Rocky Landing

Up until this moment, I had absolutely no intention of paying $3 for a news subscription. Ever. But, I have to say, it was rather disappointing when I was blocked from the numerous "Buffalo News Reports" links on this site-- especially since I live in Los Angeles (born and raised in Rochester). So, can someone tell me: Is it worth $3.00? I hate to feel like a sucker.

Excellent. He looked great in preseason.

This is what it takes to get to mutual respect? Acknowledging the absurd? Orton has ZERO chance of getting on the wall because: The defense carried the offense that year. He wasn't here long enough. He wasn't good enough while he was here. The Slide (what became his signature play) was embarrassing. He wasn't the reason we almost went to the playoffs. Almost making it to the playoffs is not an accomplishment.

Is Matthews going to be just fine after thumb surgery? Is he worth waiting around for? In my opinion, we should be exploring WR options even if Matthews didn't get hurt. It's weird that this staff almost seems to disregard the position, and its importance.

Every time I have seen Carr speak, I thought he seemed like a dick. And when he's touted his faith, which he does often, he's sounded like a dick about that, too. I have no problem with people having, and expressing their faith. But when someone suggests that Jesus Christ prefers their team because of their own righteousness, as they are guided by the Holy Spirit (yes, Carr speaks in such terms), then they are claiming religious superiority. And, yeah, I think that's pretty obnoxious. So, I'll go with "emotional jerk."

It's impossible for a Bills fan to panic. We are in much better shape at this moment than any reasonable person thought we were going to be. We're used to this sort of hopeful start with a disappointing ending. Our wide receivers are terrible. I don't know if here is a worse WR corp in the league. I felt that way before Matthews' injury. As (rightfully) happy as many are with this new regime, this is one area in which they have thoroughly screwed up. It was (and is) the biggest argument for the "tank theory." They better address this situation.

Maybe we could start another wall called: The Wall of Mediocrity. It would have to be a very large wall...

If Kyle Orton were on the Wall of Fame, you wouldn't be able to read his name, or jersey number because it would be obscured by the entire defense that carried him. We weren't mediocre in 2014? Edit: or rather, our offense wasn't mediocre in 2014?

Whether intentional, or not, Taylor has been set up to fail in this offense.

Oh, well...

Damn. Elston looked great in preseason, I thought.

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Living like a bunch of animals??? You're a loon.

Do you live in Los Angeles?

There are, here and there-- mostly in the more affluent neighborhoods. But, I think that most of the people mowing them tend to be soccer fans.

A lot of people on here bashing Los Angeles. I curious, how many of you live in LA?

I'd be very sad for a while. But, I'd probably end up as a fan of one of the LA teams, which is where I've been living since '91. I will say, I tried to make the Rams my "second team" when they moved here two years ago. But, I just couldn't do it.

If Brady has the ball for over three seconds, he's throwing it away. TT (and Wilson, Tannehill, Cam) are far more likely to break from the pocket and extend the play to 5+ seconds. There are far more such outliers that will skew the average for mobile QBs.

I'm a little disappointed, myself.

It's OK to have an opinion, as long as you don't express it. Did I get it right?

Written without a shred of irony.

Of course, the fact that we share the division with the Pats* is still the elephant in the room. Some day, we will be discussing the real possibility of winning the division, not just a wildcard.

I'm quite certain that I've met some of this site's posters in person. But, I don't think I would ever let them know who I was online. They might make fun of me, and question my football knowledge, and I don't think I could handle that, emotionally. I look like my avatar on the inside.

Not everyone is so closed-minded.

Well, you said he never got his hands on it, and then the next sentence said, "... as soon as the ball touched his hands." Seems like a contradiction. I believe that the stat for dropped passes does not take into consideration the circumstances for why the ball was not reeled in. That would be too subjective a data point to make an accurate, or useful statistic. It just places a percentage of the number of passes that touch the hands that aren't caught. Clay was 3.5% last season, which is fairly middling.

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