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5 of their 6 losses were by 8 pts or less ( 1 score losses). That's what happens after a team has a breakout year. Teams pay closer attention to them. They have gone 0-4 in divisional play. Had they gone 2-2 they would have been 6-4. In 2011 they played the afc west where they went 4-0 and NFC south where they went 2-2 and 3-3 in division play.

Way I see it...I believe its likely Buffalo draft spot will be 17-23. I dont expect a stud LB to be available then because they get taken early in the first. There are a bunch of QBs who project to be last third of the 1st round to early 3rd round. If they draft later I see no problem with them drafting a QB...What I would prefer they did was to do some movement to drop down later in the 1st and then move up earlier in the second. then draft a QB and LB. I disagree with lumping the USC QBs into one pool. Leinart is different. He really didnt get a fair shot in Arizona. For any pro you are going to have bad games...its a learning process. it takes a couple years for a Qb to learn the job. He was in the situation with Kurt Warner behind him who could still do it. It reminds me in some ways to the Brees/Rivers issue in SD. Then he goes to Houston as the obvious back up. He gets is shut with the injury to Schaub...then he gets injured. Had he not have gotten injuried he would have been a high demand QB that was in the bidding war with Flynn for jobs.

YIt all depends on what the cause was.. If he was going to walk to the bar and he trips or he slips on ice or is hit by a driver flips bangs hs head knocking him out the rolls into the creek.

these arent mistakes by Spiller but mistakes in either play calls or Fitz passing decisions. Tonight i saw late in the first quarter when 10-7 on a third down. Spiller was out as a WR and the CB was more than 5 yds off of him. This is where you improvize and snap and throw the ball to him and let him take on a DB 1 on 1...he likely gets the first down if not more. Last play against the Patriots Fitz looks to him and sees they could run a slant throw to him and he walks into the end zone. There are more plays like this. I liked one play they ran that seems to be tailored where you had Spiller and Johnson run routes on the same side of the field. The D-man bit and went up to Spiller which left Johnson open. Had the D-man stay back Spiller would have been open.

You can randomly pick someone off this board and they would be better than Wanny as DC

They go 6-1 for 9-7 ....and they beat Indy...they have a very good shot at a WC. Pittsburgh may be in a lot of trouble if Rothesburger is out for a significant amount of time due to the throwing shoulder injury in Mondays game. a potential problem scenario is with indy.....They play at NE and host Buffalo...assume they lose both. they need to lose at Detroit or when hosting Tennesee. Houston could clinch home field after week 14 which means they rest their players for the indy games thus it becomes easy for indy to win those games. in week 14 Houston at New england...they already beat Baltimore and Denver so beating New england could clinch home field throughout. A probelm scenario is Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and indy all tied at 10-6 or 9-7 for the two wild cards. Then the H2H win with indy doesnt matter so it goes to conference record as the first tiebreaker. If Pittsburgh sweeps the Browns they will have Common game edge on Buffalo. They split it then they are tied in common games.

Where is David Lee's success?

Look who they are playing..... Miami at Indy Jacksonville St Louis Seattle at Miami Jets Seattle is their most difficult opponent but they still have a young QB who hasn't learned yet to win on the road. Going into their schedule the games that were going to be an issue was at SF, at Hou, at NE, at Jets, and hosting NE. They lost a game to Tennessee that was a close one that they should have won. Just about every team in the league has a game like that.

the Eagles have had a strange year...... they currently are 3-6. There 3 wins were by a total of 4 points. They lost 2 games by 2 and 3 points and their last two games easily could have gone differently if it wasnt for turnovers. Their best case scenario they could have be 7-2...worst case they could have been 0-9.... Would Buffalo want him?

Given this team started 6 of 9 on the road and having to play 4 of those games against very difficult opponents on the road it was expected this team would go at best 5-4.....which they almost did. It came down to a play in each game from that vs 3-6. The expected record was 4-5. They can easily win out the rest of the games and finish 10-6. 5 of them are home games, 2 of them are road games. If they go 6-1 they still aren't out of it. Its quite possible the two WC teams from the AFC are 9-7 or worse. With them losing today it will be very difficult for them to win the division. The Bills would need to have a better record than New England.

The QB play wouldnt be an issue if you had a decent defense. The main issue with Buffalo is that they don't throw deep. I think a big problem with Fitz has been with David Lee trying to fix him causing more problems.

You can do this on almost any play on who they could have thrown to. for Jones Fitz would have had to throw something that only Jones could catch like an over the top to the corner of the endzone.

How much do you think it could be because of the mindless defensive system this team is using?

The PI on Gilmore was an uncatchible ball. They also called a PI on a play where they pass wasnt to that receiver which means illegal contact or defense holding...but not PI. I hope Bills file a league complaint.

