Wiz

Viewing the posting history of JohninMinn is similar to viewing the private room of an obsessive, psychopathic stalker. John, J.P. is our qb, get over it. Have you sought counseling?

Cleveland was screwed by the league. They didn't have an organization until 8 mo's before the season started. The NFL used Cleveland as leverage for the other teams trying to get new stadiums, and other tax subsidized goodies.

How about Tim Couch?!!

That is a perfect comparison. Drew's parents, wife, kids, friends are all telling him he's still great and will go to the HOF and that evil Simon, err TD, is not being fair, yada, yada. As Simon would say, "Drew, you were dreadful. I've seen better performances in the arena league."

Prisco

I'm keeping my expectations low on JP for next year. If he can consistently complete screen passes to McGahee, he will be an improvement over DB.

I despise Todd Collins. We wasted a 2nd rounder on him when nobody else had him projected that high; he followed a legend and just flat out sucked; and he's from Michigan.

I love when I hear these guys talk like they're experts about the Bills. I guarantee that if they had watched every play of every Bills game (as the people on this board do), for the past 2 1/2 years, they wouldn't say the things that they say.

This post belongs in the "Stupid Hypotheticals" forum.

Teams from different eras are often compared and the Pats, in terms of talent, do not compare. I believe that Belichick is light years ahead of all other coaches that he could be coaching the Cardinals next year and make them competitive.

In terms of talent, they do not compare with great teams from other eras. I suppose you could say they are one of the greatest coached teams of all time.

Yeah, the Pats deserve credit for getting the job done (with nothing to spare) the past few years. However, because of the salary cap and free agency, there are no really exceptional teams in the nfl. Props to Belichick for getting the most out of his talent, but as far as NFL's greatest teams, the Pats aren't in the same category as the Steelers of the 70's, 49'ers of the 80's or even the Cowboys of the 90's. They're a dynasty in a forgettable era.

PFW This is a pretty good interview with Mike Lodish. He's pretty much right on on his evaluations of Bills' first, second and fourth Super Bowl performances. Although the third, I think we just got whipped. Giants 20, Bills 19 (Super Bowl XXV, Jan. 27, 1991) — “It was very patriotic that year with the Gulf War, and, of course Whitney Houston singing the national anthem brought tears to everybody’s eyes in the stadium. We beat ourselves in the first one. We were on defense in the third quarter for 12 minutes out of 15. It shouldn’t have come down to Scott Norwood kicking that field goal. As a team, we put him in a bad position. But then again, at 47 yards in the Super Bowl, he gets paid to kick balls, too. But I truly feel it was something as a team that we let Scott down more than he let us down. … The first one hurt the most. We were a better football team than the Giants. I think personnel-wise, we were the better football team. But on that day, they played better than us and they deserved to win the game. Redskins 37, Bills 24 (Super Bowl XXVI, Jan. 26, 1992) — “The Redskins dominated us. We had no business playing on the field with them. … You knew you weren’t as good, and it was kind of embarrassing. It was like, ‘Wow, are we this bad? Is the AFC this bad?’ ” Cowboys 52, Bills 17 (Super Bowl XXVII, Jan. 31, 1993) Cowboys 30, Bills 13 (Super Bowl XXVIII, Jan. 30, 1994) — “Once we got to the third one, we were like, ‘OK, third time’s the charm.’ And when we lost, you couldn’t get mad anymore. (I mean) how many chances do you want? Even though the score was indicative of getting your ass whipped against the Cowboys both years, we whipped our own ass. We just turned the ball over. It was frustration — ‘we’re killing ourselves.’ We thought we were good, we could beat this team and show America that the Bills are for real … and we beat ourselves.”

I do remember Reed throwing his helmet to the ground at the goal line in a playoff game vs Miami drawing a 15 yd pentalty, thus preventing a td.

I can't watch it, too painful. I almost subconsciencely believe it may turn out different when I'm watching.

I want the five minutes I spent watching that video back!!! I was waiting for it to maul somebody.

PFW

I know this is a bit off topic, but is keeping Bledsoe costing us a lot of cap room for next year, and, essentially keeping us from re-signing Jennings or big Pat.

Yeah, but Dilfer wasn't being paid 6 mil when they won the SB. We can get a comparable QB to Bledsoe for much cheaper

Sorry if this link has been posted already. Indy Star says Dungy will play his starters and Peyton wants to play--probably to pad his record. Denver does suck so it is possible that the Colts could put them away early. I hope so, because StL is a longshot at best to beat the Jests. Indy Star

Green Bay is a mediocre team and Favre is the most overrated qb over the past few years. GB is 1-2 vs the AFC and barely got by the lowly Lions at home. Unfortunately, Jacksonville will likely beat them and have clear sailing aginst the Texans and Raiders. Sad as it is, our season ended in week 1 after a miracle drive. Sorry for the reality check.

Yeah, he can follow Bledsoe out the door!!!

I'll bet he's missing NASCAR right now!!

Will you guys quit lamenting. The Bills went up against two high quality defenses with two of the best defensive lines and could have or should have won one or both games. GB's defense sucks. Even the statue could pick them apart. Peyton, the God, will wilt when he faces a very good defense in the playoffs just as he did against NE last year.