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Your a kind and generous person, but what "billsfanone" BF was his out right refusal to give respect to anyone else's teams in his posts. He has since (to the Red Sox) but, it was too late to help him much.

Not to support Bledsoe any more than to say that he has accepted blame for the miserable offensive performances week after week after week, and many were not his fault. If anything, he's been the good soldier. I believe what we see now is utter frustration coming from him. What does everyone here think? Is it that only we, the fans, are frustrated? I can only hope for our sake that JP will be a good one, but what has he proved yet? Care to review the list on QB's who were high draft choices that have failed miserably? Here's a few....Heath Schuler, Akili Smith, Rick Mirer, Todd Blacklege, Andre Ware, David Klingler, Ryan Leaf, Browning Nagle, etc.... Let Bledsoe blow off steam for crying out loud. Any one recall Kelly calling out Ballard after he took that huge blind side hit when Ballard firt replaced Devlin (who Kelly supported)? Give it a rest and let's hope JP can take our QB play to a higher level given time. Fez - be careful with that logic, these guys (and gals) want blood....

I wouldn't care if we get Curley, Larry, and Moe, just so long as they can get the job done. Wolford, Ritcher, Hull, Davis, Ballard....now that was an O-line....

Exactly, Kelly, Thomas, B. Smith all had big mouths (especially early in their careers), but they all had the arses to cash the checks their mouths were issuing. If Willis can do the same, I'll be very happy. Enough of these quiet types, lets make some noise, show some confidence, and WIN SOME DARNED GAMES !!!!

This is a team that can stand toe to toe with almost anyone (at least thru the 1st 6 games this year). Unfortunately, what we have is a collection of players that right now continue to find ways to lose games. Today it was catchable balls that weren't just dropped, they were tipped right to defenders for picks. We have a struggling QB who still forces throws in key moments that have hurt us. We have horrible FS (Izell) that hasn't a clue and looks like he's afraid of contact, can't play in coverage, and gets beat in key moments every game he's in. Posey, where is he? The only time I see him is when he's getting stonewalled by the oppositions RT. And as we all know, we haven't seen good offensive line play since the early 90's. We've tried to establish a ball control offense with a line that simply doesn't run block well enough to really be successful. Pass blocking has even been worse. I was aware that Travis Henry is a one dimensional back, and yet I supported him but his failures this year (slipping on a TD run when there was for him to score), trips when holes were there on key third downs, and ridiculously bad blitz pickups have soured me on him right now. McGahee gains yards after contact too and right now appears to be the better back. Time to give McGahee the rock and see what he can do. So far, he seems to have the potential still in him to be great. Moulds is still very good but seems to have suffered more concentration (drops) lapses than I remember him having in the past. Today, he had his hands on 12 points and didn't make either play. Also contributed to an INT that goes against Bledsoe, but was definitely his fault. Reed has been a disappointment to all of us to date. The kid just can't seem to get going. Baxter really owned him in coverage today with only a few exceptions. Evans is raw, very raw, but needs to be utilized a bit more, especially in space (between the 20's). Mike Williams struggles in pass protection (especially against the quicker DE & LB's) and with his size he's not been a dominating run blocker either. Remember Howard Ballard? His pass protection (although he got better) started out horribly, yet he was a road grader in his time with the Bills in the run game. What seems to be Mike's biggest problem is that he just doesn't seem to have much fire in his belly and his desire came into serious question during camp and the preseason this past summer. That's not a good sign. I have to hope he puts it together yet because he can and should dominate. Maybe ultimately it will be as a guard, but we need him to get going. Jonas Jennings? What can I say. Healthy, he's good, but I can't recall any O-Lineman for the Bills that struggles with nicks and bumps more than he. While I'm glad we picked up Price to back up the tackles, he shows me every time on the field why he's a backup. He played less than adequate today as well. Getting back to Jennings, he looks as if he's gone after this year anyway, unless the league looks at him as being too fragile as I do. Watching the Bills-Ravens highlites on the NFL channel right now and it's not good. Man, how I despise Bellick. Now it's Sanders, dag....this is bad. Here's Mularkey, depressing. Says JP is a month away. Drew sounds and looks finished. Sure miss his fire from the 1st half of 2002. As for Ryan Denny, I think he's plays far better than anyone here will give him credit for. He may not be a sack master, but plays tough. Kelsay seems outgunned to date. One good play and 4-5 where's he's dominated. I could rant on and on but it's late and time for bed. Frustrated and disappointed as I am, I'll be back next week rooting on the Bills against the Cards. It's a shame that after 6 games all we have left is to play for respectibility, but right now that's it. This is a team that will jell very soon or next year we're going see a lot of new faces and some that go might surprise more than a few of us. GO BILLS!!!!!

