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Your boys Buddy and Chan cut Levi Brown, bro. I think that takes him out of QB of the Future conversations.

A thing of beauty? I mean, it was nice, but it was 100% blown coverage (as acknowledged by Edwards), so essentially it was just a huge defensive blunder that handed us a touchdown. I liked it and stuff, don't get me wrong. Edwards could have thrown the ball inaccurately, or Parrish could have dropped it, so those two things are pretty good. But really, it wasn't a thing of beauty. I have a hard time rating two catches for 35 yards (when one was a blown coverage) as a weapon that truly needs to be accounted for by fearful defenses.

If that wasn't an "F" game, I don't know what was. Well, that Browns game from last year was worse. But I think there can be room for multiple "F" performances. Corners did play great - they are truly the strength of this team. Even though Whitner didn't make any great plays, he has at least embraced a desire to hit hard and finish tackles. D-Line was marginal, not an F, but hard to grade them at much better than a D. Linebackers are a full out trainwreck. Watching Chris Kelsay have to cover people and play in space makes me want to kick a puppy. Trent was as bad as I've ever seen, and he's been very bad for a very long time. Dolphins corners have both hands on two sure fire interceptions-for-touchdown and drop them. That'd make even the last couple Trent fanboys see the light. O-Line fail. Running back fail. F.

How is it that other teams can be more successful than the Bills with poor offensive line play? Hint: Better quarterbacks. I still contend that you can judge a man pretty well by observing how he handles himself under pressure. Watch the reply of Trent's face during that last possession. Tell me that you didn't see fear, uncertainty, and self-doubt in his eyes. Have you EVER seen Peyton Manning carry himself like that? Ever see Tom Brady afraid to throw the ball? Have you ever seen a champion look so afraid of the clutch moments? Come on now. Doesn't get any more apparent, whether we're fishin' buddies or not.

I fail to see how completing one pass for 10 yards is LESS likely to happen than taking a safety, free kicking, holding the opponent's offense on 3 running plays with a sieve-like run defense, forcing a punt, and taking possession of the ball in similar (but perhaps slightly better) field position with 30 seconds or less on the clock with zero timeouts needing a touchdown to win. But this is the Buffalo Bills led by Trent Edwards, so really, hoping for an asteroid to strike the earth was probably a better bet than Edwards completing a 10 yard throw under pressure. Pretty much screwed either way, I suppose.

I predict that we'll get an education in the importance of having an elite quarterback on your team above all else. Note BTW, that the Packers offensive line was terrible last year, and yet by virtue of elite quarterbacking, the Packers were still a very good playoff team on the rise. I also predict that people will still fail to understand this underlying truth of the NFL, and insist we continue to ignore the most important position in all organized sports this off season.

I was watching the Eagles/Redskins game and not paying super close attention and noticed that the Eagles left tackle mauled someone trying a bull rush and literally crumbled him to the ground. Without thinking, I asked my buddy if he saw it and who their stud LT was. Took about a half second to realize that I had made myself unhappy.

I too would love to see this as some sort of premium channel or something.

You don't need to talk to and develop a personal relationship with a professional athlete to get some sort of license to critique their apparent will to win or lack thereof. Throughout the history of sport, we've held athletes in the highest esteem when they have that intrinsic passion and drive to succeed at all costs. You look at a competitor like Peyton Manning and you can get an almost palpable feel for his tireless drive and desire to excel above all others. You can watch legends of the game like Jim Brown or Walter Payton and _FEEL_ their passion. Saying you need to know an athlete personally to judge this is absurd. Can you honestly say that you felt ANYTHING other than fear and self-doubt coming from Trent when he refused to even TRY to throw the ball down field as time expired on a game that he trailed in by less than a touchdown? But sure, me and Trent aren't buds. I'm sure he's a tireless competitor with an iron will and laser-like focus, and it only LOOKS like he's a timid little lamb on Sunday.

