NaPolian8693

Great post. It's a similar experience up in Seattle, and it hurts the gameday experience. As an aside, it goes to show: people don't like drunken belligerent tailgaters sometimes, but the fact is those screaming puking fans help provide a bigtime competitive advantage to the home team.

I would recommend watching the video at the top of the link provided. Darren Woodson and Herm Edwards had some good takes.

reddogblitz is just a QB apologist. He'll never admit anything is Fitzpatrick's fault, and always try to blame it on someone else. I mean, he thought Trent Edwards was good, and that he never just got a fair chance!

lol I can't see any avatars right now because of some problem with the site, but when you said that I immediately knew exactly which guy you were talking about.

Apparently Jerry micromanages the IT Department as well.

Thanks for the link, OP! Great read.

Kickers aren't immune. You just don't understand probability I guess. What do you think the chances are that Lindell, a kicker known for his short accuracy and not the longball, hits a 50+ yarder in an unfamiliar stadium in that wind? I'd say maybe 25% tops. It's not a choke when it's a longshot to begin with. You don't buy a lotto ticket and lose and call it a choke. The Bills were driving to seal the victory and Fitzpatrick's interception gave the Chiefs new life. It was an awful pick. Just like he always does, he got nervous and air mailed it with horrible inaccuracy. Whatever, I don't want to rehash this, it was already settled in another thread. If you can't admit that Fitzpatrick has trouble with the game on the line, then you are blind to reality. You can point the finger at other people, and others also screw up, but that doesn't somehow absolve Fitzpatrick. The point of the thread is to discuss whether he can "fix" it, or if he will always be like this.

Fitz choked it against KC, too. Lindell's kick was a very low percentage kick, but the Bills were going to seal the victory over KC when Fitzpatrick struck again. Anyways, yes, the Bills have lots of bad players. They screw up all the time. No one is denying that. Fitzpatrick has a knack for saving his biggest and most costly screw ups for when the game is on the line, though. He seems to do it every week, and QB is the position where that sort of choking hurts you the most.

No one wanted Fewell. If you say you wanted Fewell as your top choice, you are a liar. Everyone wanted Cowher or Shanahan or Gruden or someone good. We could have had Schottenheimer. Instead we got crusty old Chan. That's Buffalo.

Why are you an idiot? If you don't think Fred Jackson is good, then you are an idiot. The entire world is full of idiots and understands that 30yo retreads are not top running backs, and only Bills loyalists are savvy enough to see the truth. Also if you don't see how his mediocre kick return yardage and mediocre rushing yardage combined equals MOST EPIC SEASON EVAR then you are also an idiot.

Nice post, you owned OP hard.

You guys gotta learn to think outside the box.

It's because Obama gets re-elected, and then during his second term Congress passes and amendment to allow him to serve a third, fourth, and fifth term.

Jackson is some aging cast off - he doesn't have anything to do with this. Refocus on why Spiller can make more plays out of the slot than from the backfield.

I'm obviously talking about how he usually throws a costly interception with the game on the line. You can try to use some weird twist logic and skew the argument, but that doesn't change the fact that when it matters most he performs at his worst.

Yes, it is blatantly obvious if you stop and look at things that Wilson doesn't care about winning, but just wants money. He would have the team play all 16 games on the road if they paid him enough. The only reason he cares about winning is that the hope of winning helps sell tickets. A lot of fans realize this, but many are so blinded by their unconditional, doglike love that they don't even consider this. Many will say these obvious statements are "trolling" even, they are so desperate to avoid the truth.

This. It's very simple. People who try to make weird arguments that he hasn't seen a lot of years of action and that it somehow helps are delusional. Maybe we should get some 40 year old guy in here that has NEVER played in the NFL - he'll have PLENTY of miles left on him!

What the heck are you talking about OP? What do we do with Brohm?! Who cares, he's some trash heap third stringer!

The Bills have a terrible defense, that is obvious. That doesn't somehow magically make Fitzpatrick a good QB, though. The whole team stinks - you don't get to 0-8 by having just a few problems.

fwiw I don't think he will ever overcome it. I like the guy though so he can stay around as a backup in the future.

I don't think you should try to compare Spiller to Simpson - that's really a little bit silly. It's already clear he will never live up to his high draft status, I'm just hopeful they can do something with him that actually allows him to contribute to the team. Right now as a running back, he seems like he is more of a liability than an asset. He can't run inside and can't pass block, so it's hard to even put him on the field.

No.

Really? Bledsoe couldn't read a defense? Fitzpatrick probably won't even to a Flutie, but he's miles away from the caliber of player Bledsoe was. Fitzpatrick can make some nice throws when he gets hot, but is inconsistent and seems to perform at his worse when the game is on the line.

CJ Spiller is not a running back. CJ Spiller is a wide receiver hybrid. Think about Percy Harvin. He was a hybrid in college, and was run oriented as he had more rushing yards and touchdowns than receiving in each of his college seasons. In the NFL he is used almost exclusively as a receiver. In college he was listed as 5'11" and 195 pounds (sound familiar?). Now that he is accepted as a receiver he is listed as 185 pounds. Spiller is explosive in space, but is just not a bruising between the tackles sort of guy. He needs to be used as more of a slot receiver hybrid. He will never be a normal #1 type receiver, and that's not the goal. He can catch short screens, run checkdown routes and short to intermediate crossing routes. He can carry the ball on reverses and end arounds. In shotgun sets he can motion from the slot to the backfield and run a sweep. CJ Spiller has potential as the next Percy Harvin. As a traditional running back, it's not really there.

It seems pretty clear at this point that Fitzpatrick is capable of playing well for periods of time, but when the game is on the line he has a tendency to make costly mistakes that lose football games. It's a mental barrier. Some people are clutch, some aren't - that's life. Do you think this is something he can overcome, or do you think it will plague him throughout the rest of his career?