Jerry Jabber

Hopefully, Batten works out. It should be interesting to see who will be the Bills starting OLB's whether Schobel retires or plays. Between Ellis, Kelsay & Maybin, can these guys make the transition from DE to OLB?

Great point. Our offense sucked against the 3-4, practicing against it will make the offense better.

That's good to hear. The more pressure's & sacks our D can generate, the more chances our secondary has to get turnovers. Our pass defense ranked #2 last year, including #2 in INT's with virtually no pass rush. If our defense can generate a decent pass rush, then our secondary will easily lead the league in INT's.

I agree as well.

http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2010/05/28/d...e-more-complex/

I love the outlook from 2012 thru 2014

That explains why a majority of the Bills injuries have been knee injuries or some other leg injury. Thank goodness for new S&C coaches!!

The Bills beat the scary Jets and the Dolphins last year, and should have won the season opener if it wasn't for someone not taking a knee. So you're saying "realisticly" the Bills are gonna go 0-6 in the division this year?

Great optimism and I hope your prediction come through. MIA @ BUF W BUF @ GB L BUF @ NE L NYJ @ BUF W JAC @ BUF W BUF @ BAL L BUF @ KC W CHI @ BUF W DET @ BUF W BUF @ CIN W PIT @ BUF L BUF @ MIN L CLE @ BUF W BUF @ MIA L NE @ BUF W BUF @ NYJ L I'm going with 9-7 and 3-3 in the division (which is what the Bills should have been last year if it wasn't for McFumble).

Probably won't see anything on bb.com until 4-4:30pm.

IMO, Evans is one of the best #2 WR's in the league, but as a #1 WR, he's not in the Top 20. He doesn't have the size or the physical ability to constantly shake double-teams and can't outmuscle DB's either. Evans has to rely on his speed to beat defenders.

It was nice to hear Trent say that about Gailey. The offense was too bland and too predictable. Looks like Edwards had the best showing of day 1. IMO, (early prediction) Edwards will be the starter on Week 1, with Brohm as 2nd string and Brown as 3rd string. I can see Fitz getting the axe.

This is a funny post, sign JaMarcus Russell, hahahahaha!!! You're funny, keep the jokes coming!!

Ryan Fitzpatrick = Kelly Holcomb, Career backup QB's

I think there are pro's & con's for a stadium either in NF or Buffalo. I think a stadium in NF will help attract more fans and money from Canada. The negative, the Buffalo/Erie County area (businesses) would lose money with not having the Bills located in Erie County. During home games, hotels, restaurants, bars and even locals that used their lawn for parking for lose out. IMO, I'd rather see a dome stadium in downtown Buffalo. With having a new, domed facility, the Buffalo could be in contention for hosting the Superbowl, which would bring more money to Buffalo. I like in Philly that all of Philly's sports teams facilities are located are near each other, I think that would be great to have the Bills, Bisons & Sabres all close to each other.

How was Moulds fumble Flutie's fault? How was Reed's personal foul penalty on the goaline Flutie's fault? The INT in the first half was Flutie's fault, but getting blasted helmet first in the throwing arm by Trace Armstrong was the O-line & Thurman Thomas' fault. So Flutie was suppose to block a linemen first himself, then throw the ball?

Trace Armstrong did not hit Flutie head on. Flutie was in throwing motion when Armstrong's helmet blasted Flutie's right arm (which had the ball), Armstrong was coming in on the right side.

Tony, I meant in general the "Doom & Gloomers" on here say the Bills suck, sorry I didn't clarify that. What branch of the service were you in? Seriously, congrats on military retirement . I was going for 20 years, but made in 8 years 8 months in the Marines before I was medically separated (tore up my foot & ankle). The reasons I think the Bills will be better this year, is that they went 6-10 last season, had a huge cluster f@ck to start the season (Schonert & Walker fired, AVP thrown in as OC), 20 players on IR and Dick Jauron as HC. Last year, only 1/3 of our defense was good, which was our pass defense. The run defense was a sieve (ranked #30, giving up 156.2 YPG), and couldn't muster much of a pass rush. I've always been a firm believer that in cold weather cities (like Buffalo) you need bigger linemen. I like that the Bills got bigger players on defense and are going to a hybrid 3-4. I expect the run defense to be much improved, but it's still way too early to tell about the pass rush. On offense, like I said earlier, they were a mess to start the season and it didn't help that Jauron wanted a more dulled down offense. During Jauron's time, we basically saw the same offensive sets, 3 WR, 1 TE, 2 RB's or 3 WRs, 2 TEs and 1 RB, no WR in motion. I think the offense (that ranked 30th) will be better, but only marginally better (probably finish 20th-25th). There are a ton of question marks on the offense: Can Stevie Johnson & James Hardy develop into good WR's? Can Gailey get consistent production from Evans? Can Gailey get better production from the O-line? Who will emerge as the starting QB and how well will that QB do? I'm not saying playoffs (echo Jim Mora), but I can see the team finishing around 8-8/9-7. I like what Nix helped took part in when he went to SD. The Chargers were 1-15 when Nix & Co went there, five years later, the Chargers were 14-2. IMO, I can see the Bills in the playoffs in a year or two. I like how Nix is building this team and feel this rebuilding process should have taken place 10 years ago.

