Sabre Bill

The price goes up for your players if you have the patience to wait till the other team feels a need to come callin. . . If Lynch goes now he brings in more than he would have 4 months ago . . .

With all due respect . . . you don't want me to buy into these "myths", but you seem to want me to accept a lot of your view of the situation. I don't even disagree with all your thoughts, but why would I not expect the best from Nix/Gailey, et al. and instead swallow what you're cooking?

The Titanic "choked". High expectations, low results. There's nothin' titanic about this team. The Colts are seriously Titanic!! This year is more like the raft that my friends and I built out of scraps and drift wood when I was 12. We knew we were gonna sink -- it was just a matter of deciding to enjoy the "good" parts of the ride!

Brohm after the buy. No better, no worse, no answer. Brown? I doubt it. He was drafted as a project. Someone (McShay?) said B. Gabbert (MO) was going to stay in school for another year. I hope not. Bills or not, I think he'll be a pro starter sooner rather than later. I don't see how another college year really helps him that much.

+1 This sucks, we all get it. But how does screaming "off with their heads" help at this point in time? It doesn't take a genius to be in a position to be yelling, "I told you so!" after these four games. We all knew this was going to be a tough, slow road. This isn't the Titanic -- no one should have been thinking this was the best ship in football. As a 2010 Bills fan, you booked steerage on a rusty freighter and now you find yourself on the leakiest life boat. I'm giving Nix/Gailey et al. a year or two. And to be honest, with all best wishes to the owner, I assume there will be new ownership sooner rather than later. So, things are changing. I hope for the better! Maybe they'll even fix those d@mn-stupid unis!

Didn't say totally different, just said better. 30 points against new england* is better. Watching Spiller is better. Fitz, Gailey, Nix are all better than the previous guy. Sure, I'd rather see them beat the Pats*. I'd love to see them win 'em all. But . . . the light at the end of the tunnel seems a bit brighter this week, than it did at this time last year. Don't have time to fret that KM is leaving and/or unhappy -- he wan't in the future plans, he never played up to the potential people thought they saw in him as a Giant.

Stop viewing the world through Troll eyes. This is an absurdly lopsided way to look at this event. I'm no Polyanna, but I don't look at a rainbow and complain about the rain . . . The guy wasn't helping and now he's gone. Just how does that spell DOOM? Stop counting the ones that don't matter. "Most experienced"? How about worrying about "most effective", or "most useful"? He was a better than average LB . . . for one year when he was with the Giants! Mario Haggan?? . . . Really??

How about a little patience? These guys are in week three and most of them will play bowl games. So, what's that 11, 12 games?? Are you throwing P. Manning under the bus, too? Ready to anoint the Bears the best team in the NFC?? Slow down and +1!

I wonder that there are so many complaints about "the team's moves". Most of these "controversial" moves are common sense and steps forward for the organization. I can't say they're all what I would do, but I'm not on the inside. For the most part, I think we're adding by subtraction -- Schobel, Mitchell, Edwards, J Bell, C Simpson, D Jauron, Peters, . . . Are we really gonna say any one of these are damaging the future? And even, Jauron, Peters, etc. are ancient history -- different FO, different system. Those of us who can't sit back and watch this year, believing that this is the beginning of a new future are going to make themselves (and the rest of us) CRAZY. Have a beer and start looking at this long term. I know, "Ten years ... blah, blah, blah." Yeah, they've been mediocre for ten years and they've screwed the draft in the past, but this is a new group: Nix is better than the last guy, Gailey is better than the last guy, Fitz is better than the last guy, etc. Celebrate the little victories. (They're all we'll have for a while.) But, really, isn't this better today than it was a year ago??

And, it won't be the last time!!! The guy is a phenom -- he's just tons of fun to watch.

+1 It also sends the message to fans, future free agents and potential draft picks: The NEW buffalo Bills are no longer laughable. They (the players, front office and coaching staff) are working to belong on the same playing field as the other 31 NFL teams. No one was laughing on the New England sideline last Sunday. Today, people may be shaking their heads, but in general, they have to be saying, "Well, that's not the Buffalo Bills we've loved and laughed at for the last decade. . . "

It's just taking a while for Jimbo to get loose!!! Tough guys only need apply to the NEW "Buff"alo Bills!!!

