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You are entirely too rational and positive. Try to get with it. Pitchforks are on sale at Home Depot this weekend.

Good post Bill. I would disagree with your number 8 on the hurry up in this case. In fact, it seemed to me that before EJ went out it was the Bills who were wearing down the Cleveland D, not the other way around. As for the McGahee runs, I think the Bills simply overplayed the pass and did not expect the couple of "big" runs he made. It looked to me they were caught in pass blitzes and the Brown's OL blocked the plays extremely well. The real issue here is QB play. The Bills were dead, and their defense began wearing down, when Tuel went into the game and went 4 series without a first down. The elephant in the room since the roster was set was the lack of experienced depth at QB. Its too bad Kolb was hurt but the failure to sign and keep a veteran QB will doom them if EJ spends any time out of the lineup. The Brown's backup QB last night was a former 1st round pick with a full year of NFL starting experience. The Bills backup was an undrafted rookie free agent. This was clearly the difference in the game. The Bills probably win if EJ plays the game. I was really perturbed, however, at the 3rd and 18 completion. Weeden had all day. WTF Pettine! Why get conservative and play prevent there. The Bills still had a chance, albeit a small one with Tuel, until then.

No surprise. He continues to demonstrate that he is a POS week after week.

Yes he backed up Tom Brady, but unfortunately talent does not just rub off, as his career stats indicate. I can't help thinking the last two games were an aberration. He will find his level eventually, hopefully tonight. That said, I expect the Browns to try and pick on the Bills secondary and it will be necessary for Pettine to call a great game, and for the Defense to step it up like they did last week. I also agree the Bills will need to throw to loosen up the Browns defense. Hacket needs to step it up also, and I feel like this game will be an opportunity for EJ to shine. (or not) Running 55 times will not win this game I am afraid.

He is too irrelevant to hate anymore.

He is, and always has been, a self centered and immature jerk. Nothing new. Although, this is pretty funny.

No reason why not. Hoyer is a career back up, marginal NFL player, who is now being treated like a savior because they won a couple of games. Kind of reminds of some guy named Fitzgibbons or something a couple of years ago. There is no reason that the Bills defense should not be able to shut these guys down. On offense, they are going to need to be creative to overcome the Brown's D. A couple of turnovers from Hoyer, and this game may not even be close.

Very nice comparison. This gives me hope that Hacket knows how to adjust. He will need to do so again to have a chance against Cleveland's D. The Bills will need to mix it up more this week to keep the Brown's off balance.

The Bills own his rights to the next negotiating period and have the threat of franchising him again. If they cannot come to agreement before the tag date, or negotiate a decent trade by then, they can franchise him again and they have until July 15 to trade him His best value would be before or during next year's draft. The bottom line is he is a valuable asset that they should not entertain letting go for the paltry mid round value they could get for him now, with uncertain future. Handshake agreements are not only worthless, but against the rules of the CBA. No negotiating, period.

They are promoting as best they can because it is likely to be the lowest rated Thursday night game of the year.

This would be the wrong time to trade Byrd given the receiving team's inability to lock him up. It would make the compensation much less than he is worth. I also do not see them trading picks for a guard right now. It is what is for this year.

The Ravens are very thin at receiver and Flacco is a statue. This is about as good a matchup for the Bills banged up secondary as they will get. I could see Buffalo squeaking out a close win in a low scoring game - 20/16

It might be an idea if Hairston was not on the PUP list. Maybe next year.

You confuse opinions with facts, and arrogance with intelligence. You purport to "know" exactly how everything will turn out, because, after all, you and other "astute" fans can see based on your vast experience, knowledge and "common sense". Well, concluding as you have that after a 3 game sample your own biased opinions have been confirmed and the whole venture is doomed to failure is neither astute nor intelligent. It is short sighted and illogical. But of course, that is just my own uninformed, ignorant opinion, not nearly as good or valued as yours.

Yes - only smart people like you can really see the truth. The rest of the great unwashed will in time recognize your genius.

There is a better way to fix it - make first downs. No matter how much they slow down, if the cannot stay on the filed, it is not going to help. Pace is not the problem - execution is. If they cannot fix that, it does not matter how long they do or do not take to snap the ball.

It would have to be in the top three at least.

Exactly. If he did not want to risk injury he could have refused to sign the tender and sat out. Instead, he took the money with no intention of earning it, trying to make his presence so unpalatable as to force a trade.. He is taking advantage of the system he is complaining about while screwing over his team mates. He is the very definition of a POS. Byrd has less and less value to the Bills or anyone else as the weeks go by. If it were my team, assuming I could do it under the cap without screwing myself, I would franchise him again next year and sit him on the bench, replaced by a new draft choice. Lets see who wants to pay him top dollars after two years of inactivity. Whatever happens, I sincerely hope the Bills stay the course and do not given in to this selfish douche and his greedy agent.

There have been many people "patiently" waiting for the first sign of trouble to pull out these same old tired arguments. The dogs were let loose this week. Personally, while Sunday was disappointing, I am enjoying the ride. Go Bills!

I checked back into this thread to see if it was still being taken as a joke and actually find many people that agree. It is truly amazing.

That may well be. I am sure just as obvious to his coaches and his team mates that he has decided to collect a paycheck and do nothing. If he was any kind of man he would be playing.

You are behind. Now we are trading EJ and CJ, moving Woods to LG, bringing back Nate Clements, firing Hacket, Whaley, and quite possibly Marone. I am sure I have missed a few gems myself, but be sure to keep up.

There does not appear to be a similar comparison after week 2.

A terrific post that will likley not register one iota with the pitchfork mob. Well done anyway.

Yes, Parker probably advised his client to take the risk. Too bad for Carrington. Is he advising Byrd to be "extra cautious" with his "injury"? Who really knows - he certainly put Byrd in the situation he is in - but it is apparent to me based on Byrd's statements that he is slow rolling his return to minimize risk. (i.e. he "played through it last year, but this year he needs to be 100%") He is of essentially no value to the Bills this year. I hope it costs him in the end, but it is likely some desperate team will give him what he wants next year anyway. Let the buyer beware. He is showing himself to be a selfish punk, and next year those legs will be another year older, no matter how much time he spends sitting on the bench this year resting his poor sore feet.