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Prior to the regular season, Nix/Gailey were pointing the finger of blame at the previous regime. Now that the season has started, that finger is finding new targets. Both Nix and Gailey acknowledged that Trent failed. JMO, I do believe 'Trentative' is now working under a microscope.

Correct. And for all the griping about Gailey and his "alleged" failure, here's what Gailey had to say (found in the D&C article link the OP posted): And if you listened to Nix's Monday morning press conference, he acknowledges Trent became gun shy. Trent did what he does best. He looked good in practice, and fooled the coaching staff into believing he was "the guy". IMHO, this game put the coaching staff microscope squarely on him. They will not be fooled by 'practice Trent' again. If he fails to improve in the next few games, I expect Trent to be benched.

We'll agree to disagree. Probably not. But at this point, I am so sick of "Will Not", "Probably Not" is a much better option.

Exactly. So why are we still trying keep Edwards in there? We already know that Fitz has a ceiling, and that ceiling is slightly higher than Edward's. Since the OL is not suddenly going to fix itself, why not play the guy that gets a little more production out of the O?

That's still better TD production than Edwards did last year and Edwards career production.

As somewhat of a comparison: Alabama vs. Penn State: home and home series - Visitor is guaranteed $200K and 5300 tickets Alabama is getting $200K and 6200 tickets to play @ Duke on the 18th GA State is getting $435K to play @ Tuscaloosa

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To expand on this: It's one thing for an injury to happen during the normal course of the game, and to realize, because of that injury, there is now an opportunity. It's quite another wishing and hoping for that injury to happen. As somebody pointed out in this thread, while you, Barker, are actively rooting for somebody to purposely hurt Brady (just so your team has a better chance to win a game), there is some idiot out there who is hoping and praying Spiller's knee gets wrecked for life (so his team will always have a better chance to win a game)

So it's not possible they could be wrong and that's it? Why is it allowed to end there for you, but not for them? Nobody says you have to like it. I disagree with their opinions myself. They expressed their opinion, you express yours. Again, why does it have to be more than that? Ah, now I get it. They get PAID to express their opinion, and you don't. I'm guessing the money they got paid with came from you? No? What about the fans of the teams that fail to meet the expectations of these "experts"? Should they also be ready to condemn the experts? Wrong is wrong. Should be no different just because they over estimated the expectations of a team. I'm not surprised. You too busy on your quest of holding those accountable who disagree with your opinion to get it.

Or is it due to the Hot being sold old out?

The team has not even played its first regular season game. Why bother about COTY? I can remember back in 2008, after the Bills started 4-0, the fans running around yammering about how Jauron should win his 2nd COTY award. How did that work out? Let's stop worrying about what kind of nicknames we need to come up, and what kind of awards and accolades the team should/might get. The season is about to start. Let's enjoy the season for what it is. I fully expect this team to do better than a lot people are predicting. Everything else will take care of it self in time.

Accountability is a funny thing. Sometimes it works in your favor, and sometimes it works against you. If the "experts" are more right than wrong, do you still plan to revisit this thread? If you have the right to hold the "experts" accountable for being wrong, they have the right to say "I told you so" when they are right. Can everybody who is contributing to this thread handle being told "I told you so" if the Bills do reach such a bad record? Or do you plan on disappearing, changing screen names, etc...? And we wonder why people get frustrated and leave.

This sounds like a Jauron apologist all over again. They were quite happy having the cool/collected Jauron and were glad the Bills did not have that spitter/drooler Cowher. Until proven otherwise, Gailey is not quite the HC Shanahan was/is. Gailey has the opportunity to change that assessment starting in a few days. I'm looking forward to the season. We may not make the playoffs, but I believe the Bills will shock 1-2 teams, and scare the sh*t out of a few others.

Whats next? A play from last years Cleveland Browns game?

To clarify, I have no idea if he would have been good, great, or lousy. I just think making a definitive judgment based on 1-2 games is laughable.

Not even close. Ole Miss is like the Wisconsin/Minnesota of the SEC. They produce a winner every now and then, and that's about it.

Pardon me, but how many games did Butler play @ RT? And you know for a fact he was a "great" tackle based on such a small sample size? This board kills me.

Oh goody. Yet another "We need to come up with a cheesy nickname for ________" thread. We must hurry. Nobody will know who Spiller, Lynch, Jackson, and possibly Bell are until we come up with some name to call them.

And, if they end up being unfortunately right, do you plan on posting the same quotes to their sites and praising their analysis? God forbid, they have an opinion that differs from yours. I love the fact Chan is trying his best to install a winning attitude, and he will not tolerate any BS. But until that translates into wins on the field, the Bills have 10 years of 'suckitude' dogging them. Respect is "earned", not given. And in the NFL, the teams earn it by winning.

I don't agree that 16 team conferences need to happen or are the way to go from a football perspective. I think it's too big. As for how long it will take to get there, you do realize the Big East is a 16 (17 if you count the associate member) team conference already? 11 of those teams play FB, 8 play in the Big East, 2 play at a lower level, and 1 plays as an independent. I don't think you will see this change unless the conference is forced to. If anything will happen, IMHO, it will happen in about 5 years. That's how long I think the Big XII-2 will last until it implodes. Texas, Texas A&M, and OU are the only teams that made out. Nebraska has already stated they are not going to pay the exit fees (claiming since Texas started the nonsense, Nebraska cannot be held responsible for leaving the conference). The rest of the smaller schools are beginning to realize they just got effed over.

It's Kenny !@#$ing Powers!

If you include the playoffs, then Dallas went 3-2 vs the Cardinals during 98-99. The Cowboys won both regular season match ups, but unfortunately, lost their playoff game against the Cards. Not a really a knock against Chan. Expecting a first year HC to beat the same team 3 times in one season is a tall order.

If you got the time and desire, than it would definitely be something I would look forward to!