you put more pressure on your other picks to succeed to have a valuable draft. We gave ourselves to wiggle room and now we are only going to get 8 games out of 32 from our top two picks. That's just overal unacceptable. I know you can't control injuries, but that's why you don't also gamble with them.

Scheme and comfortability makes ALL the difference and this team proved it. Look at the drop off from Schwartz to Rex. Same players. It still pisses me off to think about it because did it all in one year because he knew how to adapt. Either way, the talent is there. You can't be all-pro at every position. We have more than enough talent, even with Spikes just being brought in. Now, do I have faith in Rex to capitalize on it.......

I'm not worried about the D at all honestly. I believe we got better with the loss of Mario. I believe that, while Ragland would be good, he's a rookie and Spikes should be adequate. Most importantly, the team being on the same system for two straight years, players overall just getting better, and overall buy in will make us better. Either way, it can't be worse

Second opinions always worry me

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