Cookiemonster
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First you should know I went out and bought a Trent Edwards jersey this year and have high hopes for him. So, I am not posting this to bash him, im just puzzled on how so many people on here can be so certain he's the next great thing because I just don't see it right now.
1. His 4th quarter comebacks this year. I love that he did this, but this is severly overrated. Those come backs were against bad teams with bad a defense. So what does that mean? It means he didnt move the ball well in the majority of the game against bad teams and had to make a comeback. Also, other players made some BIG key plays late in those games to bail him out. Hardy's amazing catch in Jax, Lynch bailing him out on 3rd an long several times and making tremendous plays and broken tackles to get the first down when TE dumped it to him 8 yards or so short of the first down...etc...I could go on and on. So, yes, he had some comebacks, but he got too much credit for them and the fact that we won overshadowed some of the offensive struggles the rest of the game.
2. His "decision making" - I just dont get this...his decision making the last several weeks has been horrendous and often looks scared to even attempt a throw down field. He made a lot of bad decisions last year too...including 2 INT's in the redzone in 2 different games that were returned for TD's costing us those games on ill advised short out patterns. So, he has a body of work that I would say demonstrates good decision making and another equal size body of work that says just the opposite.
3. His "quick decisions" - Huh? where has this been? He takes a LOT of bad sacks and often holds the ball longer than JP and Bledsoe combined. JP's problem was that he has too much confidence in his feet and thinks he can always extend the play by running around instead of throwing the ball away. TE actually can have a tremendous amount of time in the pocket and still get sacked becuase he wont let go of the ball.
4. His "poise" - Well this is all shot to heck...he has NOT dealt with adversary well and literally looks shell shocked during this rough run the last half of the season to the point he is hesitant to throw down field and fails to see open WR's in favor of a short dump off patern.
5. He's a "winner" - How is he a winner?...he didnt even win a game his last year of college. He has a mediocre record with the Bills and most wins are against teams we have way more talent than at most positions, so how does that make him the winner?
6. The dude is injury prone...big time...at all levels of football he hasnt been able to stay on the field...thats just fact.
I will be the first to admit I was high on this kid and I am still pulling for him to pull out of this. At times when things went our way, he looked like he had the calm demeanor and poise that made Montanna and Brady so good. Then things get rough and he looks more like Hannah Montanna out there than Joe Montanna. There are more bad games under this kids belt than good games and yet he is still talked about like he is the savior here.
Although parts of your assessment are indeed correct, I do not totally agree with ya here, Trent's issues can all be explained with three words, youth,youth,and youth. I can tell you, from my perspective, I think that he is ging to be a good one. What I noticed about Trent, is the very first time that he took the field, our offense moved, and there was continuity,drives being extended, keeping the defense off of the field, and his accuracy cannot be disputed. His confidence
has been shaken some, due to his recent struggles,which he has to shoulder some of the blame for, the balance falls on
bad coaching and poor play calling. You can throw Ben Rothlisberger out to me, but he is definitley the exception, and not the rule.Give him time, this kid is definitley going to be a good one, and isn't half bad right now. He is a bit injury prone,
but his position is a position that is vulnerable to injury, after all he touches the ball on every play.
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I could be mistaking but didnt we score something like 50+ points against oakland in the playoffs and the next Game agaisnt denver only scored 7?
Not positive, but I think that this was our first SB year, and we beat the Raiders 51 to like 3 or something , then went on to beat Denver in the AFC Championship game 10-7, then lost, on the, heaven forbid, wide right thing. I could be wrong, strictly from my Alzhiemer memory bank.
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Do you think Jauron is the ONLY problem we have?
The biggest one!
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This team is not only poorly coached, it has little to no talent.
The WRs are small, there's no TE to speak of, the OL is mediocre, the DEs are nonexistent, the LBs are over-rated. About the only position on this team that's a strength is the one they've consistently drafted: DB.
Not a winning recipe.
