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Why would Peterman be cut Monday? Today was nothing compared to the Chargers last year or to the end of the Texans game and they didn't cut him then. Today also had lots of built in mulligans for Peterman as 2 INTs were nothing to do with him. As for Anderson he is possibly worse than Peterman, slower older and now post concussion. If you thought he sucked before , prepare yourself , Anderson has every possibility now of being EVEN WORSE. As for the alternatives? Barkley and possibly Pryor, they don't interest me whatsoever. They are both mediocre and both were cut for a reason.

The sad fact is the Bills have become too painful to watch. I thought it was getting that way last year but at least they won some games with TT. This current crew is utterly inept, undisciplined and boring. The lack of innovative coaching and talent accumulation has produced a team that looks by far the worst team in the league. I seriously believe that the Bills current offense would have great trouble scoring on several CFL and NCAA defenses. The only thing that salvaged my day was watching 2 real NFL teams, the Saints and Rams go at in a thriller. That is what football should be, highly skilled, well coached and brilliantly executed football. Watching the Bills, I had almost forgotten.

You would think Peterman of all people would be comfortable with a Hail Mary?!!

Peterman pick 6.

Yes and that possibility should be terrifying as well!!

The only reason that Peterman is still on the team is because he is a nice guy, clean character and a Christian. McD obviously still believes that he and Beane assessed Peterman properly last year and this preseason. They probably are dumbfounded by Peterman's lack of success when all the signs (to them at least) point to him being a good NFL player. They also probably feel that they owe it to him to give him yet another chance. McD probably blames himself for Peterman's shortcomings and feels its just a matter of time for Peterman to light it up out there. These feelings of course have no basis in reality and are killing the Bills chances at success. They also make McD and Beane look like complete fools, totally out of their depth at evaluation of talent and decision making. Sad fact is that you have to be ruthless in this league as a manager and having irrational sentiments about players because of faith or how nice they are is a recipe for disaster. To make matters worse they have exacerbated the problem with Peterman and the Josh Allen injury by bringing in only equally bad or worse alternatives to Peterman like Anderson and potentially Barkley because once again they have used the character criteria for evaluation. Why on earth bring Anderson here? He was old, washed up and was in no way going to be a mentor to Allen or Peterman. Now they bring in Barkley who has shown next to nothing in his NFL career to prove he can be a starting QB let alone a backup. A bunch of us got laughed at because we suggested bringing in Chad Kelly here. Who despite his character issues has at least not proven he is failure like Peterman, Anderson and Barkley have. There MAY be an upside to him perhaps But because he aint a downhome Christian there is no chance that happens.

Thought he was overrated in 2014 when the Bills with Orton at qb were defeated in a must win game at Oakland. The commentators that day were falling all over themselves to praise Carr but he looked average to me. In addition I thought that St.Doug's defense had completely blown that game. Last night he looked utterly horrendous. I don't think he ever recovered from that broken leg in 2016. I think that Gruden will trade him because unlike McD he doesn't care that Carr is a holy roller.

I really enjoyed Gregg's quote from his opening press conference in 2001 here when he boldly stated "this team right now can win the superbowl!!" and then he promptly went out and achieved a 3-13 record. He is a great defensive coordinator but a really bad HC.

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This is exactly right. When was the last time you saw one of our wide receivers fake a db out of his shoes? or even make them turn the wrong direction on a cut? They don't seem to be able to juke or double move in any deceptive way at all. Which is bizarre to me. Some of these guys have been playing the position for more than a decade from pop warner on, yet there is little in the way of expertise shown!

I'm already slipping into "Charlie Brown" mode. Yes this time I will kick the football Lucy is holding and this time Nate Peterman will finally light it up in a regular season NFL game!! I know its absolute madness that is descending on me!! A question though? who will back up Peterman? Pryor? Who is on the practice squad as well. Peterman has already been concussed in one game last season. This is an absolutely insane situation for a professional sports franchise to put themselves in!!

I was really glad to see Marv still looking well. Amazing for a 93 year old! Thurman looks like he could still play (and probably better than some people currently on the Bills).

