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funny you say this I just watched that play and thought the same thing. Chandler needs to snatch that ball with his hands outstretched and its an easy td. He tried to body catch it. Baffling to see that lapse in technique from an otherwise solid pass catcher.

Marrone talked about noticing robey's speed and instincts in college and pushed for signing him after the draft

Maybe Denver and Green Bay, but don't put the Bears in that category. They can score points but they sure can give em up too. (100 in two games last year) We sweep Miami, split w Jets, NE beats us twice. 3-3. We need to go 6 for 10 outside our division to get the 9-7 record needed to squeak out a wildcard spot.

Cutler is a gunslinger. Reminds me of Rivers. They make incredible throws and then turnaround and do something careless and throw a pick 6. Last year Cutler had groin and ankle problems, missed about 5 games. When he was in there, he threw one pick for every 29 attempts. That's Fitz numbers. McCown threw one pick in 224 attempts. That's pretty incredible numbers. The difference in this game will be getting a few picks from Jay. If we get ahead and he gets nervous, especially late in the game, we will win this one. Gotta remember he has the best 1/2 receiver package in the league. Those dudes get open and push the YAC. Mario is gonna need one of his patented 4 sack games.

They shouldn't think that because we played everyone tight last year except the Saints. In the first 6 games we lost to NE by 2 with our rookie qb, beat two more playoff teams in Carolina and Ravens, and took the 4th playoff team Cinci to overtime and damn near won that one. Nobody takes us lightly anymore.

I posted something awhile back about it being strange that our new DC hadn't brought a single player in from his former team(s). Lots of examples, Wade and Teddy Washington is my favorite one, but there is something about coaches that have seen guys play firsthand vs front office/scout type guys. I think Marrone is at least partly responsible for Robey and Mike Williams. Its good to know Schwartz had some input on at least one defensive player, who appears to be on track to make the team and possibly an impact, this year. The guy looks like a man among boys out there, standing out almost every play. I know it's against bubble O linemen with simplistic blocking schemes but he bursts and pursues like Kyle out there. I see why Schwartz likes the dude. If nothing else that's the kind of guy that can play goal line and short yardage packages and be there for depth if needed. Nice surprise.

I could see the fans thinking the 6-10 Bills are an easy win at the home opener. They'll be favored by 5 or 6 and everyone is healthy. If we were 6 point favorites against team with a losing record in our opener I would tend to think the same thing. I guarantee you the football coaches and the players in Chicago do not see us as an easy win. Our defense is far better than theirs, and we come into town with a #2 ranked running attack. The last time CJ was healthy he was running at a 6 ypc average. Thats Adrian Peterson numbers, and everyone knows about Freddy and his knack for moving the chains. They have a better QB, two stud receivers in Jeffrey and Marshall and Forte is very good. That Bennett is a dangerous TE that we have to be able to run with. We have a DC that knows how to beat this team, and an elite front 4 that should have their way with what sounds like a mess of an offensive line at this point. But we are underdogs for sure in this one, and are going to need to get in Cutlers face and in his head or they'll score 30+. May the Schwartz be with us on Sept 7th. Gonna be a battle.

Worried about the Chicago offense in the opener. When Cutler is healthy (which is a rarity) he can kill a defense. It was nice to see that the Lions under Schwartz swept them last year. In the second game, Jay was playing injured and got worse as the game went on, but he was healthy for their first meeting and Detroit forced 4 turnovers which was the difference in the game. Hope to see the same thing happen again in the opener. Not sure if a grass field on the road is an optimal way to open the season but it's nice to know we have a DC that thoroughly understands our opponent. Any guesses on what the spread will be in that game? I would say Bears favored by 2 on a neutral field, plus 3 more for home field. Will be a nice locker room speech afterwards when we pull out the win.

mine too. he's got that dan marino halo around him though. tough to get the guy still holding the ball in his hands. he knows how to unload it or tuck and take a half hit. frustrates the hell out of me.

its so annoying. we have a policy in my family, refuse to buy anything that puts an ad in your face where it doesnt belong. case in point, last nite on canandaigua lake there was a big remax hot air balloon that dipped down ten feet from the water. an otherwise beautiful sight ruined by an ugly corporate logo smeared across it. listing my house in a few weeks, guess who i'm NOT calling to broker the deal. Nokia (sugar bowl), anything nike, tostitos college bowl, and travelers insurance ruining the yankee game being broadcast on the wall behind the batter. i refuse to use any of em. Nike included. If everyone did that they would back off. Im not alone.

Maybe I'm in the minority, but players like CJ, Goodwin and Sammy have more value to me than just production. They're burners. Home run hitters. The fastest guys on the field. Every time they touch the ball they have a shot at blowing it open and taking it all the way. There's just something more exciting about players like that, compared to guys that are maybe even more effective by grinding and possession types. The next play could be the home run. We've had very few guys like that on our team. Lee Evans and Roscoe were the last ones. Guys like Stevie and Freddy are good chain movers, but there's something more exciting to me this year when looking at our team speed. if we run a spread with Mike Williams, Sammy, Goodwin and Woods with CJ in the backfield, this has to be the fastest group of 5 in the NFL. EJ has had some nice long balls in camp, I hope he's watching a lot of Randall Cunningham and Culpepper tapes. This will be the year of the home runs, I don't care how many times Hackett thinks he's going to hand it off, eventually our game is going to be aerial.

