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I loved them too - the Red and Blue really popped on TV against the white... A few features that I'm not completely in love with (but will live with: - The stripe getting bigger as it goes toward the back of the helmet; the only stripe was old-school and balanced - The extra logo on the back of the unis and on the hips; I love the charging Buffalo as much as anyone, but do we really need 400 logos in every shot (maybe this is the agency guy in me - clients always want bigger / more logos) Overall though, they're really sharp and about 4,000 times better than the last unis!!

Chan did say on Sirius last week that he will put the best 5 guys on the field and that the Wood at center plan could change if he feels that we need Hang and center and Wood at RG. He said something about those guys already knowing how to play those spots, so if we need to move them before the season starts they should be able to jump in a roll with it... Right now it seems like we might, but I'm willing to give 'em a couple more pre-season games to figure it out.

Hammer, your lot was how I explained the Evans trade to my girlfriend - "Remember? The RV in Hammer's Lot? The dude in the Masseratti? You met his dad?" "Noooooooooo, not him!" She's not happy with the deal either... Gotta say though, Pinto Kenny is a hell of a replacement!

Yeah, it'll be cut to a :30, this one is the extended version for the web and for Skate Park Finals at the Dew Tour broadcast on NBC Saturday. Their battle is with those steps

I helped work on this one and now that it's FINALLY live (after a stressful few weeks) I had to share with my Bills brethren. It's a little homage to old Kung-Fu flicks staring our pro skaters, filmed mostly in LA's Chinatown. Enjoy! (I hope) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAEyvF4ZHwk And now that it's out there in the wild

Jaimie Dukes, Joe Theismann and Marshall Faulk should be forced to fight to the death. Against a great white shark.

I'm confused - does it really take people a long time to leave The Ralph? If so, you're doing it wrong or you haven't been to enough major events in larger cities... Also, the entering from the south side to park on the South side / Enter on the North to park on the North, isn't a huge deal for those from WNY, but that could be really confusing for out-of-towners. "I want to park at Hammer's Lot, but I got off on Mile Strip" - sorry, bro you need to take the longer loop down Mile Strip around the ECC campus and back up Big Tree.

Thanks for the scoop guys - I knew there was another thread but it wasn't coming up on the search... So, Info, how did the RV adventure turn out? Anything we should look out for? Any tips on parking?

Just wondering if anyone has any experience camping in an RV at The Ralph for a game day weekend? Looks like a few of us are in for opening day and despite having been to a ton of Bills games, I've never stayed in an RV. Does anyone have any good or bad stories? Things to watch out for? Can we park a car and an RV? Lot hours / days? Also (Jack, I'm looking at you) does anyone know where I can find the full scoop on policies / parking? All I see are a couple sentences here, but nothing of much substance: http://www.buffalobills.com/tickets/stadium/parking-lots.html Thanks crew, looking forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks!

I'm going to stop by for a bit, but looks like we're going to get an RV and spend a few days in the Ralph lot Should be a fun one - can't wait to see everyone and to get this season ON!!

Just caught this on Twitter: "Miami Herald's Barry Jackson reports Vernon Carey has indeed been asked to take a pay cut and is mulling his options today."

I wonder if he's at practice today? BTW, here's the Finheaven thread (play nice): http://www.finheaven.com/forums/showthread.php?301991-Vernon-Carey-is-not-at-practice And an article from today: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/dolphins/questions-surround-miami-dolphins-right-tackle-vernon-careys-1684438.html?cxtype=rss_dolphins Hmmmmm... Bad knees or not, seems like this guy could really help our line!

It's interesting that Clayton said this, on Sirius (of course it was a couple days ago) they said teams did have to get to the ceiling, but not until the middle of the season. So for example a team could get through this FA season, mini-camp and a few weeks in decide to resign their young players that they want to keep around... Hopefully we'll re-up on Stevie, Kyle and Fitz at some point this year! Not sure what the real deal is, but it's food for thought.

What's strange is that I bet they're confusing him with Fitz - HE'S the "beard grower extraordinaire". Man, we're really, really under the radar these days... o_O

I would add that it sounds like Clabo gave the Falcons the last chance to match the offer. If we *knew* they were going to make it $25m for 5 years and we had a chance to match perhaps we would have. But that ain't what happened. Ces't la vie...

