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Jeez, take off the rose colored glasses, will ya? 2009 showed a Fitz who threw 9 Tds against 10 Ints with a QB rating of 69.7. Pretty poor numbers there. Yes, Fitz has proven to be far more effective than Edwards, but heck, how hard was that? Fitz was playing well against the Pats, up until those two wildly inaccurate throws that were picked and sealed the win for the Pats. He played fairly miserably against the Jets( 12-27 for a whopping 128 yards, with about a third of that coming in the 4th quarter after the Jets were up 38-7 and coasting. After the game, Gailey has said he was about to give Brohm some playing time, but since Fitz got the Bills a score with 9 minutes left in the 4th, he decided to give Fitz another series, in which the Bills did squat. That was not a good performance, but Fitz wasn't alone, the O-Line was horrible that day as well. Pedestrian would be the best way to describe his performance against the Jags. Nice garbage time TD to Johnson in the 4th made his stats look better than he was effective. In truth, his best games, against the Pats and the Ravens, were both marred by his two costly interceptions in both games. Fitz is the proverbial "almost" QB. More than adequate in a backup role, yet.......

I watched a dozen replays and never saw that. You must have x-ray vision Superman.

1967 Bills, defensive line - McDole, Dunaway, Sestak, Prudhomme, Meredith ???? Hummm.

Well stated. I'll be excited about "Stevie" if he proves out solid over a couple seasons. He is benefiting a lot from Lee drawing top coverage, and being relatively unknown. Will he be able to produce going forward. Time will tell. Personally, I like that David Nelson kid alot and he shows well for the little time he gets. We also have Easley coming back who looked very good in camp this year. We may actually have ourselves a solid WR corp for the next few years. Now that Shawn Nelson is back, I'm more than curious if the Bills and Nelson will be able to put his speed (for a TE) and what he has shown to be good hands to use.

The average career of an NFL player (per the NFLPA) is 3.3 years.

Exactly. Montana did not possess a cannon, Brees isn't considered as a "cannon" armed QB. Adequate arm strength is required, which Fitz seems to have particularly when he can step into his throw. Like Flutie said many times before (queue the flames), being good QB is about making good decisions. I would say that Fitz's weaknesses are his inconsistent accuracy, followed by an occasional lack of good decision making. Despite his flaws, he does bring heart and desire and a considerable degree of fearlessness to the field.

Great day to you as well, and we;ll be watching. Hope you're right. I've always hated KC and Hank Stram for the beating they gave Buffalo in the 1966 season championship game. After the bomb to Dubenion, we did little offensively the rest of the day and our D wasn't able to contain KC. It was a bad loss. It also marked the first Bills game I watched from kickoff to finish.

No, you're weren't wrong for coming back. You add much to this board, unlike Mr. Wonderful. Don't let the likes of Mr. Wonderful, a coward with a keyboard (always an irritating combination), from adding to the quality of this board.

I don't disagree that the loss of Schobel has hurt what little pass rush we've had the past few years, but teams weren't living in fear of our pass rush last year either. Byrd still has been a disappoint to date this year. He's been badly out of position and also beaten badly on a number of plays.

Actually 5 or 6 serious playmakers with fill around them would likely do the trick. We thought we had a playmaker in Byrd, but he has been very disappointing this year so far.

I too believe Corner's elbow did come down in the end zone, but you bring up a good point, and that is that Boldin was out of bounds with Corner on top of him (contact) before the elbow came down. What I still don't believe about that play is how in the world did the ref's let the pass interference escape them. Boldin clearly had a firm grip on Corner's right arm. It was right there in front of them. That's what was the horrible call.

How about simply sending Maybin out to local Buffalo job fairs? I'm sure he's physically gifted enough to work in a warehouse somewhere.

How in the world does another draftee's failure give the Bills any form of a silver lining (however slight) regarding Maybin? That is, unless you're promoting "misery loves company".

I agree as well. Sure, the Raven may have thought it would be an easier week, but the Bills came out quickly and the Raven found themselves in a dog fight (offensively anyway). I believe KC will be prepared and their run game really concerns me, especially since our run D has been so bad. The again, our pass defense hasn't been there this year either. I wonder how much the new schemes and DC have played into this...

Howard held his own, got beat more than a few times, but no "olay" type errors, and stayed clean penalty wise. In short, he was light years better than Green. Bell actually played fairly well. All in all, a large portion of the improvement came from Fitz himself. Quick decisions, little hesitancy in his throws and a very solid game plan, especially in the passing game. Quick releases can make a O-Line's day so much easier.

Game, set, match.....nice way to get to the bottom line..

Except that Johnson twice did the woosie thing at the end of two longer runs after the catch. Absolutely hated how he timidly just stepped out of bounds. Was he winded? Out of shape? He's no Andre.........not close, not ever, which isn't to say he can't become a decent WR, but he should never be mentioned in the same breath as Andre.

Frankly, I haven't heard much at all about a change in rookie pay scales except speculation here and there. I do agree that if there was one in place that limited (reduced) what rookies could get, it would definitely make the top choices in the draft more valuable in terms of trade-down opportunities, etc. Alas, I suspect there must be a zillion agents willing to spend considerable sums to lobby against any "Rookie Cap". Has anyone heard anything from the NFLPA regarding their position on rookie caps?

Who are you? Where did you come from? When will you be going back?

Piss on "moral" victories. As a long term Bills fan, we've had more than enough of these over the decades.

Franchise QB? OK, he had a pretty darned good game, but those two picks he also threw (and at least two others that should have been picked), were huge! I like the way he plays the game, his mobility, his moxy, his guts, yet the crowd cheering him now will call for his neck when he reverts back to his inconsistency with his accuracy. Great throw, mediocre throw, "where the hell was he throwing that" throw, etc. Sunday, he made far more good plays than bad, but again, those two picks were huge, just as the two picks he threw against the Pats were. I'll agree he's our best current option, but with Fitz, it will be a love/hate relationship for most.

Overall, I would agree with Bill (good to see your game day thoughts again). While not quite ready to blast Spiller into oblivion, I am a bit concerned with his continually bouncing his runs to the outside when it's obvious to all that he needs to cut it up field and take the 2, 3, or so yards available. He might even break one as well. I want to see a bit more run toughness from him.......

Vintage ICE? Yes, and that's not a compliment.

While Steve has had some numbers of late, I believe David Nelson will make the better #2. One things for sure, our WR's sure look better when they have a QB willing and able to throw to them (one last knock on the checkdown King Trentative...).

One thing he needs to learn (and fast) is that the NFL players are so much faster and better than his former college competition and his continually bouncing everything out side is not going to work. He needs to recognize that there will be many times where simply cutting it back up filed and taking the 2-3 yards available is the best option. Heck, Fred shines at this so he's got a great teacher to watch. Spiller seems to run a bit more tentatively than one would like as well. I sure hope he comes around and not become just another John Avery type.