Albany,n.y.

When the Bills are up by 20 on the Jets, the smart move would be to take Andrew Luck out & put in Fitzpatrick for the rest of the 4th quarter. If Fitzpatrick has a chance at a TD pass up by 20, let him take it because it might be the only chance that season.

66% of the fans here had Brohm starting opening day this offseason. When you pick up another team's trash QB, the new fans want him to start because they haven't seen the reason he was cut. They look at the guy they know and think anyone can play better until they see him in real games and the fantasy goes away. Around here, rooting for the unknown guy to start is a disease known as Marangi Syndrome.

Even though he was a backup, Frank Reich qualifies.

I've said it before, but if we get the top pick & a QB who the team thinks is worth it is there (Luck looks like the surest thing right now but might stay)you take him. That's because 6 of the 18 QBs taken #1 have won the Super Bowl as the starter at least once. 4 of them are multiple Super Bowl winners. Drew Bledsoe was on the bench when NE won in 2002, so technically 7 of 18 have Super Bowl rings. If you game me a 33% or better chance of winning a Super Bowl just by drafting the right player, compared with the 0% we currently have, I'm going to take that gamble. Now considering there are 5 more #1s who can still win a Super Bowl, although I have my doubts about Alex Smith, that 33% may end up being a low figure.

The whole premise is ridiculous, starting with the 1st paragraph conjectures. All you had to do was listen to Chan yesterday to know Brohm will get his chance this year. They're not going into the draft, never playing Brohm and not drafting a QB. It goes against everything getting rid of Edwards was all about. Do you really think 5 teams will have worse records than the Bills? Name them-but before you do, take a look at their schedules the rest of the year. Our's is very tough.

Rob Johnson's problem was always hanging onto the ball too long, which sooner or later results in injuries. The longer you hold onto the ball, the more you get hit. The week we acquired him I was originally against it because I noticed in his scouting reports & in his stats that he took way too many sacks, in fact, that week I started a post and titled it "Rob Johnson, the sacked man" Unfortunately I bought what Butler said & supported him. It turned out my original assessment was accurate. JP Losman's problems were he never had a feel for the game, couldn't read defenses and made too many stupid mistakes. Even when he played in the UFL against inferior competition, the same mental mistakes occurred. In the UFL he could hide them better because the game wasn't quite NFL speed. The fact he has now been jettisoned by 2 more NFL teams, confirms that he never had the ability to be a long term starter in the NFL. Trent Edwards just didn't have the courage to play QB in the NFL. I don't know whether it was from too many hits in college and the pros, which like Rob resulted in far too many injuries, or whether it was the concussion(s) that made him too fearful to be an NFL QB. It was obvious by the end of last season that, at best, Edwards was only a major reclamation project. I gave up on him last year when he replaced Fitzpatrick in his 2009 final appearance & immediately got injured again. Then once again with the preseason I gained hope, but I really knew he was just one of 3 backup QBs and it soon became apparent that Fitzpatrick is better than him. I think the major problem was scouting, not coaching. Good QBs don't get ruined by mediocre coaches. The Bills scouts liked QBs with major flaws in their games. It doesn't help a guy playing for different coordinators & QB coaches, but at the same time, it doesn't hurt them nearly as much as people think. If that was the case, then when JP was working with Fassel, Fassel would have saved him. In the end it was the same old JP, not damaged by Mularkey & Jauron, but just not good enough to begin with. Rob Johnson had some good coaching in Jacksonville before he came here and he still wasn't any good. You could tell Edwards anything you wanted on the sidelines & practice, but no coach could coach out the fear years of getting hit instilled in him.

McCargo-inactive every week, totally useless.

I'm thinking of taking my Edwards jersey & changing the name from Edwards to NEXT. I got it for free, wore it 2 times. 1st time I wore it Trent got benched before the next home game & I threw it in the back of the closet. 2nd time was opening day, benched & cut before the next home game. I better not wear it again.

Another Ralph is cheap post. The Bills have to pay Edwards for the whole season if he isn't claimed.

