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15 consecutive years of this has worn everyone's patience beyond thin. Every throw Manuel makes looks like a lob, a floater. He was criticized by Kelly for not stepping into his throws and firing the ball. He makes flat throws when he needs to drop it in. He has been late on way too many throws and when he does pull the trigger, it's anyone's guess where it will go. Our WR's have been hung out so often that they must be beyond sick of Manuel. It is tremendously difficult watching him play. I have hoped that the light would go on for Manuel but he looks as clueless as ever and mostly downright pitiful. I'd say the book on Manuel is closing very fast and it's not looking good. In his defense, he gets almost no help from Hackett who is nothing more than Marone's sad sack pal.....

Going pass happy with Manuel was a huge mistake and it was made even though Manuel has never shown he could carry the day. He is far more inaccurate than Fritz and that's saying a lot. There was one player I specifically watched a bit the past couple of games and that was Pears. In no way has he been an improvement over Urbick. He will get any QB killed. He was an average RT....but has been a horrible guard. Wood our center has not looked good lately either. He needs to step it up as well.

Manuel has had time enough to throw, but seems to hold the ball forever at times.He simply has no vision, no sense of timing, and is brutally inaccurate too often. Sure he makes a nice throw now and again, but those are far and few between all the pitiful throws. Has he ever stepped into a throw? We lose the game against the Bears if our WR's Woods and Williams don't make the acrobatic catches they did. Our WR's must be getting extremely frustrated. With that said, Hackett must be about the most incompetent OC around. His play calling looks like the plays are drawn from a hat instead of having specific purpose. If ever there was a game that called for pounding the rock........

Initially I thought so too, but there was a receiver in the area and the refs probably thought it was yet another crappy throw from Manuel. The PI on the throw to Woods was blatant.

Williams has been written of as having been poor, especially in the run game. I hope the Bills wrk fevorishly to get Richatdson ready to play. Williams has nit shown to be worthy of playing time so far.

It was something I looked forward to every week as well, but almost every issue was received after the previewed game was played. Also, I wasn't a fan of Larry Bump but after it changed and he was replaced (by Chris Brown?) , I only got worse and less interesting. The internet was the final blow in it's death.

Not to point to any specific posters, I would agree that the general attitude and demeanour of too many posters has become one and the same as Jerry Sullivan's. I see no wonder in how he keeps his job based on Bills forums of late.

Did you even read the post you are replying to? You have so misconstrued what was said so flagrantly you should be on Faux News....

The Byrd loss has been a huge topic for us, yet watching play against the Browns, a big weakness in his game showed a number of times. He lacks speed and with him playing Kelso deep it only makes him an average player who is paid megabucks needlessly. I like his game, but he may be more a player at Strong Safety....

AP is another phenomenally talented athlete who has a brain the size of a small marble. Nice to see him chasing Travis Henry's gold standard of fatherhood though.

From the preseason we all saw that Kounjio and Richardson need technique work. Maybe they won't pan out in the long run, but it a welcome change to see Buffalo go for some big guys up front. These two can be better judged next year...

The throw to Chandler was nice, but that was a great catch by Chandler.

To the OP, thanks for a great post, even if it originated elsewhere. It is one that makes me scream, "I want to believe". Great post and one of the best ever written for our consumption.

Give it a rest. What about publicly funded venues...tax breaks...yada yada yada. North Dallas 40...Every time I call it a game, you call it a business. Every time I call it a business, you call it a game. The NFL is anything but private enterprise.

Word is he was being shopped around..

Actually I remember saying to myself a couple times in the second half, "now that's how you throw a swing pass." A couple throws to Spiller, etc., actually were well thrown....

In general it was lousy o-line play that was really pissing me off the most. While it is great to move people around to find your best five, the time has past picking them and letting them play together. Cohesiveness carries it's greatest importance with an o-line. This is on Marine....

Logical and well written. If anyone is left that cares about Buffalo, the DT stadium should be priority one. I fear the penny rich pound foolish crowd will simply take the easy way out. A DT stadium is more than an investment to keep the Bills, It's an investment in Buffalo. This could be Buffalo's last chance. Be brave, be bold, and just do it.

Desite the screamers and doomsayers, this made perfect sense. Best wishes to Stevie aa well.

I agree with Goodell ruining the draft. I work evenings so the draft experience is totally lost. Goodell is a piece of crap...

Never a fan of his "music", I now find myself seriously disliking JBJ. A NJ man lining up with Canadians for the purpose of buying our Bills and moving them to Toronto is utterly shameful and characterless. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest his arm pits.

Ebron's stock has fallen quite a bit with a number of GM's. The knocks have been that he has inconsistent hands (noted numerous end zone drops), and that he won't block. Yeah, I'm lazy when using my tablet, sorry no loinkss, but read, just read, and the more you read the less Ebron seems like any answer. In fact the entire TE class hass been said to be sub-par. Also, ass it's already been said, we already have Gragg. No need for Ebron. I personally like building the OL, and possibly Evans if they go for a skills position.

One thing that has been misunderstood around here is that in a 4-3 defense there is room for a smaller quicker DE and Hughes can fit that bill. He's definitely a pass rusher first, but was wasn't just speed. He is capable of bull rushing a QB and that takes strength. He would be great in a wide 9 set as well. Hughes showed a lot last year and it wasn't just as a speed rusher.

Same here.... Youth is wasted on the young.

From my eyes, where rhe Bills got gashed the most was run plays where teams went off tackle right at Kyle Williams.Kyle's penetrating ways are feast or famine. Also Kiko was late or over ran the gap. If Spikes or someone else can prove to be effective in the middle, the run D should improve as Kiko in space should be awesome.