nick in* england

Oh - here is undersized me in action. http://londonblitz.com/plogger/images/2006.../img_3488_1.jpg FYI - this play resulted in a 18 yard TD running right up behind me. I levelled their star LB and our RB scampered 18 yards untouched.

Good tips - I've been playing for 12 years now - so none of that is new to me. I'm going to have to work on it over the offseason... But the bit above is spot on. As an interior line player I am never going to try to control a guy, especially on running plays, with my hands on his breastplate. I'd have to be Mr Muscle to do that. As a rule I always use that snowplow technique beasue it gives you more control of the man, and your own body, and while you do get a little close to the guy, you have a hold of him so he can't get away... In pass blocking I had a lot of success this year when I did get set. But if the guy came hard on a bull rush, our scheme allows me to just ride him right down into the back field past the QB. DTs here are not smart enough to change their point of attack, so they end up running past the play most of the time. My favourite pass block is our quick passing series, where the QB has a quick 3-step and release. Us guy up front funnel everything into the C, letting the backs pick up the outside rush. It's so much fun to see 3 DL squished back to back between me, the OC and the other guard. Even better when the MLB tries to blitz the A-gap on those plays. The DTs always end up with face cage bruises up their back. My overall favourite block (and I got it this year) is when I get to release downfield after a pass is gone. This year, the pass went over my head, so I went off down field, the WR reversed his field, so I get a Safety right in my running lane. As I build up steam he sets to meet me, but I hit him, his feet stay still and I end up running straight down his body and off to the next block. Nothing like a weedy squishy DB to run over to give your feet a rest from pounding dirt.

I would go with Jason Peters - I love getting OL jerseys. I have JP Losman already, and a McGahee replithentic, both white. I want to get a Peters Authentic Throwback...

I always thought that - but in truth, our O needs faster quicker guards to get outside, because we pull both our guards on all of our base plays. I play both sides, but normally start at RG (8 games this year) occasionally LG (2 starts this year), and spell both if I start on the bench (3 games).

damn you Drew Bledsoe!!

I play Guard right now - and I gotta tell you it's easier to run block from the inside. Maybe it's because I am undersized, but sometimes its too hard for me to anchor and set against big DTs, which makes pass blocking harder.

TBS aint emo...

YES!! These guys are good.

Dumbest decision ever to cut Ruben Brown. I said it at the time and I say it now. I wish he was still here. Wanted him to retire as a Buffalo Bill.

I beg to differ. I had the unfortunate pleasure of being in the stadium in December last year when the Bills shat the bed agains the Pats 35-7. Outstanding quote of the day - fom a fan next to me: "Hey Losman! Losman! If you go into the F*CKING shotgun again, I'm going to go home, get MY SHOTGUN and F*UCKING SHOOT YOU with it!"

I like what you did there.

Not sure how you pin those chokes on JP alone. Particuarly the Detroit game... The sack was hardly JPs fault- our 5 guys couldn't block their 4.

No - it needs time, care and attention. And I hear that if you sit on your hand for 15 minutes before, it feels like someone else is doing it.

OK Yesterday, a friend was travelling on a New York to London flight. A man of Arabic appearance got off the plane and my friend noticed that he had left his bag behind. She grabbed the bag and ran after him, caught up with him in the terminal and handed him back his bag. He was extremely grateful and reached into his bag which appeared to contain large bundles of money. He looked around to make sure nobody was looking and whispered "I can never repay your kindness, but I will try to....with a word of advice for you: Stay away from Birmingham". My friend was genuinely terrified. "Is there going to be an attack?" she asked him. "No ... ", he whispered back...... "It's a sh*thole."

But not quite as gay as you in your Honda Fit, driving it to Yoga class.

In English?

I think you need to stop pulling your pudding in the name of seeking the truth. You'll just make a mess.

Is the question "Supercalorfrajilistic is a very long word - how do you spell it?"

He left long enough to get shot to ribbons. Oh - I don't know if they run out of material I am sure his mother would run a seance to have Tupac literally rap from beyond the grave.

did anyone laugh in home room when you said this?

I just have to say that the Bills will be dead to me if the board crashes again. If Ralph wasn't such a cheap bastard he'd pay big bucks to get a proper hosting service for this message board, instead of investing in lots of secondary hosts or a small bandwidth server... Ahhh how good is the OT forum as a refuge at times like this?

I stopped reading here. If this is all it takes for you to quit, you are a baby, and the Bills aren't losing much. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

You are right we need upgrades, but given how poor the OL has been the last few weeks, I am convinced we need to shuffle and see what works better... On my team this year we rarely went into a game with the same starting front 5, and while it sucked as a player to always be on the line between bench and field, it meant we had 11 OL willing to fight it out in practise and on the field to make sure they kept their spot. I know British Am Ft and NFL are a little ways apart, but we have gotta do something to put a rocket up their asses. I think we really need to see what Jason Peters can do at LT, and I think Brad Butler needs a shot on the field now at RT, just to see if that mean streak plays out in the NFL. I'm a bit more schizophrenic on Villarial. Sometimes I like what I see, and at other times I wonder what I ever liked about him. To me the big problem is that you don't really want to see Duke in their on every down at G, he's definately a C not a G, and we haven't got anyone else you want to see in there. I think we can play tunes at LT, RT and C, but the guards are pretty hard to replace. But seriously - Mouse was meant to be the man. I wonder whether we start to blame the workman or his tools.

Great remarks. On Melvin Fowler: I don't see the issue with his snaps - they look fine - apart from that first one of the year. I DO think it is a shame we couldn't work Duke Preston into C much faster, I think he's shown that he could be a mainstay there for quite some time. the Folwer signing put off the inevitable. But I guess we suck so bad at Guard we need a guy like Duke to cover 3 guys asses. On Schobel: I think Kelsay and Denney impressed more than Schobel. That said he did OK locking down the one side, but he's on the wane now and doesn't routinely show the speed the be a premier edge rusher. His play is let down by the overall performance against the run, and our inability to pressure Kitna. On Gandy: I have seen 4 Bills games this year. In EVERY outing I have ended up screaming at the screen that Gandy isn't moving his feet. Jason Peters is the heir to that throne - get his crowned now and let's see what happens. On JP: I agree he has the skills, he really is impressing me so far this year - seems like a different guy. The funky hitch in the passing motion seems to have gone. But you are so right about the size thing - compare Roy Williams and Lee Evans. Size mismatch anyone? Who makes the better target? This Offence needs some bigger bodies, fast.

Uh huhh............. and were RJ, BJH or KH any more successful?? I think the answer you want is NO. So why tar and feather JP for sins that are not his own? I think at the end of the day, when the OL gets its act together, you'll see that JP has the tools to be a far better QB than the three you mention. So I say again, I think JP had a decent game given the poor blocking he was provided withm his decisions were sound, and he made gutsy plays when needed.