Sure looks like he won't be the unknown factor for much longer. Sink or swim time within a few weeks-my guess-the week after the bye if we don't beat Jacksonville.

The only team that I ever recall bringing 3 franchise QBs into camp was the Packers who had Favre, Brunell & Warner in the same camp along with Detmer who was far ahead of Warner on the depth chart. Every team would like a 2nd stringer who can win games when the starter goes down. Fitzpatrick proved last year & in prior years he can do that. You don't cut your backup just because he isn't franchise material. Come back next year when Fitzpatrick is the only QB still with the team.

A lot of them were from the Ralph is cheap crowd who figured that the team wouldn't pay a guy the going rate for a backup QB. They thought his play on the field wasn't pretty enough to suit their tastes. They ignored the fact that he was the only one who was around for all but one of last season's victories because they just couldn't shake the Ralph is cheap stuff from their heads. Most of us knew Fitzpatrick, the only one of the top 3 QBs signed past this season, wasn't going anywhere.

Other teams are finding good TEs in the mid rounds & we draft busts like the suspended Nelson,Fine,Schouman,Everett,Euhus, & O'Leary during the decade + of futility. NE drafts 2 rookie TEs in the 2nd & 4th & both are better already than anyone who has been here in many years. Last week we played GB who has a star TE (Finley) drafted in the 3rd round at pick 91 after we take Hardy at pick 41 & Ellis at pick 72. It wasn't like we weren't looking for a TE, we drafted Fine in the 4th that year.

In fairness to Chan, he looked up all those kids this morning and had them bash Edwards in Chan's office before Chan came in wearing a Donald Trump wig and said "You're fired!" The kids loved it.

Never heard that one, but I believe it's a 15 yard penalty for back to back TO's... Someone on the Patriots postgame said that, I don't know if they were right or not.

Only if they have someone in mind to become #3, and I seriously doubt it's Levi Brown. If they like a guy on someone's practice squad, they might do it. I don't see any reason why they'd consider a veteran unless they're waiting on Pittsburgh to dump Leftwich (this time for real) or Batch.

The only time you get a 5 yard penalty is when you do it in an attempt to ice a kicker.

It looks more like Carrington is being groomed to become the next Victor Allotey, although I think Allotey's inactive string is as untouchable as Joe Dimaggio's hitting streak.

Good teams don't lose 90% of the close games like bad teams do. When New Orleans loses enough close games to be contending for the top pick, get back to me on that one.

The point is that if we keep it close, don't think we're on the verge of even rising to mediocrity. There are a lot more people than you realize thinking we can be competitive and win more than 4 games just because Edwards is on the bench. Just look at all the people who thought we couldn't possibly win fewer games this year than last year due to the coaching change. Just trying to keep it real.

It surprised the Patriots radio team so much they were convinced it was a mistake & that Lindell either just missed the ball or the wind knocked it off as he was kicking. I forgot about this play when I posted how inept this duo of septugenarians is.

33 % of all QBs taken with the 1st pick since the Super Bowl began won a Super Bowl & 22% of them won it more than once. I'll take those odds over a decade of not even making the playoffs.

