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Maybe someone locked him up in a tool shed.

Somebody's got to play next year if they don't re-sign Byrd. Just in case, of course.

I think he needs to dictate to Billy by showing him something he hasn't seen. CJ and Fred and Chandler can make your 3 wide from that group, you can bring dickerson, brad smith, maybe even choice instead of cmac at times for something different.. You don't have to get complicated, just pick a side and attack it. I think a backfield with cj and fred on the field would be a good start, Chan said they were working on that. Just do something out of character and attack them, preferably at one of their weak points.

Nice piece, good writing. Also nice use of the asterisk in the title.

It's going to be Fitz's job until someone plays better, just like it will be Fredex's job until someone takes it away. TJack is here finishing up the last year of his contract, it's gotta be 50/50 that we can even sign him. You'd have thought they would have made a move by now on the contract, but maybe tjack wants to weigh his options. I assume Chan would want at least one vet backup going into training camp so I'm assuming obd will put some effort into signing him if they think he can perform in Chan's offense. For better or worse, Chan has hooked his wagon to Fitz. If Fitz starts losing games by not being able to score they will make a change. Our defense has some work to do before that happens. It seems to me if the play calling stays heavy run it will keep Fitz from having to win games. That mindset will also help develop a young qb.

Let's just assume Fitz will start next year. Of course the board will have the same reaction either way so it doesn't matter. Do folks realize at this point Fitz will be the only true qb on the roster after the season? They pretty much have to fill the spots so maybe they will sign one fa and draft one or two.

Blow Billy's mind. 2TE, 2RB and CMac. Flex guys out from a tight formation or run right at him.

I like the Pittsburgh Hamburglars.

They ended up charging the relative (cousin) who shot the girl. Last I heard (a few days ago) she was still in the hospital in critical condition, but it seemed like she would be okay. http://www.timesonline.com/news/police_fire_courts/police-file-charges-in-girl-s-shooting/article_6a16a379-b75a-5210-a905-b17a6dc1d503.html

It's not talked about much, but I believe this is his first year playing in a 4-3 defense since before college I believe. Not that it matters a ton, but between his personal issues and being a young player it's probably not helping. I'm just glad he's not a db, because he would be getting run out of town already.

Sorry, my fault.

Didn't realize you were being serious. In that case, no, she is not to blame. It was a Halloween party, there was a bonfire, probably some booze. She was somewhere on the property on the down slope of a hill I guess. As someone with a gun, you always have to positively id what you're shooting. A feather floating around down in the woods is not a positive id, especially considering there are a bunch of people in costumes and kids are running around.

You would think that when Grandma put the flashlight beam on her and yelled "Fire!" the little girl would have stood up and said "I am not a skunk!" or something similar. I'm beginning to see your point, I guess she wanted to get shot....

Probably exploring all avenues for some type of conviction. No doubt she wasn't a skunk though. As a general rule, when there's a party with kids at your house, don't pull any guns out. Just sayin'.

I'll raise you one. Make sure your skunks are skunks. http://www.timesonli...8fc547ae12.html

The only one on the roster who can help is Brad Smith. He needs to get at least 10 snaps a game in this offense. I continue to be mystified as to what he is doing on the team. TJax will only get reps if Fitz gets hurt. Fitz needs reps on the game plan (scripted plays etc) during the week and TT gets the backup reps. TJax has to run the scout team offense. Chan could give the backup reps to TJax if it gets worse, meaning the defense is playing well and Fitz is losing games for us. So if you really want Fitz out you better hope the defense pulls their collective heads out of their a$$es and Fitz carries on his merry way. TJax could get some reps during the bye week and if he knows enough maybe take a shot at playing after that. As far I am concerned, Chan cannot deviate from his run/pass balance in an attempt to catch up. Fitz has proven he can manage the team without trying to be in catch up mode. Even if he is down, Chan needs to be patient because Fitz has proven he cannot handle flinging it around this year. He may have done it early last year, but it isn't happening now so stop pounding the square peg into the round hole.

More beef at lb would be helpful, but I'm not sure we have any other lb who can cover. And people will get tired of Moats chasing after te's down the field. My point is the dt's have to keep scott clean by taking up two blockers instead of trying to shed blocks. It would take a shift in technique which wanny does not seem to be advocating here. So for me more beef would mean either moving MW inside and/or taking someone of the field (maybe kelsay/anderson) and bringing in carrington or johnson. So the beef is added up front. You lose some pass rush with the hope of collapsing the running lanes in the middle. Hopefully Wanny's seen enough of what he's got to have a plan b. You can't just watch your players not get it done.

I was hoping he would talk about our DL trying to occupy multiple blockers - because if they don't, scott and barnett will not get off many blocks because of their size and we will see more of this type of attack. I don't know if the 9ers will try it, but I expect we will be seeing our nickel on the field a lot this year possibly coupled with some hurry up. We're going to have to show that we can defend the run out of the nickel which we haven't done yet this year. Edit: I also wanted to add that the occupy blockers technique is different than the beat your man technique. Look at it like a 3-4 technique instead of the 4-3 technique. The concern for me is that if you have one guy win the one on one, he better make the tackle and that could be tough if the ball is not near him. Once the rb gets through the line and the lbs are blocked, they're almost guaranteed 10 yards.

I'll say Chan, but I think the question will be if he still is doing the play calling. That to me is the one thing that may change if this season plays out poorly.

I agree, I thought it was in response to the fans booing when the touchdown review confirmed he ran it in.

And Brady went right to a pass on the te moats was covering. Teams ran on our nickel since game one of the preseason, but we don't have any other lb's that can cover. So we left the coverage guys in and relied on the front four to stop the run.

What other linebacker do we have that can cover? Because if you put any other lb on our roster in the nickel brady will go after him. Wanny had no choice but to hope someone could make a play. We weren't able to stop the run in the nickel at any time this year from the first preseason game on. Belicheck saw that and kept his people in to force us to stay in the nickel and ran on us. Our dline had trouble getting off blocks and once their oline made it to the second level scott or barnett weren't getting off blocks. We need a linebacker that can get off blocks and run, that's the only way we can stop this. Classic Belicheck today folks.

I would have to say that for the first time since Chan's been here we have been solid in run d. And we can get some pressure on the qb. That has to make him feel better about trying to grind it out on the ground instead of game planning like he has to score on every single possession.

Considering Chandler was running away from him and he short hopped the defender who was trailing, it was a terrible throw that should have been thrown over the top. If you're going to miss, it's because the ball was overthrown. Fitz deserved the boo's and he survived them. Hopefully he will improve, if not TJ will get a chance. I think Chan realizes he either needs solid plays from the qb or we will be running the ball because the Bills need to win and contend for a playoff spot in late December this year, regardless of injuries.

I was hoping they were going to try a deep ball after the strip sack/fumble recovery by Mario (if I remember correctly). Chan had chances, just didn't want to pull the trigger.