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All: The new Billszone site with the updated software is scheduled to be turned on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The company that built it, Dynascale, estimates a FOUR HOUR shut down, from 8pm Pacific, (5pm Eastern) while they get it up and running. Nobody will be able to post in any forum until they are done. Afterwards, you may need to do a web search for the site, as old links will not work, because the site is getting a new IP address. Please be patient. If there are bugs, we will tackle them one at a time. Remember the goal is to be up and running with no glitches by camp. Doing this now assures us of that, because it gives us all summer to get our ducks in a row. Thank you!
There is work to be done and things to be learned. We are going to try to get the old look back - or something close to it. We also know there are bugs. A thread will be started to report bugs and then we can pass those onto the host.
Thank you for all the patience and support with this - hopefully this will greatly reduce the crashes and other site issues we have had lately.
Please use this thread to report any issues you come across
http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/forum/feedback-forums/billszone-q-a/6521455-upgrade-report-bugs-here
It can be hard for a team not to win 3 games in the NFL these days: a team that utterly collapses can still win 2-3 games and I don't see this Bills team utterly collapsing like, say, the Raiders did last season.
When the Bills did collapse in 2005, they still managed to win 5 games. With the offensive line that they had last season, W.McGahee tip-toeing through holes, and virtually the same defensive line that they have this season (with Wallace replacing Denney), I thought that it would be possible for them to at least match those 5 wins and the team won 7.
No, they didn't fix the interior of their defensive line. And, yes, they did lose their best CB in N.Clements and the experience of L.Fletcher-Baker. But, with Losman having taken a step forward and more talent on the offensive line, a couple of new RBs who will run harder than McGahee, even when they don't recognize where the hole is, and a year of experience under the belts of some of their young defensive players, it's hard to see this Bills team falling back to the level of the 2005 team if they can stay reasonably healthy.
With their inexperience and the holes that they have not been able to fill, they may not be able to take a step forward this season and might even take a small step backwards, but, barring serious injuries at certain key positions, it is hard to see this team not being able to squeeze out at least 6 wins.
Let the mainstream media say what they want. Most of them don't follow the teams that closely unless they are already established winners or have a big-name prospect on their roster, which is not the case with the Bills. If the Bills start winning games that they "aren't supposed to" and making highlight reel plays, they may start to pay them some attention. But, let's just let the season play out and see what happens and where the teams are at the end of the season. Because, in reality--and as far as the players are concerned--it really doesn't matter what we say or what NFLN or any of the other experts say or what anyone says now--what matters is what happens on the field between now and the end of January of the coming year.
Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. And, thus it was that they surrendered their freedom; not with a bang, but without even a whimper.
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