Mark Long Beach

I got that impression as well. "Prelim...in-arily That's a hard word for someone from south Georgia to say" Cracked me up.

It's still pre-season, we're tied for first place! That's how things are right now. I don't mind being in first place.

Nice! Thanks!

Agreed. Except I think the downgrade is more than slight for RB. The running game is what gave them a chance to win games, Henne can't. I think the biggest weakness (other than maybe QB) is the lame-duck head coach. If things start off poorly for them it's likely to doom them to firing the coach midseason and drop them off a cliff. They're OL is as shaky as ours, their QB is significantly worse and their HC is walking dead. I think they'll be lucky to hit 6 wins.

It may hurt us this year, but may help us more next year and the years afterwards. Evaluating decisions like this is what a GM is paid to do. I like Lee Evans. But he's older and in a position where we may have very good young depth. I don't know if we do because I haven't really seen much of them. What I've seen I like. The coaches & GM have a better idea. I would have squawked loudly about trading LE before this year. Right now? Less so. He's only got a couple good years left (& only 2 on his contract) and he doesn't fit our QB's style well. If Fitz fails then we have to find a new QB... We'd be wasting his talents while we break in a rookie. I'd not be too happy for less than a 3rd rounder though.

Hmmm... That's actually not my experience. I find that the the optimists either remain optimistic by finding the bright side of things (moral victories, young player development, etc) or becoming apathetic and quiet. It's the pessimists that take the wailing and crying to a whole new level, blaming the weather, Ralph, the moon and/or Santa Claus.

Agreed, but I'd be just a little more specific in that I really hope White EARNS the roster spot over Torbor.

naw, that would involve paying attention or research.

I hope he makes it. But we cut future pro-bowler Jason Peters his first year, and put him on the practice squad.

On paper they look worse. On paper, we look a little better. Games ain't played on paper. But if I had to predict, I'd say they'll be at the bottom of the afc east.

I think it's a reflection of better players and better understanding of the 3-4. It's also easier to blow by Wang who's a developmental guy. Darius is a big upgrade over Stroud (4-3 guy) and Merriman is a BIG upgrade over everyone as long as he's healthy. The rest of our line has Davis healthy, Carrington & Troup are no longer wide-eyed rookies, and of course Kyle is Kyle. We could be quite a bit better on defense, which could have a significant impact on our record.

Amen.

We've seen some pretty nice BLOCKS by Fitz, but no catches. Thigpen really sold it well and timed his break to the reverse perfectly.

A closet Bills fan from KC posted a video of a play from Gailey from his KC days. He likes our signings of Thigpen & Smith. Given how many flexible & wildcat guys we have (don't forget Fred Jackson), I expect a couple plays throughout the year like this. This play is pretty sweet and it's easy to see how it really hooked the defense. I really enjoyed it and watched a couple times. http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/wk-9-can-miss-play-wildcat-copycats/_V06vT__g9iwAVf3OFerSg

He's definitely not secure. We have a big number crunch with a couple solid veterans and a LOT of good looking young receivers. We don't know who of the young ones can continue to step up. But Namaan has the coaches attention. That's hard to do.

Oh wow. I forgot what that feeling was. That had so many good moments in it. Takeo, Spikes, Sam Adams running back that int... Ah! I want to see Tom Brady look like that every time we face him.

Another option is NFL rewind. It's NOT live stream, it's recorded and you watch later. I'm on the West Coast so the games are released late Sunday EST so it's perfect time for me to watch when the kids & wife are off to bed. I just have to avoid the TV so as to not get any scores before I watch. It's basically the same time I'd watch the games when I had NFL ticket. I'd just tivo them and watch them in the evening anyways. price is reasonable at $30-$40 or so. IIRC.

NICE work Fitzbeardy! Much appreciated!

LOL! You're right, good starting point.

eek. I cut and pasted out of their article and didn't catch the name SNAFU. I think we both agree that if he's on IR he can't go to the PS. Wouldn't the PS be better for him? Is he really headed to IR or is it another screw-up in this blog post? Ah. Typed faster than I read. Thank you that makes more sense.

I'm rooting for the guy and was sad when he got hurt. I saw this blogpost on BillDaily: Is this correct? I've mostly just seen short sentences that he was waived? If he's IR does that mean he couldn't go to practice squad? Since he's eligible for the practice squad and is only out for 4-6 weeks it makes more sense to me that he's waived completely to allow him to be signed to the PS later... Anybody got any more info?

well hopefully our improved DL & LB corp means he wont have to make a tackle!

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Dear God that was horrible. Thank you SDS!

I even somewhat believe him. But I always think of the Bill Cosby routine retelling where he had to walk to school... in the snow, uphill, both ways.