Dan

Yep. And gotta love how FN in America is trying to make it seem so much worse than it really is. The NFL blew it and panicked. Calling a game because it might be a blizzard. Pathetic.

He's abandoned it all season long. It's been my biggest grievance with Chan and the offensive play calling... he's as pass happy as Martz or Gibride have ever been.

No, they just decided to wait until the snow is gone and the sun can come out and make everyone nice and toasty. It's complete crap to call a game because of too much snow. I guess the Browns/Bills game a few years ago was ok... but now it's not?? Come on.

I'm starting to agree with Dean. That was horrible.

Big difference there, though. The pansy league is now postponing games because they don't want to play in cold and snowy weather. Pathetic.

I take mine straight up.. bitterness included!

Can't you wait another 10 minutes to start a dozen and one threads complaining about how bad the Bills are?

one cup of apathetic insanity coming right up...

Got 'em right where we want 'em... for the greatest comeback in the history of histories! Time to pull out the secret play.

I'm glad I'm not the only that's noticed that. Sometimes, I really think Chan outsmarts himself.

Goodell's plan is now complete. The NFL has officially become a pansy league. It was bad enough when they made it illegal to hit a QB. Then they make it illegal to tackle. Now they're postponing a game because it's going snow! Un friggin believable. Can you imagine what pansy rules will come out of the new CBA? It's pathetic.

I agree. But that was a damn hard hit on an outstretched receiver. SO I can give him that... but not some of the other drops. As I'm seeing it.. the Pats* are hitting A LOT harder than the Bills and it shows. Just once I'd like to see the Bills try and punch the Pats* in the jaw rather than the other way around.

To win, the Bills need (1) to be near perfect, (2) outplay the Refs bad calls, and (3) get heat on Brady. So far, they haven't done any one of those.

Stevie got nailed by Mayo and dropped the ball. Really good hit by Mayo, so I can't blame him. Still sucks though.. would have been a 1st down.

Absolutely, there's nothing out there on the interwebs to suggest that Chan and company don't like Brohm. In fact, all evidence (he made the team and moved up to season-long #2) suggests they're quite satisfied with him, IMO. It'll be very telling, to say the least, to see what they do in the draft regarding the QB position. I really can't see them bringing in a FA to backup Fitz. So, whether or not they draft someone could say everything about what the feeling is towards Brohm.

I'm sorry, probably didn't explain myself well enough. I agree Trent was shot, here. They almost had to get rid of him. But, they also had to have some confidence in Brohm as the backup because they didn't bring in someone else. In this league, it's almost a matter of when, not if, you're gonna play backup QB. So, you've got to have some level of confidence in your backup. Therefore, I think Chan is fine with Brohm as a backup.

I could very much agree with both of those statements. To think that firefighters, who are issued full face respirators as part of their gear and trained to use them and use them routinely in their job, would not use PPE and have respiratory problems seems nonsensical. All I can say from being there is that the stress and unique circumstances of working on the pile were unlike what most people experience in normal circumstances; therefore, I can live with some measure of "understanding". So, I don't completely disagree with the compensation fund either.

I'd suggest it's a little of both. Yeah, they almost had to cut Trent. When you have a marginal starting QB and bench him, the last thing you want is players second guessing the decision when you're 2, 3, 4 losses down the road and the former starter is sitting over there saying he's healthy and ready to play. So, you get rid of him and remove all doubt that you're moving forward - for better or worse. However, they had to have some amount of confidence in Brohm to think he could be a viable back up. Otherwise, you don't make the cut or you go and get a backup. You just can't go through the whole season with someone you have zero confidence in as your backup QB (unless you have Manning or Favre starting because they never miss a game). So, they had to like what they saw in Brohm enough to make him #2 and not bring in anyone to challenge him for that spot. Personally, I fully expected to see Brohm starting by the bye week. But, Fitz has been a very pleasant surprise and is making it awful hard for anyone to unseat him. At this point, I wouldn't be upset at all if they went into next season with Fitz and Brohm #1 and #2, respectively, again.

You are soooo right! Don't forget those that will lament the loss of another draft spot. But, I say to hell with 'em all. I'll be proud of my team.

I can very much agree with that. I don't want them to keep it close, to just be content with being competitive. I want them coming out playing hard and expecting to win. I hope to see some real emotion from them. I'm slowly changing my attitude about this team; that is, I've grown accustomed to just hoping to see them play competitively. But, last week (for example), I expected them to win. I thought they should win. It's been quite a while since I felt that way about a Bills team. I guess the reason for my original post is.. I just can't feel that way about the Pats* yet. Sure, on any given Sunday... yeah, yeah. But, will they win; do they expect to win? Do we as fans think they will win? I'm finding it hard to go there. IMO, if they somehow win this game... all bets are off. We finally have a real team. None of this they can't beat good teams stuff. A win and they've proven that no game is out of reach.

My wife reminded me of that on Monday when she realized we play the Pats* this week! She tried to calm me down proactively, saying you know the refs are going to make bad calls or something... try not to get too mad. The breaks the Pats* get are truly amazing.

He's a solid player... not great, but certainly good enough to be starting. Not re-signing him creates a hole on a team with several other holes. It's not my money. So.... up the offer to $6mill or give him more guaranteed cash.. I don't really care, just get him re-signed. I really don't understand how fans can blame Ralph for being cheap, but then they immediately start screaming about high salaries being paid to players. The only pertinent question is: are the Bills better with or without Whitner? I say better with him.. .therefore I hope they come to terms.

Someone would have to be insane to build a stadium for a football team without any signed guarantee of a team playing there. Furthermore, how do you build 2 stadiums without the guarantee of even a single team? Is this an either or situation; meaning just one of the stadiums would be built based upon whomever can lure the team in? So I guess we get news of a team moving to LA first, then news of which stadium would be built? I don't watch the final four, but is there precedence for basketball games being played in a stadium built for football? Seems really odd to me. I would think another incentive would be the possibility of the new LA stadium being a regular draw for the Super Bowl.

I love the fantasy football induced nature of what makes a game good to watch.... points and offense. If a game doesn't have lots of scoring, it's considered boring.

I can agree with your take on how to beat them. And that's what has me worried. Chan has rarely relied on running the ball. I'm not sure why he hates Fred Jackson (i joke); but he needs to run the ball alot. I also don't like the use of 4-5 wides with no RB on 3rd and short in this one. BB is too smart; take away a run and his defense will have the answer. So, given Chan's tendencies this season; I'm not hopeful. Also, we haven't blitzed consistently all season, either. Granted their blitzing more lately. But, I think they need to blitz 2 out of 3 plays and get some serious heat on Brady - penalties be damned. Not only does that - hopefully - pressure Brady; but known of our LBs are good in coverage. Play to their strengths and rush the passer, I say. We'll see I suppose. I like that fact!