K Gun Special

No its not totally obvious to anyone watching the past three weeks. They have no looked remarkably better, especially considering there has been virtually no gameplanning. THe LBs are better than last year, but still not good. Barnett is solid and Merriman needs to stay healthy then you have who exactly? ?

Is that for real?

My bad, wasnt attempting to take it out of context. Just a pet peeve of mine when similar comparisons are made.

The bolded part is correct, the OP will see it sometime we hope.

This is silly. Those guys were the best of their era, when the league wasn't as pass happy. For example Kelly threw 23 TDs in 91, two less than the league leader. he threw 19 INTs. Compared to Fitz's 23 and 15 i guess Kelly sucks. btw Fitz was sacked only 1% more than Kelly, so its not just the Oline for the Fitz fanboys. And taking HOF career numbers from a bygone era and comparing them to a single season is also silly. Fitz is a 1.04 over his career and .77 before last year. Kelly had one season below 1.0 and his INT % was the same as Fitz's best season. You also fail to point out those HOF also had some pretty good RBs who took away from TD totals. Something FItz doesnt get, so his TDs are higher.

+1, another late round guy who made a few plays and he becomes bigger than his actual talent level.

And threw a terrible ball late in the game to seal it for NE. I was referencing the 2nd NE game anyway.

Yea but that doesnt explain the awful performance. Completing less than 50% of your passes against crummy D isnt explained away by a good day rushing. I am glad Fitz > Edwards and many before him. But he is not going to be the answer and it will play out this season. I think we are in for a dose of reality of where this team really is. I do btw think the personnel moves are trending in the right direction but it takes a long time to turn a crappy ship around.

wk 16 - 3 INTs 48% comp - NE was ranked near last in pass D. or how about 140 yards against the Lions and another 140 against the Browns. I could go on. He did rock some good defenses there's no disputing that and I'm not. But he needs to be more consistent.

And was terrible against some awful defenses.

No but when he had time to throw, it wasnt pretty. Thats the point. All the best QBs get pressured and have OL breakdowns. Rodgers and Brady were sacked at the same rate as Fitz. The bottom line is that its preseason, but when he has had time to throw its been ugly.

Bc in college a super athlete at QB can just run past the crappy players. In the NFL those guys kill the QB. Same reason why the option never caught on, you get your QB killed.

He does. Other TV/radio guys lurk here to pull info.

Sure, I checked with someone in the know. They verified that a Bills player had been busted at the border a while back. I did'nt get the impression there was an arrest. Border agents have broad discretion. Again, this is someone who would know this type of thing. Rob, although being obnoxious about it, is likely correct.

I heard the same thing (although not specifically merriman) from an air tight source. I dont know the substance or i'd share. Rob is just trying to gin up attention. And I hate to say he's right,

I think people are confusing two separate issues. Border gaurds can essentially do what they want. They are not subject to the same rules as your local PD.

Me too. Its true.

" At least we cant be called busts"

Youre foolish if you think starters are routinely told theyre splitting time with a guy from waivers.

You cannot be serious that Andy Levitre has been the most consistent OL. Do you watch the games ?

Levitre said he didnt play well in Chicago, and he's a lot smaller than Rinehart. This line cant generate any push. We can assume that Levtitre graded out poorly on film for the Chicago game and Rinehart did much better. As other posters said, This guy gets a lot of love for no reason. He would do well to pay more attention to football and less to his former jill gf.

I told him i've already got one.........oh yes its very nice

I dont totally agree, even with a poor O line you should see flashes.

while i think the pass protection was decent at times, the run blocking was awful. That includes Saint Wood. FYI other teams had great success even when the QB doesnt have a lot of time, see GB

Kinda didnt work against a lot of mediocre and awful teams too. The line is still pretty bad at getting any push off the line. Great coaching cant overcome a huge lack of talent.