And why do we take your word for it. I think that you are dead wrong on the talent issue thing. There are plenty of, as others have posted, small very productive WR's, and Evans may not be huge, but I would not classify him as small.
We do need a tight end, but how many teams have great tight ends, and how critical are they to their success? Tight
Ends are overrated in todays game. We do have a critical starting linebacker on IR, and several other non-starters are
currently injured. I will go along with you on the poor coaching, but this team does have talent.
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Something tells me San Fran.
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maybe if people stopped believing all the blind hype that the imports are better than the domestics and started buying our own products they wouldn't be in as much trouble as they are. Toyota = crap.
Best post ever. I am probably just, or more, guilty then the next guy, but I think, and hope, that all Americans
wake up, and buy American, I personally will never buy another foreign car , regardless of where it is made.But beyond that, it becomes very difficult. The Auto Industry mess has shaken me to the core, do we make anything anymore?
I know that I will be checking going forward. I hope that they show them the money. I hope that Obama's very first
campain promise he keeps, is to stop American Companies from investing overseas.Go Bills!
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Here's they way that I see it:
We have three home games left and two road ones, we have to win all three home games, including
the home away from home game with the fish. We split the other two at a minimum, the Broncos
look beatable right now, and we owe the Jests one, so this is doable. If we run the table, all the better,
but we definitley get in if we take 4 out of five. If we lose two, it is still possible, although it will be difficult.
Teams need to keep coming back to the pack, just like the NFL likes it.
To those who say, yeah, but were are we going, lets worry about that then.
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Somebody told Schonert about bootlegs, too.
Trent said that the game plan this week was dumbed down from last week. They took out a lot of the motions and looks they tried against the Browns and just ran "the base offense." Not sure how to reconcile that with the idea that he also said they put in boots, naked boots, and more play action, though.
The short fields against a garbage team didn't hurt anything...
Garbage team or not, 54 points is 54 points, I feel very positive about this team and Edwards in general after what he
did today, so we struggle still against better teams, and are rarely losing to weak ones, sooner or later we will be beating the good ones too, so I see progress. Last couple of years we would play down to teams like KC, and others, we still would win our share of those, but it would be a struggle, progress, man, progress.
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I follow them because I am a Syracuse fan, and am from Buffalo, and since the 'Cuse has sucked so bad, I had to find something else to gain interest in.
Syracuse just knocked off Notre Dame!
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Do you know if Parcell's had any opinion on him?
The Tuna seems to get a good read on players most of the time.
How many SB's victories, does Parcells have, I think that the answer is two, and if it weren't for, heaven forbid,
wide right, he would have only one, what makes him an expert? He is way overrated.
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No, he won't be better with Reed. Final Answer.
Sour Puss
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most coaches have a stronger influence on one side of the ball if theyve been on the defensive side there whole career, whether there the head coach or not theyre less likely to but heads with a coordinator that has been on the offensive side his whole career.
In what way does he not have this team prepared?
Let me count the ways, oh, I lost count, come on dude, we are playing the biggest game of our season, and have everything pretty much riding on the outcome, and we come out and lay a collective egg, there were a lot of contributors, and none more than our quarterback, but I am with others on this, he is our HC, and I really do not care what approach he takes, getting in peoples faces, or singing them a pep song, he is ultimatley responsible for having his team ready.What about the three divisional games, all very important, and same sing man, we just do not fire out of the gates very well,
I have been thinking about this for at least the last couple of seasons, and it is true, or at least it appears to me that way, that he really never truly has us prepared.I thought that it might be nice to have a firey coach like Cowher or Coughlin,
but thinking about it deeper, it does not really matter what the head coach's demeanor is, all styles can work, but in my opinion Jaron has failed us here. Right now it is a toss-up as to wheteher or not this guy should remain the HC after this season, it is a tough situation, because you do not want to lose everything that he has built, and he has done some things right, game day decisions and prepartion aside.
