Jerry Jabber

Just curious as to the different reports between Sal C. and Joe B. from yesterday? According to Sal, the QB's had a good day and Tyrod Taylor stood out, but Joe B. made it sound like the QB's just improved a little bit. Seems like Joe B. is becoming more of a negative Nancy. Mike Rodak ‏@mikerodak 14s15 seconds ago Not spotted at Bills practice today: Chris Williams, Aaron Williams, Alex Kupper, Tony Steward, Wes Miller, Cam Thomas

Mike Rodak ‏@mikerodak 1m1 minute ago Former Jets OT Wayne Hunter is trying out for the Bills today. Mike Rodak ‏@mikerodak 3m3 minutes ago Even with Seantrel Henderson back at practice, Cyrus Kouandjio continues to run at first team RT in warmups. Joe Buscaglia ‏@JoeBuscaglia 1m1 minute ago Henderson didn't line up with either the first or second-team offensive line at the beginning of practice, though. #Bills

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http://bills.buffalonews.com/2015/06/12/bills-mailbag-by-vic-caruccilack-of-cap-puts-a-dent-in-spending/ A reader asked a question to Vic about EJ Manuel’s development under Doug Marrone and his coaching staff and Vic had the following response: "I say: There is plenty of validity to that. From what I’ve heard from the current Bills coaching staff, Manuel has gotten minimal technical/mechanical guidance since arriving in Buffalo as a first-round draft pick. The opinion of the current coaches is that he pretty much has been on his own the past two years in developing his game. And that has been reflected in his performance through offseason workouts." With that being said, it's hard to be down on Manuel given how inept Marrone and Hackett were. There were early reports saying if Manuel does not win the starting position this year that he would be traded by the start of the season. I don't know if Manuel will win the starting job this season, but I feel he should be given more time given the two bozos that were running the offense for the past two years.

Actually, this is his second season.

A good clip from NFL Network as the guys from Total Access feel the Bills could not only make the playoffs, but take the division as well. http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-total-access/0ap3000000495715/Ryan-I-think-we-will-be-in-it-this-year

Looking forward to Week 2 and playing against the Garoppolo lead Patriots: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-total-access/0ap3000000495713/Are-Pats-concerned-about-Garoppolo-s-five-interceptions?icampaign=nflcom-cs-homepage-videoswap_generic_nfl

Does Marrone still post on TBD?

Jimmy, Happy belated birthday! I hope all is well! I know Rex had success his first two years with the Jets, then bottomed out. Was it more because the GM didn't give him all the tools he needed (players, coaches, etc...) or did other teams figure out his style? Also, can you point out things that Rex did very well and things that weren't so good. In regards to the Bills, they in fact hired a great coaching staff. I'm really excited to see what Greg Roman will do for the offense. Roman's offenses in SF were in the Top 5 the last three years as he ran a run heavy offense, which he will do with McCoy. No one here is expecting any of the Bills QB's to be a Top 10 QB, just an Alex Smith type QB (game manager who will not lose you the game). With having the #4 ranked defense and the #2 ranked special teams, I can see the Bills playing deep into January with all the talent they loaded up on offense: McCoy, Harvin, Watkins, Woods, Charles Clay, Jerome Felton, Fred Jackson. The Bills will surprise a lot of people in the NFL this year. Gailey was a good OC and I wished the Bills had him here last year running the offense (just not the whole team). I'm glad Marrone is gone as he played an ultra-conservative offense. Todd Bowles was a great DC for Arizona, so we'll see how he does as HC. I know people here in Buffalo questioned Mike Pettine and how well he would do as DC without Ryan before he came to the Bills, so we'll see how well Bowles does without Arians. Jets look to have a very impressive defense, but if you guys are going with Geno Smith, then you could finish like the Bills did last season 9-7 and missing the playoffs. Jimmy, P.S.: J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS...S-U-C-K SUCK SUCK SUCK!!! Just busting your balls, but the Jets chant is annoying!

"Spice" Why do you think it is called ‘spice’?? Dareus was just looking to add a little kick to his food and accidentally grabbed the wrong type of spice from his friend. He had no idea it was a drug or illegal. While driving home, he started to feel a little odd and was ecstatic to find a nice police officer to help him out before anything bad happened. The NFL should have warned Dareus before that it was illegal to use synthetic marijuana. It's a sting operation! The NFL hates the Bills.

