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Titans were screwed the second Fitz stepped on the field. Doesn't matter who is blocking.
While true, that has nothing to do with the fact that Johnson has been struggling all year.
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All this sudden love of Geno Smith because he played one good game is hilarious. He was second in the NFL in turnovers going into last night's game with 11. He looked good against a very weak Atlanta defense. Some of the worst tackling I have ever seen. To top it off, Atlanta may well have won had their idiot coach not blown the end of half sequence. Like all rookies at the position his game will be up and down. It certainly helps that his team has a great defense. Despite the talking heads on ESPN praising him like he is the second coming, its only one game. I am still confident the Bills made the right choice, but we will certainly not know the final answer after 5 games, or 16.
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The Jaguars are a poorly-run team. The Bills are poorly managed, too. Being better than Jacksonville's management doesn't make the "new" regime competent.
I don't think that was his primary point, but carry on.
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Look around you. Do you see a healthy NFL QB ANYWHERE ON THIS TEAM? It's different degrees of non-NFL QB-ness at this point.
Adding Matt Flynn would not add an NFL QB. Seriously people - Seattle and now Oakland payed this guy to go elsewhere. He sucks.
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Well, he seems to know how to slide at least.
Nice play to look off the safety on the pass to Easley.
Couple nice tosses on the run.
Whole lotta "meh" in between.
GO BILLS!!!
Yeah, but only had a day or two of practice as well. Very decisive on the read option plays. We shall see. If he is able to play smart and not turn the ball over I will be happy. He is probably not going to set any NFL accuracy records.
Are you delusional? You wanted this team to trade Mario Williams for John Skelton. You wanted to draft Landry Jones in the 1st. You wanted Tyler Bray, who is a giant douche. You have so many countless wrong predictions that the general rule of thumb is to do the exact opposite of what you suggest.
Hey - he did get Andrew Luck right.
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Ok can we just be objective for 5 minutes?
Yes, by all means, be objective.
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If Byrd is worth what he thinks he is, then anything short of a 1st round pick would be highway robbery. They are not going to get that now so it would be foolish to trade him. He is not going anywhere right now. Perhaps after they franchise him again next year.
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It should be "TY for your service Justin Rogers. All the best!"
That would not upset me.
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He said they'll sign another QB for the Practice Squad and Pat White is not eligible for that.
Are you sure he is not eligible? Can't say I am an expert on the rules, but he has only had one season and I am not if he was even active for all of it. Just curious.
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Both LGs in a meeting, talking with them before announcing anything.
Jermey speculating maybe that is where the roster spot for Thad comes from?
I cant see that..don't cut a guy with another in the room I would not think
It sounds like the Kicker situation comes to a head this week.
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The extra time off will help a ton. McKelvin, Jackson, Spiller should all be full go (I hope). Maybe we see Gilmore which would be a big lift. Byrd...I don't give a rat's ass about. Mario will benefit from the time off Aaron Williams will benefit, Legursky too. Still, it comes down to whether we can put a QB on the field who is capable of not losing the game. Pettine has to call the game of his life and the defense has to win this one.
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At his best he threw for 25 TDs for almost 3500 yards and only 6 ints on a 10-6 playoff team. That's far more than decent!
And since? Maybe the last couple of years have been an aberration and he can be salvaged, and maybe all this stuff in Tampa is all Schiano, but where there is smoke there is often fire. I wish him well, but poor fit for the Bills in this situation.
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Too little too late for the Bills FO. Should have traded a 7th last week. This season is now officially over. Their late push for Freeman shows they know it too. Whaley and Co. screwed the pooch with no viable backup. We won't win another game until EJ returns, whenever that may be.
Freeman was not the right fit for the Bills in this situation. EJ will start when he get back, and Freeman would just be a distraction. No long term future for him in Buffalo, so why trade a 7th round pick (which there is no evidence would have been accepted) and pay him $8 m plus to be a back up for a few weeks. Would have made no sense.
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Pat White will not be signed!
But Jason LaConfora said he would so it must be true.
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LOL, think lack of depth is bad here? The Jaguars are using ball boys as wide receivers...
http://fansided.com/...ers-scout-team/
Seriously though, I don't get all of the sudden frustration and outrage regarding the backup QB. Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see one person up in arms about Tuel being our backup before the Manuel injury. The hand wringing this week on this board has been so over the top.
