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is he winded easily?

if woods was really that good he would just throw the ball to himself, duh

makes a lot of sense, good post - but to clarify I meant "a QBs first year is critical" in that, their first year PLAYING/STARTING is critical - I am well aware that many rookies dont play right away, and also well aware that some do - to varying degrees of success a QB's first year playing IS critical - you take your lumps, you learn the speed, you read defenses, so it does not matter if EJ plays in his rookie year or in his 5th year in the league - its still his first year playing....yes, a QB can learn a lot by sitting on the bench and watching/studying film/seeing someone else run the offense, but its still FAR DIFFERENT when you are in the fire doing it yourself and on the fly, where your actions have consequences Hopefully EJ is back soon and misses only a few games instead of 8...having already missed time in the preseason, i do think its critical he plays enough this year so we dont have to watch too many "rookie mistakes" next season when the team could be poised for playoffs...

for some reason I was under the impression that a lot of Green Bay tailgating happened in local bars due to lack of parking lot space??? is that not correct? anyone been?

this is my concern, im hoping hes the answer, he has the physical tools- but I want to be able to see it

Thad locks onto first option and throws it there (in his defense, sometimes he has to because hes being pressured immediately) - so my guess would be Woods has not been the primary in many of these passing calls Woods has been open, and he is automatic....love the kid, he will be a star and hopefully we lock him up and dont let him walk in typical bills fashion after his rookie contract expires

if he had prior injury history I would be more concerned, these seem flukey to me...only time will tell

great points to ALL, and nice post Gug as usual I think its very optimistic that we have EJ for the Steelers game, and im not confident that will happen...but if it does yes, 11.5 games is a good amount of field time for sure and maybe not a "wasted season" agreed about the Chiefs game, if we win it (and we can) we could get on a roll and make some noise - which is why I am not packing it in as a fan, but I think its also very difficult for ANY NFL team to roll off 7 wins in 8 games (maybe 6 out of 8 gets a playoff berth) - Sunday will be HUGGGEEEEEEEEEE in the B-LO

EJ isnt playing in 12 games this year though, hes missing half of the games total this year, he might play in 10 games if hes lucky - those 6-8 games are a big difference i think...and especially when the first two games he did play in he was still hurt, and im sure the first two games he plays in after this injury he will hurt in as well...that has an impact, so maybe 6-8 truly healthy started games - that HAS to hurt development I do agree about this injury potentially being a blessing in disguise - he won the starting QB job outright, so theres no "QB controversy", yet he still gets sine sideline time to see how the offense SHOULD run while not being dipped in head first, I do think (I do HOPE) this year will be an effective mix of playing time/chalk time and be beneficial, and that this injury isnt setting EJ and this team back

The NFL is a QB league, if you have a good to great QB you always can win football games and be a contender....and this team has or is putting in place one hell of a team aside from the QB...and if EJ is healthy right now and has been all year, perhaps we are in first place in the East....and those of you who know me and my posts, know that I was a huge EJ fan in college and thrilled when we drafted him...with that said... the biggest disappointment has obviously been EJ's health - it is really a shame that its looking like he will have "two rookie years" now, with only playing in a handful of games this season....year 1 is critical for QBs to transition to the NFL (especially for someone like EJ who was seen as needing to put in a lot of work to be a starter on day one). Year 1 is when QBs get the feel for the speed of the game, get to know their WRs, get to see various coverages that they dont necessarily see all the time in college, get to know their offense, call the correct audibles and put their team in a position to win games... Now EJ can and has been accomplishing some of these things....some rookies need time to sit and watch to learn, so while EJ has been injured physically, from all accounts he is mentally repping every day, and getting good feedback during games via the head sets and getting to watch Thad do it (not that this is ideal by any means, just finding the positives)....so im hoping he has the time the rest of this season to fill in the gaps, and get up to speed with all the rest of the nuances of the NFL that you just cannot get by sitting on the sidelines - hurt or not Lets face it, this is not currently a super bowl contending team (and probably not even a playoff team, running the rest of the schedule with one or two more losses would be an incredible feat for any team), there are holes and weaknesses (o-line, secondary needs to gel, QB play with or without EJ, coaches still learning the ropes, winning mentality/culture)....so NEXT YEAR could be exciting with some more talent being brought in, players knowing the systems on offense and defense and coaches having a better grasp on this squad and the NFL, and im just hoping EJ is ready to lead the way, because in my opinion, he is more than talented and capable (not throwing in the towel on this year, but Im just trying to be realistic and think were a season from truly contending, GO BILLS)

you could hit up the galleria mall if you are chicks and like to shop niagara falls is worth a visit if you have never been, kill an afternoon doing that (also the Aquarium of Niagara is that way if thats your thing) if you are into hiking there are some cool trails to hike, could go and see the "Eternal Flame" get a hotel with an indoor pool and hot tub for hours of entertainment if you are into museums/galleries you can go to Albright Knox Art Gallery (modern/contemporary Art), also the Buffalo Zoo and the Buffalo Museum of Science

way to early in the season to worry about other teams losing and playoff contention etc.....just win games, and the rest takes care of itself

sweeeeeeeettttt janeeeeeeeeeeeee RIP

I graduated in early 2000 and have no problem with locker room nudity - I dont prefer to hang out naked, but changing/walking through locker room nude is no issue in high school it was actually quite fun, after lacrosse and football games and practices we all showered together in a big, long trough style shower, we would play "Kick the Poo" which was 2v2 soccer with an empty shampoo bottle - 1 goalie and 1 striker, my team was close to undefeated...its my proudest accomplishment.... we had so much fun that our lacrosse coach once famously yelled at us after a particularly poor game "you guys care more about your games in the shower than you do about the actual lacrosse game!" - to which I absent mindedly nodded my head "yes" with...he was not pleased.... long live locker room nudity!

because he has had a broken wrist

he should just use the club as his jammer - hit the dude right in the gut with it at the line

good thing Dareus gets no push in the pocket and is usually blown off the ball, so by the time Brees steps up in the pocket, Dareus might have worked his way back to the line of scrimmage to stop him

no problem! thats why I stick around these parts THIS

I hope your spot on with this....but it does rely on our guys being able to break down and tackle Sproles after he catches is in the flats, which frankly, scares me haha

im not worried about Sproles in the run game, and they wont give him 20 touches regardless - but he can catch 10 passes and turn those into 200 yards and 2 TDs - THATS what worries me about him pass rush does nothing to negate Sproles, in fact, in encourages dumping it to sproles - I dont see too many people on our defense (or really, in the league) that can tackle him in the open field

obviously you have never watched a football game, that was planned mis-coverage by the infallible genius that is Mike Pettine learn how to football brah

jimmy graham is to be worried about sure - but more importantly, I think, is the ability to stop Sproles (especially on third down) jam all WR/TE and game plan to stop Sproles...I just dont know how we would even go about doing that

we will get the dolphins, pats and jets twice a year, every year, and you can take that to the bank

this times a million WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE FIRST DOWN SLANT THAT PICKS UP 5-7 YARDS????

I didnt say the original quote that you are referring to - but ill answer - it matters because the bills have a culture/mentality of losing...losing breeds losing just as much as winning breeds winning the Bills are 2-4 for a reason - good teams win the games we have lost