Report: Bills/Pats slated for Week 1 MNF action

I hope he’s still recovering at that point! haha

Wasn’t it a Sunday night game? Maybe I got mixed up, but I think I was actually at that one.

Laces out Dan!!!!!!!!!!!

If he had held the ball, laces out, like he was supposed to, Ray would never have missed that kick.

I never bought Sean Young being cast as tranny kicker Ray Finkel, she was way too hot back then. I wonder who would play Scott Norwood in a similar role, Jessica Biel?

I believe is Greer a better CB than Florence

boooooo that move – boooo it. I don’t care about circumstance or being paid too much. You get a guy thats good and you keep him (maybe not clements money). Same thing with Peters – we finally get an elite player at a position and now we have to trade him because we can’t pony up the dough?

give me a break

Russ Brandon isn’t the guy that says “we are signing this guy, end of story.” It’s through consensus-building. He has the title G.M. but the buck does not stop with him. He only added that G.M. title recently. Originally he was the C.O.O.

Before I even talk about the free agents you mentioned, we have plenty of time to further address these holes on our roster.

For Dockery, we were paying him top 5 money to be a bottom ten OG. Maybe a player that is better than him isn’t on the roster now. Crowell is better than Thomas in my book but that doesn’t mean he should be back. Plus nobody has seen him run or play since his surgery. He’s an awfully big question mark. I don’t know if paying three starting CBs while developing Corner and Youboty is the best use of our money. McGee, McKelvin, and Greer would all demand that money. It’s not always about who is better.

We’ve been hearing about young guys improving for years. Will we ever see significant improvement out of more than a small handful of guys? You can’t just rely on young guys improving when you went winless in the division and were one of the worst teams in the league over the final two months of the season. The signing of TO was a good start, but we’ve still got some work to do. The young guys improving greatly would be excellent, but it’s worrisome that that’s what we’re hoping for in order to really turn it around….

Man, do we need Edwards to take a big step forward this year. If he plays mediocre football again, this team is screwed.

First, I’d add Brady returning to any Pats discussion. That’s a pretty sizable improvement, I think we’ll all agree on that…

Honestly, I think every team has done good things, even though the Jets’ QB situation is ridiculous right now. I don’t buy the "we haven’t gotten significantly better" line. We’ve gotten more explosive.

So we have gotten significantly better?

We’ve gotten more explosive, yes. But that’s for this year only, which almost makes me want to leave that out for comparison purposes. I do love the fact that our O could be much improved, I will say that!!!

I don’t know if it matters, I’ve never seen him play before, but the Bills wanted to sign him as well, but the Dolphins should have Cameron Wake added to their signed list.

LG: I think, as of today, we are slightly worse with Chambers instead of Dockery. And that’s mostly because Chambers doesn’t have a track record to look at. Dockery was bad last year, and with that ‘elephant in the room’ contract he had, I’m not saying we’re worse off without him.

OLB: Improved? No. Regressed? No. Stayed the same? Thus far, yes. Therefore, no significant improvement (or regression) here. I don’t count Crowell in this at all.

CB: Honestly, I liked Greer, but I don’t think we’re any worse without him. We played without him for half the season last year, and Leo looked good. With another offseason to prepare and mentally get himself ready for a full-time starter’s role, I think he’ll be better than Greer was at any point in his Bills career this season. Depth may be a bigger question mark, since I’d rather have McGee, Leo and Greer as our top 3 (with Youboty #4) over McGee, Leo and Florence.

Just let him loose on draft day is all I gotta say.

Moorman was inconsistent last year.

Actually, it would be best if he didn’t see the field.

Ok. I live in Rhode Island at the moment so it’s actually easier to see the Pats-Bills game in Foxboro (god Gillette Stadium sucks, no character) than in Buffalo (though for the extra 6 hours of driving each way, it might still be worth it). If this Monday Night game happens, I swear to you all, I’ll kick in money to have Bills fans shipped in, because if I have to endure a drubbing like that again and listen to those self-righteous, band-wagon crybabies go on and on about how Tom Brady could fly to the moon on the power of dreams, I’m gonna use my Lee Evans throwback jersey to garrot as many of them to death as I can.

