Brandon

20/26 is a meaningless stat. How many yards, points, and first downs did this team manage after the first three drives? Once the energy of the QB switch wore off, it looked like the same team that played the first four weeks. They couldn't put Miami away despite the fact that the Dolphins seemed intent on giving them the win. Holcomb looked like what I thought he was when the season started: a good backup and a decent spot starter. He's not a difference maker and a savior for the ails of this offense, and I think the 2nd half proved it.

What did he do in the 2nd half???

I'd consider starting Matthews next week. Why not? He played well last year in mop up roles and outplayed both Losman and Holcomb in the preseason.

A win may be a win, but they're not going to get too many more wins this year playing like they did today. Football is a 60 minute game, not a 20 minute game. There's lots of room for criticism and improvement.

I'm not sure the Holcomb experiment is going to last long. I thought he'd probably solidified his starting spot in the coaches eyes with a great first three drives, but then he turned right around and may have lost the job with his performance afterward. They could not come close to sustaining a 2nd half drive, had about 70 second half overall yards, and only scored a FG because of McGee. This despite a Miami team that tried to give them the game. Three drive killing second half sacks and that hideous lateral were additional lowlights. Had they lost, I'd say Losman would be back in next week, but the win gives Holcomb a reprieve.

McNally is not overrated. He's just not a miracle worker, as some expected him to be.

Three straight 2nd half drives were ended by sacks on 3rd down. That should tell you how well the Bills OL is playing.

They can't stop the run and in the final 40 minutes of the game, the offense overall looked like it did in the first four games, particularly game 1 vs the Texans.

Terrance McGee. He intercepted a pass in the end zone and later returned a kick that setup a FG to put the Bills up by 6.

Yup. Unfortunately, there is no quick fix. The Bills may yet win today, but they've got a lot of issues to resolve before they're a strong contender.

The good news is that Frerotte sucks and is costing the Dolphins any chance in this game.

As this game wears on, overall, the Bills are reverting to form from the first quarter of the season. The energy from the QB switch is wearing off and the fundamental problems of the team are beginning to show through.

17-0 over Miami at halftime? More than a little bit. And yes, the Bills are taking a small step towards the results necessary to proving that the QB change was a good move. Still a long way to go, however, and that's all I'm saying.

All I'm saying is that I'm not going to change my opinion based upon a half of football. I'll know in early January whether it was the right move or not. If they don't make the playoffs, we're back at square one for 2006 and have ultimately accomplished nothing in the 2005 season. That's not a knock against Holcomb, he's playing very well.

As I said, Holcomb is playing better than Losman, at least for a half. But in the end, all I care about is making the playoffs and winning the Super Bowl. I'll settle for making the playoffs and if the Bills can do that with Holcomb, great and I'll say it was the right call. But I will not change my opinion of the decision to bench Losman until that happens. If we miss the playoffs anyway, we would have been better off getting Losman game experience.

I still think its the wrong move. Holcomb is playing well, but I question whether it will last and even if it does, if the team can make the playoffs. In the end, if they miss the playoffs, we'd have been better off starting Losman, even if it means winning 4 games instead of 8. Either way, the Bills are at home in January. Of course, if Holcomb can maintain a high level of play and the Bills make the playoffs, its a different story, but one half of football is not nearly enough to change my opinion of the move.

So the inmates are running the asylum? That's reassuring.

To the detriment of a teammate, especially when Moulds' OWN performance isn't doing Losman any favors? This is a guy who is averaging eight yards per catch this year and has scored six TDs on his last 167 catches or carries dating to the beginning of 2003. If he wants to talk, that's fine, but he needs to back it up on the field.

Moulds needs to be concerned more about his own performance (or lack thereof) rather than worrying about the QB. The big plays have been few and far between for Moulds in recent years. If he put half as much effort into running after the catch as he does running his mouth about the QB position, maybe he'd average more than eight yards per catch?

As I've repeatedly stated, if you want a good comparison statistically, look at Donovan McNabb's rookie year. Through 10 weeks, he was 30/72 for 226 yards and one INT. Yes, that's about 3 yards per attempt, which is hideous. He appeared in 6 games in that time, with his best showing being 68 yards against Carolina (on 20 attempts). He had a nearly identical game the next week vs Washington, going 8/21 for 60 yards. For the year, he averaged a miserable 4.3 yards per attempt on 216 passes. The Bills pulled the plug WAY too early.

This team has been scapegoating the QB for the last ten years. This is just more of the same old crap from the Bills front office.

He'd better be. If he's not significantly better than Losman and if the Bills don't start winning consistently, Donahoe and Mularkey are going to have a fan mutiny on their hands, if they don't already.

Good job, Mularkey. Four games into the season, you've turned your young QB into a scapegoat and essentially guaranteed his long-term failure. 1998 repeats itself.

The Bills need to make a decision this week. Is Losman their QB or is Holcomb? If they aren't going to display enough confidence in Losman to give him the chance to win the game down by only 6 after a bad day, they might as well bench him and draft someone else next year. The QB swapping does no one any good.

I'll tell you why: 4th and 1 at midfield and McGahee is tackled as soon as he gets the handoff. This team can't run the ball when it needs to (and when the other team knows what is coming) due to a poor OL. That's Donahoe's fault and its putting all the pressure on the QB to win games.