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Well, it certainly sounds from that like Maybin is gone, Whitner is most likely gone, and Bell is going to be the LT. So no high draft picks for a LT, it would seem. I can't quite interpret what he meant concerning Pears, but my guess is that they are probably content to go into next year with the Pears/Wrotto combination. He thinks the offensive line will be much better next year, so I think they have enough young guys at this point in Wrotto, Pears, Rinehart, Urbik, etc that we probably won't be grabbing any offensive linemen before round 4 or 5. As for the multiple defensive fronts...my interpretation: "We don't have good enough guys to play just a 3-4." This all just makes me think we are going with defense, defense, and more defense with the draft.

We've seen other teams rush for more than 200 yards against us in half of all the games this year. Half. I think it's happened so many times that we've become numb to it. But the fact of the matter is that nobody should ever rush for more than 200 yards against your team. You've done well if you keep a team under 100 yards rushing; you've done average if you keep them under 120 yards rushing. Over 150 yards is not good. Over 200 yards should never, ever happen. Even once in a season is bad. And it happened in half of all of our games this year. I cannot stress how jaw-droppingly awful that statistic is. This is a historically bad defense. One player, even two, are not going to turn that crap around.

This was a historically, mind-numbingly bad defense this year. We've become so accustomed to bad defense it almost doesn't sink in, but it was so incredibly awful it's hard to imagine them not using every single draft pick next year on defense. Not that that will necessarily fix anything...

Never. The team record is 11.

Corey is a vital member of this team. I'm glad we have him.

Wait, so he's saying that without Evans, Johnson becomes Fitzy's top target? Isn't he already Fitzy's top target? He already acknowledges he leads the team in receptions.

wow.

I think we should try another strength and conditioning coach. Keep trying new ones until they get it right.

On the contrary, I believe there are a few people here who actually do want them to lose.

That's fine, although perhaps not altogether fair given that New England is firing on all cylinders and has completely dismantled teams much better than the Bills in recent weeks (see New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago).

I don't fully get all of the Cleveland bashing. Sure Delhomme looked bad out there, but this is the same Cleveland team that beat New Orleans on the road (with a rookie QB that threw for all of 74 yards), absolutely spanked New England (also with a rookie QB), beat the Fins on the road, and was 2-0 with Delhomme at the helm prior to the Bills game. Plus, they lost close ones to the Jets, Jags, Chiefs, and Ravens, all division leaders (or close) at the time. This is not a horrible Cleveland team. Delhomme looked crappy, but to me that was part Delhomme and part weather with a big dose of Bills defensive pressure. Personally, I'm giving the Bills a lot of credit for that win.

Hell, I can't remember the last Bills QB that made me believe they could get a first down on third and long.

Wow, that really made me LOL.

I would actually be pretty happy with that set of offensive linemen going into next year. And to think, it would only take one extra person.

Yeah, there was a fairly long and active thread here a couple of weeks ago by the guy who came up with it. It was fairly well received, with some very good economic discussions.

I didn't watch the game, and I really didn't pay any attention to it at all until I saw some highlights the other day. But I noticed something peculiar about that game, and I don't know if anyone heard anything mentioned about it. I didn't see anything online. For the first time since I can remember, both teams wore their home jerseys during an NFL game. Detroit wore their throwback home blue jerseys with grey pants, New England* wore their throwback home red jerseys with the white pants. Strange?

This.

God is like the Oracle. He told Stevie...exactly what he needed to hear.

He went up to the podium on his own. Nobody made him.

Some might argue that they all emerged once Gailey took over the offense.

Props indeed. After giving up 200+ yards rushing yet again, there can't be any question what this team needs. Draft, free agency, I don't care how.

They actually did, which is how I knew they put the time back on.

I love KW, but every time I see Ngata's name it drives me crazy.

Seriously. Trent was benched after the second game, and not only that, he was released. I doubt that fits with the story, though.

That hit on Boomer was just vicious. It really did look like he killed him.