BackInDaDay

i can't remember a play where he's made guys miss. maybe somebody can find one, but my overall impression of him after all these years, is a RB who has very good north / south speed if he can get his hips squared, and has little in his way. his confidence in his ability to beat defenders to the corner in order to do that, sometimes makes him miss a more direct path upfield. but in his defense, when he doesn't 'feel' that opening, he's only trying his best to make a play. with that trait, he could become a very useful 'one cut' RB in an offense that likes to run outside zone - he'd just have to learn how to commit to his first instinct. unfortunately for CJ, we don't have the O linemen to run that effectively. too bad.. it would really complement our horizontal passing game. backfiled motion one way.. linemen moving the other way.. receivers on the second level dragging LBs away from cut back lanes.. with Spiller jetting vertical through all that shimmy-shakin.. yep.. could be sweet.

Hey K- Dog.. you might enjoy this old article about McCarthy.. from his Pitt days with Paul Hackett, and Van Pelt, to KC with Hackett and Montana, to Green Bay - where his offense continues to produce. The thing I take from his story, is the common thread of what he and other very successful coaches share - the personal commitment and attention to detail it takes to go from student to teacher. Anyway.. enjoy. http://www.jsonline....-168285666.html

i know i'm repeating myself, but the only reason to move Pears inside to RG and take a shot.at often injured LG Chris Williams, was to build a wall in front of our 6'4" QB. We were set at LT and C, and either one of the rookies - presmably Kuno - or a veteran would win the RT spot. if the line was built this way to facillitate the development of EJ within a quick hitting passing game, i understand. unfortunately, the inexperince of both our young QB and our receivers has been too much for the coaches to overcome. when the switch was made to Orton - the hope had to be that his skill at recognizing defenses would take care of one of the problems, but for whatever reason - i still believe it's poor preperation by our OC - our offense never evolved into the horizontal threat it was designed to be. making a defense defend the width of the field against a precision passing offense that will throw on any down and distance will stretch your coverages - which means your LBs have to be ready to move laterally with every pre-snap motion. this can result in moving second level defenders away from the playside when running the ball, which also puts pressure on the defensive line's gap and contain responsibilities. its a system that can work, and continues to work at any level of the game, but everything falls apart when the precision and timing of the passing game sputters. this is where we are. we're unable to move defenders by formation and motion, and the wall that was built to develop EJ isn't agile enough to pull to trap, pull to sweep, combination block the second level, or execute many of the finer points that the Bandit has been posting about O line play.

yes.. whatever the initial gameplan was to keep him from wrecking the game wasn't working - and when we adjusted to Mack, Tuck became an issue. seems like everything we try to do offensively is executed with the coaches fingers crossed for good luck.

i'm pretty sure their defense was playing 10 men within 10 yards of the los, with a lone safety who cheated toward watkins. i'm thinking we should have made life uncomfortable for that formation by challenging them with multiple vertical routes.. at least enough to stretch them so we could hit more of our horizontal routes, and widen their LBs to attack the middle of the line.. and if it took keeping a TE and RB in to give Orton time to take more shots.. do it. i dunno.. we shouldn't be this easy to defend.

oh, i get it.. took me a couple posts to pick it up, but i get it.. we're all too familiar with the place you speak of.. the child is grown - the dream is gone - and we're comfortably numb

you must love feeding and annoying the animals at the zoo. carry on, my man..

i think it would be a mistake, as much as you do, but it's the kind of calculated risk our front office has done in the past. hopefully having Whaley reporting directly to ownership helps limit Brandon.. but i don't think the fans should underestimate his level of influence on their decision making

the kid couldn't execute their offense. the vet couldn't execute their offense. granted, neither are above average QBs at this stage of their respective careers - but if it takes an above average skill set to get better than below average production - maybe it's the system.

i get the venom, but be realistic. Whaley isn't paid to 'sell' the team to the public, Brandon is - and as much as Cutler's efforts on the field are despised by NFL fans everywhere, Russ the magician will market his acquisition as the missing ingredient to a team that's ready to win now. The last chance coaches will say all the right things, and another season will appear and disappear before they're all tossed over the falls.

isn't on our roster. the cupboard's bare, and Marrone & Hackett's offense has proven to be one of the worst in the league. the only option Brandon has for 2015 is signing the talented and misunderstood Jay Cutler to sell the promise of change. this will be an entertaining dynamic. the last chance coaches meet the last chance QB.

the question will be asked this week, and Marrone will answer in all honesty that he believes Orton gives the team the best chance to win. if pressed to answer why, he'll respond that Orton can execute more of the offensive gameplan than EJ. coaches have systems - as inept, inflexible and impotent as they may be - it's theirs. they've handed Orton the keys in hopes of seeing their system execute well. if they take them back now, it won't be their decision.

Dareus gave Orton his helmet

i think there are many Bills fans, whose sights aren't set as low as yours. i envy you're ability to be pleased so easily. well.. there's that.

have our offense-minded coaches developed anything this season that translates to future success? is our O line good to go for 2015? how about our RBs and receivers? and what have they left us at the QB position, other than the same concerns we entered this season with? the only thing that grew this season was Marrone & Hackett's levels of denial and accountability. the team that handed the Raiders their 3rd win in 15 games, is the same one that gave the Packers their 4th loss in 14 games - minus the incredible defensive and special team production. I was interested to see if these coaches could dig themselves out from underneath, when it became obvious that no one was coming to their rescue. this was the game that many of us feared was coming after watching our offense squander opportunity after opportunity against the Jets earlier in the year. we feared that there would come a game - possibly of some significance - where the ball wouldn't bounce our way, and our offense would have to win the day. Marrone & Hackett did more than lose a game and a playoff opportunity today. They also lost the latest illusion of accomplishment that our magical team president was so pleased to present to us . At this point, sawing the duo in half may be wiser than dragging their worn act out again.

see ya

ouch

plenty of time to take the game back.. but we have to stretch them.. send TE down seam with Sammy running flags until they back off.. cmon Hackett

now keep Bryant from getting washed down the line - LBs gotta fill

well, well, well.. nice throw

looks like 10 men within 10 yards of the los, with a safety that techs to Watkins side

there ya go.. get the kid the ball

still time to run inside to get good down & distance.. they took that flat pass away in the first

lets go Buff !!!!

beat me to it