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That team is a walking disaster area... how did we lose to them in week 2?

Shady is probably hurt... so it is a choice between passing or handing off the football to Gillislee, Bush, or Felton. Lynn seems to be preferring to pass. Please hand the football off.

I really don't want to hear the excuses this week for Taylor. He can escape pressure well, and his OL was crap during the first few series, but he now has decent protection, and he still can't make simple throws. Shady going down in the 2nd should be a huge wake up call - our offense will be shut down without him. Taylor is a game manager, he won't force a throw and he can run the football... but he is not an NFL-caliber passing quarterback.

You will see better defenses stuff the run box with 8 players and make TT throw the ball. The question to me is whether or not TT can win these types of games. Seattle will be a good test.

Bingo. Shady, Robey, and Fisher won this game for us, all in spite of Taylor's performance. That boneheaded play where he lined up behind Richie, combined with the horrible accuracy... I mean I can't see how you can grade his performance today higher than a C-. He didn't throw a pick, I guess there's that.

Why did they accept that penalty? That should have been an easy decline. Fisher is somehow worse than Rex.

Fake punt?!? If that were the Bills I'd have gone ballistic.

Defense did their job.

Defense needs to step up here.

Terrible clock management there. You should have let 25 seconds bleed off the clock before snapping that third down ball.

+1. They are winning today because of turnovers generated by the D and some great play from McCoy. TT is a game manager type of QB. He will make a few big plays with his legs, but do not count on him being a reliably accurate passer.

There you go.

I feel like this is the kind of game that, if this team has turned the corner, should win. Otherwise, they're the same old Bills.

Probably have to keep Carpenter through the end of the season... there aren't exactly a bunch of reliable PK'ers available. They should draft one of the better collegiate kickers next year in the 3rd or 4th round.

The NFC East game of the week (PHI @ DAL) is at week 8. Forget it.

Hearing them complain about the refs is probably the most redeeming part of the whole thing. With Brady on the field they get the benefit of every single call. "Just give it to them", one might say... http://deadspin.com/report-bad-call-at-end-of-patriots-bills-game-was-beca-1744420521 http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2011/6/16/2225057/buffalo-bills-walk-off-foxboro-patriots

Keep the pressure on these guys.... Brisket only tastes good when it's cooked low and slow...

Bingo. Expect to score once or twice in the second half. The defense needs to continue to step up and hold them to as little as possible.

Please, I have serious questions for Crayonz now that it appears he is back in full glory: How are Sammy, Carl, and the Googlebot? Are "they" still in control? Are you running any more experiments with silica gel?

For posterity's sake: http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/73019-the-bills-are-putting-themselves-in-a-bad-position/ This was the infamous Trent Edwards concussion game, no? I'm glad the Bills did not put themselves in a bad position by winning that game.

I can explain it. I'm talking about my vote of confidence in the coaching staff, players, and front office. To be brutally honest, given past history, they have to show me more than a single game against an NFC opponent. I'm not "all in" that this team is good. After those first two games, they need to show me more. Do I always root for the team? Absolutely. But I'm not going to "suckered" into thinking this is a playoff-bound team until I see sustained success over the course of the season. Beating NE* would be a major step towards that... winning in late October through November would be an even bigger one.

Alright, who is suckered back in? I'm not quite yet. They have to beat the Brady-less Patriots* for me to be fully bought in again after those first two disasters, but they at least looked like a competent NFL team today. McCoy looked like his old self and the defense played up to expectations. I'm still having a hard time trying to figure out if the Cards were just really bad, or if the Bills were good. The 4 INTs were all in the fourth quarter on throws that Palmer was forcing due to time running short and/or a bad route from his WR. AZ historically plays poor 1PM games on the east coast. I wasn't particularly impressed with Taylor, either... accuracy is still a problem and he had only 150 yards of passing although the game plan was clearly run first today, so that's somewhat excused. The one thing that they are going to absolutely have to change next week is the penalties. 9 penalties for 75 yards and Arizona got 3 first downs off of penalties... you cannot do that against NE* and expect to win. Jerry Hughes, Cyrus Kouandjio, and the secondary in particular should pay attention to that.

I'm convinced that this team could have drafted Andrew Luck and we'd still be cellar dwellers. Likewise, who knows, EJ could have been drafted by a competent organization and might be starting QB material. We have never had a coaching staff capable of developing young players. When you're in a situation like that, quite honestly, we could have every single first round pick in a single draft and STILL strike out most of the time.

They are going to get picked apart the next two weeks. Arians and Belichick are in a completely different league from the bobsey twins. I hope they retain Rex through the entire season. I want to truly bottom out and get the first overall pick. We just honored one of those guys tonight.

Absolutely pathetic. Every time Fitz threw the ball, you knew the guy was going to be wide open. The defense is a joke.