vincec

That's nothing, Mr. Miagi could fix it in 30 seconds.

Can't argue with that. But they seemed to make it harder than it needed to be.

I actually liked Chan but I think you're letting him off easy here. His defenses stunk because he didn't give a rats a$$ about defense. He had 2 of the worst defenses in team history yet the head coach still didn't feel the need to attend the defensive team meetings or give any input. He just let them crash and burn. Can you imagine Lombardi doing that? He might make a decent OC, but he's not head coaching material.

Are they still saving a roster spot for Hopkins?

Jackson plays like a man who's never had anything handed to him and needs to work twice as hard as the next guy for half the respect.

Chandler was a clear no catch. I thought Woods had a TD. Yes, the ball moved but he never lost control. The ball can move if the receiver maintains control. That's ok, the refs paid us back when they upheld Alonso's pick at the end, which was questionable.

+1. Bad game management. If they ran two plays they could've just kneeled down on third down and run it out.

Yes, hard work guarantees nothing, but without hard work he doesn't have a chance.

I'll actually respond instead of making a smartass comment:

Was he really ever that good at press man coverage? Just a question. He spent most of his career in cover 2 type defenses right? Now at his age it's probably even more of a stretch. Besides the fact that he undoubtedly doesn't want to come play for a team that is perpetually rebuilding.

What I don't understand and what makes this suspicious to me is that Byrd reported to the team with this injury, which is basically an injury caused by overuse and over activity. How could this have developed in the off season? And if an entire off season didn't cure it how could a few weeks of "rest" cure it now?

I coached 7-10 year olds for several seasons. It's the most fun that you can imagine. Everyone having fun, basically no serious injuries of any kind and just enough strategy to keep it interesting for the coaches. The part of the story where he tried to draw up plays on a white board made me laugh. I remember one instance, when we were struggling to pick up an opposing teams blitz, I asked one of our offensive linemen to draw on a white board where the opposing players were lining up. He drew 16 players on defense. I told him that now I saw why we were having trouble.

Then you will never have an elite guard. As long as everyone is good with that maybe they can find another Kraig Urbik or an old washed up tackle for LG and move on.

It makes no sense to move Glenn to guard. He is a high pick and if he pans out into a great guard he will demand a high salary and the Bills will probably let him walk via free agency because they don't pay guards big money. Better to leave him at tackle and give him every chance to make it there. Bills need to find a decent, not all pro, LG that they can pay a reasonable salary- see Kraig Urbik.

I think you're probably spot on in terms of needs, except that I would really be looking for the best available player among OLBs and CBs in round 1. Also, no OG or S before the 4th round since the Bills don't appear to value those positions as much.

I like Dareus, but I think that the Bills are playing him out of position. He is a natural penetrating type DT, similar to Kyle Williams and should not be playing 0 technique and facing double teams most of the time. Remember the Bills drafted Dareus to be a DE/DT hybrid and how he's essentially being asked to play NT. I don't think it's a coincidence that the best season he had was when Williams was injured and he took over his position. If the Bills are ever going to be strong against the run then they need a true space eater in the middle.

Yes. That's why I said the NFL. This was college, and 30+ years ago. I remember watching the play live. I couldn't believe it then and it seems even crazier now. Most bizarre ending to a game I've ever seen.

Percentages are always much higher if you can reach the end zone with the throw. I have seen "Hail Mary" type plays work many times in the past but have never seen a broken field lateral type play work in the NFL. Maybe there was one but I can't remember it.

I think it was a pretty good call. The offense is not expecting blitz and is trying to throw the ball to the end zone which means that the QB needs 4 or 5 solid seconds for the receivers to get there. They will not usually plan to throw it short and run in if the QB can reach the end zone in the air. I think the percentages are much better for a "Hail Mary" than a "Stanford Band" type of play. No way the QB gets the time he needs with a 5 man rush. The primary risk, IMO, is that the QB scrambles to get the time he needs and then you only have 6 men in coverage. Newton did try to do this but couldn't get away.

Travis Henry. Can you imagine??? Obviously, Lou Saban is well deserving but probably not until after Mr. Wilson passes given the way things ended in Buffalo. I could see Christie. Maybe Henry Jones or Bennett. The rest seem like reaches.

"Vote early, vote often"- Al Capone.

If Trent Richardson is worth a #1 then isn't Byrd?

They'd better not take a LG on days 1 or 2. CB, OLB, TE are all higher priorities. In the end, how much do these evaluations really mean? Brown was rated terribly, but the team still rushed for 4.5 ypc and allowed only 1 sack. Manuel was rated below average but he threw for almost 300 yards, had a QB rating of nearly 90 and led the game winning drive. Whatever they're evaluating does not seem to translate into whether or not these these guys are contributing to the team's success.

Better for whom? Certainly not the Bills.

This was readily apparent after the New England game last week week many fans seemed happy for a decent performance and encouraging debut for the QB when it was another failure to do what's required to win the game. A stark contrast to NE who had Brady and Amendola put the team on their backs to produce the W even when they generally played poorly. It was encouraging to me to hear some of the players (S Johnson, K Williams) specifically reject that anything good had come from the game. However, I would've liked the coach to address it in the press conference to set a clear expectation for everybody that playing pretty well and losing is not acceptable in any way.