Geno Smith's Arm

No, he pulled a sloooow one on the Bills (and a bunch of people on this board).

Barry Sanders sucked, I'd take Antwoine Smith over him anyday.

Pfffft! Get real man! When you are trying to win the starting job, IT"S GAME TIME! It's your career on the line. It's showtime! You have to perform your best , the pressure is on. If you can't do it then, you can't do it. That's the way it is in High School, College , or the NFL. Sure, there are guys that AFTER THEY WIN THE JOB might lay back in practice. Some get much sharper when the have more pressure. But pressure is all relative, and he has been under PLENTY of pressure to motivate him, or tap into his "highest instinctual abilities" or whatever capability level you think he can only reach on gameday. It's ridiculous.

The original post has nothing to do with the defense. But anyway, if the the offense can't score the Bills are still gonna lose. And if the offense can't score it's unbearable to watch the games. And if the offense can't get first-downs, the defense is gonna be on the field all game long. And defenses that stay on the field all game long start to suck. And why don't you start a post and title it: "If the defense cant stop other teams its a mute point whos in a qb"

I have been real skeptical in the past, but Fitz has won me over. If there is a great QB prospect available I want the Bills to pick one, but Fitz is capable of winning. He is playing with a crap line, and no running game on a team with no pass rush, that can't stop the run. If he was with a good team, say the Vikings or the Titans, he could be a kind of 2nd tier star. He is as good as Tony Romo, Mark Sanchez, Joe Flacco, really better than most. He is just out of the top ten. There are many teams that should like to have him as their starter (DALLAS for one). i would still pick a truly elite prospect, but if there isn't one available. It's Fitz. HE IS THE BEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM!

Yes. I have had these same thoughts. Artimus Schlichter had ALL the tools. So does Brian Brohm. I say bench Fitz! Just because he uses the receivers, moves the chains, takes the hits running for his life AND the first down marker (sometimes during the same play), and is the best player on the team, doesn't mean we should keep a guy with the potential of BRIAN BROHM on the bench.

JP is a master of The Rope-A-Dope Offense as concoctedby the Dick Jauron staff. Lull the opposing defense into lethargy with awful play EXCEPT for 2 or 3 plays where you throw deep. If your defense can hold the other team to less than 14 points you can probably win! He has one throw, the deep ball. The whole gameplan has to revolve around hitting 2 or 3 of those a game. Better than Trent Edwards!

Read my posts on this guy. Don't place any hope in Merriman. Get real.

You have it right. They had to make break from the previous staff. Also, there have been many excellent co-ordinators that didn't do well as the HC. It's in the past....

Is 6 wins a year with a team averaging 7 points a game better than 3 wins a year with a team averaging 21 points a game (no, I don't have the exact stats)? Not to me, and that's kinda what we're comparing here. They haven't had a passing game in 10 years, and during that time the running game was nothing special. They needed get the passing game going. One thing at a time. At least it feels like they have a chance to win. Sitting through games the last few years particularly, has been BORING, BORING, effin BORING! Mind numbingly boring. It was like trying to lull the opposition into playing poorly, bring them down to the Bills pathetic level. The Rope-a-Dope Offense!

Jokey is available! We need him to help win next Preseason!

I would have been happy then. I always felt the defense was playing with the cards stcked against it because the offense SUCKED SO BAD. I'm happy with Chan Gailey though.

I couldn't care less about Fred Jackson's running. Why? Because the team is rebuilding and looking for a QB. I'm just happy that they have found a passing game, something that has been missing for way too long. If they get the passing game under control I'm happy. They can get better at running the ball for next year. Really, Fred Jackson isn't that important. Remember Rob Riddick? He is kinda that guy, the decent RB a team has in bad years before a team has (hopefully) rebuilt.

Tony Romo will be 31 next season. Even if he was good, that's too old a player to give up the 1st or 2nd overall pick for. It's just silly talk anyway, even if the new coach wants to ditch Romo, they won't get a number one pick for him (wait, MAYBE the Raiders!). Fitzpatrick, were he with the Cowboys, would be at least as good. I wonder what Fitz could bring on the market? Romo is not cool (unless you wear your hat backwards too?).

