Buffalo Bills 5 days until opener @KC

by Steve

Yeah that's right five days until the Buffalo Bills begin what appears to be a less than stellar 2011 campaign at the Kansas City Chiefs. First things first, it appears the "Chefs" quarterback slightly-above-mediocre sammy Matt Cassel is either questionable or doubtful with a cracked rib. That begs the question who is their back up?

What, you didn't guess former star of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and of Speed fame Keanu Reeves was their back up quarterback? Yup that's right none other than former OSU standout Shane Falco^ I guess I'm the only fan in the world or=f The Replacements eh? Who is Tyler Palko any way? He does have six pass attempts in the National Football League including 35 yards passing. Wake up.

Who would have ever thought I'd say this but I'm glad Tyler Thigpen is on our roster. Then again may be that is not the case. Las Vegas has only changed the line one point from Bills +6.5 to +5.5 with the news of Cassel's "injury". That begs a few questions. Are the Bills that bad that they are 5.5 point dawgs on the road against a never-was QB? Is the ironChefs running game that potent? The injury report is due tomorrow so we'll see. Then again there is this from KC's monday practice, "HALEY: “Yeah, he was full. I mean we don’t have to get to that, but I’ll… Since I’m so nice, I’ll say yeah, he was a full practice today.” Football is back, gotta love coach speak.

Anyone catch the "nice" Ruvell Martin piece in the Buffalo News today? Haha ouch, went to print what 8 hours before he was cut? The Bills dropped the "journeyman" because they signed someone named Sam Young and evidently that is not the small forward of Pitt basketball fame.

But, that does leave the Bills with only five receivers on the 53 man roster with one on the practice squad. Does that make a god damn lick of sense? Five? That is not counting Brad Smith and his 23 catches combined the last there seasons but still five seems like not enough.

And one last thing, take solace in the fact that the Bills aren't the trainwreck da'jour of the NFL right now. JACK DEL RIO, JACK DEL RIO, Jack Del Rio?