are the Bills good?

by Steve

The Bills, coming off a glamorous ass whooping of the NFC West champs Sunday, continued to get good news following the game. First it was Tom-tom-tommy Brady's knee injury shelving him for the season, then it was the news that three Jacksonville Jaguar starting o-linemen are out for not only this week but much of the season. Then it was Peters returning and sounding like he was ready, fresh off passing the team's physical. And finally it was Merriman being out for the year.

Are the stars aligning for the Bills to be contenders not only in the division but the entire AFC?! I'm not going that far, yet. The Bills did look good at just about ever facet of the game Sunday, but it was just one game, a home opener at that.

Buttttttttt, if the Bills somehow pull out the upset this week @ JAX things could change dramatically, at least for me. They go up 2-0 beating two 2007 playoff teams AND they still get to face Cassell, Flaver and Pennington 6 times? I would love it.

The o-line looked good Sunday but it didn't look great. Marshawn had good numbers but he struggled at times as did Fred Jackson. With Walker at his natural position and Peters, a probowler, back at LT this could potentially get much better.

Of course there is still some major reasons to stay grounded and stifle that unbridled enthusiasm (i.e. Ellison @ strong side, Greer getting burned, the '08 draft class non-existence, ZERO plays from the WR corps sans Evans, oh AND Dicko is still our coach.

However, on the flip side, there are plenty of reasons to have a major boner. Poz looked real good Sunday, Stroud is a fucking beast who is elevating the play of everyone within a 20 yard radius, Evans and Trent are developing what appears to be a good down field relationship, and the special teams is possibly better than last year(if thats possible).

Needless to say Sunday is huge. It will be a much larger, more important measuring stick for this still young developing team. And who knows maybe someone drafted this past April will decide to throw on some shoulder pads and a helmet.

(PS WTF McCargo?! This better just be Bobby April whispering sweet nothings into Jauron's ear forcing him to dress only 3 DTs and a plethora of DEs for special teams, and NOT your sucktitude. [trade bait?])