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The entire defense is one where the whole is less than the sum of the parts. And its been that way all season. The first half the offense and timely int's bailed them out. Injuries and lack of turnovers exposed them. That first TD to Fasano was classic out of position play. Three defenders watched Fasano run past them. In excusable.

Secondary playing soft and scared. Too many receivers open underneath. On 3rd down they played 3 yards behind the first down marker and gave away a first down. Just a joke.

I bet if he turns that belly flab into muscle, he will be a great one, including a pass rusher. Bruce Smith went from good to HOF by conditioning to Rusty Jones's methods.

It shows that Maybin was NOT a high round draft choice. Situational players should not go in the high rounds. The Bilkls coaches being unable to use him the way the Jets have is an embarassment to them. However, his check with the Jets is a lot less than the multi mils be got from Ralph.

Donahoe/G. Williams were dumb enough to let the best strength and conditioning coach in the NFL go, that is Rusty Jones. We had better conditioned athletes under him and several players swore by his methods (rather than swearing at him). Do you think Dareus would have a flabby gut with Jones around? If Dareus can do the conditioning and weight loss that Jones had Bruce Smith do, Dareus might become an impact player (rather than impacted).

I'm hoping CJ will do to the Jets what Roland Hooks did to the Patriots in 1977 a week after the Bills were blown out 56-7 by Seattle and OJ was injured and done for the year. Hooks ran for over 200 yards and beat the upstart Patriots in eloquently simple Schaeffer/Sullivan/Foxboro Stadium. This place made Rich/Bills/Ralph Wilson Stadium look like "JerryWorld" in Arlington TX.

1. Injuries aka lack of depth 2. George Edwards is awful as DC. Defense has played under its ability all season. Turnovers early in the season masked problems. CB's today were out of position and lost. Too many receivers left wide open in coverage. 3. Need a conditioning coach. Do we lead the league in players on IR?

Media must be NFL Network driven. Both NBC and ESPN showed virtually the same highlights and post game and it was all about the Eagles. Little about the Bills (FJ's 49 yd scamper was trivial!?). The post game shown on both was Reid and Vick moaning. No Bills post game. Someone is fixing the networks. ESPN wouldn't have done that in the 90's.

HaHa! Probably the same ref who checked down to the field judge who blew the call on Stevie's catch. Humor aside, if that hit on Edwards wasn't a PF, then nothing is (unless Brady gets hit).

Was there a flag thrown on that play? I didn't see one.

I second that. And will add that the AFL was lucky to have him as well. Because of Al Davis and other AFL owners, the AFL merged from a position of strength, something rare when a competing league merges (i.e. WHA).

This guy was never the same after he suffered a concussion against Arizona. He can't assess the play situation as it develops fast enough to both be effective and prevent getting pummelled. He had his run in the NFL. It's time for him to take what he has, and move on with the rest of his life. Hey - Stanford degree (if he has it, or will get it) is nothing shabby.

It was a judgement call and a poor one. I don't recall, but I didn't hear a whistle before he released the ball, which should make it a fumble. He made no motion before he released the ball indicating that he gave himself up.

Absolutely - you'd think these refs are corporate lawyers rather than football players. That knockdown was nothing. Let the players play football. Too many games are being decided by refs. Not just Bills yesterday, but the Cardinals had a game stolen from them when they ruled Victor Cruz "gave himself down". What!! He fumbled. He didn't quit! What garbage! I guess someone needed the Giants to win.

The O and D play deflated after the Stevie Johnson blown call. That call was a classic momentum changer. It shouldn't happen, but does. Had we come on and scored even a FG on that serties its a good chance we win.

My guess is if that match up happens, the Mayan armageddon predictions for 2012 will happen with exactly 00:01 left in the 4th quarter.

Another article to savor on our 3-0 high, before we settle down and get down to the business of going 4-0. The 'Something Has to Give' Bowl Bills-Lions as SB Teams http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204831304576593242806858486.html Somehow, the link was inserted.

