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I have a feeling that as the season progresses there will more frequent max protect blocking called. I just purchased the 2009 Football Outsiders offering and their analysis notes that only the Chiefs went max protect less than the Bills. I just don't think they can sacrifice receiving options for blockers and there should be plenty of 2 TE sets. I do agree WRT to Elam, I wish Peters would have gotten a hand on the him. But it's absurd to make that play call, especially for a coach who's been in pro football more than 30 years.

It is such a subjective statistic, yet many fans who want nothing more than to malign Peters hang onto is as fact. Certainly pass protection schemes and other variables play into it, but tell that to those who flat out hate Peters and cite the 11.5 sacks allowed. I vividly recall Abram Elam running around Peters in the away Jets game last December. Yet how many OLT's are called on to block blitzing DB's? Not many, primarily because it's a mismatch.

That may be a stretch considering the schedule. 5-11 or 6-10 is very possible.

How many times does it take Turk and Dick to figure out the 3-4? Right, it's pre-season and they don't want to show too much. I forgot. Buffalo saw the 3-4 eight times last season and never developed a game plan for it. The thing which irritates me after tonight's performance is the GB put it into place just this off-season. We're not talking about NE's version here.

Playing timid? DJ and his coaches cannot help but impart a timidity onto many of their players. They coach scared, and it's no surprise some players, particularly TE, play scared. They don't take shots down the field, the defense won't blitz much, and physically they're dominated more often than not at the line of scrimmage. Conservative football is for the fourth quarter when you're up 21 points. The Bills seem to have a habit under DJ of playing that way until they're down big.

Jauron is a french name, correct? Because he's surrendering like a frenchman right now.

All right, I'm going to say it: Hamdan sucks. There's a reason he's never been trusted as more than a 3rd stringer. He has no touch on his throws, and regularly hoists up wounded ducks. May the chroisen ones now enter the fray.

It's decisions like this which remind me of when they started A Train over Fred Jackson. Or played an injured McGee at Miami last season. Or insisted on starting Losman late last season. Or refused to start Jabari Greer. This coaching staff refuses to make changes unless it's so obvious a blind man could see it. I'm not sure if it's a matter of pride, indecision, or just plain ignorance. Either way, I would think they'd know what they've got on the roster. Apparently for three years running they haven't.

They'd take one big cap hit, but I wouldn't be so sure they'd finish 7-9 with their schedule. Based on how bad the starters on both sides looked tonight, they could be 4-12. The nice thing about the cap is, it measures cap dollars, not actual dollars spent. I suspect the Bills wouldn't be able to cut those guys without surpassing the cap max.

I'm still amazed the team will start Schouman, who weighs about 230, at TE. Who's he going to block? Opposing DB's? If Stupar is the best blocker of the group, he'll be getting plenty of PT next to Walker and Butler and helping them block 3-4 OLB's.

I'm paraphrasing here, but didn't Steve Tasker say earlier in the telecast that the Bills believe Fitzpatrick can win them some games if needed. Sure, maybe at the HS level. Otherwise he's someone who should be joining JP in the UFL. It's the third preseason game, and the team has no identity, no attitude. They've never had that this decade.

Does DJ let Schonert have the QB throw the ball more than 12 yards downfield?

I thought this team was one of the most disciplined penalty wise in the NFL. Apparently that doesn't kick in yet. Special teams haven't been all that special this season.

Money talks in UFA. Unfortunately, the Bills aren't concerned about winning as much as they should be. Don't get me wrong, all teams' bottom lines are the number 1 priority. However, when you've gone 9 straight seasons without the playoffs, don't cry poor to me and expect sympathy. I recall people saying in advance of free agency that the team would definitely go out and spend money. They didn't, save for a released WR who they had no intention of signing before his release on 3/4. How is it that small markets in Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, and Green Bay win repeatedly? It's having a solid front office which replaces talent and keeps their best players. Buffalo does not have it, and 9 seasons of losing are the byproduct.

Make no mistake RW runs the team. And his personal advisor is the team CFO, Jeff Littman. Russ gets the little decisions, but this is a team run by a 91 year old and a financial guy who told RW to fire Bill Polian. This team's leadership from owner to HC is among the worst in the NFL.

He also got a 47 out of 50 on the wonderlic. So he's a smart guy. Nevermind that Carolina decided after one season starting they needed to spend a 2nd on Ryan Kalil. He's smart, works hard, was cheap, and had a name that wasn't Fowler or Preston. Otherwise, there's no change.

They are scary bad. Hangartner's on his back, Wood got abused on that sack in the first quarter. But the front office knows what they're doing. Don't worry.

6 penalties, 3 turnovers, 21 points allowed, 0 sacks. All in less than a half.

"Buffalo Bills 2009 Football...We try hard and love our coach. He tells us it's hard to win"

The Bills are the most over-hyped team in the NFL. And every year they leave plenty to be desired by seasons end. So much for having a marketing guy play the role of GM. The entire front office needs to be nuked, and the coaching staff given their walking papers.

For the flight home?

Firing DJ is like wiping your nose while you've got a bad cold. It's temporary relief, buy the idiots in the front office still remain. And they're the disease no one talks about.

Just like Obama's hope and change If you can sell that many season tickets, mediocrity must be enough

After this season DJ may want to explore his UFL options-as perhaps a quality control assistant

The notion that Schonert was a rookie coordinator last season is folly. This is a man who's played or coached for more than 20 seasons in the NFL. If he doesn't have the ability to adapt to what defenses show, he never will. That said, I hope he learns from his mistakes last season and we'll know soon enough whether the no huddle approach works. If it doesn't, this will be a long season.