Around The AFC East: Buffalo Bills

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T.O.. Burris.. ect are just asking for trouble. But what do I know?

Being stuck in mediocracy for – well – 10 years makes me LOVE this acquisition. There are many reasons:

1) As Brian points out – DJ could very well be the right guy to handle TO – but since I have no idea – i’m not counting on him being able to do this – but I also don’t think TO is as big a deal as most people say.

2) We WILL find out what we have in Edwards. Think about it – we have Lee Evans, Josh Reed (amazing in the slot – glad, no EXCITED his not our #2 WR and he’s back in the slot where he belongs -watch out for him) and our own Roscoe or Steve Johnson who are excellent 4th receivers. He also has Lynch, Jackson, Rhodes which are all very good runners and catch the ball very well. Our TE in Nelson will give him matchup problems for LB or S’s so he will help Trent as well.
Bottom line – Trent has many many weopans – if he can’t get it done with this group then he may never get it done – so at least we’re going to find out this season if he’s the real deal or if we need to draft a QB next year.

3) It shows that they are trying something different to try and WIN. Us fans usually clamor for a playmaker/game changer that we never seem to get. So they went out and got a proven playmaker/game changer. Bare minimum – he will open up things for Lee. Just having him on the field makes us better – i ’m certain of that.

4) chances are if we bomb this year the whole program gets blown up anyways – TO is NOT such a big of a cancer that he woudl make us a 4 or 5 win team. we’ll do that as a TEAM.

I also think that TO’s stunts have gotten way over blown and we’ve seen that already for us Bills. People just like him as a topic – which is fine – we get media attention and all sorts of national exposure which is nice for Buffalo.

I really don’t see any downfalls to this signing – none at all – i’ve been watching the Bills since 1988. I"ve watched all the suck of hte last decade – this doesn’t make me wince or cringe at all. It makes me happy that we have legitimate threats on our offense

I’m very interested to see how things play out if/when the Bills begin to struggle

LOL – Matty, the “if/” part of that sentence is appreciated.

interesting to see our defensive rotation when we play these guys. We could have our hands full if we give Edwards anytime to throw the ball.

and hits Lee Evans in stride with a deep ball. The sideline fireworks will be fun.

There’s no way you can say that TO isn’t a great WR, but I think he brings too many negatives to the table to just be “the savior” here. He drops A LOT of passes. He creates problems with the coach and QB with his constant bitching about getting the ball. You can spin that any way you want, but it’s a distraction. Yeah, it sounds good to say “we have a guy that is so competitive, and wants to win so bad, that he demands the ball on every play.” I think it sounds better to have a guy that understands his role, and makes the play when the opportunity presents itself. It doesn’t help to demand the ball when you’re double teamed, and your teammate is wiiiide open. Or to cry about some conspiracy because your QB throws a bunch of passes to the stud TE.

I say the honeymoon lasts until his first “throw me the ball” press conference.