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Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do. Especially in the next 5 years! Not only are we giving 1 out of 8 EVENTS this year, but for the next 4 years to follow as well! This is a total sham.... I wish there as somehting that we could do to guarantee this team is here forever.....or at least for the next 75 years, but there really isn't. Unfortunately money talks. And I guess the MILLIONS that they are making now are not enough...they need to make a FEW MILLION MORE. This blows.

You know, I haven't really thought much about it until the schedule came out today. I took it at face value that the Bills were just trying to expand their brand and generate more interest. BUT THEN THE SCHEDULE CAME OUT TODAY...... Everything is just starting to sink in a little bit. We, as DIE-HARD Bills fans are having to give up 1 of just 8 SPECTACULAR EVENTS that happen in this town every year. And for what......so the Bills can make a few more bucks???? Believe what you want, but the fact is that Ralph Wilson is making money hand over fist and his greed is just taking over here. This is a PURE MONEY GRAB.....simple as that. AND THAT STINKS. The Bills are MAKING MONEY....A LOT OF MONEY. They sell out EVERY GAME as it is. They don't need to create a new fan base. That is a bunch of crap. IT WOULD HAVE NEVER COME TO THIS IF THEY WOULD HAE JUST PUT A DECENT TEAM ON THE FIELD IN THE LAST DECADE. PEOPLE WILL SPEND MONEY ON A GOOD TEAM AND THE BILLS HAVE NOT BEEN A GOOD TEAM IN A DECADE. And yet......despite the fact that this organization has put a lousy team out there year in and year out, WE SHOWED UP. How do we get rewarded? By taking away 1 of just 8 Home games..... Sorry guys, it is all just sinking in here.........PLAYING IN TORONTO STINKS! It is time for a NEW OWNER to ome in and take this team over (PROVIDING THAT THE OWNER KEEPS THE TEAM IN BUFFALO).

Preseason DAY DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RECAP Thu. 8/7 @ Washington Redskins WKBW 7:00 PM Thu. 8/14 PITTSBURGH STEELERS WKBW 7:30 PM Sun. 8/24 @ Indianapolis Colts NFL Network 8:00 PM Thu. 8/28 DETROIT LIONS WKBW 6:30 PM Regular Season DAY DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RECAP Sun. 9/7 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 1:00 PM Sun. 9/14 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00 PM Sun. 9/21 OAKLAND RAIDERS 1:00 PM Sun. 9/28 @ St. Louis Rams 4:05 PM Sun. 10/5 @ Arizona Cardinals 4:15 PM BYE 10/12 BYE BYE Sun. 10/19 SAN DIEGO CHARGERS 1:00 PM Sun. 10/26 @ Miami Dolphins 1:00 PM Sun. 11/2 NEW YORK JETS 1:00 PM Sun. 11/9 @ New England Patriots 1:00 PM Mon. 11/17 CLEVELAND BROWNS 8:30 PM Sun. 11/23 @ Kansas City Chiefs 1:00 PM Sun. 11/30 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 1:00 PM Sun. 12/7 MIAMI DOLPHINS 1:00 PM Sun. 12/14 @ New York Jets 1:00 PM Sun. 12/21 @ Denver Broncos 1:00 PM Sun. 12/28 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 1:00 PM

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Sept. 9 DENVER BRONCOS - WIN Sept. 16 @ Pittsburgh Steelers - WIN Sept. 23 @ New England Patriots - LOSS Sept. 30 NEW YORK JETS - WIN Oct. 8 DALLAS COWBOYS - LOSS Oct. 21 BALTIMORE RAVENS - LOSS Oct. 28 @ New York Jets - WIN Nov. 4 CINCINNATI BENGALS - WIN Nov. 11 @ Miami Dolphins - WIN Nov. 18 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - LOSS Nov. 25 @ Jacksonville Jaguars - LOSS Dec. 2 @ Washington Redskins - WIN Dec. 9 MIAMI DOLPHINS - WIN Dec. 16 @ Cleveland Browns - WIN Dec. 23 NEW YORK GIANTS - LOSS Dec. 30 @ Philadelphia Eagles -WIN

Lots of FA schedule PCs even if they don't sign. Happenns all the time. I would love for him to sign before leaving here, but that probably won't happen. This is just a normal PC where the local media can ask a potential FA about himself and career. No big deal.

For the first time in many years, I am not excited at all about Free Agency. I don't know if I have ever felt like this. I do realize that there are many reasons for it, but this is always one of my favorite times of year. But, for some reason I can't get excited at all about Free Agency and that is why I have been pretty quiet around here lately. I mean, between not signing or even franchising Clements (BIG MISTAKE), signing Kelsay to a REDICULIOUS contract that he doesn't deserve, the whole Cash To the Cap crap, this overall cheap organization, etc, I am just not getting fired up. It doesn't help that this Free Agent Class isn't very good at all. Aside from 5-10 players, there is hardly anyone worth going after. I realize that if there is nobody out there to spend money on, then we shouldn't. I would have been very happy if the Bills would have paid Clements and signed Steinbach. Those two players would help this team a great deal this season. I am not saying we are not going to be players and bring some guys in, but I guess I just will have to see it to believe it. We haven't signed an IMPACT PLAYER since Spikes. Maybe it is because I see what the Sabres are doing and I look at them as an organization that knows how to do things the right way. I just see the Bills spinning their tires with a lot of distractions along the way (McGahee, Cash To Cap, etc). Look, I love the Bills with all my heart. They mean soooooo much to me and I just want them to be competitive again. They made great strides last season and it really gave me hope that this season will be the year we finally get a shot in the Playoffs, but with Clements and Fletcher going (so far); we have gotten worse, not better. I am holding out hope that they finally do improve the offensive line (we all know I have been banging that drum the last 10 years), can replace Clements adequately, have a GREAT draft and move forward as an organization, but it will not be easy.

