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After the opening NE road game, I think the next weekend provides a good opportunity to see the resilience and drive of the team. On the road against a stifling Bears defense and possibly above average offense will present big problems for the Bills. I expect us to lose but hope we can put up a spirited effort and keep it close. If we pull off a win, it will be the best win of the season so far. And I really pray we win if only to silence all the Bears fans predicting superbowl all around me.

At the bottom of the buffalobills.com article it said past winners from Buffalo were Gabe Northern and Sam Cowart. Isn't it telling that we haven't had a winner from the offensive side of the ball ? Congrats Donte ! Now go for the rookie of the year award.

May I say it will be significantly worse next week in Chicago against their defense !

Guess I am up to my usual jabbering without listening self

Not sure where this sub-thread is going but let me weigh in a bit. CTM commented purely on how commodity prices can be affected by monetary policy. As far as gasoline is concerned: - domestic production of gasoline since May is at an all time high. For the period of May-August, we are producing (just by eye-balling here) 9.1 million barrels per day of gasoline compared to about 8.8 MMBPD a year back. - Winter gasoline formulations can be made with less cost and more quantity by refiners. - Peak driving season is gone and demand is down compared to the summer season - This year there was a new mandate to blend ethanol into gasoline and the gasoline marketers had trouble with the logistics causing depressed supply early in the year. I think these issues have been resolved All these factors make gasoline prices go down. In the real shortrun, the administration can directly affect only the commodity prices (oil in this case) through monetary and defense policies. Other factors are related to supply-demand which is to large for the adminstration to influence (again, in the short run). As a side note, nation wide average price is about $2.40. I still believe we will never again fall below ~$2.25.

In free agency, TD was better at letting people go than bringing people in. Save for a few spots (Spikes), the people he brought in did not adequately fill in for those departed.

That was really hilarious. Those posters really know their 'celebs'. I loved Youboty, Kyle Williams and Josh Stamer (Lurch). Some are downright creepy in their similarities McGee - Dupri How did they miss Losman-Adam Sandler ?

Pyrite Gal is a guy ?

Fair enough. And I am not sold on the special teams until they score a kickoff/punt return for a touchdown in the final two minutes to put us ahead or tie.

Miami's pass protection is very good. I thought Culpepper made some pretty bad throws in the first half.

Open with a 3 WR, 1 TE, empty backfield set followed by this bomb. That will be sweet ! Couldn't care less who catches it as long as it is a TD.

Ya, I know it is that time of the year when it the first game is almost here but it seems longer than the months of wait since last season ended. So, have at it guys - let us see what you think. I think it will be PP

I don't understand the GW bashing in this thread. He was incompetent as a HC but has done well as DC prior to and after his Bills stint. He also was a gentleman and there is no real reason for us to attack him. Heck, we looked like world-beaters when we opened the season thrashing NE 38-0 a couple of years back but look what happened to our season. Several teams have utterly bafflingly pathetic performances. I am actually happy that NE won so handily as it gives them more reason to be over-confident going into the regular season and more opportunity for us to beat them.

"You hate to drop balls, but you're going to drop them," Reed said. "You don't want to, but it's going to happen and it's all about how you respond." I disliked this statement from JR. This is not the attitude you should have. Not only does he accept that he has a problem catching but also implying it will be an on going problem. In the current regime, this statement should indicate he is not the 'character' player and he should be cut. I am a firm believer in accepting your short comings but that should be associated with a corresponding effort to get better. This statement by Fairchild may be an indication of that happening should someone else show they can consistently catch the ball: "He has had drops in both games, and you've got to make those plays," said Fairchild.

Given the decent performance of Gates this pre-season, how about we trade them A-train for a 'good' draft pick ? A-train is more than a short yardage player

He is our rookie 5th round draft pick. Sweet ain't it ?

I feel the same way. No team should cut a # 2 depth chart player for fear of there being a mutiny. It is a job of the coaches to keep the rank anf file in order and marching to the same tune. Somehow, I feel the combination of Jauron and Levy have more backbone than their predecessors.

Was Romo annointed the starter or was there a competition in camp before Parcells decided to start Romo ?

What about pro football busts such as Mike Williams, Ryan Leaf .. ??

Thanx, clumpy. In addition to Nate, it will be nice to lock up McGahee and (if he plays well) Losman.

wer eyou just caught driving drunk ? Never mind, I missed the missing sarcasm smiley

I did not suggest that - re-read what you quoted

Okay, the deal is done and will be announced at 5:07 pm today. DW is having trouble packing his dorm room and getting a ticket to reach Buffalo. He did not expect to reach an agreement so soon and was playing games on his inactive cell phones. {SOPRANO mode off} Seriously guys, I have two issues. One - paying so much guaranteed money to rookies is really crazy with them having proven nothing. It is like paying a Harvard Management grad guaranteed retirement . However, this is the trend and management has to trust the scouting department, get with the program and pony up the going rate. I do not agree but it cannot be helped. Secondly, we have chosen him where we did. Reach or not, his value is that of a #8. For the $600K or so, it sounds ridiculous to not get the deal done (from either side).

Methinks that with our fast DBs, only a QB with a strong arm will win this three way competition in camp. That is why I think our QB will be Nall or JP. Not sure it means that KH will be cut.