Ed_Formerly_of_Roch

I find it interesting the part about Ralph giving the gree nlight, not necessarily waiting until he dies

No you're not. You're a fan who's passing out grades based on emotion. I didn't see any other grades by writers as low as yours. So that means since your grades are "realistic, they must all be dumb and you're the smart one. As was stated, the defense played well toi give the linebackers nd "F" is plain stupid. Special teams was better thna a "C". The one good drive TE had is worth more than an overall "F" and the O-line helped out there too so again worth better than an "F".

Rarely does a team change QB's no matter how bad they look when the game is still within reach. The Bills were behind 10-3 at the half, so one TD while it looked difficult to happen ties it up. If they were behind 28-3, then it may have happend. Plus with it being the 1st week of season, also less likely to change things. You don't want to take away any confidence TE may have.

One question. Exactly how do you know that the people who TM was recommending were the ones we selected. Scouts typically grade out players. It doesn't mean the Bills selected those he gave the highest grades too. From everything that's been written it seems DJ had a much larger part of whom the Bill's picked than TM did. TM was never the general manager, he was the scout. The choice of whom to select rarly goes to the scout. The Bills were in a rather unique situation as they didn't have a true typical type of GM, but that's where it seemed they gave DJ a much larger role in who to select.. I have no proof of this as obviously there's no proof that I'm wrong either other than the little bits written to suggest DJ had a larger than normal role in the selection process. The fact hat Nix kept him on but dumped John Guy does suggest he didn't hold TM at fault too much. Yuo could argue that he kept him becasue they are friends, but it could be they're friends becasue they share many common opinions on how to select players and Nix agrees with TM.

Actually the question was did you ever have DTV at your current address. When I had DTV was back when I lived in Rochester, so I correctly answered No!

I figure besides the Bill's there's some other games I wouldn't mind seeing. I live in the Pathers TV zone so their games are all on regular TV. This will give me the change to watch something else instead of them.

Apparently, kind of makes sense as if you've previously had DTV at thta address hard ot argue you can't get it now, unless something was built in the sight line, or you had it but service was terrible and mabe was documented. A few years back I went from RR to DSL for internet service. (Got DTV in place of cable) Had nothing but problems. After about 2 t o 3 months DTV admitted they couldn't fix it gave me all my money back that I paid over the three month period. DSL told me that sometimes this happens and they can't figure it out. House next door could be great, but you could have terrible problems. Basically ended up with three months of free, but not too good internet service. Went back to RR with my tail between my legs now, what do they do, give me a new subscriber discount.. If they had given me even half this discount in the beginning, never would have even left.

Well I bit the bullet and signed up. Hopewfully everything will go smooth as far as getting games, no more hunting for quick to vanish streams. They asked three questions on the webpage: Do I currently receive DTV? Have I ever recieved it at my current address? Can I get DTV at my current address? Answer those questions, give them your money, and they're happy!

Otr you could argue that maybe their line depth isn't as bad as everyone here sems to think. No team has five all-pro's. Typically your strong players make the weak ones look better. The Bills have two strong young guards. If Bell figures things out, he may turn out to be salvagable or better. While I agree that left tackle is the most important positin, haveing an average LT with fourgood players around him, you'll still do fine. Do the Bill's have four good ones, no, but I think thereare closer to being good than they are to being bad. IMO the biggest test wil lbe stayting healthy.

So if Brown signs with anothewr team and is on their PS, if one of the Bills QB's got hurt, they could stil lcontact Brown and sig him to their active roster. So unless some other team signs him to their active roster, the door isn't totally closed on him not returning. Or they sign some other player than has played iunder Chan and knows his offense.

You're assuming that the Bills were selecting players that TM was recommending. I would more think TM's role was to grade out the players, make suggestions, but in the past it seemed that DJ had more final say in who was selected. TM would likely give feedback but from the little bit that has been stated, seemd DJ was the #1 voice on whom to select. RB may have chimed in if a tie breaker vote was needed. Seemd the Bills followed the Bill Parsell's theory as he use to say "If I'm going to cook the meal, let me buy the groceries" That also would follow that on the lower rounds and free agents DJ likely knew less about the players in question so would more defer to TM's choice.

I think Hardy makes or doesn't make the team completly on things we have no idea about where he stands. Does he spend extra time at practice? Does he seem to study his playbook real well? Does he pay extra attention during meetings film review sessions? Does he spend extra time in the weight room? If the answers ot these questions are all yes, then they likely will keep him. If its no t oall or many, then he likely will be gone. At this point I think what he has or hasn't done during games will have little effect.