All the media employed Bills bashers should be eating their words with with a stick of dynamite stuck somewhere..Sullivan especially, and more so the Albany Times-Union writer )term used liberally in her case) who mocked Albany Bills fans and Buffalo in general. This day feels like opening day 1980 when the 20 game Fish Monkey finally came off our back.

He is full of crappacola. I still remember when WNYT used to run a call in fan poll in the 90's to let the fans pick which game got broadcast. I believe its shared territory for the Bills and Jets (and perhaps New England). My guess is WRGB didn't want to air a game the same time as the Giants.

The Capital District coverage is #1 Giants and #2 goes to whoever is doing best between the the Bills and Jets, #3 the Pats, and #4 the worst of Bills and Jets. During the 90's, the Bills were usually a solid #2, and the Bills were often shown over the Jets or Pats for the local AFC game. Once the Bills started slipping and the Brady Bunch came to life, the Bills coverage became less. It also helps to have a reliable TV sports anchor. Roger Wyland on Channel 13-WNYT has been a friend to Bills coverage. If the Bills play progresses upward, their Albany coverage will as well. Now I can give another reason for dropping the Times-Union. First they couldn't deliver the paper, now they mock my team and fans. It's The Daily Gazette (Schenectady) from now on!

Nothing an opening day win can't cure. All this negative talk is making a Bills 2011 demise a self fulfilling prophesy.

Spiller and Jackson played behind the same O-line and Jackson outperformed him, in other words there is an apples to apples comparison and Jackson wins (at least in 2010). OJ's first 3 years were unproductive, but he was still the number 1 back. I also watched him play then, and he showed more than Spiller has (No offense to CJ, given OJ is a hall of famer). You don't have to believe me, but Lou Saban saw enough thru a fractured o-line to know that building around OJ was the best plan going forward. I don't see anyone building an offense around Spiller right now. Perhaps in time, but right now Jackson looks like the go to guy. Spiller's playing in the NFL, not at Clemson. The NFL knows how to neutralize talent that flourishes in college. I hope your last line is correct, but I wish we saw more consistent production from Spiller in the 2nd half of last season. Jackson can give you several consecutive productive plays, something Spiller needs to show.

Jackson is pissed, not a "huge baby". What he's upset about is all the mixed signals he gets from the FO. He's outperforming and being paid less than the guy next to him. For what he's done for this team, FJ has every right to be pissed and want to know where he stands. His reward for having a decent year at RB 2 years ago was to have an immediate replacement drafted. I would not expect someone who worked so hard to become an NFL starter to be anything but insulted and upset over that pick especially when there were so many other immediate needs. I can't believe anyone would expect FJ to just smile, take it, and roll over on command. Fred Jackson wasn't given what he has, HE TRULY EARNED IT. No one who does that just rolls over.

More people than you think believe you in that a Spiller trade may be a good idea (though not for a 4th rounder a la Evans). I suggested a Spiller trade a few months ago and got spat on by the amateur experts on this noard. This thread is comparatively mild for the identical subject matter. Extrapolate further, and the same posters blasting the idea of a Spiller trade will be blasting the FO for not trading Spiller sooner to get more value in a trade. Unfortunately, the Spiller pick is looking like the McGahee pick of years back, a luxury pick that failed to address a critical need.I like Spiller and his speed, but as one poster says, he needs a wide openning to be effective. In other words, he needs the door openned for him, while Jackson can open doors himself. It's a track star versus a football player.

I remember the Bills going 0-6 in pre-season, then 9-5 regular. Also, I remember teh starters and whole team tanking the final pre-season game of 1991 and Levy apologized to teh state of South Carolina for their horrible play (played at USC Stadium), and then went on their second Super Bowl. You would've thought regular season disaster after those, but didn't happen. I wouldn't predict an epic season is lurking, but total 1984-85 - esque disaster, not yet either.