clayboy54

Thank you Shaw! I enjoyed reading another well written synopsis. I agree wholeheartedly that yesterday was "outstanding" for where the Bills are right now. It clearly shows that McDermott once again knows the pulse of his players. He obviously pressed the coordinators to fix their deficiencies and call games to their players strengths. It was a nice showing by the guys who stepped up from the practice squad, the bench and other teams to contribute on the field. I liked seeing them succeed filling in for injuries. I also liked the aggressive play calling when past Bills teams might have gone conservative. I don't get all the hate. I really like where this team is going toward the future. I think you get it.

One can only hope.

What the hell was that Holmes?

Opticians.

Titans 31 Bills 3 Juan Castillo is finally fired the following Monday.

Yes, they created this mess. I for one am willing to let it play out and see how it goes. With a high pick this next draft and around $100M to spend, we can have a new group to watch develop into a good team. Certainly, we all can agree that 7-9 records every year were not acceptable. We know that doesn't work. Let's see if this teardown works. If it doesn't, we can always move on to the next "plan."

What a boneheaded play.

Vance Joseph should be fired on the spot. Keenum needs to be cut and Von Miller should be traded!

I always watch every game with my wife. After a game like yesterday, we both ceremoniously burn the clothes we were wearing during that game.

Josh is seeing defenses that he's never seen before. Naturally, he isn't understanding what to do with it. When he goes back and watches the cutups he;ll see how the looks played out. Next time, he'll have at least a better understanding of the possibilities. He's got to see things more than once to learn that there are more than one possibility from each disguise as well. Sooner than later he'll begin to see a few things happen that he's seen before. That's when the development will really begin to take place. Until that time, he'll be completely lost. For Josh right now, it's all just a guessing game.

Did we trade Groy to Minny?

Well, no roughing the passer penalty flags yet...

No, no I don’t.

So much for the under.

Yes, Woods looks worth the contract.

Would that have been a fumble or an incomplete?

Bring back the ole Punt Catcher Chris Watson!

During my years working the NFL broadcasts, I had the pleasure of working with Murph and names like Stan Barron, Jeff Kaye and Van Miller. I also worked radio broadcasts for numerous other team's radio crews. The single biggest takeaway is that we are one of the only home team radio crews that focus on calling an objective game. Every other crew that I worked with focused on the home-team perspective by using words like "we" and "us." The Bills radio crews always approached it from a non-partisan perspective. This was something that program director Bob Wood instilled at WBEN back in the 80's. It was something that was heavily embraced by Van Miller and by Jeff Kaye, who later ended up at NFL Films. This is something that we take for granted in Buffalo. However, it is simply not present anywhere else I have worked. I worked with guys like Bob Lamey on the Colts radio team, Rick Weaver in Miami, Jim Gordon with the NY Giants, among others and with Eli Gold (Alabama) and Lee Corso on Citrus Bowl games. None of the play-by-play guys have exhibited a more professional non-biased perspective than the Bills broadcast team, thanks to the guidelines that Bob Wood established for them back in the 80's. During those years, I spent more of my time producing the hockey broadcasts and the Bills pregame pieces. While at WBEN, I got to work closely with Rick, and Ted as producer for the Sabres broadcasts. These two, along with Mike Robitaille and Jim Lorentz likewise always provided a thoroughly professional and accurate picture of the live game environment. Since then, I had the good fortune of working with MRN Radio for years as technical director for the NASCAR radio broadcasts. There, executive producer John McMullin and later David Hyatt likewise embraced that same focus on objective reporting. I am blessed to have worked with such professionals over the many years. While opinions will vary based on style, delivery, enthusiasm, etc, and you are all correct in ascertaining that the broadcast teams stay within the guidelines of what is good for the sport and the team which employs them, it is never appropriate to bring up controversial issues during a game broadcast. That is left for the sports talk shows. No matter what you might want to know, some things are better left unsaid during a live game in the interest of knowing all the facts. This is especially true with personnel issues. All I can say today is that if you have not spent time listening to the other teams' radio broadcasts at length, you cannot appreciate how lucky we have been, and are today with the great talent we Bills fans get to listen to. Enjoy these great talents and I hope you appreciate it even more in the future.

Riveron would make a heluva Supreme Court Justice!

That certainly doesn't preclude Foster from having the chance to do the same, now does it?

Remember Ted Ginn when he first came into the league? He couldn't catch a cold, yet he was always open and man, he was fast. Many years later, he became a decent NFL receiver. He was never really a #1, and he never had the sure hands of a top receiver, but he has been around awhile and done okay. He's caught some balls and scored some nice touchdowns. Could Robert Foster develop like Ted Ginn? It certainly is possible. It will take a lot of work on his part and dedication to the craft. But, like Ted Ginn, he will bounce around a lot of teams as a marginal talent and likely won't be here to allow us to enjoy the fruits of his labors.

Yeah. When was the last time you saw a Bills team out-scheme an opponent like this? This is good coaching AND good execution all the way around. Good job.

I feel for you, Fitzy!

If only he hadn’t thrown that pick-6...

Nice!