Coastie

I know it is fun to try to psychoanalyze these people from a distance and judge how they handle situations but the fact is we can't. There is too much we don't know. I can draw parallels between a BM3 who worked for me and what happened to her after we lost our BM2. Her work and attitude went to crap. I had to try numerous ways to motivate a grown adult and no single tool fit every situation. And despite being there, I was never able to KNOW what tool would work in any situation. I just hope the coaches are searching for the right tool to get to Dareus because I would like to have him back, especially if he gets his head right.

I agree, definitely faded a bit down the stretch but I have to hope it is a high motor guy hitting the rookie wall and next year will be different.

Our longest kickoff return was 28 yards? 28 YARDS? I don't... I mean how can... seriously? 28 yards? I agree with all ya'll, the key word is accountability.

This is the nagging fear in my brain. Missing half the preseason, a third of the season with multiple injuries. I pray they are just flukes because I see a lot of potential in EJ if he can get a full year of play.

1) Seahawks - I was stationed in Seattle for 5 years, was at the playoff game for the Romo fumbled snap and loved seeing them beat the Cowboys 2) Broncos - Manning is just too damn likeable to pull against. And I have a soft spot for the Broncos because they got the AFC off the SB snide back in the day 3) Bengals - My regional team and lots of friends and acquaintances are fans

My understanding is this now forces Denver to play to win whereas they may have rested players if we pulled off the upset in an early game.

Just win baby! I want nothing more than to poke a hole in the Patriot balloon and hearing the whining noise as the airs whistles out. It is time.

The Packers are a perfect example. His inability to be on the field has definitely caused a regression in the Packers offense. I don't believe anyone could dispute that with a straight face. As an individual has Rogers regressed? Don't know, wasn't the discussion in any way form or fashion. The discussion was the offense, not an individual and having an absentee quarterback affects the offense. And yes, I recognized the snarky tone but where you erred was in posting a statement that is not directly analogous (an individual's regression versus an offense's regression) but highlights a situation that, I believe, supports my position.

An inability to stay on the field is a regression. Maybe not a regression of talent and a very small sample of one year but the only sample we have. Ej may never miss another game to injury in his career but at this point missing one third of the season/preseason to multiple injuries is troublesome. And since the QB and OC are both rookies was a regression not the realistic expectation? I do not discount the possibility next years QB play and playcalling will improve (in fact I expect/hope both to improve) but I refuse to use next year's potential to rose-color this years performance. As I said, I can't argue the numbers you put up, I can only express what I have seen. Inconsisent playcalling, QB unavailability and O-line holes are all steps back to me.

What I have seen as the ways the offense has gotten worse is CJ was utilized much less effectively, Freddie is a year older and as effective as he was this year, Father Time is undefeated. EJ looked every bit the rookie and can't stay on the field. I do see some hope for the receiving corps as Woods looks like a legit NFL receiver, Goodwin has flashed speed and could turn into a big play maker like we haven't had for a bit although Stevie remains Stevie. Gragg hasn't shown himself to be anywhere near as good as Chandler so we remain average there and as always seems to be the case, the offensive line is a mix of good and bad and blase. I pray for the year we have five legit NFL starters in the line. Playcalling, specifically as regards CJ is worse and I do think the OC has on occasion tried to get cute with the playcalling and over-thought the obvious. These observations are what I see and very subjective and the numbers may show something else but never forget: "There are lies, damned lies and statistics." Mark Twain

Oh what bittersweet memories are those. I forgot how enjoyable it was to watch Reed and Metzelaars.

Manziel might be right for the NFL but he won't be happy in Buffalo. My view is he wants to play hard and party hard and Buffalo is not the city for him to do that. The result will be the team gets a potentially talented player whose inability to put play over party will result in poor performance and neither side will benefit. I could be wrong, Manziel may mature or already be more mature than I believe he is but it is more risk than the team needs when you consider the already considerable risk involved with any high draft pick.

Going to the sports bar at the casino with my brother and our friend who are Bucs and Lions fans respectively so they can watch their matchup. Me, I will be wearing my old Colts Manning jersey and pulling for our entire division to lose while we get healthier. Oh and most likely losing about four hundred bucks on video poker.

I think this legend stuff is over blown. If Kiko is such a legend he will show up at my house and slam my face into the keyboardlkktnsanvni5u6mnsao9yhh5bn pj3;bn p569[87uw[edjmf['sar0weuj5j34j

Pure awesomeness. And self-effacing as well, he is hitting all the boxes on my man-crush checklist.

I drank the kool-aid on Fitzpatrick after the hot half season he had that got him the big contract. His jersey is still hanging in my closet because I was certain enough he would be around for awhile I had no issue buying it. Doh! Man I loved Kelso, never had any big expectations for him but as it turned out I just enjoyed watching him play. Somehow time after time he magically appeared in front of someone about to break it big and wrapped them in a bear hug.

I agree, the few seconds you run off the clock are not worth the risk of a long return to me.

Andre is still number one for me but #22 has a special spot, I agree.

He was huge when it was needed that is all that matters at this moment. Gettem next week as well Mario!

Kiko Alonso was actually drafted number one overall but it took the Commissioner 46 spots to be able to even speak his name.

Have long appreciated Jackson, hard working, blue-collar type who I think was heading for some MVP votes in 2011 before derailed by injury. Since he has accepted the emergence of Spiller with grace, I see no reason not to keep him around as long as he is productive.

Smaller sample sizes always have outliers, as the sample size grows they almost always move back toward the mean. ALMOST always... go Mario!

Kiko doesn't talk to the coach on his helmet speaker, he talks to God.

I will put my opinion on this up here. He initiated the communication with the intent of getting his message across. It is evident many people miss his message when it is wrapped in sloppy grammar and lazy facts. If he wants his message to be received by the most people, it is his responsibility to craft it to be effective, it is not the responsibility of the receiver to wade through his laziness.

Yeah, what did Levy do for us?