SirAndrew

I have a weird feeling he’s starting for them at some point this season.

This is exactly how I feel. I was a believer in those teams back in 03 and 04. I realized that most of our teams after that point didn’t have the talent to be competitive. None of the hot starts really fooled me, but 03 and 04 were real letdowns. Bledsoe felt like a legitimate QB, although he proved to be a bust here. After Bledsoe we started a bunch of guys who are backup level QB’s, and only fans who fooled themselves could have really believed in those guys.

I don’t want to see Fromm play either. My hope is that Allen starts all 19 games this season. Our season is over if a backup QB is on the field. I agree we “don’t need to see what we have”, and Fromm should only get the backup job if he beats out Barkley. With that said, I’m confident that Fromm can beat out Barkley, and personally I’d rather see Fromm start a game over Barkley. Barkley is a below average backup, and his career proves that imo. I agree that Fromm shouldn’t be handed the backup job, but I hope he can win the job. I’d rather go with the unknown than a guy in Barkley who has proven he can’t play at the NFL level.

2003 is a great choice. We’ve had worse teams, but that was the most frustrating imo. I thought we had a really good defense and a decent QB (Bledsoe) who was good enough to take us to the playoffs. Many of us were wrong about both, and we should have seen it coming from the second half of Bledsoe’s 2002 season. 2004 isn’t being mentioned, but the loss to the Steelers backups that season was an all time low. That season started out so poorly before we made a run in the second half of the season led by McGahee. It was one of the more exciting second halves of a season I remember. Missing out on the playoffs was tough that year. I never really got frustrated during the Fitz/Gailey years, or Edwards/Jauron years because my expectations were non existent.

Fair enough, but I don’t want to see Allen miss any games regardless. I’d rather see the unknown guy in Fromm start a game before seeing Barkley though. We know who Barkley is, and that’s a very bad NFL QB. Fromm might not project to greatness, but at least a rookie always offers a glimmer of hope.

Those Super Bowl teams had some amazing talent on D, but this team still won with offense. You couldn’t expect them to shutout teams in the Super Bowl, that’s not how it went during the regular season. When I look back at the Redskins game, and the two Cowboys Super Bowls, the offense didn’t help out the D much either. Fumbles and interceptions were the norm during our Super Bowl appearances. That was never how our offense played during the regular season.

A big guy in the center probably would have won the first Super Bowl when Anderson ran wild. The other three would have been losses regardless imo. The fact the offense didn’t show up to play for any of those games was a lot to overcome when those Bills teams were built on offense.

Oh my, maybe if he stays away from his college buddies in Georgia, he’ll be alright fishing. Something about country boys, water activities, and the possible addition of cheap beer never goes well.

I think some of it has to do with the fact that everyone knew Big Ben was declining. Most football fans seem to falsely believe that Rodgers is still elite. The dude had great looking stats last season, but he’s not the play making Rodgers of old. He plays within the system, and compiles stats by avoiding mistakes, sometimes to the detriment of his team. Although he has great stats, I don’t see a QB I’d be afraid to see on the opposing sideline.

Nah, Manning won his last championship because of his defense. He was total trash and got benched for Osweiler that year, who also won games with that D. I’m just saying that Manning was done at that point, and there is a limitation to how much anyone can do with a noodle arm.

Yeah, I’d love to see one of these guys give Beasley some competition. I knew that Beasley wasn’t Randy Moss, but I thought he’d be a reliable slot WR with good hands. He put up good numbers, and is an underrated route runner, but the amount of drops are detrimental coming from a starter. Beasley is great at getting open, but he doesn’t make catches that aren’t placed right on him.

I agree, not everyone is a hyped personality, as I’m not. However, there are certain situations (like being drafted by an NFL team) where even chill personality people at least force themselves to smile. Unless you have some type of social deficiency, you understand how your response comes across. I don’t care who wants to play here, as long as they play well and show up to work. With that said, I don’t get how anyone can claim a dude like Gilmore wanted to be here. I think he’d at least cracked a fake smile if the Pats drafted him.

Yeah. Fromm might end up never making it past the practice squad, or he might become a decent backup. I don’t understand the people who are bent out of shape because “he stinks”. If he doesn’t pan out, that’s fine. It’s worth taking a guy who could become your future backup. I don’t understand how anyone could be upset with the pick, regardless of what you think of Fromm.

People love their Big Ten guys around here.

I’m just happy for him that he was actually able to find somewhere in Florida to run uphill.

Absolutely, this season is on Allen. However, I think our O line is very overrated, and it looks like we’ll roll with the same group. They are very inconsistent, with a few guys that make huge blunders on a regular basis. Exactly, how well can a solid offense compete in today’s NFL? We have some really good talent, but it’s not spectacular across the board, and Allen is still a question mark. I’m leery of our O line and TE most of all.

Yep. I’m not ignorant to how bad this virus is, but I’m also not going to pick on some guys hanging with family and friends. A vaccine could be a year away at the earliest, or maybe years off. I’m not sure that everyone understands how social distancing works. Nothing will change until a vaccine comes along, social distancing itself won’t eliminate the virus. I think early on some believed that. In reality, how many people are willing to social distance for what could be years? That might be the reality if we don’t have a vaccine. We really need science to save us with at least a decent treatment. Even the staunchest social distance people are going to eventually give it up, the human mind isn’t built for it.

Typical Bama fan though, most of them couldn’t even get accepted at the school. The stereotypical Bama fan is even a joke amongst SEC circles.

I wasn’t a TT fan, but I encourage you to watch the entire second half of Bledsoe’s first year, and the same with Fitz in 2011. TT was steady yet unspectacular for an entire season. Bledsoe and Fitz were great for half a season, and awful for the second half. Picking two games doesn’t tell the whole story. TT was a game manager who wasn’t going to win a Super Bowl, but could win by playing within the system. Bledsoe and Fitz were the reason their team lost many games.

These guys are in college to play football, not to be students. Many of those players were afforded the same luxury in high school. There are also many brilliant players in the NFL, who were exceptional students, but other guys skate through all levels of education because their football skills. Those are the guys with pathetically low Wonderlic scores. Keep in mind, not all high schools/colleges are created equal, so you also have that.

No, because most football players aren’t “college students”.

TO is 46 now. I’ve seen 42 thrown around a few times on the board, and had to look it up since I remembered him being in his mid 30’s back in 2009. Yeah, there aren’t many guys at 46 who can play NFL football, even former greats, and he’d be 47 by the end of the season.

The Vikings are a really good football team. McD has worked miracles with this Bills team. The Vikings success is far more than just Cousins. Cousins is a decent QB, but I don’t think many of you would be happy with him if he were our starting QB. Watching a playoff game and looking at the stats is different than watching a guy QB every week. Some of us just interpret the quote as being a bit out of touch (even when the quote is read in context) I can also totally see why someone wouldn’t have an issue with it. I get that, there are far bigger issues that face football teams than a little quote like that. I understand why many people aren’t bothered by it. What I can’t understand is how some people don’t see it could also be taken the wrong way. That why I made the fanboy comment, some people are really digging deep to defend the comments. I’m not saying what he said is a huge deal, I can see both sides.

He has lots of fanboys here.

He’s not a bad QB, he just seems to be missing the “it factor”. That quote isn’t a big deal, but when I see some QB’s demeanors, I feel far better about where we are as a franchise. I simply wouldn’t want to have a major investment in Cousins as the guy to bring home the Lombardi.