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If Young has a big game and begins to crystallize as the best #2 option, I think that will begin putting to rest any chance of there actually being a QB controversy. I also expect and hope the O-line will not have ants in their pants this time. I expect to see a little of the running game, even if it's nice and vanilla (don't want to give New Jersey too much of a heads-up on how we'll be utilizing our two-headed monster at RB). Will also be curious to see how the White/Choice #3 RB battle continues to play out.

Complete with animated GIFs and "Adopt a Bill" information. Wtf is that??

A lack of moronic signatures was one of the things that drew me into TBD in the first place.

Chan: I'll let you have this one Shanny, after that drubbin' y'all got up in Canada last year. Shanahan: Mumble, mumble...difference between night and dawn...

Sure thing. Hoping for, even expecting good results. But even if our D is nails on the field like they are on paper, we can't expect to win every game 10-3. Let's git 'er done, boys!

Yup. I'm a huge Fitz fan, but it's put up or shut up time for him. As I've said before, as goes Fitz, so go the 2012 Bills.

Will be in town for the opener against KC, the last game against the Jets, and hopefully at least one other. Selling the rest of my seasons and watching the games on DTV here in NC with a bunch of neighbors and friends who are WNY transplants. And I randomly just met another diehard Bills fan/WNY transplant at the science museum yesterday while our two little kids (born a day apart as it turns out), played together. As all you WNY expats know, we have a strange psychic bond and tend to just kind of find each other.

Thanks. Yeah, I'm just looking for something that indicates he's ACTUALLY feeling his best in 3 years, beyond the usual coach/player speak.

Fiedler would look terrible in the new collar. We better not sign him.

We all know Merriman made it through last preseason and 5-6 games of the regular season before going out on IR. But did he look as "good" or "explosive" last year as people say he does this year? I'm just looking and hoping for any sign that he's actually healthy enough to be effective for a whole season, even in a limited role.

Yeah, but how can anybody take this team seriously with those collars? /runs away

Yeah, while I agree with you in spirit, them's the rules. I had to deal with similar operations in college since it was a small town and the police force had little else to do. And quite frankly, if you're dumb enough to get caught, you deserve whatever happens to you.

For helping Tank's wife with her stroller, and as a parent of a little one myself, I owe you one beer for being such a help with the stroller. Payable on demand. Come see me in section 126 at the opener.

I can only hope we rename the stadium Ralph Lauren Stadium and the team wears red butterfly collars next year, or whatever will make our resident fashionistas happy.

I barely even noticed the collars. You guys are too obsessed with fashion.

I mostly agree, except I find it to be less like an opera and more like an airplane hangar with a transluscent roof. It gives off this eerie light, it's like watching a game under flourescent tubes. [shudder]

I think you tend to go with the vets when it comes to kickers. More than most other positions, those guys need to have ice in their veins. That said, Potter did look like the real deal. I can see him being kept on as the touchback specialist. Powell, on the other hand, is going to have to be hands-down (feet-down?), no-doubt winner to unseat Moorman.

NEWSFLASH: Inebriated, unruly people often attend sporting events. Especially ones that are far from sold out and premium season tickets are going for $5. Film at 11.

LOL, ain't that the truth. My favorite part was when Chan had to explain the rules to the ref while Moorman was bouncing around in the background, blowing a gasket. I swear it looked like Chan took out the red flag and calmly set it down at the ref's feet. Great moment. I'll tell you what I loved seeing: The Redskins going nowhere when they tried to run it against our starting front four. I think the old book on the Bills ("Run it Up the Gut All Day Long") is going to be thrown out. Other than that, I had very little concern. The offense was clearly in tinkering mode, giving Fitz the "keys" and not running the ball at all in the first quarter. It was fun to see live football again!

Yeah, things tightened up in the second half on my iPad too. I guess it's not surprising they had some issues since the app only got released the day before.

The app is basically unusable for me. Audio way out of sync, keeps stopping and starting. I want my $20 back.

I think FIFA has allowed for World Cup events to be held in multiple countries, IIRC, so that's sort of a precedent. To me the biggest logistical nightmare isn't the facilities or local government, it's figuring out how to shuttle all the teams, staffs and families/fans from 200+ countries across the border quickly as needed. it's not exactly what those border crossings are normally equipped for with most people crossing either being Canadian or American. A cool idea in theory, though.

With all the positional battles, I'm actually just as interested to watch the last three quarters as I am the first. Can't wait!

Whoa, a game day thread? What the hell is that? Where's my daily new thread on whether Fitz's beard affects his mechanics?

A google search shows several examples in the last decade or so of the Comissioner of either MLB or NFL getting subpoenaed and hauled in front of Congress for one thing or another (steroids, concussions, contraction, etc). Their hats may or may not have been in their hands. In a 2009 hearing, Goodell got slammed by Rep. Maxine Waters for refusing to acknowledge a link between playing NFL football and concussions. Now he calls player safety the #1 concern. Congresswoman Waters won reelection the following year and still has her seat. Congress holds sway over MLB and the NFL's cartel-like business models. They are probably the only outfit the leagues have no choice but to answer to.