Mikie2times

Maybe Losman turns into Elway right now

Not like I'm cashing in the season or renouncing my Bills Fandom. But in terms of us making it somewhere this year I just don't see it happening. We need to improve so much, even more so then last season. The injuries are mounting, our perceived strengths are turning out to be weaknesses, and the offense looks as bad as the Killdrive days.

Looked like he just slipped on the turf. I can't see them overturning it.

To bad the end of our schedule last season is like the beginning of our schedule this season. If we start off 1-3 we will be looking at 5-11 or worse at the end of the year.

I feel the same way. I will never stop watching, and never stop cheering. But even if we did pull this one out we are not a playoff team. Our defense is porous, and the offense is about as lethargic as it gets. We will beat the cream puffs as we did during our winning streak last year, but we won't beat anybody good unless we improve drastically.

I was thinking the same thing. By blitzing we have invited Vick to scramble up the middle. Why not play more containment with a spy? Blitzing obviously isn't working.

I just wish we saw some improvement week to week. It's been downhill after the 1st quarter of the Texans game. Last week was a very difficult challenge for JP, but Rookie or not I expect him to perform better against this weak of a secondary. When you got Safeties playing Nickel you need to take advantage of it, right now we can't.

Third freakin down, it's killing us.

If it's a rupture he's out for the year, no question about that. Julian Peterson suffered that injury last year and he was able to return this year, however I haven't watched the 49ers so I don't know if he is still the same player. Please just let it be a strain, PLEASE!!

Alright Kelsay!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm worried, like you said he knew he was hurt. I think this is going to end up being a severe injury, cross the fingers.

They didn't show the injury but Takeo threw down his helmet in anger. Looked to be a ankle or a knee, just the way he reacted and how he was carted off makes me think it's serious. Cross the fingers.

TKO could be out a long time, he is being carted off the field as I type.

Jesus no, please be ok TKO, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice, let Coleman go untouched.

This is a freaking joke. We want to be remembered as one of the greatest defenses of all time

If the weather plays a factor I think it’s a push. It slows down Vick which certainly helps, but it doesn't help our speedy undersized defense either. If the rain starts to fall we need big Sam to hold down the interior more then ever.

Admit it, you like Coy because he has a fun name and is a male model.

It was a great game, and a good win for a program that desperately needs to get some victories against big ten teams. Penn State has some great young WR's and a defense that has looked good at times. But Northwestern is hardly the cream of the crop, and Penn State really should have lost this game. Robinson will make some spectacular plays but will also have plenty of meltdowns. As it stands the only big ten schools they can beat are Indiana, Northwestern, and Illinois. They have plenty of talent, but Paterno really needs to hang it up for this team to go anywhere.

As other people mentioned it's got to be a broken wrist. Anything else would have him back already, and we know he had surgery so I think it's safe to assume that’s what the injury is. I broke my wrist last year and also required surgery. The cast was on 6 weeks, and when it was removed my wrist was useless for a couple weeks until it regained some strength. From my own experiences playing WR and having that injury I feel confident saying it would be almost impossible to play that position if that is his injury. You have zero flexibility until about 2 weeks after the cast is removed and even now I still experience some pain. All in all I would expect him to be back on the field at about 8 weeks after he injured it.

We have the best pass defense in the league, but until we prove that our run defense can survive without PW I don't think we can be considered for the best overall. TB is a solid choice, but WTF is this about the Colts? Sure they had some good defensive performances against the Ravens and Jaguars but those aren't especially talented offenses. The Colts defense will come back to earth the second they play against a team that can move the ball.

Good post Lori, here are some of my thoughts and predictions. -Regardless if it's Schaub or Vick I think we can force some turnovers. Schaub is inexperienced and in a hostile environment just like JP was last week. Vick will make some spectacular plays but he is also a very turnover prone QB. Obviously I would prefer Schaub but I'm not petrified of Vick either. -Our secondary should shut down Atlanta’s passing game. I am however worried about Crumplers impact. In the past we haven't exactly been known for shutting down TE's and Crumpler is big and athletic. We must account for him at all times, and if Vick plays not let Crumpler beat us on broken plays. -We stop the run this weekend or we might just be looking at TB version 2.0. They will come at us and try and wear us down. We struggle with big power backs so we need to get penetration when Ducket is in so he can't get that 250+ frame moving. Dunn is a solid player but this team handles backs that don't break a lot of tackles. IMO Duckett will see much more time in this one then he is accustomed to. -If we don't score we must sustain drives. We averaged 5.5 plays per possession against TB, and if you exclude a couple garbage drives at the end we nearly averaged a 3 and out for 60 minutes. Our defense thrives on speed and pressure and when they get winded they get exposed. We need to allow them to rest or we will lose our strongest asset.

I was just thinking about this the other day and posted something along the same lines. When people said he was "immature" we might have been looking at the wrong type of maturity. I love his confidence, and accountability, but he must keep perspective on things happening around him. After the Tampa Bay game he was asked about his play and he said that the young quarterback excuse is a loser’s way of thinking. Then he turns around and says he's a young quarterback and these things will happen. It's almost as if he is trying to convince himself that what he is going threw is ok. He simply needs to understand that it is ok, and that even the best QB's often struggle in the first few starts.

Safe landing!! Thank God

I'm not giving a Oakland pity party over scheduling. I'm happy they start off with such a difficult slate of games. My point is they have looked better then Buffalo in the first two games when you factor in strength of schedule. I agree that we can improve, and we should improve. But until then the Raiders game will be very difficult, and yes the Chiefs should be even worse.