Here are the 2 playoff stats for Flutie & Johnson: Flutie: 21 for 36, 360 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 2 Fumbles, Sacked 3 Times Johnson: 16 for 22, 131 yards, O TD, O INT, 2 Fumbles, Sacked 6 times. The Titans turned Johnson's turnover (which was deep in Buffalo's terrority) into a touchdown. One of Johnson's sacks was for a safety. There's no denying Flutie had 3 turnovers that game, but what the stats don't show is Moulds fumble (which should have went for a TD if Moulds ran fast & secured the ball) and Reed's personal foul penalty on the goaline. Since instant replay wasn't allowed back then, it's arguable that Reed was in for the TD, but that still gave him no right to hit the ref in the back with the ball and get a 15 yard personal foul penalty. Even though Flutie made mistakes in that game, he still did enough to put the Bills in position to win by passing for 360 yards and putting the ball in Moulds & Reeds hands to get TD's, in which those 2 players majorly screwed up. That's why it's a team game. On the other hand for 58 minutes of the game, Rob Johnson did nothing to put the Bills into a winning position. His fumble costs the Bills 7 points when the Titans capitalized on that turnover, plus cost the Bills another 2 points with one of the 6 sacks of the day being a safety. Johnson had a little over 1/3 of the passing yards that Flutie had compared to the previous year's playoff game. Yes, Johnson stepped up his game on the final drive to put the Bills in FG range, but that wasn't enough. 2 minutes of good play could not erase 58 minutes of bad play. Bottom line, Flutie was an average QB who played with a lot of heart & determination. Johnson had all the physical tools, but never had the drive & determination and could never put all the pieces together to become a franchise QB.

If Moulds didn't hot-dog his run, that 2TD's for Flutie. If Reed didn't get a 15 yard personal foul penalty and a game ejection on the goaline, that's another TD (4 tries to punch it in on the goaline, Buffalo would have scored). But I guess those don't matter, do they?

Yes he fumbled in the first half, but he also put the team in more winning positions throughout the game (see my posts about Eric Mould & Andre Reed costing the Bills 2 TD's). I also remember when the Bills were trailing the Jags in the 4th quarter and Thurman botched the hand off, Flutie tucked in ball in and dove towards the pilon for the winning TD. I'm not saying Flutie was great, but with the terrible O-line we had, a mobile QB is what we needed.

No one will argue that the Bills have been badly mismanaged and haven't been good over the last 10 years. It starts at the top with Ralph Wilson. Ralph made Donahoe team president and Ralph disappeared for 5 years. Donahoe tried building an instant winner that didn't work. Donahoe didn't want a coach that was going to talk back to him (like Cowher did) so he hired "Yes Sir, Mr. Donahoe" guys. Majority of Donahoe's draft picks and most importantly, trading away our #1 picks set this organization back. Levy came back and hired his pal Jauron, wrong choice. Jauron wanted a smaller, faster defense that didn't work. Yeah, all of us get the Bills haven't been good in ten years. It's one thing to say that you don't think the Bills will do well because of this and because of that...etc, but if you're gonna say the Bills suck and bash them up and down, then why even bother posting on here. If you can't stand the Bills, think they're gonna suck and are not making the right moves, then why even bother wasting your time on this team? It's like complaining about your neighbors and can't stand them, but are nice to their faces.

More like he got demolished by Trace Armstrong. And how many QB's would hang onto a football when their arm is in throwing motion and a huge defender dives helmet first into your arm?? Sorry, but that was no cheesy Bledsoe fumble. Look to Moulds & Reed for the loss that day.

Why don't you open up your refrigerator, and get some cheese for your whine.