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Or when we had Kelvin Sheppard !!

I need to have this D show me that they can stop the Run. They haven't done in the past. It all starts up front in their ability to stop the run and put the ball in the air. While we put a lot of heat on the QB last year, we still sucked against the run. If Spikes can fix that part and give us another 50 yards advantage in the run game, the games will be different. They were 28th against the Run...Enough said.

Geno Smith has exactly the same problems as EJ. There is a lack of confidence. The difference comes if either of the coaching staff can get the best out of the two teams in spite of their QB situation

Don't forget the coaching. It is a big difference between the Pats and the Bills during the 15 year run. Their coaches have been able to coach up average talent on the OL to keep Brady upright and the time to throw. They have converted a lot of no-name players into good to superstars. Even the year they lost Brady, they went 11-5 with Cassell. Two years ago, Clayton had the same thought about the bills. He thought Fitz was mature enough to lead the team that had a very good DL and OL.

I believe our former pro-bowl safety chose to walk away. He did not want to play in Buffalo.

May be coaches feel that Adequate is not Enough!

If that were the case, then he would have already jumped over those guys. i am sure Marrone and Whaley can evaluate talent better than us.

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+1 +1 +1.

And we still have Goodwin who was terrific with the long ball.

Sure they do. They have access to the play immediately on the printer. They know why they lost the game (or won for that matter). They do have the best position to view the game.

The bills are already paying a ton of cash to Williams, Wood, Urbik and Pears. They will have to pay Glenn next year. There is no chance for them to trade for Alex Boone.

Brandon Spikes ?? +1. And we know that Mario can demonstrate that intensity. He did it against the Panthers and Ravens, games that we won both times.

+1. The time for the Bills to trade Spiller (If they intended) would have been on draft day, not three weeks into training camp. It will demotivate the players. We are not the Patriots that their team can overcome cutting a player like Milloy or trading their starting DE to Oakland.

Isn't this team an extension of the team that finished 2013......and they appear to have the same problems in 2014. Everyone except Stevie and Byrd (of note) are returning from the previous season. It is not a leap of faith. and by the way Woods clearly said "Lack of focus" not Motivation.

Cousins struggled mightily last year when give the opportunity to run the offense. That was the reason no trades for him developed in the off season. Another possible Rob Johnson "One Game Wonder" kid.

Super. Thanks Wayne

Besides the Wood vs Woods gaffe, I think honestly this team has failed due to lack of focus. So many games were lost because they couldn't focus on protecting the football, or not making the catch that will move the marker, or not making the throw to get the 1st down and kill the clock. We always talks about "if only xxx had done yyy on the play, we would have won" and a lot of times it is because they fail to focus. If Chandler and Stevie focused on protecting the football after the catch, we win at least two games last year.

Here is a snippet from the Bills-Carolina Preview (Posted on buffalobills.coms) “A lot of the stuff was small details, not getting our depth on some routes and stuff like that,” said Robert Woods. “That just takes focus. We’ve got to pay attention to it in the game this Friday. But we’ve been able to get a lot of work in.” The NFL is a parity driven league and a game of inches. Games are won-lost by plays that are made and plays that were just missed respectively. The good teams are well coached and the players are focused in making their throws, catches, tackles, interceptions. The difference in talent level is minimal; It boils down to how they play every snap for SIXTY Minutes on game day. The Bills have been POOR at that Task. A lot of that is mental ability to stay focused and that comes from coaching. The reason a Brady or Manning are successful is because those minute details matter to them and that is the difference between an incomplete pass and a TD.

I think this is where having a veteran QB like an Orton helps the growth of the young QB. That person is not only a mentor, he also acts effecitively as a QB coach. Many of these veteran QBs are backups because they did not have the arm strength to make it as a starting QB, but they have the cerebral side going. Many of the great QBs have benefited from this.

Isn't that the reason he went undrafted. He simply did not have all the measurables.

Also, this OL has been decimated by injuries in camp and has been a patchwork line. The Bills just have to bite the tongue here, take the positives (Like the awesome Woods catch, the sack/fumble by the DL) and move on.

Sorry for not being clear in what I meant. I meant which "Veteran Castoff" currently can take a team to the playoffs....None. Also, Peyton, Montanna, Cutler do not count as castoffs. The only player who did well in that list besides the obvious is Kurt Warner. He took the Cardinals to the SB and still lost it. The only player who won a SB (again besides Montana, Peyton) is Brad Johnson and that was with the strength of that defense in Tampa Bay.

Who is this Veteran QB that you have in mind ? Veteran castoffs don't take team to playoffs. I want Marty Ball....

Can TJ return punts? Have they tried him out there ?