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Sully is like the lone cloud on a sunny day that manages to block out the sun. On a cloudy day, he's the blackest of them all. I don't read Sully because I usually just get upset with his flawed, negative logic. Btw, I didn't watch TV for about ten years. I didn't have a cable-subscription, dish or even an old-fashioned antenna. I didn't want to lie on my death-bed someday wondering why I wasted my life watching crime dramas and sitcoms. I only broke down and got a TV to watch football (Bills) games (going to sports bars got old). Though now that TV has invaded my home, I watch it for other things too.

I wonder if our playbook is more complex than average. I suspect it is. Perhaps too complicated? VY had trouble with it as well. Regardless of the capability and clarity of the coaches, some players just learn faster than others. Maybe TJack is a slow learner.

You actually believe a politician? I don't remember Buffalonians being that naive.

The sabremetric type guys who really study football stats say turnovers are amongst the the most difficult stats to predict. A team with a good turnover ratio one year isn't highly probably to repeat their performance. Other stats are more consistent year to year, or even game to game, than turnovers. This hints that turnovers are more a consequent of luck than skill. (Just look at Jairus Byrd: 9 picks his rookie season; only 4 picks since then). If not for the 4 turnovers, we would have been in this game. We won't give up the ball 4 times every game. Not saying Fitz is in the same league as Brady, but even Brady has had 3 & 4 pick games - even against the Bills. Our passing game and pass defense were both bad. But our running game and run defense were both mostly good. The Jets passing game and pass defense were good while their run defense and run offense both were problematic. The big difference in the game was turnovers. We won't turn the ball over 4 times every game.

We out-gained the Jets 390 yards to 385 or something like that. Rookie mistakes hurt us but rookies learn. Bad refs hurt us (Mario said he had hands in his face nearly every play). The real refs will be return. Fitz has always been inconsistent. He has good days and bad. Now that the bad day is out of the way, a good day should follow.

The mantra for 12 years: "There's always next week."

Curious how much we heard about Tebow leading up to the game. It was Sanchez who beat us.

Outside the 4 turnovers, the offense has been okay against a talented Jets defense. 388 yards and 4 TDs. Wanny's D, though, has been inept.

The Bills now have more yards on offense than the Jets. (Looking hard for a silver lining)

Wow.

Right now, it does seem like Edwards wouldn't/couldn't be worse.

offense, defense and ST have all failed... we can only get better.

shockingly bad start to the season so far.

We're not "doomed" but this is not an auspicious start. Painful to watch so far.

On radio, they're saying Stevie is still obviously "ginger." Brad Smith looks good, though.

I'm with you. Maybe a lot of 2 TE sets today with Dickerson - who has WR speed? Maybe a lot of CJ & FredEx running the ball?

I tend to agree with the "IF" comment from Scotts. Those who love our O line like to mention how many YPC FredEx and CJ had. But here are a couple contrary observations... We were last in the league at 3rd and short conversions. Dead last. If you followed the Bills last season, you know our O Line just didn't produce much push in obvious running situations. They did however produce holes when Chan's play calling got the defense on their heels. Another interesting factoid, Freddie led the NFL in yards after contact. In other words, he was getting most of his yards on his own. He was not typically running through gaping holes. Thankfully, this is NOT the same O Line as last year. Wood is healthy and Bell was replaced by Glenn. It remains to be seen how physical this line is. IF they can indeed push back defenders and create running lanes, I would love to see us run more. Otherwise, I just repeat the mantra, "In Chan I trust." BTW, it's "Buddha" not "budda"

It's normal for athletes - and coaches - to understate injuries. We all know what Chan and Stevie are saying but we worry anyway because we're Bills fans who've grown accustomed to bad news and have come to expect the worst.

Mike Pereira, former NFL director of officials said of the Giants-Cowboys game, "One game doesn't make a week, but it was definitely a good start." This guy's allegiance is clearly with the locked-out refs but even he conceded the replacements did well. And Pereira would know.

Stephon Gilmore. I think Gilmore will be a good NFL player faster than Glenn.

My prediction: Bills 17, Jets 14 for reasons stated elsewhere. Was amused by Peter Kings pick (Bills 27, Jets 13): 1 p.m. ET (CBS) Buffalo Bills (0-0) at New York Jets (0-0) Here come Mario Williams and Mark Anderson to torment Mark Sanchez, and Sanchez has to be wondering what horrible thing he did in some past life to be undergoing the kind of competitive torture that'll confront him late in this game. "TEE-Bow, TEE-Bow!" The chants will rain down on him if he's down big in the fourth quarter of this one, and Sanchez will be rooting for 15 road games by the time he walks off the field. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/peter_king/09/06/week-1/index.html#ixzz25kwt2lMp

Fitz certainly played like he had cracked ribs last year. But I don't think we've ever heard that confirmed by Buddy, Chan or Fitz himself. Is it possible that a couple WRs overstated the injury to protect Fitz from the heat he was taking? I'm not asserting this, just asking?

Good!

I likewise thought they did fine. I was impressed that they didn't seem intimindated being out there with NFL millionairres on national TV. They weren't shy about throwing flags.

I knew someone would say that. I just threw in that adjective for fun but I actually do kind of like Peter King. Very few of the national media guys are very credible simply because it takes too much work to be conversant on 32 teams at once. King is better than most, and he does have some good inside sources.