silvermike

I'm no longer getting anything. THis is crap.

I've got family in Bradford, PA. That's solidly a Bills area.

This is key. It's true during the Marv years but even more in the Brandon years - Jauron was the top football man in the organization then. Brandon was probably responsible for TO, but he wasn't the one evaluating scouting reports and choosing the likes of Aaron Maybin. That had to be Jauron. The team's talent was not that bad until Marv/Russ/Dick drove it into the ground. Worthless UFA additions, bad draft picks, it just dragged on and on. Donahoe left unfocused talent, but it was burned off instead of refocused. Spikes, Fletcher, Adams, Milloy - we had the heart of a good defense until we made them all expendable with a worthless scheme change (thanks, Jauron). QB was a mess that was never seriously addressed, but we had some decent pieces on offense with Peters, Moulds, Evans, McGahee, etc. Run into the ground.

Bell is currently 13th all time for the Bills in rushing. That's really not exceptional - he trails Marshawn Lynch, Kenneth Davis, and Willis McGahee. I don't think he really deserves wall enshrinement over any of them, and they don't belong on the wall. Cribbs, trailing only Thurman and OJ, at least merits consideration. On the other hand, if you want to play the Ralph is cheap game, Greg Bell does use very few letters, just like Marv Levy, Kent Hull, and Jack Kemp.

Well, this got people excited without seeing the answer.

Which Super Bowl did Kerry Collins win?

Roosevelt is back on the practice squad. Michael Switzer was cut.

I think my biggest frustration for the Cunningham play was the fact that I had never seen a safety before, and it slipped away from me AND we gave up a TD. But we won the game so ultimately, fun times.

Can PS3 users pause and play like it was on a DVR?

It's the standard Funny Name at the Draft Syndrome. You look down a list of 20 OLs, and you remember "Selvish Capers" and forget, say, "John Jerry." So you remember that he was at the draft and that you did some research on him, so the odds are, he was pretty good. But it's meaningless - he's just a guy who stuck out because of a funny name.

Payton, Thomas, and Smith all had hugely better rookie seasons that Spiller. That doesn't disqualify CJ by any stretch, but I'm not convinced about his future potential because great running backs had rookie seasons with 3-4 times his yardage.

You can't drop back below the Maybin line. That's a one way trip - when you make you first meaningful contribution to the team, you're not Aaron Maybin. Spiller's kick return TD was enough for that. It's amazing how bad Maybin was.

I feel materially better about the Bills than at any point since the season ended in December. And I had been hugely negative - even if the team is inconsistent, at least now they have the potential to run a successful offense.

Of course, Ralph could buy up the remaining tickets, right? Would that cost him anything, since he owns the team?

The problem is that you can't be below the Maybin line. 0 is 0.

For some reason, I always liked Torbor. I can't defend that.

I can't believe the NFL requires blackouts for preseason games. It's a terrible rule and needs to change, even if the league will blackout home games during the season.

A season where we learn that Rian Lindell's leg shuts down after the 7th extra point, leading the Chan Gailey's gutsy, yet successful, decision to go for 2 in the Super Bowl after we tie the game at 55 late in the 4th quarter.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, basically. The current administration has made no serious effort towards improving the offensive line, signing only Cornell Green as an actual free agent and spending no top draft picks in two years. They need to at least make an effort.

You can tell because of all the talent we added to our 4-12 team.

For a long time, I was in the "it's just the preseason" crowd. 3-4 years ago, I finally gave that up. When I watched a preseason game and they looked bad, they looked bad in just the same ways when the season started. In the preseason, you don't have to care if you give up 4 touchdowns in the 4th quarter to some undrafted RB or if your prize rookie commits a few false starts. But when your veteran, starting offensive linemen get pushed around, your WRs aren't getting open and your RB is missing holes, it's cause to worry.

Until a RB has his first rushing touchdown, it's hard to get too excited about him. He outrushed Fred Jackson exactly once last year, a loss to NE when Lynch was our #1 back. There's hope, but it's been ugly.

He's a disappointment. Five years ago, I would have called him a bust, but given our track record, I can't call any player who has at least shown enough to stick on an NFL roster a true bust. He is an NFL quality nickelback, which is a big letdown given how high we drafted him and who else was on the board. But he's better than Maybin, McCargo, Losman, or Williams, so he's not quite yet in that ungodly territory our front office has made so familiar.

What's amazing is that Bell is still our best tackle.

Vick would be the one exception to the general principle that owners should leave football decisions to football staff. This isn't a case of Ralph deciding we really need a CB and ignoring holes in our offensive line; this is an off-the-field issue that justifies his input. It's about who he wants working for him, not who he thinks is going to win games.