flmike

How much of leader can a guy who was cut be? Just wondering.

Talent is there. How can anyone dispute the Dareus pick? Everyone had him graded that high and we needed a DT. Sophomore slump, maybe. Set up to fail? That's my bet. Wannstink has to go.

Have a great time getting your hopes up each Sunday for this mess of a team. The reason there is so much doom and gloom is because there never seems to be improvement, even after 12 years. For my part, I was looking forward to football season, but after seeing this team play, I'm going to watch only until the gory parts start and then do something more productive each Sunday. That's how I remain a fan and keep from killing small animals.

No it's not. Buffalo fans would probably adopt the Jets or Giants. For those of us in the diaspora, we'd adopt our local teams. Hope the Bills stay and get better, though. I don't understand how anyone would want them to move, just for the possibility of change. I don't think you saw anyone in Baltimore rooting for the Colts after the move.

KW and Dareus played well last year. They are really good football players so there has to be something wrong with the structure of the defense. My guess is that 6 lineman plus an RB beats only 4 even really good DLs w/o any help. Get a new and good DC and I'll bet these guys look a lot better. Mario looks to be a whiff, though.

>Trading up by a few slots is a lot less painful than trading up by many slots! No it's not. The trade value is set by the slot. A no. 1 pick is going to cost you 2 years' draft, no matter if you have the 4 or 5.

You're kidding, right? I watch Manuel every week as a Noles fan. He is a fast runner but not an NFL passer by any stretch. Oh and how many bad weather games has he ever played?

OK, not required to subject myself to this anymore today. See ya next week.

Yup, the Bills are cure for NE's ills.

Why bother throwing it?

They tried blitzing earlier. We don't have good enough linebackers.

This team no longer believes it can win this game. The coaches aren't helping them much.

You miss Fred the most in blitz pickup. CJ still doesn't get that.

Does anyone remember changing something you've done most of your life? It doesn't become natural for some time. My guess is that Fitz is working on new techniques and he's not entirely comfortable with them yet. It takes a while. If he's smart, he'll stick with the program, but the result may be that the Bills come out of the shoot a bit weak and show improvement over the season.

The Eagles do lots of stupid things...

Some of the picks went to high schools up north. The LB we got in the 5th came from Ohio. Remember Jim Kelly? Another northern kid that went to a southern school. You need guys who have played in snow and bad weather if you want to win at home. You can't really acquire that mindset in a couple of NFL seasons.

The NFL is on record saying that no public ownership will be allowed beyond the Packers. It doesn't fill their pockets.

Yes, the stats deceive a little bit. In 2010 the league ran right up the middle on us and in 2011, Dareus and Williams were doing a good job of shutting that lane down until Williams got hurt. Even then, I'll bet there were more outside or off-tackle runs in 2011. Brick by brick.

The problem is that "franchise" QB's (I do hate that term) come along pretty rarely. A lot of luck is involved in their development -- who knows how many great ones have been ruined in Cleveland or Detroit? Some are great players who struggle and finally emerge after their first couple of years (Bledsoe and Manning) but the best succeed with a decent team around them. Would Kelly have been as successful w/o his great teammates? What I want in a QB is to see that he carried a team to a championship, not his physical tools or potential. The great ones were also great college QBs on winning teams, with only a few exceptions. I'm not really interested in rolling the dice at no. 10. Get a pash rusher.

Don't trade down in the draft. Impact players are found in the top 10 spots. Why would you want to trade that for more second-round talent? Makes no sense.

Well, there is. It's called the opposition's final score.

I do think that too many NFL and draft evaluators focus on measurables, and frequently don't look at whether the kid is a winner. Manning was a great QB out of college, but his best asset was his ability to carry that Tenn team to a title. If someone could teach Tebow to pass, he would be the same. That's an exception. QB's fail in the NFL for a lot of reasons, but a guy like Trent Edwards, who had all the measurables, didn't show that he could will a team to victory like Montana or Kelly did. Yeah, you want a good arm and a quick mind, but intangible of leadership can't be taught. It's getting rarer, too. Most college teams have systems where the QB just does what he is told.

That's exactly right. The Bills have not been in a position to grab a great QB because they have been pretty rare lately. We had the frickin' no. 3 pick last year, but it was a lean year for top QBs. I'm glad we got a beast DT, though. Just have to keep turning over rocks in the later rounds. Might get lucky like NE did.

Letting Big Pat go was a mistake, but there was no way the Bills were going to match the obscene offer by the 49er's for Winfield. He got QB money as I recall. The problem with Johnson is that some stupid team will pay what he's asking, so instead of us having solid no. 2 receiver, someone else will be cursing the day they paid him.

No, it won't. Especially with the head job WR whose hands turn to stone at the worst times that you are thinking of.