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Oh God, what a bunch of bums, we are out of the Luck sweepstakes. The sky has fallen, we can't do anything right. Here we are with a winning record and all we have done is set ourselves further down the road of perpetual disaster!!!!

You missed the wide receivers Jones and Parrish, who were both starters. You miss Aaron Williams, who was a high second round pick, a projected first round pick in many mock drafts, and who from preseason looked like he might be a starter by this time of the season.

About taking a shot with the "go" pattern near the end of the game.... The giants must have been packing the underneath stuff and what they game us was single coverage on Stevie. If they ran the sort stuff and got stuffed, some people would be complaining that we were dumb and playing into the strength of that defense. can't have it both ways.

I think that Steve Johnson et.al. are good evidence that we can pick up a WR as a UFA or a lower round pick. If you look at the big name draftees, you will find that they are from the big schools. In 2011: WR pick.....school ================== 4........georgia 6........alabama 26.......pittsburg 44.......boise 58......maryland 59.......nc 64........kentucky 79.......miami Most of these wide receivers have names because of the team they are playing for and their recrod. Its true that the best and winning schools get the better HS players, but there are a lot of equally skilled guys who are playing for a small or poor-record school or who grew in college and not in high school. If you look, you can get WR's (as the Bills did) this way without using a high draft pick. I would rather use the high picks for linemen and linebackers.

Fritz is a quick thinker, has balls and can work with all the tools that Gailey provides him. That makes him a lot better than some guys we have had who were not quick thinkers (Losman) or didn't have balls (Edwards). With Gailey/Fritz we can hide some of our weakeness on offense and have a productive offense, that will keep us in a position to win games. (Our two loses were by a field goal). Fritz (in my opinion) will never be a "league star" QB because he lacks the natural arm strength or whatever muscle-strength/nerve-reflex/brain-nerve connection/mecahnical-body-arrangement that allows a human being to throw the effortless, smooth long pass.(*) When you look at the top NFL long passers, they throw the long ball with a lot of touch and without apparent effort. Fritz looks like he is putting his whole body into it with a windup and followthrough like a shotputter. We have to accept this limitation- but in conpensation there are not too many guys out there with that long ball skill and even half of Fritz's quick decision making and smarts. We should, every year, spend a 2nd or 3rd round pick on a developmental QB untill we get such a guy. Right now, we need o-line, a true speed WR adn OLB players more with our 1st round pick. (*) For comparison, in baseball most pitchers throw in the low 90's. Regardless of their size and shape. A few pitchers throw 95 to 100mph. Try to figure out why. In the NFL, these are these guys with guns for arms. Fritz is not one of them. Amoung the guns-for-arms guys, a lot of them are really limited in the smarts department but get by on schemes that recognize this. A few of them (P. Manning) have the smarts as well and I consider these the "franchsie"guys. It is hard to find these.

We lost two games by later field goals against teams who have a winning record. We had good shots to win these games and were not blown out. We had some serious injury issues. We were without both outside linebackers, and were playing second year 6th round draft picks. (Merriman, Kelsay to Moats, Battan) We were playing with our "3rd string" nose tackle: (K.Williams, Troup to Heard) We were playing without two starting wide receivers: (Parrish, Jones to various) We sere playing with our third string LOT: (Bell out, Hairston out, to a shuffled offenive line) ) That is 5 or 6 starters out and 10 incidents of substitution. And we lost by 3 points on the road. I would rather win but we should have won and will be getting 5 starters back (Kelsay, Merriman, Bell, Jones, Kyle Williams) back after the bye. That is a good investment in the rest of the year.

go away troll.

I think that the giants were loading up on the short and medium zones, which took away the space that the TE had to operate in. In addition, the giants have been drafting and stockpiling pass-rush defensive ends as a strength that their defense works off of. Therefore, with a rookie 2nd teamer playing LOT, followed by a 3rd team situation when Harrison(sp) went down, the TE became another offensive lineman. That's what I though was going on.

Great original post! I love Fritz and we can win with him; however, his lack of natural arm strenght is a limitation that will make our offense into a gimmicky thing. There were a lot of highlights of other games (including Manning) also playing in the bar where I saw the game. When Fritz tries to stick a pass in there, he has to wind up like a baseball pitcher throwing high heat, and puts his whole body in there. Most of the other QB's on the highly pictures, have a smooth flick of the arm that looks like they are trying to drop a pingpong ball into a waste can 5 feet away. We need one of those. The long ball is always going to be a risky proposition with Fritz at QB. He has the guts to throw it and the smarts to throw it, but I think he really doesn't have a good control of that pass because it at the outer reaches of what he can do. Some other QB's are effortless in dropping this ball in. Gotta dance with the girl you brought to the dance.

