BuffaloRebound

Call me impatient or fair-weathered, but this team simply doesn't score points with Losman at QB. The closest thing to an explosive performance was his 1st quarter performance in Miami last year which was followed up by zero points the rest of the game. He does look better than last year but that is not saying much. Give him the rest of the year, but be fully prepared to go in a different direction next year. This seems somewhat similar to giving Rob Johnson a shot for one year in Gregg Williams 1st year. I guess the difference being that college QB's like Leinart and Cutler weren't available that year in the draft. I see a lot of people saying that there are many other things wrong with the team besides QB. However, instability at the QB position is the hardest thing to overcome in the NFL.

Pennington is twice the QB of anyone on the Bills roster. Say what you want about his arm strength, but the Bills would have at least as good of a record as the Jets if Pennington was the Bills QB.

I'd put the odds of Losman being a quality NFL starter for the Bills at about 25% right now. Some inconsistency at this point in his career is fine, but he hasn't really showed much besides that. He didn't exactly light it up in the Bills 2 wins. At this point, I think most people will be surprised if he amounts to anything.

I'm with you. We need a guy who has proven he can win at a high level. Keep Losman around and maybe he can pull a Drew Brees but it's not happening by itself. And Drew Brees was actually a good QB in college in the Big 10. People have been making excuses for Losman since he was at Tulane - those ferocious Conference USA pass rushers will get you every time.

If a player isn't kneeling and the whistle didn't blow, I would think players are taught to keep playing.

Rob Johnson had all the tools and looked good on occasion as well. The thing that scares me about Losman, similar to Johnson, is that he has never led a conference-winning team much less champonship caliber team. You can't teach that. Look at a guy like Chad Pennington. He certainly lacks a lot of the physical talents you look for in a QB, but everywhere he goes, he wins. I think this is the point that Felser is trying to make. It probably is a bit pre-mature given Losman hasn't played many games in the NFL, but has he ever shown that he can be a QB on a quality team at the college or pro level? His line was supposedly horrible in college too, but good QB's seem to somehow find a way to overcome these things at some point in their careers. That said, if Losman doesn't respond the rest of the season, Troy Smith is a guy that really intrigues me. If he proves to the NFL scouts, he can make enough of the throws, he seems like the type of guy that you want running your team.

Losman's gotta use his legs more. It seems like he is programmed to stay in the pocket as long as possible even if the defense is giving him 5-10 yards. Even if he just moved out of the pocket and extended the play an extra couple of seconds, he would be a much bigger problem for defenses. If he's made up his mind on 95% of the plays that he's not going to use his legs, what good is his mobility? That said, the Jets being able to easily get in the endzone on the goal line and the Bills inability to do the same was the difference even with the Jets fumble return for a TD.

Outside of a few guys like Stroud and Henderson, there are not many DT's that can rush the passer and clog the running lanes. I enjoy having DT's that can get pressure and chase the QB down like the Bills have this year. Most of the running plays that gained big yardage were misdirection at Ellison. Ellison is nice in coverage but I think having Spikes back will greatly help the run defense. I do not miss Sam Adams and like having DT's that can collapse the pocket. It makes the pass rush so much better this year.

Caught the 2nd half on the NFL Network. The Pats most likely win anyway, but the officiating was blatantly atrocious. The spot of McGahee's 4th down try and then the spot of Watson/Graham's 3rd down catch by the same ref was consistent if not horrible. Blowing the interception dead after a Bills penalty was also inexcusable. The numerous calls on the Bills and lack of holding calls on the Pats was another head scratcher. I'm not saying the outcome would have been different, but Marv needs to send the League a tape of this crap.

Show some balls and reveal what vets are saying they want Holcomb if he is continually going to write about it. The only candidates are Vincent, Clements, Spikes, and Fletcher. There's no way Evans would want Holcomb over Losman and Willis could probably care less. Who's left?... Villareal - he has enough to worry about keeping his own job.

Pats 31, Bills 24. Bills offense looks good, but Brady unfortunately continues to throw daggers.

My guess is one of the backup LB's that have been around a few years will be gone with the change in defensive philsophy affecting them the most.

3200 pass yds; 22TD's, 16 int's, 3 rushing TD's

Despite his leading the Bills in fumbles recovered with a whopping 2 and interceptions with 4 (2 of which came in week 1 against the worst team in the NFL), Vincent has made little impact in his time with the Bills. I think many feel the veteran leadership angle is overblown as the Bills have more than enough coaches, none of which make $3m per year. Doea anyone feel Vincent would continue playing if he wasn't getting over-paid?

I like that roster, except I'd cut Vincent and keep Ellison. I might take Powell over Sape since Denney could play tackle if he had to.

The sooner the Bills cut Vincent, the better. The guy is a business-man, moon-lighting as a football player. Is there a weaker hitting safety in the NFL?

I thought Ellison looked pretty good on Saturday. He needs to put on some weight but he was flying around the ball. On a side note, does anyone think Vincent is in danger of being cut if Simpson continues to impress the next couple of pre-season games?

Positives for me were that most of the young guys showed they can play. McCargo, Williams, Simpson, Whitner, and Ellison made some nice plays. Youboty may take a little more time, but Greer and King looked good. I like the WR's (Evans, Price, Parrish, and Reed with Royal and Everett at TE has some nice potential) and RB's as well. But it will be a tough and improbable getting to 8-8 with the inconsistent QB and OL play. If Losman or perhaps Nall can develop some consistency, the Bills could become a tough team to play by the 2nd half. It may be early to write Holcomb off, but he simply limits the offense so much without having to be respected more than 10 yards downfield.

All the other Bills draft picks got their deals done in time including another 1st rounder that was supposedly drafted too high. If Whitner is being low-balled, he should go public with it. Otherwise, most rational people will assume he is holding out over the length of the contract, one which will be paying him more than every safety not named Roy Williams.

Excellent post. That what makes things like the current Depth Chart game on ESPN in July even more foolish. With injuries and relatively equal talent levels across the league, the difference is usually coaching and getting a few lucky breaks.

I think you may have a cause-and-effect problem with that research. Teams that are winning naturally run more and teams that are behind get run on. I would be more interested to see the relationship between 3rd down conversion rates on both sides of the ball and winning %.

There's still a lot of highly-rated big dudes available. Jean-Giles, Rod Wright, Watson, Jonathan Scott. It would be nice to get a space-eater at DT for short-yardage/goal-line situations. Also need depth at OT.

Maybe Williams turns out to be a Hall-of-Famer. But Casserly sounds like a fool trying to justify the pick. Citing Williams' combine numbers and the switch to a 4-3 defense as reasons to take Williams over Bush just digs a bigger hole.

While they have a well-run organization, when it comes to drafts, trades, contracts and the like, the Eagles organization cannot be trusted. I would not do any dealings with them at all if I were Marv. Same goes for New England. Those organizations take themselves a little too seriously and will twist your arm for every last penny. I think having Brady and McNabb has made those organizations think that they are smarter than everybody(maybe they are) and I would prefer not to deal with either of them.

I don't think Marv would trade up unless it is a player at a need position. It's gotta be a LT or DT they are targeting at the end of the 1st round. If Ferguson is not their at #8, then it's probably Ngata, then Winston at #26.