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I agree about the Pass Protect. In the past it's been an Achilles heal, it's still not great but it's not as bad as the last few years. I'm not throwing out Moulds to argue about keeping him, but I think people underestimated his loss. PP basically owes his career to Moulds. The guys been a rock for us for over a decade and really opened things up for other players.

They did run a ton of timing patterns. JP threw a gorgeous deep out timing pattern to Evans late in the game. For the most part it was slim pickens though. We have a lot of areas to address this off-season. The interior D is critical. That said if Buffalo ends up taking a tail dive and Calvin Johnson is available they’d be crazy not to take him.

To be honest, today it wasn't. JP rolled out and bought time on several throws today. Our WR's just couldn't separate. They had 10 seconds on several plays but they couldn't get it done. What I have to ask is if it's been this bad for those that have attended games. I mean you can only see so much of the game on TV.

Ya, your probably the only one that brings it up this week.

Who knows. From what I've watched Aiken had problems separating also. I sat directly behind play, and only watched JP long enough to know if it was run or pass. The second it was pass I was trying to look at what JP could have been looking at. Obviously I had a much better view, but I could still see nothing. I mean literally nothing. On most the plays had he tried to make a play it would have been intercepted.

This was my first live Bills game this year. It was the first time I got a chance to watch how our receivers separated downfield. They reminded me of how I used to run patterns in high school. This is the pattern, and I'm going to run it exactly how it's drawn up. They don't try and juke the corner during the pattern; they just try and get from A to B as soon as possible. More times then not it leaves NOBODY to throw to. I'm upset over the outcome, and sick of making excuses for players. But I honestly think JP did the best he could with what was available today. If this is how our WR's have looked all year in person I don't know how we can ask JP to do much more. The guy can't be productive AND limit turnovers with this WR core. PP is not a threat anymore. JR has never been a legitimate threat. RP is a lethal 3, but would probably struggle with his size as a 2. LE is a player, but he's still adjusting to being the #1 option. All this with questionable pass blocking. We needed to put JP in a position this year to get an accurate read on his progression. To either go with him, or go in a different direction next year. I don't see how this team is doing that right now.

Thats what made it even better. Marino is a HOF who we owned for over a decade. I really miss those teams.

Getting rid of him was the best decision for our future. As Kelly pointed out we did it most likely to be off the hook for any dead cap next year. In terms if him being a liability in the lockeroom I'd ask Ko Simpson and Daunte Whitner how they feel about that. Both have stated that Vincent has been instrumental to there progression even after knowing he would be released.

Good post. If it keeps us off the hook for next years cap then it makes complete sense.

When an opposing fan is very cocky, and very arrogant, and gives us no respect, does it piss you off? For most it does. If that’s how it makes fans feel how you do think the players feel? How do you think they feel when the media has written articles about how bad they suck for 7 straight days, and how they have no chance of winning this weekend. This is a very emotional and physical sport. A light boost in aggression or motivation can make a big difference. When a team starts to lose and has yet to win a game pressure mounts in the media and fan base. Players feel desperation. You haven't notice it but that desperation could be seen in the Lions performance the last few weeks. It just hasn't translated into a win because they can't close out games. If you still don't believe it how do you explain the winless Titans going into Indianapolis last week as 18 point underdogs, and nearly winning outright? That extra 5% exists in the human spirit.

Look what it's done for screech

Jon Kyl called online gambling the crack cocaine of this century. It's a complete witch hunt, backed by two very influential groups. How hard would it really be to regulate? The casinos and sportsbook desperately want to do business with the US. It's where 80% of their business comes from. If we dialed them up and allowed them to do business with American customers they would release the names of American customers. The clients themselves would have to agree, but as an online gambler myself I would gladly, especially if it meant my money was secure. They could even run the casino's themselves but I suspect that was never considered as Vegas would freak. The biggest mistake they made was banning online poker. They could have just targeted sports betting which is still more of a niche thing. Poker is huge, and many influential people like to play online.

Congress missed the boat big time with this. Jon Kyl ® Arizona took an issue that the majority of the country wanted legalized, and with the backing of Vegas and Christian groups did the complete oposite. This new landscape is begging for more bookies to surface, more money laundering, and more undeclared winnings. This country spends billions of dollars a year online gambling. We could regulate and bring in more tax dollars. Instead we decide to ban it. Good job A-Hole

Almost instantly after we placed Vincent on Minor-IR writers started to bash us. When Vincent recovered we would have to release him and still be on the hook for his contract this year. It sounds like we messed up big time. But when you look at it a bit more, atleast the possibility exists that it wasn't a mistake at all. If the press can be on top of this error that quickly how incompetent would the Bills need to be to not be aware of the rules? Another possible explanation could be us improving our player PR now to look better for the future. This wasn't a normal move, and if done intentionally it was about the classiest way a team could handle this situation.

Everybody does to a degree. I used to obsessively think about the past when I was younger. Decisions that probably weren't the best. I've learned to not let those thoughts enter my mind anymore. You should learn from mistakes but the second you harp on them it has a negative impact. You learn to be the master of your destiny, that any sense of entitlement will do nothing for you. Above all I try and stay as positive as I can. It's cliche, but attitude is the number when thing that influences overall well being and happiness.