This was a timing route that the WR and QB need to be on the same page.

It was TJs fault... This is one of those routes you need to read what the defense is doing. Fitz threw it expecting him to cut in front of the DB....not behind him.

Ron brooks will likely be activated ff of IR if it hasn't been done yet. The bills decide to pull me f the OL from the practice squad.

Wonder who wins the spelling bee

Who could own the bills and keep them here. One idea that jumped out is with Pegula buying the team with others. Because nfl rules don't allow multi league ownership of teams as a majority owner. He does what the st Louis rams own did where he had owned a bunch of Denver tems and arenas but he put them under his sons control. The other option with the sabres is to have a skeleton ownership group with Pegula has minority interest but still has control. An alternate is to get Jacobs to flip his bruins for the sabres. Could you get ralphie to do this before he dies.

actually Ryan would...hed get to face his brother twice a year. Some other options are....but they would be offseason people..... 1. Jay Gruden 2. Zimmer DC of Cincinati 3. Fewell 4. DC Ryan 5. Univ of Oregon Coach 6. Iowa coach

Here is why..... Had the TD made the score 13-7 and it was a big defensive game where the offenses werent doing much at all...then you kick the XP and make it 13-7 in late in the third because the feeling was its highly more likely the other team can drive and get 2 FGs than get a TD. In this game teams was scoring alot. The other team was getting TDs. You needed to go for 2 to make it a 7 pt game at that point. At that point you really should assume you will only get 2 more possessions of the ball. This also goes back to the idea of going for it on 4th down in odd places. The team behind being down 6 will have the viewpoint they need a TD not 2 FGs (which would mean both drives go for FGs vs 1 for a TD). If you stop them on the first drive they will be going for it on the second drive and making it 4 downs for a first. The coach also should know since they were up by 6 they would play safe and burn the clock so the likelihood of them adding more points was unlikely. since in this game the team has regularly been able to drive the ball down the field you protect yourself. Whats to lose. If you fail and they go for a TD you still need a FG if you kicked the XP or not. Did the INT matter.....not really much. All it meant the started their drive a few plays farther down the field. Since they score with about a minute left they easily could have gotten that point on the field in a minute. Fitz was not to blame for this loss. Having TJ the QB or whomever wouldnt have mattered. the other issue when the Bills got the ball up 6 they should be playing to go up by two scores...not get all conservative and feel like they want to keep the clock rolling and burn the clock.

Bowe would be a good pick up but what exactly is he worth as a UFA? What is willing to be given up to acquire him this year . Keep in mind next season you will likely have the Steelers WR Wallace as a UFA

The reason for a kick off specialist is to mnmze the opponents ability to return kick offs and start in great field position if not return or a TD I don't have the data available but look at the odds of getting a td or FG based on field starting point. Buffalo this season faces quite a few KO specialists who are dangerous. The jets, browns, cardinals, Seahawks, niners, are teams that have this. You neutralize them by kicking in the endzne and produce touchbacks. This player makes possibly 20 or more yards difference then it's worth a roster pot. By looking at the odds iif you start from the 20 vs the 40 means a team scores on average 7-10 pts less per game means that player is worth a td a game or more. You keep him. That is what Potters job is. If he can't do it you cut him.

He will also allow them to release ruvell Martin.

The Biggest factor n making the playoffs is schedule. This year the afc north plays the afc west and NFC east, afc west plays the NFC south. Teams are going to be killing each other. The division will at max be 10 wins...even f the division winner s better the wild card slot team will be worse at around 9 wins. Let's look at San Diego and Denver...both 3-3.They still play each other one more time. San Diego still has the jets, steelers, and ravens?..so 6 losses is a real possibility if not more. With Denver they have the saints, at cincy, at baltimore? I see the secnd place team being 9-7 at best. With the afc north.....besides the west they still have NFC east teams to play? For the steelers they have to play ravens, bengals, Dallas, and giants on the road. Baltimore has San Diego, Houston, cincy, Washington on road, and Denver and giants at home. Similarly with this diviion given cincinati nd Pittsburgh both with 3 losers I see the second place team being no more than 9 wns This is why 10 wins by buffalo is important and can assure them of a wildcard spot...it will be much easier f they can finish ahead of the jets. In comparison with the jets... Against afc north...bills 1-0. Jets 0-1 Afc west....bills 1-0. Jets against San Diego. NFC west....buffalo 1-1 not losng at home, jets 0-1 losing at. Home. Afc south...jets lose home to Houston. Buffalo has the edge on the jets as of now. If buffalo can go to 4-5 after week 10 then should make it to 10 wins.