RunTheBall

The critics reviews are in. This thread is BOOOOOORRING. RTB

You hit the nail on the head. I'd run Willis 4x but right before he hits the field I'd tell him he better get rid of the happy feet and hit the hole hard or he'll be watching Shaud Williams bounce off big Bennie's ass for the next few games. This team is a victim of overcoaching in the biggest way. Friggin' bunch of genius's. Just line up and hit someone, please?! RTB

We cannot run the ball when it counts (red zone, 1st and goal from the 2, 4th down, etc) We cannot stop the run. Unless this changes, this team goes nowhere no matter who is at QB. RTB

I went to high school with Mike. He was a good guy and did all the play-by-play for the sports teams. I'm pretty sure he wanted to get into sports broadcasting and play-by-play. I haven't caught his radio gig since I'm not in Buffalo anymore. He always knew a lot about sports but I don't ever remember him being condescending. Guess "sports talk radio" does that to ya. RTB

Hey, by your sig you're Schobel's biggest fan. While you're giving him his next reach around, ask him when he's going to show up on game day. RTB

The definition of great defense does not include the Buffalo Bills D unless its great talking defense, in which case we're #1 in history. Great defenses 1) Stop the run 2) Get off the field on 3rd down 3) shorten the field for the O and 4) Make big stops in big games. RTB

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It's sad but I have to agree, I think EM quit on JP. I didn't expect that from a long time Bill but it seems like there have been a lot of quitters on this team over the past couple years. RTB

This decision is absolutely horrendous. If we needed a stiff back there they should have kept the Statue. After last year I was brimming with confidence that this coaching staff was at least making the right decisions. It took only 4 games to completley shatter that confidence. The coaching decisions on both sides of that ball have been simply awful since the first game. When my own mother asks me why the Bills keep throwing the ball when WM is running so well then you know we have a problem. There are a lot of problems with this team and OVER COACHING is a big one. It's football, not a friggin shuttle launch. Benching JP at this time just destroys any credibility this coaching staff had in regards to their master plan and developing our QB of the future. They were flat out 100% wrong about all the assumptions they made prior to the start of the season. I'm disgusted with Mularky/Clements/Gray right now. RTB

The game plans this year have been down right disgusting except for Game 1. In game 1, we rightly came out throwing to back the Texans off the line and then started running Willis. Every game since it seems we establish absolutely nothing, no rhythm, nothing, even when we've got a back who has hit the holes excellently since being called out in week 2. There is absolutely no reason to run bullsh-- gadget plays when you have not established either the run or the pass. The defense does not bite and it smacks of fear. Where the hell was Willis the past 2 games? If they don't have 8 in the box, run the damn ball. When they bring up 8, have JP toss some short to medium routes. Take a shot down field on a play action once in a while. IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. We are victims of overcoaching. When the other team is getting pressure with 4 men you have to either run the ball or throw short routes. WHERE IS THE TE? The fourth down call this week was horrible both in timing and execution. Down by 6, if you don't make it and the Saints get a FG the game is over. That's exactly what happened. If you can't get 8 inches when you need it, your team is in big trouble. How do you not just fall over Anderson's fat ass for 8 inches? Pulling JP at that time was ridiculous. Your starter is down by 6 points and you pull him? How's he going to develop without playing? Make the change in the middle of the week, not at that point of the game. Sickening. Just run the damn ball please. RTB

The Bills never seem to fare well when we supposedly catch an injury break on the othe team. Usually the guy who comes in as a replacement has a career day against the Bills, especially if they are a backup QB. Hopefully Ceements will shut down Hakim and we can stack 8 in the box to stop McCallister. RTB

I'm not sure what game you were watching. There was no offensive flow and the defense folded. The defense is LAST in the league in rushing defense. You cannot win games if you cannot stop the run. RTB

Here's a quote from JS today " Around Buffalo, people have already given up on this team." Anyone think that is true? I'm not in the Buffalo area anymore and I don't think this board reflects the average fan. Even when the team was 3 - 13, when I went home I never got the feeling around town that people had given up on the team. Later on in the article, JS states "It's a little early to wring your hands and give up on them." This from the biggest friggin pessimist in Buffalo News history? One thing I do agree with him on is this " In the last two weeks, I saw some quit in the Bills". I unfortunately have to agree here. I also have gotten a sense of the team deflating in the face of adversity. Not just because we were giving up big play after big play, it just seems they wilt on both sides of the ball. The defense makes a big stop, the O then comes out and goes 3 and out. The O actually moves the ball or scores to make up some ground, the D comes out and $hits the bed allowing the opposing team to march. I dunno. I hope the turnaround starts today. I hope this team comes out pissed off and starts hitting people. I hope the O line comes out and blasts the other team off the line of scrimmage and pancackes them. It's time for this team to get down to basics and knock someone around. Anyone else get the feeling that this team has to man-up? RTB