I am not one of those people ready to run McGahee out of town, but it is good to see #34 at the top of our site. He was everything we need in a running back. Hopefully, even though it probably won't happen, if we can improve the O-Line this season (as I have been calling for for the past 10 years, it seems), that McGhee, or whoever the RB is, can get something done this season. Our success depends on the Offensive and Defensive lines. Until they are drastically upgraded, we will be an average team......But that is for another day. Like I said, good to see Thurman up there and hopefully we can get production like he gave us out of another RB someday SOON!!!!

Been saying it for years.......still waiting...... The problem is that the Bills just don't want to make the commitment necessary to bring in the top guys on the offensive a defensive line. There have been several FAs over the last several years that would have made his one of the best lines in the league, but instead of signing the top guys (the guys with the most talent), they have been content bringing in the 2nd tier guys that have not made a big difference in the line.....Unfortunately, this FA year is not stocked with a ton of top talent, so don't count on big changes this year, either. Peters is a stud on our line. But, after that, every other position could use a HUGE upgrade. Expect another average to below average year for both lines.

I agree. It was a complete team loss. But the original post was about Kelly and basically how he lost ups the game because he was drunk or something. I was just stating that there was plenty of blame to go around for that loss. But yeah, TT should have lugged the rock a lot more than he did that night.

Just in case you forgot......the Bills offense scored a point per minute of their possesion time in that game. Maybe if the Bills had the ball for more than 19 minutes, the game would have been different. That gmae was not on Kelly or the offense. That game was not on Norwood. That game was on the defense. PERIOD.

I tell ya........I have been watching a lot of the Bears this year and I wish RB still played here. He is blowing open HUGE holes and leading the Bears Running Backs into the endzone. The Bears run behind Brown 85% of the time. Watch it during the Superbowl if you have not seen it already. Wherever RB goes, the Running Back will be right behind him whether it is a run to the left of if RB is pulling. Just keep an eye out for that. RB should still be a Bill.

Just so you know, not all of them take or have taken drugs. I am not saying he didn't or did, but it is unfair to lump them all together like that. Also, here is some more information: More On The Passing Of 'Bam Bam' Bigelow Kocosports.com broke the story of the passing of former WWE Superstar Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow earlier today. They have a few more details on his passing that WWE.com didn't report. Sources close to Bigelow told Kocosports.com the he had been missing for several days. And as noted before, he was found dead this morning in his home in Florida by his girlfriend around 10A.M hen she woke up. Furthermore, police are currently treating this as a crime scene.

Sorry....didn't see the other thread.....please combine mods.

Scott “Bam Bam” Bigelow Passes Away Posted by Larry Csonka on 01.19.2007 A sad day for wrestling fans... It is being reported by numerous sources, including WWE.com, that Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow was found dead this morning in his home in Hudson, Florida at the age of 45. The Pasco-Pinellas Counties medical examiner has taken the body and an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. Bigelow's career spanned over 20-years as he competed in Japan, WWE, ECW and WCW. Perhaps his biggest moment in professional wrestling happened in Wrestlemania 11 where he faced off against football great, Lawrence Taylor.

Yeah.....I am still waiting for these "Superstar" QBs to be better than average so far in the Playoffs. Off the top of my head in the games played so far, I can't think of 1 FANTASTIC QB performance. Manning has been terrible for the most part, Brady did nothing to help his team beat SD the other day (that game is over if the CB doesn't fumble the ball after that INT), McNair looked washed up, etc. You could go on and on. If these are the QB performances it takes to get into and win Playoff games, we will be more than fine with Losman for the next 8-10 years!

Anyone who thinks that Willis is not running hard this year does not know what they are watching. You have to remember that, first of all, he is fast than he looks like he is running. Remember, this guy is 6'1" and about 235lbs!!!! That is a BIG RB! So, his mose are not going to look as fast as they really are because of his size. But if you watch the runs where he does break free a little bit, HE DOES OUTRUN PEOPLE AND IS FASTER THAN MOST PLAYER ON THE FIELD. He pulls away from defenders, well, for the first 40-45 yards or so. Then for some reason, he does get slower because his running technique changes because he is out of gas or something. But no matter, he is FASTER than you think and while he is not the fastest player in the league, he is FAST ENOUGH. Also, he has never been a back to want to chage hands with the football while running. Very rarely does he switch arms while running. So, asking him to do something that he VERY RARELY does anyway, is asking for more trouble than what it is worth. On that play, he was trying to get out of bounds to save time. Know the situation. And finally, the man RUNS HARD. Look at the TD last week. He was stopped at the 1 and POWERED into the endzone running over a guy in the process. There is a reason that most of the time you see 2-3 guys tackling him. He is too big and strong for 1 guy to tackle him most of the time. Look.....Willis may not be the best RB in the league, but he is VERY GOOD and could definately be a RB that can WIN you a Superbowl. It wold be a GREAT thing to have McGahee, Losman, and Evans as the cornerstone for this team for the next 7-10 years. With a little more help and on defense and the O-Line, this team will contend next year. But it is up to the organization to spend the money, overpay for a guy or 2 if necessary, and give this team a talent upgrade at a few positions. If it happens, I like this team's future.

