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Allen has stopped progressing. Very simple things are not sinking in. He has not learned to slide or run out of bounds when the yards aren’t critical. He still throws into double coverage danger. He still looks long when a short pass will work. He is bailing out of the pocket quickly at times but his throws on the run are not always there like before. Dating movie stars, doing commercials, golfing with celebs… it is time to go to work kid.

I feel better about this team this year than I did about lasts years AFC front runners. I like the team being out of the spotlight. The key to the season is always Josh Allen, and he will need a better job from the OL than he got last year. The OL has to be better with the additions at guard but I am still concerned about OT, especially RT. I like adding Damien Harris and Latavius Murray with Cook. I like Dalton Kincaid and I hope they can work him into the game plan right away. Need Diggs to be a leader and make plays. Need more consistency from Davis. On defense we are getting older and it will be interesting to see if they are better under McD. We are going to see what kind of hole Edmunds left at LB. Milano is back and is the best player on the defense right now. Christian Kirksey (LB) is a good vet pick up and /i hope he get to play soon. The veteran safeties are back which is good but they are another year older. Tre White is a guy we really need to turn back to form. We need Von Miller to be Von Miller when he gets back. Rousseau and Oliver need to step up and be consistent. We added a few vets on the DL like Floyd (DE) and Poona (DT) that could help. A new season is upon us with lots of questions and hopes along way. Tonight is a big game, like all division games. The Jets will be gunning for us with their new QB. The crowd will be whipped up by the 911 ceremony, and the media will be fawning too. The Bills tend to do well in these national TV regular season big show downs. Bills - 31 Jets - 20 Go Bills!

Spare forward to start the season.

He will most likely be the 4C with Quinn out and contribute on the PK a bit. He faceoff record was poor which is a concern. With Quinn back, he could end up as the 13th or 14th forward, it depends on how much Krebs grows and if VO plays with more to his game.

With Quinn healthy and on the 2nd line with Cozens that is much more possible. With Quinn out, Mitts might end up as a winger on the 2nd line.

Similar to that article about Boterill?

Norm Wullen?

This guy does not address Olofsson's two-way game, or lack thereof. He does address the hitting aspect of the game, "they need to be tougher to play against". Yes, indeed. Goaltending is the key with the young defense staying healthy. Agree with the need for home record improvement and an interesting stat on scoring first. This is the year, get it done boys!

I can see Krebs scoring more and being a good middle 6 guy if he plays 3C instead of 4C and if he has some help from his wingers (Greenway, Olofsson, TBD). I like the kid and he will be a good player in the NHL somewhere and at sometime.

If he stays at 8, meaning he never plays, then I am ok with him. When he plays and moves into the 5/6 pair he is below average (worse than mediocre which implies some level of acceptable). Improving from Bryson should not be that hard - Ryan Johnson is the first up.

I want them to add another vet to help with 5/6/7 roles. I want to see Bryson gone - right now he slots 7/8 with Stillman, that is not good enough Kevyn.

Fighting is not the point - speed, strength, balance, hand eye, and confidence are all being exercised.

It’s possible that he comes back tentative in January, but eventually gets more confidence and we see a nice uptick in his game as he plays out the season.

That would be great. He had that many just 2 seasons ago.

All of them will ring true this season. When healthy and rested he will be a solid bottom 6 and provide excellent leadership. In order to stay healthy/rested he may need some form of platooning, not 50-50 but maybe 20% of the games go to Rousek.

He will be back. After a slow start he heats up for the playoff push.

A scrappy Skinner is the best kind.

Clifton was a rugged and physical player for Boston and I sure hope that part of his game translates to the the Sabres, he will not be backed up by the same exact team mentality in Buffalo as he had in Boston. While this current Sabres group seems to push back a bit more than the recent teams they are not the big bad Bruins. Looking at Greenway, he was at times a menacing guy to play against versus Minnesota, but with Buffalo he was pretty docile with 0 PIM in 17 games. Could have been his injury? Both are liked by Granato and both need to make a big contribution this season to help us take that next step.

and Monday Night, and Thursday, and Saturday.

Pizza. Ham loaf? What is that? Do you mean Pressed Ham - yuck.

Cozens will have another very good year and he will continue his maturation into a star power forward in this league.

I like your recent RJ Avatar with the sword, the turtleneck/jacket combo, the combed down bangs haircut, and the mischievous look.

Football was my favorite sport for much of my life and the 1970's Sabres were right there with them. Football is by far the most valuable franchise for a community to have. However, as of the last two seasons I am getting pretty sick of football - the mindless non stop media coverage, the over the top hype, the attitude of many of the players, the bombastic celebrations for making a basic play, the silly rules and the poor quality of the part time officials, the ever lengthening season and the playoff structure. I also think football is fixed. Not gonna delve deep into that, but ?I do. So, right now I actually follow the Sabres closer than the Bills - even with Allen and Co, I like the Sabres core better with Eichel and Reinhart gone and the new core in place. I like them better than the Bills core. I guess I would pick keeping the Bills because I think we could get another hockey team but not another football team. I actually think WNY can continue to support both. I thought that the Pegula's were insurance that Buffalo would keep both teams for a very long time as his kids could possibly run them or hire someone who can. We should not need Kim to keep things going and actually, her track record in business is not very good.

I think the people down the hall know who we are.

I am in between 2 and 3, so I have to pick 2. Until he shows more ruggedness and more ability to stay healthy he won’t be a real shutdown defenseman. However, he is very sound defensively and he fits in great, he has a lot of upside. Just has to get stronger and play meaner.