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I've never thought McKelvin was smart enough to be a top-notch CB. You need to be both intelligent and technically sound to play that position. McKelvin has always lacked those intangibles, even at Troy. You read the negatives on him at the draft...it's all about needing to be more alert, must refine technique, must learn how to predict the play, etc.

I'm in between the sky is falling and Super Bowl bound. I understand that the goal last night was more to evaluate players and not sustain injuries and not to give Denver your plays that you'll use on December 24. However, base playbook or not, after watching the entire game, the offensive line play of the starting unit is a definite area of concern. Denver's starters were playing as if it were the 24th, and our line had no answers for them. I was really impressed with Kamar Aiken and Roosevelt at the WR position.

Sure, the Bills have a shot. Offensive lines league-wide are mediocre at best this year. Sure you'll have a star player or two, but analyzing OL units as a whole, it's a whole lot of meh, even for playoff caliber squads. There will be plenty of opportunities for an improved defense to shine.

Their ignorance of upgrading the linebacker corps will cost that team. Again. Bills fans get on Buddy about the OL....the linebacking situation in Philly has always been mediocre to horrible under Any Reid. When Trotter was there, they were a liability against the pass, and now the entire unit is a liability against both the run and pass. It doesn't matter how many good cornerbacks you have when your lbs can't stop the run and can't pass protect a TE.

I wish I had a job where there's zero consequences for being wrong. I'm not saying the Bills won't be last, but for anybody to start prognosticating in an unusual year with the lockout AND with camp filled at 90+ players AND not even playing the full preseason, and making a determination based on performance and the final roster is a *big* stretch. ...but I suppose you have to talk about something.

I don't buy any of this story. If this happened, the combination of San Diego media's intelligence network with sources in pretty much every state and federal agency, and California's obsession with celebrity dramatics, would have had this story out in the press by 8:00 a.m. the day it happened.

ALL CAPS makes things so intense and riveting.

I'd enjoy a day where all news sources only reported "good" news. I don't care if it's all amazing pet stories, litter cleanups, bake sales, habitat for humanity projects or kids stirring the lemonade with their arms or women jumping up and down on trampolines...it'd be refreshing. What really did it for me, where I started really feeling it, was the almost inescapable 24/7 news tickers, stations, etc post September 2001. I detach from the grid often, and I try not to over do it on news consumption. The stories about adults that prey on the helpless, especially kids, like the one above, really sticks with me as a person.

For whatever reason, I always think of Yoshi and the Wheel of Fish in UHF (an underrated masterpiece of cinema) when talking about Aaron Maybin. I think the Jets, just like Mrs. Weaver, will discover there's nothing....absolutely nothing....in the secret box of Aaron Maybin.

I think it's going to be a banner year for defenses across the league. I think the Bills have a half decent situation. It's a question of depth, not a question of figuring out who all the starters will be. BTW, Ryan Harris, the RT formerly of the Broncos, and now in Philadelphia, is out with, you guessed it, a back injury.

Everybody has offensive line problems. Baltimore, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Indy... The advantage the Bills have is LOTS of money under the cap. The teams with identified weaknesses on the line are really up against the cap now. If the Bills *want* to do something, they have the flexibility to do it.

Other than needing to write something for the sake of writing something, how do these guys establish a ranking of teams in preseason. Hell, the teams themselves don't even know what their rosters are going to look like with 90+ players in camp and a bunch of teams ridiculously close to the cap.

I read those articles and I again think about how tired I am of society. I'm burnt out.

It would explain the inability to gain weight, as he couldn't without assistance. Goes to show steroids are a wonderful thing in a way...it really opens doors to reach beyond your physical potential. It's alarming that Bills physicians and trainers didn't see this, or perhaps they did and were overruled. We won't ever know. Orakpo was no solid can't miss choice back then either. We had Mike Williams fatigue, and University of Texas players had a history of under-performing in the NFL. Plus, if I recall correctly, he was a tweener, some thought he was a DE, others thought he was an OLB. Point being that he was just as much a crapshoot as Maybin was in that draft, just for different reasons.

Stinchcomb was a good pass blocker but not the greatest at run blocking. He overachieved on the field, which is alright with me. I'll take that. Give me that over guys who are lazy and eat their way out of the league any day. He's a good football player who's injured. Time is money and the NFL is a game for the youth, especially when you are the Saints and have young talent to work with. On the Bills at RT, he's outstanding in comparison to what we've got and should he pass a physical, I'd be happy if we signed him. Unfortunately though, I get the feeling that the reattachment didn't take 100% and there are issues with it. For anybody that has had this done, whether it's a muscle or tendon reattachment, it's a very detailed and delicate surgery with a delicate recovery. It's got to be reattached *perfectly*.

I wouldn't be shocked if he gets a call from the Bills. I think the Saints released him partly due to cheaper talent available and cap implications. Money won't be the issue, but whether a doctor clears that knee is. He's probably a failed physical at this point. He'll be highly sought after by Baltimore and Chicago, but those teams have cap considerations too, whereas we do not.

My answer would be no. Okoye did not have a battle with physically looking like an NFL football player. I've thought that Maybin was perhaps ill and couldn't gain weight....considering how easy it is for the rest of us to do it. :-) And....just because Okoye looked decent in a preseason game, that's a long ways away from saying he's the steal of the FA period. I think he'll be what he was all the years he spent in a Texan uniform.

The problem with Max Starks, even as a reserve, is twofold: 1) He had neck surgery in 2011. 2) As a result, he's out of shape, pushing nearly 400lbs.

Offensive line is going to be a big problem for quite a few teams, not just Buffalo. Chicago and Baltimore have really big offensive line problems to the point that it could easily jeopardize their playoff chances.

This guy has never mentally been in the game. Pass.

Watching this game so far, I think we need to reexamine our offensive line depth. Yikes.

I bet the Bills OL will be better than the Ravens OL. Baltimore's OL will be the worst in the AFC this year. Just wait for it. Flacco will continue running for his life on passing downs.

This trade was the first step in bringing back one of Fitz's favorite targets: Terrell Eldorado Owens. Just kidding.

All this panic over [presumed disaster before even the first preseason game? The 4th was a value pick. The Bills will come out ahead on this trade. Here's why. Baltimore's offensive line probably pass blocks as bad or worse than the Bills offensive line. Flacco runs for his life on passing downs, and he won't have the time for Evans to get down the field and get open. Oher is downright laughable as an LT and his deficiencies at the position were exposed last night. Their guard and center are practice squad guys. Out of all the teams Lee could have went to, Baltimore was probably THE worst destination for him as a player.

I like Lee, but he's expendable at this point. I don't think defenses plan for him as some fans believe they do. I hope the Bills extort a king's ransom from a desperate team like the Cardinals. They must be going all in this year because they are already down some draft picks.