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The B-52's..currently they are bombing!
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Offensive Line!
I do not miss a Bills football game, ever.
I either find a radio station that covers the game, or I go to NFL.com, so my assessment may not be as accurate
as someone's who has watched every game, but if I am getting the impression, just by lsitening or reviewing stats
and plays on NFL.com, that there is a lack of passion and fire, then there has to be. I cannot speak of everyone on the
team, but I definitley think that Peters is just going through the motions, and I think that Dockery is being effected by it.
Peters held out until the last possible momemt, so as to avoid missing out on game checks, comes in and promptly
gets all kinds of flags, and lets opponents have unabated paths to Edwards. He knew, that with that type of play, they
will be less inclined to offer him a contract extension, so I think that he is laying down. His performance will pick up
once his contract year comes up. I think that he came back wanting to perform, but was just not in game shape, so he wasn't, and that might have scared the Bills away from an eventual long term commitment. I think that Dockery's play has
slipped, because he already has a huge contract, and realizes that Peters is just going through the motions, why should I bust my tail for someone who has packed it in, and plays right next to me. Just a thought, but there is no way that anyone can convince me that the OL has slipped this badly, even in spite of all their injuries, and even though they were not considered great run blockers last year. Peters is a cancer on this team, and I hope that they do not re-sign him. How many times have we seen in the NFL, where one guy on the OL steps in and lifts the performane of the whole unit, Faneca with the Jets comes to my mind.
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If the question was asked after the first four games, the answer would have been a resounding YES, not because of the 4-0 record (the teams were weak) but because the team had a look and feel of a team who KNEW what they had to do and went about it in a methodical way. The defense was flying to the ball, the offense looked crisp.
Asking the question now I'd have to give a resounding NO, and again not because of the record. If you are fortunate enough to have Tivo'd the season compare how the team played at the beginning and how they are playing now. It's almost like they are just going through the motions of a football game ..... no passion ...... no desire ... no urgency.
I tend to agree here, although, I do not currently live in the area, I do not miss a Bills football game, ever.
I either find a radio station that covers the game, or I go to NFL.com, so my assessment may not be as accurate
as someone's who has watched every game, but if I am getting the impression, just by lsitening or reviewing stats
and plays on NFL.com, that there is a lack of passion and fire, then there has to be. I cannot speak of everyone on the
team, but I definitley think that Peters is just going through the motions, and I think that Dockery is being effected by it.
Peters held out until the last possible momemt, so as to avoid missing out on game checks, comes in and promptly
gets all kinds of flags, and lets opponents have unabated paths to Edwards. He knew, that with that type of play, they
will be less inclined to offer him a contract extension, so I think that he is laying down. His performance will pick up
once his contract year comes up. I think that he came back wanting to perform, but was just not in game shape, so he wasn't, and that might have scared the Bills away from an eventual long term commitment. I think that Dockery's play has
slipped, because he already has a huge contract, and realizes that Peters is just going through the motions, why should I bust my tail for someone who has packed it in, and plays right next to me. Just a thought, but there is no way that anyone can convince me that the OL has slipped this badly, even in spite of all their injuries, and even though they were not considered great run blockers last year. Peters is a cncer on this team, and I hope that they do not re-sign him. How many times have we seen in the NFL, where one guy on the OL steps in and lifts the performane of the whole unit, Faneca with the Jets comes to my mind.
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To quote Art Wander - WAITAMINUTE ----- I say we sacrifice Buffalo Billy the loser mascot. Nothing good has come since that dope came to town. .... Now that I think about it, I've never seen Mini Dr. and Buffalo Billy on the field at the same time - hmmmmmm
What people do on their own time is none of our business.
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Sounds like the Bills lose because their D can't stop the other team when it's pinned on their own 5 in a critical point in the game. Maybe that's just me.
