No QB - No Bueno

Anyone who played organized sports knows that teammates who regularly talk smack without making a commensurate impact on the field are largely ignored. Regularly hosting pizza parties might get you props, but little credibility.

I like vulva.

In retrospect my dad reared me by zen aphorism: 'the best way to control a cow is to give it a very, very big field.' He was still pragmatic enough to call a spade a spade.

You're correct. But, the idea that his folks think that their son is righteous for keeping the 'do and remaining in solitary makes me cringe. Not the stuff of legends.

A haircut makes his parents proud. I'm amazed how inane forms of 'expression' replace actual achievement as a measure of pride. I wore a mohawk (straight up Iroquois - no faux) and got stuff etched in my head during football season my junior year in HS. My mom shrugged it off as phase and my dad thought I was a jackass. It didn't violate any established school rules then, but if it did, I god-damn guarantee you that my pops would have persuaded me to shave it off.

I'm not so sure of that conducting pile-driver practices is beneficial to team conditioning. I would guess a certain level of hitting to simulate game conditions helps players acclimate to the stresses that will have to endure during the season. But I doubt there is any evidence that as the proportion of the live contact practices goes up, the better conditioned (or effective) a team becomes. Practice is for skill building and developing and fine-tuning play execution. Many teams problems (and the Bills) stem from a lack of talent and a lack of execution. In the Bills case, they stockpile marginal talent and can't seem to formulate offensive game plans for the NFL level.

It has to do with the type of injury. Many injuries are going happen no matter the level of conditioning. Bones and joints have a threshold of stability, and if the forces on it exceed that threshold, you're screwed. See foot planted, body torqued - ankle or knee or hip hosed. Shoulder driven into ground, a/c joint or cuff hosed. Elbow snapped when player uses arm to brace fall during tackle. Concussions, etc. Remember too that most players are playing with or through injuries during the season. During the season they don't heal and are subjected weekly to the same stresses that caused the injury in the first place. Training is meant to coax physical improvement incrementally. If the cumulative stress on the body is greater than the body's ability to recover, no healing occurs and existing injury is exacerbated. I'm guessing many guys become detrained while nursing hurts (and still playing) which increases the chance of further injury. I was treated by a Doc who is on the staff of a MLB team. He said the whole pitching staff he treats basically plays injured and with pain - torn labrums and rotator cuffs and tendonitis. In season these guys get therapy just to make it tolerable enough to play (at s high level). One thing I do wonder is if the many teams fall prey to fitness industry gimmicks and trends. I've read that many pro -teams regimens are centered on non-structural lifts: flailing around on physio-balls and using cables and pulley columns to the exclusion of Olympic lifts. I question if these guys preserve bone density and stimulate enough bone deposition using these 'functional' approaches to withstand the rigors of the season

nuh nuh nuh gone

Let's keep going with this theme: shoulda took my thum out of my but alot sooner, now my brayns impinged.

I miss hearing his blaccent.

He cashed in his status as one of maybe 90 strength coaches (head and assistants) in the NFL. Don't equate that with being an innovator in the field or having a superior level of competence (though I am not questioning his competence). Get any S&C industry monthly and you'll see 'the luminaries of the trade' pimping any gizmo/system/supplement that has the jack.

Imagine if the Bills played a team with as horrible an offense (and qb) as the Bears in the SB?

That was a hell of game yesterday. Impressive QB play. All those who harp on California quarterbacks should watch Aaron Rodgers. He was completely pummeled by games end (who needs a line?) and still came up big though a little short. The Bills (and the Browns) are among the few teams that effectively play without a QB. I've seen some bad games this year not involving the Bills, and still those bad teams were able at times to execute basic passing plays commensurate with the NFL level. A game like the Pack and Vikings comes along and the Bills fan realizes it has been eons since and will probably be eons before the Bills have a NFL caliber offense.

The players you cite were not shown the door because they didn't follow a plan; they were either overpaid and underperformed (doc and roscoe), wanted more jack in the middle of their existing deal (peters), or made a personal decision based on a injury that defied the FO's expectations (crowell). I seriously doubt DJ is the executor of any of those personnel actions (save for demoting Roscoe, who if accounts are correct, was on the block during the off-season). The plan regarding Walker's move to LT following Peters departure was knee-jerk on the Bills part. Somehow with repetition this canard has morphed into their well-crafted plan to upgrade the OL when their most athletically gifted lineman left. Maybe Walker had no incentive to switch, and demonstrated that in so many ways to the staff. Or maybe he was just plain bad and overpaid. The Bills did what all mediocre organizations do, the easy thing, even if it flies in the face of the obvious poor outcome.

You nailed it. I'm not against picking up a few athletic projects if the raw talent is there - Byrd (for example who may be too slow for his college position), or a Jason Peters. Guys that are either freakish raw athletes, and no I don't mean bench press specialists like Lief Larson, or have unusually good football instincts. The Bills, who have lepers in the FO and on the coaching staff, sacrilegiously think they can draft out of position then make water into wine.

I've heard all that before and I'm not really buying it. I have a hunch the Bills weren't really as high on Walker at any position. So he's their best RT on an exceedingly mediocre front wall. At 5 million per, there's very little return unless a decent pass blocker is worth 5 large. The Bills realized they overpaid for both Doc and Walker. When the situation Peters went from bad to worse, they tried to plug the hole in desperation with a bigger hemorrhoid, Walker. Its like giving the books to the janitor when the accountant suddenly quits. I can't imagine that the seeds of Schonerts dismissal were only planted in the preseason. After a less than stellar 2008, and assertions that his approach was too complicated for a Stanford grad, the Bills have to had doubts.

Langston Walker sucks and his absence is the least of the Bills problems. At the vet minimum he's perfect for the Raiders. My biggest B word with this team is that they had ample time after the end of last season to jettison Dockery, Walker, and the OC if none were in their plans. But the Bills have no plan. So they essentially cram a semester worth of play design, learning and fine tuning into a couple of weeks before the final. How bad you want to fail?

Mitchell is a moron. If the Bills had a real front office he'd be lucky to make the squad next year. I doubt he gets quicker after the injury.

That's too much f'in perspective.

Willis isn't hulking. Willis weighs 240lb. He's an explosive athlete unlike Poz.

Once again the failure to understand that while speech is free, there is always a cost.

Takei says, 'wang'.

He's gawwwwwwwwwwwwn. Oh What. What went wrong?

I love Morman but Lechler is a bit better.

Touche!