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Seriously...what is going on here? Now he doesn't have enough highlight plays for you people? Football is more than just what gets shown on sportscenter. The RBs on this team had to deal with defenders in the backfield before they even got the ball way too many times last year. Spiller couldn't do anything about that, yet Sean Payton knew that wasn't his fault and gave him a 4 year contract. Fred was better than CJ again and did as well as could be asked of anyone in that horrid situation last season. If the offensive line and coaching is an upgrade from last year (and how could it not be?) then many of you will be eating crow. Yet again.

Serious question...how do you think McCoy would have done in this offense last year? Consider the difference from Chip Kelly to Marrone/Hackett, the difference from Foles to Orton, and most importantly, the difference in the philly o-line and ours. Bryce Brown and Darren Sproles ran free in those offenses too, don't forget. Sproles had a significantly higher rushing average than McCoy last year. Not that I think that's the best barometer, but still. McCoy is a fantastic player. But only if used right. He has to get to the second level to do damage. If he can't do that here either via creative play-calling, or lacklustre line play, he will quickly fall out of favour with the fans here, especially when you take his personality into account. Just let the season play out. Fred will be the name everyone is calling for to be out there by mid-season. It's always the case.

What a crock. It's preseason for one. And secondly, Watkins short-armed or gave up on a few plays last year. The Houston game comes to mind. All receivers do it. And if they dont, they should. Goodwin is a unique talent and needs to be used as such. Might be the fastest receiver in the league.

Is that where he lives?!? Those rookie contract caps really suck! Pay the poor guy...

Did Fred run over your dog before sleeping with your girl or was it the other way around?

I was one of the first to say he was overrated by bills fans but some of you make it out like he's not good at all. Which is not fair. He's still a good player but didn't have much help the last couple of seasons. Remember Fred's run against Chicago last year where he stiff-armed that jobber in ot? Watch what Wood did to Briggs on that play. It was a thing of beauty. A forearm that knocked the guy right on his ass while he was engaged with another rusher. Don't create a problem where there isn't one. Wood will be fine.

I love these. Although this year, they seemed to have cut them down a bit. Not as funny as they have been in years past.

I've said it once and I'll say it again. He'll prove to be the most effective RB on the team by the end of the year. Again. As he does every year.

Haha That really is a criminally underused saying.

That one took me a second, but I think I got it.

Ya, for sure. Once Belichick gets his hands on him, EJ will be starting ahead of Tom Brady.

But this is assuming that he already isn't a franchise QB.

Um, pretty much. This team won 9 games because of the defense. The side of the ball he admittedly had nothing to do with. We'll give him credit for being able to find the stadium and being at every game on time. That's about it. Do you really need to be reminded of the boneheaded in-game decisions? The fact that pretty much nobody had anything good to say about him? Teams can win games without good coaching. Hell, the Cowboys won a Super Bowl once without one (Switzer).

Ok, what do you give him credit for, specifically? A record is a product of the whole team. What do you think he actually did to help them get to 9 wins? I'm genuinely curious because a lot of people say the same thing you are.

Not sure points allowed is a better metric. For one, a bad offense can affect that with turnovers and field position. Secondly, yards allowed is a more foundational measuring stick. Can't score points if you don't gain the yards first. It's like saying "if you score more points than the other team, then you'll win". Obviously that's the case, but you have to look at how those points came about. There's no real 100% accurate way to measure this though. But just going by the eye test, the Bills defense last year was right at or near the top of the league.

Awesome news. This guy is quite underrated in my opinion. Got burned by Jamaal Charles on that one play, but that would happen to any linebacker one on one against him. Pretty stoked about this year's defense. if they stay healthy, they could be great.

They do? What's so special about Tannehill other than where he was drafted?

Love the fire this guy plays with. Winning teams are made up with players like Robert Woods.

Guy's been criminally underrated his whole career. And now with the ageist jokes by Bills fans...very nice. Do not be surprised when he's outplaying McCoy this season. It's just what he does.

Another TBD myth that has somehow become fact here: Kiko was nothing special after the first month. Just because he got his interceptions in the first few games he played, doesn't mean his play tapered off. And just because the guy was good enough to play every snap as a rookie MLB (that's still hard to fathom) doesn't automatically mean he was tired. He took a bad angle on two runs (TB, ATL games) and other than that, the guy was a beast out there. Amazing at sniffing out plays in the backfield. I think he would have killed it playing the weakside. I hated the trade at the time, and I hope I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure I will hate the trade at the end of the season too.

Please. If the various reports about Marrone are true, which I'm sure they are, I'm totally fine with this and encourage more of it. The guy was a complete prick from day one. To the media, the staff, and to a lot of the players. He deserves no respect.

I still maintain that Hackett got a bad rap. If you read the tea leaves, with quotes from players and what not, it seemed as though he was limited by the clueless head coach. I think back to some of the decisions that idiot made and, in my opinion, he's the worst coach I've seen patrol the Bills sideline in the 25+ years I've been watching. Hackett designed some good plays that had receivers running open all year. A combination of bad QBing and poor protection really gave him no chance. The players seemed to like him too. But the head coach, and other position coaches around him were JV-level bad.

Aaron Kromer. Used his unoccupied chair this one time and, in my opinion, he overreacted a bit.

Waiting for the first poster to make a 50 shades of grey reference. It's not going to be me.

anytime i see that guy's posts, i am reminded of this: