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Mooreman was mentioned twice: People, hew as not "terrible," he was intentionally punting the ball away from the most dangerous return man in the NFL. . . . A 30 yard punt that goes out of bounce on the side is much better than a 50 yard punt that gets run back into the end zone. Granted, maybe a few could go longer, but if you're gong to miss on them, miss outside, never inside the hash marks --- and that is what he did today.

agreed!

But it was the booth that overturned the call on the field--the replacement refs had it right, again, how was there enough evidence to reverse that call ??????

with the RBs going down, we need him ... time to start contributing

would like to see a few deep throws, at least to show it ... but, this game really didn't call for it

I saw that the Bills gave up a sack, but couldn't recall where it was. In looking at the game thread, the fumble was called a sack (first, it should not have been ruled a fumble, how they could overturn that? It deserves an explanation). Anyhow, Fitz was not touched on the play, how can it be credited for a sack? Am I missing something here? In the big picture, not a big deal -- but for the pride of the offensive line, it is a big deal. Real Stat: 3 games = 0 Sacks given up by this line, and another solid running game (139 yards) out of them, even without the #1 and #1A backs!

I "hope" Bradham plays a big role for us today and all season, "I think" as in, "I know" .... well, not so fast my friend

LUGUBRIOUS . . . the name of my aunt's fifth husband, he was of Italian decent.

Dick Jauron is a good man, and a good football coach. Charismatic? No! But, as he hints to in the blogger interview, he was also smart enough to know that he didn't have the personnel to win in the NFL --- particularly, in the AFC East Division when the Patriots were having their way with everyone. The Point: Time has shown that the he didn't have the people needed to win. Coaches are only as smart as their players are good. For DJ, he didn't have "the right tools in the tool box" to get the job done in Buffalo. Now he should take some blame for that, as I'm sure he had a say in picks like Maybin and Hardy, (oh, and who was that D-Linemen we selected late in the first round--cut last year?) etc., but in the end, they had a fine collection of 7-9 talent for three years, and just couldn't figure out how to go above that level . . . hopefully, the regime has that figured out.

The Polyanna side of this stat: If he gets back to some level of competency, just think how good our offense will be . . . we might lead the league in scoring TDs, maybe we could be the best in the Red Zone, and to cap it off, if we can start running the ball, we might lead the league in that too! Oh, wait ???? Go figure? ... as Mark Twain said, there are lies, damn lies, and statistics. Well, so far the stats say a lot of good things, hopefully the realities will align with those stats soon. I do think the offense has potential, but clearly Fitz has to play better.

It all worked out, with a little draft-day trading magic - we got that guy in the 3rd round

Eagles are probably calling Orchard Park as we speak ... they are down to five healthy o-lineman, it got so bad today that D. Bell got to play for awhile

I don't drink, but you guys enjoy for me

What des PSU have to do with this ?????

In the words of Dave Hester .... YUUUPP!

I watched the last two minutes, and wanted to choke that Arizona back, and why do you call a pitch-out on the play to begin with? Anyhow, p[oetic justice when he shanked it .... a good day for the Bills, would get better if the Steelers would wake up.

I'm not a huge Jerry Sullivan fan, but he nailed it with this one: Pressure Growing on Gailey to produce wins As I watched the game last week, and saw the Bills get out-coached and out-played, I sat their wondering: "Does our coaching staff have a clue?" I hope they do, I want to believe they do, but today's game will be a huge test: time to do something different . . . let's see if they do. Your thoughts?

I think the soft coverage--keep them in front of you philosophy--is all predicated on the assumption that you are going to generate a pass rush and cause the QB to hurry and force things. The whole plan/strategy goes out the door when there is no rush! no pressure! and that is exactly what happened last week. Until there is a legitimate pass rsh and pressure on the QB, it really doesn't matter what scheme the DBs and LBs are playing. To me, the lack of meaningful production by the highly touted D-Line was by far the most disappointing outcome of this game. The blame is being placed in the wrong place . . . yes, better play out of the LBs and DBs is certainly needed, but it all starts up front, and the "up front" guys didn't get it done last week."

have fun, you might even get a cameo on national TV . . . of course, no one will no its you because your head will be covered with a bag -- hmmm? the logic of sporting a bag at a professional sporting event ????

I'll have to say, this is really the first time I have been terribly frustrated with Fitz. We've always known what we had, a good game manager when he's at his best . . . yesterday, he was a game changer, in the worst possible way. HOWEVER, that only masked what we have chosen to ignore, the signs were there in the preseason, and it really showed under the bright lights yesterday -- for all the hype, the defense is still not that good. Its hard to figure, they were decent against the run, but generated no pass rush at all, and the d-backs were almost non-existent in pass coverage. Hard to figure what's going on there ????

I'm sure he traded for Kurt Cousins as soon as the 1:00 games were over.

no, not at all!

yeap! fumble at the most inopportune times . . . but he did look good running the ball today: that's a positive

Yes, Fitz was bad . . . but the biggest disappointment to me was the defense. In the end, we did score 28 points, even with the turnovers, that should keep you in the game. No pressure, no creativity, and receivers running wide-open all day long.

Lost in the three turnovers by the offense, is the fact the defense has been terrible--not one threat of the Jets QB's .... and thus, the DB's have been getting roasted!