Matt in KC

Kudos to Branch! I was wrong about him in preseason when I thought he might be cut. He was jogging and looked sluggish when all the young guys were flying around trying to impress the coaches and make the team. I think he just felt secure and is one of these vets that could launch into an Iverson-esque "practice" rant under the right conditions....

Where did you hide it? I almost registered there to chime in, in part to apologize for the immature Bills fan/s that stormed their thread . Hopefully some of their more insightful posters come over here. I'd love to invite mature opponents' fans to post ahead of each game. (Perhaps an aggressively moderated thread to keep it civil and intelligent?)

I never saw this yesterday. Thanks for bumping it and linking to it from another thread, Hopeful!

I would make the trade. Or, keep Cameron and give up Graham. I have Cameron and he's been great. J. Thomas is no slouch either. Other considerations: I assume the other guy is desperate for a QB. Is he a real threat to you? Is he in your division and do you play him 2 more times?

So someone post a link to this thread in theirs. It will be like we're all looking in a mirror. . . .

I was wondering who you started. Like you, I thought it would take awhile with the new QB and benched Cameron for Finley (and lost by 10 points)!

I think anyone would be crazy to not want Charles in that trade. That said, I wouldn't veto it if two players agreed to the trade unless it was a pattern of collusion.

http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/161796-rogers-signed-to-colts-53-man-roster/page__st__60#entry2922659Cleared waivers... and onto the Colts' practice squad.

A lot of well established players take Wednesday practice off to recover/recharge/heal. Calvin Johnson also didn't practice today. I think this is just the R part of RICE, or NICER, and not anything to be worried about. If Kyle starts losing games again due to his achilles, then color me concerned.

I agree here, but offer this slight modification: Edelman>>>Eddie Royal>Woods>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Robert Royal

I think I would make the trade. Who would you cut to make room?

Welcome to the board. Thanks for your thoughts!

So, let me see if I follow.... Patriots o-line wears knee braces Bills o-line does not wear knee braces Kraig Urbik hurt his knee And you're wondering if the above is a coincidence? Well, it's certainly not a pattern!

Yikes! (to the details below)

Sitting Russell Wilson and Jordan Cameron (for Finley) Week 3 turned out to now be the best moves.....

I don't care if McGee is 50 years old, has turf toe and planter fascitis. I'll take him over Rogers as a stop-gap solution!

I agree. Those had, and deserved, their own speial enshrinement at TBD. The board definitely lost a great poster when Lori left.

Cookie Gilchrist

I thought the Chiefs' defense looked good (all except deep pass coverage, which was just okay). On offense, their inside runs, especially toward the end of the game, looked really good. There was very very little I liked about Alex Smith in that game. He regularly abandoned the pocket and stopped looking down field way too soon. I think Bowe is a non-factor because Smith won't throw the ball into coverage, and Bowe's bread-and-butter is out-muscling defenders.

Chip Kelly and Andy Reed seem like opposites to me, as they should I guess. One is a seasoned NFL coach, and the other a young upstart wannabe. That Andy Reid can have the Chiefs playing so well and winning these games, despite Smith being his best QB, is impressive. Talk about a fast culture change! I predict 9-10 wins. Chip Kelly is losing games with a lot of talent on his team. I predict 6 wins. Alex Smith is awful. His pocket presence is the worst I've seen in awhile, and he won't throw >5 yards down the field unless he thinks the reciever is wide open. That kind of reminds me of someone that was on the Bills, but I think I'm blocking it out. . . . -------------------------------------- So the Chiefs have more wins than the AFC north or NFC East?

covered here: http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/161796-rogers-signed-to-colts-53-man-roster/

I think we want to make sure the Pats* don't have any film on him before surprise them week 17!

Looking again, I'm sure you mean the Olsen TD for the Panthers. You're right, it was good coverage and just a great throw/catch, something I don't expect from Cam. I don't hold that against Jim Leonard. I don't know what I was looking at. I was remembering the other TD, but that was clearly Justin Rogers who got beat by Ginn.

On the first Edelman TD he looks to have blown his coverage, but maybe it was someone else's job (a very deep LB?). He stayed over with the CB and WR in the right corner of the endzone while the Edelman broke out of the bunch formation to the deep center right past him, uncovered for an easy TD. On the second Edelman TD in the second quarter Leonard got spun around and was out of arms-reach from Edelman. I don't know how you call that perfect coverage. Kiko was oh-so-close to tipping that ball and made the throw that much harder for Brady.

Jim Leonard isn't cutting it. I have no doubt he's better than everyone else at home watching the games, but he looks slow and out of place to me, giving up a TD in each game so far.