I'm no super expert on offensive line protections, but I was always under the impression that, when faced with two men to block, the offensive lineman should choose to block the inside man in an attempt to prevent the pocket from collapsing and providing the better chance for success on the play. I.e. block the inside rusher so your QB can hopefully step up into the pocket. Based on that, it seemed to me that Bell wasn't to blame. But either way, both the o-line and quarterback are really, really bad and of sub-standard talent. On that particular play, I read it as Edwards seeing the blitz, but not really being aware enough to do anything about it.

Except that even in golf, when someone is trying to make a long putt in a key situation, the crowd stands up in anticipation. Part of what made that Cowboys game so exciting and memorable (and I was there for it) was that the crowd was so into the game and intensely anticipating every play. There is no coincidence that people were standing throughout. Seriously, if you think you might not be physically able or willing to stand for an hour and a half at a time, sitting in the lower field-level seating at an NFL game might not be the place for you. And really, it isn't even for a full hour and a half - I'd imagine you'd be free to sit and rest during the ample times-out that the NFL builds into their game schedules. But complaining that people get so excited and compelled by the action that they stand in anticipation is just silly. And likening it to being literally vomited upon is a feeble grasp at straws. Wanting to be intensely involved in the action and passion of a live NFL game doesn't make you inconsiderate, a drunk, classless, rude, or any of the other polite name-calls that the "sitters" have lobbed at the "standers".

If you need to have a personal relationship with professional athletes in order to judge whether you love or hate having them on your team, it'd pretty much make sports in general pretty dumb, and a message board like this completely useless. I don't have a personal hatred for Trent Edwards, and I wish no ill will upon him in his personal life, but I hate having him on my team, I hate watching him try to play the quarterback position in the NFL, and I hate watching him get scared and fail.

You mean there are actually Bills fans out there that are still willing to stomach Trent Edwards' obviously inadequate performances?! "Trent haters" implies that there must be "Trent lovers" - I find this notion difficult to imagine.

That's the guy you want as the face of your franchise? My god, what a disgrace. "We're excited!" "I'm not sure that we got C.J. going well enough." I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've watched Trent Edwards very closely during his time in Buffalo. You can see it in his eyes, you can read it in his body language. You can see it before the games on the sidelines just WATCHING him. Trent Edwards doesn't give a damn about winning or losing. He is a flat-lined, this-is-my-job kind of person who cares about himself first, last, and always. There is absolutely no putting the team first with this guy. Just look at how he'll turtle up at the end of games and won't even TRY to throw the ball down field knowing that is the only chance (slim, granted) of victory. He just wants to preserve himself, his stats, and his image. How many more chances do we have to give this guy before he is finally out of his "one more chance"? And don't give me this "the offensive line stinks" bullcrap. There are plenty of quarterbacks who play behind bad offensive lines and don't look HUMILIATINGLY awful. Heck, Jay Cutler has maybe a worse o-line in Chicago, but at least he throws the ball down the field. You realize that Trent Edwards has never had a single 300-yard passing performance, right? It's a joke. Give me a guy who will at least TRY, over this same tired-ass scared checkdown turtle humiliating baby bull ****. It's a man's game. Give me someone who isn't afraid to fail, and maybe, just maybe we'll get this franchise out of the gutter.

Guess if the standing gets to be too much, you can always enjoy the game from your couch. Football is exciting. People like to stand and scream and yell and high-five and stuff. Major exciting events like concerts and sporting events lead people to want to stand up to heighten the intensity of the experience. I believe there is also seating with enhanced accessibility at the Ralph for those with disability or for those who are unable to use the traditional seating. But yeah, get off my lawn you dagum kids!

One of the ugliest in recent memory? Seemed like exactly what my recent memory remembered from that offense. We can only wish that they only happened "every now and then". More accurately, it is a competent looking game that happens once in a blue moon.

LOL. Trent Edwards is going to be awesome with Chan The Man at the helm. HAHAHAHAHA. Pathetic stuff, sorry Kool Aid drinkers, the national pundits were unfortunately correct. Go Bills!

