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I guess Republicans played no part in the Cold War, Desert Storm, the War on Terror, Afghanistan, or the second Iraq war either. I guess the fact that they absolutely hate any kind of government spending that isn't earmarked for the Department of Defense is just a misinterpretation by the left.

I go to pretty much every game in Raleigh and have gone to a few games in Buffalo while visiting the area. My seats have ranged from the nose bleeds to the top of the 100's to right on the glass depending on if I attend with buddies or family. I love going to games but it's expensive so it's probably a good thing I can only make a few a year. $10+ per beer in the stadium plus a tailgating 12 pack, parking, tickets, gas,and fast food before and after the game usually sets me back a couple hundred bucks each game or more if I'm treating the girlfriend or a family member.

I'm sort of on the fence when it comes to expansion but in the end I'm in favor of it. It sucks that the league will get watered down even further (we've struggled for the better part of the last decade just trying to find competent centers) but after the way they did re-alignment there was really no doubt expansion was coming. I'd like to see two more teams added out west (2 of Seattle, Portland, Vegas, KC) and if they are dying to get another team in Canada maybe they could move the Panthers to Quebec City or whatnot. Personally, I hate that everything has to focus on money but I guess whatever boosts the league coffers will also raise the cap and make it easier for Daddy Warbucks to flash his cash and keep all this talent we've been trying to stockpile. Other than the Sabres merchandise I get for myself or as gifts for family I only attend one or two games a year (whenever it's time to harass the hill folk in Raleigh) and the $160 or so I spend on Center Ice every year. Football it's the same, although Sunday Ticket is twice the price, I can usually get Directv to cut me a deal and get it for half since I'm luckily no longer under contract and can threaten to take my business elsewhere. For some reason they don't seem nearly as willing to negotiate on Center Ice.

See, I don't think he did. He spread the ball around to different guys and lots of people caught passes but he never seems to go through any sort of progressions or reads. It's like he's already made his mind up on where he's going to throw the ball before it ever gets snapped. Overall, he played a solid game and I'm glad we played well and won, but the fact that I never see him scan the field before he throws is concerning. Better defenses are going to key on that.

I'm as happy as anyone to see the Bills win but Manuel still needs to learn how to look at all his receivers if he ever hopes to be better than average. I'm happy for the win at this point, though.

Nobody is free of blame, but to say the left had to sell nation building is pretty ridiculous because asking any Republican to spend money on the military industrial complex is like asking a welfare queen if she'd like to see the money for food stamps increased. Republicans will piss and moan about every dollar spent domestically but give them a foreign country to bomb and they're always ready to lay out a blank check. The answer will always be yes. This country continues to build tanks, planes, and ships that aren't necessarily needed or even asked for by the DoD because the US military is a jobs programs even more than it is the world's police force. The really bad atrocities definitely need to be stopped but for the US to feel the need to get involved in every conflict (where there's oil of course) needs to be curtailed. I'm not some tree hugging liberal hippie either, my old man served in the Marine Corps for over 26 years and I currently work on a Marine Corps base. I appreciate that Obama seems to hesitant to get our military involved in combat. Unfortunately once he's out of office, we'll probably get another Republican chicken hawk in office who wants nothing more than to get together in a room where a bunch of old men get together and decide where young men can go to die.

I hardly ever see him scan the field and it concerns me and I keep hearing (particularly on the official Bills board but here and other places as well) that it's preseason, vanilla playbook, and other excuses that I shouldn't be concerned. It reminds me of the way Republicans describe the economy when they talk about regulation. The economy and the Buffalo Bills offense are like these my mythical caged beasts that are ready to roar except they are chained down by regulation or vanilla play calling. Then the chains come off (deregulation and the regular season) and it's disaster both ways (corruption and screwing over the poor and an anemic offense that can't score points or stay on the field). When I watch other decent/good quarterbacks I see them scanning BOTH sides of the field quite a lot looking for the open man. I don't see that with Manuel. If he does look to more than one guy, it's a guy on the same side of the field and I'm just giving him the benefit of the doubt on that because I can't see his eyes watching games on tv, just the helmet turning to another direction. Manning, Brees, Brady, Rivers, Roethlisberger, etc. also have the threat of hitting the deep pass if defenses try to sit on the short routes and given Manuel's inability of beat teams deep it eliminates that threat and keeps the opposing defense from having to keep it honest. I'm a Bills fan so I want Manuel to play well and prove me wrong, I just don't have any confidence in him at this point.

He may be more physically gifted than Fitzpatrick, but he plays like Trent Edwards post-concussion in the Arizona game. He almost never scans the field or goes through any sort of progressions. He throws the ball to his first read or holds it until he is sacked. Fitzpatrick didn't have enough arm strength or accuracy to be anything more than mediocre but he could at least read a defense and scan the field to decide who was the best receiver to throw to.

