Wraith

Anybody else notice that on Parrish's TD, Corto threw both the first and last blocks to spring him? That was unbelievable hustle.

That was Lindell. I love the fact that our kickers are tougher than some teams defensive backs (think Deion Sanders here).

Air is actually an amazing insulator. A lot of insulation types are just different ways of trapping a stagnant layer of air around whatever is being insulated. If you can keep air from moving (thus eliminating convection) it will be a very good insulator because it has a very low thermal conductivity. It's also why 72 degree water feels a heck of a lot colder than 72 degree air. Your body heat is transfered away much faster in water.

Good.

That thumb has been injured since the second week of camp, correct?

A couple of notes. A) Losman also had many passes that were pinpoint on in the first half. B) It's been argued by many that Edwards is better at leading his receivers on short throws than Losman, leading to more yards after the catch. However, the statistics from last year showed that Losman and Edwards average Yards/Completion were nearly identical while Losman's completion percentage was SIGNIFICANTLY higher on passes throw 10 yards or less down field (I.E. The short one, timing patterns). Perception is an interesting thing.

That WAS our two minute drill.

McKelvin was participating in the night practice on Tuesday night. Full speed.

Only in your mind, I'm afraid. When Brown remarked that Edwards was showing good accuracy in camp this year, did it imply he ordinarly does not? Does every compliment given to a player by Chris Brown imply something negative? Or only the one's about J.P. Losman?

That's interesting, because Chris Brown called it the best interview Losman has ever given as a member of the Buffalo Bills.

Please. Hardly a day goes by that an athlete or coach doesn't say something they have to apologize for or retract soon thereafter. Losman had two choices this offseason: A) Stay silent, or B) Speak to the press and spout the cliches over and over again and hope some "journalist" like Jerry Sullivan doesn't eventually say something that pisses Losman off enough that he finally says something emotional (i.e. stupid) which immediately earns him the "immature" label with the press and with the fans, and worst of all, possibly the coaches or his teammates. Losman is the back up quarterback and thus is under no obligation to be the "face of the team" as he previously was while he was the starter. Given that, and weighing the risk versus reward, why in the world would Losman choose option B? To appease a few overly critical fans? That seems to be the only benefit, as even the overly sensitive Buffalo media doesn't appear to be holding Losman's "slight" against him. The prudent, and professional thing to do in this situation was to go about his business and keep his mouth shut. I find it incredible that you disagree. Last night at training camp, the Bills offense tried a screen pass to Marshawn Lynch out of the backfield. Ryan Denney read the play and was unblocked and Trent Edwards basically threw a soft pass right to him. I'm sure the minute Edwards let go of that ball he wished he hadn't. Had he done that in a game he would've felt really stupid. Nobody in the crowd said a word. Later, Losman is in the game and neatly side steps an unblocked blitzer and heaves a long pass to the left pylon of the endzone. The pass sails out of play with no one within 10 yards of it. Anyone with eyes could see the intended receiver, Felton Huggins, and the DB covering him, Reggie Corner, get tangled up and go down in a heap together at the 15 yard line. Yet, a chorus of boos rained down from the stands and several derogatory remarks were yelled Losman's way because of the pass. The point of my story is that there are clearly plenty of fans who are just looking for something to criticize Losman about that they wouldn't criticize if it were from someone they liked or were indifferent to. In my example, these people were willing to overlook obvious evidence contradicting their criticism. This seems like one of those cases, too.

My point is THAT IS THE THREAD. It hasn't disappeared.

This thread? Didn't look too hard, I see...

From what I can tell, the root cause of this problem is that the U.S. keeps insisting on sending teenage girls to compete while our opponents send robots.

Then you'd probably rather have Losman: Edwards on passes thrown less than ten yards in the air, 2007: 59.7% on 201 Attempts Losman on passes thrown less than ten yards in the air, 2007: 72.0% on 129 Attempts Losman on passes thrown less than ten yards in the air, 2006: 71.8% on 302 Attempts There are plenty of short comings to pick on for Losman, but short passing isn't one of them.

You're taking exception with Edwards being called injury prone? He's played one complete season in his last 5.

As it stands now, that's the same line he'll be playing behind to start the season.

Edwards played the 1st quarter for the Bills. Losman's first snap came with 48 seconds left in the 1st quarter. The problem was the offense couldn't stay on the field and the defense couldn't get off of it. I agree it would've been nice to see more from Edwards and if I were the coach I would've left him longer, but we must acknowledge that a big part of the reason Edwards saw so few attempts was his and his teammates fault.

The French were heavy favorites. If Phelps weren't involved, Lezak would be getting more attention, not less. Lezak did something amazing.

Please. I've written pages on the progress Losman made year over year from '05 to '06. You clearly don't care about those facts. Regardless, Losman basically lost his job because of two starts and an injury. The minute Juaron refused to give Losman a vote of confidence after Edwards' competent performance against the worst team in the league, it was over for Losman. The great games and the bad games by Losman after the fact were just interesting footnotes. We better just pray that Jauron (or whoever is pulling the strings) doesn't do the same thing to Edwards or he'll no chance of developing into a solid quarterback.

You would think so. There's a good article on SI.com regarding swimming records. The author has personally witnessed 8 records broken in track events during 22 years covering the Olympics. He witness 6 broken records this weekend in the pool. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olym...tml?eref=sircrc Part of it is technology, I assume.

Swimming records aren't known for their longevity.

Are we sure about that? This was Washington's second preseason game so I imagine their starters were in longer than ours. I certainly wasn't paying attention at the time, though, to know for certain.

It's a matter of opinion, of course, but to me the way Jauron turned Losman from "talented young QB looking to build on a very solid '06 season" to "dud" in about 10 weeks qualifies as "bungling."

Agreed. They're setting Edwards up to be second-guessed. Let him get his act together and put together a decent drive before yanking him. Please don't screw up another young quarterback. I hate to acknowledge this, but how these quarterbacks are perceived is important and they're not doing Edwards any favors in that department. However, I am concerned about how much Edwards' has refered to "playing in front of crowds" in his interviews lately. You're supposedly a starting NFL QB. Stop mentioning how you have to adjust to playing in front of a crowd. Also, the critiques of Losman's completions are pretty funny at this point. The guy missed several practices this week with a thumb injury on his throwing hand, completes 7 of 9 passes and both his incompletions hit receivers in two hands. The one Hardy dropped would've hit him in the head. He had a pretty good night.