Casey D

Unnamed source from the Bills quoted in a blog yesterday in the BN said that neither injury was thought to be serious but they were checking them out. For what it is worth...

Right. People develop at different speeds, it is not one size fits all. People forget that Favre was drafted by Atlanta and traded away-- he had many of the same problems back in the day. In the world we live in, everything has to happen instantly. Unfortunately people don't work like the internet, and it's a shame because too many people have to make snap judgments.

You'd make a fine assassin...

No reason to be. It's just if you get a couple of years to get down the mental side of the game, it helps when you get in on the physical side of the game. Learning both on the fly exacerbates all your deficiencies.

Right or wrong, the thinking plainly is as follows: the Bills have enough talent in a weak AFC East to contend if they just get average QB play, ala Dilfer or Johnson (Johnston?) winning Super Bowls. Manuel has been well below average. Orton has shown he can be an average QB and fill the needed role. That is the working thesis, we will see if it is true. It says nothing about what we will do long term for a QB. But in the here and now, that is the plan.

OK. Different point. The Bills tried to do what you suggest with Kolb, but it did not work out. Every reason to question the front office handling of QB situation, but we are now where we are and we have to play the hand that was dealt. Pegula has to deal with your issue.

You are just wrong on the Watt play. If EJ through it any higher-- with more loft-- the pass would have been incomplete and we all would be saying FJ had a sure TD/1st down and Manuel just missed him. On that one, Watt was just being Watt, perhaps the only DL in the league who could do that. Now there were lots of other plays that EJ misfired badly, so no pass on that from me.

Exactly. He's not ready yet, but that does not mean he never will be, despite the sureness on this of many folks on the board and JS. How many years did Aaron Rogers sit behind Favre?

I feel very bad for you.

The world is a hard place. Competition can be brutal. You aim for excellence and you have lots of people trying to beat you out. I'd like to be an NFL QB too, or a MLB player, but God did not give me the talent. Either EJ has the talent or he does not. If he does not, then he falls into the same category as 99.999% of the rest of us. If he does, and he has the will, this will only make him stronger. Only time will tell. It's up to him.

Absolutely. Rogers sat behind Favre for 2-3 years for example-- it helps to watch and learn. Giving the kid time to regroup is not the end. No guarantee he will get better, but if he takes it the right way, it might prove to be a blessing.

Bares repeating? Some how doing it naked makes making the same point over and over more effective?

Exactly. And this team needs to be carried by the defense, as EJ and the offense are a work in process. That may not be fair to the defense, but that is how it is. When you cannot get key stops on third and long, and allow 20 points in a half plus and let the team get into a deep hole, that's not good enough. And none of the scores were cheapies, the result of a turnover or short field. Not good enough at all.

They let the Chargers score a touchdown on the opening drive of the second half to make it 20-3. They did not stop them when it mattered, only when SD was playing conservative and milking the clock with the lead. The D was bad when it mattered today.

Forbes originally reported $1.1 billion, but then updated about 45 minutes later with $1.2 billion

And it reports the price at $1.1 billion

Oops, my bad...

According to Forbes-- highest price ever for an NFL franchise.

No explanation from refs at the time. Marrone said they told him that after further reflection, they did not think the hold (or whatever you call it) warranted a penalty.

Exactly. There is this great dysfunction. It would be the end of the world if we lose the Bills, but the Bills will always lose and beside football kills people. I am not saying you can't be critical, or that injury issues should not discussed. But it's opening day. Seriously, if football is so dangerous that it creates suicidal drug addicts, perhaps the sport should be banned like rooster fighting. I mean the fact that people choose to play despite the risks I guess is beside the point, everyone is a victim. I mean if opening day has to be depressing and focused on the negative, what's the effing point of watching NFL football at all. We would all be served if the Bills left and the NFL was banned.

Lol. Like you avatar

It's great getting in the mode for opening day. Bucky's got a long article on NFL players and drug addiction and life expectancy being 54 years for NFL players. Sullivan has Marrone getting fired early in the season because the Bills are imploding. Stories are OK I guess, but I question the timing. It is all so depressing perhaps we should ban football, at least in Buffalo. I think I need to go take my medication... :-)

He's a television personality, not an investigative journalist. He's an entertainer. It appears all he did was after the fact repackage abunch of old reports and added some questionable facts-- like about monos. Do you think he left Baltimore to investigate this? He entertains, if he's wrong so what. He's not shooting for a Puilitzer

Stature??? We're not talking about Woodward and Bernstein here.

No, watching at home on the Ticket.