Never understood this type of thinking. Two years ago when he was healthy the guy had 1700 all purpose yards and a SIX yard per carry average. And you say his production doesn't support the hype? Come on man, that's the very definition of production. How in the world do you think he is more valuable to some other team when Freddy is one of the oldest runners in the league, we play in a stadium that can be very windy and requires a solid running game, and our passing attack is struggling. I cant think of one other team that needs him MORE than we do.

I think King was right. This supports what I've always said about Belichick, and what the numbers support: Right place at the right time. If he left the Patriots and Brady, he would do the same thing that the other four Patriots coordinators did when they left for head coaching NFL jobs: failed. Mangini, Weiss, McDaniel and Crennel. All considered top notch coaches because Brady made them look better than they were. All l poor coaches without Tom saving their butts (even Crennel was made to look like a defensive guru because he was nearly always playing with a lead and a rested defense). Look at the Patriots drafts, look at how depleted they looked on offense last year and tell me Bill is good at running football operations. It was a joke, just like the Seymour trade and the failed Welker contract extension and a ton of other blunders they've had. Do you think it's a coincidence that Bill will retire when Brady does? That article makes me like Peter King even more.

I'm amazed that for the amount of money these NFL players make, there is nothing in their employment contract that mandates conditioning programs. I understand the union would fight this, but It would reduce injuries, be more healthy for the players (esp the big fellas who struggle with weight gain), and lengthen NFL careers. This latest issue with Dareus reminds me of how absurd it is for there to be any surprise when our athletes check in to camp and step on the scale for the first time, or are asked to perform intense practice drills. There's no secret to NFL success. There's a reason guys like Freddy, Bruce, Jerry Rice, Reed, Moulds etc played at such a high level for so long. i'm not saying it has to be full-go daily workouts, but there should be workout and weight standards that are adhered to and verified for these players. Everybody wins.

Get a new trainer Kiko. If you did in fact blow out your ACL working out (playing hoops maybe?...we will never really know) after playing 400 NFL snaps as a middle linebacker last year without injury, then you are doing something stupid in the gym. I've never heard of a pro athlete ripping up his ACL working out. Never. Maybe it's the Curse of the Bills linebackers (Conlan, Cowart, now Kiko). Bad injuries while on the verge of greatness.

Those highlights were fun to watch. A few thoughts: 1. EJ's spin move to the weak side (his left) is always fun to watch. He doesn't over-use it, it's such a natural thing for him and very effective. A lot of his college highlights have him using that move and he did very smoothly last year when needed. For such a big guy it's pretty slick. Cam Newton has the same move and it's lethal. 2. Robert Woods REALLY gets open on some of those plays. Not blown coverages, just smoking his defender and finding the holes in coverage. He and Sammy could be the best duo in the league down the road. 3. He never complained about it once last year, but EJ had to be pissed that we let Levitre go and made him deal with his rookie NFL season with a huge hole at LG on his blindside. Talk about a major blunder. Release Byrd and tag Levitre. Either way they are both gone this year, but Andy would have shown up and played hard and helped the team, not faked an injury and played half-assed like Byrd. Watching the Oline collapse so many times on that side with virtually no pocket for EJ got to be ridiculous. It hurt his development, stalled lots of drives and ultimately put the defense on the field way more than they should have been. 4. Stevie was a force out there last year. I forgot how much until I watched the highlights.

That's a pet peeve of mine as well. It's crazy to think that a player on one good leg is better than a healthy young RB off the bench. Kind of insulting to the other players on the depth chart and usually an indication that the player's ego is being prioritized over the team's best interest. Get the injured off the field and into rehab and let your roster depth do it's job.

i thought our defense played just as well if not better in the first part of the year without Byrd. maybe the numbers support your claim that we are worse without Byrd (i didnt look up last years stats) but I doubt it. take away his fluke rookie season and I think he averages less picks than most FS. (3 to 4 a year). He was on the field for most of the long runs against us last year. out of position. definitely a good player, not nearly worth what he got paid. a proven "Me First" guy. our starting safeties will be solid this year.

Big Pat Williams Donald Jones Aaron Williams Leonard Smith The Little guy club: Shaud Williams, Roscoe, Corey Moore, Our midget trainer guy, And of course our darkhorse longshot TE from last year's draft Chris Gragg. (shhhhhh)

We will be starting the year with 3 of 5 new offensive linemen. Very tough to pull off a winning season with so much change at these critical positions. Our HC is a former O lineman, and our GM is focused on solving the problem, but it isn't fixed yet. Sammy and Goodwin and Woods can all get open, but not in 2.5 seconds. If you think we are close then you're saying you have faith that we can pass protect and run block. I truly hope we can, but I'm not so sure.

considering we will likely have benched or released 3 of 5 offensive linemen from last year, the fact that Thad was able to do anything is remarkable.

$950m Pegula. AND the first thing he does is change the stupid beer rule so that it's served STARTING at halftime when my moderate buzz is starting to wear off. Nobody needs beer in the FIRST half of the game and terry knows this. I mail him a $5 spot to grease the deal.

cut a guy who has proven NFL production that you just signed and guaranteed his first year salary. Hmmmm.

yes. and both of our guards (esp LG) were getting manhandled most of the time. pounding the ball is a great strategy but only if you have the big boys taking care of business upfront.

lol