I am more interested in the various opinions of us rumbler's than I am my own.  It has been mentioned in Fan Posts, Comments, on site reporting, various articles written in the media as a whole that the bigger battle would come between the owners than at any negotiating table.  Lets face one thing, The money is there, the problem is how does it get split.  We have 32 NFL teams and they are spread all over the country.  Among those 32 teams we have 32 Owners or I should say majority owners.  IMO this is where the biggest conflict lies.  Which owners are going to get their own way.

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Thank you rumbler's.  Allot of stuff happened today and all I had to do was finish work and come home and spend about two hours reviewing everything.  That included the luncheon press conference.  Keep in mind that Chan really hasn't slipped any information as yet.  Rumblings has articled allot of the presser today along with the 2011 schedule.  There were allot of key comments that have been quoted and we are all trying to decipher what they mean.  There is one that jumped right out at me.  This one is relevant, although purely speculative, but clearly relevant.

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Casey Mathews by name recognition alone could sell tickets.   Casey Mathews can play the game.  A very smart and instinctive player.  The blood lines are undeniable where every member of this family tree has been a contributor and there is no reason why this kid shouldn't be recognized not only by his name but by his performance.  We have talked about wanting to get bigger and stronger yet we discuss the size of Von Miller as not a concern when penciling him atop every draft board across the NFL.  Why has Casey Mathews been ignored by most?

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The 2010 draft suggested that Buddy Nix was very interested in moving back up "into" the first round to select a Player.  We have discussed this player being Tim Tebow, Dan Williams or Rodger Staffold.  Needless to say the move never happened and we selected Torrel Troup in the second round.  The draft continued without any other moves for the Bills.  We selected players at our normal slotted draft spots.  We all know that these things happen alot and with some teams very often.  Basically, Nix struck out here or didn't feel he wanted to pay the price to move up for the player he wanted.  Still it leaves me very curious whom he was after.

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We have one for Chan we have one for Buddy, why not have one for the most important position on the field? I have learned that guaging a QB in this league is futile with many levels but would still like to establish a bench mark in the community.  Possibly so we could revisit later in the season.   I would like to set some criteria for the voting but I am too old for hand cuffs so vote at will.  But, be serious, I did mention the most important position on the field, not something to take likely.  This has nothing to do with drafting Andrew Luck, Jake Locker, Ryan Mallet or Christian Ponder, just where do we stand today with Ryan Fitzpatrick.

     Day Four Observations.  Actually this was a mild day at Training camp.  I estimated around 1,200 people in attendance.  First thing I did was check out the Bleachers and realized that most people were at the far field sitting in the shade.  As practice went along I kept a close eye on the Bleachers only to make a run for it when the team gathered for some 11 on 11 work.  The bleachers are a good place to be because it gives you a different angle to watch than looking from two to three deep along the fence.  I did make that move with about an hour left in practice, unfortunately, the team never did.  They began the 11 on 11 work at the far field.  My Story Lines follow:

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Much has been talked about regarding our poor run defense from a year ago.  Also, there has been some discussion on the value of signing Torrell Troupe as early as we did in this past draft.  The views from many of you have all been valued as we try to formulate educated opinions on our teams needs.  I am beginning to sense that there maybe some confusion in the analysis from last seasons short fall in run defense and to the signing of NT Torrell Troupe.  I could be wrong here so I will include a poll for clarity.  Still would value any opinion that you all may have.

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     This is a first, at least in the modern era, that the NFL Draft will take place over a three day period.  It is my understanding that starting this Thursday, 4/22 at 6:30pm  the first round of the NFL draft will commence with each team selecting in this round having a ten minute window to chose their player.  Friday 4/23 at 7:30pm the second and third rounds will commence with teams having seven minutes in round two to make their selection followed by a five minute selection process for round three.  When rounds 1-3 are complete we enter the marathon for rounds  4 - 7 on Saturday.  I believe it starts in the am.  I consider rounds 1-3 as critical rounds.  Rounds where key additions to our team are selected with the expectation of providing much improved depth and possible starters come September.  Not to mention the higher value rounds when it comes to salary for the players.  I have some thoughts about day three this year and am very curious to hear your opinions on this.  This is a first, at least in the modern era.

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I can remember when Marv Levy was named the Head Coach of the Buffalo Bills.  My initial response was who is this guy?   Where did he come from?  What is this guy going to do for us?  What's his background?    Oh Yes, Bill Polian was there and hired Marv.  Bill was brought in from Carolina with a short stay with the New York Giants.  Bill Polian was a young administrator that rapidly became an NFL hot commodity with his success in Carolina.  After the jump lets see if we can compare that time period with what is happening today.

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So much to read and so much to comment on.  We lost two out of three games aganist teams that most of us predicted would happen.  We have had some key injuries which has had an effect in these losses and many, many, many, multiple errors, penalties, drops turnovers etc...  Yet we were in every single game until late in the fourth period.  We are 1-2 going into Miami.  So much finger pointing has been going on it is borderline ridiculous.  How do you replace a Paul Pozlusny, Derrick Schouman and a Brad Butler?  You don't you send in their replacements and turn it up a notch.  We have been in every game and are exactly where many of us predicted we would be.  Just a few more thoughts.

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This game easily exposed some glaring weaknesses.  In a nut shell we took two steps forward and three steps back.  The pack on the other hand took another step forward.  Looking back to last year.  They dealt with the B. Farve situation, finally holding ground and going with Aaron Rodgers.  In our world Aaron Rodgers could be a top five fantasy QB, where last year he was a steal in the fifth round or later.  The Pack lacked a running game last year, Ryan Grant was supposed to be the ring leader and probably taken before A. Rodgers in a draft.  He never had a chance.  There defense lost more games for them than their offense won.  Leading to a #9 overall pick in this years draft.  What did they do, brought in a new DC, implemented a new 3-4 defense and have succeeded in two preseason games against the browns and now the bills.

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There hasn't been allot of love thrown towards this guy.  Almost to the point where you could count on one hand the number of rumbler's that support him.  Recently, we discussed the importance of Trent Edwards to our offense, and Trent is in the critical point of his career.  Having success this year running the offense and we will need to lock him up long term.  We are talking some big bucks here.  Trent is undeniably our #1 QB but is his situation any different than that of his back up.  Yes he is expected to lead, but isn't Ryan expected to sail the ship without a glaring drop off.  This post is to keep us focused on the importance of our back up QB Ryan Fitzpatrick.  Your true thoughts after the jump.

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Where do we go from here?  Camp starts soon but not soon enough.  We need to sign our draft picks.  Then we will be gathering our 2009 Bills team and mold them into the playoff team we have been drooling for since the turn of the century.  During Camp we will see allot of pretty exciting things and all of us will be escalating our hopes for the up coming season and that Monday Night Game against the Patriots.  During Camp we will undoubtedly witness some negatives as well.  More specifically Injuries.  Also, we will endure the inevitable roster cuts to trim us to the 53 men that will lead us into January and February.  All teams will be doing this.  Some have already started.  Looking for your thoughts after the Jump.

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Pre draft we focused on pass rush and a top tight end that would impact immediately with our offensive style.  Then we traded Jason Peters to the eagles after cutting loose our right guard and centers.  Signed a free agent Center from the Panthers which should prove to be a big positive.  That brings us to a pass rush, impact tight end, left tackle and left guard.  In hind - sight we can logically see what the thinking was at OBD but WHAT IF.

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