[Your 2011 Starting QB per Gailey]

"As of today..." and like others said, even if we do draft Luck or Mallet or someone else, Fitz would very likely start the season at QB. It's hard to imagine him not starting. Besides, it was an answer to a question posed by reporters, what else could you possible want him to say? "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it?" "Most likely any rookie we draft?" "What has Fitz shown to think he deserves to start next year?" Even if Gailey said something along the lines of "The best player will start next season" reporters and probably you would read something into it and post that Gailey has no confidence in Fitz being a starter when that is clearly not true.

 

Gailey loves Fitz, and says it all the time. In different ways. In ways that don't show up on the stat sheet. Like completely changing blocking assignments at the LOS on running plays (which he did against Detroit which resulted in one of Freddie Jackson's long runs).

 

+1

[Awesome trick play]

Hilarious!! Thanks for the link!!

[Wilson speaks]

for those who might not understand the business, a fuller version with direct quotes has been filed and will be moving shortly.

and for those who like to make cracks, i think you'll find it interesting of what Mr. Wilson had to say in regards to why he takes the full blame and also making comments about his age.

 

jw

 

Thanks, John. I was going to ask if there was anything edited out worth mentioning.

[Andrew Luck can also hit!]

ok, i'm sold....

[A dose of reality for the hysteria]

Nice, sober analysis.

Too bad the Lynch deal hadn't been done in time to keep Joique Bell on the roster, he showed some promise.

[Will we see Brohm start this season?]

I think they'll want to see what they may have in Brohm. Fitz is running things now because he's earned it, Brohm isn't ready yet, and they are evaluating their wr's. It's a given that Trent wasn't going to put the ball into their hands much. I look at this year as full season audition for the future for these guys. They aren't going anywhere playoffs wise, so if they are going to be a part of the "new improved" Bills Nix et al. are building, this is their chance to show it.

[Bill Polian Says 18 game regular season "is a done deal"]

I would imagine they will increase the roster size, both max and gameday as well.

The extra games will mean more depth needed.

I hope they cut down on the number of preseason games too!

[Successful former Bills quarterbacks]

Gee, RJ has a Super Bowl ring....

[10 Easy ways to fix Bills - Gailey & Nix Please read]

Bad idea. Teams have tried this in the past and it never worked. Denver is one that comes to mind (during the time Elway was hurt, Dan Reeves decided to rotate Tommy Maddox and someone else). Your line doesn't get in a rhythm and the receivers and whatever QB is in there can be out of sync. It's not like this is baseball, where you can platoon players and eventually stick with a hot hand.

 

Besides, don't the rules say that the 3rd QB can only play if the first two are injured?

 

Not sure if they have to be injured, but I believe if you put in the 3rd QB, the other two are ineligible to return.

[Buddy Nix Doesn't Think Much of McNabb?]

Weren't there reports that the Bills pursued McNabb when he was on the trade block?

[Trent Edwards Worst Game As a Buffalo Bill?]

You would've rather taken the sack....?

 

Certainly not! It's just the visual -- when I saw his panic throw (falling down, ball thrown underhanded) it reminded me of that JP incident. I think when a QB give you Losman flashbacks, he's done.

[Trent Edwards Worst Game As a Buffalo Bill?]

that 3rd down play on the final drive where he threw it away as he was going down reminded me of the JP throw in his last game where he was almost on his back. officially done with Trent...

[What's with all this AFC East Toughness BS?]

Let's see, now what could have happened over the course of the last decade to cause people to take the Bills lightly....hmmm.....

[Gailey's thoughts on Brohm's strengths]

So basically its just blind faith in another teams castoff?

 

Can anyone name one franchise QB who failed with one team but was reborn on another:?

 

 

Rich Gannon, Jim Plunkett, Vinny Testaverde.....

[Trent's habit for staring down receivers]

I'd like to see Trent make the tight coverage throws where the receiver is only open for an instant as well as some throws where he trusts his receiver to make plays.

 

I think one his biggest problems is that his definition of "open" isn't what it should be for this level.

[Can't aruge Sully's article much]

In reality, he's doing his job. You guys are reading him and talking about his column.

 

The value of that column in a literal sense is irrelevant, but it has served its purpose.

 

Personally I find him contentious for the sake of being contentious and predictable.

[The truth about Flutie !!!]

Actually, our current ST coach, Bruce Dehaven, was fired for the Music City Disaster. Ronnie Jones was his replacement. He had never coached ST before then and was brutally awful. You did get the part right about Wade being fired because he refused to dump Jones. Though, you might consider getting your facts completely right before bashing somebody for not having their facts right.

 

 

You're both wrong. Wade was fired because he didn't wear headphones!

[If Thigpen is cut, Gailey will pick him up]

Don't know how, but I did make it past the fourth grade!

 

Must have been the longest three years of your life!

[Bills Nostalgia]

When I was a kid in the 70's my dad was a Cheektowaga cop. He was on the detail that was tasked with escorting the visiting teams from the Sheraton on Walden to the stadium on game day and then from the stadium to the airport. For that, the two cops used were given tickets to the game and a few bucks (cash usually). My dad used to use the money they gave him to buy me a ticket to the game (about half the time the visiting teams would just comp him the ticket.) As a result, I got to the games well before anyone else, even before the Bills players typically arrived.

 

Sooooo, I we would hang out at the players entrance as they arrived and collect autographs. I have many of the greats of that era, including OJ, Fergie, Reggie MacKenzie, etc. I also met a number of opposing players of that era. The two that stand out are Ken Stabler and Joe Namath, both of whose autographs I have.

 

Namath was great! He rode in his own limo, and my dad asked him for an autograph for me (I was far too starstruck to say anything) he said "Sure" to my dad and looked down at me with a great big smile, and grabbed the Bills logo on my coat and said "Where did you get that jacket kid?" Then he took me into his limo and we sat and talked about football, school, and such. He gave me his autograph and sent me on my way. Classy guy!

[Bills' Defense - Better than we think?]

While I would agree that 3rd-and-long was a problem, the defense had to be essentially perfect with the anemic offensive output. A potent (or even less impotent) offense would have put a little more pressure on opposing offenses and taken a little off the defense.

[DiCesare column: Schobel wanted his schedule]

In other words, he wanted the "TO" treatment!

[Dispelling the The Bills don't have good enough players argument]

Seems to me that going into the 4th tied or ahead that many times and winding up doing as poorly as they did points to conditioning (physical AND mental) as much as anything. Maybe the new regime will toughen these guys up. From what has been reported, things look to be going in that direction.

 

If nothing else, considering the similarity in roster from last year to this year, we'll get a better indication of how much coaching plays a role in a team's success!

[A draw play for big yardage??!]

OK I am confused. The Bills are KINGS - KINGS - of the 3rd down draw play. KKIINNGGSS.

 

When I heard that in the video I yelled F*UCK, here we go again with more F*CKING draws!!!!

 

once more - KKKIIINNNGGGSSS of the draw play.

 

every time they had 2 backs (sometimes is was a RB and a TE) it was a draw play.

 

why are you excited about more draw plays?

 

The difference here is apparently it would have worked.

[A draw play for big yardage??!]

Wait...is it April 1st again?

[How many Bill's wins do you see in the first 8 weeks ??]

Well, you'd use one in the possessive, but it would come after the 's' not before. So "Bill's wins" refers to wins belonging to some guy named Bill, but "Bills' wins" would be wins belonging to the Bills.