You both are.

If Oakland blitzes (like they did against KC) and mixes up their packages then they will get to Edwards.

And If the Bills played a crappy team like K.C. every week they would go undefeated. The Cheifs suck for a reason.

how can Saint focus solely on the Bills run D from the 2007 season? Has he not heard that we have Marcus Stroud now? Granted both of Oakland’s RBs are very talented players, but there is no way his argument is valid if he only looks at what we had last season. We’re obviously more solid up front with the addition of Stroud which in turn, as Brian sort of pointed out, makes the entire d-line perform at a much higher level. I think Saint definitely got the Oakland RBs vs. the Bills’ run D match-up ALL WRONG.

and it isn’t Brian.

Shutting down Devin Hester LAST YEAR, whoopity damn do. Hester isn’t the best punt returner in the game Saint, go look at the numbers from last year.

The Bills run D was terrible LAST YEAR, but this isn’t last year. We’ve solidified the front 7 and it’s shown thus far.

Looking at last years statistics and teams is pretty useless. Go look at the Pats then, they had the greatest offense in history last season. Guess that should translate to this year being the same thing, right?

That was a funny read

Alright Saint, I respect any and all opinions, but to compare our run D to last years is absurd. We have a revamped, completely healthy defense that was tailored to stop the run (enter Marcus Stroud and Kawika Mitchell).

Just like Chris Kelsay said recently, “He’s our little stick of dynamite back there”. Says it all as far as Roscoe goes IMO.

SAINT: “DeAngelo Hall put the "D” back in his first name last week as he blanketed the Chiefs receivers."

Wasn’t he taken to school by a rookie in week 1? Good luck doing the same w/ Lee Evans this week.

i started reading that post and by the end I really wished it was two days from now at 1 o clock so we could shove that 200+ yards rushing, shutting down roscoe, blanketing secondary crap up his ass. Heres a better matchup: our pass rush vs the Extraordinarily hyped Jamarcus russel that went 6-20 (or somewhere around there) for under 100 yards on a team/secondary that could easily be the worst in football. Seriously bro, you need a passing game to be able to have that 200+ yard run game that your talking about. With the past people we have had on here from other blogs I respected their humble opinions alot but this guy gets under my skin. Cant wait for Sunday.

1) No one has the advantage when we have Parrish on punt returns except the Bills. Other teams can only hope to contain him, and the Jags have a good coverage unit as per their stops on kick offs, and despite a penalty Parrish still almost broke one. Advantage: Bills

2)I think it is a draw with the running game. MacFadden is a beast, and Bush is a light footed big man with solid skills. i can see them putting up over a hundred yards, but their average is going to be down. If they do most of their running to the outside, than they are going to hate our speedy D. This leans to Buffalo if we play well, but a draw if all else runs equal. Advantage: none

3) Evans is going to pose big problems. He ust gets open too much, so I see a double team, so watch out for James Hardy and Roscoe on offense. Evans might open up other players, and as soon as that happens, they will try and cover more evenly and then Evans gets’em for deep one. Advantage: Bills

4)"vanilla" that is crap…Denver smoked them incredibly, and the Bilsl are a top 5 pass blocking team. look for Edwards to have a picnic in the backfield before he hits receivers. Advantage: Bills

This is not where Oakland wants to be on Sunday. Hostile environment, team on the rise, uneven match ups in all facets of the game. The only thing that keeps them from geetting killed is if they can run successfully and eat the clock. If not, there done, but they still lose.

I haven’t seen Bills fans this fired up in years. The Ralph should be electric is the fans have this kind of passion on a website.

People can feel it. There is some nervousness there, but people can feel this team is different. It can change quickly as we have seen, but fans want a winning team so bad.

We are fighting a war, the economy is struggling, politics is depressing; people in Buffalo just want something good to happen.

Go Bills!

Brians right let the Bills to the talking,

Saint earns a great big “DUH” for his comments on Buffalo’s run defense. Really, Last year Buffalo’s defense was decimated by injuries, particularly the linebacking and defensive backfield. They lacked a big body in the middle of the line to force offensive lines to account for him in blocking schemes. This season (so far) the Bills are healthy. They’ve brought in talent upgrades in Kawika Mitchell, Spencer Johnson, and especially Marcus Stroud. Teams cannot block Stroud with one guy. That frees up other defenders to make plays. Buffalo certainly needs to have a healthy respect for what McFadden and Bush can do, assuming McFadden can play with his sore toe, but for Buffalo, this is not last year’s defense, and to give an analysis as if it is only makes him look stupid.

It may be that Oakland could largely shut down Lee Evans, though I think he’ll get his catches. The flaw in focusing on that matchup is that it neglects the fact that Turk Schonert has designed an offense that spreads the ball around pretty effectively, and looks for matchups. If Lee Evans is covered, Trent Edwards seems to have no problem passing the ball to Robert Royal or Josh Reed or James Hardy or Fred Jackson. Can Oakland cover everyone well all the time? Trent seems to have a knack of finding the guy who isn’t covered as well.