shoveldog

Be careful or you'll have all the gay activists calling for your suspension.

Haven't taken Business 101 yet, huh?

Agreed. Hangartner is OK, but he's not a dominant Center. Wood has the stuff to be a dominant Center. Levitre is a damn good player. Don't be surprised if Bell and Meredith improve a ton by the end of this season too. They've got the tools to be very good players as well. Tackle is a much harder position to play than guard.

Meredith was NOT awful against Peppers. He held his own 85% of the time WITHOUT help. Not to bad for a ROOKIE tackle with exactly 1 game of NFL eperience... up against one of the best DE's in the league. The kid looks pretty good, he just needs some time to develop.

It was Meredith who popped up first, but Wood looked cooler doing it. I've seen so many people bashing Meredith today... Folks, this kid is a ROOKIE and we just put him up against one of the best DE's in today's NFL. Sure, he had some breakdowns. But, most experienced OT's in this league would have breakdowns against Peppers at times. Meredith and Bell are both just learning to play at this level. They'll need some time to develop, but they both have the tools to be good tackles.

And then the entire draft board changes and we likely don't get wood/levitre. Give the kids @ tackle some time. Remember, we're down to our 2nd/3rd string in those positions from what we expected coming out of the pre-season. Bell and Meredith have a lot of RAW talent. The only way they will get better is through experience. They are making some ROOKIE mistakes. Imagine that. Now, if they still struggle by the end of this season... that's a different story.

Exactly 2 minutes to say, "Nope, no foul here." If anyone deserves a fine for that play it's the Bills Oline. No way a QB should hit the 3rd step in his drop and have 4 guys in his face.

Step away from the crack pipe... NOT even close to roughing the passer. It was a gang tackle and they wrestled him to the ground. Sucks for him that he got a concussion. But, last time I checked, football was still a contact sport.

Not sure where you played football, but when I played the guy who had backside containment's job was to keep the play from getting to the outside and keep the play to the middle of the field. Again, I'm not trying to say that Whitner couldn't have played it better. I'm just saying... both were cutback runs to the INSIDE. Your weak side linebacker has responsibility for that play... Ellison in both cases and he was simpley OWNED.

Who says you have to let the guy catch the ball? There was no fair catch signal in the clip I saw. Was it brutal? Yes. Dirty? Yes. Was it illegal... you'd have a hard time proving that one to me.

Wrong, wrong, wrong... I'm not supporting Whitner, but his job on the play at :15 was outside run support. He did that and forced the play back inside. He did his job. It was Ellison getting manhandled by an Olineman that opened that hole. Carbon copy at :55 on the opposite side of the field. Ellison gets manhandled by an Olineman. Both situations were the same guy's responsibility and that guy wasn't Whitner.

Apparently you and I watched different games. Maybe my futuristic DirecTV and LCD TV speed up the motion of the play. Sure looked like Fitz had MORE zip on the ball than TE to me.

On point 2... I saw plenty of slant plays yesterday... AFTER Trent went down. Why is that? Did AVP suddenly start calling different plays for Fitz? Doubt it. Fitz ain't the answer, but if he comes in again and we "see" more of the playbook (not that he's successful, just that we see players "involved" more in our offensive) then we can rightly assume it's not just the coaching, but a true indictment of TE as well.

Fitz was not a world beater out there. But, at least we saw some of the playbook and saw someone willing to put the ball up to let receivers do their job. It's a start.

There is a vocal camp out there that would disagree with you on the "little question" issue. As I said in another thread, I saw more of our playbook when Fitz came in than I've seen in over a year. If we see the same next week, it's the final indictment of Trent's inability to see the field... at least for me.

I'm of this camp. Fitz didn't wow anyone with his stats, but I saw more of our playbook than I have in over a year. Was that Fitz, AVP or just the fact that it wasn't Trent running the offense... Guess we'll see this week.

Pretty clear to me... we have not had success since Bill Polian. I'm not sure who the "football guy" is that we need to bring in, but someone needs to be brought in to run the football operations who: a) can identify quality talent, both pro and college. b) can hire a quality head coach with a passion to win. I like Brandon on the business side. Make him in charge of the business side and leave the football side to someone with a proven track record of identifying and developing players and coaches. A guy like Holmgren would be good, but he'd have to do what Parcels did and get away from the coaching side. Just my .02. Shovel

Wow, somebody who actually "gets it!" Huddle or no, they are still using most of the playclock. Why can't people get that?

Because he approaches the situation from a direction you are clearly unfamiliar with, he's grade schoolish and amateur? The bottom line for this organization, is that we have not had a good football person at the top since Bill Polian was allowed to walk out the door. Thus, the product you see on the field today. Our Marketing Director (er, GM) is doing an outstanding job selling tickets, but our football operations and talent evaluation is severely lacking.

What? We are talking about the division winning Dolfelons from last year right? How can you possibly say they aren't a good team? Their record coming into the Bills game was not good, but they ARE a good football team. Certainly much better than the Bills... at least yesterday.

Feel better?

Tim, I'm with Cable Lady on this one... BOOO! To me, the media types DO look like they are trying to goad T.O. into throwing someone under the bus. Frankly, I wish he would!! You seem like a reasonable guy and I'm sure your questions are well intended, but there are plenty of jounalistic idiots out there looking for sensational headlines. T.O. is a guy with a past. To me, T.O. comes off in this whole thing looking like a guy who knows he's had trouble keeping his mouth shut on controversial issues in the past and is trying to correct those mistakes now... even if he really wants to scream "THIS SUCKS" at the top of his lungs. Shame on you Tim, I've come to expect more objectivity from you.

Ding, ding, ding... give that man a Cupie.

At this point, I'm just not sure if it's the QB, the scheme or the play calling. If your O-line is struggling at times (and they did in obvious passing situations late in the game) then call more 1-2 step drops, quick slants and WR screens. I didn't see ANY of this from our beloved Bills yesterday. If our 3rd string Tight End is getting open over the middle, you cannot possibly justify why TO is not getting free over the middle... oh, that's right, they only run him straight up the field every friggin down. TO did a nice job yesterday in the PC not throwing the entire organization under the bus, even though he was clearly being set up to do so by Hamilton. But, he's right... our game plan and play calling are not putting out biggest weapons in a position to succeed. Bottom line, we have way to much talent being wasted because either Juron, AVP or Trent are not utilizing them. I'm not sure where to place the blame, but there is plenty to go around. Shovel

Absolutely nothing. He passed his physicals and knows more about the position and techniques than anyone on our roster or avail in free agency. I live outside of Philly and saw Runyan at the gym rehabing the knee. Dude looks strong and agile to me.