The 1984 & 1985 teams were the worst in the NFL each of those 2 seasons. Yet no matter how bad they were, there were weeks they were competitive or better. So, lets not get overenthusiastic because we were close to the Patriots yesterday, in the same place where the Bills almost won last year with Trent Edwards at QB. Here are some games that gave us reason for optimism in 1984 & 1985 even though both teams went 2-14. (Thanks to the Bills media guides for 1985 & 1986 for some of the info) 1984: Week 1 NE 21@ Bills 17-Bills fall behind 21-3 early then come back to only lose by 4. Dominate time of possession 34:08 to 25:52 Outgain NE 326 yds to 315 Week 3 Miami 21 @ Bills 17-Once again trailing 21-3, the Bills fought back to get within 4 late. Week 4 Jets 28@ Bills 26 -Bills open up a 10-0 lead, then fall behind 21-10. Bills rally back & get in the game. If department-Bills within 2 when Ferguson gets hurt, Kofler ineffective last 2 series. Week 7 Bills 28 at Seattle 31-Once again Bills fall behind early 17-0, then battle back to gain a 28-24 lead in the 4th quarter, before losing 31-28. Bills dominate time of possession 35:13 ti 24:47, Bills D performs well with Seattle held to 41 rushing yds, 238 total yds, 3 sacks & 2 ints. Week 10 Cleveland 13 @ Bills 10-Bills led 10-6 going into the 4th quarter. Bills lost when Ernest Byner recovered a teammate's fumble and ran 55 yards for the winning TD. Week 12 Dallas 3 @ Bills 14 -Victory! Greg Bell runs for 85 yards on the opening play & the Bills stun the Coyboys for their 1st win of the season. Week 14 Indianapolis 15 @ Bills 21-Victory #2. Bills go up 21-0 in the 1st quarter and never score again, but Indy Art Schlichter can't get closer than 6 points as Indy can only get 5 FGs & no TDs. Week 15 Bills 17 @ Jets 21. The Bills were ahead 17-7 at halftime before getting shutout in the 2nd half and losing when the Jets scored TDs in the 3rd & 4th quarters. So, even though the team was 2-14, they were competitive or won in half the games they played. 1985: Week 1 San Diego 14 @ Bills 9 - Bills comfortably win time of possession 33:43 to 26:17, outgain the Chargers 455 yds to 308 yds, Ferragamo passes for 377 yards. Nobody scores in 2nd half as halftime score ends up as final score. Week 3 New England 17 @ Bills 14 -Game turns on a NE punt return for a TD after a Bills penalty makes the Bills rekick the punt. Bills get close in the end with a Ferragamo to Reed TD in the 4th quarter. Week 4 Minnesota 27 @ Bills 20-The Bills go down 20-3 in the 1st half the score 17 unanswered points to tie the game 20-20 in the 4th quarter. Bills lose when Minnesota gets a TD with less than 3 minutes left on a trick play. Kay Stephenson gets fired. Week 7-Indianapolis 9 @ Bills 21 Victory! Hank Bullough wins his 1st game as a head coach. The "Doctor of Defense" sees his D hold the Colts to 191 total yards. Week 8 Bills 17 @ Philadelphia 21. In a game I went to with high hopes, the Bills jump out to a 17-0 lead on the road. The bad news was that with the Bills leading 17-0 going into the 4th, Philly was deep in Buffalo territory as the 4th quarter started. The things I remember were there were 5-6 Bills fans behind me in the stands, when Philadelphia went ahead 21-17 5 of them pulled out bags with each letter of BILLS and put them over their heads, then after the game Marion Campbell was saying how the Eagles beat a good Buffalo team in the postgame PC. Week 9 Cincinnati 23 @ Bills 17 -For the 4th straight week, the Bills led at halftime, this time 10-6. Bills lose in 3rd & 4th quarters as Vince Ferragamo is permanently benched. Week 10-Houston 0 @ Bills 20-Mathison's 1st start is a success, the Doctor's D shuts out the Oilers & Warren Moon. The Bills last win of the year. Week 15 Bills 24 @ Pittsburgh 30- The Bills jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the 2nd quarter befor the Bills folded and the Steelers came back with 3rd string QB Scott Campbell leading the comeback. With 9 minutes lefty the Bills led 24-20. Once again the Bills were competitive or won in half their games. In fact, the Bills led at halftime in 7 of their 16 games. Bad teams can stay in games, but eventually they lose most of them.

The only shot I'd give Brohm is the flu shot.

You should have heard the NE radio guys today. Missed calling the right Bills player on plays, mispronounced names, made up stuff they didn't know like the time they said the Bills acquired Fitzpatrick after the Rams released him last year. They couldn't figure out why the clock stopped when there was a replay review on the Fitzpatrick play where they respotted the ball. They were beyond clueless. One of these clowns mentioned that "Pozlooskie" wasn't playing LB today. Murphy & Kelso belong in the announcers HOF compared to Gil Santos & Gino Cappelletti. Santos (age 72) and Cappelletti (age 76) should have been put out to pasture years ago.