The Senator

Obviously Chan saw something in Trent that the rest of us missed.

CJ Spiller is smiling...

Ruvell Martin.

Those were the days, my friend. (I thought they'd never end!) I was at the 'No Punt' game, having the good fortune to sit in the KRON-TV box (courtesy of The Dean). After watching 2 of the best teams in football both scoring at will since the opening kickoff, it was somewhere in Q3 all game when one of us asked, "Hey, has anyone had to punt yet?" Was also lucky enough to be visiting Buffalo and to attend that 51-3 AFC title game against the Raiders. My favorite moment, if I had to pick just one (there were so many), was the shell-shocked look on Art Shell's face - totally bewildered and forced to call a timeout just 2 minutes in - as Kelly & Co. unleashed that merciless no-huddle offense. Didn't even feel the cold up there in the upper deck! Enjoy, kids... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I57EZLhJn7g 502 yards! God, we were invincible back then. Bills in a Hurry to Beat Raiders Bills' Quick Offense Trounces Raiders, 51-3 Thanks for that LSI moment! .

The Packers also signed Graham Harrell well after the Bills' QB problems were quite obvious, yet still passed him over at least 3 times. I think it may be a bit of a reach to extrapolate from the Packers' depth chart that because they know what they're doing, so also must the Bills.

Only seven? Ralph is cheap.

Nah, Andy's not Buddy's type. Even though it seems half of TSW would like to, I really don't think Nix wants to sleep with Andrew Luck. I'm pretty sure Nix has seen enough of Stanford QBs to last him, well, forever.

Yes, Mike - quite clearly the Bills have a proven record of making much smarter personnel decisions than NE*, as has been proven over the last decade! If Belicheat* thinks a 34 y.o. 5X Pro Bowl guard is going to help them* out one bit - even if only for one season - the guy* is obviously way dumber than Buddy Nix. Unlike Bill*, Buddy knows that deveoping the young guys is the key - and adding an experienced, proven, veteran, All Pro guard and locker room leader to bolster our very weak and shakey o-line, help develop our younger linemen, and protect our only competent QB is no way to run a front office or build a winning franchise. Better to let the young players develop, even if it means forcing them to develop all by themselves. BTW, just which young players are we talking about? (Have you seen the depth chart at RG? We got Kraig Urbik, and we got...um...Kraig Urbik, and we got...um...uh...) .

I wouldn't completely discount having a healthy Shawn Merriman and adding players like rookie swing tackle Chris Hairston, newly acquired LBs Nick Barnett and Kirk Morrison, TE Scott Chandler, and a few others when you say you believe the Bills 'have not improved relative to the rest of the league'. I'll never understand the 'winning-by-losing' mentality of some on this board. NEVER. The Bills can have a winning record and still be in position to draft the best QB prospect since Peyton Manning, so long as someone else takes Landry Jones and Andrew Luck - and leaves Matt Barkley there for the Bills in the later part of round one. GO BILLSSS!!!! 19 and 0 baby!!!!! .

When you're #1, everyone's gunning for you! Both teams dominated last nite (OU 47-14 over Tulsa, FSU 34-0 over Univ. Louisianna - Monroe). Should be a great matchup - #1 versus #6. Sooners have the benefit of an extra week to prepare. OTOH, Seminoles - as you point out - will have home field (for the 3rd straight week). I gotta give the edge to Oklahoma based on QB Landry Jones, the extra week to prepare just for FSU, walk-on phenom Dominique Whaley, and Sooners' coach Bob Stoops - mentor of... Mike Leach .

I'm disappointed to see Mike Jasper & Josh Nesbitt not make the cut - hope they make they practice squad. Also wished Wang had stayed healthy and played well enough t stay. (Assuming Wang clears waivers, can the Bills the Bills add him to the PS?)

Landry Jones is a rare talent, and will most definitely be the #1-overall pick - no team (not even the Panthers, who've taken Fig Newton and The Emu in the last 2 successive drafts) will be able to pass over the Heisman-winning, undefeated, BCS Champion QB. Luck will go very high, possibly right after Jones. The Bills will be picking in the bottom third of the round and probably end up with someone like Brandon Weeden or - if the football Gods smile of us - the best NFL QB prospect of the draft, USC's Matt Barkley. GO BILLSSS!!!! 19 and 0 baby!!!!! .

Seems way too many guys on TSW want to 'get closer' to Andrew Luck

Correct - Landry Jones will go #1-overall, Luck will probably be the 2nd QB selected in round one, and - should the Bills be so Lucky - the best of the three (USC's Matt Barkley) will fall to us mid-to-late round one. GO BILLSSS!!!! 19 and 0 baby!!!!!

