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DT John McCargo. He'll benefit from our front seven, especially because of Marcus Stroud's presence. Having ample time to heal his foot completely will also be another factor in his production. We now have a defense that will be coming from every angle. Every position will be intertwined with each other. The pressure up front on passing downs will make our secondary highly effective. Our LBs and increasing our beef in the middle of our defense will slow down an opposing offense's running game also. If the national public doesn't realize how immensely improved our defense is going to be than oh well but shame on the Buffalo fan who stays pessimistic because of our past failures. It's time to stop being afraid of success. We have the STs to always keep us in great field position and an offense that will not only be effective but also capable of being highly dangerous. Injuries is our biggest foe, especially concerning our QBs. I implore you not to make what I'm saying ugly. We are going to be highly successful barring major injuries. Are we going to unbeatable or a dynasty? No, that's not what I'm implying. We have a very favorable schedule, many players returning from season ending injuries and valuable playing time for young back ups and players new to their positions. We also have our coaching staff that has mostly stayed intact and have continuity with each other. Our WRs/TEs are now going to be a stronger part of our team and as the season progresses they will be meshing even better. The new additions, Hardy and Fine, will definitely be adjusting to a huge learning curve but they are surrounded by veterans who will not only accelerate this learning curve for them but also will be able to cover for them so that the team is dependent on these two. These two are only looked at as compliments, not our focal point on offense. I'm really impressed with the way that Trent Edwards throws the short and intermediate passes. This kid has a great touch. His decision making will be drasticly improved and Evans will have a great year with HUGE catches for massive gains. I'm not kidding or being delusional about that. I'm not saying that we are going to be airing it out all the time but when you have a defense on it's heels than it's alot easier to make big plays. We are going to be playing alot of football this year with a lead. Lynch and Jackson is a potent one-two punch for our run game and any other RB on our roster who contributes will be an added bonus for us. Our offensive line will be roadgrading teams. I expect Brad Butler to be more than adequate and Fowler will be serviceable. The days of a dynasty in this league has been gone for quite some time now. Franchises/teams go in waves for success. It's our time now. We have been building this foundation for the last few years and now it's time to reap some of the dividends this year.

Let me ask a question. Does anyone ever recall knowing somebody who used to be a Bills' fan but is no more?

Great job and thanks for your effort. It's exciting that we are still addressing the DT position with a prospect like Teraz McCray. I live in SW Florida and big things were expected out of him. I'm surprised he wasn't drafted.

Thanks alot guys, your thoughts are much appreciated. I don't want to take away the essence of this post with my personal issues. I have a fantastic wife, great kids and it's not for me to question GOD for my wife's health but to have faith. Hey, I'm a Bills' fan and we're all about faith. I WILL be back for a Bills' game sooner or later and I would love to go to a tailgate party and meet many of you. In some ways this board is like extended family and at the very least a fraternity. Our time is coming and it's going to be sweet! What I would love the most is WHEN we do win a Super Bowl that I will be right in the midst of fellow Bills's fans and share this glorious moment together.

Thanks, I would love to but I now live in SW Florida. My wife's health went to sh-- and based on what happens with her I might be back in Bills' country. It doesn't matter where I live, the Bills are right where they belong and that's in my heart. There was alot more that I wanted to add but the post was getting to be too long but it still basicly displayed what I wanted it to say. I was hoping that others would have shared their own memories and what the Bills mean to them and their families. I can't let this post go without mentioning the legendary Van Miller and his passionate play-by-play commentaries. I truly miss hearing him. Van represented us the best, he was/is a true Bills' fan. I also remember when..... ....the Bills came back to Buffalo after Super Bowl XXV and watching all the love and adoration that the fans showered on our dejected players, especially Scott Norwood. I can't remember being any more prouder of being a Bills' fan than watching the reception that he received. Priceless.

Check out his myspace and see who he would like to meet the most. Interesting. I think that right there says alot about the guy. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...endid=145123842

Wow! What an animal! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suPMw_MjyjY

Yeah baby! You're right, I guess there is only one thing that we can do now and that is to win the whole f@#&ing thing!

BBB, what an awesome post this is. The clarity of your message is obvious that it comes from your heart. The passion is sparkling and is a great example of what a Buffalo Bill fan is all about. I look forward to more of your thoughts and feelings on the Bills, it inspires me and renews my optimism in this team and upcoming season. Thanks.

