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For those watching, are these penalties blatant or are the refs doing their best to give New Orleans the game?

I'll gladly trade their field goal for better field position.

Thanks Jabari Greer. That 15 yard penalty probably just cost the Bills 7 points. Send fools like that packing!!

McGahee needs to get to the line quicker. How many zero and minus yardage plays has he had so far? If he was breaking off 50 yarders with some regularity, you could live with it. He needs to get back to his last year mentality and run hard to the line every play.

Playing at Miami is basically the equivalent of playing in the NFL. He played against NFL studs everyday in practice and Miami plays an elite schedule. He will be fine.

Spikes is on track for that status. He still needs a couple more years to surpass what Darryl Talley brought to the Bills for 10+ years. Talley was the Jim Kelly of the Super Bowl defenses.

TB will be a tough test for the offense. I was happy with the game yesterday, but 3-14 on 3rd downs isn't going to get it done at Tampa Bay. The current slot men are useless. Roscoe can't get back soon enough. I do think that the Bills will have more success running early than they did yesterday.

ESPN NFL Countdown show ticker has Parrish as questionable. I have to believe this is wrong but does anyone else have any info?

If the NFL is going to give the Bills an extra home game, I certainly won't complain about it. Throwing together a game at a neutral site in 3 weeks is probably extremely hard to do. You can't expect more than 30k to show up in a non-NFL city under those circumstances.

Bills 31, Texans 24. JP comes out smokin' to everyone's including Houston's surprise. Carr scores a few garbage touchdowns to keep it respectable.

Parrish and Euhus out; Crowell questionable; Clements and Reed probable.

But Harry Connick jr. says they are all good people in His City.

Plus Bush didn't sign the Kyoto treaty which clealry would have prevented the hurricane. And Bush also has offended Allah who has been known to unleash his fury in the form of hurricanes.

I don't know about you, but I would simply stay in my house despite everyone telling me to evacuate. Then I would use it as an opportunity to loot as much as I could, especially a gun because then I could shoot at the people trying to rescue me. Then I would find the first news camera and complain that the governmnet isn't doing enough to help me out. Maybe that's just me but that is what I would do.

And the scumbag media will continue to give them uninterrupted airtime while questioning the federal response. Just once, I'd love for one of these concerned-for-humanity-ambulance-chaser 'journalists' to ask the mayor tough questions or ask the people in the streets of New Orleans why they were still in their homes and didn't heed the evacuation warnings and if they were too poor why they didn't get to the Superdome. But these are good people shooting at the cops and rescuers and looting TV's. Good people. Government = bad people.

Accountability? You blame the governement for people not having the sense to evacuate 48 hours in advance. You don't need money to have some common sense. At this point, I simply don't know how anyone can claim the response has been inadequate given the enormity of the situation.

Everyone but McGahee on offense needs the work. Injuries happen and the regular season is not a time to be working out the kinks. Although playing against Detroit's 2nd team defense probably isn't worth the injury risk. However, if Detroit is playing their starters on D, the offense minus McGahee needs all the work it can get.

This country never ceases to amaze me. The fact that we can actually do something with these evacuated people and even talk about getting the kids back to school makes me proud to be a part of this great country. And yet people will still B word about something.

I simply don't see the need to B word about the rescue efforts. Do you really believe that everything that can be done isn't being done? It is a horrible situation and I don't understand why blame has to be placed on the government agencies.

Gotta love f'in 'know-it-alls'. They watch a report from Foxnews or CNN and have the answers to everything.

Kelsay is also going to have to be locked up long term. I could see him commanding more than Schobel. Unfortunately, the Bills won't be able to pay all these guys what they are worth and will lose some good players. McGahee, Clements, Kelsay, McGee, and possibly Edwards will command large contracts over the next year or so. Guys like Bannan and Denney are no brainers to extend because they are valuable backups and will probably come cheap. Tough decisions will also need to be made on veterans like Moulds, Fletcher, Milloy, Vincent, Adams, and Teague. The Bills could go in almost any direction when it comes to the 2006 draft.

Willis doesn't need anymore work. All the others should play as long as it takes. The passing game needs to get in sync. The starting defense should get no more than 1 series - they seem ready.

Actually, the correction changed the meaning of what you were trying to say. You got it right the first time. Unless you think Gilbride used the TE's in his offense.

Orton was 0-2 with a 3 and out against the Bills 1st team defense. He tore up the Bills 2nd team defense with the Bears 1st team offense. Hard to judge from that. Hutchinson is bad, but it is almost as if the Bears' coaches are looking for a reason to elevate Orton as an excuse for not getting some of the veterans that were on the market last March.

I know that nothing good can come from sloppiness and failure. When 2nd stringers are in, it is hard to be as critical because it is a bunch of guys trying to earn a roster spot. But there is no excuse for the 1st stringers. This is supposed to be a power running offense, and the 1st team probably had as many no gain runs as positive yardage runs. Penalties, fumbles, jail-breaks... I don't understand how that is part of any pre-season strategy. It is only pre-season but there is plenty of reason for concern.