Cynical

"Stay inside, grab a six-pack and watch a good football game."

Yes. Twice on Sunday even.

Actually, if you guys knew your USFL history, Kelly and Flutie damn close to playing on the same team. The league folded before they got the chance. Backgound: Before the leagues last year of play, Donald Trump, owner of the NJ Generals, drafted Flutie because he was convinced Doug was the missing piece for a championship team. (The Generals failed.) When the season was over, the Houston Gamblers were going to fold. Trump bought the team with the intent to merge both teams (Gamblers and Generals) into one team using the General defense and the Gamblers offense. The Gamblers were led by a 'gunslinger' named Jim Kelly running a full blown spread offense called the Run 'N Shoot. Kelly's response to the merger (and the potential conflict of 2 'marquee' QBs) was along lines of couldn't wait to teach the other guy(s) the Run 'N Shoot offense. Flutie responded with a remark of how Kelly thinks he is the starter, but he (Flutie) was going to win the starting job. Personally, I would have loved to see that training camp go down.

And hasn't won a game yet. Proof this off-season was a complete joke. Chan's hiring was a joke. Nix is a joke. The entire Bills organization is a joke. This entire reply is a joke (and not to be taken seriously). You sir, yes you, may choose to drink the Kool Aid, but BillsPhan will not!!

Not quite sure how the media and critical fans are causes for the team sucking, but, obviously, Trent needs to deflect blame for his poor performance. It's not like I was expecting him to come to the presser and say: "We went 6-10 last year. I played a big part in achieving that sad sack record. My bad."

A spanking? Then the ...

Is that really a bad thing considering this "is the biggest pile of horse dung I've seen here in the past 3.5 days."?

Workouts are starting, and the team hasn't got their playbook yet. The freaking horror ... Maybe it is me. Just maybe Chan will make a decision on who the QB is once he determines which player actually grasps the playbook. Or here's a thought. Maybe he has already made a decision, and he's hoping we draft a QB. So let's change one set of bad QB QBs for another set of bad QBs. Brilliant! Other than making you feel all warm and fuzzy, how is this an improvement? Wow. The draft has not happened yet, and your are bitching about the Bills not doing "enough" in a free agency that was very limited talent wise. What other astute pieces of wisdom do you want to share?

No kidding just look at the Bills vs. Cowboys in 2007. Or the Bills vs the Bengals back in 92(?).

Okay, I did not mention arm strength. As for mobility, you think a 40 time represents that? How about this stat: sacks Fitzpatrick 21 in 10 games Edwards 23 in 8 games Not to mention Edwards is classified as a prototypical pocket QB. Mobility is NOT his strength. "not cocky, but confident", and "California mellow" are polite ways of saying the guy lacks a sack and is afraid to take chances. And clutch: the first 4 games of 2008, Edwards scored 3 4th quarter TDs and 1 3rd quarter TD. That's it. And only 2 of those scores were done when the Bills were "behind". And the combined record of those 4 teams? 16 wins and 48 losses. Maybe if Edwards was a little more "cocky" during the game, we wouldn't be so "impressed" with his "clutch". Doubt it. He's basically playing the same way he did in 2007. People are just looking for an excuse to explain his "sudden" poor play. Edwards "flaws" have become more prevalent, because defenses have figured out how to exploit those flaws. Funny, people used to say the same thing about Jauron. As we found out, it was not silent "confidence" Jauron was exhibiting, it was silent "clueless". Interesting. If we listened to the Trent lovers before the season started, they were absolutely giddy with TO (he was going to pull the double team off Evans, can't cover both, etc...), they loved the fact the Bills were running the no huddle (remember the BS about how the no huddle was going to make it easier for the young OL to block?), and how the no huddle would put the play calling in Edwards hands (an alleged strength). 8 weeks and a benching later, now the same people are complaining how Edwards was bogged down with such a crappy offense, and how he has not gotten a fair chance. (Yet, to the same people, Fitz playing in 10 games = fair chance). As for Terrell, people also seem to gloss over the fact that Josh Reed was caught on camera complaining to the coaching staff about Edwards and his inability to read the field.

Been a fan for 30+ years. Guess you assumed wrong. I already said he was accurate and had a quick release. Do you intend this to prove swagger as well? Edwards is a QB. WTF does his 40 time have to do with anything? You expecting him to start running track? 24 TD's out of 32 games. Not even 1 a game. How about college? 36 TD's in 35 games. Just barely over 1 a game. Comes a point when one has to face reality coaching is not the reason Trentative has not been overly "productive".

