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Ohh, that was funny, my first out loud laugh all day. Thank you

On the west coast and wondering if there is any news on TKO. I would think that if it is an achilles rupture that he is out for the year. Any word?

Go Deep early and often!!

Uconn, Where's the fro bro? Bring it back because the new dude in the avatar just ain't cuttin it.

Both, although Snyder seems to be dumber at spending his money

RB, I don't blame Drew as much as others for our inabilities last year and certainly don't put the scapegoat on him. Honestly, at the TB game, I was missing him a bit watching JP look like a deer in the headlights. Drew would have been a ton better in Buffalo with a more capable pass blocking Oline. I don't blame any offensive player for the 2 TDs late in the game tonight, but there was something about that last drive and DB wilting in a very familiar way that reminded me of so many late game drives (see Pats at Buffalo last year). Also, all the sacks that Brunell took early in the game sooooo reminded me of Bledsoe last year

TC, good call. I thought that both he and Brunell threw really good looking long passes, Drew can still throw a nasty, tight, and accurate long pass. The game has changed though and a good throw needs to be coupled with some legs to move!

Rat-Boy, with all due respect, Glenn was an idiot for running a short route. But there are at least 3 and probably 4 other receivers on the field and that IS Drew's fault for throwing the ball (I don't think that his receiver made him throw it) to the wideout that is short (or even close) of the sticks. Oh, and I am neither pro or anti Bledsoe. I like the guy and was getting ready to post a "good game and good luck" thread about him. But he was not able to get the job done at the end of the game, as with the rest of his team.

Bledsoe looked good for the better part of that game, and I think that he looked pretty good against the Chargers too. A decent Oline makes a world of difference. But, alas, we see the old Drew that frustrated us so badly over the past few years. On 4th and four, Drew throws a three yard in. Game over. Where have we seen that? Passing to a receiver short of the yard marker. Good luck Cowboy fans, you can't beat the skins on your field...get ready for a long 14 weeks

Yes, thank you FIC, let's move one. The Bills have another real test next week. I don't think that the Eagles game was a fluke. From what I saw the Seattle O Line was unreal. This leads me to believe that we have a great potential to struggle because our Oline pretty much sucked yesterday. Something that I would like to see corrected next week is that we "take it to" our opponent. We were clearly overmatched in intensity all day long against the Bucs. They pushed us around and we let them. We did not "power" run at all, and basically let them dictate the game to us. Much the same that we did to the Texans a couple weeks back. But again, our Oline has to show up. And JP has to settle down and make throws on target. Maybe he should watch some tape on Kyle Orton and see how a "rookie" should play

Pasta, are we not factoring in Willis into TOP?

Speaking of dropped passes, did you see the Carr throw that hit Bradford in the back of the shoulder? Man, I would have ripped the WR a new one if I threw a seam pass dead on and he wasn't even turned around, AND, it hit him on the shoulder. Kind of a snapshot of the day for the Texans.

Mularkey's strategy for this team played out beautifully yesterday, watching the Texans D wear down in the middle of the 2nd and into the 3rd was amazing. Willis continued to chunk off runs and they slowly got longer and longer. It is refreshing to see a team and a coach actually have a high level of conviction and strategy, and be patient enough to stick with it. Mularkey's formula for victory seems so much more simple that the previous 10 years of bad coaches on our team: keep the safeties back with the pass, and run-run-run. When the safeties are up pass them back into coverage and then get back to the run. Why was that so hard for killdrive? I would like to see better production and efficiency in the red zone. We seemed to get bottled up pretty easily as we got close to the endzone (penalties didn't help either). IMHO, if we are to win these out-of-division games and put ourselves into a playoff position, we gotta score 7 on more of those trips.

I had a couple of thoughts about our D, here we go...be nice 1. Pat who? 2. Kelsay is a player and I am super excited about the bookend with Schobel, he had a great game too! 3. I thought that Mcgee had an awesome game and we should be confident in both of our starting CB's 4. I love Troy V at Safety, man he had a strong game I love watching our D, more than our O and hope that this year they are #1!!

I am not sure that any of us can appreciate the utter chaos, unrest, and confusion that NO is dealing with. Media outlets should shut down criticism until after every alive human is removed from the city. Let's evaluate after the job is actually done. A little righteous anger from the Mayor seems warranted to me. I wish that Shepard Smith would put down the friggin mike and go help some of these people, that guy makes my stomach turn. Someone needs to say, "Yo shep, you could help that dead guy on the stree. Or, you could help people get out of the water."

I bet you they are required to.

Boy, I would've loved to see Adam Terry from the Cuse wearing Bills colors and playing LT. I also think that the Willis kid from FSU could have been good. Parrish better put up some impressive #'s and "open" up our offense significantly for him to have been worth it this year. If only Miami had a LG that was graduating, I am sure that TD would have gotten him

Gates made Lee get the boot. Lee did not do anything to stand out in any of the games that I saw. And I think that a big part of this whole cut is that Gates is proving that he is worth much more than a 7th round pick.

Yeah, you bet, good group of people. Bring your kids if you got 'em Jax Bar and Restaraunt 826 SW 2nd Ave. Downtown Portland http://www.pdxbb.com

I am certainly not as skilled as others on this board in terms of analyzing a game, and actually read this board daily for thoughts from locals. So take it easy here. Also, from a person who once lived in Orchard Park and now in Oregon, I am not able to share these with the classic wings of Buffalo and LabbatyBlue filter on (By the way, Oregon wings suck!). My last disclaimer is to apologize if some of these observations have already been posted. I am in the midst of watching the game now. 1. Mcgee is playing well but still allows quite a bit of separation and does not blanket the wideout a la Clements. Our big pass plays allowed could come from his cover this year. 2. I wouldn't mind having Kyle Orton on our team, anybody see him tear apart the Syracuse Orange last year. 3. Shelton had a pretty lame game, I am not a great blocking analyzer, but it seemed that he could not hold the Bears 1st string linebackers. A couple of Willis' losses or no gains were the result of Shelton not blocking well. And he totally muffed that pass from Losman in the first. 4. I thought JP looked OK and although it was a good defensive first half, at least he put us in the lead and made mostly good decisions. I am still waiting for him to throw down the field (where is this cannon arm?). I loved seeing him send that pass to Freddie at the end of the half, that was a great pass and would love to see more. 5. I don't think Lindell suck, or that he is great. He is just simply unreliable! He is a liability. The most frustrating thing about him kicking is that he is so unreliable that we just can't count on him, especially under a little bit of pressure. He 's an average college kicker and no more. 6. To agree with others here, I thought Willis looked super pedestrian in the first half of the game. I hope that he was saving up for the regular season. 7. Watching our D is so much more fun that watching the O. OK, so nothing ground breaking, but I thought I would give it a shot.

he patted, three times

I love the quote from Vincent this morning about MM, "We do it his way, or there's I-90." It seems like MM had enough common sense to do what Greggo never did, earn the right to be heard from his players. Instead of coming in and blowing horns and pissing guys off, it seems like MM has shown them that he is the real deal and then backed it up with hard-a$$ coaching and a strong vision (showing that he has some principles that he won't bend on). I like that a lot and hope that it continues to build a strong foundation in the team's mentality to win, be excellent, and stay the course. It may not produce many wins, but at least the man has strong leadership skills that Buffalo has severely lacked in the Greggo Regime. Thoughts?

Let Willis put up the big numbers and prove that his health would warrant a lucrative contract, TD's gotta pay somebody on this team other than Moulds and MW

Replay is at 1pm eastern time on Saturday the 27th

Thank you Wiz, I too am pretty darn sick of looking at Leftwich's mug.