2020 Our Year For Sure

Then why did you enter this thread? OP, I agree with you. Teams that don't field good defenses usually fizzle out down the stretch, and thats what Denver is. Cutler is a good one, but he isn't Peyton Manning. Alot of people on this board are afraid to say it, mostly for subjective reasons, but I think the Bills are the best and most balanced team in the AFC, according to the info we have up to this point.

That isn't on the return unit. When the league's best punter is punting from his own 40 yard line, you're usually not going to get a return. Thats just the way it is. Its got nothing to do with blocking, unless you think we should have dragged their gunners to the turf to stop them from running under the kick.

Denver has no D, thats got to hurt them down the stretch.

So against a schedule that is average (by definition), the Bills have performed spectacularly. A perfect record against a middle-of-the-pack schedule? Not bad, not bad at all.

That would be my point. You're using our opponent's combined record to judge the Bills, yet its the Bills who decide our opponent's combined record. Circular reasoning.

What would their record be if the Bills had lost to them?

This would be the question. Don't cave here and give up Lynch without getting fair value: play some hardball of your own, and show (even if its just a bluff) that you're not afraid to go at it with Edwards and Palmer. Edwards has great matchups this week and next, so he should keep the ship afloat. After a couple of weeks of seeing McNabb's points waste away on his bench while he can't generate points from his RBs, the guy will hopefully see its in his best interest to get something done. imo Orange, Edwards gets the start next week in a really good matchup of his own. Palmer needs to play his way back into the lineup. But yeah, if Palmer can't get it done against Cleveland buftex, then you'll know for sure you've got to make some kind of deal.

Apparently, Troupe was released by Tampa on the 16th, and then signed with Oakland three days later.

Link No surprises. Lets get 'em boys! GO BILLS!

Tell me about it. What a mess! We may limp into the playoffs due to Milwaukee collapsing even more violently than we have. Wagner's injury is such a shame.

George Wilson? Bryan Scott? As Lori pointed out, Copeland Bryan? Steve Johnson? If they wanted to give Crowell a chance to come back, they could have found a way.

Thats the best part.

To me, half the fun of being a fan is partaking in overenthusiastic, rampant speculation. The players and coaches need to have tunnel vision and be 100% focused on the Raiders...but the beauty of my role is that I don't have to be, and no incredible speculation I come up with will change the team's destiny. I've never understood the "stop! lets just win this game!" attitude. Nothing we talk about will change anything, so why not talk?

This. Same goes for Indy winning 12 imo. Not with the defense playing the way it has, and now without Bob Sanders. They may beat out the Titans, but I don't see them winning 12.

Yeah, I was actually carrying 3 QBs for the first couple weeks cause I wasn't 100% sure any of them would be legit starters. I still have Cutler and Matt Schaub. Too late regarding DeSean Jackson, he got scooped up after his big week 1. I just added Vincent Jackson, and I'll have to find another bye week fill-in. Maybe David Patten if Colston is still out, they have a good matchup that week.

Instead of making a new thread, I'll just ask this here. We start 3 WRs, and my starters are currently Chad Johnson, Lee Evans and Dwayne Bowe. I've just dealt Kurt Warner and Kevin Walter to add Santonio Holmes. I figure if Chad Johnson gets back to form, I'll have an extra WR to trade, and if he doesn't, I've just replaced him. One problem is my daunting week 6 on the horizon: Marshawn Lynch, Larry Johnson, Dwayne Bowe, Lee Evans, Santonio Holmes, and Bills D will all be out for their bye week. How did I do? Fair value for Warner?

Definitely wouldn't give up Lynch here, and wouldn't want to let Turner go either. Assuming you start one QB, you should be able to get something done with Chris Johnson or TJ. If the guy really plays hardball, I may consider Turner for Cutler, that doesn't seem out of the question. McNabb wouldn't be worth it imho.

Does anybody perform well in bad weather? Isn't that why they call it bad weather?

For a Bills fan in need? I got your back.

Well...I am well-connected, but I don't know if I can help much here...

Anybody mention Elizabeth Hurley yet? smokin and a third

I agree that Edwards was slightly outplayed in each of these games. But is it me, or do the numbers not reflect the point you're trying to make? In what world is 9/24, 137 yards drastically better than 13/33, 124 yards? And the fact that the Bills were outrushed in both games only furthers the idea that Edwards played as well as those guys, because he had a lesser running game backing him. The same goes for the numbers in the Giants game. Since when is 7/15, 134 yards, 0 TDs and 2 INTs, soooo much better than 9/26, 161 yards, 2 TDs and 3 INTs? It seems to me all four performances were pretty close to each other (in other words, equally lousy). Edwards may have been slightly outplayed, but I could never say from those numbers Eli and Anderson played well, and Edwards played poorly. Those numbers put them close enough that you'd have to group all four performances together. Then again, its not all in the numbers. Just playing devil's advocate to this particular post.

As BuffO said, there's nothing wrong with starting Edwards this week and letting Palmer try to get his groove back from your bench. I'm doing the same, giving Kevin Walter the nod over Chad Johnson. Personally I think its gotta get a little better than this in Cincy. These three guys are too talented.

Even in a two-QB league, ya gotta pull the trigger and get Tomlinson, particularly considering your RB situation. I'm not high on Garrard at all and I love Rodgers, but this is a deal you can't refuse. Garrard ought to at least make for a passable QB2.

We're as legitimate a contender as any other AFC team. I can't think of any that are CLEARLY better than us. Thats not to say things can't change...we can go 2-14 and pick first in the draft. But that wouldn't change the fact that, as of September 18, we ARE contenders.