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Yeah, Byrd has quickly gone from our of our favorites to the TBD doghouse, and he fully deserves it. .... No one believes he's hurt so badly he can't play. Only he really knows, but again, no one believes him. When you lose trust, you lose the relationship. For Byrd, he's lost the relationship with the Bills fan, and I suspect with his teammates as well. Sad.

and this may be best thing

and add the potential of Goodwin, and FA's Hogan and Robey ..... a good rookie class (I know, technically, Hogan isn't a rookie).

Concerning this thought, #11: "Marcus Easley needs to be on the field ahead of TJ Graham. Easley is a playmaker, or could be." I agree, and I would add Hogan, did you notice he was on the field on the winning score. I hope both he and Easley see the field more, Easley is a big and fast target, and Hogan was open all pre-season

Funny, our biggest question mark in the D backfield going into the season is now our best player back there. He has stepped up. As for Pettine and the Defense: Fitz took all the grief, but the real culprit for the putrid last few seasons has been the defensive coaching (and play, or lack of play). That change, more than anything, is why this team will be competitive and win games this season.

Both were just stupid, stupid, stupid plays.

He's a grinder .... Stevie is never going to be a Charles Johnson / Larry Fitzgerald type of player ..... but he grinds, and every once in a while he'll break off a long run. That's how he has to play, and that's when he's most effective.

The Homerun throwback--the Illegal--play came to my mind at the end of the game. Same scenario. But, did you notice it was another outstanding rookie that prevented anything from happening, Alonzo on the sack to end the game!!!!! (I know he had a little help, was it Moats?)

now those are two informative reviews . . . and while I do want to give the Bills D credit (it is deserved for a good effort), his observation that this game was more about the limitations and schemes of the Patriots Offensive than great a Bills Defense, is probably correct.

I place a lot of blame on the "offensive" play calling. For all the hype, it really was very vanilla. Some of that was protecting Manuel, rarely were they in anymore than a three receiver set with max protection, and it sure looked like they kept calling the same running play the entire game--i.e., no read option. Again, was this to protect Manuel's knee? Take note, in the few times the ball was targeted down the field, it worked = Touchdowns. However, i think one BIG factor that has not been mentioned much, was starting field position. How many drives did the Bills start inside their own 20?

Reason for this loss = 1) Defense couldn't get off the field .... 2) Kelly wouldn't run the ball ....

For me, the most disappointing thing was the very Unimaginative play calling . . . especially after all the hype

you know, I have wondered that too, none of us had heard of TJ before he was picked, and we all knew what potential TY had

"you both" ...... What ????

I thought both played well, and I would add Brooks and Robey did as well. And although there were not a lot of sacks, Brady was picking himself up off the ground on a lot of plays, so pressure was there.

Indeed, the offensive side of the ball (coaching) was not ready for the NFL today, let's hope they learn soon

I love Stevie, and yes the ball was not thrown well .... but that play right there vividly illustrates why one team on the field hasn't been to play-offs in 13 years. Great teams, Good teams, make those hard plays when they're most needed.

Fred Jackson is a professional football player, Spiller has far more natural ability (speed), but still learning--after 3 years--how to be a professional. Comparing the two today, that was obvious.

Well, a moral victory, but who cares about that. The Defense played well. Manuel did fine, not spectacular but did what he should . . . although I question his judgement on that last pass. Spiller did nothing, I really wish they would have had Fred in on the last drive and give him the ball three times, at least you run a few minutes off the clock. And was it me, or did Pettine chock on calling the blitz in the 4th quarter? Or did I miss it? And speaking of that last drive, that, I would say, was I HUGE coaching blunder, run the ball, and run the clock. Lets hope Marrone learned something about game management today.

Sunday 1:00 PM .... ""Where else would you rather be than right here, right now?" !!!!!

Lets wait and see how this season goes

Well, as his future would be in the GM's hand, whomever it was, I think it was only right he would know if that was already in the works.

New England less than 100 yards rushing