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Nice no call unsportsman like conduct on lions at The end of the punt BigPappy

I just don't get all this ridicule of Marrone for benching a QB whom everyone can plainly see is struggling with the fundamentals of professional football. Lets look at the facts of how EJ is playing. Fact 1 - He is missing wr's that are wide open, either not seeing them or seeing them and throwing a utterly un catch-able ball. (inaccurate) 2. - He almost never plants his feet when he throws. If he look at his foot work he's almost always on the balls of his feet or on his heels when he throws. 3. - most of his throws are a "touch pass" throws instead of a planted foot throw that has real velocity on it. 4. - Not able to read defenses (yet). You add all these up and it's plain to see, he's not ready. He was a "project" QB when he was drafted. They knew when they drafted him he would need time to develop which was why they signed Kolb. He was supposed to sit and watch a vet play.... not start. If benching him now give him time to watch and learn how to be a Pro QB then do it. Orton has been around a while. Is he the answer to QB, HELL no, but EJ can carry a clip board and learn from Orton, who performs better than EJ in the areas EJ struggles (accuracy, planted feet throws, defensive reads ect..). I think long term, EJ could be a great QB. He has many attributes that great QB's have, size, strength, escape-ability under pressure (sometimes), and he's smart. He just needs time to fix the issues with his fundamentals. Just not while he's playing as a starter. BigPappy

I would not be surprised to see them drop this weeks game against the Bolts. Like Last Guy say's, They are the more mature team and Rivers is the better QB.... at this point anyway. That said, I hope I am wrong because The Bills are my team and I just can't not pick them to win every week for my parley picks. In the past, I would only not pick them in the parley when they played the Patsies or when ever we played Peyton Manning. I'm feeling great about this team though, and I don't see a game that is not "winnable" by these Bills! BigPappy

The game was out of reach with 2 minutes to go down by 3 scores. There was no reason to stop the clock. The game was already over. Bigpappy

Oooh, don't say that! I'm usually not superstitious.... Lets just get in there and play our game. The stadium will be rocking for sure, but no hexing games people! BigPappy

This....Absolutely spot on!

I agree with ya Rob! I for one never supported the trade. I thought it was a bad idea from the get go. It was way to high a price for moving up just five spots. We had / have to many needs to give the extra pick this year away, and a first round pick next year. Anyone predicting that Watkins is a generational player before he has played a down of football that counts is a moron. I remember hearing talk some years ago that this guy Ryan Leaf was going to be a messiah for who ever he played for and that he was an exceptional talent. Low and behold he was a bum. BigPappy

Outside of Orton, of all the names I have seen, I would rather have Vinny Testaverde than any of the others.....And he hasn't played a down of football since 2007 and is 50 years old. BigPappy

Here's a trade idea.... Lets trade rosters with the Bronco's or Seahawk's, but we have to keep our team name. With either of those rosters i don't think even our front office or coaching staff could screw up this season..... As for next season, all bets are off on weather or not they could screw the team up. BigPappy

Game plan? At this point if I were the Bears, I would just sit back and wait for us to self destruct. The way the first team offense is playing, the Bears will only need a single field goal to win. Who ever has the Koolaid serve it up because i really could use some! BigPappy!

I agree with you MDH. I think the whole reasoning of not running a large bulk of your offensive plays in preseason to not show your offense is idiotic. You need to practice all the plays in your play book in game situations. Otherwise how can you expect your players to get better at them and be successful running the plays when the games count. If your offense can run your playbook effectively, and are precise with their assignments, what does it matter if the opposing teams have seen you run your plays in game film? Coaches tweak the plays in their game plans for opposing defenses anyway. BigPappy

Your forgetting sir that we don't have a first round pick next year, remember. It was traded to trade up for Sammy. The only way we get back into the first round next year is trading away a top tier player worthy of a #1 pick. And at this point, who other than Sammy fits that criteria? One may argue Spiller, but I don't buy it at least not the way he has been playing and I don't think any of the other 31 teams will buy it either. BigPappy

Hazed, Don't go using logic around here. That is frowned upon. Other than that...I agree 100%! BigPappy

I'm not even going to pretend to know what this team will do in respect to their record. They could go 2-14 or 14-2. and I can see the possibility of both outcomes. Is one outcome more likely then the other? Of course, but Before you laugh, let me explain. We all know that this team has pretty much sucked the last 14 years or so. But no one circles the wagons like Buffalo. With the death of RW and the Cancer battle that Jimbo has been fighting, this team has a few things to fight for and that "fight" can be seen with the emotional outbursts along with a few fists flying during practice. I remember in the day of Jim, Bruce, Thurman, Andre....etc, emotions ran high then and fights happened on occasion during practice then.To me, seeing this kind of emotion from our team is a good thing. The flip side of this argument is as what many of you have already have said. This team looks like they are lost. The starting group can score, the OC doesn't seem to know how to call a game, and on and on and on....yada yada yada. I'm not going to continue with listing the problems...it's depressing. The real question is this.....When the season starts who's going to show up? The team with piss and vinegar in their veins that had all that emotion in camp that has something to play for (ie RW and Jimbo), or the flat listless team that can't seem to put anything together. BigPappy

