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The Rams went almost a decade without making the playoffs then suddenly went to the superbowl. That's one similarity.
....Oh wait, we didn't go to the Super Bowl this year.
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We need to get 10 wins. When and how is immaterial.
PTR
Truth.
I don't care about what is and isn't a must win for this team. Every win is important, and needed.
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Carson Palmer is a Drew Bledsoe clone in just about every way imaginable. This is the Bledsoe trade all over again.
I made this reference to my girlfriend- who thought the trade was a GREAT idea (used to be a Bengals fan until I forcefully pointed her in the right direction of fandom). However, I thought the situation was similar- but Carson a Drew Bledsoe clone? Are you kidding me? Drew Bledsoe was a sniff away from the hall of fame if he won the SB against the Pack, and he had a cannon for an arm. He was much more valuable pre-Bills.
lol at the Raiders
this is the worst trade in nfl history.
...Atlanta/Cleveland, 2011 NFL Draft, comes to mind.
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They do have an easy schedule (we all get Miami twice, though)- KC, Pitt, Indy, Denver- all really easy games. Not much easier than us, though. So they must have one of the stronger schedules since we have, what, the second hardest in the league?
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...Is there a player out there on the trading block at which we shouldn't immediately throw ourselves?
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Here we go...
Redskins @ "home:" Probably more Skins fans show up than Bills, but they've come back down to earth after a fast start and Shannahan's indecisiveness @ RB & QB breaks the back of the team this year. I'm willing to be they fall apart. I'm looking for this to be the first time we actually put on a show for our Canadien friends...Bills win 34-13.
Jets @ home...back at the Ralph, feeling electrified! Not counting on a big day from Fitz, but good enough cause the "Prop" Jets can't stop Freddy...he has the seasons best performance, 300+ total yards from scrimmage. Bills win 26-20.
Off to Dallas...tough, tough game but Romo is do for another choke job and we're lucky enough to be playing them this week. Close game to the end when Dallas is driving for the go ahead TD & win when McKelvin gets a pick six in the last 2 minutes to seal the deal. Bills win 45-35.
In Miami bi**...we roll them & Sparano gets fired b4 the game is over...could be our only shut out this year....Bills win 31-0
in NJ, again...Jets put together a couple wins and host our boys with their heads swollen and ego's blaring out of control. We give them a big sh*t burger and win a little more decisive this time, Bills win 28-10.
Titans come to Buffalo...no Music City Miracle this time....cuz they won't need it. Bills lay an egg similar to the Cinci game and Johnson picks a hell of a week to return to last years form...rushes for 200+ & 4 TD's....ouch, we lose 34-17.
Now off to So Cal...exact same game as the Giants. Edwards, if he lasts this long, goes into his shell and hides behind the water cooler...lose 24-21.
*here comes the Bills Bashers..."same old Bills," "I knew they weren't for real," "Man we have a couple more years to go still..."
Back home, comming off a 2 game losing streak...way to close for comfort, but we get the Job done...after all it is the Dolphins so, win 17-9.
Bronco's come to town, but we feel as if we were in Cinci, week 4. Clearly a game we should win, but fail to pull the trigger in key situations. We lose another game we should have won 24-13.
*even more bashing begins..."we barely beat Miami, then we lose to the friggn' Broncos..."
In Foxburough...game gets flexed to Prime time...Bills & Pats going for the divisional sweep...playoff implications for the Bills...correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think we'ver ever won a game in this stadium. Pats are hot and it's Bellychick, so no resting the starters....ok, enough suspense....it's a fire fight...Brady loks like a football God, but we figure out the Welker problem...Kelvin Sheppard comes on an inside blitz and hammers Brady early in the 4th....knocks him out of the game with a concussion...it's a clean hit, but it's Brady, so we get a flag somehow and it pushes *NE into field goal range to go up 10...it's Blocked...It's blocked...Scott picks it out of the air and takes it to the house. Tie game...Brady's back up, whoever it is can't do anything and we start plugging up the run...back and forth for a few drives, but no points, *NE D seems to figure the Bills out too. Whoever is Brady's back up puts together a nice series and gets them into field goal range...it's blocked...only kdding...Pats go up 38-35 with 2:41 left to go and we have 1 T.O and the 2 min warning...long story short, Freddy breaks a big screen, we get help on a Def Pass Int call in the redzone, bills score and WIN 42-38....Bills nation goes bananas and we head to the Playoffs @ 11-5.
