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I don't see how this could be disappointing to any Bills fans. Switch the QBs out with Sam Bradford though, and I'd be more interested. Bradford inevitably will get hurt, but EJ will be a solid back-up in this league.

Agree with the subject line completely! I'll go as far as saying, I'd rather have Sammy than any of those players at 19 this year. (I'd also rather have Odell Beckham, but honestly to criticize that pick Sammy was the clear #1 in the draft coming out. Mike Evans might have been close, but strong majority favored Watkins, and I still favor Watkins bc Evans will be in trouble in 3 years or less).

Yes... Hackett Bad... Morrone's boy, but he sucks, and hope he makes the right business move.

I think this works in our favor as 2nd rd flips this order of teams w the same record. Not sure though, anyone fact check that?

Hope this is not the last we see of CJ! I know salary cap stuff hurts us, but man I really like having him as our homerun guy

Ray Rice = MJD aka over. I'm still a CJ supporter, but hope to get him a little cheaper than 5M a year

Great post! Way to pick up all those names... I like Orton (EJ too) over the free agents you have listed there.

Mario is a beast!! I agree we do know how great he is, but doesn't get enough props for doing what he's doing b/c of the payroll. Worth every penny!

I was scared of this prior to the game against Denver b/c I thought we'd get beat a little worst against them, and come out at home fired up and steal a close one to GB, and somehow blow it traveling out West. Now I'm scared we might get blown out after a demoralizing lose at Denver. Last thought... I said I'd be thrilled with 3-1 over the last quarter, and we still have a chance, and if that happens I'd give us a better than average chance at playoffs!

found a better list thanks

1. Aaron Rodgers: "(Rodgers') scrambling ability and passing ability is almost like Luck and Manning combined, if you will." -- Bill Belichick. That says it all. We are witnessing one of the all-time great quarterbacks have one of his best seasons. The mental side of his game matches his ridiculous throws. This last stretch of Rodgers' play has all but clinched his MVP award. 2. Tom Brady: Could anyone else drag Julian Edelman and Brandon LaFell toward 1,000-yard seasons? Brady's pocket movement and awareness, which seemed to be on the wane over the last few years, has been terrific. 3. Peyton Manning: His three worst games of the season have come in the last five weeks, but he's still enjoyed an incredible year overall. 4. Andrew Luck: Luck has created separation with the rest of his generation. He's more consistent, and his incredible attributes have only grown better. There is no quarterback who can deliver difficult passes under intense pressure like Luck. 5. Philip Rivers: A rough third quarter of the season turned around with a magical performance in Baltimore. That was one of my favorite games of the season to watch all year. 6. Ben Roethlisberger 7. Matt Ryan: It has to be killing general manager Thomas Dimitroff to be wasting Ryan's prime. 8. Drew Brees: The arm strength is a tick down, and he's paid dearly for his mistakes. But let's not get too carried away; Brees is still an upper echelon starter who has done far more positive than negative this season. The Saints' defense is the far bigger problem. 9. Tony Romo: We don't want to overreact to one performance, but it's not a good sign that the Cowboyslooked helpless when they finally had to throw nonstop to make a comeback. 10. Russell Wilson: His best plays are improvised or dump-off passes. He's cut down on mistakes lately, but his starting wide receivers have combined for 87 yards the last two weeks. Can theSeahawks win (another) Super Bowl that way? 11. Joe Flacco: He's had a few more off weeks than the guys above, but he's been remarkably good more than you think. There's a big drop after him in the rankings. 12. Ryan Tannehill: Tannehill has taken strides by looking like the same guy week after week. That guy can't throw a deep pass, but most everything else has the look of a franchise quarterback who will be around a while. 13. Eli Manning: He's not going to complete 70 percent of his passes, but Eli has upgraded back to a league average starter this year. 14. Colin Kaepernick: The Super Bowl starter doesn't rank in the top 20 in ESPN's QBR, Football Outsiders or Pro Football Focus' numbers. I can't put him much lower than this because he still makes 4-5 incredible plays each week, but the regression is hard to ignore. 15. Matthew Stafford: He could fatten up on soft opponents, just in time for the fantasy playoffs. 16. Alex Smith: The Chiefs' offense has been a magic trick all season, but now the rest of the league knows how it works. 17. Cam Newton: It's hard to believe how bad the Panthers are, and how Newton isn't even fun to watch this season. The offensive line is dreadful. The running game was stale two years ago. Newton's accuracy is wildly unpredictable. Cam deserves better than Mike Shula at offensive coordinator, but I never thought we'd see this many poor games from Newton in a row. 18. Mark Sanchez 19. Jay Cutler 20. Andy Dalton: We just finished the most Andy Dalton month possible. He had a complete washout on national television against Cleveland, followed by a near perfect game in New Orleans and a workmanlike effort in Houston. He then threw three ugly picks in the first half in Tampa before making a few big-time throws late to win. This is why Dalton is the prime meridian of starting quarterbacks. That's my top 20. The remaining group could really be listed in almost any order. 21. Teddy Bridgewater: He's the best rookie quarterback right now. It's not by much, and his ceiling could be higher than his counterparts. Bridgewater is crafty. He's the type of quarterback who analysts or teammates love to call a "gamer" or a "winner." He's going to be around a while, but possibly in the mold of guys like Alex Smith or Andy Dalton. 22. Kyle Orton: I never expected to watch so much Orton again. It hasn't been altogether unpleasant. 23. Ryan Fitzpatrick: We didn't learn anything from Ryan Mallett's two starts, especially since he played one of them with a torn pectoral muscle. 24. Colt McCoy: McCoy's lack of arm strength shows up a few times per game, but he is good at extending plays and has more flash than expected. He looks like an upgrade from the RGIII we saw this year, but don't get carried away with his numbers against Indianapolis. It was an up and down performance. 25. Brian Hoyer: I'm not sure Hoyer has truly been that much worse lately, just less lucky. All those near interceptions he threw by the boatload in September are now being caught. 26. Shaun Hill: Fun fact: He's only completed games against AFC West teams. 27. Drew Stanton: Even during an ugly performance, he'll rip off a few nice throws that remind you why Bruce Arians likes him. But Stanton is not built to carry a team with zero running game or a defense that gave up 500 yards on the road. The rest of the Cardinals need to be much better for Stanton to have a chance. 28. Josh McCown: Why did they bench Mike Glennon again? McCown has done virtually nothing positive the last two weeks. Glennon is a better player now, and has more room to grow. Chris Wesseling disagrees with me so vehemently on this issue that I wanted to cross-check my eyeballs and notes with the numbers: ESPN's QBR rating, Football Outsiders and PFF all rank Glennon higher this year, too. 29. Derek Carr: There are some promising traits to work with, but it's really hard to evaluate a quarterback running an offense that makes the Buccaneers look explosive. 30. Zach Mettenberger: I'm intrigued. I'm confused. I want to see more. NFL Films' Greg Cosell said he wouldn't take a quarterback in the top five of the draft if he was running the Titans because of Mettenberger. 31. Blake Bortles: If nothing else, the Jaguars coaching staff is still confident in him. They had Bortles throwing out of his own end zone with 30 seconds left in the first half last week. Bortles is an explosive athlete who knows how to run a two minute drill. This rookie season has largely been a mess, but he's still very entertaining to watch each week. A huge second-year leap is easy to imagine. 32. Geno Smith/Michael Vick: The Jets endured two of the most embarrassing quarterback performances of the year in back to back games, by different starters. I'd put Orton at 19... thoughts?