Bledsoe stays, whether we like it or not for now, probably thru next year. Travis may be traded, but I'm not sure we'd get much more than a 3rd (possibly a second if we're lucky). Denny by and large has played better than Kelsay, and should not be cut nor should Kelsay, who shold be given another year. Then comes Izell Reese. Why he is on this team only shows how weak we are at FS. He flat out stinks, period. Give the Baker kid a shot, use PP to back him up and tell Izell "bye, bye" right now. Let Wire play ST and fight for a position next year. What that would be who knows since he's only shown that he simply is horrible in coverage. I like the kid, hate his play. As for the rest, get some sleep. They stay until someone can beat them out, that's the way it works. One thing for sure, I'd like to see Edwards get more playing time and while I've always liked Pat Williams he's only played one real solid game to me (Miami) and unless he takes a pay cut (FA my butt), he's done in Buffalo. Time to see what an Edwards, Anderson tandem can do as well.

For my 2 cents, the screen/swing pass to McGahee (mis-direction play) looked bad right from the beginning. Within a half second after the snap, Bledsoe swung his head over to McGahee (telling the world what was coming), then threw a high ball that (after thorough review of the tape) McGahee leaped for but the ball went through his hands and was then tipped by the defender into the air. Those high throws always remind me of the Johnson high throw that effectively ended Thurman's career with Buffalo. That was on 80% on Bledsoe, and 20% on McGahee. Deion's 1st pick, 100% on Bledsoe. Terrible throw/decision. Nuff said. Sadly, the very play before Moulds had a TD catch in his hands and couldn't pull it in. That was the second time Moulds had a TD had he been able to pull in the tough catch. Moulds had 12 points go right off his fingers today. Those are plays we need him to make. The third pick was a tipped ball by Evans (right on his hands with very tight coverage by Lewis, probably interference). If Evans makes that catch, it's a TD (another 6 points left out there on the field). Fourth pick, a bit high bit definitely a catchable ball that Moulds let slip right thru his hands. Yeah maybe Beldsoes deserves the razing he's getting, but when Eric stated he took this loss on himself, he is stating the truth. Despite some decent catches, Eric was not good today. We left three scores out there on the field today and that was the game. As for our much abused O-line, they sucked today too.

Maybe Willis isn't the second coming yet, but for his first start, he played very well, and when the chips were on the line, he stepped it up in the 4th quarter, and that's where you want your RB to shine most of all. Travis has had some very good rushing days, but last Sunday's performance by Willis was as complete of a game by a Bills RB since we last saw Thermal. I'm very encouraged by what I've seen of Willis to date and I wasn't very happy when he was drafted. This guy has a chance of being something special.

Very solid, save the couple bonehead penalties.

I have to agree. When the hole closed up, Willis bounced it elsewhere, and managed to gain some real tough yards out there today. Miami sucks, but not their "D". Henry is a beast, but Willis seems to have better instincts based off of his limited action this year, and of course, today's game. Maybe the best way to look at it is Willis seems to have the better vision of the two. Glad to have them both though.

I wanted to say that, but I didn't as there are many Hockey fans here that I didn't wish to inflame. The NHL, owners and players, have all combined to make themselves insignificant in this fans eyes. Shame too as it could be great.

Whether or not Willis gets 15 carries or not, it sure seems to be the time to give him more playing time. If he's physically capable, today would be a good time to let him rip a bit. Let's see what he's got.

As much as I wish it weren't true, Reed has played himself out of the number 2 WR and should be relegated to the slot period. He just doesn't seem to have the ability to beat a CB. In his rookie year, he seemed to be able to work the middle from the slot effectively so this should be where he gets his last chance.

Sorry, but I must ask......was that lobotomy painfull?

You sure do let your mouth issue a lot of checks that your rear (Cardinals) may not be able to cash. If they don't win it all, you're going to be in for rough time for quite a while. Your incessant ranting on the Cards reminds me of those Colts backers from SBIII and the 69 Oriole backers. Also. you show one glaring flaw over and over. Like them or not, no professional sports team is even close to the Yanks in World Championships. One would need to have had a full frontal lobotomy to refuse to see, accept, and acknowledge this simple fact. History is far more than a team"s 2004 accomplishments. 39 Pennants, 26 World Championships.

I'll second that. While he may be serviceable, I'm growing tired of serviceable. It would nice to see some talent. Jennings is talented, albeit far to injury prone for my tastes. I still would hate to see him leave though.