In order to gain something back, you have to "lose" it in the first place. And you cannot lose something you never had. Despite all the hoopla, Trentative never had a "swagger". What he does have is an accurate arm and a quick release. Beyond that, what else does he have? 3-4 defenses seem to confuse the crap out of him (spare me the coaching excuse. He never played against a 3-4 in college?) And I can't shake the statement AVP made when Fitzpatrick was announced as the starter. To paraphrase, AVP mentioned being able to open up the playbook and to attempt things they could not before. Makes me wonder why Jauron was so insistent on running a 'pop warner offense'.

The Canadians are in love with Tebow?

You're right. Trent may have more skills than the QBs you mentioned, but those other QB's had something Trent does not: balls. Chan can devise game plans and schemes around a QB with a limited skill set, but I seriously doubt Chan has the ability to devise an offense around a skill set referred to as "p*ssy". If anything, Fitzpatrick and Brohm have much better chance of being productive under Chan. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked if Edwards is traded or cut before the regular season starts.

If he hit the woman hard enough to tear apart the car's bumper, that woman is not getting up and walking away. Plastic grill part(s)or plastic piece attached to bumper? Very possible. I smacked a deer @ 35. Shattered my grill and scraped my bumper, but even that hit did nothing to "tear" my bumper. Just for the record, I was against Lynch playing his little legal game after the incident. He should have manned up and just admitted it instead of hiding behind his lawyer. But that's the past. It's over. A deal was struck, and he paid his price. Let it go. Besides, IIRC, he's being sued by the woman. She'll get her justice in the end.

Home, where the police found the vehicle parked in the driveway, in full view of everybody. His vehicle. But unfortunately for you, he never admitted hitting the woman despite your insistence he did. Let it go.

Not just the first paragraph, the very first sentence: "Bills running back Marshawn Lynch said Friday he didn't know he hit anyone while driving his SUV ..." 4th paragraph, last sentence: "I didn't know my car had hit anyone or anything." 6th paragraph: "I was certain that my car did not strike the dancing pedestrian," Lynch said." Marshawn may never be a great RB. Heck, he may not be the best RB on this team. But he is better than some others in this league. No need to create holes just to satisfy some people's "moral compass". So he made mistakes. He paid for those mistakes. Let it go.

Why is mentioning Brady and Manning relevant? Just because they continue to play at a high level means Culpepper will too? I do not get this approach. This is like designing a car to make left turns only. Once done, now you want the car to make left and right turns. Unfortunately, now you have to re-engineer half the car again. You are basing the guys ability on one game in 5 years? You are choosing the exception over the rule? We should have just kept Jauron as HC. You know he did have one winning season. And 2-3 years from now when we finally reach the playoffs, you will discover the Bills will have to scrap half the team because they loaded up with players with the goal to win NOW. Culpepper is a "mental midget" from a football point of view. He processes info too slow and makes poor decisions. He was successful with Moss because Moss used to direct Culpepper on where to throw the ball.

Nice article, but I could not help but notice that his own argument in support of Vinny can be turned around and used against Vinny. The concept of you put Vinny on some really good teams, and Vinny suddenly looks to be a good QB brings out the concept of "If Vinny needs all those talented players to be good, then Vinny is not nearly as good as he claims him to be." Secondly, I noticed how the author uses AV (approx value) to measure the team and supporting cast, but uses another category to compare the QB's. Why not use the same category (AV) as the rest of the team? If he did, he would notice his argument has some flaws. He would notice some of those HOF had a higher AV than Vinny did when surrounded by similar level of talent. Thus questioning how good Vinny really is.

In 1994, as head coach of the Browns, BB won a playoff game with a QB that was considered a major bust. Linky

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Not to mention the OL as a unit is unique in football. The better job they do, the less you hear about them. Hot dogging and show boating does not lend itself to the OL (can you imagine the LT chest bumping the OC because they prevented a sack?)

There is a section for it: It's called "Off The Wall".

You can spin it any way you want to, but Trent Edwards is not getting hit harder than any other QB or player today is. Edwards has been consistently injured at the collegiate and professional levels. That's a trend. He's fragile.

'widely regarded as one of the very best evaluators of QB's'? By what estimation? This has been debunked numerous times on this board (and others including non-Bills boards). Bill Walsh's record is pretty bad in fact. He was wrong about Montana (wanted Steve Fuller and Steve Dill over Montana. Later admitted someone in the 49ers organization convinced him to take Montana.) He was right about Steve Young (the only one he was right about) He was wrong about Jake Plummer (called him the next Joe Montana, "Super Bowls and everything") Wrong about Joey Harrington and David Carr. There are others, but I cannot remember them right now. And right now, Trent Edwards is looking like another failure for Walsh. This is interesting. All Trent apologists automatically assume this rep gives Trent an 'edge' somehow. I did not realize Chan's rep was built on over coming a player's chickens**t mindset. IMHO, I think people are going to be surprised how well Fitzpatrick and possibly Brohm respond to Gailey.