Sisyphean Bills

Maybe Gailey isn't the extremely aggressive, out-of-the-box coach some have been building him to be.

Yet, oddly enough DeAngelo Hall had the instincts and quick-twitch to react to the ball, drive on it, pick it off, and go running down the sidelines the other way. It is a too much to ask for a superstar WR to be able to see and react to a play as it develops and make an athletic play and all.

True. Maybin was utterly dominated by Trent Williams.

Not sure it really matters who is blamed more than the other -- I certainly don't give a ****. They both contributed to the INT with poor play. Not good from your #1 QB and superstar WR. Not good at all.

Nah. Just part and parcel around here as posters quest for their own Dulcinea by tilting the bad windmills.

ESPN is already on the list, but they did give Buddy Nix the top "C'mon Man!" last night for his comments in my signature which went on with "Even the Raiders get calls."

Any offensive system where more than 1.5 people are on the same page will be an improvement over last pre-season.

Wow. As a Georgia Tech fan, I gotta say this is ... um ... an interesting viewpoint.

The original post said "contribute at WR". It didn't add any qualifiers or redefine contribute to mean "great fantasy team selection". The fact of the matter is that Aiken did contribute at WR for the Patriots. 28 catches is more than he made in Buffalo. FWIW, he contributed as a WR for the Bills as well, averaging almost 4 catches a season. AFAIK, Felton Huggins never contributed a single catch (nor appearance) in a regular season NFL game.

James Hardly?

Aiken went on to contribute at WR for the Patriots.

Hardy has to actually make the team before anyone on the Bills coaching staff will spend time contemplating about him as part of any goal line package. The current coaches and regime have zero attachment to Hardy -- if he doesn't work out, he goes down as a bust under Dick Levy-Brandon. All the high hopes based on his hanging out with T.O. last year has propelled him to 4th string behind a street free agent.

It sure beats putting new grips on his golf clubs.

This is really the point, though. To be an elite QB (like Peyton Manning, per the original piece) one has to be able to throw with accuracy all over the field. There has to be the threat that the QB will be able to do damage anywhere in the secondary. With Edwards at QB, that threat is (even with the official red and blue homer glasses in place) minimal at best. It was the real reason that he lost the starting job to the likes of Ryan "No Threat To Start" Fitzpatrick last season -- Fitzpatrick would take chances and push the ball down the field, regardless of the condition of the pocket, at least once in a while. He gave the offense a bit of breathing room, rather than letting the defense clamp down like a vice grip.

But, wasn't the point that if you think positively and convince yourself there really aren't any problems (and more importantly, no problems one could possibly post an opinion about) that the team will play better?

Edwards is very accurate on those 23 inch "deep" outs...

Relaxation has nothing to do with applying the same logic to a different situation to illustrate its unsoundness. There are those that want everyone to click their heels together, wish on falling stars, and ignore or otherwise not discuss real challenges that the team obviously faces. If not pathetic, it's comical. Believing in pixie dust doesn't make one smarter, healthier, tougher, nor more likely to get laid. Yet, that is exactly what some posters believe because arguing with facts is a bit more challenging than spouting self-delusions.

So, if one thinks positive thoughts, they'll live longer? Cool, if one is daydreaming about something exhilarating, stepping off the curb in front of a city bus should hurt less. Good to know.

Clearly, you needed to jump ship to channel 10.

Where's the love for Erik Flowers? Victor "King of the Inactives" Allotey?

Ask yourself if you think the average fan goes to a football game to watch line play. That should answer the question. On the other hand, if you really want to understand the game within the game, don't watch the ball.

Right back at you. Post your scouting reports here so anyone can nitpick them with hindsight. That should be a good time for you. Of course, that is really not the question and not the point of my posts whatsoever. You missed the point again. What I wrote about Jamon Meredith were statements made in publicly available scouting reports. No, I didn't scout him. My post was in contrast to those posts that took some 1st round predictions on some websites and have run amok with optimistic fantasy to build some illusion that the Bills have really already addressed their offensive line problems because they got multiple nearly almost virtual 1st round OL picks last year. If it helps one sleep through the night to believe Meredith, Wood, Levitre, and Bell are just as inexperienced as any other young lineman and therefore just as talented, roll with it.

Chris Watson.

That's what I'm talking about. Look, if defensive lineman were shaped like bars and moved like gym weights and you played offensive line lying flat on your back on a bench, then how a lineman looks throwing up reps in his Under Armour at the NFL combine would be the be all and end all. The reality is you have guys like Dan Brandenburg, who clocks like a cheetah, lifts like a gorilla, and contributes as a football player by filling a locker for a couple of years.

We covered the "he looked good in his spandex" aspect of this. Despite what "several draft sites" wrote, he fell to the 5th round. You can ostrich it or not.