I think the offense performed; excellent. You do not take it to this seatttle defense easily. we did a great job of protecting edwards from an excellent pass rush team. you got to remember edwards is still a rookie and he made some great throws in that game. the td to royal; is one of the hardest throws to complete in this league. he showed suberb arm strength. he made very good reads all game and that is the key. once we get hardy rolling, this will be one hard offense to contain.
STROUD is da man. he reminds me of pat willams, controlling the line of scrimmage, like that. if we can gain a liitle experience, for the defensive rookies; Poz, mckelvin. we can have a pretty respectable D

well maybe excellent because I happen to agree with it, but still.

I was disappointed in the Bills run blocking and I think they could have done a much better job. That first drive 3rd and 1 failure still irks me.

Trent had me worried at first but he really turned it around later. He didn’t play much in the preseason so you could say he was rusty. The Seahawks D is pretty darn good, so that has to be considered.

I would have liked to see Hardy more but Reed and Evans did a good job. Not to mention Royal, who really needs to step it up.

Jacksoville will provide one hell of a test next week, and if the O comes out well after that I think we are on our way.

Seems to be a weakness in our offense, but other than that, we had some good production, allbeit, efficient production in some stretches. Our O seemed best when on the attack. Struggled early and then late, but in the 2nd and 3rd qtrs looked good. Some drops and off passes in the slippery weather. Marshawn should have caught a couple of those passes from Edwards, but we’ll see.

The FB looked okay as I did not see much of him, in terms of his runblocking. The run scheme as a whole looked a bit sloppy, but I like how countered that and the Seahawks pursuit with misdirection.

BIG test next week. Away in a hostile environment, Jax looking to bounce back with their strong running game, Stroud’s first time back whree he started…let’s just hope its good weather

No penalties on offense in the openning game with a semi-shuffled line in an electrified atmosphere. To me that was the best stat of the game. Speaks volumes of the intellegence and work ethic of those guys. That gives me all the hope I need to believe this offense will only get better.

The only concern I had yesterday was the run D giving up a few sizeable runs to Seattle. I expected the O to struggle more than they did against Seattle’s D. I have to vote ST as having the best effort out of all 3 phases of the Bills aginst Seattle. 2 TD’s in the same game is uncommon from ST.

The Force was their ally, Brian. Gotta like what I see so far from these guys…

In my opinion.

It was a rather inconsistent day, particularly for the run game, but that was to be expected. With the weather, layoff and rust on Edwards, along with missing our best OL in Peters, we couldn’t expect to be clicking on all 8 cylinders (Sterling Sharpe!).

I’m not sure how much the poor start could be contributed to the weather, how much was due to Edwards’ rust, and how much was due to just his overall poor play at that point. I think he was very uncomfortable and jittery in the downpour. He settled down once he got that deep pass to Evans. That’s something I mentioned before, getting the ball to Evans early, which is good for Lee. It apparently can also be good for Edwards too. I hope next week Edwards can come out more comfortable, in hopefully better weather, and get it going much earlier.

Hopefully, Peters will be ready to go next week and will help the run game. We really struggled opening holes yesterday, as much of the yardage was gained due to Marshawn making guys miss in the backfield and then taking off. We can’t rely on that every game, especially against a tough D in Jax this weekend. I still think some of the run calls were a little too conservative, right up the gut, but I did like some of the runs from the shotgun and a few counters. I’d love to see more outside runs especially if we’re going to get such good blocking from the receivers. I even saw Roscoe out there blocking pretty well.

I’d also like to see the passing game varied a bit. Seemed like all the passes were either deep to Evans (or the one to Royal) or dumpoffs to Royal and the backs. Where were all the intermediate routes? Obviously it wasn’t evident on TV, but did Seattle have that area pretty much shut down? I want to see more passes 10-15 yards downfield, which will really help our running game. This could also be due to the weather, and wanting to avoid a stupid turnover…

Still lots to improve on, but for once, there was a lot to build on as well. We still have to turn some of the FG’s into TD’s, but that should hopefully come. The final score was a little misleading as we didn’t exactly dominate the Seahawks D as much as we’d like. But they were a good D, so that’s not exactly a bad thing. The most important thing was putting points on the board, no matter how it’s done.

Another “must-win” next week :) We have to come out strong!

Of that game was that Trent Edwards stayed away from the critical turnover. That aspect showed his growth. How many times did that “critical” turnover cost us the game the last couple of seasons. During that 1st qtr, my heart was in my throat because I was waiting for “my” quarterback to throw that INT or get sacked and loose the football (ala Losman). Edwards stayed with the safe throws until he got his groove then he started throwing darts. He is a great manager of this offense and sky is the limit with this group.

interview is up on bb.com. sounds like the Bills and his agent have come to a verbal agreement to talk contract this season. Purely a contractual problem is what Peters saw this hold out as.

I’m just glad to have him back. I think if he plays with a chip on his shoulder, and gets a new deal at the end of the year, this O-Line will be set for years to come

An obvious question that was not asked was, “will it be hard to fully commit yourself given that you didn’t get the contract”. I would have like to see how he answered it.

That’s one area I would like to see some improvement. Twenty-five percent is not going to cut it in most games. It was nice to see our defense playing out of their skulls, and they were finally getting off the field on third down themselves.

Run blocking does have to be a concern, especially on the third or fourth and short situations. I’m actually more comfortable seeing Trent in shotgun on third and one or two than seeing us lineup in a “big” formation. You can actually feel the line collapsing before you see it. Occasionally we get the push we need to convert the first down or the touchdown, but not too often.

Trent looked good I felt. He made some throws. Some throws I don’t think he felt comfortable executing last year. Especially, the fade routes to Evans. It was nice to see the chemistry they have developed. It was promising to see it in preseason, but in a real game, it was gratifying. Edwards seems to be more adept at throwing a hard ball accurately. I think that is the big difference in his game this year. Perhaps he tried to just “guide” every ball in last year, and now he’s finally letting it go.

All in all, I have to say I certainly did kick my heels up and shout on Sunday. Stroud is healthy. I was very skeptical of that in the offseason. Obviously, I was wrong. I just hope he and the rest of the Bills can stick it Jacksonville this coming Sunday.

Oh, and by the way Brian, McGee is still the best tackling corner with Youboty a close second : )