GO BULLDOGS !!!! On Matt Barkley (from SI - Inside College Football 9/10/2009)... "Once every so many years, you find this one person that has something, you can't explain it, but you feel it," said Steve Clarkson, Barkley's private tutor since high school whose previous students include Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Leinart and Jimmy Clausen. "When he walks into a room, you know it. When he walks into a huddle, his teammates feel it." . . . If you believe the people who have watched him most closely, starting from the time he became the first freshman starter at Orange County prep power Mater Dei in 22 years, you'll be watching not only the next great college star, but also the next Tom Brady or Peyton Manning. He's earned those comparisons thanks to more than just arm strength. "His physical gifts are well-documented -- he's got the picture-perfect throwing motion -- but his mental make-up is off the charts," said Clarkson. . . . At the time, it seemed like typical recruiting hyperbole. But then Barkley stepped onto the USC campus last spring and exceeded the coaches' wildest expectations. By Barkley's fifth practice, Carroll realized he was dealing with a rare phenomenon. "He shouldn't have been able to do the things we saw him doing," said Carroll, whose previous USC quarterbacks include two Heisman winners (Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart) and a top five draft pick (Mark Sanchez). "We have a quarterback that's unusual. He's so far ahead of the curve, that it's hard to predict what he's going to be able to do." What I also like is that Barkely's 'character mold' seems apart from from the typical USC party-boy QB... "You guys are looking for typical things," Carroll said after the San Jose State game. "This is not a typical kid." Indeed, much of Barkley's back story fits the Tim Tebow/Colt McCoy "too good to be true" mold. Raised in a devout Christian household (his father, Les, is a former USC water polo player), Barkley played acoustic guitar for his church choir. He and his family founded Monarchs for Marines, a Mater Dei-related charity that raised more than $100,000 for the families of wounded and fallen soldiers. He spent winter break of his senior year volunteering at an orphanage in South Africa. (Link - USC freshman QB Matt Barkley looks like next great college star) Long time 'til April, but I think he'd look good in Bills blue!

Size (6'4"/220), along with age and experience (the rest of our WRs are really a bunch of youngsters), and special teams ability. JMO, but it's what I expected - they didn't bring Martin in on Aug 24 to let him go a week later.

I've been watching him all afternoon...looks fine under pressure to me, especially for a 20-year-old kid up against a Big 10 opponent. (Meanwhile Andy's having a good time with his own self against Western Athletic Conference powerhouse 1-12 San Jose State )

Barkley 18/20, 3 TDs/0 INTs in first half against Minnesota - I still think he could slip to us if Jones and Luck steal all the limelight Have not seen nor followed Murray (RS Sophmore?) - thanks for the 'heads up' Also got Oregon's Darron Thomas up against LSU tonite!

The Big 12 is just no fun anymore, without... Mike Leach

San Jose State over Stanford.

“ESPN has proven that they do not have a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” - Mike Leach

To avoid this type of nonsense all season long, I think it's time Luck got his own 'Andy-Worship-Forum' on TBD. Meanwhile, for the more knowledgeable and objective draftniks, the best QB in the 2012 draft - USC's Matt Barkley - is 18/20, 163 yards, 3 TDs/0 INTs in the first half.

The Bills will get off to a fast start, and Fitz will be extended for 4 years. He'll wind up being our starting QB for the next 2 years while mentoring our franchise QB of the future, Matt Barkley (the best QB of the 2012 draft), who - having been sufficiently obscured by undefeated BCS champion QB and #1-overall pick Landry Jones and by the media's slobbering obsession with Andy Luck - will fall to us when we draft late in round one. (FYI, Barkley and USC play Minnesota at 3:30 PM this afternoon [ESPN2]. Hopelessly obsessed Andy-fans can kick off another season of ridiculously hysterical Andy-worship tonite, as Stanford dominates perennial WAC cellar-dweller, 1-and-12 San Jose State.)

Beg to differ, AJ, but the National Champion will be from the Big 12 (sans two) - Sooners are goin' all the way! (JMO.) Lots of great college ball of TV today and, as Bills fans, lots of QBs to ponder between now and April 2012... Link - Previewing Saturday’s college football TV games (Washington Post) Great weekend to get our first look at #1-ranked Oklahoma and Landry Jones; Boise State's Kellen Moore will have his hands full against Georgia as he continues his quest to become the winning-est QB in the history of college football; Stanford and St. Andrew open against perennial WAC powerhouse San Jose State (1-12) this afternoon. Unfortunately, no national TV coverage of Oklahoma State's opener against Louisiana-Lafayette - love to see OSU's Brandon Weeden connect with Justin Blackmon for about 500 yards - but I'll be watching that USC-Minnesota contest and Matt Barkley, whom I think just may end up in Bills blue in 2012. (Hopefully the media's continued obsession with Luck and Landry's perfect season will keep Barkley obscured just enough for him to slip to Buffalo late in round one.) A great, safe, Labor Day/End-of-Summer/College Football Kickoff weekend to all!

Yep, that's him - from the o-line that allowed something like one sack for every 70 pass attempts...