I hope Babcock signs with the Sabres.

Promo, I'm not saying Flutie was the best QB nor am I making up every excuse in the book for him, I'm just stating what I saw in the Miami playoff game. Flutie was a good game manager, but he was not an elite QB. So what if the Bills were only winning games by a few points, a win is a win regardless of the score, but that was not good enough for fans like you. In order for Flutie to be widely accepted by everyone, he had to score 30+ points a game, every game. Johnson sucked for 58 minutes in the Titans, was 10 for 22 with around 100 yards passing, sacked six times (one for a safety). So what, he played good for 2 minutes of the game, but he left 16 seconds on the clock which was more than enough for the Titans to win the game.

It was a sting operation by the NFL. The NFL doesn’t want to see the Bills lead the league in sacks for a third consecutive year or make it to the playoffs ever again.

Promo, I watched that video and saw Doug Flutie have in arm in throwing motion and Trace Armstrong dive helmet first into his armpit. I don't care who you are, every QB would have fumbled being hit the way Armstrong did to Flutie. Second point, it wouldn't have come down to that if Moulds didn't hotdog his route and would have scored a TD, but instead he got the ball knocked out from behind, or if Reed wouldn't have gotten a personal foul penalty& ejected for hitting the ref with the ball, so the ball went from 1st & goal at the goaline to 1st @ goal at the 15. With four tries from the goal line, the BIlls would've scored a TD, but instead, they had to settle for a FG. But I know, all you Flutie haters want to concentrate on the last play of the game instead of all the other factors that took place during the game. Please tell me how great Johnson played in the playoff game vs the Titans?

You say Dareus’ car hit a tree, how do we know it wasn’t the tree that hit Dareus’ car?

People also forget the Moulds fumble & the personal foul penalty against Reed by which he hit the ref in the back with the ball because the ref didn't give him a TD and he got ejected from the game.

If Joe Schmuckatelli was suspended X amount of games for a totally unrelated charge, then why is Dareus being punished so hard? The NFL hates small market teams Goodell didn't want Dareus hurting his golden boy, Tom Brady Lmao!!

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This is just for fun, but since we all know that Patriots fans have on "fan goggles" and make up every excuse known to man whenever their team gets penalized, what kind of Patriots style excuses can we make up for Dareus' drag racing case?

Johnson was great at coming off the bench and playing great for one game, just too bad he couldn't have played that way consistently.

I hope so. Hopefully we'll see them on 60 Minutes, ESPN, NFL network...

"If these two guys are so innocent, why did the Patriots fire them? So, these two guys are completely misunderstood, a pair of hapless innocents who didn’t want to get busted for lifting shoes and just wanted to drop a few pounds. Why then would the Patriots move so quickly and decisively to distance themselves?" http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/

Good one DC Tom, has Buffalo been cursed since 1901?

I do believe the Bills will be better, mainly because of two people, Kim and Terry Pegula.

In January 2000, then Buffalo Bills owner, Ralph Wilson, made the call to then Bills HC Wade Phillips to have Rob Johnson become the starting QB for the Bills in the playoffs after he saw Johnson play well in a meaningless game 16 for the Bills. Former starting Bills QB, Doug Flutie was told by Phillips that he was only being benched for game 16 so he was rested for the playoffs, only to have the rug pulled out from underneath him and be benched in favor of Johnson, who made his career by coming off the bench and playing great for one game. That playoff game vs the Titans ended in a very controversial call by which Bills fans felt their team got robbed of a victory as it appeared that Titans TE Frank Wycheck threw an illegal forward pass on a kick return. That game was the last time the Bills have appeared in the playoffs. It’s been over 15 years since the Bills last playoff game and some fans have called the Bills long playoff drought the “Flutie Curse.” If you believe in sports superstitions, such as the “Curse of the Bambino” by which many Boston Red Sox fans believed since the Red Sox traded away Babe Ruth to the Yankees was the reason why the Red Sox had a 86 year drought between World Series championships, then Bills have to ask themselves this question, “Is the Flutie Curse over with now since the Bills have new owners?”