The whole don't worry it's only preseason mantra is misguided. Yeah, the final score in a preseason game doesn't matter but the performance of the players does. The Bills stunk in preseason back during the days of Marv Levy because the starters played one or two series, drove down the field and scored then were pulled off the field for the bench warmers. Our starters on offense haven't proven they can do jack ###### against the other teams starters. EJ Manuel plays like Trent Edwards post concussion against Arizona. 90+% of the time he doesn't go through any progressions. He looks to his primary target and throws it or doesn't throw it. I never see him scan the entire field and he's more apt to throw it short then look down the field. I don't see how this team will have a winning season with him at QB unless he manages to take a major step forward in his development.

1. Stafford because I'm predicting another contract year production boost. 2. Reinhart because I imagine he'll be up with the team all year and if he manages to develop quickly the whole will be better off and improves us down the middle in particular 3. Grigorenko because if he is able to reach his potential and we can still manage to get Eichel or McDavid we'll have one of the best group of centers in the NHL.

For that to happen we'd also need to get lucky and draft the next Golden Child, Connor McDavid. I don't see it happening but I guess there's always a chance. Personally I'd be more than thrilled to have to settle for Jack Eichel but I guess we'll all have to wait for the season to play out.

I agree with the first part of your post and honestly don't mind either way if he's retained or booted out by the new owner. It's not hard to sell football in WNY and we still can't sell out games at the end of the season. Profitability has been all but guaranteed thanks to (previously) having an original owner with no loan/interest payments and having an older paid off stadium with money from the county to help with repairs, maintenance, and renovations. The team was guaranteed huge revenue streams due to revenue sharing/tv contracts and we almost never spent to the salary cap since Donohoe got his pink slip. It's not hard to sell tickets to games early in the season when the weather is great and even the Bills are still not eliminated from playoff contention, especially with some of the cheapest tickets in the league year after year and the great tailgating atmosphere. Throw in the constant threat of moving and losing the franchise because of an elderly owner with no (public) plan in place for succession and I think his performance as a marketing genius is severely overblown.

When I watch Manuel he doesn't seem to go through progressions, unless you count checking down to the running back. He seems to go to his primary read almost exclusively and stares him down from the second the ball is snapped. If the intended target is blanket he checks down or forces it. It worries me that he never seems to check both sides of the field on the same drop back. I'm not exactly going out on a limb to speculate that this is going to cost us against better defenses. Looks like another sub 500 season coming if I was putting money on it.

We're #1!!!!!!!!

Wouldn't surprise me, I definitely enjoy his act. I figured it was either Dave Attell or Louis CK, but Patton Oswalt seems like a likely candidate as well. Somewhere between "I hate" and uncle touchy's naked puzzle basement.

I don't know for sure because I'm pretty sure I stole the comment from some comedian years ago but I'm assuming that one (lucky?) gay dude is enjoy a swordfight in his mouth or something like that.

Beastie Boys was the only decent one on the list. I went to college in early 2000's as well but Journey and Bon Jovi was never on the play list. Usually metal, punk rock, or classic rock (Zeppelin, Stones, etc.) when it was my place or one of my buddies and either some sort of rap, reggae, or dance music if we hit up a random party to mingle with coeds from other circles.

That sounds gayer than eight guys blowing nine guys (not that there's anything wrong with that). To each his/her own.

They can't really do the jersey collage of our uniform justice without showing off the sweet gray pit stains or the cape effect of having a jersey that's primarily yellow in the front and blue on the shoulders and down the back. It doesn't even show the slug in its full glory. They could have made their Frankenstein version much more of an eye sore.

I'll second this. If you're eligible to join a credit union due to some sort of family connection (military, state employee, etc.) go with that route if at all possible.

It may not count since the sticker/motto was altered but there's a grocery store chain down here called Piggly Wiggly and they sell bumper stickers that say "I'm sticking with the pig" and there's a pig logo on them. One time years ago I was driving behind a guy who had 2 of these stickers on the back window of his truck. On his side it read "I'm sticking the Pig" and on his wife/girlfriends/shotgun side it said "I'm the pig". Still the second best bumper sticker I've ever seen behind this old veteran guy who had one on the back of his car that said "Vietnam. We were winning when I left".

Only if you think there's a chance he'll retired before he turns 30. Even if we end up trading him, he's low risk to not play out the contract based on his age.

If we're too far from the basement in the standings we should still be able to sell off enough players at the deadline (Stafford, Steward, Meszaros, etc.) to collapse at the end and remain in the running for a top pick. I imagine all the bottom teams will be having the best fire sales as well though.

The Bills are always on the uptick when there are no games to actually play. How else does a significant portion of the fan base fool themselves into thinking this is the year they make the playoffs despite the decade and a half of futility? We fool ourselves into believing that a couple of free agent pick ups and draft picks have improved the team by leaps and bounds and ignore the fact that the rest of the league also had the same ability to improve their clubs.

I think it's because Campbell only has 2 years left on his contract while Ehrhoff has 7. Personally I'd prefer to keep Ehrhoff unless we can get a top 10 pick or 1st line prospect in a deal for him. I'd be fine with bringing in Campbell to help reach the cap floor too until some of our younger players develop.