abbottroadwarrior

Corner of the endzone, where Ralph hides the geritol!!!

Still missing Ray Bentley's "Jagwires" and Solomon Wilcots "Beeows".

Murph had a vanilla gameplan, he's saving his golden throat for the regular season.

...really? Why?

Maybe not, but I don't see why (especially considering how much they've already paid him) he couldn't serve in a utility role. It's not like our LB corps is lighting the world on fire.

I know he was going to be the blitzing/situational DE this year, but considering our suspect LB corps...would having Merriman as insurance be unacceptable? Considering they've waited for him to get healthy, now that he finally is...they cut him? Confused. Now that would be one 'surprising' vet cut that I'd agree with at this point, especially with Young on the roster.

Ideally I'd like to see McGee stay this year, particularly for the depth and as a mentor to guys like Gilmore, Williams, and Brooks.

I heard he went into witness protection with his brother Moe.

Like others, I'm not a big fan of Choice, but I suspect he stays. I wasn't impressed by his recognition on that red zone situation that ended with Lindell's shank. Would rather see White get a shot.

I call shenanigans. Our idiots don't smash players' mailboxes. They spray paint players' lawns.

Sorry, I just wanted to say that I burst out laughing when reading this. Carry on.

How sad would that be...a Jets fan from Philly? Wow.

Wait, you're James Joseph Cialella? From Philly? Damn. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/01/iraq-vets-lawyer-says-he-_n_154691.html

Pretty much my thoughts as well. I'd actually like to keep Potter though for the touchbacks alone.

IIRC from the feed I was watching, there was a ref/line judge near where the ball was down and threw a blue marker where we downed it. So the only thing I can think of is that, like others have speculated, the refs must have gone under the assumption that < or = to the 5 was a touchback. Incomprehensible.

Went to the win against Detroit last year and was surprised at how quick the ushers were (at least in my section) to crack down on the idiots. Best was when a guy a row ahead of us lit up a cigarette and then wanted to fight the usher who told him he'd have to leave. About 3 dudes in security jackets came down quick and they escorted the guy out in cuffs. Sorry you had such a rotten experience. Maybe the Ralph is using replacement ushers until the season starts? Edit: apologies, the Detroit game I referenced was the 2010 season. My bad.

Like Brooks, Moats and Dareus so far. Otherwise, meh.

As long as the new stadium moves the current location of the cupholders, I'll be thrilled. I'm not exceptionally tall (6'2'') but every time I go I get at least one knee jammed into a cupholder on the back of the seat in front of me. Annoying as hell.

So Fitzpatrick isn't Wolverine? Damn.

Sad to think that an injured Fitz (I do subscribe to the injury theory) who looked so off was still better than either of the healthy backups.

Don't cross the Moats baby! Seriously though, glad to see this. Hopefully he can establish some consistency and hold onto the spot.

I was confused when watching this segment live though on NFL32. At one point, they had an overlay that said all AFC East teams are now running a 3-4 defense, and talked about the significance of that. But IIRC, aren't we shifting to a 4-3 this year under the Stache?

This is my thought as well. There has to be (draft or FA) someone who can improve over Thigpen. He was just 'turrible' in the limited time we saw him last year. Can't imagine there isn't a more reliable alternative elsewhere. Unless the Bills go QB early in the draft (I'd be surprised), I'd like to think they'll pick up a QB somewhere in the later rounds who can make Thigpen expendable, or at least relegate him to the 3rd string role. Or is Brad Smith still listed as the 3rd string QB? I remember last year there was some issue with roster composition and the 3rd string QB, right?

Agreed, I'm hoping that it's Kuechly as well. I don't follow college football outside of a little research before the NFL draft but from what I've read around these parts, he sounds like the most surefire impact player coming out of the gate.

Mike Greenberg went with the Giants this morning, despite pointing out the advantage for the Bills defense against an interception-prone QB like Mannning. Mike Golic went with the Bills though.