2020 Our Year For Sure

Easily Edwards. Freddy played a great game, but Edwards' performance puts me firmly on his bandwagon. This is a young quarertback who is ready to WIN GAMES right now. Full speed ahead, Turk.

So...can Porter line up at WR?

Well Hardy can be dangerous in the red zone. We didn't get to see that last week, because we didn't spend much time in the red zone.

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We dressed all 5 safeties last week, right? Maybe we could leave Bryan Scott inactive, so McCargo can dress and rotate against the heat.

F*ck time of possession. Our defense doesn't need help getting off the field and staying fresh against a team missing all three of their interior O-linemen. The offense doesn't need to think about protecting the D. Just. Score. Points.

Once he told his side of the story? I think you mean once he reported to the team.

Gus Johnson ftw

Walker has been taking most of his reps at right tackle throughout the week, and they'll want to get him used to playing that position again. That makes me think that Walker plays RT the whole game regardless, and if Peters needs a series or two off here and there, they'll just plug Chambers or Bell in at LT instead of moving Walker around.

Thanks for the replies. Three of the 4 Yahoo! experts rank Cutler better than Warner this week, but call me crazy, I'm going with Warner. Though if Cutler has a good game this week, I'll know I have a guy I can start with confidence every week. But I'll take the wait and see approach with him for now, and start Warner, who feels like a safer play. Hope I'm not screwing myself over. Good luck this week everyone.

Good stuff

Absolutely. He and Ian Eagle are my two favorite PBP guys around.

They're not new.

Maybe you deserve some props, cause you caught on quicker than I did. I very easily may have been one of the Losman supporters drowning you out in that thread. I'd still argue that the 2006 season was sufficient reason to think Losman was going somewhere in this league. I do not know what happened in between '06 and '07 with the guy...but if sometime in the future I see a young quarterback have a season similar to Losman '06, I'll still think it means that QB is going to be a good one.

I thought you had to hold the ball longer than your opponent. Thats what I've read here numerous times.

I didn't mean to come off as rude or accusatory. I only mean to suggest that there are a few posters here who put a great deal of focus on the play of this team's linemen, and for the most part the reviews of Butler's play have been positive. That isn't always the case: everyone agreed up until this preseason, for example, that Duke Preston should be selling car insurance. Yet most have been happy with Butler from what I've seen. I was intrigued when I saw someone with a conflicting opinion, and was wondering what the basis of that opinion might be, as I thought it may be informative. Because by saying he shouldn't be starting in this league for anyone but the cellar dwellers, you are in fact presenting a conflicting opinion to that of several people who seem to know their sh*t, pardon my French.

Pretty much all of the OL experts here have had a lot of good things to say about Butler. Do you have any semblance of a reason for bashing him?

Who is on the field opposite Moss when they only use 2 recievers? Serious question.

Its actually worded: "Jason Peters also for the first time this week participated in the first series of reps at left tackle with the first unit." I believe I read earlier in the week he's been practicing with the first team all along. CB is just pointing out he "started" practice for the first time.

I don't want to keep going around in circles. The defensive line is just so important that if they saw a guy they really believed could be a great player and cause havoc in opposing backfields, I can't believe they'd pass on him for fear of mediocre players not having roster spots. If I'm GM, no 'numbers game' is going to stop me from looking at the dominant defense I can get from putting another stud DT next to Marcus Stroud, or another Pro Bowl speed rusher across from Schobel. With a roster that doesn't have many positions screaming for needs, I feel like the Bills are in a position to make those kind of luxury picks.

Different time... EDIT: I get it.

Just the same, if New England* wins, they will be all we'll hear about.

Honestly, I'm thinking $10-$12 million a year, with $30-$35 million in guarantees. Should he prove to be the franchise tackle Bill, Mickey and others have been writing about all this time, I think he's the one Buffalo Bill who is worth that contract. And I think we have the cap room. I don't know how that lines up with other linemen around the league, so forgive me if thats off the mark. EDIT: After looking it up, three years ago Walter Jones got 7 years, $50 million including over $20 million in bonuses. Before this season, Jake Long got 5 years, $57.75 million including $30 million guaranteed. When you consider the fact that Jones' deal was three years ago and salaries naturally go up a bit each year, and that he was 31 years old at the time while Peters is still only 26...and that Jake Long got that money before ever playing a down in this league...I think my estimation is pretty good. Again, thats assuming Peters has another outstanding year, which may be a big assumption.

How much lower does it get than not dressing in your 3rd season? He'll probably dress Sunday in Jacksonville because of the heat. Yet the fact remains that in three training camps and three preseasons, McCargo has failed to distinguish himself to the coaches who watch him in practice everyday. If he stood out to them, he would have been in uniform. If he's the next Marcus Stroud as you say, why is he deemed unworthy to wear a uniform in his 3rd season?

So if McCargo falls on his face, you'll agree that DT is just as much of a 'need' as TE is? Forgive me, but I really didn't think that was the crux of the debate. But fair enough, I can live with that, 'cause you're right in that I don't have a very high opinion of him anymore. Lets hope you're right.