Dan

Exactly. Even if you consider your defense does their job and forces a 3 and out. That gives you the ball back with under 6minutes (more or less). So now you're essentially putting yourself in a position to drive the field and score - something they hadn't done all day. On side kick, get it, and then score again. Bottomline, we needed that drive at that point. It was critical to move the ball and get some points. But, we punted the game away in hopes we could play the final 5-6 minutes to perfection.

I want to know why most every team you watch makes throws to wide open receivers several times a game. Yet, our 2 guys are never, never wide open. It seems our CBs are always 5-10 yards away when ball is thrown and their CBs are always in blanket coverage. Every week, every team.

Nope. The Bills' D came to play. And gave the offense ample opportunity to take control of the game. Too bad the offense just decided to take the day off.

Trent has enough time on enough plays to at least attempt a ball to the WRs. But, all too often he was standing back there waiting for the sack. He's not going to get 4-6 seconds consistently. He needs to pick the guy with single coverage, drop back and throw it. How long does that take... 2, 3 seconds? I agree the O line looked miserable today. But, Trent did absolutely nothing to help it. He looked scared more than anything. Of course, it would have helped to throw in some screens and draw plays as well.

Exactly. I watch the NFL Highlights shows and every other team in the league looks competent at least some of the time and then you watch the Bills and ...pfft. They look clueless.

Actually the offense scored 17, 26, and zero.

or 4th and 25. Brilliant!

Donte started Pierre Thomas on his FF team?

Friggin awesome final drive! 3 bad snaps in a row. Trent dropping back, waiting to take the sack. 4th down - hit Jackson at the LOS. Just !@#$in pathetic.

Absolutely no offense.

Exactly, with all that Blitzing, someone has to have single coverage. Trent needs to throw the damn ball to them.

Yeah Hargrove little blew his breath on him. That was the worst roughing the passer call I've ever seen - by far.

It's called 3rd down and the Bills defense can not stop a team from converting.

Best thing about this game is the fans. Every time Brady throws a bad pass or someone drops it, you hear this loud moan for the "fans". They're reduced to cheering when the Pats* get a first down. Pats* take the 3rd quarter opening kickoff down for a FG and almost no cheers when they score it to go up by 6. Wonderful fans they got in Foxboro.

Fisher... no sun glasses. And they're losing. Coincidence?

Go Bills!

Saw that too. And thought the same thing. So, this is how the game is going to go, huh? How can you call roughing the passer when the QB doesn't even get knocked down?

Yeah, I knew what you meant, but you lobbed that one up pretty easy for me. I'm not sure we can keep pace with them in a traditional shoot out game. Maybe. But, I think the defense is going to have to stop the Saints and/or force some field goals. We consider the Bills' offense as doing well because they're scoring 2-3 touchdowns per game (in the first 2 games). But, the Saints have scored 6 per game. So to think we can suddenly score more touchdowns that we have in several games combined is hoping for a miracle, IMO. Hence, I think the key to this game is the defense. If we keep the Saints to 4 touchdowns, we've got a shot. And the key to that, IMO, is 3rd down defense. We've been getting eaten alive on 3rd downs. The TOP is as lopsided as it is because our defense can't get off the field. This Sunday they've got to fins a way to do that. Just straight blitzing Brees probably won't do it; he seems to sharp for that. So, I think they'll have to disguise their coverages really well and pick their spots.

What was the last game we won where we didn't outscore the other team? Sorry, couldn't resist.

Personally, I don't get it. Is it because of his name - Lee? Or because he's a big redneck?

Watching one of the NFL shows this week (can't recall which one), they were talking about Crabtree. Mike Lombardi said he can't be traded until he signs a contract. So, he's not going anywhere anytime soon. Currently the 49'ers own his rights so he's theirs. If he doesn't sign and decides to re-enter the draft, he can't talk to or work out for any team until a week before next year's draft. Interestingly, he also said that he could recoup his "lost" money next year even if drafted in the 20's or so. It would all depend upon bonuses, salary structures, and the like in his contract. I voted huge friggin idiot.

Woo hoo! This better than that time I helped that Nigerian Prince out - although I'm still waiting to hear back on that one.

Did I win anything yet?

It's all good, just enjoying a little football talk on a Friday afternoon.

Precisely. So why did you veer off on a tangent in the 5th post about Lynch, Jackson, the team not having a GM and Jauron getting held hostage by palyer's agents? You suggested that you were out of line, I simply agreed (albeit sarcastically). But then you chose to argue it further. I'm really anxious to see what Stupar can do this week. I hope/expect he'll have Fine riding the bench before long.