WhitewalkerInPhilly

I think we do in a close one. Thursday night games tend to be sloppy, so I think it becomes an aerial dogfight. When it comes down to it, I trust Darby and Gilmore against Fitz, Marshal and Deck a whole lot more than I would any DB not named Revis. Revis was still good last year, but Sammy was still beating him routinely. Cromartie might be overrated, but he's skill better than the likes of Buster Skrine and Dee Milliner

Is it me, or does Cardale have kind of a weird throwing motion?

My one concern is this: with such a big hit in year 2 how do we afford to keep Gilmore? I know we have a lot of dead money coming in but that is all going to be gobbled up really fast. Are they just giving up on him?

Very nice, at least from the outside, in the post-Osweiler contracts. If there are team options, I like the flexibility. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a franchise QB.

If so, that's a pretty darn good deal for the Bills.

I think I'll make the plunge. I have an X Box hooked up with an HDMI cable and NFL Network streams fine on it. I'm seeing a price tag of $50 a month. Well, I'd spend that in two trips to the bar, easy. Plus my girlfriend wants to watch Eagles games without paying for local cable, and they only overlap for 4-5 games. I think it's worth it.

Watch out Cy! Geno will tell you about his punches!

Maybe I have ridden Tannehill too hard, but I don't doubt his arm strength. It just seems like Philbin (and now Gase) seem determined to keep at the dink and dunk. Now, that can work. Brady can do it. Chip Kelly rode that for two years using Foles when they had DJax or Maclin. But Miami hasn't added any receivers or TE's. Maybe Wallace was overpaid but they sure missed him. They added Foster, who has been seriously banged up, and Tunsil is currently buried in the depth chart at guard. Other than that, I don't see any difference in personel for the 26th ranked offense last year. Maybe Gase is a genius, but if they do exactly what they did last year scheme wise, I am completely fine with that right now.

So more of exactly what the Dolphins did last year? I certainly hope so.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy going to Tavern on Broad in Philly and plan to for the home opener and big games, but it does add up. The video player worked fine for me when I subscribed. If the radio works well, maybe I'll spring for it.

Has anyone tried to use their live radio broadcasts that NFL.Com says it provides. I ask because I saw the price increase last year and went "no thanks". However when the season rolled around it got harder to head downtown to head to my Bills Backers watering hole and it got expensive fast and for some reason WGR does not run well on my PC and due to broadcast rules will not play the game on my phone. It's still a ripoff. But if I can listen to the radio stream well, and then rewatch games and preseason maybe it's worth it.

Us. I can't think of a team in the league more overrated (especially on this board) than the Jets. Fitz had an aberrationally good year, the defense lost a lot of talented vets, their OL was bad and aging and looks worse and they had great injury luck, while playing a soft schedule that came with excellent timing. Like playing the Colts one week after we cracked Luck's ribs and showed the gameplan on how to beat them. The Phins will probably show improvement, but they still have a questionable run game and no one great reciever, so it's still reliant on Tannehill to show something he's never shown on offense. D-line is likely still really good after swapping Olivier for Mario, but that was never their problem. Kiko was awful for the Eagles last year and the rest of their LB corps looks no better. DB somehow looks worse after cutting Grimes (long their best CB) as their #1 and trying to replace him with Byron Maxwell. We look like a Longshot to overtake the Pats, but those chucklef%*$?

'Ranks buddy! Astro, if you have time can I pick your brain buddy? I know from what I hear from reporter tweets the offense looked rough today, but I've been following what board members visiting camp have been saying. From those sources, I've been gleaning that Tyrod (who was pretty darn good last year) has been making at least incremental progress and using the middle of the field. Sammy looks healthy and like an elite WR. Woods looks healthy and is playing hungry in a contract year. Goodwin, Dez, Little and Salas are looking surprisingly good. Might the Bills have a sneakily good pass game, especially if they can use the run to set up play action?

Freaking Rodhack... Does he care that the Brown is the only coverage linebacker who is starting?

You mean Manny Lawson, who did pretty ok last year?

I'm going to ask an odd question: Does anyone else think that our passing game is a sleeper this year? Obviously, we have to see how things work at game time, but Tyrod was already looking decent and seems to have improved. Woods looks healthy and dynamic. Sammy looks special. Goodwin, Little and Lewis have all surprised me.

I think there's another PUP list for when the season starts. But still, it's good to hear. I'm actually not too down on the oh so difficult start we are supposed to have. The Ravens were struggling on even before injuries last year and Perriman has a partial ACL tear like Ragland. I sincerely believe the Jets are overrated, and we play them on a short week at home. The Cards are tough but we get a mini bye. The Pats are without Brady. The Rams are throwing a rookie QB into the deep end of the pool with the 32nd ranked offense last year. Starting week 6, we play the Niners, and week 7 the Phins, who look like they are going to be quick pass heavy teams. Week 8 is all hands for Brady. Sounds like the right time to be back.

Any word yet?

Me too. He seemed like a perfect fit. If we are in 3rd and short I'll be happy that we have Spikes back. That one LB is on permanent coverage duty...actually I like that.

Yeah. I seem to recall our biggest weakness being shredded over the middle on 3rd and long/short. A pure cover ILB is not the worst thing in th world in a 3-4 scheme The biggest knock I've heard on him is that he can't blitz. But when you have Hughes and hopefully a healthy Shaq it is less of a problem.

He has looked to be in far better shape. I'm really bummed about Ragland, but we may have the pieces to be alright.

This blows. But I'd rather have them readjust now rather than right before Week 1. Maybe Preston Brown moves over and Spikes comes in as the thumper, with Zach rotating in on subpackages.

Damn :*(

I'm hoping for the 6-8 week recovery, but even then Kiko wasn't fully up to speed for the Eagles last year. Still, the multiple ACL injuries could be a factor. Still, Zach Brown has apparently looked good so far. Not a bad stop gap I suppose.

Who is the a$$hole who says you can't see improved communication?