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Seems to me CJ needs to learn how to use his blockers better. He must have been so fast in college that he could make it around the edge regardless of what his blockers were doing. He needs to take what is there for him instead of trying to outrace defenders, they're too fast in the NFL.

He looks like a boy playing in a man's game. Maybe some HGH in the offseason will help?

For what it's worth I'd like to see us get Pit olb Lamaar Woodley in FA, a qb in the 1st and an RT in the second, assuming the talent available warrants it. This team is so talent devoid I don't want to get much into need, but the guys picked do need to step in and help.

Chan repeatedly said all the players were starting with a clean slate. So while he may have looked at the tape, he gave them even ground to start. I didn't hear anyone complaining that Fitz or Brohm outplayed Trent during the entire preseason.

You're right, just like a steak is a steak, same exact things.

The locker room. The goal is to win. If your front office and coaching staff does not publically put winning first, what will the players do? Just not bother? What does that say to free agents who may come here? "well, we're gonna really try to win...", come on down so you can be part of our stroll to victory! Whether it's true or not, the front office has to believe their path is the correct one, if not they're not worth a crap in the first place. Would you rather have Jauron telling you it's hard to win in the NFL? Sounds to me like that's what you're looking for.

I'm not going to be suprised if TE makes it back as the starter this year, I think he will be given the opportunity to have his own "Jacksonville" one last ditch effort. I consider this the wake up benching and it's mainly related to him not trying to play to win. Not saying that Trent will become the qb we need, but I can't see Fitz or Brohm lasting the rest of the year because they lack the talent also. There's only so long a coach can watch a player screw it up, and it seems like Gailey will be cycling through his options this year as he has been doing since OTA's.

I think our dline is fine bud. In a 3-4 your pass rush comes from your lb's especially the olb's. We will need at least one olb next year, and depending on how Maybin plays I think when it comes draft time it may be a bigger need than OT. At least we have OT's that could get better this year, I don't have as much hope for the OLB's.

Okay, sorry. It worked for me though.

If I'm remembering the play correctly - I think the WR could have headed to the sidelines (away from additional coverage) and been open for at least an attempted throw. Looked to me like there was enough room there and then up the sideline because the safety was around the hash. It does speak volumes that Trent couldn't find anywhere to throw the ball - across the field, anywhere - almost like he accepted defeat.

It ain't right, but I laughed the first time I saw Jesus H Christ.

From what I understand the tickets sales really went up right after TO signed. And when is the trading deadline, week 8 or something? So you wanted Ralph to give a big post trade finger to all the fans who bought tickets to see TO? There's a smart move. I'd be suprised if we move Lynch because it seems that this front office is making a commitment to the guys on the roster. The team will be built like the steelers, where the players feel more like a family and less like pawns, where they get cut when they get outplayed on the field. I think some folks here will need some time to get used to it, but oh well. As I've said before, the key is to draft guys that can be signed to a second contract, without that we will be in the same trouble we're in now.

Since you had locked this thread a little while ago I posted a topic in customer service reporting the same issue for me. SDS - Maybe something related to the pic uploads from earlier?

My fault, must have remembered incorrectly. I'll see if I can find the clip.

I have assumed there is less involvement by the rest of the front office on an undrafted free agent than the first (and gradually lower) round pick. Another conclusion I draw from what I have seen/heard is Tom Modrak still has a job with the Bills because his recommendations have been better than who we have ended up picking. Just my 2 cents from behind the horse trying to figure out what it ate...

I think that was Johnson. I just don't know ho wmuch Chad was doin on special teams. Nelson was playing well enough to make it as the fourth wr, it seems to me the 5th had to play ST and not just a return guy because we had so many anyways. So I think Jackson's only chance would have been to beat out Nelson. Seemed like he was in the running and had a shot, but they must have liked Nelson's potential (and size) better than Chad's. I think Chad did well for himself, maybe he will catch on somewhere.

Not sure, but did Jackson lose out because Jones was covering kicks/punts better?

I agree with us keeping only five and using the other spot to cover positions like OT, TE and RB. While reading the thread, I keep hearing - It's a tough game for tough people. I don't think Hardy has shown much toughness judging by his time spent on the sidelines. Not entirely his fault, but it is what it is. Seems to me Evans, Johnson, Parrish and Nelson are in, the question is the fifth spot and that may come down to special teams. I don't know enough about how those receivers have been doing there to make a call on who is the best. I think CJ will be used like Thurman was out of the backfield to catch the ball, but with less carries. I think over the last couple of preseason games Chan has been adjusting CJ's projected number of touches per game up.

I don't believe we have any of the "specialists" left from last year. There is a reason teams keep players like Wendling around even though they don't have much of a chance to play. Bruce is tasked with finding/creating sonme special team demons, and with our defense you need a couple of LB's to make an impact. I think it will be a problem for us until we get some athletes at LB. You can complain about DeHaven all you want, but until we have some better players in depth roles the ST teams are going to be sub-par.

I say beat them at their own game - play a 3-1 defense, double Moss and Welker and make them run on us.

We'll see what happens with our cuts, but everything I have noticed seems to say that Buddy will cut you if you're not working hard or you're at the bottom of the depth chart. I don't see them cutting Maybin before his contract is up unless they have a better player on the roster. I actually hope they can coax some more production out of the players on the roster (Whitner, McCargo for example) and sign them to reasonable 2nd contracts.

I'm really concerned about the special teams this year. Is there anyone left from last year who was a "special teams" guy? DeHaven may be a good coach, but we don't have the backup linebackers who will help that much covering kicks. Maybe Coleman?

As pdaddy has mentioned, we need to sign our better draft picks to a second contract in order to stop the bleeding. The players have to be good enough for that, and everyone has to be okay with the money, etc. The main issue is to get the players believing that we are building something here so we don't have to overpay to get them to stay. Hopefully RW, Nix and Whaley will be able to do that or even want to do that.

I'm just happy to see some emotion in those post game interviews.

I'm with Drew Carey on this one.