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We need to give Manuel another year to develop and see what he brings. We also need to draft a QB -- early -- and see what he brings.

It would be foolish to NOT draft a quarterback in the first. Manuel is 50-50 at best. If it's Johnny F or someone else, it needs to happen.

Ralph 14:25 -- "Throw ye lowly serfs a sacrificial lamb and watch them rejoice." Next up: The Gatorade boy. Dude could never get drinks quick enough. Get r done, Buddy Whaley. Utterly bizarre play -- perfect pass and wide open -- and a fitting microcosm of this team.

The average college freshman would've been nine years old the last time we had a winning record, five years old the last time we were in the playoffs, and likely wouldn't have been born the last time we won a playoff game. Face

6-10 baby. The most consistent slightly-below-mediocre team in the NFL three years running.

Blount is dope.

For joy that he's being thrown to?

I'd make the guy hitch-hike back to Buffalo.

We need to clone Jackson. 11 times. What a baller. ... 2hd half 4th quarter thread Bills at Cheatriots Fixed.

You're welcome. -The Bills.

Blount is smoking us.

Looked like something an actual QB would do.

I'd like to see him pull a Statue of Liberty off. ... Hey, we scored a TD! Sweet!!

Well that was pretty.

Is that a tampon brand?

Hoodie getting jiggy with the crazy punts.

Well that makes too much sense, much more than my sixth sense hypothesis. ... Amazing how the Pats beat you with what you give them. We got the penetration and the good coverage, so he's killing us with the run and short passes.

How was Leonard expecting a punt from Tom Brady? How often does that happen? Head's up play.

I'll beat this drum all winter long: Draft a QB -- high -- and give us two options. Seriously -- so what that we drafted a qb in the first round this year, and people say we can't draft another next year. Who makes these rules? Manuel does not look like he's going to pan out. It's going to take a lot of improvement. If he doesn't, which is likely, at least we have two options.

We're going to die someday. Might as well get it over with now.

My magic five-step plan goes as follows: Adjustment time on the D -- we're there in my assessment. Manuel to come into his own or find a QB in the offseason. Draft a few pieces (NT-type run stuffer, CB, OG, big TE). ? Superbowl glory. Magic is easy!

I think fans should be pissed come April if the Bills don't draft a quarterback in the first round. It shouldn't be an "if" but why the !@#$ not. If Manuel doesn't pan out next season, which in my opinion is likely, then we have to draft another quarterback in two years. This either or, linear, all your eggs in one basket mindset has to stop. Two options should be a no-brainer. Usually it takes two years for one to pan out. That's three years before we think about making the playoffs. AND if HE doesn't pan out either? We're talking five years! I'll have co-workers by then who weren't even alive when the Bills made it to the last wildcard.

Thad Lewis have proven he's an above average backup. Our problem is first string. Why are we debating who our backup is when the future of the most important position in football is 50-50 at best? I'll keep beating this drum: Draft a quarterback, let him and Manuel duke it out, and sell the loser of the battle for a draft pick in two years. I don't understand why this shouldn't be conventional wisdom, given the importance of the position, the ambiguity Manuel has caused, and, I don't know, the fact this team hasn't been in the playoffs for 14 freaking years because we haven't had a viable quarterback? It's so obvious, it's painful.

Two options are better than one option. Our first option is a 50-50 at best. If you want to improve the chances of the Bills not going to 15 straight, I'd say it was a colossal urgency. Or maybe my math is wrong. Draft a QB already, Bills.

From what's been displayed thus far, Thad is the better quarterback AND has shown three things Manuel hasn't: Pocket presence. While Thad did get blindsided on a corner blitz he should've capitalized on, he by far has shown a better feel of the rush. Quick decision making. No comparison. Ole Slow Eyes runs at 75 percent speed. Instinctive ability to know to take a hit. Bizarre thing about EJ -- he takes hits harder than he needs to and at the same time goes down quicker than he should other times. Couple that with long skinny legs and a glass knee... By no means saying Thad should be the guy going forward. EJ appears to have the X factor and better physical attributes and better throwing mechanics, sans footwork. Take this for what it is -- an evaluation of the now -- while EJ is the better thrower and has that it factor, Thad has instinctive traits EJ might never learn.