Jerry Jabber

Hope Easley pulls through on whatever illness he has.

I was just being sarcastic amongst the doom & gloomers. In all seriousness, Evans is a class act and I do wish him well in Baltimore. Today, it was great to see Fitz spread it out to everyone, especially Scott Chandler.

Oh but c'mon, Evans is so good that a boot shouldn't have slowed him down?! I thought the amazing Lee Evans was the reason why the other WR's on the Bills were able to get open?

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2011091100/2011/REG1/steelers@ravens#menu=highlights&tab=analyze If you look, you don't see his name on the stats, so you all know what that means...0 Rec's for 0 yards. Let's look at how the Bills offense did without the great Evans today: http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2011091104/2011/REG1/bills@chiefs?module=HP11_hot_topics#menu=highlights&tab=recap Receiving REC YDS TD LG St. Johnson 4 66 1 27T D. Nelson 4 66 0 35 S. Chandler 5 63 2 19 F. Jackson 1 5 0 5 C. Spiller 1 5 0 5 D. Jones 2 3 1 4T But wait, I thought Evans took coverage away from Stevie? I thought Evans was always getting double-teamed? I thought the Bills offense was going to suck without Evans? I can't believe the Bills only got a 4th round pick for Evans? So, what's the excuses now?!

Great Googily Moogily!!!

Bills 24 Chefs 13

Whether or not you think Gailey is smoking a sh@t load of crack for saying he expects to win and expects to make the playoffs, I'd rather have that kind of coach compared to Skeletor, who wanted to be the players BFF and hoped to win. "It's hard to win in the NFL", Dickie J should have been fired on the spot for that comment.

http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2011/09/07/troup-leaves-practice/ According to Buffalo Rumblings, it appears to be a lower body injury. Hopefully it's nothing serious. I'd like to see him healthy and develop more this year.

Bills 24, Chefs 14 I still love that commercial where the old man forgot to add in the "I" when painting the Chiefs logo in the endzone.

If that's the case, then why are you on here? Why even bother supporting the team if you feel "It is about saving money and putting it in the bottom line, not about building a competitive team." Sounds like you're the one who is foolish.

Hey crayonz, I forgot to mention the guy that has such an amazing, such a very fast first step, the smallest DE/OLB in the league, and that's Aaron Maybin. That's a perfect example of the players Nix is getting rid of.

:thumbsup: Great post!! +1

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/04/report-cassel-could-miss-opener-with-rib-injury/ "The Chiefs lost their second leading receiver from 2010 Tony Moeaki for the season because of an injury in the game. Their starting quarterback is also banged up. Nick Wright of 610 Sports and Adam Teicher of the Kansas City Star reports Matt Cassel has a rib injury that could keep him out of the season opener against the Bills. Wright reports Cassel has a cracked rib. And that could expose one of the shakiest backup quarterback situations in the league." Things are looking very good for us on Sunday.

"Your original post said they are trying to re-sign Parrish which means they chose him over Evans." They chose Parrish over Evans? Really?! When did Nix & Gailey come out and say this? When did anyone from the Bills state this? Basically, this is your opinion, not a fact. Nix & Gailey stated they wanted to give the younger players a shot, meaning players like David Nelson, Marcus Easley and Donald Jones. Evans' stats over the last 2 years don't lie. But you'll come up with a million excuses for the guy. Parrish was an afterthought in the Jauron era. Last year, before Parrish went on IR, he was outproducing Evans. The small, quick players I was referring to were the Tampa 2 defensive players like McCargo, Ellison, Corner, Triplett, Youboty, McKelvin. Jauron was fascinated with small, speedy players, didn't have the team prepared to start the season and the Bills led the league in players ending on IR during the Dickie J era. While I liked Levy a lot for his coaching abilities, his tenure as GM was absolutely horrible. First off, he hired a HC that had a miserable HC record. Second, how in the hell do you pass up on Ngata and take Whitner instead? Then, try and address the DT position and grab a "smaller, quicker" DT in McCargo? Wood is injured? When did this happen?

