Bob in STL

Fred is fine. He is pass blocking quite well which is great because we throw 60% of the time. His running is good when he has even a slight seam to work with. He is still a North-South runnign and running very hard. The holes have been few and far between. Look at how many times he gets hit behind the line of scrimmage. His recieving is down because Captain Checkdown is gone. Because of that, Johnson and Parish get to catch some passes. No upgrade needed with Spiller and Jackson at the helm. Time to work on the trenches.

Levy did not play rookies either. Good teams with lots of talent (Pats*, Steelers) can sometimes plug a rookie in and the people around him can help. It is surprising to see rookies drafted after the first 2 rounds play enough to make an impact. Not impossible but not the norm.

You say the staff was high on him coming out of college? I say he was viewed as the best person in the middle rounds at a position of high need that they had yet to address. Big difference. Wrotto has more experience. He has started games in the NFL before. So far Wang has been injured a lot and did not look very good in pre-season, even against second half roster filler. Wang is a project, not a top prospect.

Smerlas is a tool and he might have two brain cells on a good day. He drops down to one if he sneezes though. He dissed Marv after he left. He repeated acts like a jerk. My vote, take him off the wall, he is a Patriot* wannabe. Farve may be "one of the most exciting" and he is great. Not the greatest of all time though. No way.

We have them at Boeing and we call them mechanics or technicians.

You can see him every Sunday. He is on the sidelines, number 4, holding the clipboard.

There goes Bill, keeping that 5th string competitve.

Interesting comments. I have to say I would not have been happy keeping Fewell as HC because I wanted to see Cowher (pipe dream), Gruden (pipe dream 2), or Marty S (could have happened). I am happy with Chan on the offensive side of the ball. I hated the decision to go 3-4. I think you need to have some of the pieces in place BEFORE you make a change. We had no 3-4 players of any consequence and we still do not. I think the jury is still out on Edwards as a DC, he has very little to work with.

He was a stud yet Andy Reid gave him ZERO carries in 4 games? Does this make sense? We saw Bell compete against 3rd and 4th string players. Promising at times is as far as I go.

How does Buffalo get screwed?

Manning was a better prospect out of college for one. Manning had more pure talent and was a better passer. He played on crappy teams and was always running for his life. Fitz may be a poor mans Manning but he is not as good as Manning Sr.

Promo, I did not forget or ignore anything. Just asking the question. I can tell you this, the media would have blasted buffalo if they kept Fewell but now, as a NY Giant coordinator, he is the next rising star. What about Richie Kotite?

I agree. It sure does look like he has a way of motivating players though.

I just hope we don't lose the #2 pick to them. I can't believe I am saying that?

Right now Perry Fewell is a hot commodity in the NFL. He is the rising star young coordinator. Perry Fewell did an excellent job last year as interim head coach. He gave the ball to Fitz. They won a few games. The defense was opportunistic. They played hard for him right to the end. When the season ended Fewell he was given the obligatory look as HC and then the Bills moved on. Who would have been happy if the Bills named him as HC? Be honest. I know I was looking for the big name (for me it was Cowher or Gruden or Marty S).

Wow! You killed my point and yet we agree.

I remember that game and Preston and a bad Bills team Although our front 7 was still better than the garbage we have today.

Easy. No pass rush. Even when we blitz we fail get pressure. No excuse for dropping the few interception opportunities that we have but the DBs hold up well considering opposimng QBs have all day.

More feared? They are not feared at all! Expressed mathematically: More x 0 = 0

Bills welcome the home cooking: Bills 27 - Lions 20

Calling Spiller a bust after 8 games = ZERO Credibility for you.

There were about 10 big IFs in the game. Our DBs are just not making plays this season.

Thoughts: 1. Edwards is working with quite possibly the worst front 7 in the history of the Bills franchise. 2. Edwards deserves a full year. Firing him sends a bad message to any aspiring young coach who might be considered in the future. Chan brought him here and Chan needs to work with him. 3. If Edwards is replaced after the season then lets bring in someone with a proven and successful track record. I say no to Catavolos.

Really hard to say what our record would be. We would be a losing team, and we would be boring, and we would have no hope. We can safely say those things.

What else is left? I guess that sums it up. We played good enought to win, yet bad enough to lose.