Brandon

Carrying a clipboard? Given the way he's played through his career so far, he probably needs to start practicing bagging groceries. Its a skill he's going to need soon if he doesn't start playing better real quick.

Three years? Its been a weak spot for about twelve years now.

The only stats that matter? 76 wins from 1990 to 1996, with Jim Kelly as the starter for the vast majority. 61 wins after 1997, split among Bledsoe, Flutie, Johnson, Van Pelt and Hobert. No comparison.

No, no, no. You can take any fat guy off the street and turn him into a quality NFL offensive lineman. You just need a good offensive line coach. No, really, its that easy.

No problem at all. These backups will all play like Tony Boselli with good coaching. That's what I heard this offseason, anyway.

Why more attention to Reed's drop? Haddad's fumble can be written off as a one-time mistake. Reed, on the other hand, has made a habit of developing butterfingers at the most inopportune of times. His job is to catch passes and through three years he's proven that he can't do that on a consistent basis.

I think the reason Losman is throwing only short passes is because the Bills want to maximize the number of snaps Losman gets this preseason and use it as extended practice time. If Losman throws a deep ball and gets it intercepted, its a wasted series and a loss of potential practice time. Even if he completes it, it shortens the series and again, reduces their chances to practice against an actual opponent.

Sad but true.

That's what you get when you draft a guy based on his athletic ability and ignore the fact that he was a 45% passer in college who threw more INTs than TDs. http://calbears.collegesports.com/sports/m...ler_kyle00.html And this guy was a 1st round prospect??? I wouldn't have considered him a draftable player with those hideous numbers.

I don't think 7/14 is anything to worry about, even if there were no drops. Its a small sampling of passes. Over a full season, every QB in the league will have a 7/14 stretch at some point, probably even worse.

Gandy is the starting LT, but he wasn't playing on that last scoring drive.

I'd like to know as well. I find it very interesting that the Bills want to see Peters in there protecting the franchise QB. Perhaps Peters is progressing even faster than we'd hoped?

If the Bills thought Freeney would've developed into what he is today, they should've picked him, regardless of the presence of Schobel. Freeney is a much better player. If that would have meant sending Schobel to the bench or trading him, so be it. That said, its all a matter of hindsight and I doubt the Bills viewed Freeney as a can't miss prospect. At least, I hope not. Our RT at the time actually was Jonas Jennings, who played RT as a rookie in 2001. Sullivan played RG.

Passing on a pick is suicidal for a GM.

It doesn't look bad. The Bills needed a major OL upgrade and Mike Williams has been a solid starter, if overpaid. That is indeed the price you pay for having a top 5 draft pick. Just looking at the first round from 2002, who would you have rather had? Dwight Freeney, as mentioned above, clearly would've been a better choice. That draft really wasn't overly impressive, in hindsight, and kind of underscores why having a top five draft pick sucks in this day and age. Unless the guy comes in immediately and plays like an All Pro, his salary is so high that if he needs time to develop, he's going to be viewed as a bust, at least by some.

If the Bills use the franchise tag on Nate Clements and another team signs him, the Bills are entitled to two first round draft picks, not a first and a third.

I think Denney will probably make the final 53 man roster. He's proven that he can be a decent 3rd DE. You expect more of a 2nd round pick, but at the end of the day, he is a reasonably productive reserve and will probably play out his contract (and I think he's a FA after this year). Reed is all but gone. Moulds, Evans and Parrish are locks as we all know. Sam Aiken will also make this final roster as he is the primary backup to Moulds. I also believe that he has outplayed Reed to this point this preseason. That leaves one remaining spot, and I think George Wilson will probably win it. He's a willing ST player and at the very least, he can actually catch the ball as a WR.

I guess they believe that the additional work will prove beneficial down the road. They're right, but after a good half in which he recovered from a poor start, I'd probably let Losman call it a night.

No injuries that I'm aware of. As I stated in the chat room, I think we're going to see a lot of this type of play from JP this year. He's not going to be consistent at all from series to series, though as we saw tonight, that can be a good thing.

That sounds about right. My only question is why Wade didn't pull the plug on Flutie before he did. In hindsight, the ultimate irony for the Flutie fans is that had Wade benched him a month earlier as he should have, Flutie would have likely started the Titans playoff game after RJ inevitably got injured in the final month of the regular season.

I'm only able to see the few plays NFL Network shows, but from the chat room reports, it seemed to have been a combination of drops and poor throws. However, he did play very well on the last two drives, going to 8/9 to finish 10/17 overall for 85 yards and 1 TD pass.

So you're saying that they're in midseason form?

First of all, I think we both need to take a step back and calm down. If we can discuss this in a civil manner and start over, I'm willing to do so. There is a basis for my opinion. Its really not even complex enough to necessitate the use of a bunch of economic indicators and statistics that can be read either way depending upon whether one sees the glass as half empty or half full. No, I see it within my local community. I live in a small, blue-collar town of about 25,000 people with an economy based on agriculture and manufacturing, with another 100,000 within a 25 mile radius. Although my family also owns a small manufacturing business as mentioned earlier, I chose to enter the banking industry. A lot of our customers and a lot of people in the community are barely making enough to survive. A lot of them are bringing home $1200-1500/month after taxes from the factories. Some will make twice that, which is good money around here. An extra $60-80/month for gas is eating them alive. The inflation brought on by the higher fuel prices certainly doesn't help, either. The agriculture industry here is belly up and survives on federal subsidies and a few rich farmers. These people can't afford another hit. They certainly can't afford any unnecessary spending. That's why I think that when Christmas rolls around, I think we're going to get a wake-up call. And sure, one can argue that its just one small town, and I can grant you that. That said, I doubt we're in a unique situation and even though one town really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, a good number of them together can. I'd like to be optimistic about it and I'm not going to assign political blame, but, I think its going to have to get better soon if we're going to get out of this without an economic downturn. I believe that the fuel prices, with their potential to impact the economy on such a wide scale basis, is going to be the determining factor. If it sticks at over $2.50/gallon, I think we're in for trouble.

You see, if you had actually asked this question to begin with instead of acting like a child, we wouldn't have this little bitching contest. Its nothing more than a guess, based upon the time I think it will take the effects of what I believe will be a poor Christmas season. And yes, I could be wrong. I'm not omnipotent. I can't see the future. It was offered up as an opinion and little more.

Your constant name calling proves my point.