I now have high hopes for this team....

[RedEyE]

After watching the Bills play this past Sunday, my expectations for the schedule that lay ahead are higher then what I previsouly anticipated earlier in the year.

While the Bills could have played a "cleaner" game, the offense has grown by leaps and bounds. The mistakes by a young team are expected, overcoming them is what seperates winners from losers. In a re-building year, if the game against the Jets was played with fewer mistakes, the Bills walk off the field with a win. They'll just need to let this one go and move on.

Honestly, I never expected the offensive line to begin to jell this quickly. Again, yes, they weren't 100% accurate, but to assist in a game that allowed their QB to throw for over 300 yards for the first time in his professinal career, and still run block well enough to allow their RB to run up 150+ yards on the ground, that says a lot to me. They're getting it together.

No one was mistake free this week, yet every player on that team has played harder these first 3 games then all of last season.

We have a ST that is the best in the business, and a defense that's working it's way back to the top.

I predict that the Bills bounce back hard this week and stick it to the Vikings. They'll then go on to finish the season with 9 wins.

<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=bg0 align=middle><TD class=bg0 colSpan=9>2006 Schedule</TD></TR><TR class=bg1 id=special align=middle><TD align=left rowSpan=2>Date</TD><TD align=left rowSpan=2>Opponent</TD><TD align=left rowSpan=2>Time/Result</TD><TD align=middle colSpan=2>SIRIUS Radio</TD></TR><TR class=bg1 align=middle><TD>Away</TD><TD>Home</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Sep 10 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week1)</TD><TD align=left>@New England (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/NE)</TD><TD align=left>Lost 17-19 (http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20060910_BUF@NE)</TD><TD align=middle></TD><TD align=middle></TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Sep 17 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week2)</TD><TD align=left>@Miami (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/MIA)</TD><TD align=left>Won 16-6 (http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20060917_BUF@MIA)</TD><TD align=middle></TD><TD align=middle></TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Sep 24 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week3)</TD><TD align=left>N.Y. Jets (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/NYJ)</TD><TD align=left>Lost 20-28 (http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20060924_NYJ@BUF)</TD><TD align=middle></TD><TD align=middle></TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Oct 1 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week4)</TD><TD align=left>Minnesota (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/MIN)</TD><TD align=left><SCRIPT>document.write(formatTime('%I:%M%p', 1159722000))</SCRIPT>1:00pm</TD><TD align=middle>158</TD><TD align=middle>146</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Oct 8 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week5)</TD><TD align=left>@Chicago (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/CHI)</TD><TD align=left><SCRIPT>document.write(formatTime('%I:%M%p', 1160326800))</SCRIPT>1:00pm</TD><TD align=middle>130</TD><TD align=middle>119</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Oct 15 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week6)</TD><TD align=left>@Detroit (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/DET)</TD><TD align=left><SCRIPT>document.write(formatTime('%I:%M%p', 1160931600))</SCRIPT>1:00pm</TD><TD align=middle>146</TD><TD align=middle>119</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Oct 22 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week7)</TD><TD align=left>New England (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/NE)</TD><TD align=left><SCRIPT>document.write(formatTime('%I:%M%p', 1161536400))</SCRIPT>1:00pm</TD><TD align=middle>146</TD><TD align=middle>143</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Week 8</TD><TD align=left>BYE</TD><TD align=left></TD><TD align=middle></TD><TD align=middle></TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Nov 5 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week9)</TD><TD align=left>Green Bay (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/GB)</TD><TD align=left><SCRIPT>document.write(formatTime('%I:%M%p', 1162749600))</SCRIPT>1:00pm</TD><TD align=middle>107</TD><TD align=middle>110</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Nov 12 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week10)</TD><TD align=left>@Indianapolis (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/IND)</TD><TD align=left><SCRIPT>document.write(formatTime('%I:%M%p', 1163354400))</SCRIPT>1:00pm</TD><TD align=middle>125</TD><TD align=middle>123</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Nov 19 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week11)</TD><TD align=left>@Houston (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/HOU)</TD><TD align=left><SCRIPT>document.write(formatTime('%I:%M%p', 1163959200))</SCRIPT>1:00pm</TD><TD align=middle>110</TD><TD align=middle>110</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Nov 26 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week12)</TD><TD align=left>Jacksonville (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/JAC)</TD><TD align=left><SCRIPT>document.write(formatTime('%I:%M%p', 1164564000))</SCRIPT>1:00pm</TD><TD align=middle>181</TD><TD align=middle>181</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Dec 3 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week13)</TD><TD align=left>San Diego (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/SD)</TD><TD align=left><SCRIPT>document.write(formatTime('%I:%M%p', 1165168800))</SCRIPT>1:00pm</TD><TD align=middle>152</TD><TD align=middle>152</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Dec 10 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week14)</TD><TD align=left>@N.Y. Jets (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/NYJ)</TD><TD align=left><SCRIPT>document.write(formatTime('%I:%M%p', 1165773600))</SCRIPT>1:00pm</TD><TD align=middle>152</TD><TD align=middle>152</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Dec 17 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week15)</TD><TD align=left>Miami (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/MIA)</TD><TD align=left><SCRIPT>document.write(formatTime('%I:%M%p', 1166378400))</SCRIPT>1:00pm</TD><TD align=middle>117</TD><TD align=middle>107</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Dec 24 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week16)</TD><TD align=left>Tennessee (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/TEN)</TD><TD align=left><SCRIPT>document.write(formatTime('%I:%M%p', 1166983200))</SCRIPT>1:00pm</TD><TD align=middle></TD><TD align=middle>153</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD align=left>Dec 31 (http://www.nfl.com/scores/2006/week17)</TD><TD align=left>@Baltimore (http://www.nfl.com/teams/news/BAL)</TD><TD align=left><SCRIPT>document.write(formatTime('%I:%M%p', 1167588000))</SCRIPT>1:00pm</TD><TD align=middle>110</TD><TD align=middle>143</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

The remainder of the season the Bills will pull off wins against Minnesota, Detroit, New England, Green Bay, Houston, Jets, Miami, Tennessee.

This Bills team looks so good in every game though having lost 2 of the 3. They'll get it together long enough to push close to the top of the division.

[L.A. Playa]

I will say it first they could upset the Bears in Chicago next week, with the Bears coming off a Sunday night Home game against the Seahawks they could overlook the Bills at home and the Bills could pull the upset

[mybills]

dumb question..I don't have sirus, either..what are those 3 digit numbers on the right? Channels?

[justasportsfan]

Here's something to think about as well.

Teams that are way better than the bills didn't have sucha great weekend.

Falcons- supposedly indestructable was demolished by the Saints

Colts- got away with a win against a good Jags team. We actually had better nos. offensively than Peyton and co. Our D didn't bail us out for this one.

Pats- with a future HOF qb and coach lost to a struggling Denver team.

We are a young team in rebuild mode that didn't do so badly offensively.We struggled defensively but who thought we wouldn't every now and then? If teams like that can struggle it's not hard to think that the bills would.

We've played very well the first 2 games. This is game was the worst coached game we've had so far this season. I am anxious to see how Jauron and co. can bounce back from a bad gameplan. This season is a learning season. WE're not expected to win anything. I just want to see us headed the right direction. There were some good things that happened against the jets and the bad things were expected to happen anyways.

[mybills]

As Typ0 put it, we are a building team, not a re-building team. We have plenty of talent to build on! :up:

[ICE74129]

I am with LA I say we upset Dabears