JimBob2232

Shoulndt it be "My child beat up your honor student"?

Funny how this one play changed everyones opinion on this board. Lets not boil ONE PLAY into a season. Last year at this time, we were coming off a 31-0 defeat of the patriots, emotions were high and people we reserving hotel rooms in new orleans. We catapaulted to #1 on ESPNs power chart...and then promptly finished 6-10. The reverse is just as likely to occur. I remain confident that the bills are a good team, and should make the playoffs. That said, there are some downfalls (i.e. the kicking game) TD has made his mistakes. Keeping Lindell, Hiring (and keeping) GW to name a couple, but overall, this team is good. TD has a problem of looking too far into the future. He is always looking 2-3 years ahead, and ignoring the problems of today. How else can you explain McGahee, Losman, Evans, the lack of a kicking game, etc. We play in the here and now and not 3 years from now. Ultimatly, this IS TD's team...he needs to be able to recognize his mistakes and rectify them. I think he did a marvelous job with the coaching staff this offseason, but still ignored key aspects of the team (Lindell!, Special teams, etc) There is NO REASON for this team NOT to be a playoff team. I like TD and alot of the things he has done here, but it may be time to cut the strings with him if the team doesnt get it done this year.

What are you trying to prove? That the colts and Patriots are better teams? Duh!

So you have 3 DE's and 3 QBs listed right there. Where does this leave Vick, Cullpepper, McNair and Favre? If Kearse, Freeney and seymore are 3 of the top 5 DE's, where do strahan, Rice, Ogunleye, Taylor and Peppers fit in?

Not really. I believe we are paying him a pretty penny for this crap

Also, one coach in the history of the bills has won his first game...Marv Levy. So that means all of our other coaches...wade phillips, greg williams, oh wait..perhaps this isnt so positive...nevermind

Morten Anderson went to minnesota. Conway I believe is available.

No, Anderson went to minny...Conway is available.

Just because the outcome doesnt produce the desired results does not mean that the choice was not the proper one.

Yes, all these things contributed to the loss today. But going forward, Lindell is going to cost us alot of games. Penalties will also cost us. I dont think we have to worry about our defense or Moulds fumbling the ball, and even though Jacksonville has little pass rush, i think the OL played very well. We can rectify the Lindell situation easilly...Penalties...should be rectifiable. This loss was us beating ourselves, not us being beaten. and it can be fixed

Just throwing this out there, because I honestly dont know. What kickers are sitting at home waiting for a phone call?

DING DING DING...we have a winner.

Hopeless, no. But by the same token, because I lost the lottery last week, doesnt mean its hopeless for me to win the next week. The longest FG Lindell has hit in his bills career is 44 yards. He was 17/24 last season, and only made 3 field goals longer than 39 yards. The decision was 1) Take a longshot chance at the FG and if you miss give them the ball around the 50 yard line 2) Punt the ball and make them drive 90 yards in 2 minutes. The 2nd choice IS THE CORRECT CHOICE. Too bad our defense let us down, and its also too bad we couldnt have attempted that kick. But with lindell, we had no other choice. Would you be saying the same thing if lindell missed that kick?

Dont kid yourself. That was the right call there. If we had a kicker that might POSSIBLY make that FG, I say you are right... About the only thing Lindell is capable of kicking is his way out of Buffalo.

I agree. It was a very good call by Mularkey. HOWEVER, that was a FG that would be made by 90% of the kickers in this league. If we had any other NFL kicker, less perhaps shayne graham, we kick that FG and this game goes into OT. I dont know if cutting Lindell NOW is a good move, but it should have been done 4 months ago

Okay, so I dont want to jump down Lindells throat here...but we need a reliable kicker. This isnt based on just todays game, but ever since christie left, there has been a huge lack of emphasis on the kicking game. Having a reliable kicker, we would have not punted late in this game. Having a good kicker, we would have made the 42 yard FG earlier in the game. Kickers are one of the most important players on the team, and todays loss is due to the lack of the front office to realize this. Now, we played a good game. The offense looked pretty good, defense didnt lose a step. I dont blame this game on clements. Sure he made a mistake, but one mistake does not cost us a game. Untimely penalties and the lack of finding a decent kicker in the offseason did. Also remember to give credit to jacksonville. That was one hell of a drive for them. I think they will be very good this year (I predicted Wildcard for them), so try not to get too down based alone on this game. One more thing to point out. Its a LONG season. Last year we were 2-0, and dominating. The bandwagon got overcrowded, and many of you were putting in for vacation time to go see the bills in New Orleans. This year we are 0-1, played a very good game, with an unfortunate outcome. It is important to not lose sight of the big picture.

Uhh...think you forgot a division (at least you are on the right year though!)

This is the 2ND GAME of the nfl season. It is the only game on saturday. They could market this thing and make a killing...

With Manning, McNabb, Cullpepper, Vick, Bledsoe, Pennington and Leftwich, this will be broken in short order..dont worry

Why is the game not being shown on saturday on sunday ticket? This is my big gripe here

Yeah, it says 5 year extension through 2005...so i dont get it. (just tivod it)

I just saw it on ESPN news myself. ITS TRUE!!!!!!!!

A friend of mine just told me he saw that schobel signed a 5 year extension on espn..didnt see how much. Did anyone else see this? I only ask because its possible he made this up. He has been wrong on stuff like this before

Upon further review, it appears that I cannot change the title of the post...tastes like chicken

Well, I wound up being a little off in my predictions last season...so i just used the same predictions for this year. I also play the same lottery numbers every week. No, really, these are my 2004! predictions....