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As far as DT goes, we may be relatively okay. Triplett is steady, and probably would be better with a more dominating guy next to him. McCargo, IIRC, plays the same spot and with those two we would have a pretty solid position there. The other DT spot is manned by Williams and Anderson. Williams is still raw, and may prove to be a good player, but right now he should be the backup in a rotation at that position. The problem, as I see it, is Anderson. We really need someone who can dominate at that spot, and if we can find someone to take Anderson's spot, I'd be happy with the Triplett-McCargo-Williams-[Other Guy] rotation. If the other guy is a true disrupter, we would then be in great shape. So all I'd be looking for this offseason, actually, is a guy to stick in front of Williams in the depth chart.

I remember watching the replay and thinking it was an awesome catch by Price, and that they should challenge it. I'm not surprised, though, because it was very close, and the chances of it being overturned would not have been great. That said, I find it hard to believe the NFL doesn't do two things: - make sure teams have at least one quick opportunity to view a play before the next one. It would be hard to fit that in with the time clock between plays, but it just seems so arbitrary when some plays are shown on the scoreboard and when some are not. It seems like a situation that is ripe for competitive imbalance, in that the home team might benefit from seeing replays more often. - have more freaking cameras at each game. That one might be more up to the networks, but the NFL should really put that into the contract with them. There is so much money in the NFL now I can't really understand why this isn't done.

I only focused on Pennington on one pass play; he was one-on-one with a DE and he completely stoned him.

Personally, I would lay this one on Mangini and the coaches more than Pennington. The Bills have some pretty big weaknesses on defense and the Jets did just about all they could to ignore them. And Pennington played like crap, too!

Whatever you need to do, get 'er done!

Maybe Robert Royal will be the next Gates!

Who dat at the top of the list this week?? Week 14 AFC East QB ratings: Losman: 140.8 Harrington: 89.6 Pennington: 61.8 Brady: 55.1 Now that's what I'm looking for this late in the season.

Good to see the old Joe back.

Read more carefully.

I bet the NFL is kicking themselves for moving that game back to 1pm. Fine with me, though.

Sounds like some smack was laid down big time.

And a strong offensive line is a RB's best friend. Not a bad job by those guys.

Greenie was making a big deal this week about going to the game even though it's his son's birthday or something. He was so hopeful about the game, but I knew as soon as I heard he was going that we would smack them in the mouth.

Yes, and absolutely.

How about a little love for our RT? I thought he did a damn good job out there.

Kudos to just about everyone for that one. Impressive from start to finish. - Jauron for keeping the team focussed throughout - Fairchild for calling a magnificent game all the way through - Fewell for completely bufeddling the Jets...there was a time in the 3rd quarter when I sensed the Bills D had figured them out and the Jets weren't able to do much of anything anymore - JP, Evans, and McGahee for playing like studs - The offensive line for doing a fantastic job opening holes in the running game - The defensive line for putting just enough presure on Pennington without the need for blitzes - The linebackers (including Coy) for a solid game - even Jim Leonard, for playing pretty well and not being a liability I'm sure there are others...

Good thing the defense being unable to stop anyone in the first half has nothing to do with us falling behind.

I'm not too worried (yet) about our rookie safety getting pwned by arguably the best tight end in the league, within a defensive system that is getting sliced and diced at will.

Jeez, didn't Meathead do that last year, too?

The important thing for FA is to prioritize, depending on what we think will be available to us both in FA and in the draft. My guess is that these coaches think LB is probably not an area of immediate need. Crowell is doing well and will come back fine from this injury; Fletch will likely be re-signed, and I'm betting that they give Spikes another year to work back from his injury. Given that, I doubt they're looking at a big name in FA. This is the type of situation to draft a good young LB and bring him along. I'm also betting that TE is not a position for a big name FA. I think Fairchild's comments in today's Buff News reveal a lot. I think they have a lot of confidence in Royal (and even Reed), but the problem is that we are just unable to advance the offensive system fast enough this year to really get him involved (due to the development of JP and the line). We still don't know what we have in Everett, although I can't tell if this staff is interested in finding out. I'm betting we focus first and foremost on re-signing our free agents, and then look to shore up the positions that really need it if players are available: guard; right tackle depending on how much faith the staff has in Pennington; and the DT spot next to Triplett.

Great for him, especially considering his poor game against San Diego will probably screw him for December!

A fullback who's a threat to catch the ball? Forget it, Meathead in Miami will pick him up before we can.

Right, that's the reason why you'd get sick. They should call it "hot dog throw up".

I think it's punishment after hearing about the Ed Hochuli e-mail...

True, although run blocking is supposedly easier than pass blocking. I've also noticed the extreme tendency to run left rather than right, but I've also noticed the few run plays to the right are actually working quite well. Could be the element of surprise, but it's not as though they can't do it reasonably well.