DanInUticaTampa

that is why you should take it one game at a time rather than just having these big time expectations. It is too hard to predict anything in the NFL. You should never expect anything. The begining of the year, pretty much everyone thought we would be picking 1st in the Draft. Now it looks like we almost won't be. We don't know what is going to happen to this team in the short term or the long term. Hell, we might even have a new owner a year from now for all we know. You have to take it a game at a time. If you don't, your thoughts and feelings are just going to be eratic and confusing. Some bills fans are at least happy the team is improving each week and actually has the balls to scare superbowl contenders. No one expect THAT this season. Anyone that had these expecations of us having a winning record this season was truly living in a dream world. and all the bull crap aside, that was one great football game to watch.

Kelsay had the biggest sack of the game, evans have a huge fumble save, whitner had plenty of huge stops. Granted Evans had a huge screw up today, but saying these players do nothing is just untrue. Even Stroud who has sucked all season had a few good plays. This team just made a lot of mistakes today. Coaching can fixes that. This team seems to improve every week, so I would assume that these mistakes can be fixed. We obviously need upgrades at DE, DT (stroud), and OLB. And Kelsay should be a rotational guy only, but doubt that will happen. The real reason we are 2-9 is: -We have a super tough schedule -Players have been getting evaluated/tested -The maybin pick still sucks and will probably always suck barring some miricle -The oline needed time to adjust -Green was our RT in the begining -Trent edwards started 2 games -our run D is the worst ever -can't decide on a defensive scheme -Kelsey was useless whenever he was used as a OLB -Couldn't get any pass rush until we stuck more to a 4-3 scheme to use Kyle williams the way he should be used -We have no tight end -Our kicker missed a kick he should have made in the KC game -The patriots* probably cheated anyway -There is a losing mentality for the team in general -Stupid fans keep praying for the 1st overall pick, no matter the cost -George Edwards -Spiller learning slower than expected and the list goes on and on. There are plenty of issues with this team. But whitner, kelsey, and evans contribute to this team. They aren't studs, they will never sniff a probowl, but they contribute. Ridding them will only create holes. Rid of players like maybin, stroud, etc first. To think, someone in the secondary making tackles 10 yards down the field. We should just move all of our DBs up to the LOS and just let all the recievers run wild. At least it will stop the run!

I don't think Fitz will do that well today, but I don't mind him being our starter while developing a young QB. So I am glad we are looking at QBs, and hopefully luck will fall to us.

Evans already has a long term deal.....

Those two are the only sure ones. I would say you could argue poz/whitner, but I wouldn't make it a big contract. Mckelvin would be nice long term but it is too early to talk about extending him. But the only two that should be a prioity are williams and johnson.

Why would you include Evans? He already is signed to a long term deal and he will probably retire here. When you sign extensions, you sign them to players whos contracts are almost up.

2 tds a game.... not impossible.

Other than it being way too obvious? If ralph wilson wants to show his graditude, he can reward him to a good, long term contract. Paying a stupid fine that will probably be a couple K at most is more of a slap in the face than saying thank you. But yeah, that is totally worth having the NFL fine the team for a ton of money, and possible other punishment just to show false good will. You want to show good will? Actually sign him to a real contract instead of playing games where "he will sign you a bonus of 2,000 to pay the fine. The NFL might get suspicious, and we will get into a lot of trouble, but who cares! This is good will!" hahaha, restructuring a contract to give him a couple K more.... his agent would totally fly into Buffalo for that huge deal!

They should only fine players if what they do is at least somewhat offensive like foul language or the moss depantsing thing. But throwing a common movie quote on your chest shouldn't be fined. The whole no fun league is getting ridiculous. I don't see how a simple victory dance can be unsportsman like, yet when you get a coach reaching out to shake another coaches hand, and instead waves a finger at him, THAT is sportsmanlike? NFL is crazy.

Oh yeah, that will put us on ESPN for sure. Stupid bills get fined millions of dollars for not following the CBA. You know a lawyer can lose his law license if he pays the fine of his client? It amazes me that people don't understand the consequenses of all these ridiculous actions. All it takes is an accountant, an assistant, an investigator, a janitor, or someone else to snitch that the bills broke a legal agreement and our front office will be a bigger joke than it already is. You people that come up with these ideas are just crazy.

I would like to win at least one divisional game myself.

Ah kno. What was the front office thinking when they took defensive line in 2 of the first three picks in the last draft? They should have all been linemen!

lucky them.

Not just shanny, but mcnabb too. It is crazy when Chan/Fitz can convert a much higher percentage on third downs than shanny/mcnabb.

