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Either that or because they Block better, run better Routes, can get yards after the catch, and play better on special teams in the areas they actually will be used (ie. there's no way Haddad would have returned punts on this team in real games with the guys we have in front of him). All the Wr's in camp at position #3 and down showed some dropsies in camp.

Yes.

I think you may be right on your speculation G. Host. There's no way Jerman is a better player than Tucker, and Tuck can play center too.

Reed has outperformed all of the other WR's he was competing with in these areas : -Routes (although Aiken was very close) -Blocking (by a mile) -Run after catch He was also no worse than any of them in the hands dept. based on the games AND camp combined. He definitely has to become consistent on Sundays, but it seems there are many of who can't figure out why he made it. Look to the points above

He's probably already got a girlfriend, no?

I agree fully. His production in camp and preseason overall (also including blocking, routes, RAC) has easily matched any of the other 2nd tier Wr's. He certainly still has a lot to prove based on past production but I don't think he has to worry about the turk quite yet.

Congrats! A great feeling ain't it? Hope your wife has a speedy recovery...

I appreciate Ruben for all he did here and there was never any doubting his character as a Bill. He was probably angry for the right reasons..... ..... BUT, this snippett is just a little over the top : "But it wasn't like in Buffalo, where Williams would send multiple blitzers at Brown during practice, trying to corrupt him."

Thanks Mark! It's good to hear from you again

Not only were the Bills #2 in yards allowed in '04, but they were #1 in forced turnovers, #3 in sacks, and #2 against the run. Take your pick of which category is more important, it matters not.

Ancient history and rehash. Players change. Watch him again now without your previous opinion getting in the way.

Bill, I think you need to pay a whole lot more attention to the player Big Mike has become since @ game 4 of last year. Also, in a recent Mcnally interview he revealed that they are now pretty much just "leaving him out there" with no help and he dominates his man @ 90% of the time. (and it shows btw) One thing about NFL players is that they can change their stripes. A once accurate evaluation of a player can become inaccurate in a fairly short amount of time.

I've seen the same so far in my 2nd review of the game. I'm going through the first couple quarters a couple times trying to focus on individual linemen. I was first surpised to see Big Mike get a Pancake block, two maulings of his man, and a solid duration block in his first four plays... I do remember Teague having some difficulty though, along with Anderson.

It's because he excels on both kick/punt coverage and blocking on return teams.

Dude, do you just do a keyword search for "Brady" or "Patriots" or do you actually read all these Bills posts?

It was obvious to us that he needed some work in this area (yes even though he's done it before). We felt that after the fumble it was` kind of a punishment sort of thing..

I've already heard the write up on him but thought he played ok prior to tonight. What did he do specifically tonight? Were his guys scraping off of him to make tackles or was it more missing assignments?

I assumed just by the overall results that Anderson played poorly tonight but I didn't really focus on him. Was he the one that gave up the gap in those couple run blitzes for huge losses on the left side tonight?

I'll stay away from the offense for the most part as they were putrid, although I thought the pass protection tonight was pretty good by the starters and JP did OK other than the one play down in scoring territory... Important players (besides the usual Spikes and Clements, Fletcher) that I thought played very well on D were Kelsay, Edwards, Milloy, and Stamer. Greer had a very rough go of it tonight. I felt that Gause outplayed Ritzman vs. the run, but Ritzman as usual was better pass rushing. Lindell was poor, as was the holder tonight. German was horid. King had a nice breakup and a decent open field tackle. Josh Reed did pretty well in limited opportunities. Willis was the worst I have seen him in two years, although the run blocking was quite poor too. He looked slow to the outside early on, then picked it up. He was also too hestitant on short yardage plays. Haggan did little and Crowell didn't impress much either. Haddad was decent at WR and made a nice return. I felt that as a WR , Freddie made 2 nice medium range grabs, but didn't impress on punt returns where he was indecisive. Wilson made a tackle on teams and a heads up fumble recovery, but missed his chance on a nice route due to a high and away JP throw. That's about all for now.

FFS, Edwards did have a poor outing vs. GB, so that's mainly what's being discussed here. Nobody can deny what he did in the Colts game either (play extremely well), so really were looking at average production over a small grouping of games for the moment. I agree with you that the overall production hit will be minimal, while some others feel it will carry more weight. I'll add that I do feel that the pass rush will actually benefit from his presence a bit.

Oh he's no Sam. I realize that. And he's no Pat either for that matter. I just don't think the dropoff is quite as big with this year's version of Edwards.

Be careful with that though because you might have noticed for example in the Green Bay game on the first play of the game he got pushed back about 2 yards.... A closer inspection reveals that he occupied a double team block on the play, thus freeing up another player. I don't think were asking him to beat double teams now are we?

Ok Peppers.

Peppers on D, Gates on O

My prediction(I think we may have discussed this before. Sorry, poor short term memory) is @ 10-15 more yards rushing per game given up and about .4 to .5 yards per carry. I guess I don't see him as much as a liability as you do. Did you get a chance to see the highlights I metioned from the Colt's game?