Yes....if we do win, someone will complain that all it does is hurt the draft position. But the fact is, sometimes WINNING AND BEATING A GOOD, PLAYOFF FOOTBALL TEAM, might do more good for a team than 1 or 2 draft spots. Some people just don't get that WINNING is the MOST IMPORTANT thing for a young football team.

How can you make a prediction already? We have the entire offeseason ahead of us! We have to find out who stays, who goes, who come in via Free Agency and the Draft, etc.! It is impossible to evaluate this team at this point for next season because there could be a pretty big turnover for all we know. How about waiting until training camp and the preseason to see what we have as a team. I am not saying we will be any better or worse than we are now, but until all the above actually happens, nobody knows what this team is going to look like yet.

The point is, 29 points in this weather, AT HOME, against an average football team with a ROOKIE QB should have been MORE THAN ENOUGH. If you score 29 points at home with this weather, the defense should have no problem holding a team under that. Our defense is just not good enough. Too bad we don't have a couple big run stuffers in the middle like Sam Adams or Pat Williams...............OOPS!

It has nothing to do with not trying an impossible feild goal..... It had nothing to do with poor playcalling on the last couple drives..... WE LOST THIS GAME BECAUSE OUR DEFENSE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. PERIOD. If you score 29 points on offense, AT HOME, you should win 100% of those games. The defense lost us this game, plain and simple. If you can stop an average football team with a ROOKIE QB from scoring more than 29 points, you don't deserve to win. Yes, could things have been better on offense at times? Sure. But that should not have mattered. This defenese is NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN BIG GAMES. They can't stop the run which leads to lapses in coverage. The defense did not play well enough and they couldn't get the key stops when they needed to.....AGAIN. Now, with all that said, I do think the team as a whole has a bright future ahead of them. They need to get a run stuffing DT in here in the offseason and need to re-sign Nate. Their rookies need to get a little better and that will come with experience. But, I truly if they upgrade their DTs in the offeseson (give me 2 big run stuffers and get rid of Anderson), this defense will be immediately improved. If we force runs to the outside and let our speedy DEs and LBs run, we will stop the run much more successfully. And doing that makes your pass defense better by default if you can force teams to throw the ball. The defensive line is TOO LIGHT AND TOO SOFT right now and they get blown off the ball way to easily. Fix this and you will improve the defense immediately. Yes, the offense has its problems as well, but I believe that they are getting better and will be pretty explosive next year. They need 1 or 2 offensive lineman that can knock someone off the ball and they need a bigger receiver threat. A big target would really help in the redzone. All they have is small, fast guys (which is good for most of the field, but in the redzone, it is nice to have a big target). So, there are some areas to fix, but overall, things are pretty good. But, make no mistake about it.......if you score 29 points at home in these conditions, you should win 100% of those games.

This has not been working. The guy who streams the Bills game is in the blackout area and has nto shown the last 2 blacked out games. It is too bad......... All this technology and we still can't watch the freaking game......and what makes it worse is that we can't watch the game because 4000 measly tickets didn't sell. We will have 70,000 people there in a stadium that us WNY citizens pay for and the game can't be shown on TV. How is this right?

Yup........I have been one to defend the rivalry for MANY years now. I will hate the stinking Dolphins until the day I die. But the fact is, if we can't sell out this game given the fact that the playoffs are still a possibility (as remote as the chances may be), then the rivalry will officially be DEAD. Yes, it will still exist to a few of us "diehard and extreme" fans, but as far as it being a recognized rivalry to the general public, it will be dead. Maybe it has been dead for a while now, but if this game against the Dolphins does not sell out, it will be the last nail in the coffin. This is a game that has sold out every time no matter how bad the Bills have been through the years. And now, with the playoffs still a possibility in DECEMBER, it isn't looking good. I don't think that there is a chance to sell this out. That is a real dissapointment.

I wanted Brick probably more than anyone on this board, but Schobel owned him all day. I hope it happens for years to come. However, if you have watched the Jets at all this year, Brick has been performing very well overall this year. He will be a solid LT for many years to come. I still wish we would have goten him......could you imagine having Brick on one side and Peters on the other? Talk about a dominant duo for years to come. Oh well......didn't happen. Let's hope Schobel owns him for the rest of his career!!!!

Yeah......at one point, I was wondering if he was even playing in the game........I didn't hear his name once today! McGahee is the man!