Mr. English Guy is the same guy that gets all huffy and spazzes out whenever that Alanis Morrisette song 'Ironic' comes on. "Oh, my, god. Does she even KNOW what the word 'ironic' MEANS?!"

Call me crazy, but I kind of like it when the players think they are going to win.

But I even used paragraphs and spaced things out for your comfort It really isn't all that many words, I promise. Edit: Not sure I buy the "not enough time to read" thing when you are on the Bills Message Board in the first place

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/4568/compr.jpg Who needs to be most careful about their bangs?

??????????????????? Please share the good news with the group! I'm under the impression that Ralph has no succession plan and the team will be auctioned off upon his death (which, by the very nature of death, has never been sooner) since he doesn't want to saddle his kids with the estate taxes (since they are soon to kick back in). But I'd postulate that the stability of the franchise does play a factor in how many season ticket holders a team has. If after this year we were to find out that next year will be their last year in Buffalo, I'd expect season ticket numbers to decline. Just wild speculation though. It's probably mostly because they stink and are boring and don't have any star players tho

Good: Three sacks for Maybin. The Bills make me wanna shout. Two Edwards touchdowns, no doubt. Bad: Oh and four? Oh crap. This can only mean one thing: Bring on the blackouts.

Props for the Keith Jackson reference - "Whoa nellie!". I like Gus Johnson, bit over the top sometimes, but he really has the chance of saying something memorable. As much as I hate to admit it, Troy Aikman does a very solid job as an analyst.

Man, most people here must not really frequent other message boards across the Internet if you think this is trolling. Must not be a super web-savvy crowd here or something. But yeah, I too was in the stands when news of Tom Brady's injury spread across the crowd. It was a very, very tangible thing, and was pretty awesome to experience. The place was electric. Old ladies high-fiving drunken youngsters and general pandemonium. The whole, "I don't want another human being to suffer pain!" is such a disingenuous thing to say. Frankly, that is what people say who don't really give a lot of deep thought to issues of morality. Football is a violent game. There is a weekly injury report. All players freely and openly acknowledge these risks each and every time they step on the field. Pop Warner players acknowledge this. High school players acknowledge this. College players acknowledge this. Only the professional athlete is actually compensated for this risk of injury. It is as much a part of the game as the referees and the goalposts. To liken it to a "regular Joe" getting hit by a car or assaulted by another person merely shows a lack of understanding and common sense. Teams constantly look for a competitive edge. Coaches ABSOLUTELY preach the value of hitting the opposing players in such a way that they are rendered unable to continue in the game. Players don't sell out their own bodies for the hard hit because it makes you on the couch hoot and holler - they do it to prevent their opponent from being able to continue. Everyone here will cheer when Chad Henne gets crushed by Aaron Maybin (LOL) on Sunday. You'll want him to blast that clown into next week. But noooooooo, we don't want anyone to get hurt playing football. It's just a game! We want to beat them at full strength! But yet anyone who knows a lick about football will preach the value of winning the physical battles. The value of physically dominating your opponent. To lay the big hits. To make them FEAR coming over the middle for fear of being carted off. But in a totally non-violent, never-injure-them kind of way. Come on now, come to grips with the reality of the situation and stop spouting that tired rhetoric. I want the Bills players to pound the Dolphins into the ground. I want Marcus Stroud to pick up Ricky Williams and pile-drive him into next week. I want to see the little Tweety Birds flying around his head. I want him out of there. I want them to ALL have to sit in an ice bath after the game for a month. Do I want Chad Henne to be paralyzed for life? Of course not. Comparing this discussion to that is a Godwin's Law moment. These guys are playing a violent game of their own free will and volition, and might I say are compensated quite nicely for the physical risk. I want my team to win the physical battles. I want the opposing players sitting on the sidelines, unable to continue, knowing that they just got trucked by a Buffalo Bill.