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Nice piece by John Murphy. What great memories, what a player. I met him once while we both happened to be vacationing at the same resort in Aruba. The first time is saw him was when I went to the gym one morning to work out. He was lifting while I was on the treadmill. I was too embarrassed to go over to the weights after that, with my puny workout. I saw him with his family at the pool later that day and took my son over to meet him. I hated to bother him, but he was very gracious as I introduced my son and thanked him for all his hard work for the Bills.

As well you should. For shame.

He will need another 50 or so wins before his petulant child act might be considered quaint and acceptable. In the meantime, I hope the NY sports media rips him a new one.

All evidence would suggest they are essentially the same player at this point.

People were speculating on your absence this morning. Personally, I did not miss you, but others seemed to, so welcome back. Have you guys signed a kicker yet? Has Pickpatrick suddenly found an NFL arm? Has Bowles recovered from the beat down Rex inflicted on him twice last year? Has Revis found the fountain of youth since Sunday? If not, get ready for a beatdown.

I will believe Bowles is a better coach when he manages to beat Rex, which he could not do last year. Or perhaps when he gets his team ready to play in a final game in which the playoffs were on the line.

Despite the suicidal tendencies of the fan community based on one game, supported by the Bills beat writers, I think we will find that last week was more of an aberration than the rule. Tyrod will bounce back, Roman will get his head out of his a$$, and the D will stifle the Jets. 23-16 Bills.

Maybe because you cannot predict the outcome of every game based on the performance in one game, good or bad?

Not sure what game you were watching. He was sacked 4 times, hurried and hit on several others. Net yards passing were 225, 100 yards of that on two plays - a spectacular catch by Perriman who was very well covered, and blown coverage by the Bills resulting in a 65 yard TD. Those passing stats are well below his average.

In order to receive the MSG national feed, you must subscribe to DirecTVs regional sports package. I do not believe MSG 1 or other alternates airing local programming are available outside of the local region, in this case Buffalo.

After reading this thread I am convinced. No point in playing the games. The outcome is already determined. What a relief.

I think the Bills match up very well here. The Ravens are counting on two rookies to shore up what was a bad OL last year. Will they be able to run? My bet is no. The Bills have the secondary to match up on those receivers. They will need to pressure Flacco so he does not have time to stand back in the pocket and unleash his cannon, but I like the Bills D in this one. On Defense, thus us not your Daddy's Ravens. They are OK, but not the dominant group they once were. Dumerville is out, Suggs coming off injury, suspect secondary I think the Bills win this one. It could be close, but 27-13 would not surprise me.

Well, you are at least consistent in taking the most pessimistic view possible over every aspect of the team and the season. Something to be said for that I guess.

This is a useless post.

The problem with Tannehill is not the number of sacks, but his tendency to panic under pressure and force mistakes. If he were better, he would get sacked less. He is certainly not the only problem with Miami, but he is no savior.

If that is the case, they better hope their LBs are better than they look on paper. When the Bills tried that with Kiko in the middle he was run over like he was not even there. That was two injuries ago. (Or is it three?)

Vernon is the better player right now so hard to see how they got better there. They lost a young stud entering his prime and replaced him with an aging vet who was cheaper.

The critique of Taylor based on last year's performance is very fair. In suspect everything the writer mentioned are aspects of his game the Coaching Staff are working with him to improve, and that he will need to improve for the team to ultimately succeed. This is also why the Bills are unwilling to commit big dollars beyond this year. They need to see more. I am optimistic we will see more, but until we do, the criticism is fair.

Harvin played what, 3 games? Goodwin is his replacement. Hopefully he can play more than 3 games. Salas takes Hogan's spot as the 4th WR. A wash. Easley was strictly special teams. His loss could be felt there, but Powell looks like a better WR. We will see.

Thanks YoLo. It looks like Lavar Edwards was claimed by Carolina. Good for him. I thought he was a good PS candidate for us. Tony Steward on the Saints PS.

Frankly the writing was on the wall with this one for weeks. Why do you think he was the only "starter" getting significant playing time the last two weeks, especially last night? He had a significant injury causing him to miss most of camp, came in behind, and has not looked good. Sometimes guys do hit the wall. I am afraid I do not see the conspiracy theories others are seeing here. And, oh by the way, under investigation by the NFL.

Yes , I am sure the coaching staff is not taking your cavalier attitude toward winning this year, so they keep the players who are ready to play.

Such is the nature of not using a roster spot on. Number 6 WR who is not good enough to play. They may give him another shirt with the ps, which is where he belongs right now.

Bold Bills Prediction: Bills win the AFCE (6/0 in division) Bold NFL Prediction: LA realizes they stole the wrong franchise and sends the Rams back to St. Louis.

I am staying far away from this thread.