Definitely not!! Manziel has had a very poor season in Montreal. He got concussed, only won 1 game and lost 6 as starting QB. His throwing ability and accuracy have suffered great in his absence from the game. Finally his vaunted escapability has diminished as well. I thought he might be a Flutie version 2.0 but he is nowhere near that in the CFL this year.

I've gone from excitement to despair and now anger these past 8 weeks. How in the hell can the Pegulas sit back and watch as these 2 clowns in charge of the Bills operate the team like they are feckless teenagers? Derek Anderson is an embarrassment to this franchise. He has no place whatsoever on this team or any other NFL team. Peterman should have been cut before the season started. No hope whatsoever on the O line. Terrible special teams (except for Hauschka). They pick a decent prospect in Allen then throw him to the wolves and get him hurt. Its one intensely stupid thing after another and we deserve so much better as fans.

Anderson looked very beleaguered out there and that last series took 2 punishing shots. I cant believe those wouldn't hurt like hell at 25, let alone at 35 . I wouldn't be surprised if he asked for his release from this horror show. Why would you risk your long term health for this garbage??

No, No Bills team has looked this illogical and irrational while building an offense at least since I have been watching (1979). Their plan makes no sense and they are now embarrassing the franchise with Anderson and Peterman.

This game has turned out just as I feared. We showed up on D but Anderson has been pathetic. Not a viable QB even when compared to Peterman. In fact he is embarrassing himself right now and further exposing the idiocy of this coach/GM.

That's like a team replacing an ineffective veteran qb who rarely throws INTs with a rookie QB who threw 5 in a half. Oh wait..:(

There is a lot you can say about McCoy's "character issues" but quitting on his team isn't one. He hit his head hard and got knocked silly. As for the conspiracy theory on the Bills putting him into concussion protocol so that they could trade him. Wouldn't doing that lower his trade value? Makes no sense.

I have a strong feeling Manziel will be cut by the Alouettes at the end of the season. He hasn't won a single game and his performance overall has been less than impressive. In addition he sustained a pretty significant concussion. It will take a miraculous comeback to save his career.

No sorry I meant Pacman Jones, not Zay Jones. Sorry for the confusion. Pacman Jones puts the D in Dbag.

I never said that Zay Jones was a dbag. Far from it. What I was getting at with him was that his incident was very messy and very public. He was out of his mind. I thought for sure that he would never play football again. This year he is back and the incident is forgotten. 2nd chances in the NFL are possible no matter how crazy the situation is. But yes Kelly hasn't proved anything yet and has already burned a few bridges. His chances at redemption are few at this point but we could sign him for almost nothing and if it fails and he acts his usual self, then cut him.

"you guys"? what guys are those? the burgeoning Chad Kelly fan club? LOL I really didn't know he existed until about 2 months ago. I'm just throwing it out there as a discussion point. Bring him in or not , I don't really care that much either way. However to say that Kelly is any more of an idiot or dbag than say Vick, Peterson or Jones is just silly. And to say that what he did is any more crazy than Zay jones is also not being fair. Finally saying that Kelly is probably better than Peterman or Anderson is just being honest. Its just a hypothetical discussion anyway because McJesus and Co would never give him a chance. Kelly's sins are probably unpardonable in their eyes and they have proven themselves somewhat clueless at assessing offensive talent!

We are obviously not comparing "apples to apples" for a number of reasons. But at the same time we never really did get an explanation of what happened to Zay and what led him to do what he did? Was he high/drunk as well? Yes Kelly is a dbag but as we have seen countless times in the NFL people get 2nd and sometimes 3rd chances if they have talent. What Vick did was absolutely horrendous, same as Adrian Petersen but they are/were back in the league. Pacman Jones is another example. The NFL tends to give you a pass if you have talent. Does Kelly have enough talent to be a QB in this league? I would say yes. But his constant dbaggery has killed his chances with Denver and lowered his draft spot. I still stand by the idea that he is superior to both Anderson and Peterman!

Before you laugh off the suggestion about bringing Kelly here, consider what happened to Zay Jones in the offseason. Jones had a complete mental breakdown and wandered around nude spouting scripture. Somehow the guy is still here (and is still garbage). Kelly is way better than anyone who will potentially play on Monday and is now considered a pariah by the rest of the league. He's a local boy and with a hard dose of reality (maybe even from his uncle Jim) he might be redeemed.