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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.

Did he have more than 30 attempts vs the Jets? No, he did not. Now if you are talking about the 1st Jets game, or the Pit game, or the Tampa game with 4 INTs, then yeah - that's what I meant. EJ throwing the ball is not what we want.

I've been skeptical of EJ since his FSU days, and these last 2 games have done little to diminish that skepticism. I'm thrilled we're 2-0 with a home game next, plus EJ does look more fluid and comfortable running the read option and he's not turning the ball over. If we can limit him to 20-25 attempts we probably have a decent chance to win against anyone. But if he has to put the ball up more than 30 times, it's going to get ugly.

I love beautiful women too Donald, but what's this have to do with the Jills?

Vikings announced they have deactivated RB Adrian Peterson

It's still a great inspirational story, about a great man, on a great week for the franchise! I'm sure RW would be thrilled with the way things turned out.

BadLands, it's a great story, but it reads like a Hollywood script after it's 10th iteration. I heard of a $400M penalty for moving in 2020, but not $800M. This wasn't a story of Ralph vs. the NFL -- the majority of league owners did not want us to relocate. Ralph was always against relocation. He signed a lease that was against relocation. That's it. He didn't plan on dying and "hoodwinking" 31 other owners

A good trade because we got something for essentially nothing. But we didn't get 2 seasons of production out of him yet...