Every year, we should draft a QB who is better than Pigpen. Do it in the 2nd or 3rd round. Get somebody who is smart and maybe has a correctable flaw. Draft someone from a smaller program or one that had a losing season. This is a cheap way to roll the dice and we may have to use a shot every other year to sift through the failures. You do need an extra QB or two in the training camp, because there are a lot of throws to the WR in practice, but you can only develop one backup QB at a time because there are not that many preseason game snaps to go around. If we wait until Fritz wears out, then we will be taking a shot int he middle of the 1st round, where its 50:50 if the guy will make it at all.

this guy? http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Garrison_Sandborn_3523568/

who is the double?

2011 NFL Draft Prospect Profile: Chris Hairston, OT, Clemson http://www.bigblueview.com/2011/4/2/2083309/2011-nfl-draft-prospect-profile-chris-hairston-ot-clemson Chris Hairston OT, Clemson 6-foot-6, 326 pounds Projection: Middle rounds Scouting Reports From National Football Post: A tall, thick prospect who lacks ideal flexibility in his lower half and has some sloppy girth through the mid-section. Isn't the most natural of benders and tends to get doubled over at the waist in most areas of the game. His first movement off the snap is routinely upright and he lacks ideal footwork on his kick-slide toward the corner. However, he does exhibit good awareness and is consistently one of the first linemen moving off the snap, which helps him reach speed at times. But, struggles to stay compact and balanced in his lower half, overextends into blocks and isn't a guy who has the kind of lateral agility to redirect and mirror in space. Does exhibit the initial burst to bucket step on the outside and set the edge vs. defenders in the run game. Possesses some short-area body control, keeps his pad level down and can be a bit heavy handed through contact. Possesses good power from his lower half and can routinely drive defenders off the football as an in-line guy and create a surge off the snap. Also, offers the type of size and power in his upper body to lock onto defenders and use his big frame to control blocks and seal away from the football. Impression: Possesses good size, but isn't a natural bender. Lacks proper footwork off the edge, but can win for you in the run game. Looks more like a reserve-type right tackle at the next level. From Sideline Scouting: Positives: Reasonably athletic... Versatile... Very solid pass blocker... Quick pass set... Good length and reasonably long arms... Good hand placement... Adequate knee bend... Solid anchoring strength... Nice lateral movement and slide... Adequate short area flexibility and quickness... Can get good positioning, walls-off reasonably well... Good run blocker... Plays with good base and low center of gravity... Can generate reasonably good power... Plays with solid leverage... Can get movement in the running game... Can control his man once locked on... Can pull, can get to the second level... Reasonably good motor, steady, reliable... Generally stays with his blocks but isn't an especially good finisher... Flashes a mean streak. Negatives: Gets too upright in pass protection, rises up almost instantly into his stance... Will bend at the waist and lose balance... Marginal lateral range, choppy kick slide... Can be beat by speed... Will lean and lunge to make contact on the outside edge... Can be pushed back by stronger bull rushers... Gives up ground at POA in the passing game... Doesn't dominate at POA like a man his size should... Looks a little stiff and awkward in space... Lacks the flexibility and body control to cleanly fit on linebackers... More of an obstacle in space than actual blocker... Will lunge into downfield blocks... Best in short area, will get some looks at guard but might not have the overall strength to move inside... Doesn't always appear to be playing with much urgency What I think is absolute BS about these scouting reports is that there are almost always, so many negatives plastered on the player that you wonder how they guy could even be playing high school JV ball. My opinion is that they feel they have to say a lot of negatives (and include every negative they think possibily might be in play) in order to save their ass, if the guy is drafted and implodes. For example: " adeqiate knee bend" and "gets too upright in pass protetion" ???? "Can pull, can get to the second level" and "more of an obstacle in space than actual blocker" "flashes a mean streak" and "doesn always appear to playing with much urgency" "Can be beat by speed" and he is 325 pounds and everyone can be beat by speed "Will lunge into downfield blocks" and..... tisk tisk tisk a 325 pound guy with his back to the RB can not always get a clean shot at a 150pound cornerback... At least what I take from these is that he is a solid player and everyone agrees that he was not max'ed out in his potential in college. We might have another starting OT.

