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  1. Are you serious? Dude, the best CB's are the one's who arent thrown to more than 3-5 times a game. The reason they only threw 5 balls at him is probably because he was blanketing his receiver. I dont know because I wasnt at the game, but thats common sense.

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    You're right. Nate is by far the best player on our team and easily the best cornerback in the league. The only question is will Marv be awake enough to pay him the $7-$8 mill/yr he wants for the priviledge of letting us see Nate school the league's best receivers.

     

    I'm not sure how I could ever think Nate was average. He clearly is so good, opposing teams shudder in fear of even getting near his side of the field.

  2. Risin would you agree that lack of awareness in the pocket and indecision would have taken away from your O-lines performance.

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    What pocket are we talkin about? I can hardly recall a pocket. JP drops back and has 2 choices - immediately throw or run. He has about 2 seconds to make that decision before someone is on him. This is pretty much 90% of our pas attempts.

  3. IF our line is so bad, why did we have the AFC's leading rusher coming into this game?

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    Actually, McGehee was the 4th leading rusher (I think). But, perhaps its because he's good (which I know many refuse to believe). Also, perhaps its because several of the top rushers have had their buys; hence, they've played one less game. Also, perhaps our line is better at run blocking than pass blocking. Which begs the question, why all the 5 step drops today?

     

    Regardless, our line is pretty bad. I know it. Everyone with 2 eyes knows it.

  4. McGee did not cost us the game.  He did not play a good game but let's face it we had no pass rush for most of the game and Ko Simpson was very, very late with deep coverage support.  Williams just might be the best WR in the league right now and his size creates a mismatch for most corners.

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    Its funny how every week we play the best "insert position" in the league right now.

  5. Bottom Line, look at every other QB in his Class, Eli Manning, Big Ben and Phillilp Rivers, look at what they all are doing, he can't play man, why do we have a hard time facing reality, we went thru this same thing with Deadsoe

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    I think you could argue that all of those guys have a far better team surrounding them. Do you really think any of those guys would have us in the playoffs by themselves?

  6. OK so he had 2 catches ... now see how many Bailey gives up tonight. I bet he gives up 2 or more.

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    By my count, he was thrown to 5 times and gave up 3 passes (but, for the sake of arguement I'll say he gave up 2). So, that's 50%. Now why is he worth top 5 money? I've never said he wasn't an adequate corner, I'm just saying he's not the best in the league and therefore shouldn't be paid as such.

     

    And I agree, Champ does give up a few passes, but he seems to atone with a key interception, as well. Where's Nate's interceptions?

  7. Like everyone else, I'm just so sick of hearing about how bad the Oline is....we need to just fix the damn thing once and for all...enough of this crap!

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    Exactly what I was thinking watching the game - I'm tired of this crap. Why does it seem like every other team out there can throw a quick slant or a screen? But, we can never do that.

     

    JP played pretty well when given the chance, but way too many 5 and 7 step drops for this line. They have to realize this line can't hold the ruch long enough for any QB to drop back 7 steps then set and scan the field. On the one decent drive, it was all 3 step drops.

  8. I couldn't see the game, but based on what those who DID see it are saying, the line was horrible, particularly Gandy....we need a line that is appropriately tough considering the fact that we are a cold weather team.

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    I saw that game - consider yourself lucky. It wasn't as close as the score looked. We were pretty well outplayed in every aspect. The OLine was particulary miserable. Throw in some questionable play calls, a completely lousy defensive effort, and a few bad ref calls; and you have a miserable game.

  9. right....that's the plan that jaruon and levy have decided to go with. I expect JP to be in there for all 16 games, barring injury, and then they'll evaluate his performance and growth after the season.

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    Exactly, unitl the line improves such that there's a consisten pocket, you cannot lay the inept offense at JPs feet. He's definitely shown flashes and should be allowed to develop. Hopefully, we get a decent line in fron of him sooner or later.

  10. I posted what happened, not what I thought would fool, nor did I try to "interpret" what was happening. But, lets for a moment: On the first catch, yes, Williams pushed; but because Clements bit on the fake, he was out of position and therefore rather than a push all it really took was a slight nudge to "throw" him 10 yds off the play.

     

    4th series

    3-4 R. Williams run past Clements. Completion 18 yds.

    Zone or not, Williams ran right past him, Clements turned to pursue and the catch was made with Clements the only Bill within the area of the pass. Call it what you want, but he gave up a pass there.

     

    10th Series

    1-10 R. Williams catch for 18 yds in front of Clements.

    Williams runs and cuts in front of Clements - catches the ball. How is that not a catch against Clements?

