RevWarRifleman

Mulligans on Genito Rd, Chesterfield county, just outside of Richmond, Va. It has booths that have their own TV. Parking not a problem.

To help out our defense more this year, our offense has to consistenly put up 24 or more points, I think. A couple of other things,offensively: (Assuming the O line is doing their job.) Better Red Zone production - ie. touchdowns, not so many field goals. HAVE MORE OF A KILLER INSTINCT!!! When we have the lead during the second half, keep pouring on the points, don't start playing it close to the vest! That's my 2 cents, anyway.

Amazing, isn't it with these so called "predictions" that these magazines print? they've been doing than for decades. I remember back in the 80's, thirty years ago when I would be starving for some Bills info. by the summer time and would buy some of these mags, and the predictions always were the finishing stangings from the previous year. What a joke. So only after a couple of years of that, I stopped wasting my money buying those mags. Have never done it since, either.

Great. Thanx for clearing that up for me. Yeah, how the worm turns w/ Cincy & the Bills. Once again, evidence that all roads, good or bad, goes back to the owner. RWR

Promo, I remember th '88 season. Wasn't that the missed catch by Ronnie Harmon in the end zone that would have won it for us?

Maybe the CJ pick was more of a reach by the Bills on draft day than the other way around. I think this was the case w/ the Whitner pick.

I'm w/ you on both points, especially your 2nd one.

Better include Fred Jackson & Steve Johnson in with number 8. Indianapolis should be included, especially ahead of the Pats & Ravens. I'd put them ahead of the Stillers, they're a dirty team.

Dead on, Doc. Good observation. Is that favoritism by the media or what?!!

Hey, Rockin', although this is good news for sure, I'm not getting too excited until I see how he does in the first month of the season. With KC, Oakland, NE & then Cincy, that'll be a better measuring stick to see where he is.

I'd be disappointed if we didn't keep him. He's a high character guy that makes a lot of tackles.

An exercise in futility until we see what we really have on the field after a few games.

AREED on the 11th hour deal part.

Sven, good to read a positive post from a fan that's anxious about the season to start up. And yes, there are concrete signs of several things these days to feel better about the team. The Bills the past 10 years have reminded me of a rudderless ship.Just kind of aimlessly moving along from season to season, with no real results at the end to show for anything. Poor front office leadership, including Ralph, that made poor choices in key drafting positions, head coaching choices, and really lacked a good plan in directing the team going forward. Those Bills from the early 90's had a bunch of team leaders on all three sides of play, offense, defense, special teams. One thing I think the team needs today, is some of that team leadership. I don't see much of that yet. Some guy that gets fired up & walks along the bench and talks to his team mates. One of those high motor guys.

It WAS surreal, wasn't it? Well put. Especially your last two statements.

An interesting perspective on the big sports events on & around that date, all while OJ was making his infamous White Bronco Ride on the LA freeways. Rather sad. They also showed footage of his Hall of Fame induction speech. I was there in the audience on that hot day. Namath & Roger Staubach was inducted also.

True. But the QB is the one that's always in the spotlight. Great points. An upgraded D schould make a HUGE difference. I believe an improved D has to be the difference-maker in those close games this year! Turning those close losses into wins is a big confidence booster on offense & defense. Something else I think is key, especially for a young team, is faster starts out of the gate. We can't be into October & we're still looking for our first W. Agree "Copy that."

The team really did fall apart, John. What bothers me is how our offense just rolled over & packed it in the last 2-3 games of the season last year. Guys missing balls that hit'em right in the hands, terrible red zone production...... Where was the veteran leadership??? And I'm not just talkin about Fitz. He did spark the team for most of the season.