For those that don't agree with this assessment and say that there isn't talent on this team worth resigning, and Ralph is cheap...then by your logic, the Bills shouldn't have resigned Kyle Williams, just because the Bills were 4-12 last year. So, Williams shouldn't have been resigned, plus there's no need to resign guys like Steve Johnson, Parrish, Fitzpatrick, Merriman, Wood, and Levitre. While we're at it, when it comes time for Dareus to be resigned, the Bills should just lose him to free agency. So screw keeping any good players and let's have the Bills do what Daniel Snyder does in DC every year and play fantasy football with the team, overpay over the hill free agents. So if you were the GM, you would just let young talent like Easley and David Nelson go, just to keep a guy that produced: 38 catches for 578 yards last year, and 44 catches for 610 yards the year before. That's brilliant...

Huh?! You got me confused with being an Evans lover. The numbers I stated were Johnson's numbers last year, not Evans. I completely agree about your assessment on Evans and I'm sick & tired of hearing people cry that we only got a 4th rounder for him. "38 catches for 578 yards and 44 catches for 610 yards the year before" does not get you a 3rd round pick or higher. No GM in the NFL will give up a 3rd round pick or higher for those kind of numbers. With Evans' lack of production, it comes down to 1 of 4 things (or a combination of the four): 1. Once Evans got the big payday from the Bills, he packed it in and didn't play as hard since he got paid. 2. Evans is a one-trick pony and needed a QB that could throw the deep ball (meaning 60+ yards) multiple times a game. 3. Once Evans' buddy Losman was gone, Evans was upset by that and stopped playing as hard. 4. Evans was tired of playing on a losing team, lost his motivation and was not playing at the level he previously was.

I don't know why the Bills waiting so long this year to start negotiating? Ever think Einstein that the NFL lockout had something to do with it? Oh wait, but according to you, the Bills were still suppose to make deals with a lockout in place!

Also, I guess you feel that the Bills should just lose their good players to FA instead of resigning them? Yeah, that's brilliant!!!

Code Monkey, so what you're saying is the Bills shouldn't resign a WR that had 80+ catches, 1000+ yards & 10 TDs last year, just because the team was 4-12? Yeah, that makes so much sense... So you don't think that Nix & Gailey doing a major overhaul on the smaller, speedy players that Jauron loved had nothing to do with our 4-12 record. Plus, that record landed us Marcell Dareus, who will be the centerpiece of our defense for 10+ years, just like Bruce Smith was. So continue with your whining, I'll call the Whaambulance for you.

For the doom & bloomers out there that say Ralph is cheap, Ralph is getting ready to sell the team, go get a straw and suck it up already!! The real reason why the Bills are cost cutting now is because they are freeing up cap money to resign key players. Parrish's contract is being worked on. Stevie Johnson is in his last year of his contract. Depending on how Fitz does, he will either get a long term contract extension or just a journeyman offer. After this year, I think Wood & Levitre have 2 years left on their contracts, so they will need extensions as well. So if the Bills spend to the cap like some fans want them to, then how in the he'll are they going to be able to resign the key players that I just mentioned? Nix said he wants to spend the big bucks on resigning their own players and not spend it on high profile players. That philosophy has been working for the Steelers, so I have no problem with that. Gloomers....damn auto correct!!!!

Glad to see Jasper is still on the team.

Bell, D. Jones, Thigpen and McKelvin all get my vote for the weakest link.

Used to go to Jimmy's old town tavern in Herndon, VA until I got the Sunday Ticket and watch the game at home. Since no one around here knows how to cook wings the way I'm used to from Buffalo, I usually deep fry wings for the game.

I know Thigpen arrived late considering the start to Free Agency this year, but so far, he looks horrible. I'd feel more comfortable with Levi Brown as the #3 and Brad Smith as the #2 backup. Brown has led some scoring drives in the last 2 games, while Thigpen looks worse than Brian Brohm.

Mary Owen (Ralph's niece).