Ed_Formerly_of_Roch

LA is 3-1, game is in LA, so wouldn't call it an upset if the Bills were to lose this game. Winnable yes, but just as easily losable too.

Was surprised not to see even one word in this thread about Henderson. I also think the 4 weeks may have helped him get his strength back. But again Mill's has filled in very well, so will be interesting to see when/if Henderson plays.

Regardless of what he publicly starts about Thurman running the defense, I don't buy that much at all. I think the difference is, love him or hate him and most people hate, he brought Rob in who is the only other person who truly is on the same page completely as Rex. Rob has the players in the correct positions particularly the play of the LB's. He's probably doing much more than I'd give him credit for, but to me Thurman is a figurehead.

This is what makes me think it was more a Buddy Nix thing as back then, believe it was after the prior season ended or so when Nix stated that the Bills were going to draft a QB. My take is he pushed hard that the Bills needed to draft a QB in the first round and likely felt the best guy available was EJ. I think it's very possible that Whaley was even the one who scouted EJ and proclaimed him to be the best prospect. While Whaley may have thought he was the best out there, did he really want him drafted in the 1st round, I think that was more a push by Nix to make it happen. Don't think DW was completely against it, but don't think it was completely his move either.

So you're automatically assuming there is no possibility the the Bills recommended surgery back in January or a different surgical option than Watkins went with, and it's completly sim-diagnosed by Buffalo. Teams can highly recommend following a certain path, but ultimately it's up to the player to decide what he chooses to do and often the player chooses the path of least surgery. The one thing for certain is neither you nor I have any idea which really happened or something in between.

I believe you can bring Shaq back from PUP AND one player off IR. However, my guess is they aren't ready to use that IR move on him, as they'd rather wait out Watkins. I'd even think IF they do use the move on Listenbee, that likely means they don't think Sammy will be back at all this season.

Yeah but if you don't get a completion, instead of a 34 yard FG, it's now a 49 yard kick

Wasn't it reported last Friday that Brissett was going to need surgery and was done for the year?? My thinking is either: BB placed his hand on Brissett's forehead and cured him OR He is truly hurt but BB wants to keep Buffalo guessing who'll play so has been reporting him as ready to go, probably forbid him to war any kind of a cast. Wouldn't surprise me to hear this coming Monday he's on IR.

I'd disagree with you there. Yes I get it that sacks are separate, but why I'd argue it's kind of a biased stat in that a QB can never have negative rushing yards. (excluding true planned runs) If he drops back to pass and gets tackled behind the LOS, then it's a sack, but as soon as he crossed the line, then it's all positive rushing yards. I'd be fine if they counted QB rushing yards as net offset to sack yards lost and maybe instead call it scrambling yards or something. A guy like TT runs around alot, say he gets sacked 3 times for a loss of 23 yards, but then scrambles for a total of 40 yards. His net scrambling yards is +17. Instead we just add 40 yards to the team rushing totals, but don't take anything off for the sacks. Just think it's a rather hokey way the NFL tracks it.

He's got alot of extra time on his hands these days. What else is he supposed to do? Maybe he's figuring if I can no longer be a professional football player, I can become a professional drug dealer. With my fame, maybe throw in a couple of autographs, people will be lining up to buy from me.

Really, wow, shocked to hear that!!

Speaking of announcers I was watching the end of the Indy Charger game and the announcers kept saying how Indy was up by 4 at the end, and if SD hadn't missed an extra point earlier, would have been within a field goal. Well they never figured out that on the last Indy TD, instead of failing on a 2 point attempt, they would have just kicked it and stil lbeen uip by 4. But these guys never were brain surgeons.

Really am tired of all the national and even local media stating how the Bills fired their OC after leading the league in rushing last season. I'd really love to know where we'd be in rushing yards without TT gaining all those yards, I'm guessing barely top 10. That's one of my pet peeves, if a QB gets sacked or even takes off to run but gets tackled even one yard behind the LOS, it's recorded in the sack total, but gain even one yard and then it adds to the rushing total. If a RB gets tackled behind the LOS it counts as yardage lost, but not for QB's

Before the season started, reading Fantasy thoughts on Bortles, was kind of amazing how many sleeper list he was on, but at the same time was also on a high number of bust lists too. Never saw someone on both lists that much.

Fitz also has better WR than he did here in Buffalo and still had 6 picks. As he himself commented last week, he didn't have pro Bowl wide outs here.

McCoy scared the hell out of me holding that football up in the air at about 3 yard line!

Of course, everything is Rex's fault!

The problem with that argument is you have no idea what the other 31 teams in the league are doing. They may all be having similar interactions. If they are just going to Rex or Whaley and saying the players are saying this..... what is your take, I wouldn't call that meddling.

The only way to answer this question is to know if the other 31 teams do similar things. If the Bills are unique in this, then yes, if the answer is no other teams do the same, then they are not over meddling

I also had drafted McKinnon so I'm not to upset with the news. I also had Ware from KC who filled in rather nice for Charles. And Forte who got me 30 points last week, but at the expense of Buffalo.

Five years or so ago, likely Doug Whaley would have been on this list at least at the bridesmaid level if not the "in-waiting" My point, you have just as good a chance of having the same issues in another five years unless you get the right guy, and no one really knows when they have the right guy till a few years after he's hired.

Well when you read multiple articles by different writers affiliated with different companies all with very different stories about this entire thing, makes you start to wonder, then no don't think it's the Bills PR machine. Or do you believe the Bills are so powerful that they completely control all the media and get them to write whatever spin they want. Or is it that certain articles are true that support your beliefs and agenda and everything else is just Bills PR? Great but where to you find a better one? It would be terrific if the Bills could get the next Andrew Luck, but the odds a much better they will land the next Ryan Leaf as there are many more bad QB's around than good ones. And for whatever reason no team in the league is able to very accurately transfer what is seen in college to how that plays out in the NFL. If they could Ryan Leaf, Akli Smith, etc would not have been drafter #1, and Tom Brady wouldn't have lastest till the 6th round. So base on that you take more chances on QB's that even remotely look for an instant in time to be good, as you know the other options are likely all much worse.

A guy a work wit his a big 49er's fan. At the time when roman left he said that it was pretty much split, was Roman the problem or was Harbough over-riding him and that was what caused Kap to decline. Seeing where things are now, and the comments about him "wanting to work in the lab alone" makes me start to think he's the problem. The more I've read about this, the more I think this has been brewing for awhile. He was told in the off-season he needed to changed his ways and promised he would. But two games in, nothing changed so they made a move. And also the more I've read about this, the less I overall blame this whole thing on Rex as seemed there were many other outside influences at work here.

I'd say he's lost a fair amount of money the past two weeks. Everyone has been talking recently how now that TT is signed we can tag Gilmore. The way he's been playing think most would be disappointment if we tag him. Unless we pull a Carolina, tag him try and get a decent deal, if not, then pull it.

Maybe if he had come out last season?? He's one guuy who looks like a mistake coming back for another season.