....it was 1973 and my admiration for the Bills was just beginning and watching OJ Simpson rushing for over 2,000 yards rushing in a single season. I was just a young kid not fully comprehending the magnitude of such a feat. ....big changes occurred with the hiring of Chuck Knox and trading OJ to the San Francisco 49'ers. ....getting tortured unmercifully by my older brother year after year for being a Bills' fan. ....working in a pizzaria in the late '70s/early '80s proudly wearing my Bills' hat. ....going to a MNF game in 1981 against the Dolphins on bus trip from Rochester with our favorite local bar. I took the sheets off of my parents' king- sized bed and made a sign out of it. It went something like "We're no babies and we don't need no Cribbs because we come from the school of hard Knox". It was fandemonium because we stomped them and then we stopped in a Cheektowaga bar to celebrate. My buddy and I thought we were cassanovas and were hitting on the only two girls in the joint. As we were trying to make time with them the rest of the guys took off and left us. The girls weren't interested in us but were nice enough to take us to the Greyhound bus station. We spent the night waiting until the next bus went to Rochester (8:15 am). No girls, no ride but it didn't matter because Buffalo won and we kicked the sh-- out of the Fish (31-21). ....watching later that year in the post season a gimpy Joe Freguson gallantly tough it out in a losing cause against the San Diego Chargers. ....seeing us draft a Jim Kelly and then wondering what we did to deserve him not wanting to play for us. ....suffering thru the Hank Bullough Era and seeing our stars quit against a team like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ....going to the Jim Kelly/Bills home opener in the 1986 season against the New York Jets. Once again another lost but man what an exciting game that was! Finally we got hope again. ....watching Bill Polian accumalate more of those great players of the '80s and '90s teams and realizing that Darryl Talley is my favorite all time player. ....the 1988 season we finally arrived as a true contender. The Bengals were just a little too much for us in the end but I couldn't wait for the next season to begin. This is when I also realized just how big Boomer Esiason really was. In the AFC Conference Championship game Bruce Smith went to tackle him and Boomer was shoulder to shoulder/eyeball to eyeball with him. ....being in the endzone seats in the 1990 AFC Conference Championship game against the Raiders and watching Darryl Talley intercept a pass for a TD and return it pretty much right in front of me! What a rout! ....watching my brother-in-law slip and fall down a slope on a muddy day leaving the Ralph after a win. I forget which game it was but he was so drunk and he was going to show me how to cut thru the crowd on the outside of the exit ramp. He was wearing white sweats and was covered with mud from head to toe. I couldn't stop laughing my @$$ off. What an idiot! ....witnessing the refuse to lose mentality of this team in the 1990 season against the Broncos and the Raiders in back to back wins. We were getting our @$$e$ handed to us in both games, especially the Bronco game, when the Bills exploded for 24 points in a 1 minute/17 second span. The next week against the Raiders I think something like 21 points in a 3 or 4 minute span for another big time win. It was magical and I never see much of those two ever mentioned. It's too bad because it was some of the most exciting football I ever saw. ....going to every post season home game during our Super Bowl runs but pussying out and not going to the Greatest Comeback. I wanted to but the problem was that my buddy was a diehard Houston Oiler fan and HATES Buffalo. I wasn't confident that we were going to win and I wasn't going to ride all the way up and back to Buffalo and listen to his mouth, especially during the game. It was a no win situation for me. He's a true bad@$$ and even if we won I couldn't rub it in because he would of killed me, literally. To compound matters more that game was blacked out. I had to listen to it on the radio but it didn't squelch the elation I felt when I heard it. ....seeing my favorite team win the AFC four consecutive years. I was disappointed and heartbroken when they didn't convert just one of those Championships into a Super Bowl win but I was always proud of them just the same. ....feeling how proud I was when I watched Thurman score that 31 yd TD, it was also the 1,000 point scored in Super Bowl history. What an emotional game that was for me. I even punched a hole in my wall, not out of anger but pride. ....afraid to dream in that first Super Bowl when it came down to that FG. I'm not kidding, I felt that it was against us. That wasn't really Norwood's comfort range and it was on grass. I was devastated and watching any great length of that game still puts a lump in my throat. What I won't forget is when the Bills win their first Super Bowl how I will think and feel. It will be fulfilling my life. I think about the Bills EVERY single day. They are a fiber of me for decades now. I swear that they must be a part of my DNA. What I won't forget is the pictures and images of my sons when they were little boys dressed in their Buffalo Bills' pajamas, knowing that the Bills hold a special place in their hearts no matter where they are in this world because of their dad. The Bills are important to them because of me and THAT gives me great joy. When they think of the Bills, they think of me. How great of an honor is that?

Thanks for the find K-Gun. What I see with James Hardy is a serious young man who has experienced the ups and downs of youth and who has grown from it. Once that he solidifies himself on our team and at his position then maybe the WRs will be referred to as the James' Gang.

I'm going on record now. I'm behind Ellis, I want to see some thug to this team. We are always the nice guy and I'm getting fed up with the Vince Woolforks and us being Polly Puritans. Now we got a Woolfork, let's see how Brady likes that. Hopefully when Ellis starts boiling over it will step up some of the attitude on our team. I want to see some nasty, snot dripping maniacs on our team who want to go out and wreak some havoc and kick some @$$.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pUKacPzpToQ&feature=related Man, I love this team! Step in or step out but don't stand in the middle. My senses are clicking, I'm tasting play-offs and smelling Super Bowl. Those who don't BILLieve need not apply. I'm talking glory boys, glory! Suit up, strap in and get ready for a wild ride this year. There will be some games this year where there will be a frenzy going on like it was in the good old days of the early '90s. I give glory to GOD and my heart to the Bills.

