Albany,n.y.

If Russell wants to prove himself to the NFL, the best thing for him to do is sign with the UFL, show some humility & dedication & play like he never played in the NFL. That will get him on a camp roster in 2011.

I got mine yesterday. I would have preferred that it didn't say Always Fresh Tim Hortons Coffee on it.

Everyone remember 2001, similar things were said: Williams has to be better than Wade, now it's Gailey has to be better than Jauron The change in defense will help the team. Then it was 3-4 to 4-3, now it's 4-3 to 3-4 We can't be worse than 2000-went from 8-8 to 3-13, how far down from 6-10 can we go, 5 fewer wins is 1-15 Rob Johnson can't get injured and be as bad again. Now-Trent Edwards can't get injured and be as bad again. I don't remember who was the great (red) white (& blue) hope of 2001, like Brohm is this year, but Fitzpatrick is clearly in the AVP role. This team is a lot more like the 1985 & 2001 Bills teams than any team that will surprise. Now the 1985 team won the division 3 years later, getting the franchise QB the next season-which looks like the 2010 Bills might be doing. Hey, maybe Brohm is the next Mathison-starter in 2010, gone in 2011. That's much more likely than him becoming the next Jim Kelly-Something Locker, Luck or one of the other top QBs might become in Buffalo.

Like the Brohm supporters do just about every day?

Nope-once he clears waivers he's a total free agent-he can sign with any team or their practice squad. Once he's on a practice squad, he's fair game to anyone who can sign him to a 53 man roster. Just look at how the Bills signed Brohm. Now, before getting to the practice squad, he has to clear waivers-if someone claims him he has no recourse, because he doesn't have the needed years in to keep him from being claimed. In response to another question-Tyler Thigpen-7th rounder waived by Minnesota, picked up by KC as a rookie. Also tons more either claimed or chose to sign with another team's practice squad. There was a Bills late rounder 2-3 years ago who went to someone else's practice squad instead of staying with the Bills when they waived him.

The Fitzpatrick makes too much money, inaccrate, inconsistent crowd has no clue. He doesn't make too much money-how many QBs do you think could have won more games than Fitzpatrick participated in & won with last year's team? There is no way that the team will have 2 of the three backup QBs with one start between them-it's just plain ignorance as to how the roster will be filled out. Like it or not, Fitzpatrick is head & shoulders over Brohm & Brown-he most certainly won't be worse than 2nd string. The common complaint is Fitz doesn't have "upside". That's BS. For the future Fitz has the most upside-as a backup QB who can mentor a future franchise QB-not the garbage that resides on the current roster. A backup QBs job is to provide support for the main guy-none of the other QBs have the ability or experience to do that. The reason that Trent can't is because he's in the last year of a contract that will only be extended if he's the starter & performs well. Wanting the other guys with no experience to be the primary backup is a joke. Also, they're not bringing in another vet unless a Pennington situation, like Miami had years ago emerges. The amazing thing is, it seems this nonsense always comes from someone who thinks Brohm will be the starter-therefore I'm not surprised at the ridiculous conclusion that Fitzpatrick will be gone in the quoted post.

Ryan Fitzpatrick-the only one of the 4 QBs guaranteed to be here in September. Now anyone who doesn't think so-explain how the guy was involved in 5 of the team's 6 wins if he sucks even 1/10th as badly as you claim. He's the most valuable QB on the team.

If Russell had come out early, he'd have been a top pick in the 2007 draft. Isn't that enough for the Bills to show some interest?

It's just another anti-Edwads post couched in a bunch of nonsense. The typical type of post is that he saw Brohm throw better than Trent ever has so he's got wood with a small w.

Which QB will be best at hitting an accurate long ball? The QB who won't be on the roster until 2011.

If the Lakers can move from Minneapolis & keep their name, why not the Vikings? Ditto for the New Orleans Jazz now known as the Utah Jazz. Where are all those Rams in Cleveland? The only franchise that moved to a more appropriate city & kept its name that I can think of is when the San Diego Rockets moved to Houston. The Browns didn't keep the name in St Louis, they moved to Baltimore & became the Orioles, & St. Louis never reclaimed the name Browns. .

I don't agree that points against is a good stat to hang your hat on. A team with no offense can give up fewer points because if the other team is comfortably ahead, they will run the ball & the clock out, scoring fewer points. Still we were blown out in 5 of our 10 losses, with an average point differential of over 24 points in those 5 games. Fewell's Tampa D was futile.

If we're lucky add 2010 + 2011 victory totals >/= 9. That's only with a full schedule in 2011. This team is in total rebuild with the franchise QB slated to come from the 2011 draft. The guys running the team know that we'll be horrible in 2010, just like Donahoe & Gregg knew in 2001. They're looking at the rebuild over a 2-3 year draft cycle, not 1 year. April was freed before Gailey ever got here. He was so PO'd that Fewell was named interim coach instead of him, he wanted no part of the 2010 Bills. Fewell was no mistake, I don't think most of us could have handled another year of that ridiculous Tampa defense here.

He is a naturalized citizen, which means he wasn't born here.

I think letting him board the plane was the safest way to apprehend him. 1st he's cleared through the gate, so you know he has no weapons, then you put him in a confined space where he can't run away. When he is approached by armed law enforcement officers on the plane, he's pretty much in custody with no chance of fleeing. I heard on the news that the government is not commenting on the way he was apprehended, but I suspect that if you have someone at the airport, you let him board the plane after a thorough check through security & suprise him in an area where the smaller the space, the better.

