Bob in STL

This years team has more players with a known good upside than last years team. I can base this on the 06 performance of Losman, Peters, Pennington, Evans, Williams, Ellison, Simpson, and Whitner. The easiest player to replace will be McGahee and we will do that with a draft choice. Let's see if we can get 990 yards and 5 TDs from a rookie. I say we can. We can replace replace Fletcher with Crowell or maybe a draft choice. Clements will be the hardest to replace but at least we have Youbooty on the roster with some limited experience. Dockery and Langston are gonna help this team a lot. We have several holes and another strong draft will be required. Other factors that will help are the attitude, conditioning, and coaching. All are better than in the past.

If Peterson is sitting there at 12 then I think we pull the trigger on him. While all the draft gurus will aplaud Marv for the "value" of the pick but I am not sure his style is going to cut it in the NFL for very long. I would prefer Willis, or Okoye/Branch at 12 and then address RB with a later day one pick. Willis will probably be there at 12 and would be good value AND fill a need. A trade down is a good possibility this year, assuming someone wants to move up to our slot.

What will matter is how good our selections turn out to be. Like last year, we need to find a few rookies who can contribute now. What the other teams do is out of our hands. I think that Marv and Co are doing a good job of re-tooling this team. It will take 3 off-seasons and 3 drafts to do so.

I saw Ernie play for the Chargers and then I think he ended his career with the Chiefs(?) for one year. I saw him as a professional wrestler in the Aud and on "Championship Wrestling" TV show. He wrestled Dominic DeNucci for the championship belt and lost. He then proclaimed himself the "King of Wrestling" and wore a crown and a robe on the next Saturday telecast. What great fun! The Big Cat was awesome.

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Bills I can recall meeting are Jack Kemp, Ernie Warlick, Paul McGuire, Al BeMiller, Joe O'Donnell, Billy Shaw, Juice, Bobby Chandler, Tony Greene, Jim Kelly, Kent Hull, Carleton Baily, Andre Reed, Bruce Smith, Phil Hansen, and John Butler. I meet Billy Shaw at the Hall of Fame the year that Jim Kelly got in. He was a great guy to talk to. John Butler was awesome. He spent about 30 minutes talking football with me while outside of "Pilot Field" before a Bisons game one July afternoon. Reed was super nice to my kids. Hansen was very kind. Bruce was a bit aloof. Chandler and Greene were quiet gentlemen that used to come into the Boardwalk Cafe (Delaware and Great Arrow) for dinner a lot. I was a busboy there and got to take care of their table a lot. Few players today conduct themselves like they did. Class acts all the way.

Review your Bills history please. Unfortunately, we have had many worst first round picks than JD Williams. For example, Walt Patulski was the first pick in the entire draft. Did you ever hear of Phil Dokes? Booker Moore? JD was a good guy. His problem was he could not see. He was excellent on special teams, he was a good cover guy, he just could not see the ball. Most "experts" liked the drafting of JD. This was a case of the Bills, and many others, not knowing about his condition and not doing their homework. As a person JD was a good team player. I agree that he did not pan out as a first rounder, but they are many worse picks than he.

I have been reading and lurking for years. I don't post a lot though. There sure are a lot of excitable newbies lately.

Least = Tom Cousineau, Ronnie Harmon, Willis McGahee Most = Billy Shaw, Bobby Chandler, Steve Tasker, many others

That is a good and simple strategy. then we can listen to the experts say we "reached" for who ever it is that we pick. Actually, this could be a great time to trade down, assuming we find a suitable trade.

"THIS TEAM will will win nore more than 6" OK Junior. Leave Daddy's computer alone and go to sleep. It is getting late.

Well lets see. We did not create the hole at RB. We proactively adjusted to the situation. Willis was not going to play for us. We had no choice but get rid of him. He does not want to be a Buffalo Bill. I am please to get the picks we did. We have 4 day one draft picks and i think we will adress CB, LB, and RB at a minimum. DT - we need some help but lets not forget that McCargo, Williams, and Tripplett will be back. Still an area of need but we have a first rounder here already in McCargo. Hopefully he develops next season. CB - We will address this in the draft and probably in free agency. One can hope that Youbouty develops. WR - We could use a better #2 but we are probably ok for now. LB - Definitely need to address this in the draft. QB - We are set with Losman. I expect that he will get even better with the OL improvements. RB - Expect that we draft a RB on day one of the draft and that we sign A-train or another free agent. Sound like we will play 2 running backs ... like most teams.

I saw Super Bowl I and I pulled for the Chiefs because of the AFL tie. The game was refered to as the NFL-AFL Championship Game and it was shown on two television networks. I recall watching it on the AFL channel with Curt Gowdy doing the game. I think Lamar Hunt called it the "Super Bowl" back then but that name did not really catch on until SB III.

It was kind of, unfortunately, she sang it in the studio and lip synched it live.

I can't say I completely agree. I think we have to improve our ability to run and stop the run. We need to make a splash in free aganecy and get a help at DT and at OG. After that a LB to replace Fletcher would be very nice. If we lose Clements then a CB is needed. Lower Tier FA help should be looked at for FB. Obviously we cannot and will not get a top free agent player in all postions so that is where the draft will come in to supplement. It best to draft by talent and not solely by position. The more we can fill needs with free agancy the better I will feel about the draft.

??? tards? Check the stats and you will find that the defense has improve quite a bit from last year. Still a ways to go but on the right track. I don't think they choked. They played hard and had a shot to win it. The Titans made some big plays, the Bills needed to make few more plays but did not do it.

1). Reed was a good signing by Marv. 2). JP made great strides this season and hopefully he is competitive next week against a great defense. 3). Peters is good and we can build around him. 4). ? The Titans are up and coming imo. 5). Fowler is ok, not a stud. 6). All linemen get caught holding. Gandy looks like a decent starting gaurd and an excellent reserve for OT/OG. In think we should re-sign him. 7). ok 8). Triplett is ok, more of a pass rusher. We need help at DT. 9). defense is played as a team game. 10). agreed 11). true. 12). thanks, same to you.

So warming up on the sidleine, kicking inot a into a net that is 3 yards away is relevant? Wind is wind but Ok. Maybe somebody else will answer your question.

Our defense did not stop the run and did not contain Young on his scrambles. We scored 29 points at home in bad weather, that should be enough. We need a few more players on the defensive and offensive line to get to the next level.

I was not there but you saw the problems the Titans had just punting into that wind in the 3rd quarter. I am left wondering why we passed on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th down? I wonder if the 3rd and 4th down plays were intended to go that deep? Seems like shorter, higher percentage passes, would be better in that weather. Hard to say.

Come on! That was a great game. Tought to lose, especially at home in the bad weather. Too bad we lost. We still need to address the D-line and the O-line.

Get over it. It is a TEAM Gamee.

One would believe that if he did indeed know football that well that he would have been coaching somewhere else in the NFL. He has been doing the same tired radio bit for too many years. He is not at all entertaining or informative, He is a has been. They should change his shows name to "the once upon a time coach". Bottom line is this: Levy is in the HoF and employed as a GM. Dickerson is nothing.

I agree with Promo. Enjoy it while it lasts. I will see the Sabres in St. Louis on Saturday and they usually lose when the come here. The Blues are bad but looking for their first win under a new coach. I hope to see a Sabres win, followed by a Bills win on Saturday. -Bob