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Josh is going to connect on one of those deep shots.

He had his arm. Couldn't rip the ball away. But nice tackle.

First play? Alan to___________?

McKenzie is going to have a bigger role this year, me thinks...

Singletary will have to prove he can pick up a block...

Healthy scratch for Moss.

It's not unlikely that the Bills jump out to an early lead, forcing Ben to take some deep shots downfield. This could get ugly fast for him. Fingers crossed...lol. Damn, I'm getting excited...

Anyone thinking Ben is going to be spending a lot of time on his back in this one?

Yeah, but they are running toward the Rocky Mountains instead of away. That's the wrong direction.....

Didn't he play a lot of nose tackle last year? And isn't that what a nose tackle's job is? To take on blockers? With Star back and Harrison healthy, he can now play 3 technique again. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Oh, playing football in the rain on a real turf field that turns to mud is a riot. But I'm with Scott, I no longer like going to games in the elements, especially when you have family members along complaining the whole way...haha.

I really think Singletary could break off a couple of nice runs. The Buffalo offense is going to put that D on it's heels early. Nobody can stop them.

Haha, yeah NE fans are spoiled rotten.

A few years ago, I went on a business trip to Pittsburgh. During the day, I was in training classes. At night, I found a few places around town to eat and have a couple of beers. There was a place that made a nice pizza and was loaded with locals and I proudly wore my Bills cap in there. I was greeted with curiosity about my hat and one fella, a die hard Steelers fan, and talked for some time. He recommended a couple of places around town to eat and we talked football with a little light hearted smack mixed in. One of the things that I found interesting is even though many of the steel factories were shuttered, the town was going through a sort of renaissance. Small businesses were booming, young people were buying up local homes that once belonged to steel workers and fixing them up. There are lots of neighborhoods on hillsides looking down over the Three Rivers. The food was good, the people and the city itself reminded me a lot of Buffalo. Anyway, toward the end of the week, I returned to that bar where I talked football with a Steelers fan. Ran into him again and he said he was glad I came back because he had something for me. He then disappeared into the parking lot and returned with a license plate with a Steelers logo on it...haha. I laughed and told him what am I supposed to use this for, target practice? He said no, it's just a souvenir from Pittsburgh. I accepted the gift and soon returned to my hotel room. Overall, had a good experience in Pittsburgh. The thing is, as you become older, wiser, you learn that there are good people everywhere. Even in a rival football town. Had a similar experience in Norristown, PA, not far from Philly, but that's another story...lol. Got a little long winded with this one.

Josh is going to remind this clown why he is an MVP candidate, and it isn't going to be because of his legs. It'll be because of his arm.

I don't know. Watching Allen and the offense in that last preseason game, it looked like the whole offense was clicking. Plus, many of these guys were in the AFC championship game last year. I think these guys are about to open up a can of whoop ass. I think they are super focused and getting the crowd noise back is going to a huge benefit. Just don't see them letting the hyped up crowd faze them negatively.

Good point. I've been wondering if a trade is coming. Training camps often have injuries. Wouldn't at all be surprised. Also, the way Beane stockpiles certain positions like DE and OT, almost seems like he planned it that way.

I think it's much simpler than folks think. There is an abundance of DE. Some of them can play DT and the ability to play multiple positions is valuable to the coaches. There will be competition. Someone will be cut because someone else is better. Simple.

From what I understand, they actually changed the blocking scheme because Zack was not patient enough. Singletary on the other hand was great at waiting for his blockers. Zach came from a system where he would hit the hole quickly. Singletary came from a system where the play took longer for the hole to open up. Now, I think the team is experimenting with different blocking schemes and I think that they will figure some things out. Last year was a mess because people on the OL were moving around, injuries, and they simply didn't have enough time to get the run game going. That will be addressed this year and I believe all of the RBs will benefit from that. The offense is still going to be a predominantly pass heavy, but the coaches have made clear that the run game needs to be more effective.

I see the running game being much more productive. Offensive line cures last year's ills and Singletary busts out. He's only a dark horse because so many think he'll lose his starting job. Actually, I think all three running backs are going to tear it up with the OL settling into a groove. We score fast, then run the clock out. Coaches are intent on making the run game more effective.

Cars can have crap attitudes. I can attest to that. BTW, ever read the book Christine or watched the movie?

Welp, there goes Jones' career.

If he's so awful, why has he gone to two probowls?

The amount of negativity toward Tremaine is baffling. The coaches are high on him. He has been to two probowls. He's still very young and still improving his craft. Yes, he took a step back, coming back from a significant injury, but the negative Nancy's are getting kind of annoying. This young man is just getting warmed up in this league and like the coach has said, his best play is ahead of him. I have absolutely no reason to doubt that. None.

I think Beane would be all to happy to trade one or two veteran DEs. We have a stockpile of them. I also think he'd love to trade away an OLman. Not sure anyone is interested, but we have a lot of players at premium positions. QB included. Seems to me someone will be desperate enough by the time training camp starts to heat up and someone goes down with an injury. I think Beane has been purposefully stockpiling, biding his time, and waiting for some desperate team to come along and over pay for someone he never intended to keep in the first place. What he isn't going to do is over pay for a Chandler Jones.