richNjoisy

The Bengals panicked and massively overpaid for Coles. Certainly it is possible Coles will have a 1000 yard and 10 TD season but WR SELDOM have great seasons with a new QB. It takes time . The only massive value he had was with the Fish - fortunately he did not go there. Now, could he have helped the Bills? I think so but not at 7 mil a year or even 6 for four years IMO. What to do? I would look at Toomer . If he can be had cheaply - why not give him a whirl?

Decent TE's are as rare as decent QB's - in the case of TE's most of them are play pro basketball. If the Bills have ANY chance of getting this guy - they should make the attempt. The only thing off the table is a 1st rounder. My God the guy catches over 40 balls at 16+ yards a pop? as a TE???? If this trade rumor is true, I sure hope the Bills are making inquiries. By the way - check out "Rumblings" comments: http://www.buffalorumblings.com/

Hardy was indeed drafted to fill the need for a second WR but he tore his ACL and his return to action from such an injury (it occurred in December) will be severely impacted. He may be available for Training Camp but you don't get back fully from this type of injury in much less than 1 year. Also, he simply was not a big factor when healthy last year. This is not surprising for a rookie but Coles represents an immediate upgrade - at least so the thinking goes. He caught 70 passes last year with 7 TDs with 850 yards receiving. Although he YPC has dropped a bit in the past few years, as a #2 receiver on the Bills he would definitely take some pressure off of Lee. I agree with you about Reed - he played great last year. Johnson is a big unknown in my opinion. I am FOR the siging of Coles.

I am getting ready for a 7 am flight to Florida tomorrow - I am stopping in at the panthers game (I just bought tickets!) so I am thrilled they awoke last night too bad I, too, only made it to the 3-1 point and went to bed. Go Swordsmen!

Welllllllll I am glad to hear he's good in practice. Rob Johnson was good there too I hear

Hmmm. Is it not true that one cannot own an NFL team if one also owns an NHL team in a market that has a pro football team? This was the issue Jacobs had (I think he owns the Bruins?). Could Golisano be positioning himself to buy the Bills?

Ummmm, Ralph is GUARANTEED $87 Million for the games. Regardless of how well the games sell in actuality. This is more than he gets for complete sellouts by a good margin at The Ralph. In some ways, you could look as this as a good thing - if they can't sell the games in Toronto but they sellout on Buffalo, maybe they should stay in Buffalo? In any event, this is a done deal for the next 4 years (or is it 5?) As to the blackout question - yes, I do think the games will be blacked out in Buffalo if there is no sellout but people need to look into this. There is a 90-mile rule I think but this is a different COUNTRY for goodness sake! I doubt Rogers will allow this to happen anyway. He will give the tickets away like he did in the pre-season. That's my prediction anyway.

No - there is no storm for Monday night predicted by the models at this time.

Deal made with Satan Charges on credit card due Time to Pay the Bills

EVERYTIME I have been at The Ralph for a Jets game, whenever we hear the J-E-T-S chant started, our entire section (311) shouts Suckssuckssucks! when they start cheering jetsjetsjets we outnumber the bums

Mr T, The stats tell only part of the story - YES - The Bills are not putting up huge rushing numbers. But the Bills are winning. Why? yes, Trent is the reason but the league - so far - has decided to put 7-8 "in the box" quite a lot, forcing the Bills to either run into this wall (which they ARE trying anyway) or to throw the ball - which they are doing VERY successfully. The fact that Trent is now allowed to audiblize at the line of scrimmage, he is taking advantage of the defenses he has faced. I can see a time in the the near future where team can simply not put so many guys in the box and expect to stop Trent. When that happens, the Bills run game will reap the benefits of this change. BTE - I have not checked this but i THINK the Bills average rush per attempt has gone up late in the games they have played as opposing defenses adjust to having Trent rip them apart early on.

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Oakland, as it turned out, was the Bills "trap" game. Surviving a trap game almost guarantees a stellar effort the following week. That, plus the fact that: The Rams stink, Peters can't play worse, the weather will finally be good, the crowd will quickly turn hostile (I expect to see some early "Bag" head in the crowd), and Jauron is a good coach who will use last Sunday to make his point....all these point to a blowout victory Bills 37 - Rams 17,

or worse: Do we wait until Trent is injured from another blindside hit? Too bad Jason can't play RT - at least Trent could see the guy coming......

BILLS INJURY UPDATE: Terrence McGee did not practice Wednesday due to a stiff back. Hearing coach Jauron describe it McGee injury doesn't sound as if it will keep him out of Sunday's game. "It's a soft tissue injury," said Jauron. "It was still stiff today so we kept him off it. We're very optimistic about that for Sunday." Roscoe Parrish was limited in practice Wednesday with a sore knee.

and , yes, I will be cooking wings! If you bring wings...I will cook 'em for you. Stop by - if you get the chance We will be parked near the green dumpster in lot 1 (we are not at hammer's since we were invited by "local" CNJBBBers to join their tailgate.) Go Bills! -RichNJoisy Pres, Central NJ Buffalo Bills Backers (CNJBBB)

Only 11 starts so far for Mr. Edwards. Each game, you can expect him to get better and to add more deep balls to his regimen of throws. Also, as Trent becomes more and more of an established threat, teams will no longer be crowding the line of scrimmage. This, in turn, will open up our run game. Plus, we played two pretty god defenses in tough weather conditions. This Sunday (I will be traveling to the Ralph!) we play the Raiders. Not exactly on the same level as the Seahawk let alone the jaguar defense. Weather will be sunny and 70-75 degrees at kickoff. Bills could score in the 30's Wil that make you happy?

yeah, what a loser

Taught him everything he knows........sniff

In the same report from Chris brown and in Bill Daily Roscoe Parrish was listed as "not practicing today" (Wednesday) The SPECULATION was that this was related to the knee soreness Roscoe experienced during training camp.

Temps on Sunday in Jacksonville to be low 90's Thank goodness the Bills have a rotation on the line. With Jax having to play backups on the O-Line, I see Jacksonville having tremendous problems later in the game as the Bills linemen rotate. On offense, a healthy Peters to rotate in will be useful but I expect him to pass out in the 2nd half. Jauron: use Peters carefully (obviously, I am assuming Peters will be activated). Looks like a low scoring affair to me.

The weather will be a factor - hot humid about 90 with the usual rain threat. But, the Bills have a good rotation at the key line positions. Stroud certainly will still be used to it. The 6 point spread is, in my opinion, simply the delay in bettor support for the Bills. I see the Bills keeping this very close and if they win the TO battle (or tie), then they will prevail. 2-0 baby!!

Thanks - I only checked Brown's Blog.

Where is your source for this report? I am not finding this anywhere.

MattyT posted crap - he apparently thinks he is a funny guy. Chris Brown just reported that "POZ TURNED HIS ANKLE: Head coach Dick Jauron said Paul Posluszny turned his ankle in practice Wednesday which is what kept him out of practice Thursday. Jauron said he is optimistic that Posluszny will be fine and ready to go for Sunday's game." I am done reading your posts Matty - what an idiot.