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And considering how Butch Davis said that Garcia looked 'skittish' in the pocket, you could imagine how he would have reacted behind the Bills O-line at the beginning of the year.

Yeah, we would have looked a hell of a lot better with Brunnel or Garcia in here, right? Until Losman is ready, the Bills have to make do with Bledsoe. It's been that way since March. Some of us around here haven't gotten that through our thick skulls yet.

Until the Bills have a QB who can actually run through his progression of receivers, opposing defenses will continue to load the box and double Moulds. Teams are stopping the running game with numbers. The fact that McGahee is able to post 100 yards against loaded fronts is a testament to the improvement of the line and his running ability.

Yeah, and the Godfather and other mob movies did the same thing to young Italians! Wop against wop, that's how the man keeps us Italians down! Rap, like mob movies are entertainment. If someone is acting out these mediums, they have a larger problem of understanding the difference between fiction and reality. And by the way, we all know that listening to Ozzy makes kids commit suicide, right?

The fact is both sports are dumbing down their games. Instead of finding talented players, they're both looking for big guys to take up space and grind down the action. The NBA has tried to introduce the zone defense to clog up the middle and force teams to shoot from the outside, but it's going to take a while for teams to re-introduce shooters to their teams. The NHL has watched the trap turn their game into unwatchable scrums. Players used to come close to scoring 50 goals in 50 games. Now they're lucky if a couple of guys come close to scoring 50 in a year. Rushes up and down the ice have been replaced by tedious cycling in the corner, brilliant stick handling has been trumped by hooking and holding. The game just isn't as exciting as it was. There's no Jordan, Manning, or Culpepper posting "take-a-look-at-this' type of stats to expand interest to new games. And it's not a question of star over team. Guys like Gretzky, Lemieux, LeFleur, Perreault, and Bossy were excellent team players. Those type of players are now extinct, and from the NHLs inaction on the whole subject, it looks like its by design.

Actually, I can make an argument that the decline of hockey is tied to the increasing use of the trap during the '90s. I can also say that the referees refusal to consistantly enforce obstruction calls has harmed the game. Also the increased size of goalie equipment and the introduction of composite sticks (equivalent to aluminum bats) has detracted from on-ice play. The goal of 'finishing checks' has shut down room on the ice and emphasized bigger, and less talented defensement over more offensive-minded players who were more concerned with joining the rush. There's nothing about the game now that resembles the game from the 70s and 80s. The emphasis then was to open up the ice. The emphasis now is to close it down.

So I guess the reason that the NHL is in decline is because of black players. There are many reasons for the decline of sports like hockey, basketball, or baseball, that have absolutely nothing to do with race. Among them are drafting high schoolers, expanding outside the talent pool, lack of revenue sharing, poor enforcement of the rules (hooking in hockey, travelling in basketball, strike zone in baseball). Of all the problems that sports faces, the least urgent is race. Sports seems to have always been ahead of the curve on race. It would be a shame to miss the opportunity to have real conversations about the problems in sports because we're hung up on this non-issue.

Actually, I'm pretty luke warm on Bledsoe. The best he can do for the Bills is not make mistakes and capitalize on the opportunites the D and ST give him. I don't expect him to win any games for the team by throwing 4 TDs and 300 yards. If Mularkey believes that Losman is ready to contribute the same, I'm all for starting him ASAP, because his mobility gives the team more chances to make plays. At the same time though, if Bledsoe makes a good play, I'll recognize it. That flea flicker was a good play. And I don't have a problem with Bledsoe putting the ball up, giving his receivers a chance to make a play. If he waits for guys to be completely open all the time, he turns into Rob Johnson, holding on the ball unitil he gets walloped. To me, it looks like Campbell, Moulds and Evans will make a play more often than not when given the chance.

That had to be the first flea-flicker I've ever seen that had 4 defenders in the backfield before the RB tossed the ball back. Bledsoe was clocked on that play. Under the circumstances, he did a good job getting the ball even close to Aiken.

Gray's only problem is that he brain-locks against New England. Other than that, I like what he's doing.

Again dumbass, you don't. The list is Jets, Ravens, Jags, Chargers OR Broncos. Notice, stevestojan-for-brains, that the Pats, Steelers, and Colts are not in the list, because they're the likely division winners. The Chargers OR Broncos will join that list. So the Bills need to pass 3 of 4 teams, no doubt a huge task. But in looking at the teams and considering their situations, not completely impossible. Two of the teams, the Jets and Jags, have injured starting QBs, and both have dropped a game over the last two weeks. The Chargers have slid during the second half of the season 9 of the last 10 years. The Ravens, despite Boller, look solid. So instead of looking at ALL of the AFC teams winning records, focus on the Jets, Jags, and Chargers.

Who's on the roster right now who can replace Moulds? And don't say Evans, because they don't have anyone right now to take his place. Aiken, Reed, and Smith are all a huge step down from Moulds. They're even a step down from Evans. That means the team would need to sign another WR on par with Moulds, which would take the equivalent of Moulds' salary, or waste a high draft pick to replace him. And by the way, the last thing Dallas needs right now is a WR. They need RBs.

