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The Bills were one of only two teams with just three 20-catch receivers. Twenty-two teams had at least five. Bledsoe had no dependable third option at wideout. Tight end Mark Campbell was just becoming a viable part of the offense when he was lost for the season. Then tight end Tim Euhus went down. Eric Moulds, like many a star wideout, wants nothing to do with the lead pass thrown over the middle.
Bledsoe's receiving options were, to some degree, minimized by a simplified offense designed to protect him from the sack. But let's be honest. When Josh Reed is your third receiver, how many times are you going that way anyway? Releasing Bobby Shaw might have made a necessary point, but it also gave Bledsoe one fewer experienced receiver.
To say that Bledsoe can't win a Super Bowl is a safe play against the odds. Many great ones haven't. In fact, of the league's current starting quarterbacks, only Tom Brady and Brett Favre have.
He's expendable...
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The Bills were one of only two teams with just three 20-catch receivers. Twenty-two teams had at least five. Bledsoe had no dependable third option at wideout. Tight end Mark Campbell was just becoming a viable part of the offense when he was lost for the season. Then tight end Tim Euhus went down. Eric Moulds, like many a star wideout, wants nothing to do with the lead pass thrown over the middle.
Bledsoe's receiving options were, to some degree, minimized by a simplified offense designed to protect him from the sack. But let's be honest. When Josh Reed is your third receiver, how many times are you going that way anyway? Releasing Bobby Shaw might have made a necessary point, but it also gave Bledsoe one fewer experienced receiver.
To say that Bledsoe can't win a Super Bowl is a safe play against the odds. Many great ones haven't. In fact, of the league's current starting quarterbacks, only Tom Brady and Brett Favre have.
Someone said Jerry The Fairy was right on yesterday. Well Bob is the one who knows football. BTW I hope Moulds is ashamed!
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A simple yes or no will suffice. Do you believe that the Bills can win a Super Bowl with DB as our starting QB? I don't care if DB can get us to the playoffs...who friggin' cares. I don't believe that he can lead us to the promised land(if by chance we get in the playoffs), therefore it is time to turn the page and go with JP in 2005.
Bills ready to stick with Bledsoe as starter
By JOHN WAWROW, AP Sports Writer
January 4, 2005
AP - Jan 3, 1:18 pm EST
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Sub-par numbers aside, quarterback Drew Bledsoe is confident he's earned the right to remain the Buffalo Bills' starter heading into next season.
``It's my team,'' Bledsoe said this week after the Bills missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year despite a strong finish.
The Bills -- from coach Mike Mularkey to team owner Ralph Wilson -- agree with Bledsoe.
``It wasn't all Drew,'' Wilson said, following Buffalo's season-ending loss Sunday to Pittsburgh, when Bledsoe struggled.
Mularkey shrugged off questions of Bledsoe's so-so passing numbers, saying the only figure that counted was the nine games his quarterback helped win this season.
``It's do you win or lose? That's the stat that comes out most,'' Mularkey said. ``I don't know what the rest has to do with performance to be honest with you.''
The Bills (9-7) enjoyed their first winning season since 1999, and first in three years since acquiring Bledsoe in from New England in 2002.
2005 Version Yes!
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Uhh!! I believe Mike was sticking up for You. BTW I don't doubt your info is legit. I have known people in the Bills organization over the years and still do to some extent but don't share stuff anymore here because whats to gain? I have friends from TBD that I share info with that know that what I tell them is usually 99% correct but won't post it here anymore because it just brings childish scorn. There are other posters that I know, that have good insight into what the pulse of the Bills is, so-to-speak, that share info with me that won't post it here also. IM a little older than most here and for most of my generation you could count on a persons word. Too, too bad for those of you in the me generation that you can't believe or trust anyone.
Well said Steve.
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With props to FTG over at Billzone for pulling this info together, here are Dredfuls numbers for 2004.
Player Att Comp Yds Comp% Yds/At TD INT INT% Long Sack/Lost Rating
Bledsoe 450 256 2932 56.9 6.5 20 16 3.6 69 37/215 76.6
The numbers don't lie folks. Whine about the OL all you want but I believe McGahaee had over 1000 yards rushing behind that line in LESS THAN a full season.
Could Losman put up numbers like this? Absolutely.
Deny it all you want, reality will eventually hit you in the face.
From the Buffalo News:
"I don't think that Drew has a heckuva lot of time to throw the ball. The guys are right on top of him. By the time he gets back, boom. We've got to straighten the offense out all the way around. There's not much blocking. The whole scheme of it has to be straightened out. I just think we've got better players than we've shown." This was Ralph Wilson's response.
Ron Jaworski, the former Philadelphia Eagles great quarterback and ESPN analyst, agreed with Wilson after the game.
"There is no doubt in my mind he can still win," Jaworski said. "Drew is one of those guys who needs protection. He's what I call a plant, step and throw quarterback. He needs to be comfortable in the pocket where he can do that. If you start showing color in his face and he starts throwing off his back foot because of pressure up the middle, he becomes a little bit erratic. When you build around him, you have to start with the interior of the offensive line. I think Drew is still a very, very good quarterback in this league."
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So the the Bills didn't beat the Steelers, so what? They squished the fish not once, but twice. They turned around a miserable season and almost made the playoff's. My hat is off to Mularkey and his coaching staff. He did what Wade and Greg couldn't conceive of, that is having a winning record. He turned a team around that had one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL, into at least above par.
