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1) 35 minutes of possession by this O-line? I'm not barfing all over you, but I'd be grateful with 30. 2) Jackson can get 125 yards on this defense. It's been done. With a WORSE O-line, for the chicken littles. 3) Edwards not play scared? THAT'S the big issue. Weak Pats* secondary? If Edwards "man's-up", this will be the Pats* Achilles heel. They'll get killed deep, and I think Ballisuck* knows it. 4) Win the turnover battle? Where? In fumbles or interceptions? Big difference. No f-ing way the Bills are going to win the fumble battle. That's what I'D be planning for if I was running backs and/or receiver's coach. The Bills are going to put the ball on the turf. The question is whether our SUPERIOR secondary does more than knock passes down, but actually picks a few off. Time to stop living on reputation, and start bringing a few down in your hands, boys. The linebackers and secondary must intercept more than the offense fumbles. 5) Strong special teams play? Living on reputation based on what I saw this preseason. April needs to sit his boys down in private and have a heart-to-heart. Most particularly if he wants to be the next head coach by Week 6. 6) Pressure on Brady? Let me trot out every goddamn Pats* post I've submitted since 2006. Next item. 7) Poz? 8) Maybin (and this board) needs to concentrate LESS on Maybin getting to Brady and MORE on Maybin's vaunted first step begin so goddamn fast that Kaczur false-starts like he did in the Super Bowl. I'd be f-ing THRILLED with Third-and-Five/Third-and-Seven suddenly slipping to Third-and-Ten/Third-and-Twelve. The entire play set changes. 9) Blast Jauron all you want, but his teams regularly rank near the bottom in the penalty count. His is a very cautious approach resulting in few penalities. I see no change this year. I'll be wearing the Lynch jersey with a champion bottle of Meerlust 2004 Rubicon by my side. Mead, I expect congratulations on my choice of vintage. "I Fall to Pieces" - Patsy Cline

Oh, ye of little faith. "The Polar Express". "I'm into something good" - Herman's Hermits

Only if you drink Molson's. A man's gotta have rules. No limp-wristed-nancy-boys up here in the North Country. What's on tap in San Jose tonight? "Because" - The Beatles (the old stuff)

Guilty as charged, SJBF! I'm on wireless up here at the lake, and "3G" isn't always what my provider tells me it's going to be! I was first to pick it up, but just couldn't get the stupid comment out on time. I feel so inadequate.

Are you certain? Palantonio says the following in his article: "If Runyan is on a roster on Saturday at 4 p.m. ET, as a vested veteran his entire 2009 salary is guaranteed. After Sunday, a more club-friendly contract can be ironed out." It doesn't appear to be Sunday. It appears to be Saturday. Unless Palantonio has his facts incorrect.

Errr...AGGGHHHH. I just crapped in your bath tub. Don't worry, chicks dig the scent.

And I agree with you there. I always thought they'd move Walker back over to RT, Butler to RG, Hangartner at C, Wood at LG and Bell at LT. The whole thing - with one week to go - puzzles the living snot out of me. The difference between me and 99% of the posters on this board, however, is that I'm not willing to launch myself off a bridge if the Front Office doesn't do exactly as I say. Let's get it done, big guy. Go Bills.

Okay, well, that was a damn good post, and I don't give a damn what anyone else says.

Boy, I just don't know, Chalkie. I just don't know. I'm not a FO apologist, believe me, but the whole Langston Walker at Left Tackle just left me unsettled. I tried to get behind it, but... As for mending bridges, that's likely nonsense for a 91-year-old who has spent 50 years in the league, illegally bailed out two franchises (New England (Boston at the time), and Oakland), and has now had his mug enshrined into Canton. No, I would imagine that the bridge building starts from the other direction at this point.

I don't disagree with you on this. I don't think that Wilson will cough up the cash for Cowher, but perhaps it IS time for a Mariucci. This line of discussion will glow like melted platinum somewhere around Week 6.

