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Yup, right knee and he was taken to the locker room. In good news the Ravens are moving the ball against the Pats. Boller threw a pick, then two plays later Cassel threw one (golden boy isn't playing)...

Looks like a knee injury, but he did walk off the field. Looked like someone got pushed into the side of his leg on a punt. Bummer for him (he *is* a former Bill after all), but I can't be too sad to see the Pats without a "special teams demon"

This is OBVIOUSLY a PR ploy by the Bills brass who have instructed Schobel to tone his play down so that Walker looks good, Peters gets scared and opposing DE's give up before the season even starts. Some of you guys just don't get it...

I'm running a Moto Q, the resolution is 320x240. If you can make this site look good on there, you'll be doing road warriors everywhere a great service my friend...

Better switch him over to DB

Let me be the first to say - Dooooooooomed!

Schefter just reported on NFLN that Brett is now leaning towards retiring. Or staying retired. Guess that $20 million dollar offer is making him rethink things - funny how that works Of course the story will probably have changed by the time the HOF ceremony is over...

The top 10 reasons so many Bills go hurt tonight: #10 Tough Buffalo winters taking a toll already #9 Lack of Levy leadership #8 Too many Cream Ales before practice #7 Players just looking to take advantage of the Canadian health care system #6 Poor, Rusty Jones-less training #5 Too many hot wings #4 Camp Jauron, far too tough! #3 God hates the Bills #2 Two words: Tom Donahoe And the number one reason so many Bills players got hurt - NO JASON PETERS!

Kat, I'm not going to get into your contention that some players were overpaid in the past; IMO while some of those contracts seemed large when they were signed, in a couple years they'll be right in the middle of the pack and they've given us some all-important long-term continuity. Sometimes you have to overpay for that... But I do question the lines I quoted above - why *wouldn't* Peters think that showing up at camp would help his negotiations? The Bills have made it pretty clear that it will. The national media has said several times over the past week the the Bills know that Peters is undercompensated and that they're willing to talk with about it once he gets to camp! So what does he have to loose by coming to camp? Regarging Lee's contrat, there have been several reports that the Bills and Lee's agent are working on the extension. IMO, this WILL happen, it's just a matter of time. As a guy that works in sports marketing and has signed several athletes to contracts I can tell you that it takes months - and I'm dealing with contracts that are a fraction of the compensation and have far fewer clauses than an NFL contract. In the end I just don't see anyway that Peter's sits out the season - to do so would be financial suicide for the guy! Sure he'll get his contract eventually, but he'll be sitting at home losing millions. Last time I checked $3,000,000 > $0.

Heeeeeey, we should trade Lee Evans to them. It would make *total* sense...

Dooooooomed!

Poz in on: - Mitchell brings experiece to the LB corps; what more could you want than a guy that won the SB - Mike linebacker has lots of responsibility in this system - Trent has much more confidence (this has been said by everyone all show long) and rarely makes mistakes

They did say that Stroud looks great and spent the day in the backfield and the Johnson will be contributor. They were less enthusatic about McCargo, they said they worry about him and are not convince that he'll add much. Guess we'll see...

Pat and Tim's worries: - McCargo / inside of the D line - Pass rush (though it might be too early to judge this) - TE; where is the guy that can draw coverage? Not on the roster. Could be Derek Fine though; middle reciever might be Parish rather than a TE. Bills might forgo the TE game and work the outside

Here's some Peter's talk with Brandon... - Didn't participate in OTA's or workouts, didn't show up for camp so we had to move on - He's a big part of the team and we love him and want him here, but we have to play games so you have to move on and get ready to play Sounds like the same - Peters has not contated them and they're not going to negotiate with him unless he comes to camp.

My favorite quote so far (when talking to Brandon about Whit's guarantee) "we know why, you have an in-shape team with an attitude! I love the LB corps" Can the season just start already!!

On Sirius (who is at training camp) they said he looks a little lost and that he is not a lock to be the starter. Greer is having a nice camp and will probaly have the job at the beginning of the year with McKelvin playing in the nickle...

Trust me it's too late! They just said Will James looks great and has raised some eyebrows. They also mentioned Reggie Corner, Xaiver Oman and Derek Fine...

Russ Brandon is going to be on in about 15... Man, I'm over-posting - good think I can listen, post AND work!!

Nothing yet, but there's still another hour... They did say everyone needs to temper their enthusiasm for Mckelvin - they think he'll be good, but it'll take some time. Look for him in start in the nickel and work his way into the starting line-up. Also, don't discount Greer.

They also said that Stroud looks good and spent the day in the backfield!

I'm not sure there is - the entire organization has made it clear (through the media, probably through Peter's agent) that they are NOT going to negotiate with Peters until he shows up at camp. It's that simple, if he shows up management (who knows that he's underpaid) will talk new contract with him...

Jauron said that Peters is not talking to the team...

First few interesting tidbits: - Poz looks GREAT - They think that Stroud is going to make a big difference - They said that McCargo is struggling (though they referred to last season with him, where I thought that he showed a couple flashes) Jauron is going to be on after the break...

Just a reminder - this just kicked off!!