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Losman's problem was he fumbled the ball when he got hit. That's it. Nothing else. Looking off his receivers have nothing to do with fumbling the ball when your arm gets hit. He hit 22-36 for 328 yards. I wonder how good Joe Ferguson thinks Losman's numbers would have been if he did look off his primary receiver? Maybe he would have completed 75% of his throws. For 420 yards. It's great that WGR wants to bring in all of these ex-Buffalo Bills to tell everyone what the teams problems are, but I just wish they had something to say.

B.S. If you listened to his interview after the game, he took the blame for missing that block, and even said mistakes like that are what's keeping the team from winning. Whether he will leave Buffalo or not we don't know, but he does care about winning and never complains about not getting the ball enough or around the goal line or anything else. The guy's been nothing but a team player since he's been in Buffalo, yet still people say he's only interested in stats and will hold out next year.....etc. He didn't even complain last year in Mularkey's offense when he came out in passing situations for Shaud Williams.

Another thing about Pennington today, a big part of the reason the Jets could not run the ball is because of the way the Bills defense (especially corners) were playing him. No respect at all as far as throwing the ball down the field. And our run D has big problems without Spikes... Think it's a coincidence that McGahee had his career best day rushing today, the way Losman was throwing? Yeah, the turnovers killed us today and Pennington didn't make any... but it'll be interesting to see where these two QB's are at in their careers this time next season.

The offense is starting to grow up. Losman showed today that he has the ability and decision making to develop into an elite QB. The turnovers happened, and they were the reason we lost, but turnovers can and will be eliminated. One flutter ball, and two blind side sacks... He'll learn to get rid of the ball, an NFL blitz gets there a little quicker than playing at Tulane, but you can't teach a QB to fire the ball through wind like that. I'll take 475 yards of offense every game. To say Losman SUCKED today is pretty ridiculous.

I wouldn't be so quick to credit TD for Willis, either. He spent a first round pick on him, and Willis certainly hasn't exceeeded that value. He's doing about what he should do for where he was selected. No praise for Donohoe is needed when it comes to Willis, or Denney or Reed or even McGee for that matter. McGee has certainly exceeded value, but when you factor in all of Donohoe's other draft choices past round three, I chalk it up to the BHFFSS theory. (Blind Hog Finally Found Some Slop)

Well I agree with you that he's a decent RB and that's why he's on the team. He's fine as a 3rd teamer, no upside really but he can come in and add a spark with quickness. I disagree with those that say he made it because of his special teams ability. He adds nothing to special teams. Just because you can stick him back there returning kickoffs or punts doesn't mean he's any good at it.

He has no value on special teams, either. (referring to Shaud Williams)

Glad they kept Haggan and Stamer, though.

Coy Wire survived again????

Kelly Holcomb's long pass to Reed was nice. Holcomb threw it down the field and Reed caught it, astronomical odds against that combination happening on the same play.

Haven't seen the stiff arm but once or twice that I remember, and no devastating ones like he put on Zach Thomas his first year. But he's running with power and breaking tackles and looks quicker. How's that?

I heard Tasker (or someone??) say it was because the coaches wanted to get a longer look at Wire because he was on the bubble. Personally I think it may have been just as much to light a fire under Whitner, but that's just a guess.

Just looking at Qb rating is not a great way to measure QB's for several reasons, most notably the fact that TD passes are represented in the formula. If Losman passes it all the way down the field (hypothetically) and McGahee runs it in, why should his QB rating be any less? Qb rating is especially useless over just a few games data. All it tells is if a guy has a 90 rating he's played pretty well, and if a guy has a 60 rating he sucks. Yds per attempt seems to be the about the most accurate measure of a QB (with a peripheral eye on INT percentage.) The great ones do well in this statistic, Kelly was over 8 in his great seasons, and this is why I'm getting more and more sold on Losman. The fact that he's throwing it down field and accurately shows poise, confidence and improvement. You can see these things - they are obvious - if you watch him. If he had completed 68% of his passes at 5.8 yds/att with a 95 Qb rating, I'd be a lot less encouraged. Losman had a better preseason than most of those QB's you mentioned, including Brady.

I'll have to go back and look at that one. I just remember thinking it was a bad pass. 68% "That's not good." Even if the 8-game experienced QB did stare down a couple, you've got to be kidding.

I agree I saw that on the INT too. The one where Reed was indecisive in his route. Losman stared him down big time and the corner jumped it. But that's the only time I recall it all preseason. It's encouraging to say the very least.