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    I still believe in EJ Manuel

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    It's a crusade. Some of us only care about the Bills winning, and though we will criticize the Bills when it is clear that they deserve it, we WANT them to be right. Not blind loyalty where poor decisions are praised or excused, but we hope they make the right decisions and win as a result. Whatever those decisions may be. Others are only concerned about being right, explaining away successes and positive developments, and saying "I told you so" when the Bills are wrong. In the search for a franchise QB, it is far more likely that ANY draft pick will be a disappointment or a failure than a franchise type player or even less likely a top 75 all time QB. I have my doubts about EJM, but I hope the Bills got it right and he defies the odds. If not, the Bills will move on to the next guy as an NFL team is in the business of winning games. When satisfaction is gleaned not from the success of the Bills QB, but from the success of a specific QB, or "my guy" then it is clearly a crusade to be correct. EJM still has a long ways to go, and may never achieve franchise status. No amount or crusading from fans will have any impact on this nor accelerate the Bills timetable on him. I hope they were correct. Their track record in the draft post Polian (by far the Bills best GM and one of the top NFL personnel men ever) leaves room for strong reservations. Time will tell...

     

    I like this post. It expresses my feelings very well.

     

    Before the draft, I honestly liked Geno Smith more than EJ Manuel. I probably would have been more upset at our selection of Manuel - but honestly I was just relieved we FINALLY took a QB and that we DIDN'T take Ryan Nassib.

     

    Yesterday's game was great - and I hope it's a sign of things to come. I'm a Bills fan more than anything. And despite my criticism of Manuel, all I want is for him to succeed (and for Geno to fall flat on his face).

    Official Playoff Possibilities Thread

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    I hear what you're saying about the Pats*--and I cannot root for them. But if they run away with the division and rest their starters in week 17, I will live with that.

     

    I was just thinking the same thing.

     

    I'm very skeptical the Bills will win their next game against the Falcons - much less run the table. However, if they can beat the teams they "should" win against (pretty much the next 4 weeks) there is a good chance we face New England's backups.

    Leodis McKelvin - Shutdown Corner?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    chicken or the egg??? Is the DL better because the coverage of the DBs or are the DBs better because we're getting better DL play? They really go hand in hand. Let's just be happy that we're firing in all cylinders at this point of the season.

     

    It also helps that Alonso, Lawson, Searcy and Aaron Williams are doing a good job of covering underneath routes (TE and RB). Those two positions absolutely killed us last year with mostly Sheppard, Barnett and Wilson.

     

    This team got a massive upgrade on coaching/scheme (Pettine), personnel (Alonso, Lawson, Hughes, Robey, Branch) - and some guys are playing better in new positions (Aaron Williams).

    Who wants to apologize to Nate Hackett??

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    These "apologize" threads are ridiculous.

     

    Our team is a pathetic 4-7, and has already (unless there is a miracle) screwed itself out of playoff contention before Thanksgiving. So when they finally put together a solid win, we are supposed to forget all of the crap that came before it?

     

    The word is consistency. I'm thrilled about winning on Sunday. But until we start winning 3, 4, 5 games in a row... on the road... against good teams. Well, I'm not going to get too excited. Sorry, but this team hasn't proven anything yet.

     

     

    As far as Hackett goes - most people would acknowledge that he's been pretty bad most of the year. He was OK yesterday.

     

    I was happy to see Manuel under center 99% of the day, because I think the read-option is terrible. I was happy to see us hit a couple deep throws. I was not happy to see us run the ball on 20 of 25 first down plays (again) - because I'm sick of us being so predictable, and it's killing our run game. It was nice to see us score 37 points. But don't forget that our defense was directly responsible for 17 of them (Fumble setting them up on the 4 yard line, Searcy's INT return, Byrd's INT setting them up on the 27).

     

    I would like to believe that Hackett is "improving" but I thought he called pretty good games against Baltimore and Kansas City earlier this year, only to watch him go backwards a week later.

     

     

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