I've seen nothing yet that signals the Bills are not on the same track as they were in the mid-eighties. IMO, if not for the key injuries to Gilmore and Manuel, they'd be 4-1. As Bills fans I would hope that more fans would see this. I can understand the national media not bothering to look just below the surface, but I'm extremely excited for the future of this team. Once healthy, I think they are shaping up to be a Pittsburgh Steelers type of team. Strong defense, big/strong/athletic/opportunistic QB, and a great running game. I can't wait till the last seven games when the team is at full strength and we can see what we really have going on.
You are entirely too rational and positive. Try to get with it. Pitchforks are on sale at Home Depot this weekend.
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Good post Bill. I would disagree with your number 8 on the hurry up in this case. In fact, it seemed to me that before EJ went out it was the Bills who were wearing down the Cleveland D, not the other way around. As for the McGahee runs, I think the Bills simply overplayed the pass and did not expect the couple of "big" runs he made. It looked to me they were caught in pass blitzes and the Brown's OL blocked the plays extremely well.
The real issue here is QB play. The Bills were dead, and their defense began wearing down, when Tuel went into the game and went 4 series without a first down. The elephant in the room since the roster was set was the lack of experienced depth at QB. Its too bad Kolb was hurt but the failure to sign and keep a veteran QB will doom them if EJ spends any time out of the lineup. The Brown's backup QB last night was a former 1st round pick with a full year of NFL starting experience. The Bills backup was an undrafted rookie free agent. This was clearly the difference in the game. The Bills probably win if EJ plays the game.
I was really perturbed, however, at the 3rd and 18 completion. Weeden had all day. WTF Pettine! Why get conservative and play prevent there. The Bills still had a chance, albeit a small one with Tuel, until then.
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No surprise. He continues to demonstrate that he is a POS week after week.
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A career backup to Tom Brady and one year in a dysfunctional Arizona team. He's looked pretty good the past couple of weeks and now has confidence...not many things are as dangerous as a confident QB.
The Bills are good at stopping the run and Cleveland's running game is iffy with McGahee & Ogbannaya. They do have Josh Gordon back, which has been helping their passing game. If Hoyer does his job, he'll pick on the Bills secondary and we'll see a lot of catches by Gordon & Jordan Cameron. The Bills will just have to go after whoever Joe Haden isn't covering - Woods is starting to make a presence, so if Haden is on him, then Stevie might have a big game...EJ has to recognize that and capitalize. I don't think they'll be able to run the ball well enough, so we might see a lot of balls in the air tonight from both sides.
Yes he backed up Tom Brady, but unfortunately talent does not just rub off, as his career stats indicate. I can't help thinking the last two games were an aberration. He will find his level eventually, hopefully tonight. That said, I expect the Browns to try and pick on the Bills secondary and it will be necessary for Pettine to call a great game, and for the Defense to step it up like they did last week. I also agree the Bills will need to throw to loosen up the Browns defense. Hacket needs to step it up also, and I feel like this game will be an opportunity for EJ to shine. (or not) Running 55 times will not win this game I am afraid.
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He is too irrelevant to hate anymore.
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He is, and always has been, a self centered and immature jerk. Nothing new. Although, this is pretty funny.
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And their QB has had a hot hand for the past two games...May be he will struggle tonight against us.
No reason why not. Hoyer is a career back up, marginal NFL player, who is now being treated like a savior because they won a couple of games. Kind of reminds of some guy named Fitzgibbons or something a couple of years ago. There is no reason that the Bills defense should not be able to shut these guys down. On offense, they are going to need to be creative to overcome the Brown's D. A couple of turnovers from Hoyer, and this game may not even be close.
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Very nice comparison. This gives me hope that Hacket knows how to adjust. He will need to do so again to have a chance against Cleveland's D. The Bills will need to mix it up more this week to keep the Brown's off balance.
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But when else can you trade him where his value will be higher? Your not going to get anything more for him if you wait it out. At the end of the season teams can just wait til he becomes a FA
Teams can talk informally and get a "handshake agreement" from him that they will pay him what he wants when they can.
The Bills own his rights to the next negotiating period and have the threat of franchising him again. If they cannot come to agreement before the tag date, or negotiate a decent trade by then, they can franchise him again and they have until July 15 to trade him His best value would be before or during next year's draft. The bottom line is he is a valuable asset that they should not entertain letting go for the paltry mid round value they could get for him now, with uncertain future. Handshake agreements are not only worthless, but against the rules of the CBA. No negotiating, period.
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We have been getting a ton of coverage on the NFL Network today, including a nice interview with Robert Woods. It's been fun to watch. Nice perk of being the Thursday night game.
They are promoting as best they can because it is likely to be the lowest rated Thursday night game of the year.
Thaddeus Lewis starting against Bengals
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Because Dixon just got here, has been out of football since last season ended, and will certainly take some time to get up to speed.