Day one in the draft was totally awesome for the Bills and then it appeared to be headscratchers in day two. Most of these players that were taken on the second day are nothing more than STers and that's my point. What business does Buffalo have in being so arrogant in thinking that we don't need starting stars on offense and defense? They're right, we don't. They addressed what is important and in an area that is lacking and that is the STs. The Bills have one of the best STs in the league and they took hits there this last off season. Our offense, other than OL depth, is pretty solid now that the #2 WR is filled. Our biggest concern now is the QB position and I believe that the Bills' braintrust are really ok with our current situation there. It's apparent that we're not trading Losman afterall. If they were bent on doing this then I believe that this position would have been completed in this draft, they had plenty of chances to do it but passed on it. The defense has gotten plenty of attention since last year and unless Stroud was a mistake this defense should be improved by leaps and bounds. Having so many players coming back from injury and adding key components to our defense has gotten me not only hopeful but extremely optimistic for the upcoming year. The best part of this is that I don't think that I'm the only one feeling like this. I think that the administration feels along the same lines also based on how they drafted this year. They went after STers and depth players. They even went after a project player at the OT position in Bell. Who the hell do they think they are??!!! Buffalo is going to be good this year, real good and I'm not the only one who thinks so.

I'm not a Keyshawn by any stretch of the imagination but how wrong is he? He's also kind of a glamour boy from California and the thought of Buffalo and it's climate isn't the most appealing. I will say that Keyshawn was pretty cool about Buffalo's draft and gave them credit for it. Let's face it, that's why we're all Buffalo fans. There's something to be said about what draws us to this fanchise and team. It's like the more we get dumped on the more we pull for this morbid organization. We are all waiting for them to win the big one but when they do, do you think the attraction might wane abit? If we won that first Super Bowl, I wonder what the general consensus would be today.

This is an interesting post, I'll add my 2 cents on who I wanted Buffalo to draft. DE Derrick Harvey- I can deal with not getting Harvey, especially that we got McKelvin instead. WR Jordy Nelson- It was easier to deal with once I started reading more about him better suited for the slot for now but I gthink this guy might be the next Ed McCaffery. Before people get themselves in an uproar about McCaffery not being the greatest WR, his attitude and the way he played was. TE Jacob Tamme- I do believe that we'll regret this one. He appeared to be everything that we were looking for. I hope that Derek Fine shocks the sh-- out of me. C John Sullivan- I still don't understand why but then again, what the hell do I know?

I agree, you shouldn't get crucified just because you expressed your opinion, regardless if it's right or wrong. I don't expect Hardy to be a bust at all but I guess there are no guarantees. The Bills did draft another WR, his name is Steve Johnson. If Hardy lands up being a bust then can Johnson be a hidden diamond? My point is we have to trust our front office at this time and hope for the best. I'm sure that Buffalo didn't put all their chips (no pun intended) on Hardy. Relax for now and let's see what the next couple of months bring. I think you're exactly right. A WR like Hardy isn't meant to be a star or have big stats, he just has to be able to provide Evans with the opportunity of being effective. Evans is our star WR, I'm convinced that Buffalo will re-sign him all the more now that I see who they drafted to compliment him.

This guy can't be this bad, can he? Sh--, maybe he can be our TE.

Man, he's one bald bastard! I know that his team plays in a dome but I don't want to see his.

Drafting a WR like Hardy seems very similiar to a Plaxico Burress. We even picked up Kawika Mitchell in free agency from the Giants and our offenses mirror each other's philosophy minus the production but I believe we'll get there. Our QBs are pocket QBs, not scramblers but I think that we actually have a much better secondary compared to them and our WRs should be a deeper position than theirs in time. Our defense, especially the DL, is rapidly mirroring New York's also. Now, they just won the Super Bowl and we got a quite a ways to go but if I had to compare our blueprint to a team then I think that the Giants are the team that we are modeling ourselves after more than any other team in the league. I'm not sure if I'm presenting this properly but maybe someone can elaborate better than me. Thanks.

Well, they did get a great LB, maybe the best one out there, and picked up extra compensation. Not bad, not bad at all.

Thank you. Agreed. Let's all get along this weekend, this is a great time for ALL of us and we're in it together. Go Bills!

That's good stuff right there! LOL!

Since under Jerry Jones' ownership maybe they should be renamed America's Scheme.

I thought that they did a fantastic job today and I sense that they really turned the corner on their past ways with hiring every big name veteran out there. I think that Jim Zorn just might be the answer for this great franchise.