Georgia Bill

There will probably be one or two others, if this plays out in typical fashion

It got me worried when everybody including most on this board were talking like we could just chalk this up as a W. Looks like the Bills thought they'd win by just showing up.

Makes it hard to use them as a measuring stick for how good the Bills are.

That connection seems better than the Tyrod/Watkins one

I'm not worried, and most experts are picking the Bills. That's a weird situation. Makes me worry.

After spending the last few years in red zone hell - fretting every time we got down there about whether we'd somehow manage to score - I'm loving this change! I don't even think about redzone anymore because we score so often when we're outside it Combine that with an awesome D, and the fact that all of it is under a new coach/scheme and already this good, and it's pretty easy to be excited about this team. I know we've been hot at season's starts before but this has so much more of a positive feel to it - given the talent and situation. Why not us, Why not now?

impressive indeed! I know the season is young but having a real QB with signicant production/points from the offense is such a welcome and long awaited change. Remember the 'can't score in the red zone' angst we suffered for so long? Just hoping we could score in the red zone a little more, to allow us to eek out one or more wins with our great defense. Seems like a bad dream now. This is really getting fun again!

11-5 if we beat Miami Sunday. 10-6 if we lose. I see us winning our last 5 in a row: Houston home game (revenge for last year) At Eagles At Redskins Cowboys home game Jets home game We can go into the last 5 with a 6-5 record and still come out 11-5 and on a roll for the playoffs.

You could replace "Jest" with "Bills and have an equally good case. Just saying. Now that we know the Colts aren't too hot, and the Patriots beat us are much better than us (as always), it looks like we really don't know how good (or bad) we are. The Dolphins will be a good measuring stick.

True - But he's smart enough not to talk about it - just takes it out on the field.

I was disappointed that we rarely blitzed. Once we see that the front 4 pressure, drop into coverage approach is not working, why not try something different? Maybe Brady still gets out the throws, but: a) you're in his face (possibly affecting accuracy) b) you get a lot more hits (affects his nerves) c) you probably also get a few more sacks. It seems Rex wanted to outfox the Patriots "they expect me to blitz, so I won't and they won't be ready for it". I'm ok with trying the outfox approach initially, but when it is obvious it's not working I at least want to see an adjustment. Sticking with the game plan no matter the outcome is Marronish and bothersome. Probably we'd still have lost, but I'd have felt better about it. Unleash our torrential pass rush and then see how Brady likes it. Of course he'll take this approach next time, and they'll be assuming he will and....sigh

Um, there is no evidence yet that he's the best coach we've had in decades. Trust me, I hope that proves to be the case. But I'll never like him spouting off about what we're GOING TO DO. Get hyped and passionate with your players - fine. But with the media, keep it low key and professional, otherwise you run the risk of looking like a joke.

I'm not taking anything for granted. It is the Dolphins home opener and they beat us there last year. After this week's embarrassing loss they're going to be pretty motivated. Same should be true for our Bills though.

Brady knows how to quiet a crowd.

I wouldn't be so worried if I thought Rex could actually learn something about keeping his mouth shut after what should be such a humbing experience. But based upon what I've seen of him, this is his modus operandi. Maybe he'll chill for awhile but once we get a few more W's he'll be right back at it. Frankly it's embarrassing. I hope we win regardless, but I'm never going to be ok with it. Loud mouths who go on and on about how they're going to do this and going to bring that get no credence in my book. Just do it - don't jabber on and on about it!

Not neccesarily. Maybe you get in the playoffs and someone else knocks them off. It's happened.

What bothers me is Rex and some of the Bills do so much talking before the game starts. I don't think he'll ever change though. It probably motivates the Pats to beat him/us even more. Which they'd learn to STFU and let their play do the talking. Oh I forgot, that's the hard part...

I guess our vaunted D thought all they had to do was show up and we'd win.

I'll bite HoF. I've been a fan for a long time, since I was ten in '68. As fans we hope for and long for the victory of "us" over them. You can chide that if you want, but in the end it's what fuels all sports fans. The us is the community of Buffalo Bills fans and the team that represents Buffalo (where most of us are from). All the years of "almost" and the many years of shattered hopes make us want the ultimate victory more. Yes, there is an aspect of this where if our team is considered relevant it makes some fans feel better, but the reason isn't that we can't feel good about our team if we aren't getting attention from the media. The reason is that national media attention (relevancy if you will) only comes when your team is really starting to jell and is becoming a force to be reckoned with. It is simply a verification of what we as fans are feeling and hoping - that we're going to be a contender! The attention is a byproduct of being good. But being good enough to potentially contend for the ultimate crown (or at least moving towards that) is the only thing that really makes us feel good. Like many others I've longed for a championship for a long time and I can assure you such a win would be thoroughly enjoyed - regardless of whether I hear another peep out of the media or any others outside of the Bills community. The prize is the championship - not the attention. For me, what would make a championship so rewarding is knowing how great it would make all of my kindred Buffalo fans feel.

It's early, and I've rode overly optimistic waves before (and crashed), but to me this has the making of the perfect storm for us. We had a great D last year, and now we get Ryan who loves to blitz and mix things up to befuddle the offense. He's now got a powerful tool at his disposal and it looked scary good yesterday (even without Marcell). We have a lot of playmaker talent on offense and a QB who appears to have a good head on his shoulders plus an ability to make plays through the air and on his feet. If our offensive line jells we could have something really special here. Reality check: New England this week - this game will be a very useful measuring stick. If Ryan and our D can make even Brady look average, look out league!

Uhm, is there some better place for them to sleep?

Agreed - Much ado about nothing. Let's get on with the season.

Really sad to see you go FredEx!! I'll always remember you as the Bill who played with the most heart. Best wishes to you and yours.

I predicted it, and think it's the right thing to do. Posted by Georgia Bill on 15 August 2015 - 10:02 AM in The Stadium Wall Tyrod starts preseason game 2 (known), and I think it's EJ second in that game. Then EJ starts preseason game 3, with Cassel second, because this is still a wide open competition and they have to see how all of them play with our starting OL and receivers, against opposing starting defense.

For some time I've thought that EJ just didn't have what it takes. Too tentative, not seeing the field etc,. But it does seem like he's improved and I also think he deserves a shot with our starting offense. As others have said, at least the 1st quarter. He still has potential, he's young, has good size, and a strong arm. To those who say we can't afford to give him that much time because we have to concentrate on giving our true starter more reps for the next 2 games, I say hogwash. 1 less quarter is not going to ruin the chances for whoever the starter is. More importantly while it is important to pick a starter, it's also important to pick the #2 QB. You can't make that choice if you haven't seen all 3 play with our starting O against a starting D.