vincec

This is awesome. He certainly looks like he'll fit in with the Bills.

Pass rush was fine. If they had gotten any sort of remotely decent coverage in the secondary it would've looked even better. Washington didn't blow many assignments on blitzes so it took two or three of seconds for the rushers to get to the QB. That's all their receivers needed to get wide open. Pass protection wasn't that bad either. Kolb made it look bad by continuously panicking during all pass plays. Running game was bad. Spiller made some plays on his own early but the other less talented players were stonewalled. Absolutely no holes. Run defense was terrible. No penetration. DL got pushed back. Cutback lanes were wide open. Poor tackling. The gamut really. All in all it looked VERY similar to last year's team except with worse QB play.

Kolb is The Cooler. His new nickname.

This is depressing. What are the chances of beating New England with Tuel, Lienert or Beck at QB? Maybe Manuel comes back but I doubt it. They CAN'T rush him. He's got to be 100% healthy with a full week of practice. This would be his first NFL start after all and they don't want to get him crushed right out of the gate.

Let me see how they look vs the Pats in week 1, then I'll tell you.

Chan says that he's had coaching offers (as an assistant I assume) but he is "sitting 2013 out" http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2013/1/22/3892690/chan-gailey-sitting-out-2013

What in the world makes you think that the players are any good? What have they produced? How many good defenses have they been a part of? What are their statistics that stand out? Do you have any evidence at all that they are good except your opinion? Is it because many of them are high draft picks? That doesn't mean anything. As many high draft picks fail as succeed. Bashing Wanny and praising Pettine is easy but last year on this same board they were praising Wanny. It's what they do on the field that counts. That's the point.

First if was all Edwards fault. Then it was all Wannstedt's fault. If they stink under Pettine will it FINALLY be time to blame the players?

Nice. 5 threads on the same subject in 5 minutes. A record?

How about I let Coach Marrone explain it to you: "The problem I have is again a lot of it is how he comes back and again there goes the variable thing, when he comes back, did he miss time? No one ever really start off where they left off." In other words, he will need time after he returns to get back into form. So if he can't practice until the week of the Pats game then how can he possibly be ready by game time?

Just so I'm clear, you guys think that the Bills will name a rookie QB who has played in 3Q total of preseason games, is coming off an injury and hasn't practiced in two+ weeks the starter for week one? Right.

He is missing all the practice time for three weeks plus 3Q minimum of game time vs starting opposition. That represents as much game time as he has to date. So yes, it's significant despite attempts to minimize it. It may not mean much over the course of his career, but he will certainly not be ready for game 1.

A serious response to the OP would be that his play improved the more he played. He was playing backups by that point but so was EJ. What he needs are reps and he'll get them now. He's not a long term solution but he will almost certainly be the guy for game 1.

Well, it's Kolb's team now for better or worse. We'll probably see Manuel again a few weeks into the season. Manuel needs all the reps he can get to get ready. They would never "shut him down" like this unless there is something to it. Given his lack of practice time it'll be Kolb for week one (unless he is hurt too). Maybe Manuel comes on after a few games when he has a chance to get back into things.

It was the play he got sacked. I saw him hobbling off and at the time thought it might be an ankle.

Honestly, what has Rogers shown that would lead you to believe that he is worth keeping? Maybe practice squad but even that is no lock IMO.

It would take some gonads to go into the season with two rookie QBs, including one UDFA, but I don't entirely disagree. Personally, I would keep 3 QBs.

Rogers is going to be cut. Whether he makes it to the practice squad remains to be seen. I hear that Sampson has looked good as well and may be practice squad competition for him.

It was actually three. The first off the side of his foot for 19 yards and then the next two into the end zone when he was trying to put them down inside the 20. Three terrible punts.

I think Marrone will name Manuel as the starter going into the Redskin game and play him the entire half. I think that the real battle is between Kolb and Tuel for the backup spot. Kolb still has the edge IMO, but I think that this may tighten up as we roll on.

I'm just glad that the Bills aren't the ones making excuses for a change.

The Vikes game will be an important test to evaluate where the Bills are in their development, especially their run defense. Unless of course they lose, in which case it's just a pre-season game that means nothing and the Bills will just "flip the switch" once the season starts.

I'm all for fairness and giving everyone a chance but let's be honest, everyone knows that Manuel will be the starter week one unless he get's hurt or totally poops his pants in the next three games. That was pretty much guaranteed once the coaching staff watched Manuel during the first few of weeks of camp. This "competition" seems like a bit of a charade to me.

Speaking of overrated, look up the statistics for the Bills pass defense during the years the great Winfield was at CB.

Well, once he saw the injury to Butler he had to modify his prediction.