vincec

Protect him for what? I don't see how he can be in their plans for next year.

Great photo. Adonis at the peak of his physical powers... perhaps the pinnacle evening of his life.

I have no doubt that Perry Fewell wants to win right now to try and make the best impression around the league for a possible HC position. If he thought that Steve Johnson could help the Bills win, he would be on the field. He is not trying to evaluate players or develop them for the next coach, nor should he be. Same with Hardy and Maybin. These guys are obviously not the best options right now. Frankly, I haven't seen anything in their brief appearance that would lead me to think they could do anything.

Too bad he didn't say DT. Stroud's production has been very spotty this year. Maybe injuries and age catching up to him. Johnson is really best as a rotational player so I think the Bills should be looking at a DT on the first day. OL, DE, DT.

I am mostly in agreement with zonabb. I haven't spent $1 on any professional sport except hockey since I moved from Buffalo many years ago. You listed most of the reasons in your post including the most important one: I need the money more than Ralph Wilson does. I follow the team as 1) mindless entertainment and 2) to give me something to talk with my buddies about. The only reason I've paid for the occasional hockey game is because my wife is a fan and it's a fun night out, but I assure you it's rare.

I'm not a really a Losman fan but I partially agree with this. If Losman had solid NFL coaching in a proven system (say like under Shanahan or Holmgren) he could've developed into a journeyman type QB (aka Brian Griese or Jake Plummer). As it is, he's scrambling to even play in the NFL. Same with Edwards... That's why I think getting a good coach, OC and line to play behind has to be step #1- before another QB is drafted.

Huh? Did you mean aren't aimed at Kelly leaving at all? If so, then what are they aimed at? It sounds like he is very bitter about the coach leaving, going so far as to call him a liar.

Here's the reaction from the team: "I don't like it," said Gilyard, the Big East's top receiver and kick returner. "I feel there was a little lying in the thing. I feel like he'd known this the whole time. Everybody knows Notre Dame's got the money. I kind of had a gut feeling he was going to stay just because he told me he was going to be here." and "Just blindsided by the fact that it's a business," Gilyard said. "People lose sight of that. At the end of the day, NCAA football is a business. People have got to make business decisions."

There are typically two sides to every situation, but you are pretty close to correct here. Kelly owes it to the players he recruited and coached for all of these games to be there for them in the biggest game of their season and, for most of them, their entire football careers. To say anything else shows a lack of understanding as to what being a coach and leader is about. I sure wouldn't send my kids to play for him...

You make some decent points here, but I really disagree with your assessment of Langston Walker. He was a mediocre RT. He was weak in the running game and a pretty good pass protector for a RT. That kind of player is not worth what the Bills were paying him. The way I read things, the Bills basically said that if Walker is going to stay on this team at what he is getting paid then it's going to be at LT. He failed (partly because of his attitude, IMO), and was cut. I think that Butler would've done just as well, if not better at RT. Hopefully, we'll see next year.

Phillips should have agreed to fire his special teams coach (who stunk) and stayed with Buffalo. He would've had a job for life under Wilson.

If that was true then the Bills would have a far better pass rush. That's step 1 to stopping the passing game. Teams that are built to stop the pass don't allow NE to score twice in the final 3:30 of the game.

You must be joking. ND is the national media darling. Kellen Moore (Boise State) and Tony Pike (Cincinnati) have comparable statistics but you don't see any threads about them... and their teams are undefeated! They're not in the press cycle like the ND qb. Think of all the recent highly touted QBs to come out of ND... Rick Mirer, Ron Powlus, Brady Quinn. How have they fared?

Be careful being to high on ND players. They get a lot of press and attention because of their national TV exposure.. much more that they deserve in most cases. If Clausen was on different team with NDs record, no one would be talking about him the way that they are now.

Williams is delusional. The reason the Bills are losing is because they have substantially less talent that most of the teams they play, especially at the key positions of QB, OL and DL. They play hard, try and win games with heart and opposition turnovers but that's a formula that doesn't work against good teams, hence the Bills record against opponents with a winning record. Who is the last winning team that they have defeated? I think that last years draft was pretty strong. The Bills need another strong draft and must find a QB to start truly being competitive.

The interior guys are busy trying to get penetration on every play, runs included. That can leave big holes for the LBs to fill, especially against zone blocking schemes. On one play, I saw Kyle Williams get 3 yards into the backfield only to have the RB cut right up into the hole he vacated and go for 10 yds. The other linemen and LBs need to fill those gaps but haven't been able to do so. At least his ability to get upfield has helped him pressure the QB and make a few plays in the backfield. That's better than Stroud or Johnson have been able to do.

Leadership is usually the big one.

Pretty much my thinking as well. I suppose that you could say that Levitre and Wood both have potential and have shown flashes of good play throughout the year. Being that they are rookies, there's a reasonable chance that one or both of them will develop into solid NFL lineman in the next year or two. Everyone else on the other hand...

... and that's good night.

It might as well be 77 miles.

One more 1st down and it's curtains.

fg

wtf was that.

Parrish loses 2 yards on the return. He has regressed so badly it's scary...

Rats.