     

    Look, Clements clearly gave up more than 1 pass. He also, didn't single handedly give the game away either. All I'm saying is that this guy wants $7mil/yr and he's not palying like a shut down corner and getting interceptions. So, why pay him like he is? If he wants to stay for a reasonable salary, I'm all for it. But, why spend top money for an average CB when we need to spend it on the lines.

  11. A little different than my weekly fantasy "Who Blew It!" threads, but this was the kind of game where you can do it just for the Bills.

    The entire o-line.  Jp is not the problem.  It's mainly Gandy.  He can't block.  I've been saying it ever since we got him, he not a quality starter.

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    I'd place a hefty amount of blame on the Defensive line as well. The continue to make average running backs look like MVPs.

  12. This whole team needs to play more consistent and that includes JP, but some like to place the blame on one player every week.......We are rebuilding and lost to a rebuilding team by 3 points.....lets switch QB's. Spare me!

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    Exactly! The whole teams needs to play with more consistency. They're all blowing assignments all the time. With this O Line, its almost a given that on 3rd down there's pressure. If I were JP, I'd just go back and start running on 3rd down, because there is no pocket to be aware of.

  13. Clements only gave up 1 pass in the Lions game .... McGee was getting torched. Holy cow. Im done with this thread. My head is going to implode.

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    OK. just fast forwarded through the game. And giving up one pass is a bit of a stretch. I counted 2 tackles (one after the first down) and 2 passes defensed (however, technically, he didn't break either one up) and 3 passes against.

     

    Certainly, McGee got worked over quite a bit more. But, for a playmaker, where's all of Clements great plays?

     

    In general, the Lions just took it to our Defense. And, Clements did little to help. Add that to the poor run defense and continual burn of McGee and the Lions are headed to the playoffs.

     

    1st Q:

    1st series

    2-7. Clements bites on pump fake. 20 yd completion to R. Williams.

     

    2nd Q:

    4th series

    3-4 R. Williams run past Clements. Completion 18 yds.

    1-10 R. Williams runs past him again. Dropped pass at 10yd line.

     

    5th Series

    1-10 R. Williams catch for 8 yds. Clements too far off in coverage.

     

    3rd Q:

    9th Series

    1-10 Clements makes a tackle, coming off his guy.

     

    4th Q:

    9th Series

    2-7 Clements makes tackle after first down.

     

    10th Series

    1-10 R. Williams catch for 18 yds in front of Clements.

    1-10 Clements covering R. Williams. KO intercepts it at the 3.

  14. Other than a few miss tackles do you mind telling me how exactly Clements has been sucking? He got beat ONCE all day, and that was on a push-off.

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    Seriously, how can you say you watched the last 2 games and conclude that Clements is a top 5 cornerback? He doesn't get beat long, because he's always playing too deep allowing the receivers to catch the ball in front of him. How many first down catches has he given up because he's too deep? Mix that in with those several missed tackes a game and it adds up to average corner play - at best. I'm not saying he's the only reason this defense sucks; but he's clearly not doing anything to help it out. He's adequate and for that, I'd say keep him on the team only for a significant pay cut.

     

    If another team wants to pay him $7-8 million, let them. Because he's not earned that for us in over a year now.

  15. He certainly isn't playing like a 7 million dollar man who's vying for a big contract next year (somewhere).

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    I think that's the key here. Clements, IMO, is a good corner and I'd be more than happy to have him on the Bills for many years to come. However, he wants big money? He a "playmaker"? Best corner in the league? Getting his head out of his arse should be essential to him staying. Otherwise, we can get someone a whole lot cheaper that plays average to above average corner.

  16. Bullsh.. Earn Respect my arse. When you write an article about rookie safeties in the league and don't mention the NFL Rookie of the Month... who just happens to be a safety! well... either he's an idiot or something else. In my opinion, the article and writer looses all credibilty and points to a glaring lack of editorial effort.

  17. Leagally, (yes, I am a lawyer) having a ticket gives you no right of entry. It may be revoked at any time for any reason. For example, lets say you bought tickets to the best hypothetical concert of all time, a Pink Floyd reunion concert. You score front row tickets and a pass to hang-out with the band after the concert.

     

    You bought two tickets for $5000 a full year in advance. You get to the concert, find your seats, are sufficiently stoned and ready for the best experience of your life. However, five minutes before the concert begins, the manager of the facility taps you on the shoulder and tell you that you have to leave because President Bush showed up and they are giving the preseident and the first lady your seats.

     

    You are SOL!

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    Given that scenario, I'd probably be in jail for killing a few people. No way, I'd give up my seat without a fight.

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