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Andre also ran the best deep post routes I've ever seen.

The key to the 3-4 isn't the two DE's, although it certainly helps. The key to a successful 3-4 is to have an NT who can consistently tie up two offensive lineman. He has to keep the middle of the line clogged up. Those guys are hard to find. Ngata is one of them, Hampton is another. So you don't have to have a monster DL, but you do have to have a monster NT. I think for the Bills, the transition from cover 2 to base 4-3 makes better sense.

Absolutely right. The WR position is exponentially tougher in the NFL than it is in college. Night and day. He has so much to learn and it's going to take him some time.

I felt bad for him in this game. He was up against one of the best defensive players in the league, and he wasn't getting the help he was supposed to be getting. But then again, that's what great defenses do: Confuse blocking schemes.

Once again: The biggest thing you can to do express your hatred - Don't follow the team. Burn all your Bills' gear. Don't watch them on TV. Don't go to the games. It's pretty simple.

You make some good points. However, it does take some time to get the personnel you need to play a particular defense. So then the question becomes: How flexible should the team be in its defense? Should they change their defense each year to suit the talent that's available in the draft? That's the tough part. Right now the most recent trend seems to be toward the 3-4. A few years ago, the cover 2 was hot. And yet, one of the best defenses of this era is the Steelers defense, which is and always has been the 3-4. So which way do the Bills go? Change defenses every year or two to suit the draft talent available, or pick one scheme and stick to it?

Here's the one thing you can do to express your anger: Don't follow the team. As for Ralph: No one is all good, or all bad. Ralph certainly has his cheap side. But he also has his loyal side. I know there's one man who thinks Ralph is a great guy: Kevin Everett. Over the years, Ralph has donated large sums of money to the Nick Bouniconti Foundation to help cure paralysis. The treatment protocols developed from that research, which Ralph had implemented for the Bills' medical staff, went a long way to helping Kevin restore mobility. So it all depends on how you look at it. Just because Ralph decided to keep Jauron doesn't make him a bad guy.

I'm not a big fan of Cassell, but he should have pummeled the guy before security got there. Pain is a good teacher.

Especially this particular rookie. The Bills' WR coach said that Hardy had no experience, none, reading defenses. At Indiana, they just asked him to run his route and go up for the ball. Doesn't work that way in the pros.

Perfect. Couldn't have said it any better. The same applies for offense. Anybody can draw up the play that Fitzgerald scored on, but it takes a guy like Fitzgerald to read the hole in the zone, the O-line to block, a QB like Warner to make the right read and the quick throw, and the other receivers on the play to sell their routes. Then it takes a guy like Fitzgerald to accelerate to top speed so quickly. That's what's so great about this game: It's the ultimate team sport, even though it's marketed via superstars.

Generally, whomever's assigned to the defense's best pass rusher is supposed to get help. And that's the problem with playing against a top level D like Pittsburgh: They change up their rush packages so much that the O-Line has a hard time figuring out where to slide the help.

I would have a hard time disagreeing with that. Let's hope he doesn't start talking to TO or Ocho Sinco to get diva lessons.

Gandy definitely elevated his play towards the end of the year. But the Steelers have a very tough and sophisticated pass rush, and they'll expose all but the very best O-lines.

If you're into WR's, this was one hell of a superbowl. Fitz and Holmes both redefined the term "body control" tonight.

I'll respond to this in the same way that I do to everyone on this board who feels this way: If you don't like the team, why follow them? You have the right to express your opinion, but if the team you're following makes you so angry, why waste your time and money on it? By the way............most wealthy people are misers. That's how they stay wealthy.

The solution to that is pretty simple.....don't pay. Don't follow the team. Professional football is for entertainment purposes only. If you aren't enjoying it, why follow it?

I seem to be remembering 1980 and 1981. Then there as 1964, 1965 and 1966.....maybe Bill Polian went back into the past in his time machine and was the secret GM of those teams. Thanks again, Bill, for those years.

For pure draft value, the second day of the draft is actually the best. If a team can turn a second day draft pick into a great player, the payoff is huge. Tom Brady comes to mind.

"I have become bitter, withdrawn" Perfect description for the people on this board who seem to have no end to impotent pessimism. Except for the "withdrawn" part. Hopefully at some point they will withdraw.

Not criticizing you.....you seem to have put a lot of work into it with what you had. PS - I live in Youngstown, OH about 45 minutes from Akron. Go Zips!

When you say "game film", do you mean TV, or actual game film that shows the entire field?

I think scheme is way overblown. The keys to a successful defense are pretty simple: 1. Rush the passer. 2. Stop the run. 3. Create turnovers. Good players on good defenses work together to get the above done. What scheme they're in doesn't matter all that much.

How about Carl Mauk? When he coached our O-Line, opposing D-linemen were getting lots of sacks.

I think the Pro Bowl is going to disappear eventually. Either that or make it a flag football game.