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Julian Peterson ruptured his last season, he also plays OLB. While I know he is back starting this year I haven't seen enough of him this year to know if he is back to 100%.

He's going to get his, that’s why he's so incredible to watch. But with any great player you just hope to limit how effective they are the best you can.

Your being rational though Kelly. I just worry that his expectations of himself are so far out of whack that he can't look at this in a rational way.

I posted on that a couple times I just don't know if JP is mature enough to struggle. He was so confident, and it' hard to imagine after what he has said that he has any inclination of how to handle what’s going on right now. He was the toast of the town, and now some are turning on him. He needs to pick himself up because if he appears to be a broken man it will really cripple the rest of the team’s confidence.

I'm not sure if that LB would make the tackle on Vick, like you said he is one of the most elusive players in the league. But I'm positive that a player being blocked with all of his momentum going forward has zero chance of tackling him. I just think we played to his strengths today by forcing the issue and making the plays breakdown. JG was emphatic about playing more aggressive on defense after last week. Perhaps last week was a good time to play that role, but this week it sure didn’t appear to be.

I was pissed about that all game. I mean how many times did we give Vick natural running lanes by coming in uncontrolled on the blitz? I understand JG likes to play an attacking defense, but today we would have been much better off using some of those blitzers as spies.

I'm not disputing that, my point is it really wouldn't matter with the way the rest of the team is playing.

If any team including the Colts passed on Leinhart with the first pick the GM should be fired. Look at what Palmers doing, and Leinhart is even better then him.

Most passes yes, but he can throw with touch. We have seen it this year with the Lee Evans in the 1st quarter against the Texans, and then today with Moulds when they picked up the flag. I know it's just two cases but this gives me hope that he has it in his game. I just wish he would learn to do it more often.

I think that’s accurate Fez, it would certainly fit with how we have handled injuries so far. With CV out an opposing defensive coordinator would likely alter his strategy so I'm not at all surprised if that’s why MM said that.

Great post

- I asked the question prior to the season if Holcomb would be a better win now option. At the time I felt this team was playoff ready, and maybe Holcomb would give us a better chance at winning right now then JP would. But now I just don't feel the same way. This team has not played playoff caliber football in any stage of the game. JP has been bad, and maybe Holcomb would play better, but it's not going to matter when you’re giving up 200+ yards on the ground. - The offensive line was once again neglected, and once again it shows. We simply don't draft lineman in the first three rounds, and when top FA's become available we rarely express interest. What in the last 5-6 years says to TD that we don't need to upgrade this position? I don't get it, and if somebody does please fill me in. - I have never hated or loved TD, he has his moments, but doesn't this feel like were rebuilding? The timing of offense being good and the defense being good has been horrible. Perhaps when put together only the offense from Bledsoe's first year, and last years defense and ST would equal a playoff caliber team. Now the defense seems to be losing it, and the offense is horrible. How again are we getting better? - I really hope JP has as much mental toughness as he does confidence. I always thought some younger QB's who failed did so because they lost confidence in themselves. It can be brutal playing QB in Buffalo if things aren't going right. If he starts getting consumed by it his progress will definitely be slowed down.

Maybe your right about McNally, I just don't know enough about the leagues offensive line coaches to say he sucks. But the talent is bad, and it's been bad for years and threw several offensive line coaches. Maybe all the coaches blew all along and we had an immensely talented group of underachievers the whole time. As for him panning out last year we allowed very few sacks during our win streak, however it could be because we played a bunch of cream puffs. It appears our vaunted defense become vaunted for that reason, probably the same reason the line started to play better.

He seemed to pan out last year. You really think this line all falls on McNally? We have sucked in that area the last 10 years.

I wouldn't say F McNally, not even the most seasoned offensive line guru can make a Tackle combo of Mike Gandy and Gregg Jerman pan out. We lack talent and have zero depth, to me that falls into TD's department.

I made the same post prior to the season starting but I can't say I feel the same way after watching the first 3 games. If we keep giving up 200 yards rushing a game and pass protect like we have we won't win. JP clearly needs to play much better for us to have any chance, but so does the rest of the team. We have played like crap in almost every faucet of the game the last two weeks. Maybe if the rest of the team looked playoff caliber I would agree but they just don't right now.

Let me tell you something Joe, I'm gonna tell ya something Joe, Did ya see that Joe, I suck Joe.

I'm starting to think it's a conspiracy with the way TD views offensive lineman. We just neglect the position so obviously year after year that I can't make any sense of it. Perhaps TD is playing the football business game more then the football winning game. After all skilled position players fill the seats, and get people excited. Lineman win games but aren't much fun to hear about on draft day. How else can we logically explain how we entered the season with this group of starters, or better yet with this complete lack of depth. When your one Tackle away from Greg Jerman the fans have every right to start asking questions.

I used to buy into the Bills being good enough to win now theory but with the way they played the last two weeks that’s not true. In the NFL when you allow 200 yards rushing in a game you won't win. If we hold Atlanta or the Buccaneers to under 100 yards rushing like we did with teams all last year then we probably split those two games despite how poorly JP has played. For us to be a playoff team JP needs to improve, and improve a lot. But this defense and the offensive line also have to make giant leaps forward. Right now the only aspect of this team that has played at playoff level is our place kicker.

Pets heads are falling off

JP has been bad and most of us expected that to happen. But you can't win in this league when you give up 200 yards rushing. The win percentage of teams that give up 200 yards rushing is probably under 10% if not lower. The plan was to be rock stars on defense and special teams and we could overcome JP's early struggles. As it stands even a very good QB can't overcome the amount of yards we have been giving up on the ground. If our defense played like it did last year we would be 2-1 right now despite how badly JP has played. We probably wouldn't be a playoff team, but we would win some ugly games. JP needs to play better to make us a playoff caliber team, but no matter how well he plays it won't matter unless this defense stops the run and gets off the field on third down.

I don't know anymore PTR, I just don't see us getting penetration with our interior line like we did last year. We have been killed by cutback runs, I will agree with that, but the defense just doesn’t look the same. I like being aggressive but not when it's out of control, and that’s what we looked like today.

1. JP is not playing well, big surprise huh? He is young and obviously needs to improve. If we wanted to go with Holcomb this year we would have done it at the start. At this point JP is our QB and no matter how much you think you know football it's impossible to tell if he is going to be a player after just 3 games. 2. The offensive line is in shambles. Even when were healthy across the aboard we aren't very good. We have no depth, and haven't been able to pass block since the early 90's. Even the most TD obsessed fans can look at what he has invested in this line and puke. No early draft picks other then Big Mike and Jonas Jennings. Skilled players sell seats, lineman win games, I really wan to start winning games. 3. You can spin it or slice it anyway you want, we miss Pat Williams badly. How else can you explain us getting run on like we have? Every other starter returned from a unit that allowed one 100 yard rusher all last season. Now we get spanked for 200+ back to back weeks. We are overcompensating for the loss of Pat by Run Blitzing 75% of the time. That’s great when you get the penetration to disrupt the play, but if he don't your looking at a big gain.

Medical advice or not players know when they get hurt bad. Judging from the way Takeo reacted I would be surprised if it's anything less then season ending. It's a damn shame if that turns out to be the case.

It looked as if we didn't know what QB we were facing. I think it would have helped the situation if we blitzed less on third and used a couple of those blitzers to spy. You can't come flying in out of control when you blitz Vick, it's got to be about containment and control.