Albany,n.y.

NONE. He's in Korea (hopefully South & not North) getting stem cells-that means he's not ready to play yet. http://m.yahoo.com/w/sports/home/blogs/article?offset=2&urn=urn%3Anewsml%3Asports.yahoo%2Cyhoo%3A20050301%3Anfl%2Carticle%2Cyhoo-ept_sports_nfl_experts-wp7544%3A1&.ts=1316538953&.ysid=iSx5_EL2K9__iWHDr4B2klOE&.intl=US&.lang=en Martin needs every snap he can get. He just wasn't ready on Sunday. The only way we can tell if he's any good is to put him in the starting lineup.

The last time the fans stormed the field was in 1991 after a playoff win. Fans came on the field with knives & cut part of the field out since the team was replacing the turf for the 1991 season. Unfortunately, they still had the AFC Championship game to play & the team had to patch the turf. After that incident, the team has made sure that the fans don't go on the field and enough intelligent fans know that. Now only the real crazies try and it's not pretty the abuse they get by security. I was there for the 1980 Miami game-it was a totally different era in stadium security. If you want a billy club upside your head, feel free to go on the field Sunday.

I'm going to tape* it & watch it tomorrow. *-I know that is so 20th century, but just about every show I want to see is On Demand, so a DVR is basically a waste of time & money. Before I watch it, I'll check & make sure it isn't On Demand somewhere.

Since they would be signing the lease with the county, anyone who is on the county's side would be doing their due dilligence to protect the county's interest. Therefore, the escape clause should be written that the new stadium has to be built in Erie County. There are enough options in Erie County from downtown to Lancaster. NFW to Southern Ontario-The Bills are America's team, not Canada's!

Did anyone notice how cocky the Raiders were acting coming off the field at the end of the 1st half? Some were raising their hands to the crowd imploring the Raider fans to cheer them as if it was a home game. I think some of them thought the game was over.

Last season bought him more time than 2 weeks. Most likely he lasts the season. If there's total turmoil, the earliest he would go would be their bye week, but they'd have to be 0-5.

At halftime, they all drank tiger blood.

Week 3-Leaning towards San Diego over KC in SD where the Chargers won 31-0 last year & 43-14 in 2009. SDS talked me out of taking NE over the Bills.

I didn't see many Raider fans in my section (219). However, before the game when I was headed to my seats, I saw a bunch of Raider fans greeting another bunch with "It's a home game." I felt like telling them if it was a home game we'd be in their dump of a stadium-I've been there for A's games & the place needs to be torn down, along with certain parts of the City of Oakland. Parked off campus, no idea.

Who won't be on the team next year? ANDREW LUCK

Ticket says $55, but that doesn't include the season ticket discount.

I think it's time for Pegula to make Ralph an offer he can't refuse after he finds some friends to put a horse's head in Ralph's bed.

Here's an indication of the market on Ticket Exchange. Petrino sold his 2 seats next to me in the 1st row of the tunnel endzone near the corner for $115 each. I was surprised he got that much, but after the blowout in KC, the fans are pumped.

Here's my sarcastic view of some parts of the article. "Buddy and Chan have done a fabulous job in identifying players that have been cut by other teams and working with them," Translation: We're finding players on the cheap, just the way I like it. Wilson said he calls Nix every morning. "I don't think we've missed one day of talking since he's been with us," Translation: Ralph is still meddling into what the GM is trying to do. "I'm in the game not to make money but because I love it, just like the fans in Buffalo, who are so passionate about the team. So right now, I'm having a lot of fun." Translation: BS, see quote #1.

I like Groundhog Day & The Pelican Brief, but the greatest ending has to go to Body Heat. Of the more recent movies, I liked The Reader the best.

