beatlebum

you mean, BILL-ogna, am i right? am i right?

i'm living in new orleans now and i gotta say, i got a bit giddy and nostalgic watching marshawn B word-slap the saints on that insta-classic TD run. go seahawks.

i understand what the OP is getting at, but don't agree, especially in the context of the bills O-line as it will be next year and this years draft class. who in the draft can you plug-and-play? obviously not newton with his run tendencies and unfamiliarity with a prostyle offense. mallet's got a hell of a gun but i don't believe he can read a book, let alone defensive schemes. gabbart has horrible footwork and cumbersome throwing motion and is uncomfortable under pressure (huge mistake to draft top 10). that leaves the guy from washington who's name i forget and i've never seen tape of, but he doesn't generate the same chatter as the afore mentioned, so i'm assuming it safe to say: there are simply no quarterbacks in the current class worth a top 10 pick. if we can get newton or mallet in the second, it might be worth a shot, but neither of them have repeated successful years at the div 1 college level... i don't trust 'em. pick DL. most mocks i've seen have us doing it, and it's a good idea. we need to shore up our d line with big bodies. please god.

jim kelly scored a 15... whole lot of scores here http://www.unc.edu/~mirabile/Wonderlic.htm

lol

amen. no matter what, i can't see ryan benching dirty sanchez. beating him is good enough for me. ryan's an egomaniac, i can't see him rolling over even if they've clinched.

anyone look at the auto-transcript? it's like burroughs. a couple of my fav's: "I'm gonna hurt my French thriller Steve Deossie" and "punt return water is you know good two good kickers and don't mormons"

he was horrible out of the backfield against the dolphins. i realize the entire run game was ineffective and chan said the o-line blew the schemes, but there were a few times where he could have squared his shoulders through a soft little seam for 3 - 5, but instead he just fiddle-faddled himself laterally, then backwards. he's got to learn he can make it to the second level between the tackles, not just around the end. he also takes too long to try to make people miss. he needs to be more efficient, like freddy.

ooops!!! i didn't realize this was already a post topic. not surprised the line is shrinking. sorry for redundant thread!

now, i'm not much of a gambler and am an unabashed homer, but this has got to be the easiest pick of the season. i fully expect the bills to win this game. if our o-line plays as well as they did last week, freddy and c.j. should be able to solidly anchor the offense and keep the fins d on the field. we showed we can stop the run when there's little passing threat to back it up, and henne doesn't exactly put the fear of god in you. if fitz doesn't throw a hideous pick in the second half, i see a comfortable 20-10 victory with fitz continuing the streak with a 30+ yard bomb for a TD. am i overly optimistic, or is this game at +5.5 for the bills the gimme of the year? heck, we lost to them 15-10 with trent edwards starting.

you're far too polite... i'd have ended it with: "Even with all these setbacks, I fully expect the Bills will destroy your pathetic porpoises, mince them up, and put them in a can of tuna. We will then open that can of tuna, add some mayo, mustard, minced celery and onions, and make a salad. We will eat the salad. That salad was your hope of making the playoffs. It was delicious."

for the cleveland game, chan told c.j. and freddy to run between the tackles and hit those soft seams. even though freddy carried the load (29 carries, 112 yards, 3.9 avg), spiller had more yds/carry (8 - 33 - 4.1). i think cj is at a place where he could go in and be an every down back and probably get better with each game, he just has that nasty habit of pussyfooting in the backfield instead of hitting holes. chan told them to run north-south against cleveland and he did so fairly well (and i know 'fairly well' isn't what is expected of cj, but c'mon, he only got 8 carries. double that and i promise you he breaks one out.. even though it hasn't happened yet...). cj will become an invaluable part of our offense. if he is given 25 carries a game and runs vertically, he will be a potent weapon. however, even though a part of me wants to see cj as our every down back now, it agree with how chan is handling the offense, giving freddy the lion's share because freddy is one of the smartest runners in the game. i love the fact cj has to sit there and watch freddy work his magic. he hits holes hard, keeps his feet churning, falls forward, and makes people miss without being flashy. make cj watch, learn, want it, earn it.

that's awesome, haven't played temco super bowl in ages. just about reminds me of peterson's hit on ayodele that made his knees buckle.

Early weather reports predict snow this Sunday. Peyton HIllis seems an ideal cold-weather back: he runs hard and he runs vertically. If Adrian Peterson can knock down our linebackers, just think what this guy will do (though I do look forward to seeing Hillis and Poz square off). I fear the Browns' smash-mouth run attack will methodically wear down our D throughout the game and snow will just exacerbate this. The condition of our O-line doesn't give me a lot of hope that we'll be able to make a lot of first downs-- meaning Browns win the time-of-possession and field position games, both of which mean more up the gut running, more time for our D on the field. This is an old, familiar story, I know. I'm a total noob and i don't want my first post to be all doom and gloom so I'll add this: only game I've seen Face-First Fitz play in the snow (that i can remember. when it gets cold i drink more... and forget things) was last year against the Colts. The line? 16/25, 155 yds, 3 TDs, 0 INTs in a 30-7 victory. Course, it helped that Freddy ran for 212 yds on 33 carries and the Colts had already secured a first round bye.

i totally agree, which is why it makes sense for cj to be behind freddy and see how he works. jackson doesn't have the physical gifts of spiller (or even lynch, if appropriate to bring him in here) but he's still a very effective back because he's patient, finds seams, and makes guys miss without being flashy. that's the most amazing thing about freddy: he makes it look easy. spiller has the raw talent, but right now, freddy's a better back simply because of his vision and patience. if cj learns those things by watching freddy he'll be very dangerous.