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Not according to Chris Brown. Tuel is in the running for the #2 spot. Says Tuel came back this year noticeably stronger and is making some of the best throws so far.

Absolutly!!! To be fair, I think it should be pointed out that the Bills also ran the ball more than anyone else.

Does the name Kevin Everett ring a bell.

I for one hope Jackson actually does have a case. It will help to cripple the leverage that agents have. These guys are after one thing and one thing only......money. They could care less about the possibility of harming an athlete's future. Not saying that holding out is wrong. However, some athletes have made a home for themselves on their team and an agent comes along and whispers in his ear, "I can make you millions more" and then tries to justify it with "More money is better for your family". Sometimes, the move does not make you happy. Sometimes building toward a goal isn't about the money. Sometimes the family atmosphere of belonging to a team that is successful should be the goal. I often think that athletes being people like anyone else, hire a someone like an agent so they don't have to engulf themselves in the business side of things. That's fine. They tend to rely on that agent to make the right move for them except sometimes they do not do the right thing. Like you know, talk it over with the athlete to see what he really wants.

Remember how everyone was talking up the Seahawks secondary last year? The Bills backfield hung with them throughout the year last year. Not quite as good but among the best in the league. I think we may have the the best secondary in the league this year. We added some more talent to the pool and Gilmore should be a big improvement over last year as well.

Bills at the top of the list. What's your favorite? I like this one: And this one:

I wanted Crossman fired last year. I think though that the NFL's stupid rules changes from a couple of years ago was the biggest thing to kill Buffalo's special teams prowess. Wedge blocking is now illegal and nearly all kickoffs are now touchbacks because of moving the ball up further. The Bills have some of the best return men in the league, yet they rarely get the chance to even bring it out. Now special teams is anything but special. A kicker should have to work to get the ball deep into the endzone, now everyone can do it. Stupid. Wedge blocking is a game plan that Buffalo mastered, but now it's not allowed. Stupid. Stupid, stupid stupid....... On a more positive note though, we now have some guys that can get down field and make a play in coverage. Can't see us getting worse there, even with Crossman as the ST coach.

Spiller had nearly 6000 all purpose yards from 2006 - 2009 at Clemson. I would not say not as complete, however these guys are completely different athletes. Spiller is more of a running back while Watkins is a very special receiving talent. Both are shifty but Watkins looks more durable. I am excited about Watkins too. I just wanted you to realize that Spiller is Clemson's all time leader in all purpose yards. That, in it's own right is pretty impressive. BTW, Watkins is second in Clemson history but trails by over 1000 all purpose yds.

Not exactly. Spiller's production was actually significantly higher coming out. Check the stats. Watkin's production was very impressive but Spiller was off the charts.

When the pads went on, the D started dialing up some pressure. That OL was awful all year. Me too. You could be right.

Don't want to provide free tape to Belicheat. Gilmore and McK are not practicing after off season surgeries......yet.

Yea, but Robey got a sack! Who said that Schwarts wouldn't use a corner blitz? If they don't have to keep a guy who's only position is long snapper, that's what they'll do. Opens up a roster spot somewhere else.

Belichick huh?

There is a certain Google executive who won't want to be outdone by this former Microsoft exec. I wonder if he is serious about buying the Bills.

I don't foresee a big change from last year in terms of scheme. Schwarts actually spent time in the off season to keep the current terminology the same. He is certainly going to throw in his own wrinkles, but he does not have to reinvent the wheel. The D had a lot of success last year so the changes he makes will involve stopping the run more than anything. He will like to keep many things the same.