Hi playoffs, see ya in 2020

I still respect New England as a team that can make the playoffs. If a team can do that anything can happen. I just think your reaching on a lot of these points. -Anything short of a National Championship this year is failing to live up to expectations for Weiss after last season. Still a long way to go, they still play USC. -The two DC's have marginal talent to work with, and are off bad years. The Jets even overachieved at times this season. I will agree that out of all your points this has the most merit, but not because the DC's are incompetent, it’s because of BB. - AV being hurt doesn't discredit him. Players get hurt. Few times can we say with certainty that if a team lost a player outside QB they wouldn't have won the SB. That feeling you'll have when New England attempts it's first game winning kick is AV mattering. - Branch didn't play at the start of the year, and is now transitioning to a new system, on a team who' shortly after trading for him had a bye. Who's throwing to Givens again?

Dude, stop comparing us with the Bucs and Bears. The only similarity is the type of defense we run. The difference in the front 7 is not something you just happen to make up. They had/have dominating DT's, DE's, OLB's, and MLB's. Not good, Dominating, in the prime of their careers. Tim Anderson is a flat out bad football player. Triplett is a situational pash rusher coming from a team that got killed verse the run. McCargo proved absolutely nothing before breaking his foot. Williams is a huge pick up, and should develop. But even then paired with Denney/Kelsey, Schobel, and whoever else we go with were still not close to TB or Chicago. Trust me, it should scare me. Especially if we get complacent. We shouldn't consider going after a run stopping DT extreme.

Here ya go. This is a list of rushing yards, and rushing avg rankings from teams I know were Cover 2 in those years. If you notice the team Larry Triplett played for has been among the worst in football the last 5 years. Now factoring in that, with Tim Anderson, Williams, and McCargo who do we resemble more Tampa Bay and Chicago, or Indianapolis? Years Team Yards AVG 2001 Rams 6 17 2002 Rams 16 14 2003 Rams 21 30 2004 Bears 24 16 2005 Bears 11 8 2006 Bears 6 18 1996 Bucs 22 27 1997 Bucs 7 12 1998 Bucs 6 9 1999 Bucs 4 10 2000 Bucs 11 16 2001 Bucs 16 19 2002 Bucs 3 5 2003 Bucs 14 11 2004 Bucs 19 15 2005 Bucs 5 1 2006 Bucs 30 31 2002 Colts 22 21 2003 Colts 20 27 2004 Colts 26 31 2005 Colts 15 26 2006 Colts 31 32 2006 Bills 19 21

You’re dead on. Plus when you exclude some of the great all around defenses in Chicago and Tampa Bay, the Cover 2 has been known to be weak inside. Dibs is arguing our about our talent developing, even with great results will do our DT's compare to those two great Cover 2 defenses? I mean this is a weakness strong enough to stifle the Colts last year, who had one of the great regular seasons of all time.

Corey Simon is twice the run stopper Triplett was in Indianapolis, and as people have mentioned he’s probably more of a pass rusher. What's that say? It’s convenient that you completely left out his absence from your findings. If we sign Darnell Dockett we can end this debate all together. I just don't want to get complacent and limited. We can't afford to wait on Run Stoppers to develop. The Cover 2 is a notoriously soft run defense, and it will put a ceiling on this team unless it gets much better.

Pshh...Your post is so last Monday

If we signed Dockett it will be the first time in my life a man gave me an orgasim. That is if you don't count self inflicted man orgasims. Now would be a good time to shut up.

What evidence do you have that he's not doing well? He starts for the 3rd best run defense in the NFL. Like PW he's not the type of player that will rack up a ton of stats either. Even if you watched a lot of Ravens games it's hard to tell. Remember how few realized the importance PW? That's the same role Ngata has in Baltimore. I have no evidence to say he's great either, but with the 3rd ranked run defense I would probably lean in the direction of thinking he's ok.

3. I like Williams a lot, he has more then enough speed for us to sit a anchor type next to him. As for who else we have Tripplett never made a difference in run stopping for Indianpolis, and he won't here. It's not his game, and never was. McCargo is just another draft pick, may or may not pan out. Sorry if his presence gives me little faith our run defense will turn around next year. Tom Brady was late draft choice, Jason Peters was undrafted, Antonio Gates etc. Difference makers can be found at every level, but it's more improbable to get one of these types then probable. I'm preaching a proactive stance, that gives us options, look what waiting for development has done for our offensive line. 4. 3-4 requires 1 DT, and usually teams will make the switch because they already have that player, and LB's to spare. Most teams don't restrict themselves to needing specific players as long as you don't make it as extreme as you are. Running off extreme examples of players not fitting a system like Moss or Montana has no relevance to this conversation. Your talking about gross exaggerations of putting players in the wrong system. The cover 2 refers to the type of coverage you have, not who you must use at DT. It's up to each team to decide that. I promise this system will not fall apart if we get a DT that demands two blockers, instead of having a high motor and a good first step. For the rest of your comments show me. Show me why we should believe we will turn the corner at run defense with Anderson, Tripplett, McCargo, and Williams. The only player in that group who even remotely resembles a run stopping DT is Williams. Look at the Colts run defense in the same system, with Tripplett. Look at the Bills run defense with Anderson. Now look at the run defense now. It's more of a leap to expect them to turn it around, then continue to struggle.