Bill from NYC
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What happened in Oklahoma is typical ESPN turning race into a storyline- yes a storyline. I think Vince McMahon runs ESPN now. I dont condone use of that language, but they saw another opportunity, just like when Rush Limbaugh made that comment last year (What was he doing on that show to begin with).
A casual conversion in private, and they turn it into news. Anything for a buck ESPN, anything for a story. A guy with a crystal clear record ruined in 1 night, just so ESPN can afford to put another pepi machine in the newsroom.
What happened?
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no doubt. the bills' bad start left them with an abysmal conf. record last year. they got hot against the wrong teams (NFC). can't let that happen this year. of course, the bills start with a bunch of NFC games (TB, ATL, NO) in the first 5-6 so in a sense, the schedule works in their favor if they hit their stride later in the season.
The schedule is BRUTAL between the Miami games.
Jets
@ Oakland
@ NE
Bye
Kansas City
@ San Diego
Panthers
Although nothing is certain, it would appear that the Bills need a decent record going into this stretch.
Want another positive sign? MM is no longer a rookie. This alone could/should translate into another win. With parity, the importance of coaching increases. Aside from NE, the other coaches in our division are not scaring anybody (like the NFC East coaches for instance).
This is fun to think about, but injuries will be perhaps the biggest factor. I would LOVE for our safeties to stay healthy and see what happens.
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I cannot argue with you about the vital position of LT, especially when we truly dont even know who will fill it. This is not good.
As far as qb, Holcombe can play. If JP is costing us games, hopefully he will be pulled. If not, it is all good.
I do see the parity about which you speak. This imo means that conference games are much more vital, and could open the door for teams with not so great records to reach the playoffs
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Maybe she just changed her mind and deleted it herself.
The mods here are fair imo.
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It never ceases to amaze me how cynical some of you can be.....JP is 22 years old. How many 22 year old millionaires do you know that would choose Buffalo to be their 'home' when they could easily choose anywhere else? How many QBs have we had in here since Jimbo that were truly excited about the opportunity to lead our team? How many QBs have spent 6 days a week in the offseason trying to offset his inexperience as much as possible before the season begins?
Good Lord, some of you will never be satisfied......if Jesus Christ came to town and said he wanted to be the Bills' QB, there are some of you who would openly campaign for Buddha!!
Relax Bro.
As I said in another post, we all have different ways of self preservation wrt the Bills. I am the first to say that optimism is better than pessimism. It makes sense. This does not mean that all can be flying high with optimism, right?
Choosing Buffalo? He was drafted by Buffalo. Buffalo chose him.
That said, I for one am impressed by the time and effort he seems to put forth. Forgive me if I dont jump up and down with glee and make up cute little nicknames every time he says something.
Time will tell if JP is what we want him to be.
GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Like every other fool that thinks TD should have given-away Travis for any lame-ass player and/or pick, there's a reason Clayton isn't an NFL GM. When Shelton gets cut and some team comes crawling to the Bills for Travis because their starter got hurt, started smoking crack, or busted his leg skipping down the hall, the Bills will have the last laugh.
Dude, thinking that Travis Henry does not have high trade value does NOT qualify one as a "fool."
31 GMs felt this way so who, if anyone, is the "fool" in this instance?
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My favorite stories involve Chris Speilman...
1) He called signals on his very first play from scrimage as a Bill (in practice).
2) Early one morning, perhaps at 6 AM, he ran into Mr. Wilson in the exercise room when he was first signed. He approached him and thanked him for signing him. Mr. Wilson said that CS was SO intense that it was the first time he was ever scared by a player.
3) After a practice in camp, the LBs were sitting around, talking. Exhausted or not, CS refused to let the young players go back to their rooms because he had more to say to them about playing football.
Players get bigger and faster all the time, but there will never be an era where Chris Speilman wouldn't be a great NFL football player.
My only regret wrt CS is that his stay in Buffalo was so short. I dont know his stats, but imo, this man belongs in Canton, Ohio!
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Is there also something about the highest paid players?
I wish there was a way to find this out.
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How true. I hate the preseason games for the very thought of things like this, let alone freak accidents.
This kid had all the potential in the world. Truthfully, I hope he is OK. I would like to see what he can do against non-Bills football teams.
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I saw Edwards from the 1st row last season, and he looked THEN like he weighed 320. The guy is huge. As big as PW, no...but a giant nonetheless.
Personally, I am not that worried about losing PW. Edwards showed himself to be a decent pass rusher last season, and we are hearing good things about Anderson.
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Are you sure? What about the signing bonus?
Also, what happens when a player is goes on IR during the season? Does his salary/pro-rated bonus suddenly not count?
I'm not making statements mind you, but I dont remember teams getting cap relief due to injury.
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I am not so sure. For instance, if Vick or Manning is injured in pre-season, I was always under the impression that their respective team would be crippled with a cap hit.
After all, they DID receive a signing bonus to be pro-rated.
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Gents,
As someone who grew up in Buffalo and now lives in California I know exactly what JP's trying to say. There are many bitter, angry people who live in Buffalo and want to use the tired old "I work harder than you California pansies" line. I hear it all the time when I go home on leave. There are people left in that city who have this attitude about anything not from Buffalo...that it's all bad. In a larger sense, it's that type of mentality that, IMO is what's killing the city. I'm sure many of you know the type...because you don't stay out drinking until 0400, but instead work hard to get ahead in life your some sort of weak being. I've never understood that logic.
I agree with JP, give the kid a break, he's not RJ, and I'm pretty sure he's going to show us that with his play on the field. I can't say I blame him for being tired of the comparison...shoot when did RJ ever spend as much time in the city learning his craft. The point is JP is doing all that he's capable of to try to earn the respect of his teamates as well as the people of Buffalo...what else can he do?
Thanks for an interesting perspective.
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there is a difference between not lavishing praise and taking a daily dump on him and anyone who dare carries an once of optimism in May.
Newsflash: the people who frequent this board, especially in May, tend to be supporters of the team. Go figure that gratuitous slams against our players aren't going over very well.
Point taken Scott. I am not one to argue with the boss, but I can recall reading literally thousands of posts attacking Bledsoe, and even his family.
It IS harder for some to be optimistic about our Bills than others.
Either way, thanks for your work in making this the best site on the web.
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My point about the "Big Cat" story is that it WAS ridiculous, not something about which to praise the kid.
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That game wasn't great. Leading a team to 16 points isn't great. One drive that ends in a FG late in the game isn't "great" (though I was impressed with his ability, to just once, overcome adversity). Great is probably the most overused term in our society.
That roster was far from pathetic and if Johnson or Flutie were just better than average that team would have been in the Super Bowl instead of losing the WC game on the road.
The meaningless game before it was great (vs. Indy).
That was the problem with RJ. He would do superb things sometimes and make us forget that he couldn't play football very well.
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Not true AD. We truly need the kid to play well!!! No crusade here. I merely like to see a player do it on the field before I lavish praise upon him, and thought that the quote was in poor taste.
Something told me not to comment on it but I did anyway, so in that sense, SDS was correct with his barb.
All we get out of first 120+ picks in the draft
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Believe me, those thoughts still prevail, especially "C".
I dont know how big of a loss this kid is. Do you think that he was going to play a prominent role? Was he known as a blocking TE?
I would like to see the Bills secondary with a healthy Lawyer and TV. I wish Lori was here to tell us what our record is with those 2 healthy and starting.