Prickly Pete

Yes, the Red Zone is still a concern, how could it not be? The entire field is a concern when it comes to this offense.

No, the argument is which of these 2 INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS do you keep on your roster. The Bills had to choose between 2 marginal guys, and chose Hogan....NOT A BIG DEAL. But for some reason, some posters want to claim that it is symptomatic of a bad organization, when actually it's just a case by case situation. Whine whine whine

This probably isn't needed, but... http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/1737204/darick-rogers

Yep. If they lose this one I will be off any bandwagon for this season.

Me.

For EJM, it's all about adding to the repertoire of plays that he can execute cleanly. It takes time. He has to execute these plays during a game, against different coverages, different skilled defensive players, different Dline rushes...on and on. He has to learn "on the job", and we have to watch him struggle with it. Hackett also has to pick the right plays, at the right time, to allow EJM to learn on the job, but not hurt the team as he is getting the experience. Send in a play that EJM hasn't mastered, and it's a gamble that can blow a drive. Send in the plays that he has shown the ability to run cleanly, and it's already on tape, and the defense has prepared to shut it down.

Bills welcome a chance to beat up on an opponent, and win by at least a couple of touchdowns.

Me too. Rivers, Manning Brady, Brees...these guys have run the plays so often that they can quickly evaluate who is going to be open. They get a feel for different coverages against a given play. I hope a bunch of teams run this type of attack against the Bills. Then we can see if EJM starts making progress. If not, then we can move on.

I also think that the OC (who I have supported) should have some plays to counter the stunts that the SD defense was running.

The more experience EJM gets against a variety of defense's, the better he should get. It's all part of learning the job.

Gloat away boys!

I understand your point, it's not complicated, it's just not the point my comment was referring too! YOU answered my post with a side track. MY POST referred to people gloating over Tom Brady's struggles, when the guy has OWNED this franchise for his whole career, AND THE BILLS HAVEN"T EVEN PLAYED THEM THIS SEASON. I want the Bills to win every time, but for me and plenty of other fans, finally finishing ahead of the Pats in the standings only after Brady is ancient is NOT enough to to make me gloat about how Brady sucks.

Clowney hasn't been beating up the Bills for a decade!

No way is that what the chatter in this thread is about. Wood is a player, and he has only been here a few years. As a fan that has sat through the beatings for all these years, it's a whole different experience. I want wins over NE too, but gloating over Brady's struggles as an old player is ridiculous. Dancing around "woo hoo, you suck Tom Brady", after they have trounced the Bills every way possible for a decade...satisfaction baby!

Ha....yeah. I guess that's something to hang your hat on, huh? What was it, once or twice, in 13 years or something?

Frankly, I get no satisfaction from this. Tom Brady kicked the Bills around for his entire career. I wanted to see the Bills beat out the Pats while Brady was in the middle of his career, not when he is nearing 40. It's like a guy has been having sex with your wife and daughter, and now you are giddy because he has a "For Sale" sign in front of his house. Wow, feels so good!?

And I wish Jim kelly owned the team, Bruce Smith was D-line coach, and Steve "Fathead" Tasker was Thee Headcoach. Actually, I would be much more interested in having whoever helped develop Rivers on the Bills staff (it wasn't Frank Reich).

It was Rivers.

Oakland sucks. Green bay looks like crap. New England appears to be struggling. Why all this wringing of hands about games that are months away? Every year the league changes, some teams get better, some get worse. There are injuries, suspensions, rookies developing, veterans getting old fast....all kinds of different variables at play. That stretch is no more daunting than any other 4 game slice.

Thanks. Where did I imply that he didn't need to take small steps?

EJM is gonna need at least a 3 seasons to get anywhere near the level of Rivers (if he even can). He has complete command of the offense.

No problem, as long as the Bills win the games.

My hope is that he (and Belichick) hangs around while the Bills lay humiliating defeats on the Pats for at least a few seasons.

Yeah, but eventually it will be true.

Ultimately, they will stay (for the most part) but will leverage for lower advertising rates. Goodell will stay. The NFL may lose popularity, but it won't be because of these off field issues. It will be because fewer kids are playing football (for a variety of reasons).