You make a good point, but the point he is making is correct, if we can't stop them from the 5, then we
probably won't stop them from the 20 either, take the 3, and take your chances stopping them from the 20,
no guarantee that he makes the field goal, but at least you show some confidence in those players who can be difference makers.
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Let me preface that I was impressed the way the team played thru injury. That being said, Jauron's record in big games or against teams with a winning percentage is terrible. Absolutely terrible.
That about sums it up, you cannot use injuries as an excuse, all teams have them. He (Jauron) never has us really
ready for a big game, I do not really care what his tempermenat is, was, or should be, the bottom line is the bottom
line.
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I'm jumping off right now but reserve the right to jump back on as soon as the bills improve their play and/or produce a win...I'll be the guy jogging alongside....
I really do not have a problem with this, after all, the players decide when they want to turn it off and on
again when it comes to performance, we as fans should have the same rights, take what you want and
lock up when you leave. Another words have fun when they win, and disown them when they lose, you
will keep your sanity longer this way.
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What a bunch of posers and pansies this team has. What's worse is that we all know that they're about to get their collective asses handed to them by a bunch of old geazers up in New England. The Bills will no doubt play like they're scared to death of them and lose by at least a couple of two touchdowns, you just know that's what's going to happen this Sunday. I saw a post here today of someone who's afraid of Wes Welker, the problem is that our team is probably afraid of the likes of Wes Welker too! We root for a bunch of damn wusses. I give them no shot of beating the Patriots. Go ahead and prove I'm wrong you posers.
No problem with your psessimistic view here at all, we have many posters just like you, what I do have a problem with is
your handle, 1billsfan, how can you call yourself that, what an oxyMORON.
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if wilfork does anything to knock trent out of the game, im getting in my car and driving to foxboro and waiting outside the stadium for him
who's comin with me?!?
I will kneel down behind him, and you push him over, I will hold him, and you hit him. I will also call
him bad things, man!!@!
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Speaking of ugly, what was up with the Skins uniforms last night?
Yeah, I agree, hideous, and the yellow-tipped shoes were way out there, I kept thinking
that they were a flag thrown by the referee.
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Maybe we should quilt while we are ahead.
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I think that Evans is definitley in the top five reciever category, and he is the consumate team player, which is
really important on a team like Buffalo, where they are trying to establish themselves as contenders now, and into the
future. He has adjusted nicely to Trent, and has become the go to guy, he now runs slants and crossing patterns, and
he can almost be considered a possession type reciever, maybe not quite a Coles, but not too far from that, and with speed to burn, and the best hands in the business. He (Evans) can no longer be considered a one-trick pony. He is a stud, and a future HOFmer. I would take him right now, with youth on his side, over any other receiver in the NFL.
As far as Williams goes, he would have been a nice compliment to Lee, doubt he would have wanted to come to Buffalo,
not a knock, just plain fact, gives a couple of years, and everybody will want to come to Buffalo. But Williams may not work
out for Dallas, and he may not of here, funny things have a way of happening, there are a lot of big f&%ing egos on that Dallas squad, and sooner or later, they will rear their ugly heads, ala, "that's my quarterback". He goes from that, to the
third game of the season throwing his "quarterback" under the proverbial bus. Dallas can keep him, he is a T.O. in training.
Can someone please explain...
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Recently, yes, but you would have to admit that since Edwards has taken the reigns, the passing game has definitley
been more efficient, with Edwards spreading the Ball to a lot of different recievers and backs, resulting in more time consuming, ball controlling, and fruitful drives. JP can't do that nearly as well. Will he be the Quartrback (Trent) we desperatley need going forward? Time will tell, me thinks we gave JP enough time already! He is good on the long ball and taking sacks though. Not to try and make a Trent/JP thing out of it or anything, it's just that we don't have anybody on the team better than him, I say we give him another season as the starter, unless he really implodes, that could mean another year of no playoffs, but what else can you do, bring in a veteran free agent as insurance maybe.
Hows that for bull sh--?