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I guess he's not a Takeo Spikes sized Mike run stopper, but the guy is pretty darn good at stuffing the run (as a rookie), excellent in coverage, great motor, excellent sideline to sideline, can blitz, and seems like an overall great team player so far. Seems to me that if other front offices didn't think they could use a player like this in their scheme, they need to reevaluate their scheme or their front office. There were the character concerns. Was it just a DUI? If that's what made teams pass on him that just seems dumb. So common not just in the NFL but everywhere. Who doesn't know a dozen great people who have them. People make mistakes, especially in college.

LOL classic. Gotta love "those guys".

That is correct. He's made some big catches at big times, and that has led to a lot of people thinking he's an elite tight end. He's serviceable, but he just doesn't have the ability of the better TEs in the league.

In response to the AW debate... it was definitely a stupid penalty. Way out of bounds and giving them a first on a third and long. That being said, you have to love everything AW did in the game besides that. Just playing his heart out and laying big hits across the field. He had just had a huge play right before that penalty. Young player that was just so jacked up he got a little carried away. Not that it's an excuse for the penalty, but he's a young player, and can anyone really trash him on that penalty without acknowledging what an outstanding overall game he had? Hopefully he learns from it but continues to play with that kind of hustle, effort, and swagger week in and week out.

Mario was huge. As with Leo, his big sacks were almost ALL at times when we ABSOLUTELY needed them. He's a player that can really rise to the occasion (similar to last year when he showed up big for the Indy game, which was really a "win and you are in position to compete for a playoff spot" game), That's definitely something we've been missing over the years. If we let a QB pose back there, or run, we get destroyed. This guy is not someone who can be single blocked or forgotten about. A couple of his sacks were just awesome hustle and relentless pursuit + the speed to get there. If he keeps that level of effort up... scary good.

Fantastic performance today. I was singing his praises (and the secondary in general after week one), but today he wasn't just solid... he was shut down status. Great plays on the ball and at really big points of the game too. W2G Leo... now if we could get a little punt return for a TD, that would be really nice!! BTW why did they have Woods back deep on that one return instead?

Sorry if I'm late on this comment, but why was it necessary to run the hurry up and leave them all that time to work with. I'm a big marrone fan, but you have to adjust your hurry up for situations like that. Gave then that td... and the d played great all half

The ralph was rocking on Sunday. Could barely hear the shout song when it was played because the ambient noise was too loud. Any defensive play it was deafening. I've been going to 3-5 games for the last 15 years. This guy has no idea what he's talking about. Love ej getting the crowd hype. Got everyone pumped for the fourth quarter .

Pretty much in line with this, but this Buzzfeed was pretty hysterical as well. http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjkiebus/reasons-being-a-buffalo-bills-fan-is-more-painful-than-ch

Hogan has played well on ST so far. Nice to see a WR that's not scared to stick his nose in there and make a tackle.

As to KR, Smith looked impossibly slow on the on he returned in the game.

Completely agree. That play where he chased the sweep down was from a 0 tech on the nose btw. Awesome play. He's never been an explosive playmaker. He's an excellent technician who is always in his gap and always maintaining control. He has been blowing up offensive lineman all preseason. That's huge for stopping the run. It would be nice to see him get off a few blocks and make big plays, but the man controls his gap. While it would be great if he came off into another gap to make a big play, it's our linebackers that need to get off blocks and fill their gaps as well. .

Moments ago on Sportscenter, Herm predicted the Bills would go 7-9... I guess he saw something this afternoon that made him determine we would lose one additional game... BUT WHICH ONE?

Have read this board for awhile but first time posting. I've often wondered the same thing about long snappers. I snapped in college and played DE. My typical snap time for a punt was .65 to .68 seconds. A good NFL long snap is anywhere in between .6 and .7 seconds. I know there are a ton of guys playing various positions in the NFL (usually DE or TE) that were long snappers in college. I've got to think at least a few of those guys have the capability to get it back there as good as most snappers (and you do see a poor snap almost every game, but usually the punter still gets it off). And just to your point about headhunting, the coaches could care less about the LS making tackles. Yeah they run down and try to cover, but they're usually not near the NFL caliber athletes as every other player on that punt team. Occasionally they make tackles, but I've seen Garrison Sanborn have his ankles broken more than a handful of times in the open field with a punt returner. All NFL teams care about from the LS is that the snap is fast and accurate. I wonder if coaches are just too nervous of the storm that would hit if they had a regular player as a snapper and he did botch one. With today's mass media coverage of the NFL, you know people would be very quick to call them out for doing something different than every other team in the league.