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This is the best safety combination we have had in years. Although Byrd doesn't have the pic's he had in his rookie season, he goes for the ball. He strips the ball better than anyone on defense. Make no mistake he all but pimp slapped Maclin. Wilson dominated the game like I have never seen Whitner do. To be honest if you line him up at receiver he would probably be very good. After Barnett's touchdown I was wonder if anyone truly missed Poz and Whitner. We still have a long way to go but the defense played aggresive when needed. Need to mix up the blitz packages better and play more consistant but we have some thing to build on.

After watching Jason Campbell play for years, the one thing I know is he doesn't read blitzes very well. He tends to turn the ball over when he is hurried. The Bills probably could have won going away if they had blitzed occassionally. Game planning on the defense side could have been better.

1 Merriman - If he comes back 90% to what he was no one else on this squad can touch him. Williams is decent but doesn't have near the natural ability. Doesn't dominate like Merriman can. 2 Dareus / Williams - Both seem to be solid Dareus has to prove himself. Williams is the working man's hero. Dareus has a higher ceiling. 3 Fred Jackson - When are we going to give him credit. A funny thing happen to Marshawn Lynch's rise to stardom...Fred Jackson Honorable mention goes to Stevie Johnson, Eric Wood, and George Wilson and Barnett. That's it.

This philosophy applies every year for Bills fans...problem is we are always building for a future that never arrives. Bringing in a veteran may not be the worst thing for a young team lacking leadership and talent. So far Buddy has not produced, until he does it is not a philosophy for success.

Maybe Nix should try building a contender instead of trading his best players so they can play for one, if indeed that was the case. Always a Lee Evans fan.

I'm in Richmond VA. I thought either the Bills made a trade to make the offensive line better or an earthquake. The odds clearly pointed to an earthquake. The Bills would never make a smart trade. Surprising how far this was felt.

Looking at it from a team perspective, they own it now. As much as I was glad to see the end of the Levy/Jauron era, it's beginning to look like the good ole days. The teams were better than what we are seeing now, though that's not saying much. We were always a 7-9 team. I was glad to the change from Levy/Jauron but I can't say I didn't have a few WTF moments when I heard Nix and Gailey were the new GM and HC. In fairness when Nix and Gailey would make decisions I would talk myself into thinking that we should give them a fair shot and they were making the right decisions......The fact of the matter is they are not very aggressive in making personnel moves to make the team better. You don't just build through the draft, you build anyway you can. This should be a make or break year because we will clearly see what direction they are taking the team. I'm not saying that they should win the Superbowl but I at least expect to see a better product than what Levy and Jauron have put on the field and so far I haven't.

Will the Bills get compensation in next years draft for losing Poz and Whitner.

You're probably right but the reality is that our OL is average at best. The only one worth keeping is Wood, and he is the best of an average bunch. Levetre is very versitile being able to play more than one position but he is small and gets pushed more than often at the point of attack (like most Levy drafted players). He is average in pass blocking and so-so in the run game. The OL is the next area of a talent upgrade. Does Buddy and Chan take a shot at upgrading now or will they wait until next year. Lets hope they move now but I would be shocked if they did.

Love the royal blue uniforms they remind me of the 90's. I was looking forward to the blue or red pants. I would love to see the color pants with the white jerseys. I was a little disappointed they didn't design them.

Love the blue uniforms. Like the white helmets though they look very high school/Pops Warner-ish. Always thought that the red helmets were the best looking in the league.

...and 4 superbowls and all the wins it took to get there.

Kind of like when the line always looked better when Flutie played as opposed to Johnson.

What took him so long to sign? Probably wanted more money. I since a bad attitude here. No doubt a locker room cancer with his lengthy holdout. He also said there was no nightlife in Buffalo. Let see if we trade him for a 2nd round pick.

Problem is, we have been on the two year plan for the last 5 years. Some teams can actually turn it around in two. For some reason we can't. Tomorrow never gets here let alone two years from now. Not saying this years FA's would make a difference but the years down the road philosphy is a win later instead of a win now philosophy and thats what the fans are getting tired of.

It nice to see Poz get paid but his below average abilty in the 4/3 had a lot of fans feeling he would better in a 3/4...wrong. Burnett gets hurt but he is tougher and more of a hitter than Poz.

The funny thing about Poz signing is that by looking at some of the Jacksonville blogs, people are really excited...its like they have never seen him play.

Is this a Trent Edwards and Poz reunion....Superbowl. Our defense has been garbage ever since he has been here. Oh I forgot, he needed better players around him. I wish him the best in Jax, I just don't think he is that good. He won't be missed.

A few Poz points I remember 2 years ago when we were playing a 4-3 defense everyone said that the 4-3 really didn't fit Poz strong points he would be better in a 3-4. Last year in a 3-4 people were saying this defense doesn't fit his strong points and he needs better players around him. It doesn't seem like any defense really fits him. You know you are not very good when people say you need netter players around you. Good players make players around them better. -Poz came in the league I didn't see where he was an improvement over his backup John DiGiorgio I actually thought DiGiorgio was better. - -When he was injured Ellison seemed to make just as many tackles. -We have been soft in the middle ever since he has been there. -The kicker for me is that when Poz is out our defense doesn't miss a beat. No matter what scrub they replace him with. Its time to seriously move beyond mediocrity and let Poz take his talents elsewhere. Do not be surprised to see Chris White as the Poz replacement and improve the position. Anyone that can tackle good, fill the gaps (something Poz has yet to figure out), and has average instincts will improve the position.

You nailed it. I'm trying to convince myself that I like them more than I do. I was thinking something that resembled the throwbacks. I would have loved the throwbacks with the red helmets or just go back to the 90's uni's. Maybe once I see them on the field they will look better.

+1

In my opinion Juice was the second best RB of all time when in his prime. Only Jim Brown was better. He will never get the full credit he deserves because for some it's hard to seperate the football from his personal life. When OJ touched the ball he was always a threat to take it to the house. I never saw anyone catch him from behind. I remember on NFL network on a show where they highlight top 10 regular season performances and they had the gull to rank Eric Dickerson's 2000 season ahead of OJ's even though it took him 2 more games to do it. Thurman was great clearly #2. Joe Cribbs was 3rd but he cut short his own greatness going for the USFL bucks. Cookie was great and the first Bill I remember...he just wasn't here that long.

+1 Love the new uni's but the white helmets are very run of the mill like the some of the other teams. I look at the teams with the white background on the helmets (Dolphins, Jets, Colts, Cardinals). They are among the most un imaginative and generic looking in the league. They just dont stand out. The Patriots and Buccaneers helmets are much better since they have moved away from the white background. As an old Bills fan getting away from the white helmets meant a change from the losing tradition we had wearing them. We had very few winning records wearing the white helmet. Either way it's about the team and not the helmets. Would love to see them start a winning tradition with the new uni's.

Last year as the season progressed I saw Byrd making hits and stripping the football. Though he wasn't the pic machine of the year before I really like where his game is going. I think you will see more turnovers created by him this year than he had in his first season.

For the money.... Maybe this guy is a ghost buyer so to speak with strong LA ties. This type of thing is very common in business. I wouldn't trust it.