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I think McKelvin is a shutdown corner. Mcgee has been another story this year. He seems to lack the great cover skills that Mckelvin has but is still one of the top corners in the league, IMO. Im still not sold on Florence, he doesn't have the speed or power to get up in the WR's face and stick on him through the route, and he's penalty prone. Agreed tho, we need to blitz these QB's and force our DB's and safeties to make plays. Hoping Byrd has his first pick this week.

I have MJD as well, didn't think of how much his catches will go up if trent starts. SAWEEEEETTT!!!!!

I'm going to say that Trent does get the start. Not saying I want him to, but I think he will get the chance to prove himself. on that note, he will probably get injured and Brohm will come in and save the rest of the season.

I might be wrong here so correct me if I am...If we are still struggling on the line by the season start, I think he will run a simliar offense as he did in KC, the Pistol I think it was called. I think its a three step drop with added protection from two backs. It should also protect him better from the left which is currently everyone's gripe at the moment. And I know this isn't the answer to everything but if you have a strong consistent running threat, it opens up the passing game. and if you have two backs (spiller, jackson) that can make plays after the catch, a dump off is equally threatening.

Ya I'm sure this team would be so much better if you were calling the shots. There is a reason the people in the front office are in the front office, they're smarter than any of us. Maybin a bust...give me break! He hardly had any play last year, his ROOKIE year. standup, turn your bar stool back over and stop screwing yourself with talks of last season. New coach, new offense, completely new defense=new team

As much as I agree with this b/c lets face it, its the truth...I am hopefull when I see OTA Highlights and here that Trent is hitting guys across the middle and has been throwing downfield. Not saying its a sign of the second coming of Trent Edwards (not sure when the first one was) but it is atleast good to hear. I'm just an optimist which you kinda have to be to enjoy being a fan of this team because if your not then you will just be depressed for the entire 16 weeks of regular season. I am just hopeing that these two aspects of Trent's game that he struggles with were a result of his crushed confidence that came from a bullsh@t HC that never once showed any confidence in him. Good points tho, nice to hear something from someone who isn't a negative nanny

both sides of this post are a joke. Not a single person here has worked in any front office or on the field for a NFL team. Whoever posted about players commenting on how mental toughness and player conditioning has been seriously lacking for the past decade was right on...and thats about the only person. Is Trent a great QB, not that we have seen...Can he be, we have seen him play some great games and really shine at times so I say yes...Under the right coaching! If your going to try and say that Dicks complete lack of competativeness, the differences between Schonert and Dick during Trents begining years, and the F@ck up of everything that went down last year hasn't negatively impacted Trent's confidence and performance than I would say your crazy. Im not syaing that its and excuse for Trent by all means, but I feel he was doomed from the start under that coaching regime. The Strength and Conditioning (or lack there of) from last year was middle school compared to what Gailey is expecting from these guys now. Watch the OTA's highlights, everyone says they haven't worked this hard since college or Rookie year...Everyone! Up the strength and conditioning and we lose less players to IR. I agree the offensive line struggled last year but there are too many factors to judge why that happen. One could be ignorant and blame it on lack of talent but look at the first few weeks last season and it wasn't that bad considering they were for the most part all rookies for the position they were playing...then we got hit by the injury bus and had to start pulling guys off the street. All I'm saying is I don't think we can judge any position/player based on the last couple years performances. At least give it till preseason to see what chan can do with these guys. If he can make Trent look half as good as he did Thigpen (add in Freddy, Lynch, and Spiller to that) then I think we will have a good chance at competing within our devision for the first time in...way too long. catch you at the opener

why is everyone giving up on Maybin? The kid barely got any play and was playing a position that he was way undersized for in the NFL. If we didn't have a dumb-a$$ coaching staff they would have tried to place him somewhere that fit him better. Like Outside Linebacker. Give us a 3-4 defense and put Maybin on the outside and I bet he does well.. He's not a huge guy, but he has enough size and speed to make an impact at OL.

Thats funny, if your joking... and I hope your are!

Perfect! I can't stand all the people who whine and rant about how Vick shouldn't be in the NFL and if he lands the job in Buffalo your not going to be a bills fan. I say good, leave! Then we won't have as many worthless, opinionated, hypocritical, "lets jump on the bandwagon" posts and threads. this guy said it perfectly. Vick did his time, paid his price, and I would love to give him a chance to step back into the huddle as our starting QB.

Is any able to see the presser??

I think Maybin would be alot better right now if he had gotten more play throughout the season. They should have put him in at OL a long time ago. Its not his fault we had Dickboy

That also might have some validity. I guess if Fitzpatrick goes 3-0 against the 3-4 schemes of our division oponents we will have an idea if it falls on whether the QB is able to read the defense and adjust

I would think that if we switched to the 3-4 though we would be better prepared to face it on sunday. Last year we went 1-8 against 3-4 fronts and 6-1 against 4-3 fronts. Its obvious that we are not able to prepare successfully to go up against that kind of scheme.

No more 4-3 defense. We need to adapt to the 3-4. Most of the top defenses in the league are 3-4 and every other team in our division is 3-4. We need to find a top Noze Tackle in the draft and bring in a HC or DC that will install a 3-4. We already have some decent options to use as DE and as far as LB's go...Mitchell and Poz are good IL and I think we should be looking at Maybin for OL.