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Shiny Chicken
08-30-2002, 02:54 AM
Cause I"m seeing a lot of people saying that based on our preseason, we're gonna suck... I seem to remember an era when we always used to suck monkey balls when it came to the preseason and then kicked some behind all year round... All I'm saying is the naysayers should calm down and wait for the season to start instead of saying we're doomed already.... geez....
Bufftp
08-30-2002, 03:04 PM
But Ben, we had good teams, with capable vetrans then.
The problem with pre-sason to me was not the W's and L's
but the lack of execution by the starters when they were in.
mchurchfie
08-30-2002, 03:48 PM
Excellent points Buff and that is exactly what bothers me. These guys aren't good enough or proven enough yet to say, "Oh, I didn't get it right this time, but it's only preseason, so I'll tighten it up in regular season." When they make more gaffs in the third & fourth game than the first and second then you have to scratch your head and wonder what kind of progress is being made.
The Natrix
08-30-2002, 03:48 PM
Also, in those years, we had a great team and we knew it. We had nothing to prove. Marv was able to experiment more with the backups.

This year, the preseason is more important. We need to gel. The starting team needed to show that they can get the job done which they did not.
lordofgun
08-30-2002, 03:52 PM
Guess what I refuse to do until the real games start.
The Natrix
08-30-2002, 03:55 PM
whine?
Butch
08-30-2002, 03:58 PM
Until I see our offense play a whole game with Drew Bledsoe, I see no reason to write this team off based on preseason play. Things are better than we think.
venis2k1
08-30-2002, 04:18 PM
im not that worried, but preseason or not it NEVER feels good to lose to the lions.
shelby
08-30-2002, 05:05 PM
hey shiny chicken...glad you are still around:D

i saw no defense, no running game, and a glut of penalties in the preseason. This does not give me a warm fuzzy feeling. i hope that, once the roster is set and the regular season begins, my boys will make me proud.
venis2k1
08-30-2002, 05:19 PM
i don't know, i thought that the defense looked good last night
Gunzlingr
08-30-2002, 05:21 PM
Amen LOG, Amen. The ViQueens always bragged about 4-0 in the preseason, and look how many superbowls they have been to. 4-0 in the preseason do mean jack to anybody, if we go 0-4 to start the season, then I will get concerned.
Rebecky
08-30-2002, 06:39 PM
It's not the W/L, it's the team's play that's worrying folks, I think. That DOES matter in preseason.
venis2k1
08-30-2002, 07:08 PM
i would have thought that our o-line would have progressed MUCH more at this point, they still look confused by different blitzing patterns
SoCalBillsFan
08-30-2002, 07:09 PM
I don't care that the bills are 0-4 in preseason. That means nothing to me.

I do care that the first teams did not, IMO, play as well as I would have liked. That bothers me.
Halbert
08-31-2002, 12:37 AM
When was the last time someone attempted to be intellectually smart by spelling "wise" with a "z"?

lol.
Sabre Ally
08-31-2002, 12:51 AM
Ben :hubba: can't spell, he's just a puppy :D
Shiny Chicken
09-03-2002, 12:32 AM
Yes, I know... wise is spelled with an s... i'm a dumbass
Mr Bill
09-03-2002, 02:59 AM
Originally posted by bufftp
The problem with pre-sason to me was not the W's and L's
but the lack of execution by the starters when they were in.
Well said. I'll agree with you on that.

Also the preseason is all about working out the kinks, and trying things that would not be done in the regular season. Like 4th and goal, etc.