White Linen

We may lose the game if he doesn't catch T. Smith.

I'd be surprised if they could get a 5th round pick for Byrd right now. A team has to pay him top 5 safety money, worry about his injury, and wouldn't be assured he'd sign a long term deal with them even if they wanted him to. I'd argue the Bills should hold him out of games as long as possible until he's healthy enough to showcase him for a trade.

He's not getting paid?

It's game 4 of the development of EJ Manuel. I'm not watching with the intent of convincing myself the franchise is turning around. I'm watching with the understanding it's a process our talented rookie QB has to go through. As even Flacco said it's experience you can't duplicate in practice. I am hoping that Marone and Hackett foster this growth and don't become another thing that Manuel has to overcome.

I agree I don't think all physically gifted QB's fail because of not working hard. I think some fail because of work ethic - and some fail because the situation they're in is too hard to overcome such as bad coaching and not enough good players around them - and some fail because they're just not physically gifted enough. There's probably a very decent percentage of failures that come from those. But to me all real good and certainly the great QB's have the elite mental ability to translate the classroom to the field.

It's not game day because you're not watching?

I thought new threads weren't allowed during the game?

I haven't seen too much bust worthy. I think it's more he'll either be an all-pro or just a good QB.

It just doesn't matter as much if they don't make first downs. Clearly going 3 and out kills your defense but you're dismissing all the other opportunities for rest. What about 2 first downs and then a punt? That could be anywhere from say 2-4.5 minutes. Ask anyone who's ever boxed, wrestled, or played on the line in football, that kind of rest can be crucial. We're not ready to run plays that fast. In theory it sounds simply wonderful with the problems we have on offense it sounds stubborn.

What two CB's do you wish they would have signed this week to start this Sunday so the coaches don't have to count on a rebound game from our current players? How anyone seriously think this is a viable option is beyond me.

You can't be serious in thinking anyone really wanted a FB convert to Guard. So the basis of your argument of rather having a TE convert to guard is almost as absurd as not getting the joke in the first sentence.

You're too hard on yourself. There's more than one right answer.

I'd say that's a pretty major contradiction. I doubt he's going to get big money, then play.

Then we can sign Mr. Deeds. We need people with stronger feet.

"Skip to my lou" is such an underrated song.

Hakuna retatta?

I think it's the second song title to the guys that sang BOOTY on America's Got Talent.

Even if he was no one wants to play here.

Not sure, but I hope they bring in a LG that can play Safety and CB.

Huh? Have you not seen him involved in almost every special teams tackle?

I was just thinking that I would love him to be on our team.

From this question and answer from BB.com I don't get the distinct feeling things are going to get better. Q: So no play calling has been altered to protect him? A: No. When you use the word altered, if you’re using it from the standpoint of if we as coaches consciously said, ‘Hey we’re not doing this or not doing this because A, B or C,’ then the answer is no. If you’re thinking about it from the standpoint of alter as saying, ‘Hey what are you comfortable with, what do you like?’ then that’s the stuff we’re putting in. ‘Hey what don’t you feel as comfortable with?’ Then we’ll take that stuff out. That happens week to week with every quarterback, not just the young quarterback. That’s what we’re doing on offense.

Well he can't be Kenny Powers for Halloween.

I guess I'm going to question what can't be questioned. I don't believe that not drafting a 5th round CB for depth is "coming back and biting this team big-time". I'm not sure this rookie depth CB would have been the difference.

I could get there if it was just the passing game, but that same exact run play getting repeated over and over for the 3rd straight week tells me something's not right.