offsides#76FredSmerlas

I 100% disagree with you. You can't make free agents play for you. When you are losing and don't have a QB for over 10 years no player worth a damn will ever come to your team because they don't want to be stuck with a loser. If you land a few key players when drafting, especially a QB and free agents see there is something to build around "some promise" then they might come. Buffalo spends money bud, quit with that dumb line already. When Buffalo had Kelly they had no problem picking up other studs in free agency like Paup and Loften. We have been doing a horrendous job drafting and that has led to a terrible decade of football. That's the #1 reason why we don't have good free agents and why it looks like we don't spend money. Let me back that up by saying that we probably have a good chance to finally get some higher level free agents next year because the team does look like it's on the upswing and Fitz is playing well. If I'm a player on the outside looking in I might want to be one of the missing pieces that can bring an up and coming team to the playoffs.

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I keep hearing everyone talk about how bad our offensive line is when I don't think it's the case at all. The Bills have been doing a very good job even though they have had to patchwork the line for several of the games this season. I think we found some up and comers in Wrotto and Urbick. There have been only 4 other QB's sacked less than Fitz that have thrown over 300 balls. Our #1 RB is averaging 4.3 a carry. I think Fitzpatrick has a lot to do with the line looking so good, along with an upgrade in coaching but let's give the line some credit and stop bashing them for things that went on before this season.

I can't stand listening to Tasker. What the hell was he trying to say about "being smoothe as water". The only guy worse than Tasker is Joe Theisman.

I'm not sure what all the hype is about. He is doing a good job as a coordinator just as he did in Buffalo. We have seen far to often though that just because you are a good coordinator that doesn't make you a good head coach. We do remember Greg Williams amongst others. If he is lucky enough to get a head job as he does well then I could see why some Buffalo fans might scratch their heads and say, "what if?" I'm happy with Gailey because I don't think our record shows the progress we are making as a team. We have done a lot of house cleaning and it's going to continue. I believe better days are ahead.

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I am the original poster and I moved on a long time ago. The Bills are bad and my only hope is that we can improve and get some additions for a better 2012 team. The reason I posted is not because I am crying over spilt milk. I just wanted someone that has more knowledge than I do to explain the out of bounds rule to me and I wanted to see if anyone had a better view of the elbow coming down because I don't own a DVR and can't freeze frame.

Thanks for that breakdown; never thought of that...

Do the officials see the same replays we do at home or do they have other angles to look at?

Did anyone else happen to see Reggie Corners elbow on his called back interception in the endzone? Reggie made a nice grab with a Balltimore receiver draped all over his arm, but his right foot clearly did not hit the turf but rather the baltimore player when it came down. The interesting thing that I watched was his right elbow. It looked to me like his left foot came down in bounds and then his right elbow. Did anyone else witness this because the commentators just focussed on the right foot and never mentioned the elbow? I'd like to know if anyone at home froze that up on their DVR and got a better look. I know it can't do anything for us now but I just thought it was interesting take on the play.

What a dumb post-seriously!

People you have to understand that until we start getting some quality players in the draft and/or a stud QB no good Free Agents will want to even come here. We haven't been to the playoffs in over 11 years and we don't have a QB worth a damn. Who in their right mind would come to Buffalo? Guys like Cornell Green and Torver who are not players high on any other teams list. Believe me, Buffalo wants better FA's and Ralph IMO is not cheap. But until players around the NFL see that were building something here or have a QB in place we will be the last team any of them would choose to play for.

Punch & Thurman I usually am not astounded by what to many people on the chat board say but you have really made me think about this idea and now I have to admit that Bruce was even more dominant than I gave him credit for. I always thought Bruce was a terd as an individual and I have several reasons why but as a player he was no doubt a beast. To go off what you wrote about Deacon Jones and him playing 14 games. OJ Simpson never gets credit for running 2,000 yards in 14 games which I think is remarkable. They just put him in the catagory of the 2,000 runners, but try doing it 14 games. When the NFL goes to an 18 game season it's really going to screw the record books up.

Mark Gastineau had a couple of solid seasons in the 3-4 but most of his career was spent in a 4-3.

I guess those guy running the Patriots have no idea what their doing...

I suppose New England has no clue on what their doing either by getting rid of a top 3 WR in the league for a 3rd round pick. The bottom line is some value is better than no value. Jackson and Spiller had little value to the Bills but now that Lynch is gone they bring a lot of value. You have to look at the big picture and not be narrow minded. A 4th rounder is better than Lynch riding the bench because in actuality he is not our #1 back, Jackson is, and also he wasn't going to get more carries than Spiller who they are trying to get more touches. Lynch was showcased for 3 games so they could get rid of him.

He always was the #1 guy; not Lynch. They were just showcasing Lynch so they could send him packing. Nobody gets rid of their #1 running back.

Lynch is a step away from getting in to some major trouble with the NFL. I'm betting he won't go 3 years without another arrest or drug suspension. He also was a marked man on this team when he didn't show up for so-called voluntary workouts. He didn't want to be here and I'm glad they dumped his butt. Jackson is the better back anyways. Lynch got showcased for 3 games so they could get him out of Buffalo.

Hmmmm, you must work in the Bills front office and had inside information. How do you know we could have got this same deal? Everyone thinks they know when the Bills could have made a better or equal move. The fans have no idea what the compensation was they could have got. Stop listening to the media; their wrong about 80% of the time.

When is the last time Buffalo had the #1 pick overall two years in a row?

The Bills need a QB, o-lineman, d-lineman, at least 3 linebackers, a wide out, and a safety. The Bills need to find a franchise QB and they haven't been able to do that the last several years going 7-9. Because our record will be worthy of a top 3 pick most likely we must gamble and yes drafting is a major crapshoot on a QB who will stick around for the next 10 seasons. After they select a QB, and they will select a QB, then they should load up on picking the best lineman they can find on both sides of the ball. The other positions cannot take priority over the QB and lineman. I am tired of poor QB play and I am tired of losing the war inside the trenches and just getting pushed around.

+1 I'm tired of seeing Marshawn Lynch smiling and laughing on the sidelines with his teamates in the 4th quarter of a blow out. I doubt Gailey was cutting up and laughing with the other coaches during the game. Why is it okay for certain players; because they don't care and their not hurt by what's been transpiring on the field.

Chan Galiey was Bill Cowhers OC and Bill liked him so much that he endorsed him to be the Bills coach. The bottom line is we need the horses to win and right now we are lacking players big time.

The other thing that people don't understand is it's not about why we don't bring in this player or that player---"Players do not want to come here". Do you think that just because you want someone that means they come to your team. Think about it would you go to the Titans or the Bills, hmmmm that's a no brainer!

He needs to just retire and we need to start playing our younger guys. Why would we bring back an average defensive lineman who would have to shift to linebacker; a brand new position in which he never played before? And for what 1 year??? Besides Schobel would never come back to an 0-3 team.