Miyagi-Do Karate Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 it was a sarcastic heart, of sorts! Yeah, was just messing with you.
San Jose Bills Fan Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) Jesus, if this team didn't have ****ty luck, we'd have no luck at all. I would say that the injury to Manuel and the injury to Lewis were both avoidable. Manuel showed poor judgement (and I consider this a coaching failure as well as a bad individual decision) and the playcall on Lewis' injury was terrible IMO because when you're that thin at QB, you have to account for that in your playcalling. Read option? Bad play call. So I think bad luck is a minimal factor as far as our injured QBs are concerned. Edited November 1, 2013 by San Jose Bills Fan
26CornerBlitz Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 @buffalobills Doug Marrone: "We're going to see today where we're at with Thad" Decision coming later today, Jeff Tuel or Matt Flynn could be in the mix.
eball Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 I would say that the injury to Manuel and the injury to Lewis were both avoidable. Manuel showed poor judgement (and I consider this a coaching failure as well as a bad individual decision) and the playcall on Lewis' injury was terrible IMO because when you're that thin at QB, you have to account for that in your playcalling. Read option? Bad play call. So I think bad luck is a minimal factor as far as our injured QBs are concerned. SJBF -- I'm pretty sure the coaching staff preaches to EJ that he needs to slide or get out of bounds. He's simply a competitive guy and you never know how someone is going to react in the heat of the moment. It's something he'll have to force himself to learn, and there's no better lesson than not being able to play as a result. Case in point -- does anyone else remember Brady's first season when he took off running against the Bills and Nate Clements damn near took his head off? Brady stopped doing that stuff soon thereafter.
KikO M G Posted November 1, 2013 Author Posted November 1, 2013 I would be shocked if Thad was out with "sore ribs." He will play.
26CornerBlitz Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 @ChrisBrownBills Thad Lewis participating in practice http://wp.me/plmrg-94F
zow2 Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 Great, from a 20+ point blowout loss to a Win now that Thad will play. Yahoo!! I still think his illness (reportedly the flu) was more the reason he sat out 2 days of practice....
eball Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) Time to change the thread topic. Ok, so I spoke too soon. Everyone is tweeting that Thad is not throwing any passes. Just taking dropbacks with the ball in his hand. Those ribs must be S-O-R-E. Edited November 1, 2013 by eball
eball Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 He can't throw. Not looking good. First of all, you don't know that. What you do know is that he didn't throw any passes during the 15-minute open-to-the-media part of practice. No conclusions can be reached at this point.
CodeMonkey Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 Those ribs must be S-O-R-E. I'm not surprised. I felt that shot he took sitting at home on my couch.
tennesseeboy Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 Kind of a lose-lose choice. Either Lewis who is not one hundred percent or Tuell. If its Lewis the O-line and Tight Ends had better block their hearts out and the coach might want to put a primarily blocking fullback/tight end into the backfield. The guy is going to need help in execution and strength on the line of scrimmage, in the receivers getting open quickly, in the running game coming on strong, and in the offensive strategy the coaches devise. It is a challenge, but not insurmountable. If it were insurmountable there wouldn't be any point in playing the game.
KikO M G Posted November 1, 2013 Author Posted November 1, 2013 First of all, you don't know that. What you do know is that he didn't throw any passes during the 15-minute open-to-the-media part of practice. No conclusions can be reached at this point. Is Marrone smart enough to not have Lewis throw a pass in front of the media all week to cast doubt on whether he will be effective on Sunday? He certainly continued to gut it out all game last week despite taking the hit to the ribs on the first play.
CodeMonkey Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) Is Marrone smart enough to not have Lewis throw a pass in front of the media all week to cast doubt on whether he will be effective on Sunday? He certainly continued to gut it out all game last week despite taking the hit to the ribs on the first play. Don't you mean dumb enough? You don't really think Andy Reid is laying awake nights wondering if Lewis, Tuel, or Flynn will be the Bills QB do you? I'll tell you what too, if Thad's ribs really are that sore (and I suspect they are), and Marrone STILL starts Lewis over Tuel, then WTF is Tuel even still doing on the team? Edited November 1, 2013 by CodeMonkey
eball Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 Don't you mean dumb enough? You don't really think Andy Reid is laying awake nights wondering if Lewis, Tuel, or Flynn will be the Bills QB do you? I would not at all put it past Marrone to be employing a little gamesmanship here. You think he wants the media tweeting that Thad winced after he threw, or that he clutched at his rib cage after an out pattern? Lewis' athleticism requires a different gameplan than guys like Tuel or Flynn. Keep 'em guessing, Doug.
CodeMonkey Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) I would not at all put it past Marrone to be employing a little gamesmanship here. You think he wants the media tweeting that Thad winced after he threw, or that he clutched at his rib cage after an out pattern? Lewis' athleticism requires a different gameplan than guys like Tuel or Flynn. Keep 'em guessing, Doug. I suspect Reid is spending his time figuring out how to put points up against the Bills D rather which backup QB his strong D will go up against, but I guess we agree to disagree But I guess you are right, and that could be Marrone's idea of gamesmanship. Edited November 1, 2013 by CodeMonkey
Big C Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 Anyone know if he practiced today? He was on the field, but not throwing in the short time the media was present. We'll have to wait another few hours to hear more.
KikO M G Posted November 1, 2013 Author Posted November 1, 2013 Declared doubtful. No QB named. Weekend ruined.
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