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On a bouncing ball? That's tough. Can't blame Chandler

I visit my mom in India every year. My flight is always after the Superbowl.

26Corner has the breaking news market locked up so he is protective about his ummmm.... House.

Considering how Cutler plays, it is hardly an indictment of Trestman. Cutler's reputation as a coach killer is building but the Bears may have painted themselves into a corner by signing him to that huge contract.

I am definitely not ashamed to say that I was one of those wanting to retain him BUT at a reasonable price. If memory serves me correctly, I had pegged his value at 6-7 MM per year all in. I think the fact that he got injured or that he did not have enough playing time in the D to get his bearings does not change the fact that he was a good safety and one that we could have kept intact. Levitre and Byrd are ones I wanted the Bills to keep despite the opinions regarding their post-Bills careers. Both players made the Bills better. Just not at the price they got in the open market. I can flip that argument around and say that he is great for his clients. He hyped up and negotiated his way to a huge contract for Byrd. Well maybe not all his clients, but he certainly gets top dollar for his highly prized free agents.

Obviously

"I would literally rather have the Bills miss the playoffs with Kyle Orton than win the Superbowl with Tom Brady," "No it's not a joke thing to say." The above are your words. And you are pointing to "you have brain damage" as an example of bad grammar ? And retorting with "Keep up those witty one-liners, champ." as a comeback ?

... and Fitz himself. At some point you would think the point would be driven home that his true calling is as a backup

Our D is. In fact, if it does rain, I expect Spikes' snap count to go up. But, our O with KO at the helm hasn't been tested enough in many situations to know one way or the other.

I think wet weather favors the team that runs and kicks better. So thats what this thread was all about - just something to make you feel better, therapy.

True. Guy peaked at the right time in both SB campaigns but for most of his career, he has been mediocre and unable to raise the offense over the sum of its parts. Very glaring disparity in career performance versus # of rings. In a way, he is the anti-Peyton who seems to be opposite - great stats but choker(ish) in big games.

Bumping this old post to say how good Snowpiercer is. Chris Evans was terrific but Tilda Swinton was the surprise. Loved this movie, its on Netflix so guys take my advice and watch it. Just don't expect to be a light or 'fun' movie. Its just very well made, acted and directed.

I allowed myself a little immature snicker when I saw that. Especially when you realize it is correct in more ways than one.

Are you thinking of Sam Aiken ?

Some superlative throws by Ben on that third TD drive Moats with a sack.

In other news, Flacco is color blind.

Depends on the road you want to travel. If you are wanting to cheer for someone, Ravens may be better

While I fully agree with playing to your strengths and masking weak areas, I am not too hot on this 'offensive identity' stuff. I want our offense to be versatile (which I believe we are) and flexible. Saying and sticking to 'we are a run first team' or equivalent does not factor in the strength of the opposition and the game situation. Maybe the Jets game was an extreme example of plenty of turnovers by the opposition and weak QB play but it does serve to indicate that we have to be able to do offense according to what the opponent is good or weak at. Sure we have some weaknesses but in general we are very balanced on both O and D. I think with continued steady QB play and IF we improve the interior of the O, we have a legitimate shot at the playoffs while taking out some big names in the process. But both the above are very big IFs.

Yo Simon !! Hit and run is not fair. You started this with an analytical post, got us posters all happy and bitchy then you disappear again. Come back and finish the discussion. BTW, no words on the QB situation ?

I have watched Cam off and on. Besides his crazy jumping around in the pre-season game, the 'Donkey Kong Suh' press conference and his actual QB play, I must say he doesn't appear to be from the 'franchise QB' mold. While the plan looked brutal, it is commendable that they pulled both games off rather convincingly. Their second half performance in both games was pretty good. But I think they did better in the Packers game considering they faced Rodgers.

Really terrible performance by Cam tonight. High throws, locking on to one receiver ( Benjamin) and too much mustard on many throws. Not impressed at all tonight

He may ask for it but whethere the Bills should give it or not depends on how he plays in the playoffs. Also, I would still not give him a lot of money ($5.5 million/yr is plenty good) until he continues the success next season.

Welcome back, Simon.

Depends on how we used that saved money. Too often have the Bills 'saved' money by not retaining players only to not use that money in the future years either. We have a lot of very good players on D and it will be interesting to see where the FO decides to spend the money. As I said in a different thread, in a twisted way, its 'good' we don't have to spend too much for a franchise QB.

And that is where a competent front office comes in. Vick has played in the recent past but the results should have indicated they need a better backup option. Much to Revis' delight, I am sure.