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I have a Moulds' authentic that I wanted to replace. I bought the Moulds' one on Ebay but I want a throwback authentic and can't find any of those up for auction so I went to the Bills pro shop to see what they charge. As if it's not bad enough that they want $260 for the authentic throwbacks they only have two players to choose from, McGahee and Losman. If you don't want one of those players you have to pay to "customize" the jersey which is an extra $40. I was going to bite the bullet and pay the $260 for an authentic but once I saw they were trying to gouge me for another $40 I said !@#$ it, I'm not giving them another dime. I'll hold out and wait for something to come up on Ebay.

That is every agent's goal. Nonetheless, Rosenhaus' bark is much worse than his bite. For all the negative publicity he gets he rarely has players hold out.

Also, on Ronie Brown's second TD Chris Chambers had an obvious hold on his man but it wasn't called. I have no clue how they missed it as Brown ran right to the area of the goal line where Chambers was holding.

He had two decent runs where he picked up yardage after contact. I'm not sure how that equates to "flattening" the Steelers. The Dolphins OL looked pathetic run blocking last night. I have no idea how anybody got the idea that they were running over them. Had Mularkey handed the ball to Brown on that 3rd and 2 it would have ended up 4th and 4.

His footwork is horrible. It's no wonder he's off target all the time.

30 yards rushing by Ronnie Brown says otherwise. Their pass protection is okay but that's only half of the equation.

Again, it's easy to be unified before a single game has been played. Let's see what happens when this team meets some adversity. The test of one's character is when things aren't going well. I'm not predicting the team will fall apart like last year, I just think it's a little early to be handing out kudos to anybody.

Or it could simply be that the NFL wanted to have some premere matchups late in the season with two potential playoffs teams going at it...

They also have very good O and D lines, which is where games tend to be won. The rest of the team is suspect, but I'd rather be good on the lines and suspect everywhere else than vise versa (which is sort of where the Bills are). As for the original post I don't think the Bills are going to sit there and rush four all game long if they're not getting preasure doing so. They they can't get preasure with four they'll start to bring more. The only way to stop any good QB is to preasure them consistantly and I'm sure the Bills will do whatever it takes to do this (let's hope it doesn't take Gray's, "let's blitz every down" gameplan to accomplish this).

I'll still be pleased if the Fish struggle this year and don't score much. But if they do play well on offense I still benifit from it. It's a win/win situation.

Mularkey isn't (and wasn't) an idiot. The difference between his first year as HC and his second was preasure, or rather his inability to make correct decisions while under lots of preasure. There was very little preasure during his first season and loads of it last year. Mularkey sold his soul in an attempt to meet the expectations that the team, media and fans set for the Bills in the pre-season. In doing so he buckled to the vets, argued with coaches and pretty much set the team back an entire year. Some people thrive in preasure filled environements and some people fold. Mularkey is one of the folders.

This is a bit off topic but your post reminded me of one of my all time favorite sports quotes, "Everybody has a game plan until they get punched in the face." One could almost say that Mike Tyson sounds intelligent in that quote.

They better run it, I have Ronnie Brown on both my fantasy teams!

There's little doubt in my mind that Mularkey lost control of the team last year. However, just assuming it's going to be different this time around is a mistake. How many coaches lose control of the locker room during their first pre-season. If I recall correctly there were plenty of these types of posts during the pre-season of Mularkey's first year as well. Everybody was happy to see GW leave and were posting things like, "no bullhorns at 6am this year!" I'll wait and see how this team responds to the coaches on (and off) the field before I start getting too excited about the direction of the team.

Perhaps I over-stated that. However, the guy was coming off a horrendous season where he lost control of his team. He wasn't in position to bargain for anything. The fact that they wanted to keep him and had multiple meetings with him to try and convince him to stay after they found out he wanted to leave is doing "everything to keep him" in my book. They certainly didn’t chase him off (like they should have).

I don't know if it was a mirage but the loss to Pittsuburgh's backups certainly wiped away any positive feelings I had about that season.

It's a hilarious comment in multiple ways. The Bills did everything they could to keep Mularkey (God knows why). How exactly did they "chase him off?"

This would be the upset of the year not just the week.

I'm sure given the reps he prob could play both the one and three (I seriously doubt he could be effective playing the two though). The guy is a rookie and the last thing I want them to do with him is move him around too much. Let's let him get comfortable with the NFL before giving him more to think about.

After all the losing the Bills have done in recent years and the fact that this game is on the road I'd say that a win this week would definitely be more satisfying than that win. Going into the 2003 opener most thought the Bills had a decent shot at winning that game particularly with the Pats coming off a disappointing season.

The post you're getting bent out of shape about is dripping with sarcasm.

Williams and McCargo don't play the same position. One is a one-technique DT and the other is a three-thechnique DT. There was no way McCargo was going to take over the starting job from Tripplett. Who knows if McCargo (or Williams for that matter) will end up panning out but thinking he's not motivated or not good enough before a single game is played simply because he couldn't beat out the Bills premiere FA acquisition is silly. This is all a moot point anyway as Tripplett, McCargo, Anderson and Williams will all see lots of playing time as the Bills are going to rotate their DTs constantly.

The #1 TBD whipping boy is the media. Nobody takes more abuse than writers who dare to write something critical of the Bills.

Sept. 10 @ New England L Sept. 17 @ Miami L Sept. 24 NY Jets W Oct. 1 Minnesota W Oct. 8 @ Chicago L Oct. 15 @ Detroit L Oct. 22 New England L Nov. 5 Green Bay W Nov. 12 @ Indianapolis L Nov. 19 @ Houston W Nov. 26 Jacksonville L Dec. 3 San Diego Dec. 10 @ NY Jets L Dec. 17 Miami W Dec. 24 Tennessee L Dec. 31 @ Baltimore L Final Record: 5-11 This team will be respectable at home (going 4-4) but it going to struggle mightily on the road. If the OL can open holes for the running game and take pressure off JP and the D can actually get off the field on 3rd downs they could squeek out a few more wins.

Yep. Simply improving in one area isn't going to get the Bills to respectability.