Bills Squash the Chiefs

The Bills look to stay alive in the playoff race win a historic win against the Chiefs. Unlike the previous games this season, the Bills were firing on all cylinders.

GAME STATS

Offensive Leaders

Edwards must have a "beast-mode" as well rushing for 2 TDs and throwing for 2 others. He was just shy of 300 yards passing.

The superb duo of Lynch and Jackson blistered the KC run defense for 135 yards and a TD. During the game, the CBS reporter noted the relationship between Lynch and Jackson. They strive to help each other run faster, harder and stronger. The dual RB system is becoming ever popular in the NFL. How much longer until the Bills try out that Wildcat Formation? Possibly in their next match up against New England who were burned by it against the Dolphins.

Lee Evans showed up to play as well as Josh Reed. Could Josh Reed be that "X-factor" that the Bills have been missing the past few weeks? Reed has been our key 3rd down receiver.

Defense Leader

McKelvin had 2 INTs one being a HUGE "pick-6" return for a TD. This Kid is for real!

Looking Ahead

The Bills face a rough upcoming schedule after they face the struggling San Fran 49ers. The Bills must win out the rest of their season if they want to advance to the post season.

They will most likely lose all tie-breakers against the Dolphins and Patriots. They must finish ahead of at least one of these teams to even have a chance. The Jets look like a lock for the Division Title. The Bills will have to fight for the Wild Card.

How likely is it that the Bills will head into the post-season after an impressive 5-1 start? Time will tell.

Its Just Who the Sabres Are

The past few years with the contract problem with McKee, Drury, Briere, Campbell (the list goes on) it became apparent that signing players long term is not how the Sabres do things. We keep signing young talent and hope that we can hit it big for a year or two.

This year the Sabres decided to restock their AHL team with six different players.

Tim Kennedy

Dennis Persson

Chris Butler

Nathan Gerbe

Felix Schutz

Jhonas Enroth

The Sabres have 2 to 3 years with these players to see if they can get lucky and make a run to the Cup like the Pens did this year.

The only problem with a young team is that they lack in experience. If the Sabres keep this style of combing for the best young talent to keep up their roster, we will be in the playoffs for years but will never really come up big.

Bills find Defeat in Victory

It was a real heartbreaker Monday Night in Buffalo. The 4-0 Cowboys were only a 53-yard Field Goal away from going 4-1.

Everyone already knows the story of the Bills Defense and Special Teams and how they carried the team until there was only 2 seconds left on the clock.

Now here are some of my thoughts on the Bill's performance.

Good

The Defense, one of the worst ranked units in the NFL, had 5 interceptions, 1 forced fumble, and controlled the running game of the Cowboys, one of the best offensive units in the NFL.

Brian Moorman - He is easily the MVP on the Bills Roster and proved it again last night. He converted a 4th and 4 only the have to punt 4 downs later. What a punt it was! Inside the 1 is insane.

Trent Edwards - He had a great game dispite throwing the lone interception. He has a pose about him that Losman simply cant compete with. Edwards has a NFL record of 1-1 right now. He should be given the start against the Ravens next week.

Bad

Umm We Lost even though the Cowboys had 6 turnovers. That is horrible.

The Running Game was Weak. Lynch had a few good holes to run through but he could not get enough yards to take the pressure off of Edwards.

The Defense let Romo complete the simple pass routes of 8-10 yards that allowed them to march down the field twice and score 2 TDs.

All in all we embarrased the Cowboys and cought them looking past the Bills as an easy win and focusing on the Patriots next week. It almost hurt them if it wasn't for clutch rookie kicker for Dallas, Nick Folk, who made two 53 yards Field Goals.

Whose our QB?

Another Year. Another chance for JP.

Did He Blow It?

So Trent Edwards started his first NFL game last Sunday. He managed the team and the game and led the Bills to a season first victory. I wonder how Losman is sleeping the past few nights?

Trent Edwards could be the next Jim Kelly or he could be another Losman.

I think if he has a solid night (2 TDs, 150 yards, and no more than 1 ints) then he will be the new starter for the Bills. Whoever the Bills select as their QB, they should stick with them no matter how bad the team does. This "wishy-washy" decision making kills the confidence of all QBs.

Monday will tell all. Bills are likely to go to 1-4 but 2-3 isnt impossible. Crazier things have happened. To win the Bills will need a huge game from the D and Special Teams.

Paestch Resigns With Sabres

Well what a happy way to end the horrible free agency season. After losing Drury, Briere, and Zubrus and forced to pay $50 million to Vanek, it seems there is light at the end of the tunnel.

The Sabres signed Roy last Friday with a 6 year deal. Today the Sabres have once again avoided arbitration and signed D-man, Nathan Paetsch.

Buffalo only has to pay $3 million for 3 years for a player that can have one of the biggest impacts on the team. The doctor to the poor PP last year and the missing link in the armor of the Defense. Expect to see Paetsch play a vital role on the Sabres this year.

Last Year he had 2 Goals, 22 Assists, +10.

Roy Resigns with the Sabres through 2013

Roy, Roy, Roy, ....... ROY

Well finally I appreciate the Sabres management. They did this the past few years, signing most of their players moments before they entered their arbitration.

Today it was Derek Roy. He signed a 6 year, $24 million dollar contract. It was expected that he would get about that much if he went into arbitration. There was a few players similar to Roy that went for big money this year.

Nathan Horton (C) went for 31G, 31A, and a +15. "Roy-ish" Horton signed that same deal a Roy, 6 year, $24 mil.

Dustin Penner (RW) was a 29G, 16A, -2 man last season. He signed a 5 year, $21.15 million dollar deal with the Oilers.

Seems teams are learning that to have a "dynasty" team, you need to signed your core long term. The Sabres are now doing a good job. We have Vanek, Roy, Lydman, Tallinder, and Mair through 2010. We have to sign an extension with Miller, Max, Stafford, and Campbell.

We have to keep our feature line from last year of Vanek, Roy and Max together. The Austrian/Canadian/Russian Connection if you will.

One player left for arbitration for the Sabres, Nathan Paestch who is going to be a key feature to the Sabres PP and PK and well as an awesome transition player.

Outdoor Hockey Arena....How?

Well now with the ideas of an outdoor hockey game possible in WNY, how will we be able to do it. There are a ton of factors that affect the logistics of this event.

What I thought was funny is that this whole outdoor hockey game kind of gaveup on the Bills. The Bill play their last home regular season game the day before the Original "Ice Bowl". What if the Bills went into the playoffs this year? Haha, I know I thought the same thing.

I wonder if the Planning Committee for this Ice Bowl thought the same thing? The Bills Playoffs. No Really We're Serious!

Here are a few clips from an article about how ice rinks are made and how difficult it might be to host an outdoor game.

This article has a ton of cool information. I'd advise you to check it out to see what Buffalo has to do for their hopeful "Ice Bowl".

If the Sabres can pull this off, they will be the first team in the NHL to host an outdoor game in America. It would be a great accomplishment for the City who earned so much but came back with very little.