Pennington was never, ever, an elite QB. He's the most overrated QB in the last 10 years. He's had more smoke blown up his ass than Tom Brady but at least Brady could back up the hype. He was hyped up the wazoo by the NYC market who seem to think the Jets will be in the SuperBowl every single year. The guy sat behind Vinne-freakin-Testaverde for 4 years and had ONE good year. Sorry you're hurt Chad, seeya. RTB

I dunno. An achilles tendon injury is worse than an ACL tear in my opinion. The ACL just provides stability, where the Achilles tendon attaches the calf to the foot and is instrumental in both stabilty and exetending the foot. TKO is a speed player who needs a powerful push off that foot. I think he'll be very hindered. Can anyone think of a player who has come back to his old form after suffering an achilles tendon injury? I can't. RTB

It would be a mistake to bench JP for Holcomb. Holcomb has proven numerous times that he can't consistantly lead a team to victory over the long hall. When we decided on JP as QB, the plan was "Just don't lose the game for us". Well, he hasn't. He isn't winning games for us yet, but he's not losing them either. The "almost" interceptions don't count. Where is the dominant running game? Non existent. Where is the dominant special teams? Non existent. Where is the dominant defense that opened their yappers and talked about being #1 in history. Non existent. Oh wait, they exist as LAST in the league in rushing defense. JP isn't where I'd hoped he'd be, but I'm not surprised at his lack of success as a first year QB. There is an argument to be made though that since the defense sucks and the special teams are average (except FG kicking so far) that we can't wait for a first year QB to develop this year. I say give JP more time. RTB

I'm sorry, but losing one of the best linebackers in the league, a proven playmaker, to a season ending injury is in no way addition by subtraction. This one is going to hurt. RTB

Why do people think a 1st year wideout who's never played a real down of NFL football but had a pretty good camp is the missing link to our offensive woes? Josh Reed looked pretty good in camp the last few years and he was the only wideout who showed up today. I don't think Roscoe would have made any difference in the outcome of this game. RTB

I don't have a problem with MM pulling JP for a series. In fact, I think it shows guts on the coach's part. At least he was trying something different to get the O rolling. First with the no-huddle, then with Holcombe. JP was not getting the job done, period. He came back with a fire under his ass and marched the team down the field. Granted, they were in prevent but still, his accuracy was better. If being benched for a series is going to crush our QB's confidence then he is not the right QB to lead this team and is definitely not the next coming of Jim Kelly. I don't think you guys give Losman enough credit, he's going to be fine. RTB

A defense that gets turnovers wins games. A team that depends on its defense to get turnovers to win games doesn't go far. We need to see if this offense can develop some consistancy in producing points without drive starts on the opposing team's 30 yard line. I think they will, but time will tell. This defense has looked dominant before and then given up game ending drives when we needed a stop. They allowed a backup running back and second string offense to knock them out of the playoffs. All I'm saying is lets se e a few more games before we start making reservations to the Superbowl. RTB

I'm sure there's some lawyer who would be willing to take a case where a guy threatened violence against an ANONYMOUS source. Just what we need, more frivilous lawsuits. RTB

Why do people think Everett is going to come back from an ACL injury this year and add a new dimension to the offense? He hasn't even practiced with the team and it took WM 2 years to get back to form. As for Roscoe, he had a plate put in his wrist because of a fracture. It'll likely be at least 8 weeks from the surgery until he can play. Wrists can be very finicky when healing, especially when catching hard thrown footballs soon after. RTB

What friggin game did you watch? I think you were too busy typing play-by-play in the chat room to pay attention to the O-line. To say they looked pretty bad in the first half is a ridiculous comment especially if you don't know who was even playing. The Texans run-blitzed regularly and when JP went to throw, he usually had time. Did they play great? No, but they played average to good against a defensive scheme designed to stop WM. It opened up in the second half because of the good play calling on MM and TC's part in the first half, not because the o-line all of a sudden became good. RTB

The Pats are an excellent franchise and I hate them along with their bandwagon fans. I wish we had 3 of the last 4 Superbowls. Tom Brady sucks sausage. That is all. RTB

We've got a lot of people on this thread who would make great politicians. You already know how to spend someone else's money on your own interests. Anyone think the families who lost people in this hurricane will see anywhere close to the amount of cash that families who lost someone in 9-11 saw? Nope. RTB