Agreed. But I think people saying to bench him now just to "see what brohm can do" are insane. What has brohm done that warrents the bills to "test him out" so badly? The guy was a top QB prospect..... years ago. So was Jamarcus russel. I guess we should start him in a few games just to "see what he can do?" But I personally am hoping we land a top QB in the next draft, hoping for luck. He has played before, and it wasn't very pretty. As least with Fitz the recievers and the offense are able to actually develop. Throw a QB in there that can't play "just to see what he can do" will pause the rest of the offense from developing just because of the slim chance brohm will actually be the future of the bills. Brohm has had his chances and he just isn't good. He looked bad in his start last year. And This guy looked bad in preseason and you think he is going to look better in a regular game?

Overall, I get where you are coming from and I agree with you. I didn't really have a problem with what you said, though I would have said it differently. My only issue was with what that Paup guy said. with him saying "what kind of team doesn't at least TRY to play their 9th overall pick (maybin)" which I thought was stupid. And that comment he made was about the coaching staff. I am not an Edwards fan, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know right now maybin sucks. And if that Paup guy wants to play him just because he is the 9th pick, then I think he is crazy. But I agree with you. Even more than the kelsey extenstion, the fact modrak is still here baffles the mind. We missed on too many high picks for him to still have a job imo. I only hope we can somehow overcome that or finally fire him and pick up someone good. But that is going to be the biggest thing that is going to plague any optimism for this team. And that sucks, because then he isn't going anywhere. Even if he is not a bad evaluater and it was just bad picks made because of past people, then that is understandable. But even if that is true (I am one of those idiots that think that it is), he is STILL not good at his job and is at least below average. A good GM probably could have taken his evaluations and gotten better players than we did. But I bet a better evaluater would have gotten those idiots (jauron, marv, donaue, whoever) to make better picks as well. We should have cleaned house completly. When Guy was fired is was like "YES!........and?" hoping that modrak was going to go the same time. Didn't happen and that was just dissapointing and actually upsetting for people that really looked at what happened with our past drafts.

No one is saying they look like "studs." Our drafing as obviously sucked in recent years. But hating on these rookies and hating on the coaches for not starting rookies is crazy. I think you are crazy for hating the coaching staff for not starting maybin. I don't care when he was picked. They had him play an entire game and he was just terrible and showed he didn't know what he was doing. He shouldn't be dressed and if you think the coaching staff should play a player like that, then you are just insane. The guy can't play. Maybe down the road, but I doubt it. Maybin can't play right now, and you suggesting he should play is terrible. But there is nothing wrong with rookies not starting their 1st year. A lot of teams are not starting a lot of their rookies. Teaching the rookies to play is a hell of a lot better than having them play in a game when they have so much to learn. If you do that, then they learn the WRONG way to do it and they just suck. After marv's 1st draft, almost every rookie was starting. That worked out SO well for us. Agreed with almost all of this.

none working yet. should come up soon.

Almost makes you want to pull aaron schobol out of retirement. I really don't know how well he would have played at OLB though. And what is still sad is, even if we add a pass rusher, that isn't going to fix our run defense. Then we also have oline woes.... this team needs so much fixing it is ridiculous. this team is going to be frustrating next year. Just hope we don't bottom out.

No. They have had plenty of opportunities. They both suck. Maybin had plenty of playing time early and did nothing. He needs to learn more before he can be on the field. Having him play in the game making the same mistakes over and over is just going to make it him worse. Well, not make him worse since that is impossible, but it will close any window on any potential he may have. Though that window is already closing pretty quickly. It am hoping it is both, because if it isn't, then it is just because all the others just suck.

I don't really care for best and like spiller more. But I tell ya, foster looks pretty sweet. I am hoping once they work out the rookie kinks in spiller, he will be great. I do see hope with seeing how chan was able to make parrish, fitz, and stevie look above average. I think the biggest problem with the run game is the line. But there are also obvious mistakes by spiller on some of the carries. But I do see hope on the offense since gailey has changed some players to well above average overnight. Need more power on the line though. It sucks how we can't control the LOS on either side of the ball.

It doesn't look like it. From the way he plays, he is trent edwards part two, except he sucks at practicing too. We want to win at least one game this season for sure, otherwise it is going to leave a bad taste next season. Fitz gives us the best chance to win games. We can't pass on a franchise QB just to wait and see if brohm develops in the next couple years. If there is a franchise QB available, you take him. If not, then get the next best player and just keep fitz around.

Ill bet good money that if we don't sign him, he ends up on philly's practice squad.

it is if it is used with ill intent of a trademarked name.

No, the person who wrote the article thinks are two biggest weaknesses is tackle and secondary. the guy is an idiot.