Albany,n.y.

My point is, as a practice squad player the Bills have no guarantee that they can elevate him because he has the final say, not the Bills (see Brian Brohm chooses Buffalo over GB). Why would you play games with a player's development by playing him out of position in preseason just to save a roster spot when you have as much risk of losing him today as you had the second you put him on waivers? The whole idea of doing this clandestine stuff is absurd because as long as he's on the practice squad he can up & leave any time he wants to & Buddy can't do a thing about it.

They could have just played him at OT in preseason & kept him on the 53 man roster. Since they no longer have the right of first refusal if another team wants to sign him off the practice squad, what did they gain other than avoiding him from getting valuable O-line experience if they think he's got a future? Was having some other bum as the 53rd player worth it if he really has potential? What's to stop another team from listening to Buddy's comments & signing the guy off the practice squad. Sometimes these football guys need to stop thinking every roster spot is some covert plot they have to pull off and just keep the best 53.

OK just for fun, what he's really thinking:

Per ESPN

I don't know where it happened since I took the schedule, circled a winner for each game & then put a line for each win and each loss on a sheet of paper. I did this for all 32 teams. I guess I should have spreadsheeted it to prevent errors, but I'm old.

At the same time

Driving home from the Houston game, I handed the Thruway ticket to the guy in the toll booth in Albany & said "We just saw the greatest game in NFL history." I vote for the Houston game.

I hate to do it, but the fat blowhard wins the Super Bowl. For the regular season, I went game to game & added it up. I had the Bills 4 wins as Kansas City, Oakland, Cincinnati & Miami at home. So I have us 3-1 before the season crumbles. AFC East NY Jets 11-5 New England 10-6 Miami 5-11 Buffalo 4-12 West San Diego 9-7 Oakland 8-8 Denver 8-8 Kansas City 5-11 North Pittsburgh 14-2 Baltimore 10-6 Cleveland 9-7 Cincinnati 4-12 South Tennessee 9-7 Houston 8-8 Indianapolis 7-9 Jacksonville 4-12 NFC East Philadelphia 12-4 Dallas 10-6 NY Giants 9-7 Washington 5-11 West St. Louis 7-9 Arizona 6-10 Seattle 6-10 San Francisco 5-11 North Green Bay 12-4 Detroit 11-5 Minnesota 8-8 Chicago 5-11 South Atlanta 13-3 New Orleans 10-6 Tampa Bay 9-7 Carolina 4-12 Playoffs Week 1-Wild Card NFC: New Orleans over St. Louis; Green Bay over Detroit AFC: New England over Tennessee; San Diego over Baltimore Week 2-Divisional NFC: Atlanta over New Orleans; Green Bay over Philadelphia AFC: Pittsburgh over New England; New York Jets over San Diego Week 3-Championship NFC: Atlanta over Green Bay AFC: New York Jets over Pittsburgh Super Bow; XLVI: New York Jets over Atlanta

He can't wait to face the Bills when they play the Jets-In the parking lot when the Bills bus is unloading at MetLife Stadium. Have a good tailgate Aaron.

They'll probably sign some young offensive linemen who they feel they can develop & for now will provide depth. Think guys like Urbik & Reinhart and not some broken down veterans well past their prime.

How can TOPS let this happen? Lost another one to Wegman's.

Steve Jobs has a disease. :wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash:

There's no chance Thigpen gets cut & Brown stays. None at all. Gailey isn't cutting a guy he brought in as an experienced backup, who he coached before, over a guy he didn't even want on the practice squad last year. Do you really think if there was any real competition that Gailey would have played Brown more in preseason instead of just going through the motions with this guy before his eventual release? You do understand that we see only a small fraction in the exhibition games of what the coaches see every day. We don't see these guys in practice. It's obvious that Gailey prefers Thigpen over Brown by the amount of playing time each has received in preseason. Gailey has seen enough of Thigpen & Brown behind closed doors to make his decision and he has already chosen Thigpen. Brown's mop up duty at the end of yesterday's game will not change his mind. Gailey said guys could lose jobs in the 2nd half, more than win them. Brown has never been in position to beat out Thigpen & couldn't win a job yesterday. What is interesting about yesterday's game involved the other team. Detroit has 4 QBs and the odd man out will get picked up by someone. If Gailey really likes what he saw in the odd man out, that guy could replace Thigpen if Chan is unhappy. But Levi Brown, NO. Odds are another team, not the Bills, will pick up the guy cut by Detroit.

Stands are empty

The way Gailey was talking, Eddins is going to make the team. There's no way they would rave about a player & then try to sneak him onto the practice squad. At least, a competent organization wouldn't do this. If they try, they're going to lose him on waivers.

Just to prove the point, the Bills are going to re-sign Parrish, stop payment on his signing bonus, and cut him before the season starts.

They're definitely hurting. Down to 4 teams with Hartford suspending operation. That 2 year big money TV deal which was signed before the league played a game expired after last season. However, I think the only reason they planned on starting the season in August was to fill the lockout void and be the only game going. Once the lockout ended, the undrafted free agents had a place to go & it was easier for the UFL to do their standard start, waiting for NFL cuts to beef up their rosters.

Signed with the UFL's Las Vegas Locos http://www.ufl-football.com/news/locomotives-add-ex-louisville-star-nfl-vet-brohm-qb-mix If all goes well, maybe he'll sign with the Raiders after the UFL, following in the footsteps of Rob Johnson, J P Losman & Trent Edwards who all put on a Raiders uniform after their days with the Bills ended.

2-3 after 5 games.

Buddy Nix will retire at the end of the season Chan Gailey won't be back in 2012 The Bills will make the playoffs in the 2012-13 season with their new head coach & GM.

As long as he's willing to do the time and is strong enough to overpower Vick, yes.

After having the other team's announcers the 1st 2 games via the NFL feed, I was happy to get the Bills broadcast, including interviews with Bills instead of Bears & Broncos. The NFL doesn't play the local commercials, so I can't comment on that.

This wouldn't end up good. If we signed Gurode, Albert Haynesworth would get 2 chances a season to stomp on his face again.

I'll go with a McKelvin trade for a mid round pick.

Why do some people try to say we're paying full price for exhibition games? We're not. My tickets are $55 per game. 9 x $55 =$495. I paid $436 which includes a service fee. Therefore, if I count the regular season games at $55, I'm paying $51 total for the 2 preseason games. Any way you look at it, we are either getting a discount on all games or we are paying less than 50% of the full price for the exhibition games, but season ticket holders are not paying full price for the games. One way or another, we are getting a break. BTW, since I live close to 300 miles away, I just give away my seat and eat the extra $51 because it costs me more than $100 just to get to the stadium and I'm not paying over $100 to see an exhibition game, especially when I am able to pay less than $20 for the entire preseason and watch it in high def on my computer.