Rubes

He did.

Indy could use the RB help, and in a relatively wide-open AFC, a stud back like that could make them a serious contender. As for the Browns, they're all in for the draft next year. Can't see them going for Johnny Football, though.

Brian Hoyer to start for Browns Might help make up for the short week, we'll see.

Not exactly. IIRC, the team was still wearing the red helmets back then, and didn't want to switch back to white helmets just for one game. Probably too much of a change to get used to. So they just decided to invert the old design, and go with the white standing Buffalo on a red helmet.

I saw that video too, and the first thing I thought was: you can REALLY tell it was true PI on that play. None of the other replays made it seem terribly obvious, but this one really clarifies it for me.

Perhaps the best part of this is, if Leodis continues to do well, we won't have to look at CB early in next year's draft, and can turn our attention to filling other holes like LG, TE, and maybe LB.

New England had the 7th-ranked rushing offense last season, averaging 136.5 yards per game. They had 523 rushing attempts last season, second most in the league, with an average of 4.2 yards per carry. By contrast, the Bills ran only 442 times last season, or 27.6 times per game. They may not be "known" as a running team, but they are very much a running team.

Man, one win and now everybody's all cocky.

EJ and the Bills won't have the luxury of the home crowd helping out. We'll see how they handle things on the road.

Small point, but the strip/fumble is considered a sack as well since it was behind the LOS.

That will never change, true. The Pats* are right up there as well, now. But I've never had a similar hatred of the Jets. Although I do still hate them, don't get me wrong.

I generally don't like to make too much out of early-season games, but this one coming up is pretty big. Very big.

I'm eager to see how he does in his first road game, against a strong defense. Not much room for error next week.

He's done a nice job so far. I want to see him really earn that paycheck next week, though. It won't be easy. The Jets aren't as bad as everybody makes them out to be. A strong defensive showing next week can help us get to 2-1, which would be awesome. I'm hoping he is intensely motivated to show his old coach a thing or two.

I thought the offensive line as a whole did extremely well in both games so far, especially considering they were up against two very good defensive lines.

Why does this all sound so familiar...

Is the stadium now different than it was back in 2007 when the 4-0 Cowboys played the 1-3 Bills on Monday night? Because that was a pretty crappy team, and I recall that place being as loud and crazy as any other game, ever.

I've been a season ticket holder since 1977, so that's what, 36 years? I got a date of 9/2. When I went to log in at the specified time, the site was down. It remained down for some time, probably around half an hour. Once I finally got through, there were only like four choices left, and they were all fairly lame. I think there was a Bills blanket listed as an option, but when I tried to get it, it said it was sold out. I didn't even bother to pick another one. All in all, I thought it was poorly done, especially the site being down at the specified time. But now that I hear about the other potential options, I think it was even worse. I didn't think of writing an email, though. I think I should.

Hmm. Sounds vaguely familiar to another team I know.

Kinda strange, but we're #4 in the league in rushing after week 1. Unfortunately for us, the Pats* are #3. Yeah, that's Miami down there at #32, with less than 1 yard per carry (23 att, 20 yards). Against Cleveland, there was a total of 67 yards rushing. By both teams.

Sure. I could use another kick in the nads.

I think it's only when they have a double-header on opening weekend.

That was quite the vicious hit. He's lucky he landed the way he did.

Just un- -ingbelievable.

Well done, sir.