I wonder how it'll be viewed around the league? Obviously, there's a new sheriff in town -- but . . . I know the Bills, at this point in time, don't create much thinking for many of the other teams. Still, this will spark a few conversations.

+1 Every time one phase (or one player) of the team takes a step forward, it helps other aspects of the team. Fitz's play was a step better than Trent's and made the OL look better. That's how we should be looking at this thing. Every week, let's just take another step in the right direction. No one can argue that it was easier to watch yesterday's game than the first two. Anyone who expected grand-scale changes in talent or wins was just being too hopeful (myself included!). I'm surprised at the D seemingly taking a large step backwards, but with the change to the 3-4 (occasionally?) maybe I shouldn't be. Anyway, I'm looking forward to next week to see where we take the next "gettin' better" step.

+1 +.5 +.5 Though you might be right, it's going to be terribly hard to feed this idea to the starved masses

THIS is Trolling. Try making sense. Try doing it without being obnoxious and mean -spirited. Try making a point without name-calling and insult-throwing. Maybe then, someone will listen.

I might be wrong, but I expect more -- from the Bills and from you.

I don't think it's because Spiller is a "project". The O-line is THE project.

The league abviously didn't see it as a loophole - calling it one doesn't make it one. Not trying to defend this - but the league's response puts these two situations in different categories. One - a problem to be solved, the other - a 'crime' to be punished. Any AFC East teams? Rams? Remember, you brought this up. I think the * thing is almost a running 'gag' at this point. Just because folks put it near the Pats* name doesn't mean they spend too much time thinking about it. It's like a nickname - an overused cliche. Don't worry, be happy. Have a nice day. +1 It's like Watergate. Each generation or two re-learns that corporate-funded politicians are capable of lying, cheating and stealing. You'd think we'd remember it - given world and national history. But, in any case, when it blatantly happens and the politicians get caught it's such a big story that it impacts a generation or two. No, Jim, I'm not trying to compare Watergate to the Pats* thing. But, you're being naive if you don't think most people take football more seriously than citizenship. My point is that all of this stuff impacts us culturally. It's not just 20 year old chicken$h1t.

What were the rules then? Were the Steelers ever disciplined as an organization? I can't argue against finding loop holes in rules or finding advantages that no one has legislated against. I agree with one thing Jim in Anchorage has been hammering again and again -- I'd love to see an aggressive fire, a will to win, a sense of a greater ambition than just putting a team on the field. I'll never agree that winning is worth cheating.

Willfully missing the point.

A first round draft pick and $750,000 seems like a stiff penalty for hiring a smart guy . . .

I would never defend the NCAA* (thought I'd throw them under the asterisk bus like the Patriots*!) and their focus on RBush is a hypocritical travesty, ... but rules are set to give everyone a fair/equal chance. The fact that the NCAA* can't follow their own rules with any credibility or reliability doesn't immunize USC from their responsibility to follow the rules. In the Reggie B situation, he doesn't gain an advantage, but SC seemingly does. They get a stud offensive weapon who might have played for someone else if they had followed the rules. Again, the only whining I've seen here has come from you. I don't spend much time thinking about the Pats*, it certainly wouldn't have been part of my day today but for you.

Thanks. BTW, you're being overly optimistic about Detroit and Cleveland. There has been less there in both places for the last decade than in Buffalo and there aren't any REAL signs of success in either place yet. I'm sure fans of those teams want to see the bright side of moral victories but you're giving Holmgren and Mayhew WAY too much credit, WAY too early.

You talk like people move away from WNY because there's something inherently wrong with the place! More people in WNY have college degrees than in the past. Many of these people have jobs with large companies -- jobs that never were located in WNY. The lost jobs are from lost industries. You think aside from getting a paycheck, people choose to leave WNY? I'm sure there are a few sun worshippers that find warmer climates, but most people I know who came from NY would rather be there than where they are now. BTW, Aikman, Irvin and Smith are winners and record setters. Don't you remember seeing OJ run through airports? Luck may stay another year in school, but it won't be because he'd rather get drafted by Cleveland than Buffalo.