Homey D. Clown

I had a feeling this thread was headed in this direction....

Trent Edwards and the haplless 2009 Bills almost beat the patriots on opening day, if not for a seriously bad string of flubs near the end of the game. So my point is that this team is much better today than that 2009 squad, and the Pats are not nearly as good as their 2009 squad, so I don't think this is a foregone conclusion anymore.

I can't believe how many people see nothing good can possibly happen in a season to the point they would think this team would go winless, or that they haven't improved in any way.

I don't think too many people will doubt Barnett is a better player once the season starts. Pozluzny was a high character guy with the ability to tackle players well after initial contact, and in most cases 5-7 yards down field. that's more a testament to his ability to read a play than the weakness of the defensive front.

I don't remember that being my point, but since you're asking, it is, in my opinion not a bad thing that Evans was traded IF the team finds a better player on the roster. My point was that I didn't see him as a benefit to this team's overall big picture anymore, and his lack of other route running skills made him a one trick pony. There are lots of guys who can contribute in more than one capacity, and i don't think Lee was that guy anymore. Besides, the bigger issue is that with the offensive line as bad as it is these days, who would have the time to wait till he was open to even deliver the ball to him? But to most people's point about the trade, we currently didn't make the team better by trading him in the short term.

mehh... who gives a ****.

I am not going to defend everything the coaching staff has been doing recently, but in order to gather more information about the players this coaching staff has at their disposal, they need to see them play. CJ Spiller, any, or all of the receivers, linebackers being moved, offensive linemen being tried at other positions, trading away some veterans, these things have not been done in Buffalo in more than a decade, and I see these things as very beneficial. People seem to forget that what the Bills team has been under DJ was an under-performing bunch of coddled athletes that never had to worry about someone taking their job, and when Gailey came to town, he made it very clear nobody's job was safe. I loved Lee Evans as a professional, but in 7 seasons, he vanished for massive stretches of each season, and was simply not a game changer. Could we have used him this year, sure in some capacity, but I just don't think you can keep a guy like that on your roster when this team needs someone who can do more than run a deep route. Things need to change, and if the players and fans don't like it right now, too bad, this team has sucked balls for too long, and if Chan Gailey's approach doesn't work right away, it probably will somewhere else, when the media and cheap-o owner run him out of town. I want to see CJ Spiller more, I love Freddy, and want to see them both featured, I just don't see how you can develop the guy by not playing him. Lastly- From what I have seen so far, it appears that the defense has been addressed quite well in the new regime's first 2 drafts, and if the defense can improve this year, I think its only fair to hold out hope that they can do the same on offense. I know we as fans want it to happen faster, but it's just not going to. I still think this team is on the right track. it's easy to forget how very little talent this team really had going into last year.

and this is what a freakishly small OLB REALLY can do: The Real Maybin I am sure with 5 minutes left in a game against one of the worst teams in recent NFL history we should get Maybin's bust ready in Canton. You have one thing right though, and that's the bust part. Your posts are enjoyable, it's not often we get to read ridiculous fodder like this here, so keep them coming.

How do you make a team better by leaving the same players in the same positions? This preseason, and Chan Gailey is shaking some things up. How soon do we forget the Jauron era where the team keeps doing the same thing expecting winning results. Everyone moaned about Lee Evans drop in production, so the guy gets traded, then everyone is up in arms about how we desperately need him. I'm sorry but I see things a little differently. I am very happy to see CJ running with the first team, he looks like he can play, and there's no reason CJ and Freddy can't share the load. The defense will be an improved unit as long as they stay healthy And the new notion that no position is safe on this team. sorry, but the soft, cushy, win some lose more attitude isn't cutting it with our new head coach, and I for one applaud it. None of the players, including the likes of Lee evans ever won anything of significance, so it's time they are held accountable. As far as the ownership concerns made by the OP, I share those feelings too and think it's time the team is passed along to someone who is interested in keeping the team in Buffalo, and winning. enough of this playing games in toronto crap.

