It's going to be a long season!!

[HHURRICANE]

Now, as we are getting towards the end of free agency, I can't believe we haven't signed any talent.

Resigning Denney and Jerman is such a joke that I can't believe it. Why did we get rid of Sam Adams?!

We had better trade down because I see nothing at #8 that excites me. I would rather get more picks because, quite frankly, we need them.

We are in full rebuilding mode so please, for the love of god, please do not mention the Bills and playoffs in the same season!!! Some of us were smart enough last year to know the difference.

It is now time to start JP a full 16 games, or at worst, 8 in a row and if he fails let Nall play for the job. Kelly Holcomb is a very good backup. BACKUP!!!
Please, unless you are a moron, no more posts with Holcomb as the starter.

Be prepared for a very long season!!!!

[patmoran2006]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

There goes your pos rep.

[HHURRICANE]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

There goes your pos rep.

You know if people want to live in dreamland, and not here the truth, than neg away.

Holcomb is not an NFL starter.

Denney and Jerman suck.

The Bills have not made enough significant picks in FA to improve the team.

How does a team that finished 5-11 all fo a sudden become 11-5 when you have made no significant changes. Even if we hit a homerun with every pick during the draft that would not be enough to get us into the playoffs this coming season.

That is reality. I look forward to the new season every year but after last season it is obvious that it is going to be at least 2 seasons before we get back in to contention.

[gil]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

My expectations for the season are about as low as yours as far as wins/losses/no playoffs. What I do expect and want is to see a team that at least improves in some way every week. That's what I remember about the Bills team of the late 80's once Marv took over as coach - you could just see them coming together into something special even when they were losing (yes they had some promising players - but so do we).

Last season was just downhill all the time with no obvious progress or lessons learned from week to week, and not seeing some young guys further their development while we were losing was equally troubling.

Whatever it is, Marv has a philosophy about the guys he wants/can get/has brought here and it seems he's sticking to it. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think at least that we'll see a team that competes/improves every week, and that's all I need to keep billieving and drinking the kool-aid.

[TigerJ]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

I regard the signing of Jerman as inconsequential. If Buffalo drafts someone better, Jerman gets cut with little or no impact on the cap. Denney was obviously the backup plan if Buffalo didn't sign Idonije. I'm disappointed we didn't get Idonije, but there's really no alternative out there in free agency, a natural LDE with good size and athleticism. Frankly, I donh't see the Bills finding that in the draft either. I am hoping that Buffalo does find some DT help in the draft and that Tim Anderson still has some upside surprise left in him with the new defensive system that the whole line will play better, but I can't say I have great confidence such will be the case. As for it being a long season, yeah, I see it having the potential to be very long and trying.

[Iehoshua]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

There goes your pos rep.

[SABURZFAN]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

i remember the back to back 2-14 seasons.kinda has that same feeling here in 06.

[HHURRICANE]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

i remember the back to back 2-14 seasons.kinda has that same feeling here in 06.

Yep, I agree!!

[TacklingDummy]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

Don't feed the trolls.

[OpIv37]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

Now, as we are getting towards the end of free agency, I can't f...ng believe we haven't signed any talent.

Resigning Denney and Jerman is such a joke that I can't believe it. Why did we get rid of Sam Adams?!

We had better trade down because I see nothing at #8 that excites me. I would rather get more picks because, quite frankly, we need them.

We are in full rebuilding mode so please, for the love of god, please do not mention the Bills and playoffs in the same season!!! Some of us were smart enough last year to know the difference.

It is now time to start JP a full 16 games, or at worst, 8 in a row and if he fails let Nall play for the job. Kelly Holcomb is a very good backup. BACKUP!!!
Please, unless you are a moron, no more posts with Holcomb as the starter.

Be prepared for a very long season!!!!

I agree with the majority of this- it's going to be a long one and we might as well suck it up and start Losman for the full season.

Signing Jerman was just because we don't have enough bodies on the OL- now we do. He's not going to help but he's no worse than what we had.

As far as Sam Adams goes- he's lost a step, only plays when he wants to, and has a bad attitude. I was a huge fan of his before last season but he blew it. That being said- I would have been in favor of keeping him if I knew we were going to replace him with NO ONE. Last year, he was our only starting caliber DL, now Tripplett is our only starting caliber DL so we'd be much better off with him.

[Tatonka]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

i wish i could say i was excited.. but honestly, my expectations are really low..

my hope is this..

jp plays out of his mind.. and so does willis.

the draft nets us TWO good lineman, and they put together a good unit.

the offensive system works..

and then on defense..

tko is back to himself (i have serious doubts)... and we have the best LB corp with tko, fletcher, and hawk.

we somehow get another DT.. and that the scheme fits schobel, tripplett, ??, and Kelsay.

matt bowens exceeds my expectations.. i believe the rest of the secondary is fine.

do i think all of that will happen? no.. but it could.

[ICE74129]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

Now, as we are getting towards the end of free agency, I can't f...ng believe we haven't signed any talent.

Resigning Denney and Jerman is such a joke that I can't believe it. Why did we get rid of Sam Adams?!

We had better trade down because I see nothing at #8 that excites me. I would rather get more picks because, quite frankly, we need them.

We are in full rebuilding mode so please, for the love of god, please do not mention the Bills and playoffs in the same season!!! Some of us were smart enough last year to know the difference.

It is now time to start JP a full 16 games, or at worst, 8 in a row and if he fails let Nall play for the job. Kelly Holcomb is a very good backup. BACKUP!!!
Please, unless you are a moron, no more posts with Holcomb as the starter.

Be prepared for a very long season!!!!

Nothing at 8 excites you? Then lets just trade away our entire draft! DOOMED! For the love of God we are DOOMED!

[John Doe]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

I always look foreward to a Bills season.

It is entirely possible that we will be improved this year.

[ParanoidAndroid]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

I always look foreward to a Bills season.

It is entirely possible that we will be improved this year.

Perfect!

The only thing I see that will make this a long season is the b**** session that is becoming all too common on my favorite Bills board.

[G. Host]

Re: It's going to be a long season!!

I agree with the majority of this- it's going to be a long one and we might as well suck it up and start Losman for the full season.

We are going to suck so play the player who you were in favor of and who sucked most of the time last year? Makes lots of sense! Perfect QB for a team which sucks!

As far as Sam Adams goes- he's lost a step, only plays when he wants to, and has a bad attitude. I was a huge fan of his before last season but he blew it. That being said- I would have been in favor of keeping him if I knew we were going to replace him with NO ONE. Last year, he was our only starting caliber DL, now Tripplett is our only starting caliber DL so we'd be much better off with him.

Disagree. Schobel is defintely starting quality and would be picked up as a starter by a number of teams if he was let go. And Sam Adams was not starter material last year.