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Well....um....upon review it may well be a word....like...um...staycation is a word...so don't tase me man....oh, and my last little piece of advice...um..to you... is why use a big word when a diminutive one will do?

Thread wise, this is about the most realistic post. Levi was brutal Saturday. The OL didn't make him make the poor choice on the pick and the two minute drill could well be one of the worst recorded. It's early, but he has a huge uphill battle to make this team.

Sorry, but that's not the right answer. When you are tens of millions under the cap, just did a salary dump to get further under the cap, you don't expose your QB to harm for sake of some veteran depth. Urbik has had a brutal camp. Maybe he's a prospect but he couldn't see the field on a bad Pittsburgh OL and I don't want to lose our QB to guy who's on-the-job training begins with not getting pushed around and turned around every other play. They tried to get Clabo, good. Just because it was a swing and a miss doesn't mean you stop there. One injury on this line and it's a lost year of little progress for the sake of some quality depth. You can still build through the draft, but filling in some key positions is just smart management (Like replacing Poz) so I got to believe we are not going into this season with Urbik starting at RG and Wang/Wrotto our next two choices at OT.

This. Can't say it better.

Hey Soggy, Pretty damn funny. I particularly liked the use of "irregardless" which of course is not a word. But it capped off a morning that was full of p*ssing and moaning about Lee Evans.

Or...actually sign a player who is a starter and not soley rely on waiver wire acquistions. We have have five waiver-wire guys on the OL and two of them start. The other three are key back-ups. Building an OL based on waivers is not a commitment to building a line, it's throwing bodies at positions and hope one sticks. Great teams usually have great trenches. One can only hope Buddy is waiting for a team to make a salary cap cut or to cut a deal with a team for some quality RG and at least some OT depth. Urbik is a project, Wrotto and Howard are JAGS and Pears is adequate. Depth behind Bell doesn't exist. The drafted guys are either not ready or not any good (read Wang). It's a damn shame to pull the best center we have in 11 years because our RG is so brutal. If we can spend $4 mil a year on a gadget/wildcat guy who plays a handful of downs, why not spend some of the coin we are saving with the Lee Evans dump on a quality starting RG who plays every offensive down?

I believe this to be accurate. Engine condiments never seem productive, much like Kelsay at OLB.

Point taken. It was disturbing to see them pound the ball on us. If it happens again next week I'll be concerned.

Not a stretch because he does. He's been dreadful in TC and was brutal last night. When you build a line by the waiver wire you get what you pay for.

He's had a brutal camp. Sign a true starter now and let the guy "develop" without killing Fitz or having Spiller met at the handoff. He didn't see the field in Pittsburgh because he's not good enough.

Troup will be fine. He got some double teams and pushed the pocket. He's not a penetrator. Nice batted down pass. The club on his hand didn't help. Tough to shed blocks with that thing on.

Agree. By my count we have 5 waiver wire pick ups on the OL...two of them are starting and three are primary backups. That's not investing in your OL. It's plugging bodies into positions that are not that important to you. If we can drop $4 mil a year on a gadget guy for crissakes get a real starting OG and some depth player on the OL in here.

Kraig Urbik is not a starting OG in this league. How can a guy that big be so consistently out muscled and pushed around? Pears actually held his own but Urbik needs to go.

I think Thigpen will become franchise qb who will prove to be so incredibly mobile that we will longer need an offensive line, thus validating the FO's OL strategy of benign neglect. Genius really.

I just as soon keep Lee. His cap hit is small and he will make Stevie better. That said, if Lee goes, younger guys get to step up. It's not like our OT's will give Fitz time to toss deep anyway.

Bad poll. I agree with Dorkington, need less extremes. They will be mediocre. We can do better.

Because it's not very good. Folks here seem to be happy with adequate. Others want our line to dictate our offense and not to gimmick to hide deficiencies. I would love to see fewer question marks on this line (I count 3 of them) and see at leastl another solid OT and some depth.

You're the OL coach of the Bills aren't you? Hey, come on. This team has had putrid OL's for a decade now. You think Buddy has addressed the line by picking up an assortment of waiver wire and PS acquisitions - really? I get it that players improve. But we have three honest to God question marks on this line. Bill Belichek's book talks about Buffalo's "horsesh*t line" because that's what it has been. That they took a run at Clabo was good, but it didnt' work. The idea is still correct, we do not have quality and depth at these key positions. Maybe Wang will improve. Great. He's got a few weeks to be able to handle some big time NFL pass rushers. I'm just saying Buddy has had a year now to at least pick up one other solid starter to brace this OL. Having a one or two question marks is a lot better than what we have now, other teams cast offs and UDFA's who may "weigh a ton' but can't protect the passer or pave the way for a run game. And by the way, I'm not sure where all the Whitner/Maybin and other references made it into your response, but those criticisms didn't come from me. I just think our OL, as configured, is not very good and I stand by the statement.

So then, if we all agreed, we'd all be wrong?

I would agree with you, but we'd both be wrong .

Hey F'beardy. Thanks, but for those of us who don’t tweet....how about a mid-practice update?

Stock response for the 100th time. DON"T LISTEN TO DOPE AND THE LAPDOG AND YOU WON'T NEED A DOZEN THREADS ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY SUCK!!!!!!!!

At the end of the day, it's hard to escape the simple idea of signing at least one competent OT. Just one. Not even a star. Just a good starter. We have three question marks out of five players and zero depth at tackle. I love the team and support Channix and like what I see for the most part. But the unwillingness to address the OL is puzzlement - and it will kill us (hopefully not Fitz) this year. And if you all believe we'll be OK, or short passes and screens will disguise our bad line, I invite you to watch Ed Wang in practice. D.Bell goes down and that's what we have to step in. Sweet Jesus Buddy, do something.

I get your point and I get WEO's point as well. The thing I decided to try was to separate the Smith acquisition with my general disappointment about the lack of attention to the OL. I don't want a gimmick guy to disguise our lousy OL, I want a good, solid OL. But that said, Brad Smith is a weapon that I'm happy to have. Your breakdown of touches/yards is excellent and I too, would be pleased as Hell to see that kind of weekly production. So short story, I'm not going to take out on Smith, my disgust at our OL choices. I hope there remains time to bring in at least one starter at OT and some quality depth. Watching Wang in practice makes me yearn for Cornell Green for Chrissakes.

I know your point is well thought out and valid. And I'm far too old to be responding with anything other than reasoned acknowledgement of a good argument....but Screw Boston!