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I know someone going to the game this week...from what I've heard, I don't think I'd want to step foot in that place. Not without a helmet and a good rain parka!

Dude, just imagine how incredibly satisfying it would be if the Bills pull it out. If they don't, well hey, nobody was really expecting it, right?

That is truly amazing. There could be no greater act of kindness.

That sucker was wide left as soon as it left his foot. It ended up not being by much (probably two or three feet at most), but I could tell right away.

This was another problem I had, now that you mention it. The Jags are well known to be strong up the middle, with their two excellent tackles. Why try punching it in up the middle twice? Why not at least give it a try around end? A pitch would've been a nice call, IMO.

I haven't chimed in on this before, but I will say this. Passing on 3rd and goal at the 1, following two running plays, was not a great call. In fact, I was hoping beyond hope that they would not pass on 3rd down, after calling two running plays on 1st and 2nd down. Why? Passing on 3rd and 1 is not a bad idea, as you point out. But, it's a bad idea when the defense is looking for it. When are they looking for it? On 3rd and goal at the 1, after two straight running plays that didn't get it in. The time to pass is on 1st (or even 2nd) down. When it's 1st and goal at the 2 (or 3, wherever it was), that's a great time to pass it. This, of course, is not set in stone by any means. But I (and many others) have always felt that a pass on 3rd and goal at the 1 is not the greatest idea when you've just run it twice without success.

Hmm...perhaps all is not as I claim!

I'll give it a shot (you bastard)... I don't think trading or releasing Clements is necessarily the right move now, despite my distaste for the man and his pea-sized brain. He is still a solid cover corner, and you really can't have too many of those. I'm not ready to turn the reigns over to McGee and Thomas just yet. As for Moulds and Drew, I don't know. I think everyone wants to believe Moulds is really an elite receiver in the NFL, but has he really done much to prove that yet? He's a darn good receiver, but we're not talking about a guy who's going to make play after play when you really need it. I definitely like having the guy on our team, and he does make us better overall, but I for one don't think that his production necessarily warrants his outrageous salary. The same goes for Drew, unfortunately. Although I would rather not do without Clements right now, if I was the GM and I was presented with the option of dropping Drew and Eric and putting all that saved money into quality offensive linemen, I'd think real hard about that.

Don't you just love reading through the headlines on TBD every day, trying to pick out the one written by Jerry Sullivan? Isn't it fun? It's easy. Read all the headlines, then pick out the one that sounds like it was written by a guy who hasn't gotten laid in a couple of decades. Chances are, you're right! You don't even have to look for the ones from the Buffalo News. Take them all together, and don't look at the source. Just pick out the biggest black cloud of the bunch, and you win! Then again, I think I need a new game. This one is getting too easy.

We're all with you, bud. Let me know if I can help in any way.

Not that I disagree with you, but I think Winfield would have a pretty good argument against that.

I thought Kelsay was given the start, but I swear I saw Denney in for the first defensive play. Anyone else catch this? I also remember seeing a play later in the game when Kelsay was the LDE and Denney was the RDE. They did pretty well on that play, I think.

Happier.

Well, I just think you're oversimplifying it. Yes, Smith made a great play, I think we will all give him that. But let's face it, when I saw it Clements had time to see it coming, looked like he did see it coming, maybe got a little push from Smith that threw his timing off, but if you have that great of coverage on a guy, it shouldn't take a lot to bat it away. And that's all he had to do. Instead, he tried to make the catch, and in my mind that gave Smith a big opportunity to make the catch himself. Clements can be a very good cornerback, he just needs to learn how to use his head.

I agree with you for the most part, but let's face it: this Buffalo team has yet to find themselves offensively, and starting off against one of the stronger defenses in the league is a real challenge, especially this early in the season. There will definitely be games where the offense fails to score more than 10 points, particularly against strong defenses. Is that good enough to win? Not usually, but when you defense is this good, it can be. Should we be able to score more than 10 against anybody? I sure hope we could, but at this point (in the season and in the development of this offense) that might be asking a bit too much. I'm expecting more from this offense later in the season, so we'll have to see.

Oh dude, those are such terribly different situations that it doesn't even compare. Who here is saying that Nate should swat the ball away at every opportunity? Nobody. We all want him to make the picks. But more than that, we want him to make the smart play. Intercepting the ball earlier in the game is the smart play. Swatting the ball away on 4th down with the game on the line is the smart play. This guy just doesn't use that pea-brain of his when it counts.

Exactly, that's what I'm smoking.

Yes, but I'm sure in Nate's mind was the fact that, if he gets the pick, then he gets better stats, better recognition, better chance of being on ESPN, and screw field position...he gets the chance to run it back for a TD! Burns me up.

Yeah, I was one of the big Winfield fans. I would have preferred Winfield over Clements. But I guess it comes down to, which would you prefer: solid but unspectacular play, or occasional turnovers and mental breakdowns? But I don't want to start the whole Winfield vs. Clements thing again...

The thing that bums me out about the last drive was the complete lack of blitzing Gray called. They had some very good success with the zone blitz all game, and really looked like they were frustrating Byron with it. Then, when it really counts, we lay back. Hmm.

Although I'm sickened at this loss, isn't the JAX defense one of the best in the league? These guys have some great stats from last year, and although their secondary and defensive ends are supposedly suspect, I still think that we have to realize that this is possibly one of the toughest defenses we will face this year. And yet, we stuck with the plan to run the ball, despite our problems with it. They are obviously a difficult team to run the ball against, but we kept with it. And on that final drive, it really did look like our offensive line was really wearing them down. That first down run by McGahee would have put the game away, afer we had run the ball time after time in a situation where the Jags knew it was coming. Yes, we only scored 10 points, and I'm very disappointed in that. We made too many mistakes. But at the same time, this was a very good defense, it was our first game with a new offensive system, and it often does take time to adjust to a new offense. All things considered, perhaps we are all being a bit too rough on the offense. I'll give them another game or two to work things out, but I'm expecting better output against lesser defenses.

This is my real beef from this game. I'm not saying it's why we lost or anything, but I've been sick of Clements' show-boating for a couple of years now. He's an "everybody look at me" kind of player, and it's why he went for the pick on that long pass instead of doing the smart thing, the right thing, and just batting it away. The man always seems to be looking for personal glory and I'm sure it's what motivated him to do the stupid thing. Okay, that's my only negative post.

NFL.com said that Brown injured his ankle and sat out most of the second half.

Does anyone think there will be a full package of all three extended versions available for the holiday season? That's what I'm shooting for......

I'll leave that judgement until after I see our offense at work for four quarters....