[Teddy Bridgewater 1st NFL start...]

That's actually really foolish given the resources you need to devote to the position. You're no better for passing on the next Tom Brady than you are for passing on the next Antonio Gates, or more realistically, the kind of depth you need at positions like LB and OL to survive in the NFL. You build your team and there are usually only 3 quarterback slots at best, with only one of them on the field at any given time.

 

Every other year could make sense, especially given injuries, and I would probably not go longer than every 3.

 

This is dated, still the value of every other position compared to QB is minimum according to guys in the business of making money http://grantland.com...value-in-vegas/

[Would EJ start for any other NFL team right now ?]

Well there is this tweet on the front page. "EJ Manuel now has a 19.8 QBR on the season, 32nd among 33 qualified quarterbacks. Only Chad Henne has been (was?) worse." So since Henne is no longer starting, Im not so sure.

 

First QB since Brady Quinn to have a QBR under 10 in consecutive full games. So he's got that going for him also.

[Marrone was calling plays today.]

Hard to blame the coaches when guys are running wide open and your QB can't hit em.

[2014 draft, revisited.]

Sammy dropped a couple of balls. Still hard to make a pick when the QB is pathetic.

[I miss Fitz]

Hindsight is 20/20 but obviously would've rather had Fitz instead of Kolb last year. Not having anyone to push EJ until Orton was a mistake. I have the discussion at every home game, but it seems the Bills have been afraid of any QB competition since Edwards/Losman.

[[closed]Would you wait three years for greatness at QB?]

You're not really following my premise. Aaron Rodgers showed little early on as well. And "nothing" means you're unimpressed with anything including that scramble and hookup with Chandler. Also, are you Captain Hindsight?

 

Rodgers showed very little because they had Favre. They drafted Brohm after Rodgers thowing 59 passes his first three years in the league. At that point Favre's constant retirement talk wasn't tired. Rodgers and Rivers were behind elite QB's.

[Game Balls and Sweaty Jockstraps]

QB was awful today. Coaching was horrible. I don't get 3rd and short being in shotgun. Clemson did it vs FSU and may have cost them the game.

 

I thought Jackson had a good game. Run defense was OK.

[why is bryce brown inactive?]

He's not good enough to play?

[A Toronto team AND a Buffalo team in the NFL?]

No to Toronto. I think re-alignment is intriguing. It works for the Bills because they haven't been good and really no intense rivals because of play. The Dolphins are the rival because of the 90's. The biggest rivalry in the NFL over the last years has been Brady vs Manning. If the NFL were to expand the playoffs like has been rumored that'd be the time to re-align. I don't see it happening. The idea of a rust-belt division would be awesome to me right now. If someone mentioned it during the Marino vs Kelly era I'd hate it.

["The Ralph”]

Prices on the secondary market have gone up substantially. I expect this game to have an incredible atmosphere. Win and I expect to continue no a lesser level each week. This season the only way I could see the atmosphere matched would be clinching a playoff berth at home.

 

Really just a great week for Buffalo that will get even better with a win.

[Good, Bad & The Ugly...Week 1]

The three best runs of the day were by Jackson and then two by Boobie. Spiller I thought had a decent game even though his stats say he was ok.

 

To me the good was obviously Graham and Woods. Woods I think will lead the team in catches. Graham I think will stay on the field, it's a 3 CB league. With McKelvin and Gilmore coming back from injuries I believe they'll improve as year goes on. Graham will stay on field.

 

Bad, no adjustment to Forte or Bennett.

 

Ugly, that PI call on Williams was horrible. Also I get trying to get your best players the ball but I could do without Spiller returning kicks and was Jackson out on a punt return?

 

I'm used to the Bills losing that type of game. Solid road win, something to build on.

[Roger Goodells Failures as Commissioner]

The full video of Rice is disturbing. So the police saw the video I'm guessing and nothing came of it?

[A Few Thoughts About The Game, in no particular order.....]

McKelvin's hands and T.J. Grahams hands are one in the same. I thought the ball was going to deflate in OT after he dropped the pick.

 

Robert Woods came up big today.

 

The PI call on Aaron Williams was awful.

