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so why isn't Drew throwing to Shelton as the outlet on the play? Instead of freezing up and taking the sack.

Since the Bills acquired Bledsoe and needed to protect him, Teflon Tom should have traded down from #4 and taken Roy William, John Henderson or Dwight Freeney and then taken Mike Pearson in the 2nd round to play LT. Pearson played in a pass happy offense at Flordia and has shown he is much better at pass protection than MW.

you should have traded Griffin after week 1 and picked up Tatum Bell is Pittman available on your waiver wire?

hey - it's not his fault. oh wait - that's Drew's excuse.

Here's an interesting spin on the Ricky caper. With that mess of an OL and no QB, maybe Ricky has some underlying motives. Although that 1 year suspension is still troublesome. Williams Could Be Free Agent Read Full Article at http://www.charlotte.com The Dolphins might win the right to collect $8.6 million from retired running back Ricky Williams, but lose the rights to him in the process. A Miami bankruptcy attorney and a former agent both said Thursday that if Williams were to file bankruptcy he could become a free agent, and the Dolphins could end up with nothing from Williams but a small percentage of the $8.6 million the Dolphins are seeking. Miami would be unable to keep him on the team or even trade him in the future. Miami attorney Jim Fierberg went so far as to call the strategy "brilliant." "It's a pretty fascinating way for him to get free agency," Fierberg said. "I like that idea, but it's not without risk." The risk is that Williams might lose all assets except one of his Florida homes. But he might lose that anyway if the Dolphins get the right to seize his assets. Scott Helfand, a former agent who once represented Dolphins punter Reggie Roby, went so far as to suggest the idea to Bruce Tollner, one of Williams' agents. "I talked to Bruce Wednesday night and, when I told him, he was shocked," said Helfand, who used the idea of a bankruptcy filing in 1993 to encourage the Dolphins to cut Roby. "He said he was going to call the NFL Players Association right away." Tollner, a partner of agent Leigh Steinberg, declined to comment on the possibility of a bankruptcy filing. However, he said that his agency is "considering all the options." The Dolphins and NFLPA attorney Richard Berthelsen also declined to comment. There might not be too many options if the Dolphins continue on their current path. The NFL and Dolphins received an expedited hearing Tuesday in front of arbitrator Richard Bloch. Bloch said he expects to reach a ruling by Monday or Tuesday on the rights of the Dolphins to enforce the clauses in their contract with Williams. Those clauses allow the team to recoup the $8.6 million, including $5.3 million in incentives paid the past two years and $3.3 million in remaining prorated signing bonus paid by New Orleans in 1999. In this case, however, Williams might be able to at least get out of what now is an onerous contract situation. Aside from having to possibly repay the Dolphins, Williams is under contract for another three years, two of those years at potentially minimum salary. In the 1993 Roby situation, at least one member of the Dolphins' front office wanted to fight Roby in bankruptcy court. But after doing research, coach Don Shula decided to waive Roby. Helfand said the Dolphins "freaked" when he and Kaspar approached them about releasing or trading Roby because filing for bankruptcy was an option for them. "From what I understand, they got on the phone with the NFL right away and it was a concern league-wide because it would obviously be a bad precedent for the league," he said.

you should actually go to the site and review the info. In computing his stats, he counts sacks in his # of attempts because it was a failed pass play. Based on historical info, net passing yard differnetial is a very good, objecctive baromoeter of predicting success on the field. It also supports MMs goal of establishing a strong running game which will lead to big plays and scores from play action passes. Although the defense is producing at playoff caliber level, the offense is clearly the problem. No big plays, very little scoring, lose the game. And a big part of the lack of scoring and big plays is due to the Bledsoe Factor.

that's not a problem down in Florida. Stopping at stop lights is optional

Our entire offensive philosophy, including the OL, is hindered by the Bledsoe Factor. Our run game is poor because other teams are free to blitz to stop the run on every play. This is worse than team's playing eight in the box because they are shooting the gaps to blow up runs behind the line. If a play happens to be a pass, then the blitzer continues up the middle where he knows he will find Drew. Our OL is fighting an uphill battle when we run and pass the ball. Our run game will improve dramatically as soon as our QB makes some plays, scores some points and forces the defense to call off the constant blitzing. If its a

Man, you make it sound like Drew can't produce any more. That can't be. None of this is his fault! But don't worry, Drew still has 3 years left on his extended contract to prove you wrong.