Finally - now that he's under contract can we trade the guy? We need more mid-round picks in next years draft... Despite all of the frustrations, this one makes me want to Shout! Let's Go Buffalo!!

Totally agree - it sounds to me like the Falcons were offering less, Buffalo made a final offer (I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same deal he ended up getting from ATL), he went back and gave ATL one last chance to meet it, they did, he signed back with "his team". If we were way out of the ballpark this would have been over before it started...

My question is this - while I know that RT was a weak spot on the line last year, is our line somehow much *worse* because we lost out on Clabo? He would have solidified that RT spot, but if we can get someone to play at least adequate should (hopefully) improve in year 2 of Chan's system... Should be interesting to see what Wood brings to the C position too. Thoughts? Look a whole post not talking about contract terms for a guys we didn't sign...

Hope someone is transcribing his whole interview on Sirius right now... Wow - I'm impressed. When asked why he wanted to come to Buffalo he said "It was about being part of something bigger than myself. About taking ownership of something. This guy definitely is buying into Chan and Buddy's philosophy!

Totally agree - must mean that we're all in for Clabo for us to not try and beat that offer. Either that or the boys are sitting at OBD thinking "Oh snap and we were going to offer that guy $8 mil a year for 4 years, good thing we didn't!" ______________________ A couple more twitter posts from "NFL Draft Update" (whoever that is) @nfldraftupdate: A report that free agent OT Clabo chooses #Bills. #ATL offered more money & will not change stance. Update to come Then that was erased and they posted this: Source on the Tyson Clabo to #Bills agreement is a little murky, but monitor the situation. Sounds like their source is TBD!

It was a much longer conversation and Pat Kirwan just gave him props for the statement (like, literally, right now). Why to you think it's ridiculous? Makes sense to me - if you're a sold team, you want to have your roster as set as possible before training camp. If you're a young, building team like the Bills you're going to need to shuffle some guys in to get as good as possible before the season starts...

Steelers just got the Colon deal done - 5 years, $29 million, per Adam Caplan FWIW

Tuned in a few minutes late, but my notes: - CG on Installing Plays in this short time: Because of lock out installation schedule in preseason is going to be a little different. We'll be covering unique situation and special plays up until the first reg season game. - CG on Tyler Thigpen / Brad Smith: Can talk about them till Saturday! I had Tyler, he did a good job for us (in KC), good upside. The deal is good because we have Fitz - he was good last year and I think he's going to take another step this year. - CG on Drayton signing: Can't talk about guys that haven't signed on the dotted line! We've got three good corners that can play the game... - CG on only having 14 padded practices: Staff sat down and worked out scenarios - do you go two a week at first, or once a week? You have to get a feel for your team, where they are and what they need. If we need to work on blocks the first couple weeks, we might need to go two a week at first. Need to have 11 padded practices in the first 11 weeks, however you want to do it (one a week, two a week, etc). - CG Merriman: He's about to explode. He was there first day, in the meetings, chomping at the bit. If his health can stay there, he'll have a big year for us. - CG Maybin: The balls in his court, he's got to go do it, or he's not going to play. Some of it's conditioning (weight and strength) to play an entire game and season. Needs to work on techniques to be a consistent pass rusher, he's shown flashes... - CG on CJ Spiller: Told him he needs to work on pass protection and holding on to the ball. Chan needs to design more plays for him. - CG on the team and FA acquisitions: If you're a solid football team, you don't like to have guys dribbling in through FA. If you're an evolving team, you might need to take a chance on guys. - CG on young weapons: Roscoe was having a great year, until he got hurt, he's in great shape, Chan is excited. Donald Jones and David Nelson had good years last year. Marcus Easley we all had high hopes for him before he got hurt. We have a lot of good players and not enough roster spots. Kirwan and Tim Ryan then went on to call Chan a top 5 Offensive mind in the game and said that Buffalo is luck to have him! Can we please get this season going!?!

Love the Queen City Sports quote "From multiple news sources around the league" After that it should read "of which none have posted a story or link - just us" Okaaaaaay... Still sounds like we're close - I Billeve!

As Kenny Powers would say "I'm fu..." er, nevermind...