There is no professional sports organization that I take any pleasure in seeing fail except the Cowboys. From the whole "GOD's Team" and "America's Team" whorsh!t of the 70's (so nice to see the Steelers beat them), to the Jerry and Jimmy show of the 90's (I'm still convinced the Herschel Walker trade was a conspiracy between then new owner Jones, and Mike Lynn of the Vikings, and shouldn't have been allowed by the league, but they probably turned a blind eye to it because Jerry Jones was obviously committed to spending a lot of money in ways that would benefit the league, and they were "America's Team"), to the current Jerry Jones Hype Machine (but then they have always been about hype). I don't know how any Bills fan could be a fan of that team. Jerry Jones is the #1 enemy of small-market teams on the planet. He is an ego-maniac, and he has been digging his own hole and dragging the team down with him, all the while trying to turn the league into "Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys present to you 'The NFL' ". Watching him fail is great.

Why? The team looks at the guy every day. Maybe there is a reason he has never been tested in a "real game"? Maybe it's the same reason he was on the Packers practice squad. Maybe the coaches have been watching him,and have decided he is just a backup QB? It would be very easy for the Bills to draft a QB with their first pick without ever seeing Brian Brohm in the locker room. What has Brohm done that you have been so impressed with?

It felt like a pre-season game.

Comparing him to Talley is practically sacrilege. I don't think I need to elaborate.

Yes, but he is here to provide "Another Point of View". He might have a different account with a name like "What I Really Think", or even "Mathews' Bag".

The leagues are so deep in, that it would skew the standings. Baseball is the worst. If they REALLY tested and tried to get PED's out of baseball, the owners that have paid out huge signing bonuses and guaranteed contracts would be left holding the bag for guys that can't play anywhere near the level of their contract, and their teams would fall inthe standings. The OWNERS have the most to lose, so they don't want to catch guys. Do you really think the Yankees want hard-line testing? They have shelled out BIG bucks to bring in the top free agents. With testing, many of these guys could become VERY average. It also makes the leagues look bad. Remember years back, when Bruce Smith was suspended? For a year or two there was a bunch of suspensions, but it was really making the league look bad, so all of the sudden, not many suspensions. Do you really think drug use (both "recreational" drugs like cocaine, and performance drugs) has gone DOWN that significantly? I don't. The NFL lets players know in advance, that's obvious. It's all a sham. Too much money at stake.

You are worried about the law, and I don't think that is really the concern here, because circumventing the law, or getting prescriptions, isn't that difficult (the drugs are controlled, not illegal). I think the real question in regards to sports, is ethics.

I pretty much assume that he IS taking them, but has worked on improving his test results! The David Boston comparision is more what I expect. I don't think his body CAN get back to where it was, and I think he will prove to be a headache due to his behavior (especially if he performs well).

I am completely against the use of PED's in sports. I know why they are illegal, Lawman. I also know that getting a prescription for just about any drug isn't that difficult (What if they administer the drug to the player in a country where it is legal, or where they have a prescription then come back to the good ole USA to play? Then it's fine? Not to me, but it's legal, yay!) Another aspect I don't like is that school age kids under lots of pressure to compete get pulled into using these (and if my own high school is any indication, can make life "difficult" for others around them while they power trip). Pull yer head out of the lawbooks, Lawman. You seem to be more concerned about the law than the ethics. Are you the guy that chastised the people that were watching live-streamed games with "C'mon guys, these games are being illegally shown, stop watching them"?

It's the LAW!! Get real man. The legal aspect is silly to me. What I don't like is that it pressures atheletes that aren't using, that have the potential to play professionally, to choose between making millions juicing, or not making the team and having to make alot less money in a different field, or in many cases returning to families in poverty. Not too hard of a choice to make is it Lawman?

It is interesting that you mention the military. I have to believe that PED's are used , particularly by the Special Forces. I HOPE THEY ARE! I'm sure China , Russia, etc are using them. On an important mission those guys would want to be operating at their maximum potential. It is interesting that in the James Bond books, 007 is basically a junkie, using Benzedrine OFTEN. They don't put that in the movies, obviously.