The OL and running game are much worse than they really are due to the Bledsoe Factor. Teams do blitz on eery play with the intent to stuff the run. If the bills do pass, the blitzers just continue up the middle where they know they will find Drew patting the ball. There is no fear of blitzing because Drew can not make a big play to make them pay. No other OL in the league puts up with such abuse on a continuous basis due to the total lack of respect for the QB. Even raw rookie QBs will hit a play once in a while.

Drew should be pissed. None of this is his fault!

The record may be better, but that doesn't change how ineffective Bledsoe has been. Losing these games may actually force MM to address the problems caused by teh Bledsoe Factor and not have them masked by Ws.

Many of the so-called "coverage" sacks are because Drew is so gun-shy that he won't throw the ball until the WR has a 5 yard cushion. Drew needs to throw the ball on the WR break when the WR has position on the CB. Even on the come back routes that he has completed, he has waited far too long to throw the ball.

there is no OL in the league that is subjected to pressure and blitzes on every play like teh Bills are. Teams blitz specifically to stuff the run because they have no fear they will be burned if they guess wrong and it is a pass. They just continue throught the run gaps vbecause they know where to find Drew, know that he won't escape, and know that there is almost no chance that Drew will beat them with a big play. Even teams with raw rookies aren't disrepected as much as the Bills O with Drew at QB. Until drew makes a few big plays, the OL will continue to be pummelled and the run and pass games will suffer. Drew may not block or run the ball, but he definitely has a big influence on how other teams play defense against the Bills. call it the Bledsoe Factor

The single most meaningful independent statistic in pro football is Yards Per Pass Attempt Differential. This is the difference between a team's yards per pass gained on offense minus the same statistic yielded on defense. Through Week 2, the Bills are middle of the pack. (See http://he.net/~budsport/pub/killer-o.php) However, closer examination shows that the defense is rated at #6, but he offense is down at #23, averaging 5.3 yards per pass attempt. This is even lower than Drew's medicore historical numbers. This reinforces the fact that Drew has not made many plays to make defenses pay for non-stop blitzing to stop the run and pass.

yeah- tell Parcells that Vinny is too old to play QB at age 40+

Usually there is a risk with the blirtz that the QB will complete a pass downfield creating a big play. Drew hasn't done it. Until he does it, teams will blitz at will, disrupting both the running game and the passing game.

Must have been a really long time, because Bledsoe had enough time to go the sidelines to discuss the play.

To clarify why the Bledsoe factor makes it easy for D coordiantors. The D does not care if it is a pass or a run. They can blitz fearlessly specificaly to stuff the run on every play. If the play happens to be a pass, they know where Drew is because he can't move. They have no fear of the play being a pass because Drew is totally incapable of making the defense pay for its arrogance with a big play. Just has crippled the entire offensive philosophy, even though he may have a decent completion percentage on some meaningless passes. Conceded that the WR need to hang onto all the passes in order to maximize the possibility for plays, but it all starts with Drew.

that's not true. last game, he called one with 10 seconds left in the 3rd quarter with plenty of time on the play clock, instead of letting the quarter run out. Then they lined up and the quarter ended before they ran a play.

I think the issue is a failure of understanding the terminology. By "short" passing game, Drew incorrectly thought the coaches were referring to the midget kids he worked out with in the off-season- as evidenced by his tendency to throw the ball at everyone's ankles on outlet passes this season. Once this misunderstanding is cleared up, Drew will return to his Hall of Fame form.

that's easy. Gilbride is the fall guy for all that went wrong last year.

Drew needs to step up. That's why he is paid $8.75 mil this year. that is also why Drew draws flak from many - production is no way close to his cost.

Can't understand your argument. Playing Losman is bad because he is a rookie. But your plan for short term success is to treat our hall of Fame QB who is paid almost $9 mil like an inexeperienced, untalented rookie by running the ball so he doesn't cause sacks or turnovers. How is it worse to play anybody other than Drew?

because it's not Drew's fault