SageAgainstTheMachine

I thought it was a funny moment, but probably just a brain fart rather than incompetence.

Alex Van Pelt to return as QB Coach/#2 QB

The syntax confused me too, but I believe he's saying Gailey as HC and Turner as OC. One thing I wonder about - a lot of people want to replace Edwards with Wannstedt. As Assistant HC, don't you suppose that Wanny has already had quite a say in regards to the defense?

Seriously, you would have thought an entire decade is long enough to no longer be walking around on egg shells. Guess not.

The Bills are on the doorstep of greatness. However, the door is locked from the inside and they're afraid to knock because Mean Old Man Belichick lives there.

You all are clearly a bunch of hippies who don't support the troops. 9/11 changed everything. Are you trying to say 9/11 didn't change everything? Maybe visions of airplanes don't affect YOU on a personal level, but my cousin's roommate's ex girlfriend was watching tv when the towers went down.

Absolutely not.

Well, isn't bandwagoneering sorta the point? Unless people want to mope about the Bills during the playoffs, what's wrong with cheering on a team that may be remembered as the greatest of all time?

I'll take that one further. Have you ever seen Tebow and Peter Pan Guy in the same place at the same time? Kinda makes you wonder...

I'll read the content of your post later, as I'm running out the door right now. But what is it like to root for a team that doesn't always screw the pooch?

Yup. Sanchez was in the midst of a TERRIBLE day throwing, and we still let their offense score 28 points. It's easy to point to a couple plays on offense because they were specifically heart-wrenching, but any semblance of a competent defense wouldn't have put the offense in a scenario where they needed 29.

I have no problem with the blitz on 3rd and 11. In fact, it forced Sanchez into a very low percentage throw, essentially a lob to the sideline toward a covered receiver. Unfortunately for the Bills, Sanchez put the ball where it needed to be AND Burress made an incredible one handed catch. The odds of that situation favored the Bills. Didn't turn out our way. I don't see how you can blame the blitz. Would you all have preferred to see them do the typical 4-man rush and give Sanchez ~10 seconds to beat us?

http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/nfl-to-expand-season-to-however-many-games-it-take,18025/

Well, missing the playoffs isn't a mathematical lock, but it appears to me that the time of year has arrived when we're forced to get our playoff thrills vicariously. Even if it's another dud for the Bills, there are still some great story lines out there. Will the Packers take over the mantle of greatest team ever? Can the Lions survive in the spotlight? Can some guy by the name of T.J. Yates drag an 8-3 team kicking and screaming into the playoffs? Tebow mania of course. My vote goes to the Packers. Love to watch Rodgers play.

Same here. He's far from a great blocker, but he's also not the same liability in this capacity as he once was.

If that means what I think it means, can't blame ya.

Do you know why people are phrasing things that way? Because they're talking about a young NFL running back who may or may not succeed. What they're NOT talking about is the retroactive value of the #9 pick of the 2010 draft. Two separate issues. Draft position becomes irrelevant after the rookie contract is signed. I don't care about the extent to which Spiller is a "bust". I care about whether he can play football. Explain to me where you see a lack of objectivity. And please don't refer to my home town as Dumpalo. I take pride in my heritage and a lot of other posters do as well. A BUFFALO Bills message board clearly isn't the place for that variety of derision.

There wasn't a single person being non-objective until you got here. And if I'm not mistaken, this thread has nothing to do with Spiller's draft position.

Yes, I wasn't impressed by the play calling either. Would've liked to see Spiller try to get to the corner a few times. That said, you look around the NFL and there isn't exactly a glut of RBs who make their living outside the hashmarks. Reggie Bush has struggled with the same thing, learning how to play between the tackles. Now, none of this is to say that Spiller can't have a successful NFL career as a role player. But if his aim is to carry the load for a team at RB, this element of his game needs improvement. Personally, I think it's equally about balance as well as strength. Some RBs (Mendenhall comes to mind) have been known to participate in activities like yoga and ballet to improve balance.

He just doesn't seem to have the strength to break tackles, and he's not quite elusive enough to avoid contact. How many times have you seen him run (or after a catch) and say "Damn! He almost broke that one! If he had only beat that one tackler." Well you have to start wondering at some point when he's ACTUALLY going to beat that one tackler. In today's NFL of speedy LBs and DEs, a RB simply cannot be successful if breaking tackles is not in his repertoire of skills. Going down at first contact is as damning as not finding the hole. Otherwise, I was relatively impressed. Spiller has pretty good vision and he's improved immensely with blitz pickup. If I were CJ I would dedicate my off-season to improvements on my core strength and balance, because hi

Pet Peeve: When things are going poorly, every negative opinion (no matter how irrational) is "just telling it like it is".

Lock up Ruvell Martin. 8 years $100 million should do the trick. He could demand more in the open market, but he's a class guy who loves the city of Buffalo and he'll take a hometown discount.

Ok, I already decided on Dracula, but here's a fuller cast... Count Dracula - Jerry Sandusky Van Helsing - Zac Efron Mina Murray - Meryl Streep Jonathan Harker - Bill Cosby Dr. Jack Seward - Reanimated corpse of Walter Matthau Arthur Holmwood - Jackie Chan Lucy Westenra - Tila Tequila

I have pride as a Buffalonian, but don't find it offensive whatsoever that most people are referring to NYC when they say "New York". It's vernacular.

I'll cast Jerry Sandusky in the role of Dracula, under the condition that the part where Van Helsing drives the stake into his heart isn't faked.