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Oh my god. Just kill me. What's missing, the ability to unite the locker room like Flutie? At least he isn't as slow as Bledsoe!

On J-Byrd's interception: http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2013/11/12/5095204/buffalo-bills-precision-play-of-the-week-week-10-jairus-byrd-int kj

To sign with Philly: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/jason-la-canfora/24223025/eagles-to-sign-multidimensional-receiver-brad-smith-pending-physiical

You just said it. EJ isn't an NFL QB right now. He may become one some day, but for now he isn't doing the job.

I don't think yesterday was representative of this football team. Nearly every team, and certainly every team in rebuilding mode, plays a stinker now and then where nothing goes right and they just aren't competitive from early in the game. Up to this point, this team has been in every game except the Saints and Jets, and even there, they gave us some things to like. To me, yesterday was an outlier and I am putting that one away. That said, I don't think things are looking all that rosy right now. There are real problems in all 3 phases of the game that have me worried. Improved in some areas, but we still are not really utilizing talented players on offense, still give up too many 3rd down conversions on defense. And we don't have a QB. So the team is somewhere between the 2 major poles (cuz it's bipolar) that dominate this board: this team is garbage and everything about needs to go to the curb, and there is no reason this team can't run the table. I do think we can put the "Bills get no respect in the media" complaint to bed, at least until August. A question: can anyone point to a QB with problems similar to EJ's (bad footwork leading to poor accuracy) who got it corrected and went on to have a good or even decent career? I don't know enough about this stuff to diagnose a QB's problems, so I certainly can't answer that question. I do know that lots of rookie QBs look like crap and turn out okay, but are there lots of QBs who turn out okay with this set of issues? kj

So you're saying we're screwed next week too. kj

Best play of the day for EJ?

Good. EJ did not deserve a TD today.

With that INT, the Bills were able to break a streak of 8 straight possessions ending in punts. Sigh. Per Chris Brown. kj

Punt makes sense: the defense gives us the best chance to score.

I hate to think what Marrone is going to do his dog this week.

Per cbssports.com. Bills inactives: J. Tuel, QB R. Woods, WR J. Rogers, CB R. Wingo, RB B. Smith, DB T. Powell, LB Steelers inactives: L. Jones, QB D. Moye, WR H. Fangupo, DT K. Wilson, ILB R. Gordon, TE D. Van Dyke, DB C. Carter, OLB

Strong point.

This is going to sound silly and stupid, but I think there is at least a chance that the Dolphins did exactly that. That is, they took a player in RI with a history of immature jackassery and gambled that the weight and responsibility of being a team leader would get him to channel his aggression into more productive channels (i.e., hurting the opponents more than his teammates). I am NOT endorsing that plan, just saying that could have been the plan from the Dolphins coaches. I've done it with my 8 year old boy and it worked for a while. Although he is light years ahead of RI in emotional maturity, even in his Star Wars pajamas. kj

I think it is a straight up FU to Eugene Parker: we went out and got this guy so we don't have to play games with you and your guy (Carrington) next year. Half kidding. kj

Can you point to other QBs with similar problems who were fixed? kj

Should we add that to the legend? "Kiko makes Byrd enjoy being a Bill"

All-22 looks at the problems of the Steelers D against the P*ts http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24192074/coach-killers-week-9-its-officially-time-to-blow-up-steelers-d

I think I will go down the hall tomorrow at work, knock on the door of the guy who continually underperforms at his job, and see if threatening to take a dump down his throat will help matters. Or maybe I will just suggest that I am going to track down this guy's family and hurting them. kj

Great and important point here. kj

The DL was 2 yards away when he released; see shot 5 in the Buffalo Rumblings breakdown linked above. Not being hit. More importantly, there was plenty of time to see that his receiver was not open. Throw it away. kj

No, he is being criticized because he went to the first option, even though there was a guy in a bright red jersey standing between him and the receiver. Maybe he doesn't have the experience to see Stevie. I get that. But that doesn't mean the only other option was to throw it to the covered receiver. kj

That's what I am feeling, too. That and Tuel really wasn't in that bad a spot. This is on him. I can understand a rookie deciding where to go with the ball pre-snap. But I don't get deciding to throw it pre-snap without thinking about where the defenders are. Having one read doesn't mean throw it no matter what. kj

Surrendering to the weight of this thread, even though I feel a new thread each game is better. http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2013/11/5/5068380/bills-vs-chiefs-recap-diagramming-the-sean-smith-pick-six kj

Honestly, this complaint makes no sense to me. I am pretty sure there is no play in Hackett's playbook that says "throw it up for grabs and pray." The play was designed for the WRs to create a pick by the DBs. Usually that would lead to Graham coming open in this situation, but the DB did the unexpected and instead it was Stevie. In what universe is a QB throwing a ball directly to a defensive back NOT THE QB's FAULT? In any situation, on any yard line, on any down, and whatever the score? I can understand the QB having 1 read to minimize risks. But this was the first read. And he didn't make it. The guy was covered and he threw it anyway. If he is not competent enough to move on to the 2nd read then it is his responsibility to throw it away. He had 2 better choices there: one results in 7 points and one likely results in 3. He chose -7. Passing always entails some risk, but I don't see this as a particularly high risk play. Maybe there are other pass plays that they could have run, but then Tuel could have made the same mistake and failed to execute the read, failed to not do what no QB ever should do and throw the ball directly to the other team. So yeah, the fault is Tuel's. kj