* "I knew it...," "I billieved all along...," "CHAMPIONSHIP!!"
This looks like the 90's. That said- anything can happen
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My girl dragged me up to New Brunswick, NJ, where she had some belly-dance show to do. I, of course, missed the show so I could go to a local sports bar and watch the game. The people there were all giants fans and a few looked at me when I walked in and gave a playful shout: "awww, look at this guy!" But all in all it was a great experience. The Giants fan next to me was also a Gators fan, and he was GUSHING about David Nelson. He was a bigger fan of Nelson than he was of the Giants I swear. It was a good time though- great conversations.
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Wasn't that Jim Plunkett, too? Sucked for the Niners and was great for the Raiders?
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If he plays well, it's a great trade for the Raiders. A franchise QB is easily worth two late first rounders (late because we're assuming for a second that Palmer plays well). Today's NFL is all about the QB, and the Raiders are reasonably stacked on both sides of the ball already.
The guy is on the wrong side of 30...
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Carson Palmer is a good player- but for 2 1st rounders? You have gotta be kidding me.
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Wow, so the guys on Monday Night Countdown- Mike Ditka, Chris Carter, Boomer...They're all saying that obviously the Cowboys don't know how to play NE. But Carter made the point that they don't know how to play late games, because you don't run the ball and put it in your D's hands in today's NFL, you go aggressive and throw the ball to put the game out of reach. Gee...Why can't anyone else see this?
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Good thing I have him on my fantasy team...one of my many brilliant fantasy moves.
half of my team is injured. He was the bottom of my WR depth. ...
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Or if we had thrown the ball to a wide open receiver we could have scored a TD, and it would have been a win.
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Why do people think that trading players is simple. "Oh yeah, let's just go offer the Pats a first and second-rounders for Brady and he'll just walk on over!" I mean, it just doesn't work that way. It's like the Fitz thing where we "need" a franchise guy. But you don't just get franchise QBs once you decide you want to go out and spend money- they aren't available. Just because we know we need a WR or a DE or a OLB doesn't mean we can just go on out there and tell everyone that now that we're ok with spending money and draft-picks and players (as if we weren't before), we'll just help ourselves to one of their pro-bowlers.
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Rankings through week 6:
Scoring = #2
Sacks Allowed = #1
Rushing Yards = #4
Total Yards = #9
Red Zone Scoring = #1
Yeah, I think I'm OK with this year's play-calling.
No, the play-calling is horrible because now that we score so many points we need to score EVERY SINGLE TIME and we have to run the ball NO MATTER WHAT. Passing is always a bad idea even if you run a spread offense. I think it needs to be understood that playcalling should be safer and more conservative when the game is on the line and you need to hope that you can get one more yard when you need it, because it's hard to win in the NFL...
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I was so angry about this final score. It was my consolation for the Bills game- "at least we're still on top of the division." Heck, I was already thinking, "Hey, if we won this game, we could of been a game ahead in the division."
But, back to your point, it obviously didn't work out well. The Cowboys' offense has really been underwhelming, and one of the reasons for that is their recent fear of putting the game in Romo's hands because of his blunders of late.
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I don't think anyone has complained about this...
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Anyone with a minute enough of sense in their brain knows that teams who give up 400+ yards a game can't possibly go very far in the postseason. Your idea of negative isn't very realistic- how many times can our defense fail us before something rattles around in your head that brings you to the realization that this year is merely a prelude to defensive improvement and is not a season where we go deep into the playoffs? Enjoy the ride, but be realistic, please.
I fully agree with you- but I'm highly disappointed because we put SO much into this defense in the off-season and see no improvements. On the other hand, our new talent really does come up with good plays, so perhaps George Edwards truly is horrible. Again, I'm not looking forward to two straight years of defensive improvement. Unless the offensive talent level magically rises (not saying they aren't good, but could use improvement, or at least enough investment to keep them together), that's a poor rebuild.