I see like 10 Bills fans when I’m there, and the madness needs to end. We just look at each other like we know it’s gonna be a rout, but still pay the $150 ticket and $50 parking fees to watch our dreams shattered.

They seem to do a better job in the draft. Furthermore, they’ve had only 3 head coaches in the past 40 years; the Bills have had 12 within that same time span. It comes down to ownership and front office over the long haul.

Because the deal with Britain is with the entire NFL – the league can schedule any two teams over there each year. If the entire NFL were playing games in Toronto, then they’d have a say in that as well – beyond their “OK Buffalo, you’re playing [insert team] there this year.”

The NFL approves but doesn’t get compensated, the Bills do.

Lots of excuses if we lose. Pats get emotional lift from Brady’s return and the crowd will be Crowd pumped, Lynch will be suspended, nobody will expect us to win a road opener at NE. Lets hope we can keep it close. That will be a win in my book.

Going to NE in week 1, on MNF, doesn’t seem like the greatest thing in the world….

I couldn’t agree more. You have the chance to get your teeth kicked in on the national stage, and then get to have a short preparation week for game #2. Great way to start the season. Jauron must be thrilled about this.

What’s the opening line? I gotta guess Buffalo plus 13.

I thought that is what they did last year but Brian’s update says ESPN.

when your a student, skipping class is easy. When your a teacher, not so much.

There’s a trucking company that sends a semi every week like clockwork through our little town. I don’t know how big they are or how far they reach, but I love the company name and logo. The logo on the side of the trucks shows a bull squatting and taking a dumper surrounded by a circle with a diagonal line through it. They call themselves “N.B.S. Trucking”. No Bull S**t. Can’t believe they get away with it. Their slogan – “We care about your load”! Hilarious.
 http://www.nbstrucking.com/

Turkey Night kickoff for NFLN.

Because when they first got the contract there was only one game. (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2040130) It wasn’t until later that year that they decided to go to two games. Originally the early game was going to be on the NFLN because it was their first year actually showing games. But because the NFLN wasn’t available everywhere the feedback was horrible and they quickly put both games on ESPN.

I think they can win. It’s not out of the realm of possibility. People are already ssaying 0-1 for cyin’ out loud

He’s the only Bill she really likes, aside from Marshawn whom for her as a non-football fan she can recognize the passion he brings to the field.

LOL. Only the big fat crayons and he’s not allowed to use them after the 2nd quarter.

A victory would surely be made sour or a loss equally more devastating by Mike Tirico – who would point out the last time the Bills beat the Pats was in Buffalo on opening day 2003 and that the last time we beat them in Foxboro was 2000!

However, despite those facts and the beating our team/fans take from the national media (especially the last 10-15 years) there is no substitute for watching your team don those impressive blue and red (occasionally white) uniforms and go to battle for you each and every Sunday for the chance of NFL supremacy. And it’s that chance, that excitement, that fervor to be part of something that is greater than ourselves that keeps us coming back for more.

Bills Fans – There is always a Chance for greatness and surely our hearts/souls have bled from disappointed in the past but it’s a new season and there is still HOPE. Hope that our O-line can hold up and hope that our defense can get QB pressure/turnovers and most importantly, hope that Trent is a franchise quarterback. Granted we all would have liked to have the holes on our roster filled through free agency, but let’s not pass judgment on the One Bills Drive just yet until we see what the draft looks like and the improvement our young core of players may make over this offseason. Keep the faith fans, for there is young talent on the roster and if the stars align just right, not only will the popcorn ready, but it will be overflowing from the Ralph all season long!!!!

GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now that’s funny…it’s a good thing they’re not on the same team.

my bad

Now what’s a deffencive halfback?