Buffalo Boy

You beat me too it

DUDE????? No one is too young for that movie!

Masochists???

I go to Panthers games, one a year, out of convenience. I have been to all the Panthers\Bills games except the one in Buffalo when both teams sucked. The Bills have sucked for so long it wasn’t tough to not go even though I visited Buffalo a minimum of 3 times a year . Now that they are moving in the right direction we will be coming up in the falls to catch a game ..... and Bass and Salmon fish? Money is not the object anymore. We will all be dead soon enough, it’s the fun and the memories that hold the value.

There was a time when the road to the Super Bowl went through our stadium. That time is coming again...... and soon!!!!

Which is Star’s role also. One of two glaring needs on this roster is Pass rushing DE. Next year , IMO , it will be one of their priorities. At that point, having Oliver and Star in the middle will offer opposing offenses a “ pick your poison “ scenario. Who do you choose to double? Where do you choose to slide your protection? Pressure from the inside and outside, simultaneously....... with a top five defensive backfield to boot? McDermott knows what he is doing.

Wow!!!!! What a large font you have?

Yes, but the upside I’m looking at is Duke and McKenzie making the team. Our receivers aren’t going to be great. We do need them to be sure handed and on the same page with the QB. ZJ got us 600+ yards last year which isn’t nothing but I’m folding not holding on him.

Anyone remember what a terrible pick Edmunds was last year? Remember how he sucked as he missed all those tackles and we shouldn’t have started him as a rookie? Rookies, high first round picks still have work to do and things to learn. FACT

Agree!!! Everyone is shocked as if he couldn’t possibly not love football as much as they think he should. He’s a smart, introspective, honest guy. He’s also rich beyond my wildest dreams of avarice. I’m pushing 50 and have a bad SI joint and it sucks. I can’t imagine the pain your average NFL player lives with post career. Good for him. Finally, Eff the Colts and their fans. They are an AFC rival and one less team for us to have to contend with for a playoff spot. Maybe Brady will follow suit?

If they were willing to move on from Watkins this seems like a no- brainer. Duke Williams is out there making plays. Foster did last year too. When he was brought in , it was to be an immediate starter as I remember. Three years in and he doesn’t look like a legitimate 3 receiver.

As I read a lot of semi- doom and gloom about a half of preseason football , A game where run offense seemed to be the coaches game plan focus, I harken back to the golden days of Bills football. The Kelly and Marv SB era. I remember Kelly being an interception machine in ‘86. I remember him throwing a crappy Int in his first AFC Championship game deep in his own territory. Why? Because he was young, cocky and believed in his arm. I also remember that whole team dropping absolute Suckfest performances for 50+ minutes of a game and ekeing out last second victories or losing games they should have won. These were during the SB years. They also were notorious for sucking in the pre season. As a famous movie quote goes: “ Lighten up Francis!” It’s a young offense with a bunch of new parts and a QB who isn’t near to being a finished product.

People said the same thing about Elway when he first came into the league. Turn the JUGS machine on high, stand closer and start with your back turned. His balls are catchable. Reed, Moulds and Butler wouldn’t have whined about them?

And, the” fire Rivera and Hurney, start Grier, go 1-15 and blow it all up “ calls and texts have started in CLT. See guys, we aren’t the only irrational, reactionary fan base?

The LEGEND continues......

WFNZ radio personalities spent the better part of the 10-2 show arguing about him sitting because the reward wasn’t worth the risk. I can only imagine the doom and gloom I’m about to hear on the ride to work this morning???

1988 BABY!!!!!!

We beat the Cowboys on Thanksgiving. Their run game is held below 100 yards and Dak looks like the mediocre QB he is. 11-5

Can the regular season PLEASE be here! That is all.

Well, at least we know that he doesn’t know the meaning of the word quit. Dreams can be a tough thing to give up.

We moved to Clt in 98. Nascar was huge( I hated it and hated listening to it) It only took about a decade before it was an afterthought. This is the Epicenter of NASCAR country. Kids these days are weird as heck. They socialize on 3 inch screens and are overloaded with CGI. Dudes running around and catching balls isn’t what it was to those who got into football before computers. I know this is a generalization but times they are a changing.

Gives him a chance to get healthy and catch on with somebody if the chance arises. Life goes on

Losing Wood was a Wood choice. Cordy Glenn was injury prone and went on IR Incognito was ...... Incognito, it was time to let him go. Again, if I spend a dollar and make a dollar am I really earning or just holding serve. The point of having Star and Oliver is to chew up blockers and keep your MLB free to hit the correct gap without having to shed a blocker himself. Correct me if I’m wrong but the Bills Run D wasn’t very good last year, especially up the middle?

The first year they Lost/Traded Darby and Gilmore and Watkins. They also spent the first two years fixing the cap and taking BPA. So, from my perspective, they were replacing needs. If you are breaking up a previous incarnation of your team are you really building. Building started in year two with Star being a major addition. Couple Star with Edmunds and one could see that McBeane was building from the inside out. Also, year three of the McDermott regime is year two for McBeane. This team is still not a finished product and we have a serious need at WR still. So, if you want to argue that Draft picks are the only measure of how a team is constructed, yes, you are right. However, I Respectfully disagree with you. I saw guys being replaced with like guys in year one and an emphasis on the O-Line and interior Defense ( including MLB) since.

Star, Phillips , Oliver, Ford, Morse, Nsekhe, Long, Feliciano etc Yes you can make the argument that they have brought in A QB and LB with high draft picks but it’s the spirit of what they are doing that I’m referring to. Beane watched Cam get beaten to heck behind crappy O Lines for years and he is not doing that to our Franchise QB A lot of people on here moaned about Star not living up to his contract. With Oliver next to him and Edmunds behind them watch how our Run Defense rank moves up in one year. There is only so much you can do each year but they filled the cupboard with good players all over the roster with the interior of both lines feeeling a good bit of that love.