The reason you love his conviction is because his manlove for Harrell is just like your manlove for Brian Brohm-saw him in college, loves the stats, etc. Being realistic, this whole thread is ridiculous. It makes more sense if he's being sarcastic towards all the Brohm supporters. In that light, let's bring in Timmy Chang! Timmy is around the same age as when Warner emerged.

Buddy Nix is quaking in his boots.

Or they think Edwards is as good as Clausen, Tebow, McCoy, and almost all the other QB's that were drafted in the early or mid rounds. Or they think Fitzpatrick is as good as Clausen, Tebow, McCoy, and almost all the other QB's that were drafted in the early or mid rounds. For all any of us know, they think Brohm is trash & Brown was drafted to compete & replace him as 3rd stringer. I love how the Brohm supporters can twist any move the Bills make into a sign that the Bills think of Brohm as anything but another camp QB. We have no evidence what Nix & Gailey think of any of the QBs. For all we know, they could pick 3 guys off the waiver wire in September & cut all 4 of the current QBs.

In the 1980s the Bills spent 1st round picks on Greg Bell in 1984, Ronnie Harmon in 1986 & their 1st pick (2nd round) in 1988 on Thurman Thomas. So that was 3 in 5 years. You do it until you get it right.

We've seen a lot of anti-Fitzpatrick posts in the year he's been here, but of all the QBs, Fitzpatrick is the only one who is a sure thing to be on the opening day roster. Let's review each QBs competition & what each has to do to make the team. Fitzpatrick-He's competing for 2 jobs, starter & #2. If he loses the starting job to either Edwards or Brohm, he's a lock for #2 and a roster spot. The reasons are: He has proven he can come in and win games when called upon. Last season, with no O-line and not much other talent around him, he was the QB who played the most in 5 of the team's 6 wins. He may not be the most accurate QB around, but he's smart & has guts (remember the Fewell comment after a win). He's also the perfect #2 as he can not only come in to win games, but he can be content on the sidelines and not be a distraction as he waits his turn. On a talented team he'd be as valuable as Frank Reich was in the Super Bowl era. Finally, he's the only QB from last season who is signed beyond 2010. Edwards-His best chance is to win the starting job, otherwise he's in jeopardy of getting jettisoned. He has to battle both Fitzpatrick & Brohm for the #1 job. If he loses to Fitzpatrick, he has a decent shot of making the team as #2, since he has starting experience & will not be a total unknown if forced to start for a few weeks. If he loses the starting job to Brohm, then Edwards will not be on the team. He's not going to be #2 behind Brohm-Fitzpatrick is much better suited for that job since the Bills know Fitzpatrick can win games with virtually no O-line in front of him, something Edwards hasn't done. He's not in competition for the 3rd spot, for a rebuilding team, that's designed for a developmental QB who is not eligible for free agency at the end of the season. Brohm-Like Edwards, Brohm's best shot is to win the #1 spot, otherwise he's in big trouble. Obviously he's on the roster if he grabs the starter's job, but he has to beat out both Edwards & Fitzpatrick, easier said than done. Both Edwards & Fitzpatrick have shown ability in real NFL games, something Brohm does not have on his resume. Now let's say he can't win the top spot, then he's probably toast. Your #2 is typically a veteran who has started in the past, or a relatively new high draft choice who you chose as your QB of the future. It is not usually a guy in his 3rd year who has started 1 game and the team has no idea what he can do in season. The reason he can win the starter's job but not #2 is because the Bills can gamble on giving him the starter's job, knowing if he fails they can put the guy who was at the helm 5 of 6 wins in 2009 back in there. They're not going into the fall with Fitzpatrick starting & two guys with one NFL start as his backups. Now lets say he isn't #1 or #2, then he's in the battle of his life against Levi Brown, that does not bode well for Brohm. Brohm has to be good enough to start, otherwise he's going up against Buddy's draft pick for the developmental job, a battle he's likely to lose. Brown-After Fitzpatrick, he's the most likely to be on the roster next September. 1st off he's the Nix/Gailey pick and will be given every chance to make the team as a developmental player. His battle is either against nobody if Brohm is the starter or against Brohm for 3rd string if Brohm can't beat out both Fitzpatrick & Edwards for #1. Just like the Brohm supporters use the excuse that he wasn't picked up on waivers when GB cut him because the other teams liked their late round rookies after a full camp, that same situation works in Brown's potential battle with Brohm. If the Bills have a whole camp into Brown & he shows anything, they're not going to waive the guy. Some people think you can just put a late rounder on the practice squad. It's not that simple, you have to be willing to waive him 1st and if the Bills are as high on Brown as it appears they are, they're not waiving him. Now if comes to camp & shows nothing, then he's a wasted pick & will be waived anyway.

No, you missed the point-by drafting Levi Brown, the Bills are saying that the one developmental QB job is open. That developmental job is held by Brohm. If they had drafted Clausen, it would have meant that they were looking to replace Edwards or Fitzpatrick. If it hasn't dawned on you that Brown is competing against Brohm & only Brohm, then there's no use trying to explain anything else to you. I'll just wait until Brown beats out Brohm & wait to see your post that you don't understand how the Bills could have cut Brohm when you saw him play so well at Louisville.

The won after that game, so how did they quit?

He sucks! (even though they haven't made the pick yet.)

So when the Bills cut him in September, will you be calling Nix & Gailey fools? You think you know, but you don't know. Jamarcus Russell was highly touted out of college & he's on his way out of the league. Stop thinking that Saturday translates to Sunday-it doesn't because over 90% of the guys they're putting up those college stats against will never play a down in the NFL.

Wang is not starting. If he does, we're in HUGE trouble.