You have to credit Donahoe for bringing Morman, McGee, Smith, Haggens, Crowell, and Stamer. These guys are huge contributors on special teams. These guys were all special teams contributors in college. Even Lindell is having a decent season.

This could be one of the reasons Shaw was let go, to make room for younger guys like Smith would could contribute on special teams. Good move putting both Smith and Clemments back on punt returns. Punters are going to shank some punts angling for the sidelines, trying to keep the ball away from these guys. I don't see why the announcers just don't call this guy Freddie if that's what he wants to be be called. Warren Moon's first name wasn't Warren. John Wayne's real first name wasn't John. Show the guy a little respect and call him what he wants to be called. After watching Antonio Brown return punts last season, this guy has earned it.

It bothered you that the Bills scored 20 points in a quarrter? Look, the Bills aren't a good offense. They're an mediocre to barely average one. The defense on the other hand is good and getting better. The special teams are great. This isn't 1990. This is how the 2004 version of the Bills win. It should be good enough to win a few on the road, especially against the teams left on the schedule.

I don't know, Campbell has made some nice grabs. Bledsoe isn't a progression QB. He's a pre-read, sling the ball QB. Unfortunately, his pre-reads aren't even that good. When the coaching staff told Bledsoe to get the ball out in 4 seconds, that meant make your reads in 4 seconds. Drew took it to mean, stare at Moulds for 3 seconds and gun the ball. He did what he needed to do today, but I don't expect this guy is capable of carrying the team, ala Manning or Favre, again.

Hey dumbass, the Chargers and Broncos are tied for first place in the West divsion at 7-3. The 4 division winners and 2 wildcard teams go to the playoffs, right? So the Bills can only knock one of them out of the playoffs, because the other will be the division champ. Hence, the Bills have to finish better than the Chargers OR the Broncos, not BOTH, since a wildcard team can't knock out a division winner. This is really simple stuff.

Actually, they don't need both the Chargers and Broncs to lose 4, since one will win the division. The Jags and the Jets are without their starting QBs. SD is the king of late season slides. It's difficult, but you don't build character quitting in the middle of the race. I'd like to see the coaching staff put the screws to the team over the next few weeks and see what they're capable of.

And that flea flicker was FUBAR to begin with. He got clocked the second the ball left his hand. He did a good job just to get the ball to Aiken.

Did you see the game? St. Louis spent the almost the entire 4th quarter in the Bills red zone. The late-game, red-zone turnovers kept the game out of reach for the Rams. It would have sucked to stop them with a turnover, and then have a rookie QB fumble or throw an interception, like he did against the Pats the week before. If you think Mularkey was overly conservative or cautious, so be it. The result proved it was the right decision.

Look, all I want Mularkey to do is play the players who give us the best chance to win NOW, rather than playing guys just to give him reps. I'm not ready to turn this season into a preseason for '05. If the coaching staff believed Losman would give this team the best chance to win, I'm all for it. I've said it before, that if Losman didn't miss those 3 months of practice, he'd probably be on the field right now. I don't think the coaches ready to turn the team over to a rusty rookie right now. And I can't blame them for that.

Honestly, I don't think they'll make it. Probably won't get close. But if they adopt the loser ICE/Wade mentality that the team is out of it before they're eliminate, they're cooked for good. Unlike you, the last thing I want to see this team do is quit. I want to see this team end up with a winning record at home. I want them to win half their remaining road games. I want McGahee to rush for 1,000 yards. I want to the defense to finish in the top five. I want the Bills to start the Losman era with no freakin' monkeys on their backs. I know you think it's all about the QB position and your idiotic, moronic, tiresome crusade to prove the obvious that Bledsoe is done, but some of use are concerned about the development of the rest of the team. And nothing would help the development of those 52 other players than winning NOW.

Look, we're not stupid. We all know the Bills aren't going to win games from the QB position this season. Not with Bledsoe, and not with Losman. This team has found it's niche, it's winning with the running game, special teams, and defense. The QB needs to play within the system . So pick you're poison. The 11 year veteren in decline or the rookie who's missed 3 months of the season. Why not quit on the season and train the rookie for next year? Well because the team doesn't want the other 51 guys on the team to get used to losing. That's what we're forgetting here. The team isn't about Bledsoe right not. He's a cog. There's a ton of talent on the Bills that needs to learn how win in this league. Mularkey is going with the known commodity here. And as bad as Bledsoe can be, I can't blame him.

The effort to turn the Bledsoe/Losman debate into Johnson/Flutie is laughable. I believe that if Losman hadn't missed 3 months of practice, he'd probably be playing now. I fully expect that Losman will be the starter sooner than later, but I can't blame Mularkey for not wanting to turn the team over to a rusty rookie while they're still in the hunt. And if there comes a time when Mularkey believes that Losman does give the Bills the best chance to win, we would all be behind that move.

Why don't you ask the Seahawks if a 20 point 4th quarter lead is enough against the Rams.