White Linen

This post is so lacking in real content it's tough to respond. What does this mean? "The guy that played next to him most of the night made no mistakes so then he must have been very very very good." And who are you talking about, can you clarify who "the guy" is? You clearly have reading issues if you got I think White is as good as Freddie out of what I wrote. Read slowly now here it comes. I think he would be the better man to take on the load if Freddie goes down than Spiller. "So defending three times as many passes as he missed" Wow, I think I know what you meant but it was so poorly articulated it's comical. You believe if a corner is thrown on 9 times and 3 of those 9 are played very poorly that's good?

That's a simple statement to make but a difficult one to be so sure on. Do you agree they keep 8-9 LB's? Who goes so Moats makes the team? I have: Davis Merriman Sheppard Barnett Batten Carrington Kelsay and Coleman and Morrison

I took out a pad watched the game after it was played so I could rewind and re-watch the game. I took some notes and thought I'd share what I saw. The Bad Thigpen - I thought he looked awful. Accuracy is a real concern. I know he was getting pressured like crazy, but even when he had time it wasn't good. He made rookie like bad decisions (taking sacks in field goal range, holding onto the ball too long, etc.). We all thought Thigpen would be that safety valve in the event Fitz got hurt. If Thigpen has to play this year, this team will resemble years past where it was tough to imagine us getting two first downs in a row. Hangartner - I think he's getting cut. Got blown up and ran around. Easley - I think he may have gone from questionable hands to possibly very bad hands status. I think he gets cut. Davis - He appears to have very bad concentration issues with catching and overall awareness. Runs lackadaisical routes, then appears suprised the ball is coming vs. expecting it. I think he gets cut as well. Based on my thoughts on Easley and Davis. I think Roosevelt and Aiken make the team. Corner - Awful. I think he got thrown on a lot and I think it exposed that he's a Tampa 2 kind of guy, not a very good cover corner. Wrotto - I think he's clearly the worst O lineman on the team. I can't see where he did anything good. Chris White - Appears lost to me, even beyond the long run where he was called out by Tasker on. He overuns plays and then doesn't have the lateral movement to get back into the play. He takes on the block and engages the offensive blocker, instead of giving himself that extra second to think. The Good: Coleman - If he gets cut I'll be upset. He clearly has huge upside. Seems to always be in the right place. Hairston - I thought he not only held his own but played very very good. I think based on tonights performance he may be the future, and I'm serious. I was pleasantly surprised. He looked like a starter playing with the 2nd and 3rd teamers, having little issue handling his man. Batten - Welcome to our pass rush specialist. When he was drafted we as fans weren't sure what the Bills would do with him. Would he be inside or outside. Take notice Bills fans we have a very talented pass rusher being groomed. I'd be very surprised if he didn't play a fair amount this year. Sheppard - Congrats on showing us why we drafted you in the 3rd round. Along with the others, Sheppard is making me feel very good about our future at LB. Heard - This young man knows how to play the nose. It's like he just understands what his role is and does it. Johnny White - God forbid Fred Jackson gets hurt. But if he does, don't be suprised if Johnny White assumes Jacksons role and Spiller stays as the gadget back. I think White is that good. I would love to see what he would do with the starters. Corto - This may suprise some people, but I think Corto finds a way to make this team. I might even go so far to say Scott would be the sacrificial lamb. My guess on cuts: Moats, Jasper, Scott, Easley, Hangartner, S. Nelson, Torbor.

What the hell is wrong with Nix? He's had one full off season and a shortened off season because of the strike to fix this entire team. That should be plenty of time. Is he sleeping or what? Everyone knows that if your a GM worth a damn, the team you inherit should be a playoff caliber team by the preseason of year two. I totally agree that Nix obviously is asleep at the wheel. I think we should start over and get someone that knows what they are doing in here.

It's Even Steven's brother in law.

Yeah so do the new uniforms.

I don't get what you're saying? You're suprised "not to see much positive chatter. Is that allowed", but then you wonder where the haters are. So you haven't seen anything positive said and want to know if the negative people have lost there log in, and you're "just sayin".

Which is it that you want? You don't like Gailey making changes, then you want him to make changes. You're your own problem.

We should have drafted him instead of Dareus and starting Right and Left Tackles. This front office sucks.

You're exactly right. Davis has been great. I think Barnett has looked excellent too, but I'd say Davis has been our best LB in preseason thus far. Morrison is NOT getting the starting position.

Talk about hysterics. Anyone that thinks this team is getting worse has completely lost their mind. Anyone that thinks a FO can rebuild both defensive and offensive lines in 2 off seasons is more nuts than the person that thinks we are getting worse.

I've never acted like that. And I don't know anyone who has.

I missed the original broadcast and friends were texting me saying we looked terrible. I haphazardly watched the game the next day while doing some projects expecting to see something horrific. I didn't. I then watched it again giving it my full attention. I didn't think it was as bad as most fans are making it out to be. I'm going to remain optimistic.

Pittsburgh is one of the finest ran organizations in sports. They develop players like it's going out of style. Dixon can't beat out Leftwich, that's all I need to know.

Absolutely no evidence to support this ludicrous statement.

I disagree. I find it encouraging to watch a person redeem themselves. It's not an easy thing to do either. I think Vick is turning into a nice feel good story.

Well if your posts are any indication, you're screwed.

I thought this was pretty honest coaching evaluation and interesting.

You've got to be kidding? I'd put any bet on your statement you choose.

I'm not saying that I wouldn't be willing to give him some time, but I believe there's no chance the Bills FO and coaching staff ever want to see him again.

This.

Why rather? As if because we signed Smith we didn't get a RT or TE.

Glass half empty for you I guess. The way I look at it is, they've gone against two different offensive lines and dominated them both. Any thought beyond that is speculation.

I by in large agree with you. I'm not the biggest Lee Evans supporter. But I re watched probably 30-40 games during Evans' tenure and watched all the games from last year to try and convince myself that Lee was commanding the attention all his apologists say he did. It's a difficult thing to do because obviously the NFL filming follows the ball and rarely gives a glimpse of the entire field so you can see where everyone is lined up. But when I could see, by in large Evans was commanding safety help (double team). They weren't worried about him slanting hence there would have been more LB involvement. It was the over the top safety help he commanded (go route). In saying that, this team needs someone to emerge or I believe Stevie Johnson will struggle this year. Stevie by himself isn't a #1 receiver, he needs the scheme to help him. He isn't big, he isn't fast, and I'm not 100% sold on his hands. He put his name out there nationally doing the interviews etc. I have no issue with that, but he's being noticed now by defenses. I feel he's most likely going to get a LB shading his way and/a safety. If these other guys don't burn teams for doing this it's going to be tough to move the ball in chunks.

You're one of the better posters man, I didn't mean to be too disrespectful, but I'm suprised that you don't think speed is needed at the WR position. But this team especially with the departure of Evans better figure out a way to get behind the CB or we will see the defense close in on our short routes. The DB's are going to take a step back and jump those routes. The reason they take 2-3 steps back is the threat of speed, thus making the slant successful. On the other hand I understand your original point which is it's not all about speed and in Gailey's offense he doesn't go deep often. But the defense must respect that you can.