2020 Our Year For Sure

Rotoworld Chris Brown

He's right. In the preseason, WR Steve Johnson had his entire first and last name on the back of his jersey, because Spencer Johnson is 'S. Johnson.'

The way I look at it, the one time in his career he really had good personnel, he went 13-3. The two seasons out of his career where I've been able to follow him closely, he performed better than most expectations, keeping teams with mediocre (at best) personnel in the AFC playoff picture into the last month of the season. This is a coach who has by most accounts overperformed the last two seasons, and the one time in his career he had a legitimate chance to put up an outstanding record, he did just that! Add to that the way he has come out of the gate in 2008, which is only his second real chance to put up a noteworthy record, and I see no reason for pessimism. You say you're hesitant to call him a "great" coach, and I'm in full agreement with you there. Obviously he needs to at least win a playoff game before anyone even thinks about calling him a genius. But do you see any reason to think he isn't every bit as good as former world champions Brian Billick and Jon Gruden? 'Cause I sure don't.

The only case I can understand someone making against Jauron is that he struggles to find good offensive coordinators. Prior to this year, he had failed to find one throughout his two runs as a head coach. But it seems this year he's a blind squirrel finding a nut in that regard, so my last real doubt about the guy has been removed. I'd only worry about this team's future under Jauron if Schonert falls on his face, or leaves the Bills. I don't understand people trying to say Jauron can't take a team to the "next level." This is a guy who went 13-3 in Chicago on his way to a Coach of the Year award, and there aren't many higher levels than that. This is likely the best overall squad Jauron has worked with, including the best quarterback and the best offensive coordinator he's had. I'm confident people are going to be happy with the results the next few years. Maybe they'll be some eating of crow around here, but I'm not holding my breath...alot of people will order a large portion of crow, and then fill up on salad and breadsticks and not even touch their food. Still waiting for Mickey, Kelly the Dog and others to take their bow regarding how much this team would miss Peters.

Fred Jackson may ultimately replace Roscoe as much as anyone.

I always figure when in doubt, go with the guy whose gonna get the most carries. Thats Edge here. Also, Kris Jenkins may be out of the lineup, which changes what the Jets can do against the run.

Since when are the Bills not active in free agency?

Why? What will happen if we don't?

No, they just posted a new one. Gotta love uncontrolled speculation. Part of the joy of being a fan.

Losman isn't stupid (insert your joke of choice here)...he's not going to re-sign with the Chiefs right now, he's going to hit free agency and go where the money is. What value does he have to a team like the Chiefs that are going nowhere this year, when he's just going to leave in the offseason? KC probably wouldn't even give up a 7th round pick for him, let alone one of their 3-4 best players.

Same here. Around draft time, it sure looked like we made a mistake not finding some O-line depth. Kudos to those posters who told me I was overreacting.

I hate that guy!

Too few good, young quarterbacks? Palmer Brees Rivers Cutler Edwards Rodgers Roethlisberger Romo Eli At what point are there enough good young QBs for this guy?

I assume this is some sort of sarcasm?

Our offense now doesn't care about time of possession, they just happen to have a quarterback who excels in the short/intermediate passing game, so thats what they utilize. Its all about scoring points. What coach would worry about whether or not they win the time of possession stat?

Then why did you enter this thread? OP, I agree with you. Teams that don't field good defenses usually fizzle out down the stretch, and thats what Denver is. Cutler is a good one, but he isn't Peyton Manning. Alot of people on this board are afraid to say it, mostly for subjective reasons, but I think the Bills are the best and most balanced team in the AFC, according to the info we have up to this point.

That isn't on the return unit. When the league's best punter is punting from his own 40 yard line, you're usually not going to get a return. Thats just the way it is. Its got nothing to do with blocking, unless you think we should have dragged their gunners to the turf to stop them from running under the kick.

Denver has no D, thats got to hurt them down the stretch.

So against a schedule that is average (by definition), the Bills have performed spectacularly. A perfect record against a middle-of-the-pack schedule? Not bad, not bad at all.

That would be my point. You're using our opponent's combined record to judge the Bills, yet its the Bills who decide our opponent's combined record. Circular reasoning.

What would their record be if the Bills had lost to them?

This would be the question. Don't cave here and give up Lynch without getting fair value: play some hardball of your own, and show (even if its just a bluff) that you're not afraid to go at it with Edwards and Palmer. Edwards has great matchups this week and next, so he should keep the ship afloat. After a couple of weeks of seeing McNabb's points waste away on his bench while he can't generate points from his RBs, the guy will hopefully see its in his best interest to get something done. imo Orange, Edwards gets the start next week in a really good matchup of his own. Palmer needs to play his way back into the lineup. But yeah, if Palmer can't get it done against Cleveland buftex, then you'll know for sure you've got to make some kind of deal.

Apparently, Troupe was released by Tampa on the 16th, and then signed with Oakland three days later.