It's a lot worse. Only 16 of 26 are on the active roster. He included Jasper (practice squad) L.Brown -gone & Easley (IR-has yet to play a real down) That's 61.5% Even worse, there are only 4 starters of those 26, a measly 15.4%. That includes none from last year. Worse, if you don't include this draft, since most picks stick at least through their rookie year, the past 2 year only 8 of 17 picks are on the roster 47.1%. How many teams have already cut their 2009 top pick? The bottom line is that the Bills have been among the worst drafting teams in the league. So far, Buddy Nix's 1st draft wasn't much better, yielding no starters. Until the Bills start drafting better, they'll be no better than mediocre. Wang is waived injured. As soon as he's healthy enough to play, he's off the team. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_it_mean_when_a_NFL_player_is_waived_injured

This just shows the stupidity of all those involved. When you're at a game, you stand for the anthem, if not you're just being a fool. At his age McKelvey should know better. As a Marine, doesn't the guy understand that what he is defending includes McKelvey's freedom not to stand during the national anthem without being threatened? He has no right to demand anything from another citizen whose rights he has chosen to defend. How stupid is McKelvey? He brings a stun gun into the stadium & then creates an incident where he might want to use it. After the anthem dispute, anyone with a brain would have just exited out the other side of the row and not thrown gasoline on the fire. What did he think was going to happen when he used the stun gun other than getting himself arrested?

In 1985, when I was living downstate, I went to Philadelphia to see the Bills play the Eagles in week 7, one week after the Bills had their 1st win of the 1985 season. The Bills were up 17-0 through 3 quarters but when the 4th quarter began, the Eagles were deep in Bills territory. They scored a TD early into the 4th quarter, then added 2 more TDs. After leading 17-0, the Bills let the Eagles score 21 unanswered 4th quarter points and lost 21-17. Earlier in the 1985 season I went to the 2nd game of the season at the Meadowlands. The Bills went up 3-0 on a Norwood FG and were ahead 3-0 at the end of the 1st quarter. That was it for the Bills. The Jets scored 42 unanswered points. Final score Jets 42 Bills 3. The next week (week 3) I went to Orchard Park to see the Bills vs New England, The turning point of the game was when the Bills got a penalty when punting, re-punted and Irving Fryar returned that one for a TD. The Bills ended up losing 17-14. So I saw 3 bad losses in 1985. 1985 was a real low point for me and other Bills fans.

Since I was the 1st one to mention picking Houston, can I have an advance on the winnings? I've already put week 2 in: After watching KC get killed at home, how bad will they be on the road in a loud dome against an up & coming team? They could get their coach fired by midseason. The obvious choice is Detroit.

PFW=Pro Football Weekly

I have it in an adobe file & can't link. "17 Buffalo Bills No one circles the wagons like Ryan Fitzpatrick" also now at #32: "32 Seattle Seahawks Marshawn Lynch can't carry your offense with 32 yards rushing"

I didn't see the Easley thread when I posted this but I saw this in this thread.

I hope this isn't the case, but a common illness in an NFL locker room is a staph infection. http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1853828,00.html

No, but in my suicide/survivor pool I already bet that Detroit beats them next week by at least 1.

The movement of the betting line is pretty simple to explain-the Cassel injury and his ability to play well with the rib injury is why the line moved from 6 to 3.5. I'll defend the media here because what the Bills did yesterday, we, along with the media didn't see in preseason. Chandler wasn't playing anything like he did yesterday and the O-line was in constant flux in camp with Gailey playing around with the left side in practice & games. We all knew the D was improved, but there was no indication that the O would be vastly improved. I've always said this when someone questions coaches decisions on players: The team does a lot of stuff behind closed doors that nobody, including the media, sees. The best stuff is saved for the closed practices, not the open ones. Teams truly believe in the slogan "trust no one". What we saw yesterday was the culmination of a lot of hard work by the coaches and players that nobody saw in advance. Good for them! For the 1st time since 2008, there is a real reason for optimism at OBD. Let's enjoy it and give the media a break. They're not as privy to the inside stuff that many seem to think they are. At least this week, it looks like the front office might actually know what they're doing. They may have just tweaked the roster enough & seem to have rid themselves of some key players who over the years just never learned how to win and as long as they remained in Buffalo, the team couldn't move on. There's no way to measure how guys who have accepted losing as a way of life can bring a team down.