BillnutinHouston

The last two home openers were the Seahawks and Tampa Bay. We won both.

Anyone overly anxious about the outcome should sit and watch last year's Miami at Buffalo contest (Week 11). The Bills rocked.

I have no doubt we'll win.

I wonder if the late cut was intended to make Grove less desireable to opponents. Some GM's may not want to upset their rosters at the very last minute. Almost like a game of chicken. Who knows, just a theory.

Great post Bob, thanks.

That does it - I'm chunking mine when I get it.

Correct - in the Bengals game they stunted him up the middle. Looked promising but the play was blown dead due to a penalty - must have been a false start.

This was mine as well, for a similar reason. Took my 9-year old to his first game ever. Through a near-miracle, he was put on the scoreboard and I got a photo of it because I knew in advance he was being put up there (see my avatar). We now have made home openers our tradition and we're heading up on Saturday AM. A close second is Jim Kelly's first game, as another poster said. That was electric.

+1

Anyone else stuck by Trent's comments (at the 4:30 mark) about "seeing the field more" and "defenses slowing down"? Frequently you will hear accomplished players in different sports (Gretzky, etc.) talk about the game slowing down for them. Trent's description gives me hope about his progress and an indication that he may already be benefitting from competent coaching. I think this team will be fun to watch offensively this year. http://www.buffalobills.com/media-lounge/videos/Bills-Roundup-Two-Players-Sign-Injury-Updates/f9630e2c-bde9-47d1-b487-b387d76399c7#?id=1780cdda-6b0d-4b1f-87a9-d8bc7420b053 (Click on the Trent video.)

FINALLY I read a post with some sense. Anyone who pretends to know who is responsible for what picks is in dreamland. To quote Jim Mora, "You think you know, but you just....don't....know." Maybe, just maybe, I'll give JW the benefit of the doubt. There MAY be a possibility that he has some knowledge informing his statement. Beyond that, ya'll are just whistling dixie.

Obviously within media circles it's in vogue to be dismissive of the 2010 Bills, but that means almost nothing. It's all about what happens in between the white lines. I think it's clear that we have better coaching this year, a real offensive identity and philosophy, and some weapons that the coaches know how to use and that teams need to account for. With better luck injury wise, there is no real reason to think the Bills can't be competitive every week.

The Bills simply do not lose home openers when I'm in attendance. The trend continues - Bills 24, Fins 20.

I never understood the Edwards hate on here, but I did predict he'd be the starter and I'm OK with that. He will definitely benefit from the competent coaching he's now getting. Hopefully the O-line will hold up. Will be at the opener with my throwback #5 jersey on!

You know, it's really all about the attitude that you bring to life. No matter what our circumstances are, all of us can look up from our daily lives and find reasons to be bitter, ungrateful, or feel like the world owes us more than what we have (i.e., in the NFL this would be like a Jason Peters). Or, we can choose to count our blessings and be thankful. Obviously, Nelson is one of the latter and not the former. And the Bills are better off for it - these are the guys you want on your team!

That's one way to look at it.

Don't let it ruin your day or anything.

This is what I hate about how athletes use Twitter. If you're going to tweet "Guess I'll be in Buffalo", why not say exactly what your status is? Are you just being coy? If you're told not to divulge your exact status until X o'clock, then just don't twitter until then. It just screams, "please give me attention, please give me attention.". Stupid in my opinion. Maybe I'm just old school.

Thanks Jack. Do these 3 videos make up the entire "A Team, A Town, A Dream" show, or are there parts edited out? Thanks again.

Boy that forecast changed in just a few hours. The high temp dropped 2 degrees and went from mostly sunny to a few showers.

I was thinking the same thing. This makes me think Urbik will get close consideration - if anyone can be upgraded, it's Chambers.

As far as I'm concerned, if you're a Bills fan, Cleveland is a suburb of Buffalo. So what's the issue?

I feel so sorry for them.

Could be, but how much competition is enough? You can't just hold an extended four-month training camp to figure it all out. You need to develop a starter that is ready in week 1, so at a certain point you need to make a decision and then make it work. Based on how Edwards has looked, I think Chan has managed this process as well as could be expected.

Cool! More bulletin board material for Chan.