Web Rumblings: Buffalo Bills Links, 8/31
by MattRichWarren on Aug 31, 2010 9:17 AM EDT
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PrintBills plan to play Lynch Thursday - BuffaloBills.com
Chan Gailey thinks Marshawn Lynch will play on Thursday night "no question."
ESPN's John Clayton ranks the NFL's starting QBs - ESPN
John Clayton ranks the NFL's starters and Trent Edwards is number 31 of 33. Clayton ranks Edwards' chances of being elite at 0%.
NFL weekend notes | National Football Post
"Many have the Buffalo Bills as a lock to be the weakest team in the league and the front runner to hold the first pick in next April’s draft. I’m not so sure that is going to be the case. When you have a team that hasn’t won in awhile like Buffalo, the first thing you have to build is team confidence. New head coach Chan Gailey seems to be doing that. The Bills are not a playoff team, but they are stronger than many believe."
Twitter / NationalFootballPost
@MattRichWarren Trent Edwards has played good football this August... Always starts with the QB.
Chan Gailey Monday Update (2:54) - BuffaloBills.com
"The Bills head coach talks about C.J. Spiller, Brian Brohm, and Marshawn Lynch's status for the final preseason game."
Twitter / FO_DougFarrar
Watching CIN-BUF, and I think it's official ... C.J. Spiller is a freak in the open field.
Bills O-line coming together - BuffaloBills.com
With the playing time they shared against the Bengals, the Bills offensive line is feeling more comfortable going into the season.
LB Davis on 3-4 progress – Inside The Bills
"Davis admitted that the defense did give up some plays that they can’t afford to give up in the regular season, but overall felt the defense did okay on Saturday night."
Why Kyle didn’t play Saturday – Inside The Bills
"We just protected him," said Gailey. "He had a little injury and we thought it was smarter not to play him in that ball game, let him fully recover and play this week."
More time for Brohm Thurs. – Inside The Bills
"We were trying to get him in there and they kept the ball for a little bit longer than we thought they might," said head coach Chan Gailey. "So we’re going to try to make sure this week we get his numbers up in this ball game."
NT Harvey chance for practice squad – Inside The Bills
"Harvey was on the squad for the last half of the 2009 season. Facing so many 3-4 defenses this season, the Bills offense could benefit from a scout team nose tackle like Harvey in the practice setting each week. Buffalo’s first four opponents this season employ a 3-4 front."
Bills keep faith in Bell at left tackle - Sports - The Buffalo News
Demetrius Bell and offensive line coach Joe D'Alessandris discuss the tackle's road to recovery and how close he is to being 100%.
Three released in roster trim to 75 - Sports - The Buffalo News
Jay Skurski recaps the day's Buffalo Bills news.
Lynch on verge of returning for Bills - AFC East Blog - ESPN
Tim Graham updates the Bills' running back situation.
Maybin Makes Most Of An Opportunity : Buffalo Sports Daily
Patrick Moran calls Aaron Maybin "tremendously impressive" following his performance against the Bengals.
Bills Cut Three To Get Down To 75 Man Limit : Buffalo Sports Daily
"There’s a chance the Bills are hoping Calloway gets through waivers so they can assign him to the practice squad. There’s probably a stronger chance they’re hoping the same with Harvey."
Buffalo Bills: Stock Up, Stock Down : Buffalo Sports Daily
David Nelson, Roscoe Parrish, Aaron Maybin, Trent Edwards and CJ Spiller are stock up. Cornell Green, special teams, Ellis Lankster, Brian Brohm, and James Hardy are stock down. Click to find out why.
NFL Blog Blitz: Buffalo Bills powered by SportsFanLive.com
In recapping the Bills-Bengals, Chris Trapasso gets downright optimistic about the offense.
Gailey stops short of naming C.J. Spiller the teams starting RB " Bills Gab
"Bills coach Chan Gailey was quick on Monday to put an end to any rumors that C.J. Spiller was going to be handed the teams starting running back job, saying that there’s a long way to go before Spiller is going to be the starting back."
C.J. not moving up depth chart just yet – Inside The Bills
"To be honest with you I think we had a pretty good idea of what he could do and to say all he’s done is verify that would be sort of an understatement," said Gailey. "I think we understood and I’m excited about his year."
Roscoe Parrish
Parrish Is Glad The Bills Didn't Get Rid Of Him - WGR 550 SportsRadio
"Roscoe Parrish told me numerous times last season that it's not that he wanted to leave Buffalo, he just wanted to play whether it was here or someplace else."
CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - NFL - Finding Roscoe Parrish
"And, now, for something completely different: Good news from Buffalo Bills camp. Roscoe Parrish is finally looking like someone who can actually pick up a football without asking for operating instructions."
WR Parrish finally finding niche in Bills' offense - NFL - Yahoo! Sports
"The invisible man in Buffalo no longer, Parrish is suddenly feeling revitalized by having secured the slot receiver’s job in first-year coach Chan Gailey’s newly introduced offensive scheme. It’s a role that Gailey pegged for Parrish since spring, and one that should allow the undersized—he’s generously listed at 5 feet 9—but speedy player to use his abilities to exploit mismatches against slower defenders."
Other Bills Links
Joe from NYC Blog: Five reasons on why the Bills should do Hard Knocks
Joe gives five reasons the Bills should be on Hard Knocks. I find it hard to believe HBO will agree.
