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Bob Costas is a politically correct empty suit. The sooner he is off the air, the better every sports telecast will be.

Terry is cheap........too soon?

Barry Horowitz.

I am preaching to myself here, but we all really need to remember today...The Buffalo Bills for as much as we love them, will never love us back. The can't . Football can't love you back. Do not put the Bills ahead of your family time etc. Basic stuff we can all forget at times I know. The most frustrating thing for me is the complete inconsistency. The last ten years we have a great offense 2003 and a terrible defense. Then a terrible offense (with basically the same players) and a great defense in 2004. Then....both sides are terrible for about a decade, but some parts make strides. For example, the defense is average, but the line is really strong, or the offense is bad, but the run game is really good. Like last year, we had on of the top run offenses in the league, and this year (with the same players) can't and many times don't try to run the ball consistently. I do not understand it. It seems like Murphy's Law every year.

EJ is friggin terrible and will never start for this team or any other unless he improves dramatically. If he was better than Orton, he would be playing. He is not playing because he is awful. I really wish EJ was the next Tom Brady...I really do. And I hope he proves me wrong. But as of now EJ is friggin terrible and will never see the field again short of injury.

There is no way Buffalo will be allowed to cover the spread.

Fixed

Mr. No Neck versus the Incredible Douche

I'll just quote CS Lewis. "If you don't understand books written for adults, you should not be discussing them." Not sure how this became a religious discussion, but I find your comments very shallow and offensive. I also find it very hypocritical of someone who grew up in an area settled by Christian missionaries, who have done more for your way of life than you will ever fully contemplate, mock and demean the beliefs of 2 billion people to the level of a 6 year old child. You obviously do not understand the logical and fact based defense of Christianity, Nor do you, based on your idiotic statements, seem to have the intellectual capacity to have an intelligent conversation about it.

Yes, and we paid more for everyone of them then most teams would have. You can call it the Buffalo premium if you like. They either do not sign or you must overpay for them to deal with the hassle.

I think we are basically on the same page as I agree with you, I just believe it is an excuse, not the actual reason. I think the special teams reason is a justification. I think MW was pissed about not being targeted more, made it known and was pissing off the coaching staff. So they decided to send him a little message. Your explanation regarding using another lineman in place of Gragg is perfect. Also, do you really need 3 kickers. Can Carpenter really not handle a few kick offs?

You are correct, that does not make it a lie. However, it's not that I do not agree with it, it is in fact that it is not logical. At the end of the day, you do not bench players who are your starters for back ups. If this had been a playoff game, would this decision make any sense? Should we deactivate Orton or EJ because we are going to a heavy run set formations and just don't plan to throw much? Why deactivate your 2/3 receiver for your 4/5? They say special teams. So you deactivate a 40 to 50 play guy to have a 20 play guy on the field? You're going up against one of the best corners in the game without all your healthy weapons at receiver? If this is actually the reason, I would have to question if this man is fit to coach at all. Also, I do not think anyone (you included) actually believe that special teams was the reason. Mike Williams can't play special teams? I am sure he would have preferred that over being inactive. No, there is certainly something else there and the message being sent from the front office confirms it. If anything the special teams issue was an excuse, if not an outright lie.

Yolo: I just want to make sure you understand this thread is not actually about Mike Williams, it is about how the organization handles big time players and the waves that can have on the future of the franchise. The player could be anyone. It is how this team responds to high profile high talent players. You just do not see other teams doing things like this. You would not see the Yankees deactivate a high profile player who is in their prime for a post season series when they were not injured because of some problem the coaching staff or whomever had with them. It is not how winners are built. This is the crux of my problem. Now you can argue Mike Williams is not that big time of player. But to Buffalo he is a big time talent. When you look at it from the perspective of he is a big time talent who actually wanted to be here (was his dream to be here) then 6 weeks later wants out. Then you look at how the team bad mouthed players like Marshawn Lynch (deserved or not) how he was lazy, did not run hard, didn't put in full effort...and he goes to Seattle and does what he does. It makes the whole franchise look like absolute fools. And nobody wants to play for (or coach or work for) a team that 1) Always loses, 2) Will bad mouth or disrespect good players, 3) Will publicly attempt to humiliate them. They either won't come play here or you will have to massively overpay to get them here.

Not that difficult. Lets look at the options. 1) Mike Williams does not fit the scheme this week, therefore we will not play him. 2) Mike Williams has an attitude problem, therefore we will not play him. 1) If he does not fit the scheme, you have to show the player is not talented enough than the other players to contribute to a victory. Since the front office themselves are not claiming this and since the players previous performance indicates otherwise, you can logically deduce this is not true. He is more talented than the other players in front of him, therefore there is another reason he is not active. 2) If he has an attitude problem, then there are better ways to handle this problem, than to deactivate him, making a public issue out of a discipline issue and making your entire team look bad. We can also deduce that this should not be a problem because the team has come out and said, they have no problem with his attitude. We can logically deduce that the team 1) Does believe he more talented than other players who were active and 2) Does not have an attitude problem based on their own comments. Therefore we can conclude the front office is lying about the reason he was inactive. Hence, the chaos and lack of professionalism at the franchise level I originally was talking about that makes the team look bad.

What I said was by deactivating him they made it public. If they wanted to send a message to him regarding his professionalism, they should not have deactivated him. Thus allowing the entire organization to save face and look better. By deactivating a talented player and then to come out and say they have absolutely no issue with his professionalism calls into question his talent level. Also when they GM comes out and says "If he is #1 WR, as he claims to be." You can infer that the player claims to be a # 1 wideout but that is not how the franchise sees him. Once again it calls into question his talent level.