Sisyphean Bills

Well, I dunno. The only guys from less distinguished programs that Marv drafted were John Wendling and Terrance Pennington in my view and both of them were nearer the bottom of the draft. This year, Marv was not (directly) involved and the Bills hit the smaller schools up to the tune of 4 players: McKelvin, Corner, Omon, and Bell. Not sure what sort a trend a single draft is though. Bruce Smith was certainly not from a small time football program (though there were red flags on his work ethic and maturity -- fortunately his pride didn't permit him to flame out and fail -- not that it was a perfect ride either), and Cornelius Bennett was from as big-time a program as it gets (fortunately for the Bills, they were the recipients of Bennett and his agent deciding to hold out and refusing to play for the Colts). Tasker played college ball at Northwestern, which is still in the Big-11 last I heard.

McKelvin isn't exactly from a "big time program" himself. Congrats to Youboty for stepping up. I was a serious doubter, but he managed to get his head twisted on straight just in time.

You know better than to put a lot of stock in preseason scrimmages. Wasn't McNally the guy that developed Jason Peters? Didn't the line come together last year and do pretty well in pass pro? I don't think you should be eager to go 180 and throw McNally under the bus wheels. Pardon me if I need to see Schonert going up against a defense with a real game plan to stop him before assuming he walks on water.

http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/dre-moore?id=2329

That's nothing. I heard some yo-yo, er, expert, that said the Bills had a "great offense and defense" last year and, of course, were a fantastic dark horse pick this year a while back. He also mentioned the classic "until they lost nearly every one of their defensive starters" line as well.

Fat guys are a dime a dozen. Even with oil prices skyrocketing.

Now there's a shocker.

Agreed. He has always seemed to be pressing to make plays, whether there is anything there or not. The jumpy footwork and double clutching can translate directly into inaccurate throws. Contributing factors all: coming from a poor college team where it was all on him to be the offense, getting thrown to the wolves early, and knowing that his coaches would yo-yo him out of the job rather than stick it out to save themselves (aka, lousy coaching).

Well, if one is prone to put a lot of stock in mass auditions at exhibitions anyway.

Well, he lasted longer than Ickey Woods.

They got better by cutting Webster, no doubt about it. I'm much more bummed that they didn't keep Webster or even be so blind as to start the stiff as that would have helped the Bills.

Antowain's problems were He wouldn't put in the necessary work in the off-season to translate his talent to the next level. He remained a midling back for his career. I think because of the point above he wasn't capable of becoming a powerful interior runner. For his size and natural build, he was surprisingly timid in running style. Translation: he ran the team like a fan and not a football man.

No sh1t. But, fortunately Mike Holmgren is new to all this and never thought of traveling a day or two earlier for the game so the Bills can count on the Seahawks being jet lagged and sleep walking coming out of the tunnel. This is a moronic point. Seattle is a city that is physically the furthest from any other NFL city. Therefore, of any team in the NFL, they are the most likely to know what the phuk they need to do to travel to an away game. They do it 50% of the time every year.

Terrance Pennington got a pink slip.

Joey Harrington is available.

Are you kidding me? The starting time of the game has no relevance whatsoever. These professionals have been traveling for games for years in most cases. Do you guys really think they have no idea what it means to travel to the east coast for a game?

http://archive.profootballweekly.com/conte...iams_021102.asp If you read between the lines, Nunez does hint at exactly this possibility. He, of course, supported his guy and believed Mike would rise to the challenge and develop a vicious streak; but, in hindsight, we all know better.

Was Rudi ever anything more than the 4th or 5th option on an offense with a ton of other great talent?

I wasn't a fan of the pick either. I'd rather take a guy that can play than a guy that is huge, coated in a layer of baby fat, took ballet when he was in pre-school, is a comedian, and has red flags concerning his motivation. On the other hand, fans are all idiots.

in a parallel universe. Here, people were tripping over themselves to congratulate Donahoe as the best GM ever. http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?s=&am...t&p=1017876

When a player gets cut, he is released.

Even the Bengals have drafted a few good players in the past 3 decades and they don't even bother to have a full scouting department.

It would actually be sort of interesting to see them try that. Even if they cleared waivers, it would make sense for other teams to extend claims to someone like Corner or Ellis just to phuk with Jauron and the Bills and force them to make more roster moves or lose their draft selections with zero compensation.

And it's for sure that no other team will cut a better player.