Unfortunately there isn't an option of HD signal via cable for Sunday Ticket. It's HD signal via DTV or this. I live in an area that doesn't have locals in HD on DTV, so am tempted to do this. I use to live in western NY , last two season used sites like Justin, Stooge TV etc to watch games. Tired of the hoping from stream to stream some wrere good quality, others you could see and hear the guy with the video camera. Actually of all the sites I thought Stooge TV had best quality while it lasted. I could get DTV and and antenna for locals, but my take is, if I'm going to get a dish, I want all the channels coming thru it, and not have to mess around with other means for locals. It is alot of money, but am thinking hard about it. Is it worth the money, no but there are many things you could say that about. Comparing the price of Sunday Ticket to MLB is very similar I think to prices of tickets to games. Much higher per game, but much less games. If I were a Steelers or Coyboy fan probably wouldn't bother as half their games will be doubleheader or night game. The Bills have little if any prime time games, so likely would see more games via this option. Plus there are always a handful of games I did want to see but weren't on locally. (I live in Panthers home area)

Yeah knew I couldconnect directly, was hoping maybe the streaming method would provide a "backdoor" . Thanks!

I have a Blue-Ray with an ethernet conneciton for streaming. Would there be some wya I could stream the feed from my computer directly to the TV through the BluRay?

And you know this how?? I'm not saying he is going to be great, but also can't say that what we've seen this year isnt a much better player. He also has had terrible coaching in the past. That in itself can make a difference. There has been many QB's who've struggled for a number of years before finally "getting it". Vinny T comes ot mind, not that he ever became great, but was much better in latter years. As far as the line goes, a soldi interior line can hide weak tackles to some degree. You also have a guy who has one more year under his belt in Bell. Green and/or Meredith on other side may be better than last year. Assuming he stays healthy, he may be fine. Very few if any teams have or can afford to have five all-pro's. A couple of good players can hide the weak spots. If the five starters can stay reasonably healthly this season, ( all five are still active Jan 1, 2011) I think they will be fine. Overall interior play above average, tackle play OK.

Midnight on Sunday o neast coast. Also blacked again Monday night or anytime alive game is on. Essentially it's available after Sunday night game ends.

No the Bills know exactly what they are doing. They are taking a player not ready to contribute this season and using the system to not expose him to being claimed by another team to go on PS. The injury became a good excuse.

Yeah but I still can't get locals in HD. If I'm going to pay the money for DTV, I don't want ot have ot deal with antennas and other things for locals. I want it all coming off the dish. I'm not to far from you BTW, I'm in Wilmington.

I'd keep Mitchell and cut Kelsey. Agreed don't see 4 TE on the roster. I also would give Hardy one more year. He really hardly played last year due ot injury and again preseason. Maybe that's his problem, he can't stay healthy enough to get gain experience, but would give it one more shot. I think Brown is on PS and Fitz may also stay. Teams seem to like extra LB's as good special teams roles for them too.

The NFL doesn't seem to police the online streaming for pre-seaosn gamses as much as regular. (guess they're in pre-season training themselves??) The key is getting a site for regular season games. That was very irregular and getting tougher each year. There were some weeks with a good quality feed, other weeks, was like desribed above, a guy aiming a camara at a TV. All of a sudden it owuld become " unavailable" Can't figure out, does the NFL contact the ISP mid game for them to take the feed down. How do they find the people to contact on a Sunday afternoon? Is frustrating, but can't see spending over $300 for Sunday Ticket. Plus where I live no locals in HD on DTV yet.

I recall there was one season where there were two bye weeks for some reason?? Like had to do with when Super Bowl was scheduled and when they wanted the first week. It use to be the first week of the seaosn often was on Labor Day weekend. The league has totally eliminated thta now and always starts a week later. With the extra playoff round and extra bye, likely would have to start last weekeknd in Augst to end with SB being the 1st weekend in Feb. I have one of those sport fact's of the day ripoff calendars. Always funny when you read how mack in 196X something the NFL championship game was held on Dec 29th or so. I'm old enough to recal lthe 1967 Ice Bowl being played over Christmas vacation. May have to also increase roster sizes becasue even if not playing a game the extra week, there still could be injuries in practices. One suggestion I've seen is make the 53 man roster the actual active roster and expand practice squard to 10.

The Bills have followed the model of the Steelers, Pats, and Ravens, build through the draft and sign key free agents either for backups at low cost or the occasional starter. The difference is these other teams have got the selections right the majority of the time where as the Bills have failed on most of their picks. Three teams that have gone the other route spend as much as fiscally possible are the Redskins, Cowboys and Raiders. One has been a total failure, one middle of the road and one has done well, but not as well as Pats, Steelers or Ravens. You also don't know what will happen next year with repsect to a salary cap. Considering the owners tore up the old aggrement due to spending too much, I'd be very surprised if there isn't another salary cap. How will it be handled? Will teams be given a two year window to get things back under cost since there was no cap this season, or will the free spenders be out of luck? No one knows, and that's why many teams tended to spend rather low this year due to uncertainty.

So he's asked a question. Would you have preferred: A He ignores the person asking the question? B He states that he has no idea how good a coach he'll be?

The Bills have an off day on Sunday, so they can likely stay out late tonight. Where will Lynch go? The East End?? Make sure the doors are all locked tonight!