NoHuddleKelly12

See?? I always thought you were a little too negative. ?

Shady: "Maybe if I lose this helmet under the bench while the fat guy is covering me, I won't have to sub in for Ivory anymore."

Exactly. Story of the Drought, redux. Never quite as bad as say, the Browns, but never breaking into the upper crust of perennial playoff contenders either--Fitzy = a run of great 4-5 games that have you wondering what Sully could ever find negative to write about, only to wind up looking like the fish out of water Harvard athlete that he is, gasping for air just short of the playoff finish line. At least the Bills swung for the fences with JA.

Answer: (1) not enough QB bodies on the current roster healthy enough, or (2) up to speed enough to make him fall off the roster as of yet. I have little doubt he will still be cut this year, but McBeane have to stockpile enough dumpster dive backups first. Bradford could be next man up, and in that case I think NP will be gone. Sometimes, the easiest explanation is the furthest you have to look.

Totally didn't see this thread coming. Problem is that it will only take about that same second for DA to jump right back into concussion protocol. Have you seen our line when faced with the prospect of protecting for an immovable object?

Nope! Count me in on that fan group. He throws a mean pick-6 himself, but without the common decency/courtesy of at least producing a TD drive somewhere along the way, which is at least something Peterman can lay claim to from the Houston game and today, sandwiched around DA's forgettable run. Again, I realize we are grading out differing levels of the same stink, but I feel the need to get technical after games like we've been suffering through lately.

Allen close to throwing is still Allen not yet throwing, to say nothing of when he will actually hit the playing field again after that. Anderson coming back is like saying the light bulb that went out came back on after I jiggled it, but it could go out again any moment since I didn't actually replace it with a new one. He's pretty much a porcelain serving dish, and our line can protect him from hits maybe 60% of the time? Barkley is another body, you're right, but without knowing what they will see yet from him, I doubt the Bills will be in a mood to lighten the QB room any more than necessary through injuries alone. Short answer, no, he does not get cut tomorrow.

"I usually never open up about my situation in Buffalo..." For good reason EJ. Let's keep it that way. For those of you scoring at home, EJ's still the only QB to ever lose an NFL game in 4 different countries, BTW.

He's on life # 5 of 9 by my unofficial count, so he probably won't be cut tomorrow--plus the Bills still literally don't have enough warm QB bodies to throw to the wolves, so he will remain by default, IMHO. I wonder how close the staff was to inserting Barkley before NP's late TD drive?

I'll concede that as a placeholder type player, TT would be better than what's been trotted out behind JA so far this year. But does any of that really matter if JA becomes the franchise player he was drafted to be, and the Bills wind up with even more draft capital than at first expected given this trainwreck of a season, meaning there is also a better chance that some of that can be turned into quality playmakers to surround JA with for 2019 and beyond?

During the good 'ol days of the SB years, I was always shocked if the Bills would ever lose a game in the regular season--expecting to win and expecting something bad to always happen to the other guys during the game was a big part of that team's mystique. Now I watch expecting something bad to happen to our O, and shocked if we make it through one quarter without a shoe dropping along the way. Anyone else remember the NFL Films' cut up of the original expansion Buccaneers' teams (with the old school white/yellowish trim unis and respectable buccaneer logo) set to a carnival type soundtrack backing up clips of the blooper reels? Never will forget the one with their kicker completely missing the ball and then trying to fall on it or throw it, one or the other, before being smothered by whoever...anyway, now we are that blooper reel on O, and it feels like we need a rebuild from our rebuild! I'm still muddling through with "the process," but only because I know that this QB carousel of misfits was never the plan going in, and JA has such incredible upside that could turn this franchise's fortunes around in a hurry. Quite a detour in the meantime however!

I like where your head's at, but in all seriousness, if this year is all about the development of JA (provided he can get back on the field), then I want the kid's confidence to be where it needs to be, and earning a couple W's along the way through some timely plays off of his arm, would be good in that regard--especially if we get another 4th Q comeback or two, to go along with a solid blowout statement win? We need this kid to come through something fierce--and hopefully he's learning firsthand how NOT to play QB from the motley crew manning the position since he went down, "mentor" included. Trust your instincts JA, they're probably better than Daboll's chicken scratch notepad at this point.

McCoy's last 24 rushes = 24 yards, while Ivory has been averaging over 5YPC during the same stretch. We all know from the eyeball test that McCoy is not our best RB right now (no matter the why), and heaven help us if Ivory is also lost for any extended period of time. While Ivory was busy showing heart, McCoy has welched on even showing his face this week and ducks out again today before any questions can be tossed his way. Say what you will about NP, but he stood at the lectern and answered every question like a man. Today, McCoy did zero again to help out his QB, and honestly I'm not sure what on earth Brandon was smoking when he said McCoy is absolutely a vital part of this team's 2019 plans. Hopefully that changes at this rate.

I think anyone at TBD participating in this is doing it for the right reasons, and not to get attention, at least I would hope. I said take a bow as part of the discussion on this thread in order to make a point that it’s something we as Bills fans can be proud of being a part of. Bit of bright news sandwiched between the dreary slog this season and much of the discussion around here has become of late. Sorry for any misunderstanding there klos63.

Nonetheless the point stands. For this week, if he were healthy and starting, would DA finally be able to lead at least one TD drive? He’s so limited physically that any line breakdown whatsoever virtually guarantees a sack/bad hit. I just don’t see that much of a dropoff in net result with NP for this week either, sorry.

After Belichick, the Browns have cycled through 10 coaches if you count Greggie, but I wouldn’t say any of them are going to be missed outside of Bill. But crazy as it sounds, the last coach in Cleveland to sport a winning regular season record, is also Marty S, and Modell waved goodbye after the 88 season—I’d say based on Cleveland time alone, Marty may be one that franchise also regrets letting slip away too soon. They haven’t recovered since. Washington and San Diego also didn’t learn this lesson where he’s concerned

Buffalo. But I think the more salient question is how many sacks Barkley will take once pressed into service?

Stand up and take a bow Bills nation. Tip of the hat on this one! Well done ??

So he can sit sighing in front of his locker with various appendages taped/iced up, saying things like, “Tough break today getting hit like that—hopefully I won’t miss too many games this time. We’ll take this injury one day at a time, and I’ll be doing rehab and getting in my mental reps. In the meantime I’ll support whoever we have starting next week.”

Nah, Rodak is too busy perusing the AP wire to churn out anything truly original or in-depth local reporting on the Bills of his own—this assignment was a step down for him and I’m sure he can’t wait to get back on the easy Patriots beat where he’s a true fan with enthusiasm!

Didn’t say it would be any kind of a material edge, that’s for sure!

Has zero TD DA shown you anything to even say “slight?” Call me crazy, and I won’t dispute it, but their differences to me seem so slight, I’d actually give the push to NP on legs alone. Slim pickins!

He’s still ahead of DA in the TD department ?

McD pulling some gamesmanship must be it at this point, trying to gain an edge any way he can get it? Not sure what the NFL rules on this are though

Ironically you could’ve made the same guarantee about DA playing