Idiotic response on my part, Steely, but I just don't know. There has simply NO information about Bell's back....well, certainly NO information worth a schit, for about 2 weeks. I guess this is the element about the opening game that concerns me the most. Not the DTs. Not the TEs. Not even the QBs. That back on our new starting LT has me in deep-six angst.

You have an IQ under 60. Get the hint?

Having blown a disc, I can tell you it shows up on the MRI - very clearly. Muscle strains...not such a big deal. They'd know if it was the latter in a few minutes. This all having been said, it does concern me that Bell's been out as long as he has. My angst will do nothing, however, to bring Bell to the field any sooner or later.

Wahhhh....huh?

That, Caveman, was actually a very funny post. Well done.

So long as it's cold and free, eh? Good man. I'm buying.

So, using this example, successful coaches don't need to videotape opposing practices, right? Am I off topic here?

You're right, Crayonz. I was calling for him to be cut by Week 4 anyway. I was using him as filler. But you have to admit that Dockery and Walker were big-ticket signings. At least - I THINK - you have to admit they were big ticket signings.

Oh, it's an internet board. I've learned not to blow a gasket each time out. Make mine Molson Canadian. What's yours?

"Ruthless" in the sense that you, Chalkie Gerzowski, the new GM of the team, gave your 2008 starting Right Tackle the chance to start at Left Tackle, and then blessed his spot on the team on the final 53 in September 2009. And then YOU gave the order to cut his big fat ass 24 hours later. Let go the internet anomymity. Pretend you're not Chalkie, but Ralphie. And picture yourself actually having to fire his ass to his face. Not so easy, is it?

If you think saving $3 million a year is senile, I want to sit down across from you in a game of poker, kiddo.

Fair enough!

I'm sure this post will drop to the bottom of the list within nanoseconds, but I'm going to post it anyway. For all of you Monday-morning-GMs-in-waiting-who-could-run-this-team-better-if-you-only-had-the-chance: Trust me when I tell you that there are 31 other team owners out there tonight who are grudgingly tipping their hats to Ralph Wilson. Ralph Wilson has the built-in excuse for EVERY move he makes. He is operating a team in a small market in very hard economic times. Cut your overpriced Left Guard? See ya. It's Buffalo. If hard decisions aren't made I'll get creamed. Cut your overpriced Left Tackle? See ya. It's Buffalo. If hard decisions aren't made, I'll get creamed. Cut your big-name backup running back? See ya. It's Buffalo. If hard decisions aren't made, I'll get creamed. Ralph doesn't need an excuse, and I believe he knows it. It's Buffalo. It's Western New York. He HAS to make ruthless moves like this to compete with Jerry Jones. With Dot-com Snyder. With Bob Kraft. These guys are MADE of money, so everyone is expecting them to SPEND it, and ALL the time. They ALL - trust me - ALL - wish they had the alibi that they were making these moves because it's a small market. Do you really think any of these guys don't want $XX million suddenly dropping into THEIR pockets? Are you goddamn serious? Ralph Wilson is (choose the metaphor): Punching above his weight Playing the hand he's dealt Making lemons out of lemonade Playing within the rules I don't fault the guy one bit that he's cut an overpriced underproducing left tackle. When the hell did you people think that this wasn't a business? I credit the guy for showing the stones to make a lot of really hard business decisions in a short time frame. I'm glad I'm not on the receiving end. This is the same guy who opposed the CBA, on which a large number of owners are beginning to come around. This guy's ruthless, and I'm guessing a lot of owners are mildly envious.

You're an embarrassment from outer space. Truly. Please go post somewhere else, and change your handle. "BB Fan 4 Life" my ass. I sure as hell want you next to me in a crisis. Are you like this at work?

Well, thank you, I Billieve. That's a very kind post, but understand that I'm now finishing off a plate of "crow" per my second point in that post. I sent Chambers to the unemployment line, and he's flipping me the bird. And it tastes of crow. Caution - I'm in the vanguard of the "Glass-Half-Full" crowd around here. There's always a ray of sunshine somewhere, and I'll find it. Crow isn't that bad when you get used to it. I've eaten worse.