His point is that if Native Americans in a school predominately made up of Native Americans are using the name Redskins in their team name, what right do non Native Americans have being offended by an NFL team using Redskin in their own name. As many previous posters have stated, this country has so many other problems to worry about, yet the name of a football team and an action to try and change that name gets a congressional hearing is ridiculous! DO NOT misunderstand me...I am not say it's right or wrong to use the name.....I simply just don't care what the name of the team is. They could change the name to the "Washington Crackers" and I wouldn't care. LOL, although it would be wildly ironic seeing as Football is now a sport predominately of African Americans. Flame away BigPappy

Actually i dont have to provide a link, if you payed any attention to the team you call yourself a fan of you would know he said it through his actions. He had reached the point in the season where he was going to have to play or go on ir. and he knew if he went on ir he had no chance of a big contract if he had no oppotunity of showing off his talents for next season. Thats a big F U to Buffalo. Bigpappy

I didn't say it was different from last year. I said it is Ironic, because he did it again....even after he got paid his guaranteed money of 26 Million Dollars. BigPappy

Please don't misunderstand me. I am by no means placing blame on anyone. I am merely saying that I myself am glad he is not here because if he was, his back surgery recovery would have probably gone well into the first quarter of the season because that is the kind of teammate/player that he is. I am not basing anything on statistical facts, I am just stating my opinion of how I would see this situation in New Orleans playing out here in Buffalo BigPappy

I don't disagree, he is a superstar. But like JR said, he seems to be a guy that is always nicked up, not a 100% went he plays. I probably should have been more specific when I said I found it ironic though. What is Ironic is that he had back surgery and he will be back for the start of the season. But when he was a Bill, he had "plantar fasciitis" and couldn't play for how long into the season? Total ploy on his part. It's more of a point that because he was franchised last year, he didn't want to play here. He wasn't getting the money he wanted so he said F U Buffalo, I.m not playing until I have to! JMO anyway....BigPappy BigPappy

Not for nothing, but I find it iconic that Byrd is unable to play or practice for at least the near future. After signing a contract worth 26 Million in guaranteed money he goes and has back surgery. Glad he ain't here. God know he would have dragged his return to the line up till about mid season. a great player for sure....but what a douch! Link http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000368683/article/jairus-byrd-to-practice-for-saints-sooner-than-later BigPappy

Gungy, You should really understand what definition of scalping is before you comment. Since MRags (as a stand up guy) is giving his tix for FREE to who ever wants them and is able to get them , it's not scalping....If you were trying to be funny....epic failure, cause you weren't. BigPappy ticket scalper Word Origin noun 1. an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices. OriginExpand

I have 4 available. I have 6 total, but 4 guests bailed on me. BigPappy

I would have to say yes. Despite what anyone thinks location is not a factor when a player is a FA. There are 2 reasons a player agrees to sign with a team in FA. Money, and surrounding talent. You can offer a guy sick amounts of money, but if he knows he is going to be on a loosing team because a lack of talent to compete he's not signing with your team, not unless the money is obscene like what Mario got. At the same time, take a FA player that just won the Super Bowl. You know the talent level on the team is there,,,,I mean, you just won the Super Bowl! You don't offer enough cash for him to stay, say goodbye, cause he will be gone. BigPappy

GG, No, I understand you and I agree with you 100 percent. You have to be looking a few years ahead. That's why I said it didn't make sense to draft a 5th or 6th round draft choice as a replacement for EJ if he failed this year as the original post that i replied to stated. If your drafting a prospect in the 2014 draft...fine by me, but then you should be drafting him for the 2016 season not the 2015 season. If that his how things are going to be ran...also fine by me, then start JT in 2015 which would be his 3rd year as a pro and see how he does. As for the 2014 "prospect" QB, he may be able to contribute in 2016 like you say, but unlikely in 2015 since he would see little to no play time this year, next year (2015) if he started would be for all intensive purposes a rookie year for him, and the start of his actual development since in all likely hood, unless he really came into camp on a freight train and really impressed coaches to be the #2 or #3 guy he would probably be placed on the PS anyway. BigPappy

GG, I understand your logic, and don't necessarily disagree, but that wasn't really the point of my reply. As a prospect draft choice he like your previous years draft choice will need to develop which puts him a year behind your "prospect" QB draft choice from the previous year. But i was commenting on the posters logic of using a prospect draft choice as a replacement to EJ should he fail this year. Your chances of taking a 5th or 6th round draft choice that you target as a QB prospect and having him learn the offense well enough to start his following year are so remote it's not even funny. It happens, but not often. By using that logic, you end up rotating QB's every couple of years with no continuity and no one has a real chance to develop and since this team has played at the level of mediocrity for the last 15 years, they don't really have the opportunity to draft that Home run QB as you called it. BigPappy