cf: http://cfn.scout.com/2/1062782.html 8. Chris Hairston, Clemson 6-6, 326 Young, big, and with plenty of potential, hes still a work in progress and he needs a few years in an NFL weight room before hes able to show off all he can do. Hes a tough fighter who just might be scratching the surface on his potential, and once hes a bit more physically mature, the upside could be tremendous. Hes not going to be a plug-and-play blocker, and he might only be a right tackle but he could be fantastic in two years. Fourth round 4/3/10: Struggled with a constant knee injury in 2009, but still made the All-ACC Second Team. http://skinnypost.com/nfl-draft-news/nfl-draft-2011-offensive-tackle-rankings/ has him rated as the #16th prospect (this also includes a clip of him playing) the Sporting News has him as a solid #27th best offensive tackle. http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2011-04-20/nfl-draft-analysis-offensive-tackles

"gunna hav toe" is the proper English expression.

Obviously a product of the modern educational system. Details and facts are not important. Political correctioness trumps. Try that when you are competing for someone to spend their dollar to buy your product and keep your workers with a job.

I just read the original post. Pure Crap.

How the negative nancies must be churning in their stomacks and bowels when this sort of attitude is presented. How foreign!!!

better now the earlier. I wonder what the draft picks were. over two years implies.....???

Playoffs!!!???? Playoffs!!!?? Whose talking about the Playoffs!!!????

It depends upon what the defense is. We sorta run a 5 man defensive line, with 3 interior linemen and two LB/DE types to seal the edges. (With Vick, this was even more important and kept the OLB at home more). The front 5 and especially the front 3 are spending a lot of plays by tying up two blockers and clogging running and passing lanes in the middle. That leaves the interior linebackers and the safeties (which you might call safety/LB hybrid) clean to make tackles. So you expect them to make more tackles than in the days of COVER-2 where the only time a guy with the football got near them is when he had gone by the d-line and the linebackers & was steps away from being in the clear. That phrase was based on a standard 4-3 formation statistical profile. You might also tabulate the number of passes batted, deflected, defended and denied by the linebackers and defensive linemen and say that the safeties are not doing their job there because these run defenders had to take up the slack. Mark Twain: There are lies, damned lies and statistics.

If your defense is working, then expect the other team to change what isn't working for them. Then expect you to change your defense in return. This was heresy to Jaruon.

Cowplopp was beat up in third grade by a Polish kid from Lackawanna and has been trying to get back at Buffalo ever since. At least that's the way his shrill ranking sounds. Facts don't seem to have any influence on him, sooner or later he will be right and the Bills will lose another game and even if we are 14-2 at the time he will be screaming how right he is.

What I remember is that they were saying that if THE GUY was there at #3 they would take him. What I always felt was that they were leaving unsaid that they thought that there was no THE GUY available that year. We'll never know for sure.

I agree Spiller has looked much better lately. On the few runs he made the last couple of games, he looked exactly like a clone of Fred Jackson out there. I had to look at the number on the jersey twice to check that it actually wasn't Jackson. I think "the light has gone on" for Spiller, its just that he is stuck behind a guy who is right now playing as one of the top 5 backs in the league. Maybe Gailey/Nix weren't completely sold on Jackson and now they have two clones in place. Spiller (on one play where he broke up the sideline) is noticably faster than Jackson, but Jackson seems to have more strength and tackle breaking ability. In terms of the draft pick being wasted, I really don't see any OMYGOD-weMISSEDoutON guys being drafted right behind Spiller. 9 Bills C.J. Spiller RB 10 Jaguars Tyson Alualu DE 11 49ers Anthony Davis OT 12 Chargers Ryan Mathews RB 13 Eagles Brandon Graham DE 14 Seahawks Earl Thomas SS 15 Giants Jason Pierre-Paul DE 16 Titans Derrick Morgan DE 17 49ers Mike Iupati OG 18 Steelers Maurkice Pouncey C 19 Falcons Sean Weatherspoon LB Some of these alternate guys would have filled holes that we had last year, but this year we have roughly equivalent players in those positions and the jury is still out on Spiller in my opinion.