Bills Close Preseason With 28-23 Loss To Detroit

Offseason is over. Let’s get at it!

I was very impressed w/ the first team offense the last 3 games, I think we all were. However, if any of the starting O-Linemen go down its gonna be devastating for this team. The depth at O-Line is less then sub par. The run defense also has me a little worried, but I think as the year goes on the defense will come together. They definatley have playmakers on the Defensive side. I know Moats had a bad 2nd half tonight, but I really like him and I think he’ll see some good run this year on defense. Thank god the pretend football is over…LET’S GET IT ON!!!!

but from what I read it looks like nothing much has changed……….Trent gonna be the 1…..Im guessing Fitz will be the two……..I bet Brohm stays and Levi goes to PS…….

I didn’t the Lions backups stood any kind of chance at coming back.

on Edwards?

Chambers is getting cut ASAP

Arthur Moats looks TERRIBLE at MLB. The poor guy can’t cover at all. It just. . .doesn’t seem like the position he should be at.

It would seem the team has to be open to finding any warm body to support the O-line. Another linebacker would also seem to be required. It’s also apparent all the special teams guys we used to employ we no longer have. Anyone on the chopping block who might be able to help?

I think that if the distance between the play of Edwards and Fitz/Brohm were less than it is, that is, if Brohm and Fitz were a realistic challenge to Edwards’ job, then Brohm should be the number two guy. The good Brohm looks like he could move the team powerfully, maybe better than Trent, if he had to from time to time. Whereas the good Fitz just looks capable. But because they’re clearly a step behind Trent, I think Fitz makes more sense as the number two. Brohm is more of a risk because he’s less polished than Fitz. If he weren’t as generally worse than Edwards, he’s be a great number two. That’s an interesting way to put it, I know. I wish I knew how to explain that rationale better.

So Fitzpatrick will probably be the number two. He didn’t do anything to let Brohm by him, and Brohm hasn’t taken advantage of Fitz’s average play. But Brohm should make the team. He shouldn’t be cut just to put Levi Brown on the 53-man roster. If someone wants to take Levi off our practice squad, then as I see it, it’s really not that big of a deal.

Brown to Foschi is not a combination I hope to see again anytime soon…

Bill’s looked good enough offensively to make watching the team interesting. Defense is a concern, hoping we’ve kept pass rush under raps during pre-season. At this time Bill’s are must watch TV!

but it seems as if we are well on our way to another 7-9 season…AWESOME!

to Seattle for T.J. Houshmandzadeh?

I have no idea if chix will even try to get some new blood in at this point (my gut says no) BUT!!!!!
one thing that really impresses me about this preseason is that we look completly (better) different on offense and a quick look at the contracts shows that we are spending about 8-9 million less than last year. We are also about 5-6 million under last year on the defensive side of the ball. My point is the money is there to pick up a few veteran players from off the waiver wire.

TE Mabee they just rushed Foschi onto the field to quick, but that was bad no BAD I think we need a good #2 type TE someone who after learning the playbook could chalenge Schouman. Does anyone realy think he can make it all year without the dreaded IR. I will feel much better when Nelson is back, but by then if Schouman goes down it will be to late the better tallent will be gone. If we get someone better than Foschi now while Stupar,and Schouman are healthy we would have 4 weeks to evaluate who to keep between new TE and Schouman when Nelson comes back.

OT We need depth here. I dont see Hennesey making the team (PS). Wang is not ready even after he is healthy. That leaves Meredith, and Chambers. Considering Green has had his fair share of negative press, a starting quality RT that could over the first part of the season overtake Green, bumping him down to swing tackle with Meredith and cutting Chambers would help that problem out greatly.

OG Again we need depth. C. Howard, A. Ramsey, and T. Watkins does not inspire. I would think we could pick up a veteran back up OG pretty cheap, and stash some of the above mentioned on the (PS). Get one now, not in the middle of the season when we have no choice like last year after the injuries. Otherwise one of those three will make the team, and it will only cost us a PS spot and 1 million dollars.

OLB We need a pass rush, but if I could choose I would want a run stopping impact type player. With our DB we can live without a top notch pass rush for now. We will loose a lot of games if we dont stop the run. I know we have been without Tobor of late. who has been gettting his run down snaps? Surely we could find an upgrade here.

I hope both their names are on the final roster

We looked very good during the first two quarters then in the second half, we seemed to lose the focus and intensity which helped us get ahead of the Lions. Brohm looked antsy and nervous for the most part which clearly negatively effected his play (errant passes at times among other things). Levi Brown has the makings of at the very least a very solid backup QB, but he’s clearly still a work in progress. That interception he threw which was returned for a TD was just an awful throw seeing that there were no Bills anywhere near where he threw the football.
Chad Jackson to me at least cemented himself as the fifth WR on the roster, as he played a very good game and displayed a great burst on several of his five catches. Donald Jones and Naaman Roosevelt both played very pedestrian dropping quite a few passes and not making much impact at all; Jones is a goner and Roosevelt is practice squad-material.
Chris Ellis had a solid game.

I have a feeling that Brian Brohm will be cut soon. He had 12 possessions this preseason to score a TD, and he failed to do that. And lets remember folks, Fitz had only 9 preseason possessions, and in that those possessions, he threw 2 TD passes, and got a running TD from Bell.

Anyway, I do like what I see out of the Bills first team offense. They definitely looked radically different than last season, scoring 41 points in 14 possessions. As for the defense, they look just as opportunistic as last season. I just hope they can do a better job in the regular season stopping the run. But overall, the team looked this preseason.

It looks like the offense is going to be entertaining this year but the defense is going to take most of the season to progress. As long as the defense plays hard and continues to improve is what we need to hope for. I’m positive that DC Edwards has some tricks up his sleeve for the opener!

One thing for sure is that no Buffalo lead will be safe this year…

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The strongest reaction I had to watching this game was thinking: “I can’t wait until Nelson gets back off of his suspension”. Foschi was brutal, not just on that interception but on pretty much any play he had a major role in.

Was it his fault on the INT or did the WR run the wrong route?