Cleaned house in CC? That must have been when the CC coach we had when I was in High School retired by then. We had a real strong CC program. Our big rival was Medina. Only 4 miles down the road from Middleport, where I grew up. Interesting, you said in a previous post you went into the AF after high school and now you have an RV. Same w/ me. Air Force, then GI Bill to go to Oswego State, then 30 years as a history teacher. And my wife & I love to camp. We live in Va. How about them Bills in the mid 80's when you were graduating from Newfane? Quarterbacks whose name will live in infamy: Ferragamo, Duffek, Mathison, and yes, we even had Art Shliester in camp when we were able to finally sign Kelly. Talk about lean years. PS: The Plattsburgh area is a beautiful area. We'll be camping in that neck of the woods in July when go up to Hubbardton, Vt., for a reenactment.

Hey Rockinon, as a former Newfance Panther, you should know not to get your hopes up TOO high. And I know about not getting hopes up too high, I'm a former Roy Hart Ram. But seriously, I'm cautiously optomistic about how the talks have been going. RWR

If you still have a videos of: Raiders at Bills AFC Championship game 51-3, BILLS! If you still watch your video from "The Greatest Comeback in NFL History" game against the Oilers. If you know who said, A: "There KILLIN me Whitey, they're KILLIN me!!!" and B. Who Whitey was. Also, if you know who said: "They took the sails right out of our wind."

Rockinon are you kidding me? Newfane, Air Force, and now an RV. The paralles. Newfane, we used to play you guys in HS. I was a Roy Hart Ram (Middleport). Did baseball & swim team, and JV basketball. I'm from another generation though. I'm a baby boomer & graduated in '67. I don't know about now but Newfane didn't have a pool then. Albion did, though. For some reason, and don't take this as a slam, I can't remember Newfane High's mascot. The Lancer's??? Been a Bills fan since they started, 1960. I was in Middle school - it was called Junior High school back then. I was all about sports in those days. Saw a few games at the Rockpile back in '66-67. Great memories. Saw Joe Namath play at the Rockpile in '66. Bills won. Then oddly enough, while stationed at McGuire AFB in Jersey in '71, had an opportunity to see him at Shea stadium against the Raiders. Then again in the 80's when I went to the Hall of Fame ceremony for OJ, Joe was one of the enshrinees also. Newfane High in 82, huh? Remember those awful teams the Bills had in the middle 80's? Kay Stephenson as a coach. Quarterbacks like Vince Farragamo, Bruce Mathison and, Joe Duffek!!! My God, go back to semi-pro ball. Followed the Bills all through though. Between the AF and then college, Oswego state, I've watched them in Anchorage, New Jersey, New York of course, and now in Va., the Richmond area. Had Bills stuff hung up in my classroom. Taught history. My wife & I love to camp & she's a converted Bills fan. We've been to Plattsburgh & it's beautiful up there. We travel to that part alot because I belong to a Rev War Ranger unit out of Vermont. Its a blast. Pun not intended. In fact we'll be going up to Ft Ti this weekend for some drill exercises. Anyway, its interesting that, with all the posters on this wall, you never know where people are from. One guy said he's from Medina, that's only a couple of mile east of Middleport. You wnet to Newfane High. You just never know. Take care & Go Bills.

That's a great read, RR. Good stuff and well put. Thanks for posting it. RWR

You got that right, Rockin. That's why I said earlier on this post, its like this stuff is scripted ahead of time. One guy takes a lame position (Dukes) while the other plays the "ex-spurt". On a related note that was given on your post, we lost only 3-4 ball games by a few points last year - against some quality teams! Thus the intelligence by the Bills to draft heavy on defense, taking advantage of this year's draft strength. That's what an intelligent FO does. And because of that,the Bills will be on the winning side of more of those close games this year. But many of the ex-spurts focused on what? "The Bills neglected their huge need at QB." They would keep going on that. That was old news by the end of October (in my opinion) when Fitz stablized the QB situation. And I expect Fitz to be even better in his 2nd year with Gailey. But so many of those lame ex-spurts choose to be clueless to the improvements the Bills have made in the FO and in drafting.

Amen to that brother. They think the NFL sun rises & sets on the Jets, Giants, and especially the Cowboys.