WhitewalkerInPhilly

I will say that, looking at how Pettine has done on his own, and seeing how Schwartz has done with a defense that had outsiders screaming because he was going to be without Byrd and Kiko...and had made one hell of a unit 5 games in. Even in the games we've lost, defensive points allowed has been shockingly low, just how I like it.

Just in case you were screaming about how we should have taken Geno over EJ...

Technically Smith was never a free agent. He got traded for a first round pick. I'm not going to say we had no chance of getting him, but that's a heavy pick plus a vet's salary.

TBH Orton was probably the best QB to hit free agency since Manning, not that that is saying much.

I don't know about "blown up". I'm not thrilled but average QB play with a stellar D and a strong run game can get you to the playoffs in a weak division, which is what the AFCE looks like right now. I meant more on the sense that he's not a franchise QB

I feel the same way. Even if there is debate as to whether Orton is a short term improvement I don't think anyone considers him a long term solution. I think the question isn't "Can he win enough games for us" but rather "Can he not lose enough games for us".

I legitimately want EJ to be great for us and I've been one of his bigger apologists. But man he was brutal these last two weeks. Maybe Orton won't be better. Maybe some bench time will let him ride the pine and get his head clear. But we aren't going to the playoffs with play like that. Best of luck Kyle. Prove it with some wins.

i'll have to take a look when the game hits rewind, but it sounds like the jets' run defense looks as solid as ever, but their secondary sounds like a tire fire. and last night he gave up more turnovers in one game that ej has all year, including the safety. the jets's are also 1-2 to our 2-1 and their only win was an unconvincing one against one of the bottom five in the league. again, geno has better arm strength and accuracy, but makes more boneheaded decisions.

I think this week sums up the difference between geno and ej knocks really well. geno has brighter flashes of greatness, but whe he's bad, he hurts the team more than ej when he's bad.

we need a more realistic trade. maybe mario for skelton /sarcasm/

i'm not going to say that brady is over...but so far this year, he's looking human. the pats have drawn a relatively easy opening few weeks, playing the dolphins and losing on the road, beating up on a vikings team with no answer at qb, and barely squeaking by oakland. it looks like it might be happening boys. brady's slide may have begun.

I was looking over an article Bucky brooks wrote at the start of preseason, about how the big nickel is becoming trendy as a way to match up against 2wr, 2 te, 1 rb formations, something i suspect to see a lot of with the chargers talented te's such as gates, and pretty good wr's and an injured starting rb. in it, he specifically mentions that aaron williams fits the mold well as a big, physical safety who still has coverage skills. this might be how we play it.

does anyone else think that we'll be seeing a lot of nickel out there on sunday while woodhead is tricky, i am far more worried about the passing attack. graham has been playing really well so far and i can see him used to cover gates, as graham is one of our bigger cb's probably with a. williams as support.

here' one stat i like...going into tonight's game, the bills rank 5th in points scored.

let's do a quick rundown on whaley's offseason moves this week. -byrd was part of a saints defense that has looked god awful. -corey graham had a beast of a day for the second week in a row. -dixon had a blocked punt -spikes helped shut down forte last week, and i believe he helped shut down miller fter moreno went out. -his first pick the one people, myself included, said he traded too much for had over 100 yards and a touchdown -preston brown had 12 tackles -randall johnson recovered the blocked punt -henderson, a 7th round pick rookie, outplayed a probowler -and my favorite, hughes was a constant presence and had a sack, while the man whaley traded him for couldn't crack the battered miami staring roster and is only noted for whiffing on cj's return. so far, well done whaley

this. even if it wasn't i wouldn't be sweating it after all of the non-calls on the false starts, them getting ticky tack with hughes when he moved, and two unsportsmanlike conduct on players on the sideline when the ref wasn't looking where he was going and ran into smith and when someone got upset on a non-called late hit.

it was pretty loud at my bar too but even then i kept noticing them constantly getting the downs wrong, and reported lee smith in when he was inactive. i would be surprised if they had a few mixed drinks of their own in hand.

... yeah, i was watching them do the pre-game. it's almost laughable how much they've written off the bills so far. i bet houston gets ranked over buffalo spite of them beating washington with rg3 playing and an oakland team playing a rookie 4th rounder because they have no better option.

i feel compelled to point out that their wins have come against washington with a dreadful looking griffin, and then against oakland. they then play the giants. they may be 3-0 when we meet them, but our schedule will have been undisputedly harder.

I'll admit, when we got to the 7th round my knowledge about him was nil. I honestly thought that he would get cut if he was like Da'Rick, or would be stashed on IR to let him grow a year. I didn't think that he would make the team, let alone start, let alone dominate one of the best pass rushers in the league. Plus, unlike Kujo, he has the quick feet to play LT if (god forbid) he has to. It was always a low risk, high reward pick, but it's nice to see one go so well.

Look, I'll say this in Sully's defense: When he is negative, he is often right. Behind a pessimist is a dissapointed optimist. I get the feeling that hi heart has been broken along with all of ours, and unlike us he doesn't have the luxury of looking away. In addition, read the article he wrote this morning. It was one of the most positive things I've seen him write.

i am a little worried, but last week was a trio of wr's that people were calling the best group in the league, and now we have gilmore back.

it sounds like the dolphins lb corps are as battered as we hoped.

I'll be packing up to head to McFadden's in Philly! We all line up at the door until they open and joke that we don't have a drinking problem, we have a football problem Go Bills! On a more analytic note, how do you think Hackett is going to deal with the 5-2 Miami seems intent on putting on the field? If they really are intent on putting 5 guys on the line with their LB group the way it is, I would love to see a lot of sweeps and quick routes in space to Watkins.

I do believe we play SD at home my friend. But yeah, I'm excited about this game, especially seeing what they could do against the Bears, the "sneaky Superbowl contenders, who will most certainly beat the Bills"