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I would have thought he would have been ok for a 1 year deal as a stop-gap player.... but after seeing him in pittsburg, we dodged a bullet with that one.

That is not the only thing that is holding him up from being the starter. His blocking (if it isn't a weakness, which I would disagree) isn't AS good as stupar. Nowhere in that quote did Nelson compare himself to stupar and what he needed to do to beat stupar out of his job. He was just saying what the coaches wanted him to work on. And that does make sense with the whole gailey wanting to work hard on the fundimentals. This story doesn't seem at all interesting. But I really hope the starting lineup looks better tomorrow. It wouldn't mean much, but it would help make me feel a little better about this team. And I would like to hear some more good news on these injuries.

yeah, damn lee evans for not being as good as the best WR of all time! Truth is, Evans isn't a great number one reciever. But Evans is a better number one reciever than Edwards, fitz, brohm are at QBs. Evans actually has nfl talent. Our QBs should not be starting, period. But, they are all we have.

No, building through the draft is the best way to build the team (rather than sign FA), not just a money saving standpoint. The OP was arguing "why can't we do both?" Well.... doing both is expensive. But the best way to build a team always has been building through the draft and using the FA as a stop gap fixer. Teams like the bills can't make a huge splash in both. But it should be obvious the draft is the best way to go. The players are much younger and serve as a long term solution. Older FA just aren't the type you can really build around. and San was right, we haven't been able to keep our good players. Evans and Mcgee are the first ones I can remember us keeping.... even though we might have overpayed them. I am hoping Nix owns up to what he says, about keeping the good players. It will totally suck if Wood, Levitre, and byrd all become pro bowlers and starting on other teams in a few years.

or fired jauron sooner.

Yes, he did. many times. He just changed his tune when the bills said that they were moving on without him. So when the bills weren't an option, he said he would lke to play for another team or retire. But with him keep bringing up retirement, it seemed obvious that he was going to retire.

and here people were freaking out cuz we didn't trade him.

No, he highlighted the part that said he "didn't fit the 3-4 mold."

Kelsay for six seems the most reasonable at this point, just because there are too many questionmarks. I hope maybin, coleman, and/or ellis really step it up this year as pass rushers. If that happens, it will make it a lot easier to draft a QB or an LT with our 1st pick in the draft. If we have a really bad pass rush this season, that just might force that to be one of our top needs and force out the QB/LT stuff we need. You never know, bell or meridith are still young and could be the LT we need, but QB is obviously the number 1 thing we need at this point. And it would be pretty cool if somehow Kyle Williams was able to get a high number of sacks, being that NTs don't normally get them. He was a great pass rusher last year. It would be a nice surprise if he can get a few this year.

As much as our team sucks, one of the reasons why I was ok with the spillar pick was because it wasn't tebow. So many people pictured him as a Bill, and that was probably worst case scenario drafting him in the first.

It is sad that thigpen would be a huge improvement over what we have already.

I thought it was a good indicator that they kept him in there. It seems like they reconize his raw talent and really want him to get a lot of experience and get to that level of understanding. I think they are definently pushing him.

Yeah, they looked bad tonight for sure. But since they played so well last year, it doesn't seem right to say they are bad because of a preseason game when they have last season backing them up. Corner more than anyone looked bad tonight, as far as the secondary goes...

The teams we played last year? Our secondary was amazing last year, we got some decent pass rush, and we got a ton of turnovers. Our only weakness on defense was that we couldn't stop the run, at all.

As bad as the offense looked, the RBs looked great. If our starting o-line can actually do some things right and not get penalties, we can probably be decent just running the hell out of the ball. I am guessing we were "pass UNhappy" tonight because Gaily wants to get a real good look at the QBs. He knows they suck, so they are the ones he really needs to work with. I am sure that when the regular season starts, we are going to pound the ball on the ground. No way does gailey trust fitz and edwards to lead a half decent passing game. I am more worried about the defense..... they looked like they took a few steps back from last year. Either way, I am just hoping they fix a lot of these mistakes and hopefully don't embarress themselves. Hopefully a strong run game can do a lot for this team. Because the QB play being bad looks like a more of a sure thing than before.

I know. we have two othe "qbs"

I would have liked that better, though I do like spillar. Even more so, I really don't like that we picked maybin last year, which could have been used a lot better. It is too eary to call maybin a bust, but I really thought it was a risky pick for a team that needed a lot of help.

Jamarcus russel and ryan leaf?

spillar touched the ball 4 times. he should have made 4 TDs. BUST!

Positive? very little, honestly. Stroud does look comfortable in the transition, which surprised me, the runningbacks all look effective, parrish got involved in the middle, even though it was only one catch, and a few other minor things. The team obviously sucked, and if this is a shock to you, then you really don't get this team And if you are worried about the secondary, then I don't know what to say. The first stringers didn't look too hot today, but our secondary was AMAZING last year. So I am not going to worry about the secondary because of a preseason game. You can worry about them all you want though and laugh at a secondary that was one of the best in the league last year But it isn't like the bills didn't try to upgrade their positions of need: 1) They tried to get shanny 2) They tried to get mcnabb 3) They couldn't draft williams, okung. And what other legit LT was available that was worth that 9th spot? come on.... This team made a few improvements, and I expect them to only make more in the next offseason. like it or not, it is rebuilding mode year one. You can cry and complain all you want, but that is reality. There is no promise that a team will not be bad for 10 + years and there is no guarentee that a team will ever win. Deal with it. Or it your case, keep crying.

I know, I have been hearing excuses from gaily and nix for 10 years now! I don't want them ready by the regular season. I want the perfect by preseason or lets run them out of town to the redskins like we chased mike williams and london fletcher so they can beat us in preseason! and yeah, missing most of your oline has nothing to do with it either I guess.....

That is the only hope left watching this game. This team didn't even show any real flashes.

no, the team

Wood, Bell, and green are the regulars that are out

Link? I willl look it up later when I am not on my phone, but it was national news.... mcnabb threatened that he wouldn't sign a new contract with us if we traded for him, so we didn't because we would have only had him for one year, making him a stop gap situation. and in case you missed the other news, bills did a lot to try and get shanny as well, including flying out there to meet him. If you don't know these things, you obviously don't have a clue what happened in the off season.