CodeMonkey

Man if Nix is planning on developing depth through the draft to the level that this team needs depth this is going to the looooooooooongest rebuild in history.

Agreed. The Bills would have not put him on the field much, and when they did it would have been at LB. He would have had no positive impact on the Bills. He needed to be used as the Jets use him to be effective. Why would any team put in a claim? No teams got to see Maybin much, and when they did he was misused. Ryan saw the potential and game him a shot. As far as claiming him off waivers, don't be silly. The Bills drafted him WAY too high and he was grossly overpaid for a situational player. It made way more sense for the Jets to make him a reasonable offer, and it is paying dividends for them at the moment. Don't hate on sexy Rexy or Maybin for the Bills coaching shortcomings.

You pretty much did

"If the Injury Bug hadn't bit" ... Yes I guess it is that time of year isn't it. The yearly rationalization of how injuries (and poor officiating) kept the Bills out of the playoff hunt (realistically if not mathematically) by December. I dare to dream of the year that I don't have to see a "If the Injury Bug hadn't bit" type excuse thread in December.

The entire country except for WNY and the SD area get Oakland at GB. Only us privileged few get to see the Bills and the Bolts with Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots

Feeling much better now!

I was thinking that last night as well. The bolts D isn't anything to write home about though so our O should be able to put up some points. Looks to be a shootout to me. But the way Rivers can deliver the ball it will require a big effort from the Bills on both sides of the ball. The Bills being away, on grass, and in the midst of a big losing streak must be giving the bolts and their fans good reason to be hopeful. Not to mention coming off a road win themselves. But it is a short week for the bolts so the Bills have that going for them. We will see.

It is one thing to want a HC like that, and quite another to find one. And even if you found one, would he accept the position on the Bills? Unfortunately I do not have an answer for this problem.

I just don't think Gailey believes Spiller can be consistently effective running. They did try to get the ball in Spillers hands via the short pass several times as well.

The fans of every other team in the AFC east.

Exactly, if you don't want that kind of thing called on you then don't wrap your arm around the player. You can't expect the officials to be able to see everything so don't put yourself in the position to have that called on you by using proper technique. The official saw the player flop and Mac with his arm around the flopper, unfortunately for the Bills case closed.

As you stated, there were many many holes to fill. At the time, the Bills had FredEX and Lynch. Both serviceable backs at least. The definition of a luxury pick, at least in my mind, is picking a player at a position where you have serviceable players already when many other positions on the team do not. This is clearly the case in my mind, and is why I called Spiller a luxury pick then, and now.

Probably because he doesn't look physically bigger. The Jets use him as a situational player (and in a position that suits him, not as a LB) which allows him to contribute.

Yeah, I watched til the bitter end, even on the ****ty internet feed. Which reminds me, people better start buying tickets pretty damn quick for the remaining home games!

Not at 3-0 for me, but I must admit that at 5-2 I was questioning my assessment of the team a bit

Spiller was absolutely, 100% a luxury pick. He had his best game running so far in my opinion, against a team not a lot better than the Bills D. And even then he managed to fumble and get the ball back for a TD only on a questionable overturn, and drop a couple important passes late. I didn't notice his pass blocking, but I don't remember them keeping him in to block either. He definitely deserves the rest of the season to show what he's got. But even in his best game so far he didn't set the world on fire yesterday. I don't think a situational back (which he will end up being at best in my opinion) is deserving of a #9 overall. But that's on Chanix, not Spiller.

I'm not sure about "most". A lot of people were saying 4-6 wins back then if memory serves (and getting bashed for being a negative nancy mind you).

Did you see the end of the GB/NYG game today? Rogers (and even Eli) are QBs to build a team around.

Phantom, I love homers

Such is the curse of being a Bills fan.

Gailey might know about offense but apparently not defense. Edwards and Wannastach were schooled by Sexy Rexy. Maybin will probably improve over the coming years.

He did look better than I have ever seen him running. Those late game drops were unimpressive though.

Well, now make that 2.6% if they win out.

Not zero. 0.6% according to this site. And this site puts the odds at 49.9% if the Bills win out.

Winning the game is secondary to me the rest of this season. I want to see Spiller get used like a starting RB normally would and see if there is anything there or not. Any other kids they have question marks on them should get some good time as well. Aiken is a great example. Its the 2012 preseason boys and girls.