I think the calls killed our momentum, and I really try giving officials the benefit of the doubt... but it was hard today. The fist pump does not bother me at all, two guys working together it is what I saw... More upset with the calls ticky tack stuff, and timing of them just seems sketchy more than a fist bump.

I love Payton! He's been fun to watch for the last 14 years, and someone I have had to route for in Dec/Jan when Bills games were no longer relevant. I really hope the D Line sends him on a Sunday night date with the ice bath.

I feel great about wearing my 94 on Sunday (Monday)!! Mario being a captain is a big deal! The guy isn't a vocal leader, but having the C on his chest I think helps his consistency as he knows he needs to lead by example.

True! I'll keep looking at possibilities until I see loss 7

IF we get to 7-5 at the end of this month I start looking hard again, but those last 4 games are gonna be tough... Even Oakland is looking hard for a win (especially if still winless at that time!), and coast to coast travel never works well... It's most likely over, but 7-5 at end of November gets me paying attention to playoff picture again.

all of the above If I have to chose I go with Gilmore. Not because he's bad, but because I want him to be something he is not, and that frustrates me the most.

Call it sour grapes, call it what you will... I share the frustration on the refs. Bills do not get 50/50 calls. The D-Line is so good that it looks like holding by opposing O-Line every play, but never seem to get the calls. If they avoid 1 of those 3 tick/tack calls I really think Bills win that game. They lost the game themselves with the turnovers, so can't just point at the refs, but I don't think it's outrageous to call the refs on some of the BS.

This is why we can't have nice things

My excitement really comes from having the oppertunity to beat all the other surprise 5-3 teams which (barring any crazy turn of events such as losing to jets/raiders...) punches our ticket to the playoffs. 10-6 will get us in if we with next 4 games. (we'd have to go 1-3 in the following 4 which GB is winnable at home!)

I mean mid-way through the season you control your own destiny in almost all scenarios, but I love how our's looks... 4 teams in the AFC at 5-3, and you can say all of them are 'over-achieving' 5-3. Bills, Chiefs, Dolphins, and Browns. We play all other 5-3 teams in the next 4 weeks (with the jets sprinkled in for some fun!). What a better way to look at it and say we do our jobs and come out of there with wins, we start taking over all these tiebreaker scenarios, and make our way into the playoffs!! (Also - Pats looked great yesterday, but they could come back down to earth, and if we did go on a good run we may be looking at a chance for the division at that point too!!) Getting EXCITED!!! Wish I could be at the game this Sunday!!!! GO BILLS!

awesome... SIGN HUGHES!! ...and Dareus!!

completion % and sack ratio I think are connected. EJ might just throw a few more away to avoid the sacks (I think this is small portion of that, but worth mentioning that could be contributing to those stats). I love me some Orton, so it's not a plug for EJ, just something to add to the convo...

That part scares me... I'm not a Hackett should be fired tomorrow guy, but man having him be the difference isn't very comforting.

Awesome!!!