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YOU CAN'T FIX AN OFFENSE IN ONE OFFSEASON!!! Or maybe you can if you've prepared for the opportunity by clearing bad salaries, eating dead cap, maneuvering to get your QB, and riding out one difficult season knowing what was to come.

No no no! His stopgap free agent signings while carrying 50M of dead cap last season weren't good! He stinks!

I'm dumbfounded by Harbaugh's decision. I think the success Jackson and the Ravens had last year was similar to when the Wildcat first came out -- for a while it was successful and then teams figured it out. The Chargers certainly figured it out by the time the playoffs rolled around. Jackson does not come across as a smart guy -- that doesn't mean he lacks football intelligence, but I just don't see this ending well for Baltimore.

I so wanted Coby to drive the lane on that last possession...still, a fun game and I'm not crushed by the defeat. Heels will still be the top 2-seed or 4th 1-seed. We learned two things last night: 1 - Dook is a better basketball team with Zion 2 - Even with Zion, Dook is not vastly superior to UNC I think the two best teams in the country played last night. We'll see how the tournament shakes out.

I guess I keep thinking he is going to suddenly become the guy he was at ECU. You're right though...if he doesn't, then how does he get on the field ahead of Foster, Brown and Beasley? I'm sure Zay knows this is a make-or-break season for him.

It's quite remarkable how in two short years we've gone from being one of the worst cap-managed organizations in the league to one of the best. Beane is doing great things; let's hope he has picked the right players and McD continues to learn and improve.

I'd still really like to see them draft one, since this draft is so deep at the position. I think Zay sticks at least through training camp -- if he makes a significant step forward he has a chance.

One thing Zay really does have going for him is that this regime drafted him. I've been going back and forth on the will-he-be-here-or-not question but after a few days I'm back around to believing he will make the roster. I think he will actually benefit from the arrival of Brown and Beasley...two vets to learn from. To quote Saint Doug, "obviously" this is a huge year for him and I'm sure he knows that.

I don't think Manish is trying to save face for the Jets at all...I think he's giving Buffalo credit for being aggressive and getting their guy.

"Check down Charlie" -- love it. Many of us have been saying the same thing -- much better to have to rein in a guy who wants to make big plays (Josh) than to try and convince a guy to actually take some shots (Tyrod).

Hey man, I'm fine with Zion going for 30/10 and the Heels winning by 5. Totally down with that.

Stop it now, Augie. I mean it. Stop. Well, we finally get the Carolina-Dook matchup everyone wanted to see tonight. Too bad the game won't start until 9 freaking 30. At least it's Friday. You know the Heels want to win this one badly, so they can remove the "asterisk" everyone attached to the first two games. Should be fun.

Great post LA. I often wonder what motivates a guy such as our beloved ScottLaw to visit a site such as this. I mean, it's pretty obvious he can't stand fans of the team who, you know, actually root for the team, and he continuously asserts how being a fan "doesn't define him" and he "doesn't take this personally." Yet here he returns, day after day, to remind us all how much the Bills suck and what he would do differently. I guess basements are lonely...

Anyone still defending Housley over here? JohnC? This is beyond ugly.

I hope Morse didn’t back out of his contract after watching the Sabres.

So now we know Gettleman's plan...

You put your desktop speaker in your ear?

<sniff> "that's my quarterback..."

And Buddy looks like he just sharted.

It's a one-year deal with no guaranteed money -- I think the Bills played it plenty safe here.

It only seems to be your idea. I'm certain the Bills don't view it that way.

Well, they squeaked that one out! Bubble teams are rooting for the Bulls big time.

Go get Dook, boys!

No, no it doesn't.

Yeah, really. There's a reason why they cleaned house. Aren't there only a few guys still on the roster from before McD and Beane arrived? I dare say that two years from now the Bills will be damn near the top of the "drafted players starting" list.