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I actually agree with them here...lol.
Play calling wasn't the problem. The play just wasn't executed by the QB. 1 on 1 coverage, wr beats his man. QB just underthrew it.
If we run it, people complain Chan Gailey is Dick Jauron, if we throw it we should have been killing the clock. Pretty easy to be critical in hindsight. The only thing to be critical with that play is Fitzy.
Even in hindsight I actually don't mind the aggressive mentality of the play calling. Its who Chan Gailey and our offense is. We spread the ball out.
Rather have that aggressive identity/mentality- it's proven to win games for a lot of teams.
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A couple of times they brought pressure, Manning beat it out.
But hey...[Dickinson]FIRE EDWARDS NOW!!!![/dickinson]
Time to start the billboard...
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Man, an incomplete pass.
I think we should fire everyone.
C'mon, we all know it was a questionable call at best. If it was completed we would have all cheered.
It was a poor throw, but again, if it was completed, we would have all cheered.
I don't understand the need to burn anyone at the stake over this. Humans made mistakes. Overall both the humans in question have been doing more good than bad for this team this year. People need to calm down.
You're so on-point today. You're like the opposite of Fitzpatrick.
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Fitz played alright, but made mistakes so let's not put it all on the defense.
I doubt Fitz would argue the point that he took too long on his sacks and that his long ball needs work, this is a few weeks in a row when he has underthrown receivers one on one on the outside - this time they ended up as picks. If it is his time to shine, then he has to begin making those throws. Starting QB's in the NFL make those throws.
The defense needs work, particularly at corner where McGee is our only quality starter, Florence can have good and bad days and we saw one of his worst. I am hopeful that Aaron Wiliams will develop. Also, I think we all know that we are a pass rusher away from having a really good line as well, but as a whole they have definately gotten better at stopping the run. Do they stop every run, no, but they have shown the ability to stuff the short yardage that used to be automatic last year, and force teams to the air. Unfortunately going to the air exposes a secondary that we thought may have some weak links. Another solid draft and a few more pieces and this group could develop around Kyle and Marcell and a young linebacker core. They were sooooo close to getting to Manning on so many occasions, but he was able to get rid of it just before the rush got to him.
They went into the Giants backyard and took them down to the wire, and the game was there for the taking if Fitz makes those throws. I guess what we have to ask ourselves is do we think that this team has peaked or not. I don't think they have.
I expect this team will fight and claw and pull out a good number of wins that most would not have expected of them this year. If they get everyone on defense back healthy and Fitz develops some touch on his long ball then who knows how far they will go. If they make the playoffs they will be a scarey team for most anyone to play. One thing I do know is that they are a much more enjoyable team to watch and cheer for.
I agree with his post entirely. We haven't reached our ceiling, and Fitz hasn't reached his. You can't tell me he's incapable of shoring up those long balls. Additionally, if the D tightens up a bit and gets healthy, and Fitz fixes MINOR mistakes, then this team will make the playoffs, and they will be tough to beat. I also agree with PTR though, because I think that just about every game, no matter how many points we score, we only win because we score a lot. It's always by 3-7 points.
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I remember sort of hoping we'd run because I could see Fitz throwing a pick. But then I remembered we were running the ball horribly (after the 80 yard run), and that a FG wouldn't be enough to win with our D. I then determined I'd rather see us attack and get that score to put it on their O to score a TD (which they weren't able to do). So, the call was a fade into the endzone to a wide open Stevie. It's all Fitz here. Fitz, just like any other NFL QB, needs to, and SHOULD make that pass 100% of the time. ...You'd think he had learned after the first one (obviously, Gailey thought he had).
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Agree and disagree.
Agree that Week 6 is far too early for any "Told ya so" talk.
Disagree that 2008 has anything to do with it. What exactly does this 2011 team have in common with the 2008 team? Almost nothing. Aside from special teamers, Kelsay is the only remaining starter, unless I'm forgetting anybody.
It's also worth noting that a collapse (say, 8-8?) would still have us farther ahead than last year, meaning there was a year-to-year improvement since Chan came in.
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