Ed_Formerly_of_Roch

Don't forget too, WGR is the voice of the Sabres. If WGR can take attention, interest and maybe sponsors away from the Bills, maybe the Sabres can pick them up instead. There's a limited amount of money to go around in Buffalo, so if because of their rants, someone decides to go to a Sabres game instead of the Bills, again a win for WGR. So I think WGR dumps on the Bills because: A) It helps the Sabres B) The Bills did turn down WGR for broadcast rights so there are hard feelings C) WGR has dumped on the Bills over the years, In return th Bills made it a bit tougher on WGR to work with them. Seems it was tit for tat back and forth, each trying to piss off the other. So WGR goes out of their way whenever they can to dump on the Bill's As far as WGR being a bunch of idiots, seems they are pretty effective as there are always a number of threads here talking about what idiots they are. Sounds like they are alot smarter than you think as people are always talking about them!

Based on prior year trades, I think it would take more than that to move up to the #1 overall, maybe their #1 Romo, and their # 2 or 3

Well..... yeah.... But what else is left?

I can understand the knocks on his play, but trying to explain how these these two topics are in anyway related is baffling. Did you ever think that while his play may suck, he is smart enough to give a decent anwser to a question that the media can use. Not everything is a conspiricy with secret meanings as many here seem to think.

It wouldn't shock me to see hiom canned, but switching to the 3-4 and having worse personal than a year ago, certainly made his job all the tougher. I think Schobel retiring hurt more than people realized. Stroud was probably better at DT than DE. What I don't understand is when we play the 4-3, why don't they move Stroud back inside?

This morning Mike Greenberg on Mike & Mike said pretty much the same thing. He was comparing us to Dallas how Dallas just quits, but the Bill'swho "stink, played their hearts out".

I could see the argument here either way. But if your solution was fall forward for three yards, then you lose all respect. They ended that drive on the 43 yard line, so based on your solution they would have been on the 40, which leaves a 57 to 58 yard field goal. Not exactly a high percentage kick. Even with +2 yards run on three downs, would have left then with a 55 yarder, still not a high degree of a makable kick. If they were 10 yards further up the field, say on the 33, I'd completely agree with you, but from that distance you needed another 10 yards, a solution of falling forward is laughable. But your point is totally valid falling forward would have given him a 57 yard kick instead of a 60 yarder. Good point!!

Well when I stated moving better through the air I was referring strictly to the OT. I don't count Fitz scramble as a run, so taking that one out I, looking at the play by play I see one handoff to Jackson for 3 yards. That's what my statement was based on.

Yeah, but you're making a big assumptions that we're going to gain five yards on a run when we hardly did all day. It wasa tough call. At the time I was also thinking at worst we get out of here with a tie. But while many of uf us fans would have been trille with a tie and counted it as a "moral victory", NFL coaches aren't playing for a tie (even a winless team) they want the win. So you needed 5 to 10 more yards for a field goal so they went for it. They were moving it pretty well with passes on that drive and the drive prior moving through the air, so couldn't totally fault them. I'm sure if they ran three plays or even two plays and gained a total of maybe five yards, and then missed the kick with time running out, people would have been ripping them for not going for the win. While I agree that one run play may have guaranteed at least a tie, considering their lack of sucess with running, can't really fault them too much as they were moving the ball better through the air . For all we know one or two of them maybe should have been a run but Fitz felt he saw something and changed to a pass.

The thing that further complicates things is that you basically have a different set of rules for plays in the end zone as compared to rest of field. If a player at the 30 yard line were to extend the ball to try and make the first down at the 29, but in the process fumbles the ball while falling to the ground, it's a live ball. But at the goal line once you cross the plane it's a TD regardles what happens afterwards.

If you read Chan's comments, he specifically mentions special teams as where he also needs to impove. Makes me wonder if Maybin has an attitude that as a #1 pick, he's too good for ST's, he doesn't need to play there??

