WhitewalkerInPhilly

Wow, thread resurrection! But indeed, we saw a very different gameplan this time around and I was thrilled. I've been advocating for Spiller for two years now, so I am *thrilled* to see him coming into his own. And Jackson will be coming back in a few weeks, and he's better at power running so I think he'll balance them out. We have two fullbacks, good blocking tight ends and an O-line which has allowed *zero* sacks in two games, has the least number of QB hits, and helps a bevy of runners for 6.4 yards a carry on the ground. I'm sure we've been over this to death, but two weeks in we lead the league in rushing yards, yards per attempt and have the leading rusher. And this has been against a stout Jets run defense and a (considered capable) Chiefs run defense. I'm not worried about being a "run first" offense. You can definitely do it and make the playoffs, as that has been the Ravens and Jets trademark style for years and they have been fairly regular playoff fixtures. What I am worried about is the fact that you need a stout defense, which we don't have yet.

I think there is no doubt that the man in streaky. If you could bottle what he had on those Oakland/New England comebacks last year... But no. I'm entirely happen when "Good Fitz" is able to make some throws, not putting him to too far beyond his comfort zone, and then we run the crap out of the ball to help him. Fitz can also leg it pretty well himself.

I know Ravens fans were livid about some of the calls the refs made, especially calling back a touchdown for "offensive pass interference" when it was the defender. Having one admit he's an Eagles fan...I can hear the Ravens howling already

I love it. The man has done nothing but push for the last two games and has done it well. Did you see the path he cleared for CJ on the second touchdown? Seeing him in action, I would have been happy with him as our first round pick. I'm thrilled to have him as our second.

But at least it will be until after the Bills play them at home. The Pats are coming up on this for their three game stretch with a horrible O-line, meaning more shots on Tom Brady: the Baltimore Ravens at Baltimore (an extremely tough, defensive team), the Bills at home (with the D-line finally coming alive) and then against the Broncos (a Brady/Manning duel). These are all games which I'm thinking NE could realistically lose.

I'm just wondering, since I wasn't getting the Patriots/Cardinals game yesterday, what did they do to make them so effective? They held Brady to one touchdown, had him throw one pick and hit him with four sacks. Has anyone seen a breakdown of the game yet?

Here's hoping that Wanny is looking at that game tape now. Also that Hernandez is out in two weeks.

Again, we shouldn't be too optimistic but seriously we could start making a case. We're still waiting for all the number to come in, but I think Spiller may be the leading rusher in the league at the end of week 2, and he's done it on less than 30 handoffs. He's averaging 10.1 yards a carry. That's a FIRST DOWN a carry. People won't be able to afford treating him as less than elite for long.

I know there was some worry about him protecting the blind side, but the man looked like a stud, both as pass protecting Fitz against Hali and helping Spiller run. Did you see that block he laid out on CJ's second touchdown? Priceless. Gilmore is looking better, but Glenn has looked like a beast against some very good pass rushers.

I would agree that it doesn't hurt to look. Look, whether or not you like Fitz (which I happen to do) I have to ask one simple question: do you see Ryan Fitzpatrick as a franchise quarterback, the guy that we speak of with the same tone as Jim Kelley? I think Fitz is our best option this season. There were/are so many problems to fix that trading up crazy high to get RGIII wasn't an option. I wan't Fitz running this offense this year. Next year too. The year after that...I'm open to suggestions.

Every week should be a must win game. But seriously, the Chiefs were 7-9 last year. They don't have gimmicky quarterback to distract the Bills preparation. They are an average team, coming into a home opener where the players will hopefully be fired up and determined after last week. If we CAN'T put up a good showing here, I don't see much reason to expect to go to the playoffs.

Look, I'm a big Fred Jackson fan too. I think he has a great story, and last year he was one of the best backs in the league. But last year, Spiller did a bang up job as his replacement. And against one of the great defenses of the league Spiller put up enough yards to lead the lead the league in rushing and put up over 200 yards. Week one sucked, I'm not going to stop being a Bills fan because of it.

What? With our dynamic and large receiver corps? We're full up.

Spiller indeed made a critical mistake with that fumble, but you could tell that he was trying to make an incredible catch and was hit a second later. Jackson is out for at least a month so we might as well make the best of Spiller. If he could run like that against the Jets, I can't wait to see him for the next three games!!!

Now, God forbid that something bad has happened to Freddy. I really wish him the best. But really, if worst comes to worst, from what I've seen Spiller looks like he can more than hold his own. Discuss.

Confirmed by the Associated Press. Smith and Pouha are out, Keller is in.

I have to wonder why. I mean, there wasn't any word about injury and through it's not as if he is a critical loss that leaves us with 3 WR. I'm really mystified what sets we'll be showing.

I'm still a little worried, since we're going need Stevie's A game

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/47374/can-jets-block-bills-de-mario-williams I'm sorry, but I burst out laughing when I read it. Maybin may be a touch faster, but Mario Williams has sixty pounds on him. I really hope that's the standard the Jets are getting ready for.

It has to be a shot at the Bills. but it can't be too bad. Maybe a shot at how much Fitz makes as a Harvard grad compared to how much we paid Mario.

That's good enough for me too. Even if he's at 90%, it will force the Jets to stick Revis on him and we can beat Cromartie and their 3rd cornerback.

I'm not singing The Doom Song yet, but the Giants play should ground our expectations. Just having an impressive front four does not guarantee success against a quarterback.Romo looked very good, even with the constant pressure all night, and just beat the Giant's secondary. Fortunately, we aren't playing many elite QB's until the Pats, which hopefully will give time for our secondary to get up to speed, and we play a weak O-line and average to bad QB's this week.

Bad news. According to Buscalia Stevie did not practice today, and is currently on a stationary bike. http://twitter.com/JoeB_WGR

It is fact so huge that Chan is considering sending Mr. Fuscillo to play his commercials non-stop in NYC, annoying Rex Ryan so much that he loses his cool and forgets is "strategy"

No first game of the season is a must win. We play 16 of them after all. That said, I think it's a real test to see how far along we are. The Jets had a better record than us, are favored to win in a road, division game. Losing is a setback. Winning gives us momentum going into two very winnable games against KC and Cleveland before the next big test against the Patriots.