I still for the life of me can't figure out how people think Spiller was a luxury pick. The guy will start for this team and Freddy is north of 30. Explain to me how you'd want to trade a guy that hasn't had a chance to play yet? This is the kind of stuff that keeps this team mired in mediocrity. He has the potential to develop into a true game changer, so yeah lets trade him now before he gets too good

The unis these replace were an abomination pure and simple. The all white ones were not too bad, and I do agree i have always loved the red lids, the white ones look epically classic. This new look now looks classically timeless very much like the Colts, or San Diego's return of their original unis. Sorry, you may be on your own with this thread, most people hated the previous duds.

tax cuts? in NY? Why make it more appealing for people and businesses to return to the area? that's just crazy talk.

do I need to change my signature back to THANK YOU CAROLINA PANTHERS? I still maintain that he is not a pro level QB....

bring in housh-a-mazode!!

yes, thats making me feel like its 1988 again... sweet!

Best analogy of the College bowl series I have ever read.

even less valid on opening day. I am quietly waiting for the season to start, where all the talking stops, and the games become the real test of where this team is. Currently though, if I were to make a list of what I saw these would be the synopsis: 1. Improved defensive play, but still not deep in talent past a few starters 2. same old offense, but with some wild cat looks that I don't really care for 3. Spiller looks more patient and may contribute 4. O-line looks pedestrian at best 5. Past Fitz, there are no other capable QBs on the team 6. Special teams look to be the worst unit to play in Buffalo in 10 years 7. The team no longer has anyone to stretch the field That's really no different than what was on the field last year, and in all honesty, if a few starters go down like they tend to do here in Buffalo, we really won't see any improvement over last year's outcome. Honestly, how could we?

I happened to notice that Ryan Mallett outweighs Maybin by more than 20 lbs.... that's a QB outweighing a DE/OLB....Nucking Futs....

we're waaay below the cap, it would be more attributed to the short-arm, deep pocketed owner when we lose more talent. Right now though, there isn't any talent to lose, literally the entire roster needs to prove its-self.

Maybin wasn't any kind of "ocre"... he was the franchise's biggest bust, so he has become 1st in something.

yes. you really needed to ask that?

After seeing the recent news about Maybin's release, it seems very apparent that our current front office is on task with getting rid of as much of the previous roster as possible, and I don't blame them much. If you look back at the Polian era, a very similar cleansing occurred as well. Yes this time around Buddy has had more dead wood to purge, but with Lee Evans, Donte Whitner, Pozluzny, and Aaron Maybin gone, this team is slowly becoming one built with Buddy's vision in mind. Even if some of the guys that are gone this year have performed well at times, they still never were elite talents, and won anything of significance at any point in their careers. I can't say for sure if the team is better right this second with a few of these names mentioned gone, but they are definitely headed in a new direction, and that to me is a good sign.

I know how much fun it is for everyone around here to cry about how everyone in the media hates the Bills, but I found the review of Saturdays game against the Bears to accurately summarize what I saw, and put some of the game's noteworthy achievements into perspective. Here's the link: PFF Article AND this one from ESPN too... ESPN's Fairly decent notes

The success of most teams rely heavily on the depth of their rosters. With that said, if he looked very good against 2nd team players to you, then I think most people would agree that the guy is becoming a very strong depth guy. I see that as a positive, but hey, this is TSW after all where pessimism is in short supply, so welcome.

You simply can't miss with a Maybin topic around here. He got run over because the RB outweighed him and had a tremendous run at him. I didn't find it funny because I don't like seeing guys on our team fail. I did try to look for him as much as possible, and there's no doubt he is working his ass off. He simply does not have the size, and my biggest beef with him right now is that he has come into this season smaller than last year, and because of that I put his lack of success now squarely on him. He needs to be playing around 255-260lbs, and he's simply too small right now. He'll be cut soon enough, but I hate to see it happen this way.