PleaseCutStewart

Yeah, the guy must not have watched the 49ers, Seahawks, Patriots, Saints, and a litany of other games we played last year...

Blake

Yep, and agree with those reports. And I still love the pick and am hopefully thrilled we don't have to rush him out there day 1 and set him up for failure

A little? Dude is Jeff Utah level of dominance as a run blocker. I was baffled why we always ran behind Corbett like 90% of our run plays

We weren't good once BC got hurt and we put Corbett at RG. We also refused to run to the left behind Lewis & Icky for some reason after BC got hurt. If big Rob can stay healthy, the run game should be better this year. Fortner should be an upgrade with run and pass blocking compared to Mays also.

Highly doubt Freeling will be ready to start week 1 for us. Guy still has a lot of technical stuff to develop. And like somebody else said - if Cinci wanted him, they would have signed him for more than we did.

Sabres also didn't really play their 3rd line D that much. I think we are the first team they have played in the playoffs that have 3 d line pairs that can all play heavy minutes. We can also play 3 forward lines heavy minutes (only if the 4th line isn't playing well). We need to capitalize on Montreal playing back-to-back 7 games series. Come out with the same energy game 1 like we did against a tired Philly team and set the tone for the series.

I guess the good news is Montreal only wants to play 4 Dmen. If we play at our usual pace, we will tire them out

Damn, Montreal it is

If that isn't goalie interference, I don't know what is. Id argue that should be a 5 minute major - extremely dirty hit

Still not sure which team I would rather face. I still think Buffalo because I think they defend much worse, but Montreal has looked pretty awful tonight on defense

Hype for us = reporters not forgetting that we exist...

I keep reading about how everyone thinks our schedule this year is way harder than last year and don't get it. Not saying our schedule this year is a cakewalk, but having to play the 49ers, rams, seahawks, bills, patriots, Packers, and jaguars is about as tough as it gets for an outside of division schedule... Not to mention that we had to play the Cardinals when they were full strength (before injuries) and not looking that bad.

Yeah, Houston has failed horribly at giving CJ an oline. But if we are playing that game, Bryce also didn't have crap for receivers until getting TMac. Meanwhile, Houston had Nico and Dell day one for Stroud + got Jayden Higgins in last year's draft.

Yeah hopefully we can find someone to replace Turk that can at least eat blocks and give our LBs a chance to make the tackle