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Orton is a hard-drinking man. There are more pictures of him with a bottle of Jack in his hand than a football. I can't say for certain if he will fit in with the offense, but he is a perfect match for this town drinking wise.

My theory (just a hunch) is that they don't want him to get hurt, so once every 2 weeks they let him run and slide for 7 yards to keep the defense honest. It isn't working -- I'm not buying it and the opposing defense certainly isn't buying it either. His running doesn't strike fear into a defense like Kaepernick, who has to be accounted for every play or he could take it to the house.

Also JW makes a great point on how the read option doesn't fool anyone if the QB never runs with the ball.

The throw to Woods at 3:42 in the 2nd quarter. He just rushed the throw, and also threw it behind Woods to his back shoulder. We were up 10-0, ball at the HOU 47, 3rd and 4, HOU with 2 timeouts left. If he makes that throw for a 1st down we are going to run the clock down inside 2 minutes. We would be on the edge of FG range as well. Also, most importantly, it would be very difficult for Houston to march down the field and score a TD. We could have went into the locker room up 13-0, but that one throw allowed them back into it and at the half it was 10-7. Ugh.

Agreed, although Suh/Fairly/Ansah are no joke either. That dome crowd is pretty rough as well. This will also be the first time since the 2012 season that a veteran QB has taken a snap for the Bills. Yeah, it's been that long. 3 rookies playing QB can make any line look terrible.

Ok, I can agree that your accuracy will improve after throwing 5,000 balls into a bucket. But how much will it improve between making 20,000 to 25,000 throws? Probably not much. You're going to reach a ceiling eventually, and it's not like EJ just picked up a ball yesterday. Common sense indeed. QB's don't come to the NFL to learn how to throw. The development of a NFL QB involves learning schemes, playing under center, picking up blitzes, reading defenses, advanced progressions, etc. There are numerous examples from the last 3 games where EJ has correctly read the defense, found the open man, and with a clean pocket and room to throw he has misfired again and again. It's not the OL and it's not Hackett. The problem is #3, and it always has been.

I was, and after 14 years this team needs to make the playoffs. Doesn't matter if they make it at 9-7 or 13-3 at this point. What you're suggesting is insane.

Step away from the keyboard.

Aside from QB, nothing has changed. What was the consensus at the start of the season? All we needed was for EJ to play adequately and we would have a decent shot at the playoffs. I heard that a lot. Well EJ didn't play well at all. In fact, he was like a boat anchor to the entire offense, dragging the entire team down. The Dolphins and Jets don't scare anyone. And although the Pats are nowhere near as bad as they looked against the Chiefs, they are hardly the juggernaut of the past. We just need average play out of our QB's. With an average QB we would be 3-1 right now. This division is ripe for the taking, and we are atop the standings right now. I think we have a very good shot at it, and I'm more confident today than I was at the start of the season.

Seriously. We didn't pay the 14th ranked guard in the league $48M and it people acted like we lost a Hall of Famer. I would laugh, but our replacement plan has been a comedy of errors.

Here are 5 Vines from the last game that highlight his accuracy issues. In each clip the OL holds up nicely and gives him time to throw. He stands tall in the pocket, makes the correct reads, finds the open man, and then....then....he just misfires. His inconsistent play didn't just start last week either. I can excuse a young QB for not picking up a blitz, for not seeing an open receiver, or for not reading a coverage correctly. But when you do all the aforementioned correctly and simply can't throw a football accurately, well I'm just not sure that's an easily correctable part of a QB's skill set. https://vine.co/u/1126081375733444608

Read this in John Madden's voice - "The Buffalo Bills don't need a big-name football coach. The Buffalo Bills need a good football coach".

I don't want to use the "W" word, but the vanilla defense started to give me flashbacks. Parts of the first half of the Chicago game did too, but I dismissed them as a bad dream.

The play that sticks out is at 10:10 in the 4th -- the deep middle to Woods. If he hits that pass, there's a good chance Woods takes it to the house. He had a perfectly clean pocket, plenty of time, and loads of room to step into the throw. He could have waited longer for Woods to come open, but he inexplicably rushed the throw and wasn't even close to hitting his receiver. That's a game changer right there, and another example of a throw that he has to make.

I will give props to Steve Beuerlein for not giving EJ the kid-gloves treatment. There was a passing play at 9:14 in the 2nd quarter where EJ had a clean pocket and plenty of time to throw, and he just threw a horrific pass that clunked on the ground well short of Watkins. Tasker tried to blame it on the wind. Beuerlein immediately pointed out that EJ just misfired on that throw, that the wind was now at our backs, and that it was a ball that has to be completed. Tasker was left stammering in the background "uh.. um.. well.. " The A22 for this game is going to be very interesting.

I'm racist against quarterbacks who can't throw a football. Is bashing Trent Edwards a hate crime nowadays?

EJ - "I think my accuracy is fine"

EJ; "I think my accuracy is just fine".

What's the over/under on hearing "it's only his 13th game" on the forums this week? I'll say 100 and take the over.

West coast team playing an early game on the east coast + coming off a high from beating the Super Bowl champs last week + a rain forecast that favors our run game = Bills 19 Chargers 14

This country has turned into a bunch of wimps.

The segment on the Bills begins just before the 16 min mark. They didn't predict us to be the worst team at the beginning of the year, but one of the worst with 5 or 6 wins. They go on to say they based that prediction on the loss of Byrd/Pettine/Alonso.

Cadillac Williams? That was like a decade ago though.

I also believe the Bills' coaches and players have faith in him to execute anything that's designed in a particular week. I just don't think they will design a gameplan that has him throwing more than 30 times - nor should they with the way the team is built. Of course, I mentioned that in my initial post.