Mike B. in VA

Also, for all the feels: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/aaron-williams-bills-retirement

Seriously. AWill would have been great in this D.

With Bills fans, it's apparently any time the other team has a lead.

Seeing how he's played in Houston, I think that was addition by subtraction. Nothing like coming in as a high-priced free agent and getting benched...

A couple of crap penalties, a couple of bad reads by Orton and a receiver not reading the blitz, and this game is over if this TD stands.

OK, that was water up the nose. Well done. As someone who watched every game of the '99 season - that was one of the best defenses I've ever personally seen. I'm not old enough to have seen the '65 D, but I've certainly seen the '85 Bears and the Bills' D in 1999 was damn near as scary. Oh, to have a safety like Henry Jones again...

Criticism of EJ is not by itself an incendiary thing - if the ball is coming out faster and Orton makes the reads faster, why shouldn't Sammy say so? EJ was clearly benched for performance issues, so maybe hearing what they are from the WR perspective will light a fire under him to sort it out - or at least underline than he can learn something from Orton.

Damn. That was brutal. He looks like David Carr out there, flinging stuff in the general direction of the receiver before he gets hit. I figured it had to be bad for Marrone to pull him, but this is Akili Smith level bad.

That happens anyway. Orton is not a long term solution, even if he suddenly morphs into Rich Gannon.

I know the upside of EJ is probably a qb like Donovan McNabb. Having said that, I'll take it, given the crap we've had since Kelly retired.

No, and they're currently beating the Niners, so...

Done.

Who wrote this? The Eagles had pretty awesome offense, you know, WITHOUT Maclin. I can't see where signing him would be a priority over improving the defense. The others are just as bad. How do I get this job?

I think EJ *was* being media savvy. He could have answered stupidly, or just ignored it, or done the "I don't make personnel decisions for the team" line. Instead he made everyone's favorite "journalist" look like a complete ass.

Here's the article with the context for those slideshows: http://www.buffalorumblings.com/buffalo-bills-re-watch/2013/12/27/5240096/ej-manuel-scouting-report-analysis-pocket-play-accuracy