ElMarko

Buy a ticket and stop complaining. When U2 sells out an arena, no one else gets to watch it for free on TV. I'm so sick of hearing this blackout nonsense. 2-12 2-14 7-9 12-4 8-8... Doesn't matter... I'm there.

Funny - someone criticizing and calling someone a moron because of word usage- and then using the drastically incorrect word "irregardless." The correct usage is "regardless." "Irregardless" is a double negative - an incorrect combining of words. And for my 2 cents - the original post is a heartwarming one, even if the worker was from the neighboring region. NOW - LET'S WIN SOME FOOTBALL GAMES.

Haggan was not "yanked" He moved over from the outside to fill Spikes' spot and Ellison went in on the outside LB spot.

Beer should not be about quantity - but quality. Any imported by these guys would work just fine: http://www.sheltonbrothers.com For late September afternoon, I'll probably go with the Mönchshof Schwarzbier (Black Pils) or perhaps Mahr's Ungespundet Lager. Both handcrafted in the heart of Bavaria.

Most of the pressure I saw was coming up the middle. But to be fair - there were many, rapid fire subsitutions on the lines and it was hard to keep track of the interior linemen numbers. one blitz that I remember seeing work was London Fletcher up inside the guard. McCargo, Anderson, Tripplet were not standing out as much as Ryan Denney... he made at least three "soft" tackles on running plays. Oh - and the running game itself seemed to do much better going right over Peters than left over Gandy. I'm really surprised no one has picked up on the McGahee deal though - he looked more than winded... he seemed to be really dealing poorly with the tempo and heat of the day. A few folks even said out loud that Willis was supposed to like "Miami-like" heat! At one point - he was the only player (out of almost 90) who was on one knee. I'm looking forward to the pre-season games though - we've got alot of "talent" that needs to see some game ation before we make our line-up choices.

Camp notes from today - Monday, July 31st: McGahee - although he looked good while running plays - was exesively exhausted and drained after each play in his rotation. One time it looked like he almost fell over taking a knee. His facial expression showed pain and fatigue badly. He was taking lots of water and seemed to miss some reps because of his "state." At the end of practice, he was one of four players that the coaches had running "sprints". Willis looks thinner - but he certainly doesn't look in "wind" shape at all. The other thing of note is that they are using Parrish as a wide-out ALOT... either going deep or slanting over the middle. I guess they feel he gets too lost to the QB when bunched in the slot routes. Reed was at the second WR spot and Price was coming in as the slot receiver in most 1st string settings. WR has some SERIOUS competition... even that free agent Denney (wearing 14) looks good. Thing is, the OL was having quite a time containing the pass rush. Misc.: Moorman's punts were fantastic on natural turf field. Sam Aiken made two nice sideline grabs. Robert Royal was motioned out to flanker twice. Lionel Gates looked VERY quick to the hole in running drills - enough to stand out from the RB crowd. It was freakin hot out there!

I've heard Juron is a good sideline coach. I didn't think Mularkey was awful - but he did make mistakes as most rookie/2nd year head coaches do. And that hamburger deal... does anyone actually think he wanted that to become such an issue? I'm not here to defend this guy - but c'mon - you can't blame a coach for doing something small like that. We fans get way too much info sometimes. Hands down, however, Chuck Knox was the worst clock manager we've ever had. I believe Chuck thought you could save up timeouts for the end of the season.

Not to mention the fact that if you wanted to really hurt people at the stadium - with the least amount of risk - all you would need to do is lob nail bombs into those huge pile-ups of people at the gates, backed-up because of the patdowns themselves. They offer large, tightly packed groups of people - with easy access to run-away and blend into a crowd or jump in a waiting vehicle. I'm all for safety and understand that it's not a RIGHT but a PRIVLEDGE to go to a football game, - but the pat downs DO NOTHING to improve safety. All it does is stop beer smuggling. And if the team wanted me to drink less once inside the stadium, why did they replace the 12 ounce Heineken cans (from last year) with 24 ounce cans right next to my tunnel entrance? No way I'm drinking draft beer in that joint.

The Losman sneak on 4th down should have never happened. The 3rd down play to Shaud Williams resulted in an OBVIOUS first down gain, but the referee messed up the spot by almost a yard. If you watch the play on tape, the ref walks around a Falcon player and then spots the ball at least a full yard behind where it should have been. The refs in the NFL are overwhelmed by the speed of the game. If you are at an NFL game and watching from above - it is painfully obvious. They are often out of position, not looking in the correct spot and cannot keep up with the pace of play - especially in hurry-up situations. This is why they often make a call by the "ending conclusion" (i.e helmet rolling off, QB playacting and holding his head, etc.) NFL refs - BY FAR - are the worst in sports. The only thing is you'd think it would all even out... but Buffalo always seems to be on the sh** end of the stick (in hockey too). It makes me sick because I pay big money year after year for season tickets - and it's only getting worse. Someday a SuperBowl is going to get screwed up by a ref - that will be the only way things will be forced to change.

With his 5 for 5 effort on Sunday, Rian Lindell just became the most accurate kicker in Buffalo Bills history.

Although he did get better as he gained some experience, I see him as the weakest spot on our defense. Especially with all the good receivers that will be thrown at him this year.

If you have Adelphia On-Demand service, the NFL On-Demand channel now has 15 minute replay recaps for just about everygame last year. Sat and watched them all last night - in these days of so little happening with our team. Three GLARING things that stand out from watching a 2004 season recap: 1. McGee got burned quite a bit last year, with Clements being on the other side, he was picked on by both experienced and yound QB's - if you remember, he must have fell down 4 or 5 times when making a cut in coverage; 2. The defense got considerably better when Milloy came back from his injury; 3. And obviously, our Special teams just about won us 3 games singlehandedly. On-Demand is excellent stuff. Fast-forward, rewind, pause...