Sure, they weren't in the playoffs, but did anyone expect the Bills would be there last August? Every reporter and sports mag, listed Buffalo as DEAD LAST in the AFC East, 'put a fork in them, they are done'. Instead, Buffalo came in third, and should have finished second. Sure, Bledsoe doesn't look so hot, but then neither does Losman. My vote would be for Mathews, who actually had pocket awareness last weekend, when they played San Fransisco. Losman, looked like Rob Johnson, are they clones? And Bledsoe was oblivious yesterday. He hadn't a clue that he was about to be blind sided. You can't tell me QB's can't sense when they are about to be hammered. Ask Marino, if he didn't sense when BRUCE was nearby, I'm sure he did. But Bledsoe can't, or is incapable of sensing impending doom. Maybe he has been hammered so often, that the god given ability to sense danger has long since disapeared, or maybe he never had it, but its time for him to step down, or at least laterally.
My hat is off to Mularkey and his staff, for turning around a team that was good as done last summer. He made me feel proud to be a Bills fan again, especially in Vikings country. I have never been ashamed of the Bills, going all the way back to 1963 and my first game. Even in those horrific years of 2 and 14. To me, if you can squish the FISH TWICE, its a winning season, no matter if you make the playoff's or not.
GO BUFFALO!
That not JohninMinn.'s Opinion
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Maybe if I was on a ship 12000 miles away I could be happy. All we have is today. Tomorrow is no guarantee. Waiting till next year and all the mini camps draft crap etc is for Madden players who dont' realize the winning streak momentum the Bills just wasted!
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From the Buffalo News:
"I don't think that Drew has a heckuva lot of time to throw the ball. The guys are right on top of him. By the time he gets back, boom. We've got to straighten the offense out all the way around. There's not much blocking. The whole scheme of it has to be straightened out. I just think we've got better players than we've shown." This was Ralph Wilson's response.
Ron Jaworski, the former Philadelphia Eagles great quarterback and ESPN analyst, agreed with Wilson after the game.
"There is no doubt in my mind he can still win," Jaworski said. "Drew is one of those guys who needs protection. He's what I call a plant, step and throw quarterback. He needs to be comfortable in the pocket where he can do that. If you start showing color in his face and he starts throwing off his back foot because of pressure up the middle, he becomes a little bit erratic. When you build around him, you have to start with the interior of the offensive line. I think Drew is still a very, very good quarterback in this league."
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With that many Steeler Fans there the writing is on the wall. The future may be in LosAngeles or Toronto. You must take advantage of opportunities when they're there! Next year is a long way off and things change!
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12th man was a big disappointment also. Maybe Buffalo can't support an NFL team anymore. I'm not sayin the people on the Wall are to blame but the community should be ashamed. Is the economy that bad?? Never in a million years would I have thought this could happen if the Jets Lost. DAMN!
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Happy New Year! God Bless All and special prayers for those in need and in harms way.
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I'm in town and want to go to the game. Our trip wasn't scheduled until recently so we can't use the tickets I usually get.
I'd like to go to the game and I'm only looking for a single seat.
Does anyone have advice for picking up a single ticket before the game. I would think they'd get cheaper closer to gametime and it will probably help that it's a single, but I haven't bought a ticket this way before.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Wait as close to the game as possible. You'll get a club seat for about 20 bucks. Best seats are usually the people that are no shows. Just act and be confident.
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I never thought I'd be hangin on to words coming out of a show called "cold Pizza"
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At the end of last season I made the decision that going into TDs fourth year, I had no reason to lower my expectations for this team from my expectations from the 2003 squad (GWs last year). Going into that season I felt that 9-7 and a run for a playoff spot was the minimum that the Bills should achieve. That is the same goal that I thought the Bills should be able to achieve this year even with all the coaching changes.
I felt that the players were in place in GWs last year and that it was poor coaching that led to thier downfall. With a good coaching hire, I had no reason to lower my expectations just because they were new.
Well...the Bills have achieved that goal and may quite possible exceed it this weekend if things go the way we all want them to. In my book, this has been a successful season regardless what happens this weekend (even if we lose against Pitt).
My question is, does any of you think that anything more needs to happen to allow you to consider this a successful season?
Do we need to win Sunday? Do we need to make the playoffs? Do we need to win a playoff game?
Regardless of what happens this weekend, I will be ecstatic going into next year. Of course, I may be ecstatic after this weekend but I won't be too upset if they don't make it. The WAY they will have achieved thier winning record, bodes well for the future.
We have to do something this year. The streak and momentum will be gone next year and regardless of who we draft or pickup they can't replace "old Mo".
Comeback seasons like this happen once in a great while. Anybody that says wait til next year doesn't remember the 85 Bears.
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Actually, he is not an idiot at all. He picks the Jets and Denver to win in close games. So his prediction is--say--that the chances of the Jets and Denver each winning is 60%. That being the case, multiplying those probabilites together, he believes it is 36% likely that BOTH the Jets and Broncos will win, or that there is a 64% chance the Bills will get the help they need.
Myself, I think the Jets have about a 60% chance of winning, and the Broncos 70%. That means there is a 42% chance that both will win, or a 58% chance to get the help they need...CD
Somehow I feel the general concept. Seeing the numbers displayed is encouraging. I skipped almost every statistics and probability class I registered for. Thanks.
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Self Imposed Exile I think... He couldn't shake the anti Drew disease.
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I got a shower radio so I can listen to sports all the time!
Jerry Sullivan was way off.
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The point is Moulds drops those now! Geeez