 

Bryce Brown a healthy scratch.

 

Nice win on the road.

[Brady gets a pass and not EJ?]

Brady's down year would be one of the best years a Bills QB has ever had.

[Police issued 33 citations for open containers]

Well, I am thinking anyone parking in your lot is just an idiot, as do the cops.....hence the ticket.

 

Seriously, what is the actual rule? We park in ECC , cross Abbott to the stadium. I always have two beers on my way to the stadium( I like to stop and talk to drunks).Last year right in front of gates I had a question for a cop, talked to him for 5 minutes all the while finishing my Genny...not a peep.

 

Perhaps they thought the Genny was punishment enough.

[Name all the backup QBs you would rather have than Kyle Orton]

Cousins and Glennon would make the season more interesting if they're terrible.

[Art Briles; the new chip Kelly]

If I had to fire Marrone and take a coach from the college ranks I'd pick Sumlin and it wouldn't even be close. When I lived in Houston he did so many crazy things at UH and when he took the job at College Station a lot of people felt he was to young and to inexperienced. Look how that panned out.

 

I think Sumlin is the most intriguing college coach right now. I would of loved the Bills to have gone after him.

[Stevie Johnson Struggling to Secure #3 Spot with 49ers]

How long to you think Houston plans on keeping Fitz? As much as I like Fitz, I dont think they plan on doing much with him at QB.

 

They took Savage in the 4th, I think he'll start a couple of games.

[PFF Names Spikes and Bradham on their "Team of the Preseason"]

I'm not worried about the defense giving up too many points. The ST and offense giving up points are much more worrisome. I get flashbacks of the KC game. Tuel was QB so I'll take that into perspective but the offense can be to blame I think for 20 points.

 

With that said if McKelvin is healthy and Gilmore puts it all together hopefully our D can put the O in scoring position 1-2 times a games.

[Stevie Johnson Struggling to Secure #3 Spot with 49ers]

Woods was our top WR by far last year. He's now battling to be the Bills #3.

 

SJ is no one's #1, and if he were on the Bills roster today he'd be #4 or #5.

 

That he's even competing for SF's #3 spot is a strong indication Bills WRs > 49ers WRs.

 

I think the Bucs would be saying the same thing about Williams.

 

The 49ers QB play this preseason has been on par with the Bills. Watkins has impressed and looked the part of a #1 but until he does it in the regular season I think the 9ers WR are better than the Bills.

[Sam Bradford Tears ACL - Out for the Season]

Bradford is pretty average. Even with him they were a last place team. Now they're a last place team with a worse QB.

[Whose this years Colin Brown & Justin Rodger]

Rogers game against the Jets was as bad of a game I've ever watched a player have. Manuel will be getting the criticism.

 

Williams has never played well and the contract they gave him was puzzling. Rivers has never been able to recover from getting rocked I think his rookie year.

 

As for guys who don't belong in the league who could matter, obviously the backup QB's. Other positions I don't think their is a Keith Ellison, Justin Rogers, Colin Brown type.

[Next and final step, a high profile coach.]

Kevin Sumlin would be my choice.

[The Unpopular Opinion. RB - Fred Jackson]

The unknown is always more intriguing than the known. Jackson and Spiller should be 1 and 1A. Dixon and Brown I'm sure will get carries. I don't think either are nearly as good as Spiller or Jackson.

 

Running backs seem to lose it quickly so maybe by the end of the season Jackson is on the bottom of the depth chart. As for now, no.

[Would you swap EJ for Manziel right now?]

Seriously, what is with this board? How about we let EJ play before we start trying to compare him or swap him in nonsense threads that can never happen? I mean how many of these threads do we need?

 

EJ is the best QB prospect we have had since Kelly was drafted...literally. Yet all half this board wants to desperately do is prove he's a bust before he's had a chance to define his career. I swear most the people hating on him would rather us lose and him bust just to be right rather than be objective about him and hope for his success.

 

At the time he was drafted I think Losman would've been considered a better prospect. He was a failure. Just using Scouts Inc grade they had Losman an 89 and Manuel a 76. Edwards was also given a grade of 85.