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we r definite favorites heading into next season

No idea if there's already another topic on this subject, but I was reading through all the headlines from the game yesterday and the Toronto reporters continue to have no problem bashing the whole idea of the Bills playing there. It seems that most articles out of Toronto just reiterate how horrible attending a Bills game is. I understand that most of the Bills games there so far have been unexciting, but if they can't appreciate last night's game, what can they ever appreciate? I can't fully express how much this annoys me right now, but I do know that for all that the Bills put us through, us true Bills fan do appreciate what we have. Is anyone else annoyed with this attitude coming from Toronto?

Someone please tell me how much Evans sucks again. The guy showed once again tonight that when given the opportunity, he's there to make the big play. How about pick on the o-line that is going to get someone killed...

i love when the Bills show up everyone that b1tches about them!

I completely disagree with anyone that says Evans stinks. When the ball is put near his hands, how many times can you think of where Evans has dropped the ball? It may be debatable whether Evans is getting open or not, but I can assure you that if I were the QB, Evans wouldn't have many catches no matter how open he is. My point is how can anyone judge Evans with the current clowns under center? Here's an article reiterating the fact that Evans has great hands: http://www.aaronschatz.com/stat-analysis/2...nsive-drop-rate "As for the receivers with the best hands? Five players were not registered with a single drop, including Greg Camarillo (73 targets), Robert Meachem (66), Pierre Thomas (45), Brian Westbrook (34), and Delanie Walker (33). T.J. Houshmandzadeh only dropped two passes on 140 targets, which seems like a function of his usage pattern, but it's hard to reconcile that logic when Lee Evans only dropped one of the 95 targets thrown to him. Finally, the two-year totals (minimum: 30 targets in each season). The "best hands" group would have made for a hell of an offense in their respective peaks, with Brian Westbrook (0.9 percent Drop Rate) at halfback, Sidney Rice (1.3 percent) and Lee Evans (1.5 percent) at wideout, and Tony Gonzalez (1.7 percent) catching whatever's left at tight end. The offense on the other side of things would not be as effective; in fact, most of the players involved are available for pretty cheap these days. Marshawn Lynch (15.4 percent Drop Rate) is the halfback, James Jones (9.8 percent) and Mark Bradley (9.3 percent) are the wideouts, and Donald Lee (12.5 percent) is the tight end."

Depends on what you mean by "stocked". If you mean a lot of quality RBs, I would argue that we are more stocked TODAY. Outside of Thurman, our current RBs are probably better than all of the other RBs above. Kenny was a good change of pace back, but I could probably argue that Jackson, Lynch and Spiller are all better RBs. Spiller still needs to prove it, but I'm betting he will have the best career out of our current group of RBs. Problem is, you could have 5 starting RBs, but you can't get them all 20 carries a game. I'd rather have one Thurman with a Kenny as backup, than three pretty good RBs.

Here's a good question - How many players from that game are still playing in the NFL?

ralph will have a talk with them and convince them to switch in a year

+1

I know Williams has a high motor, but come on. Reading BB.com is like reading a George Orwell novel.

Good point. Expect Lynch to have a big season.

Sounds good but what QB is going to be getting Nelson the ball?

Maybe our great returners will deter teams from scoring on us?

You're right, switching to a 3-4 isn't easy. Hopefully some of the guys the Bills drafted can help with that conversion. If Schobel comes back, I really question where he is going to fit in.

Come on, you act like Pike is a sure thing to come in a be better than Edwards, Brohm or Fitzpatrick.

So what QB would you have brought in that is a sure bet to be better than what we have? The Bills need some beef on that team. Best thing they've done so far is not draft any guys for the secondary. If the QBs still can't get it done with beef around them, then we make a pick for your QB. But it has been a long time since the Bills addressed that problem. Last year's draft with Wood, Levitre & Nelson was the first step. Keep it going.

Because Jauron continuously felt the need to stock up on DBs and guys he wasn't going to ever play, rather than beef.

Totally agree. The more I consider what they've done, I like the fact that they are beefing up the team. If we weren't getting Bradford and you don't rank Clausen/others head & shoulders above our current crop of QBs, then why take one? If the Bills continue to suck with their current crop of QBs, we will be lined up to get a QB high in the draft next year. At least then we will have some beef & experience on our lines.

I'm hoping they take Derek Hardman, OT, E Kentucky next.

My post was more a criticism of Ellis than Carrington. I really do hope Carrington ends up panning out better than Ellis. If he plays one down, he will.

You need to start drinking the buffalobills.com kool-aid

Maybe Carrington will be as good as Chris Ellis???

you can't teach speed. just watched the spiller highlight reel and he has it. Bills have the best RB in the AFC East now.

If you agree that Tebow is a once in a lifetime player, then #9 wouldn't have been too high.

Run Lynch into the ground this year then say bye bye to him.