Bottom line is that we have suffered mightly from some very bad calls against us. They definitely contributed to our teams woes. To deny it , is to say "I'm blind". Yet, we also see that this team isn't good enough to overcome them. Disasterous plays at key times (Bledsoe bootleg? Henry's inability to run without slipping and stumbling, dropped passes by every WR, TE, and RB on the team, key defensive breakdowns, insufficient pass rush, and absolutely stupid penalties, etc....) bother me much more than the blown calls by the refs. Our Bills need to quit shooting themselves in the foot first. I'll ask again, on our final drive, what did we do to stop the blitz from Harrison? Absolutely nothing. We let him come free 4-5 times in a row without even touching him. That's stupid. There seems to be a lot of questioning of the players "game smarts" of late, even by OBD, but what about the coaches too? No challenge against the Faiders? There's a seven point swing in that game right there. Of course, that was helped by another of Henry's "slips". Reality is that our problems are with everything and we haven't been good enough to overcome anything so far. This could be a good team, if the dumb mistakes and lapses in concentration and poise would cease.

Can't say I've had that problem and I've used the Dell credit 4-5 times already for various items including tow PC's. Never had a problem. I pay the full amount when the bill arrives and then I don't hear from them again til the next purchase.

Sums up the game pretty darned well. While I don't absolve Bledsoe completely, Moulds, Henry, and Wire sure found ways to blow big play at the worst possible times. That trip Henry took when Villerial and Williams had created a very nice hole really pissed me off. Hadn't he slipped at the goal line against the Faiders, he would have been in for a score that couldn't have been questioned. He also has gone the wrong way on passing routes, and missed handoffs. Henry's not the brightest guy, but right now, he just looks plain stupid. He's got to stop making these huge mistakes.

As long as they had the threat of a run coming at them, the Pats "D" line and backers were held at bay, but once we were forced at the end to go to the pass, they came hard and destroyed the O-line. How many times were we going to let Harrison come free inside the tackles and have a free run at Bledsoe. That he was able to complete any passes at the end was nothing short of a miracle. In obvious pass situations, with both Teague and Jennings out, we were dead in the water. Price barely does an adequate job at RT, and simply stinks at LT. Jennings is truly our best pass blocker, and actually is a good one in this dept period. I hate to say it, but between all the dumb penalties (another first down run on 3rd & short called back for holding - argh!) and Bledsoe still showing inaccurate throws too often, coupled with him and Moulds being out of sync twice (how can that be at this point?), we just didn't take advantage of the opportunities we had. While Bledsoe really is pissing everyone off, it's tough to hold him totally accountable when there seems to be one or two guys getting free runs at him far too often, especially on every key pass.

When you put forth the effort, you make some good points, but with you one never knows who your getting. No one is all over the map as much as you can be. And while I agree about the incessant flaming around here relative to how it brings this board down, ICE, look in the mirror, you are one of the biggest flamers on this board. You insult virtually anyone who crosses your path, name calling, coded and blatant profanity, and now you're pointing out (in general) everyone else's character flaws. Pot & kettle, Pot & Kettle. As for the playing of JPL, I agree, but if by some miracle Bledsoe rediscovers the fountain of youth and begins to play like a real QB with positive results (wins), it won't happen. However, from the looks of his first couple of games, he just might find himself holding the clip board again for his understudy before too long. In a losing season, his job is tenuous at best. A few wins and this is all moot.

Why "float" a check anyway? Major Credit cards already give you a 20-25 day "float" anyway. I agree with the pulling out the check book at a store, or the like. Drives me crazy too. I guess I'm just impatient though.

That the pressure is coming from the outside is no surprise, that's where the bulk of pressure comes from all across the league. Last I recall, the greatest pass rushers the game has produced are DE's and a few LB's (blitzes or edge rushers - recall Paup's big year? Outside rushes). With that said, Williams surely needs to pick his game up a notch, and there does seem to be clear evidence that his heart isn't in the game at this point. I fear he;ll pull a Ricky and just pack it in in a couple years and waste that god given talent all together leaving us high and dry. Here's to hoping he decides football is what he wants to excel at and do for as long as he can, but so far his actions are not supporting this hope.

I too have been saying the same thing, except I've called Shelton anything but a bruiser. He hasn't shown me that. In fact, he looks very shaky in the pass game (blocking and catching, routes, etc). After the past couple games, from what I saw, he should be lucky if he's still on the roster by game 9 (giving him half a season). Any idea where Lawton has gone?

Give it a Thursday afternoon listen....(sorry if someone else has posted this before). Frankie