R. Rich

In the booth, he's okay. For hours @ a time on Sirius, he's annoying beyond belief. Less is more w/ him.

I find it difficult to believe that Fitzgerald, who shared a field and practice facility w/ Ward (Pitt and the Stillers use the same facilities to train) and who is friends w/ Ward, would come out and say anything that would pubicly defend Ward's team.

Ward has done a good job of taking Holmes under his wing and develop him (imagine that) as a complete WR. His route running looks sharp, his awareness is very good, and his blocking has been pretty good as well. It would be nice if Owens would do the same for Lee Evans. Evans has great speed and is good on the 9 route (go route), but his route running in general is subpar and his blocking isn't anything to write home 'bout either.

That template can be used for far more than broadcasters.

Wait, you mean that if he's signed that whichever team signs him will NOT have to pay him for the full year's salary? That means they can sign him on the cheap, for the most part? Yeah, what are the chances anyone would do that?

Few, if any. That's the reason why I don't tend to bash individual players like Whitner. He didn't draft himself, and certainly didn't devise his own defensive schemes. I wonder just how ANY player would fare on the Bills' roster. People lament the passing over of big guys, like Vince Wilfork for Lee Evans or Haloti Ngata for Whitner, but who's to say Wilfork or Ngata would be as effective in Buffalo w/ this coaching staff? I think that while both guys are talented and that can't be taken away from 'em, in terms of awareness and recognition, they'd be pretty much on their own, and that would hamper their development. In other words, I don't think either would be the player @ the level they're now @ if they had been drafted by the Bills. And I certainly don't think that the Bills would be a better team even w/ those guys, 'cause they still would be coached by the same guys.

I don't think it's as simple as blaming Guy. Sure, there were moves that didn't pan out. They mention Dockery. Well, I watched the pre-season game where Pittsburgh played the Redskins, and Dockery looked pretty good in his blocking there. He's reunited w/ his boy Chris Samuels and they looked sharp, especially on the inital drive of that game. So, it's not that Dockery "sucks" and can't get it done. He simply didn't get it down while w/ the Bills. You think his play would've been as lackluster in Buffalo if the coach was a guy like Parcells? You know, someone that would not only challenge players, but get 'em to develop?

Ben works to keep plays alive 'til something develops DOWN THE FIELD. That's why he takes so many sacks. If he held onto the ball as much as he does, and when he did throw the ball threw it mainly to RBs and TEs, then I could draw a comparison to the Bills. Apples and oranges here. Looks like the Titans need to develop depth for the interior. Those guys who gave Haynesworth a rest (Jones, Brown, et al) are now getting the majority of the reps. They wore down as the game went on, and it showed.

Same as the year before. And the one before that. And the one before that. And...

Pretty good game in terms of the tight finish. Very sloppy one for the Titans, as they'll surely kick themselves for blowing chances to really jump on the Stillers. Ben has been one of the top QBs in the league for the past few seasons now. Well, for a guy who is overrated, that is... It's called coaching. Many people (aka favorite whipping boys) on the roster "suck", 'til they go somewhere else and, lo and behold, show that they can actually play. Funny how they get away from a team w/ seemingly no direction in terms of management and coaching, go to a team that has a better infrastructure, and perform better. Go figure.

Cincinnati has a defense that may finally be playing up to snuff. They started to come 'round toward the end of last year and they added some pretty good talent to the mix. They may be better than people think this year. Time will tell.

But....but.....I thought Roethlisberger was overrated? I know I read that somewhere here.

Now we're gettin' to the good part!! T Minus... 10 days and counting!!!

That's always been a theory of mine. Then again, it doesn't appear to be a popular one. Detroit has an atrocious O line, yet spent the top pick on "franchise QB" Stafford instead of getting a stud like Jason Smith to protect the QB. Leading up to the draft, all the experts kept saying how you, "don't pass up a franchise QB" blah blah blah. Well, they got their man; I only hope he's not in the ICU by Week 14 due to crappy blocking.

I concur w/ others who point out that while the Bills can be accused of spending poorly, they cannot be called "cheap". Actually, per the latest Forbes report, the Bills are a $900 million team. As for who would buy 'em and keep 'em in WNY? I wish I knew. We'll do our best to keep things civil. But, this point has been rehashed a ridiculous amount of times here over the years. Ralph Wilson either needs to hire someone he trusts (big problem) to do the job of managing the team and have that person prove to be effective in that role (unlike Donahoe or Levy) or the team needs new ownership. It's been this way for years. 'Til the Bills have the infrastructure in place (cohesion from ownership to management to coaching to players), don't expect much. We welcome you to the board.

Pity.

Or it could be that Troy Polamalu guy.

Yeah tenny, the Ravens "suck". Even though they played in the AFC championship game last year. That's right; they suck. The Bills suck. Everyone sucks. Sarcasm sucks.... Wait a minute...

That's an utterly ridiculous statement to make 'bout Dockery. What heart?

I've heard a lot of that as well, but I have heard some encouraging remarks from a few folks. I only wish one of those few were myself.

We're well past the year point. No change.

I hear ya on the dissatisfaction thing. After dealing w/ Verizon Online's crap for far too long, I decided to call up Comcast just to see what it would cost to switch from DSL to their cable modem. I figured it would be costly, especially since I've had DirecTV since I bought my home in 2001 and have no interest in switching to cable. So, this was just for my internet usage. Yeah, it cost me more (not nearly as much as I feared), but it's absolutely worth it to me to have reliable service and customer service that doesn't make me want to strangle someone. Once I decided to call Verizon back to cancel my DSL service, they tried all kinds of crap to get me to stay w/ 'em. Sorry, not interested. If you wanted to keep my service, try being a bit more professional and reliable. You weren't, so....see ya. I've had zero issues w/ my Comcast service in the time since I made the switch.

taterhill

Therin lies the problem.

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