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Are they worse than Jeff Tuel?

Bills dropped the ball on this one. They should have been at Freeman Friday morning and sweetened an offer. Freeman had way more on his resume than any of the other choices. Why he would choose Minnesota over Buffalo doesnt make sense to me. I think EJ is still a work in progress. Anyone smart enough to learn the playbook with some natural ability had a chance right away to show what they could do. If Freeman did well and won a few games, there is no guarantee that Marrone rushes EJ back. And yet Freeman thinks that he has a better chance versus Ponder and Cassell to be a long term starter?

At first glance it looked dirty but on replay you can clearly see from the sideline slo mo that a) Hoyer doesnt slide until the last second and is fair game, b)Hoyer also slides awkwardly leading to him getting hit, c) kiko hits him in the shoulder then his helmet hits Hoyers head on the deflection. The Manuel hit was targetted on the knees. Why didnt the defender shove him out of bounds? It was also a very dumb play by EJ. GET THE F out of bounds!! or you will get killed in this league!

"The Browns were who we thought they were......AND WE LET EM OFF THE DAMN HOOK"!!!!!

Being a first round pick doesnt guarantee quality, just ask Brady Quinn and Jamarcus Russell, Hell ask JP Losman. Wheeden was bizarrely old to be a rookie QB in the NFL because he played baseball and went back to college. I dont think he has much more room to develop. What you see is what you get. His completion % was mediocre last year. I dont think it was too much to ask for the Bills D to smell blood in the water and shake him up. Instead they allowed to get comfortable and make those throws.

think that Brandon Wheeden is basically a step above an arena league QB. Sure he made 2 great throws last night, but seriously he just got beat out by a rookie for the job this year. I don't think it is unrealistic to expect an INT with a rusty QB who was getting rushed as well as the Bills D line was doing last night. There were a couple of close plays where the DBs jumped a route or the pass was poorly thrown where they had a pick right in their hands and couldn't close the deal. That kind of play would have shattered Wheeden enough that he would have lost confidence. Instead we got the pathetic coverage of that drive after the Bills went up 24-17 which swung the momentum permanently in the Brown's favor.

The Bills should have won this game going away. The special teams gaffes swung the momentum. Not just the 2 terrible punt covers, but 2 mediocre punts by Powell in the 2nd half. We lost the field position game and once EJ was knocked out there was zero chance that Tuel would be able to string some passes together. Speaking of Tuel, He was really awful. He didnt even look like he should be on the practice squad let alone a backup. What could they possibly have seen in him in the preseason that would have made them think they could rely on him in an emergency like last night? Finally, I am very disappointed in the defense. They played OK but when they really needed a pick or a stop (the 3rd and 18 play!!!) they blew it. They couldnt intercept Brandon Wheeden? Not even once? Not acceptable! This and the Jets game were opportunities lost that will bite them in the butt come playoff time when they are struggling for a WC.

I was curious to see how he would do in the game. It was same old Fitz, some success, some failures, overall mediocre. The second he started bouncing underthrown passes to his receivers I was reminded of why we cut him. He has no arm!!

34 years of watching Bills games and I cannot remember a Bills team with a worse pass defending performance. I have seen them get lit up by Brady and other HOF QBs but seriously when have you seen a Bills defense get torched by a rookie as bad as Smith AND get multiple PI calls in the process? I know they have injuries but is the talent pool at CB is that shallow? These guys were not even turning to look for the ball, How the hell do you get to the NFL and get roasted like that?

Watching the Eagles offence move the ball in the first half last night and slice up the Redskins D brought back some pleasant memories of the Bills no huddle of the early 90s. Jackson and Vick looked like Thurman and Kelly out there. The only problem is (as others have pointed out) is that Vick and Jackson cannot take the pounding and cannot possibly last. The defences out there today are so much bigger, faster and the hits must be so much harder than the glory day days of the K gun. These guys will just wear out under that pace!

I remember Leonhard making a big gaffe on some important play back in the Jauron era when he was here. Was it the Dallas Monday night game? Anyway He went on to the Ravens and played pretty well in that one season if I remember. The rest of his career has been apparently injury plagued.

Yes Spiller was great last year and no I dont agree with the OP's view, however today's fumble was absolutely inexcusable as fumbles go. He basically dropped the ball trying to shift hands, no hit or strip or anything. Set the table for the deadliest QB in history to kill us again. He should have been benched for that to wake his butt up.

If you look at the convoy of 49ers escorting the interceptor down the sidelines on this play, why do they not just obliterate Brady and get him out of the way? There are two 49ers in position that could have done the job. Especially #91. Then they go and screw it up on the next play and dont get any points. I guess they were scared of the "roughing the Brady" rule that the refs have. Cant lay a finger on him!

Is it just me or were there a bunch of really weird calls in the Pats Niners game? Followed up of course with some long wordy and ultimately incomprehensible explanations by Ed Hochuli. The one that really baffled me was when Brady was almost sacked in the 1st half and ended up releasing the ball in an incomplete pass. The pass was a lateral if not slightly backward so it should have been a fumble? Hochuli comes up with some convoluted explanation that because Brady was hit while throwing and he intended to throw it forward (how the hell would Ed know that) it was an incomplete forward pass. But the defender doesnt hit the ball just Brady so how was it not a lateral? and therefore a fumble? Or was this the usual refs helping the Pats BS? And why wasnt it challenged?

Was the Fitz 1st down sneak ever explained?

Yeah it was classless but nothing tops that Ahole bellichick going for 2 against Jaurons bills repeatedly when they were up by 40pts a few years back on a sunday night? game. That was the worse display of sportsmanship I have ever seen. Carroll's was minor in comparisson

This is such BS, the Bills have such a limited fan base in the city of Toronto. The fans like me are from the area outside the city, Halton and Niagara. Thats why they get no love in these games.

I dont think we have seen the deep potential of Chan's stupidity yet!

A Flea flicker, sighhh, do you remember when we had an interesting Offence and did those? and reverses and exciting stuff?

Can anyone explain to me why Chan doesnt trust Lindell to make that kick from the 34? and why he didnt try for a TD at the end of the half?

I have said this before about Chan........ to quote Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glenross,........ FIRE HIS FU$KIN ASS, BECAUSE A LOSER IS A LOSER!!!

one of the worst passes I have ever seen thrown by a Bills Qb. Thanks Fitz

this game shouldnt have been close. Chan is to blame.

Blowhard is the best way to describe Dickerson. I am sure he did know the game reasonably well but a lot of his coaching plays that he would try to explain in his show seemed to be pulled right from his butt. What finished me listening to him was his constant criticism of Flutie and his unconditional love of Johnson even after Johnson was proved a fraud. Funny that people have mentioned the hockey shows. They were truly cringeworthy!

Sad but true!