If we want the #1 overall pick, we may have to trade up with Dallas!!

The way things are going, it could happen. Dallas also could have a top 10 pick and may be interested in moving up. So also a potential team to trade with if we wanted to get extra picks and move dow na few spots. I could see JJ wanting the #1 overall for a new QB

I think he may be better than below average, mainly because the bar is set very low. There is a huge shortage of good QB's to begin with.

Drafting a franchise QB is the answer. Just ask the teams that in prior years drafted franchise QB's like Ryan Leaf, Jeff George, Demarcus Russell. Can't recall some of the names, but I seem to recall Cinnci drafting one every few years until the next one failed, then they'd pick another. I'm all in favor of drafting another Jim Kelly, but the problem is for every Kelly, there are 3 or 4 Ryan Leaf's out there. You can fail at any position with your pick, just look at Mike Williams, but there seems to be more failures at QB than any other position. A QB typcially takes more time to develop than say drafting a DE, that adds to the risk. If you know the guy you're picking will succeed at QB then take him, but it is risky. Perosnally I'd rather see them trade the #1 pick maybe with a team that's picking somewhere between #5 and #10. For that trade you'd likely pick up their #1, 2, and maybe their #1 the following year or other picks. Look at the Manning Rivers trade. With those picks you fill other needs and maybe also still get a QB.

No it's not a joke. You don't have to view more tan a half dozen or so posts to find someone ripping him. I'm not saying I agree with him, but if you look at things from his perspective, could see how he'd feel that way. The Bills have had many problem over the years, but in the past 20 years, it really isn't because RW was cheap. It was due to him most often in hindsight, NOT spending his money very wisely.

The problem is everyone seems to fel that RW owes them an explanation. If he wants to keep everyone guessing that's fine. Maybe it's hurting the team due to people not knowing, but the one it's hurting most is him, so again his choice.

Maybe something from the league is holding things up. I know they don't want ownership groups with many small investers. They want one or two or a family with controlling interest. RW seems to match to his own beat, in many good ways. The fans of western NY may have pissed RW off enough with their insults that he's not going to give anyone the satisfaction of knowing the team is staying. Maybe he figures let them sweat??

If there's a lockout, no contract would be signed for players drafted. Most likely the players coming out, who sign with an agent would get the typcial loan given by agents which is paid back once thye sign a contract. Compared to the contract finally agreed upon, likely a small amount. So they have to weigh the loan given them by their agent against big bucks to be made staying in college.

The luster has long gone from Jason Garrett, so now sure what JJ would do? Seems the last couple years much of the Coygirls blame was aimed at JG. I'd think JJ would want an established person brought in, thouhg had to get anyone good that would wok for him. If you fire Wade and don't give JG the job or bring in an outsider, likely he'd be gone at years end, though might not be such as bad thing. One established coach that may have the personality to work with JJ would be Tony Dungy?

That's what started the problem, Brett was trying to beat the bush. BTW did anyone notice how much that woman looks like Brett's wife.

I'd put the odds at failure at close to 50%. I've always said I'd be willing to bet that every QB taken in the first two ronds of the draft wil lbe a failure. If I bet every QB would fail, I 'd likely comer out overall ahead on that eal I think.

It's funny I live in Carolina. For every bad post you see and hear about Chan and RW, you could easily replace RW with Richardson and Chan with Fox and you'd see and read the same posts down here.

I'd be inclined to make the trade, but you have to find someone who'd want the #1 overall pick and has enough picks to give up. Mike Ditka is no longer coaching! Chargers traded out of the #1 spot with the Giants. Only moved dow na few spots, but did happen. I'm sure there's been others too in the past.

Two big differences between 1985 and now, there were what 12 rounds of draft picks so you had a bett chance to collect talent, and no free agency, so the talent you collected wasn't going anywhere. Easier to build a team back then for the long haul. Now easy to quickly turn a team around, but usually doesn't last too long if signing FA