I see a lot of criticism for play calling and CJ. Me, I think Marone was trying to get a good feel for the OL's weaknesses. The fact that we picked up 4 OLmen in the off season tells me he was not impressed with their performance at all. CJ can run up the middle with a decent block by an offensive guard. He would run where the hole was supposed to be but there was never anything big enough to run through last year. You cannot just use CJ for sweeps. That's ludicrous. He has to be able to run in multiple directions. Off of left tackle, right tackle, left guard and right guard. The threat to run in any given direction is how he will succeed best. This notion that he cannot run up the middle is just wrong. Give the guy a frigging hole to run through and he'll be fine. What we are going to see is a lot of running, just like last year. I don't think Hackett is going to abandon that. The difference is putting road graders in to help with that. We should also see a big improvement with pass protection as well. Bigger is definitely better. I like where we are heading. This team is planning to implement a smash mouth style of play, instead of trying get all cutesy with trickery. I'm looking forward to seeing dramatic improvement by our offense this year.

We might see 3 new starters on the OL week one.

I really think this is a non-issue because I think the NFL really is not interested in moving the Bills anyway. Frankly, I see these politicians as nothing more than fist pumpers so that when the Bill don't move anyway they can then pat themselves on the back and act like they are responsible for keeping the Bills in western NY.

Can we just stop with the "Bills with Brady" dialog. That just turns my stomach. There is nothing that would make me happier than flat out defeating NE with their precious Brady. The final game we had against NE last year was a failure because our defense could not stop the run. Brady was under pressure the whole game and could not get anything going through the air. With an improved defense and a competent offense, the Bills knock NE off with ease. It's coming. I can smell it.

Add 4 more. Great Idea!

Johnny(Hollywood) Football

Did you not notice that we picked up 4 massive Offensive Linemen to go along with our shiny new WR? Everything that has been wrong with the Buffalo offense for the last 10yrs(with the exception of QB) has been a weak, small and untalented OL. We have had some good receivers and running backs but could never ever bulldoze our way to a one yd gain on a goal line TD. This team has been running all of these tricky plays because they have been incapable of just lining up and daring a defense to try and stop them. The AFCE is loaded with big defensive lines. Guys like Wilfork have been destroying our offensive line for years. That just just changed. This team will not be scared to run on 3rd down in short yardage situations any more. How many times have we watched a play, screamed at the TV or questioned a play call when we know they should have run the damn ball? We don't run in obvious short yardage situations because our OL has been weak. You have to take into account the number of sacks this team had last year to get an idea of what's going on. You also have to ask yourself why a guy like CJ Spiller is not torching defenses too. We had Cordy Glen and Eric Wood who have performed admirably, but now we have finished the very foundation of what it takes to build a great offense.....a big nasty offensive line.

Thurman Thomas's wouldn't mind moving to Batavia with his sports bar in Batavia Downs all ready. BTW, stopped in there a few weeks back and the place was hopping. They had a hell of a good band playing in there. I know you folks that live in Buffalo would hate to see the team move outside of Erie County, but Batavia is not that much of a stretch. Shoot, I travel over 6hrs from Potsdam, NY to get to the Bills games. If you aren't willing to travel 1hr to go to a game, well........just pitiful.

This Watkins trade didn't really thrill me, but it is growing on me. When I saw how many new OLmen we got this year, I began to realize that the Bills are trying very hard to fix the offense. This team has been loaded with talent at skill positions for some time. Not over the top talented but one can argue that our RBs are among the best in the league. The WR position has seen infusion of young talent over the last couple of years. I know people think of our TE position as a weakness.....i don't really agree with that. No, we don't have a league leading pass catcher there. We do have a team leading receiver there. I have been concerned about OL more than anything in recent years. There have been arguments on both sides of this topic, but I can only think of one way to describe our offensive line......small and weak. That just changed. The offense's woes could very well have ended with the new additions here. Back to Watkins. I saw how EJ struggled to get the ball to Stevie last year. He was trying to use him as his clutch receiver a lot, but they just never really got things going. Some of it was EJ and some of it was Stevie. Either way, they just didn't seem to click. Watkins is a receiver that gets after the football. EJ just seems like he needs one good mister clutch to toss to. That, so far appears to be just what Watkins is. Yep, this trade is kind of growing on me.

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