NFL Live AFC East Preview - ESPN Video - ESPN
"The NFL Live crew gives you their take on the AFC East." I didn't bother to watch.
Bills Alumni have big kickoff event – Inside The Bills
"The Bills Alumni will be bringing the hallowed halls of Canton to Western New York as they salute the Legends of the NFL at the 2010 edition of their Annual Weekend of Events from Sept. 11-13. In addition to numerous Buffalo Bills alumni, sixteen members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be honored and recognized at the three-day alumni weekend."
'MNF' gang predicts AFC East wins, losses - AFC East Blog - ESPN
In a video segment called More or Less, the Monday night crew gives some predictions for the AFC East. The Bills will not win five games they think but John Gruden thinks CJ Spiller was the best player in the draft.
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Why Passing Is More Important Than Running in the N.F.L. - NYTimes.com
"It's not that running doesn't matter. But to build a perennial playoff contender, you're far better off focusing on the passing game." Some awesome stats by Advanced NFL Stats that prove a QB is so much more important than a running game.
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“The NFL Live crew gives you their take on the AFC East.” I didn’t bother to watch.
For a while I actually thought it would be okay. They completely ignored them up until the last 5 seconds when we got an “oh by the way there is also the Buffalo Bills. but since they haven’t made the playoffs in a decade we aren’t going to talk about them.”
No weekend spent pantsless is a wasted weekend.
I noticed that on SC last night...
And why is everyone in love with Chad Henne? He had a decent year last year… but them and the Sirius NFL Radio guys all think this kid is going to be dynomite… idk I just dont see it.
Where else would you rather be?
See…. glad I didn’t watch. :-)
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by MattRichWarren on Aug 31, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Of course HBO would say no
Even though the Chiefs did the show 3 years ago. Not exactly a hotbed of football for the national media.
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Arguing against my Hard Knocks thingy??? That was three years ago. And they had Herm Edwards. The Bills have neither the star power nor the appeal. But you can dream. :-)
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by MattRichWarren on Aug 31, 2010 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Gruden
Judging by his comments I am glad he isn’t here. Although he stated that C.J. Spiller was the best rookie in the draft.
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ESPN makes me depressed
They ignore teams that don’t win consistently and give no genuine analysis on anything. Not “Here’s why the Bills won’t compete this year,” but instead, “The Bills don’t make the playoffs so we’re going to ignore them.” This is, unfortunately, very typical.
Exactly why I haven’t watched ESPN in years. They don’t cover the league they cover the teams they like.
by Robot Nixon on Aug 31, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Marketing data dictates
Colin Cowherd, whatever your opinion of the guy, makes a lot of good points. He was discussing why ESPN gives Favre’s annual striptease wall to wall coverage and he said its because it draws in the target audience – basically, the casual sports viewer. The ratings don’t lie. The ESPN producers don’t care about the fanatics because they figure, they will tune in no matter what – whether its Favre 24-7 (complaining the whole time because its making them nauseous) or whether its profiles of every borderline guy at every camp. Who ESPN is after is, averaged out on a national level, the guy who tunes in for five minutes for an update because he has a vague interest in the story. Why does he tune in? because its Favre and because if he comes back he changes the landscape in the NFC North – Vegas moves their lines because of the outcome. Its news.
Is it a story to examine in depth how we have a gaping holes at LT and QB, no pass rush to speak of and no chance in a division with the Pats, Jets and Fins, all Big Market teams.
If Spiller starts ripping 150 yards and a TD every game, making hilight reels of dbacks diving for dust in the open field, we’ll start to get some love. If we start upsetting favorites, we’ll get more love. If we become a force to be reckoned with, we’ll be THE underdog story and everyone will be tuning in to love us and find out how we turned it around.
Like it or not, no one cares about the Bills outside of Western NY as long as we continue to suck. Sucking is not news.
by oompaloompa on Aug 31, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
this is pretty true. remember when we started 4-0 a few years back? We were alllll over. There were all sorts of hypotheticals about us meeting a possibly undefeated titans team in week ten, and maybe somebody else in the super bowl, etc etc etc. After the loss to the cards, we also got a ton of love for beating the chargers. We lost the love when we started to stink. End of story.
by quantumuprising on Sep 1, 2010 8:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Gailey was coy about his plans once all three running backs are healthy.
“We don’t know how that’s going to shake out,” Gailey said. "We’ve got the luxury of three pretty good backs. So we’ll make that decision when we get closer there.
“They may all be in there at the same time. You never know. On the first play of the game.”</blockquote>
giggity
I'm not sure we have the tools or the talent....
The John Clayton Report is RIdiculous
This is by far the worst I have seen it in years at ESPN, to rate Favre above Aaron Rodgers, is the biggest crock I have ever seen, To rate Byron Leftwich above Trent or any other staring AB is absolutlly bogus and to have Tony Romo above Donovan McNabb is perpostorous, John Clayton – You are an Idiot and your football opinions should be kept in a prison cell.
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by PaullyPforPrez on Aug 31, 2010 11:21 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
… am I going to be the only guy that asks “why a prison cell”?
by Brian Galliford on Aug 31, 2010 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
no kidding. wouldn’t the opinions just float through the bars then?
by quantumuprising on Aug 31, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
For reasons we can't speak of...
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To us winning is a tradition. We are victors and need not explain. You may hate us, but your girlfriends love us. - BC
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by silverstreak3k on Aug 31, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
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