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Last year the Bills defense ranked 21st in the more significant category of "Pts Allowed per Yards allowed". This category had NEngland and Philadelphia (Super Bowl opponents last year) ranked 1st and 2nd last year. Buffalo, which ranked 2nd in the very unreliable and inaccurate "Yds Allowed" category for the last two years, missed the playoffs the last 2 years. At the halfway point this year it is time to examine the true contenders. In the AFC, the top 2 teams in "Pts Allowed per Yards allowed" are: 1. Indianapolis 2. Cincinnati In the NFC, the top 2 teams in "Pts Allowed per Yards allowed" are: 1. Chicago Bears 2. NY Giants Other top contenders include: Pittsburgh, Denver and Cleveland (Cleve. can be eliminated as a top contender, but their defense is tougher) In the NFC only Atlanta looks real. Where do the Bills rank? The Bills rank 17th in the league. This compares with their 21st rank last year. Basically a very mediocre defense. A non-contender to say the least. Don't blame the messenger, look to the geniuses at One Bills Drive.

As Teflon Tom would say, "well we have had a 1000 yd rusher 3 of the last 4 years, so the offensive line must be doing something right." Bad logic Tom. A RB who averages 62.5 yds per game over 16 games will gain a 1000 yds. Whoopee! Where does that get you? A cozy seat by the fire watching the playoffs on TV. Way to go Tom. The non-playoff streak continues! What the Bills really need is some clear thinking.

Good coaching and play calling will be the difference. I remember when Bills head coach John Rauch wanted to use OJ Simpson as a decoy!!! Maybe by running all your best receivers 2 yards downfield on a 4th and 7 you will confuse the defense? "Take what the defense gives you" BRILLIANT COACHING!

The Bills DID get OUTCOACHED in the 4th quarter by a large margin. However, it was only with the game on the line so no big deal. Right?

It's about time someone pointed the finger at Clements. What a horrible job of play calling in the 4th quarter. Humiliating. Bad coaching cost the Bills the game. Hands down. Amateur stuff.

The Bills won't re-sign Nate. The franchise tag will give them another year to find his replacement. No way the Bills cough up top dollar to keep him. It really isn't much different than Antoine Winfield or Jonas Jennings. Both were smart moves by the Bills.

Yikes! You must be kidding. Posey makes virtually NO plays for an entire series of games. What would be so wrong with a starting linebacker making something happen? Tackle somebody, force fumbles or INT's, sack the Qb. He does nothing like that. You can watch the Bills game after game and never know he was suited up. UGH! Did Posey play today? How can a starter on defense never get mentioned for 60 minutes when the opponents RB's are picking up 150+ yards a game?

My favorite play is the 1 yard pass to the slow Tight End! Brilliant!

Sullivan takes a lot of heat around here for being right. Poor Jerry - accurate, but unloved. Don't shoot the messenger! Just because he points out stuff you don't want to accept is no reason to dismiss him.

The Bills are no playoff team - get Losman some experience. The Bills are getting old in some key areas on defense. The lack of speed shows. The Bills should look at the Eagles for the blueprint. Remember the Eagles dumped both high paid starting corners Troy Vincent and Bobby Taylor and decided to rebuild the entire secondary in basically one year? Their secondary is now awesome even though at the time everybody said they were crazy. Nate Clements is not worth a $15 million dollar bonus and huge salary. Milloy and Vincent have lost a step or two- ouch!. McGee is a keeper. The comment by Tom Clements that the Bills failure to score a TD at the one yard line "didn't hurt us" is so ridiculous. He should be fired instantly. I mean it. He is making me long for the good old days of Kevin Gilbride. Lastly, the Bills are woefully deficient on the line of scrimmage. Trey Teague is the Jeff Posey of the offense. Weak and invisible. What about all those "high motor" - low talent guys on the DL? Weak. Donahoe has built a real non-contender for sure.

Yes, he is wrong for this team! Everybody plays a part in this atrocity. Try this sometime if you are looking for a BIG laugh: look at the game replays when the defense is on the field. Then try to spot Posey anywhere near the ball when the play unfolds. He is like David Copperfield- he vanishes into thin air. When, and if, you do spot him it is usually when the offense is heading back to their huddle after the play. Where does he go? The invisible man. I did an analysis of his play last year and what I found horrified me. He is really a substandard linebacker. I posted this observation during pre-season and nobody wanted to believe my reaearch. Maybe now the cloak of invisibility will be removed from an obvious weak link. So what to do about it? Get faster linebackers who know how to find the ball and get involved. With the game tied 10-10 and Lamont Jordan about to score on a running play, the Bills put in Josh Stamer. Have you ever seen a linebacker try to stop a play with his eyes closed? Watch the replay of this TD run. Hilarious watching Stamer on that play. He had no clue how to tackle or what to do to stop Jordan. Brutal. Maybe why Posey still starts.

Don't confuse things by presenting the facts. People can get real irritated around here when you do that.

Ralph should have been fired many times for his numerous poor hiring decisions over the years. He is immune from criticism though.

Wait until tomorrow and everyone can rag on Jerry Sullivan for causing another Bills debacle. Damn that Sullivan! The media blows another game.

If only Jerry Sullivan were writing for New England the Bills would be the two time defending Super Bowl Champs and New England would be struggling. Oh that Sullivan guy is a one man wrecking crew destroying the Bills. The media is clearly holding back the Bills from reaching their goals.

Nothing like a little off the field minor controversy to help Bills fans forget how badly they played last week. Which Bills players can stand up and say they played great last week? Why are they so sensitive? Did Willis get his tender feelings hurt? Whaaaaaa! Whaaaa!

Excellent article by Jerry Sullivan. You want to talk about whiners? You don't have to look very far.

"Everybody's got their own opinion," McGahee said. "I'm not going to worry about it. I'm not going to correct my running style or nothing like that. I'm going to continue doing what I'm doing." I am sorry, but I don't care for this type of attitude. I hope Willis is more concerned about listening to constructive criticism rather than rebelling against it.

From my point of view, the games are won and lost in the trenches. They set the foundation for everything else. The defensive line and offensive line would be my top priorities. Sam Adams isn't getting any younger and Ron Edwards is mediocre. The OL could use help too. P.S. Posey's position in desperate need of an upgrade also.

It's all about the money for the NFL. Period.

Ditto. Jones in a landslide.

Lee Iacocca, who led Ford in the 1970s and is credited with saving Chrysler from extinction in the 1980s, summed up the grim mood in Detroit when he visited his adopted hometown last week and chided its automakers for lagging the Japanese in developing fuel-sipping hybrids. "They should get off their asses and build more hybrids," he told The Detroit News. "Something's got to happen in this town to turn it around, or we're all going down the tubes," Iacocca said. Well said. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050919/bs_nm/...mmit_preview_dc

Exactly. Time to "go Hollywood" after you win something!

I thought the game was very predictable. Don't underestimate the heat. It is brutal for northern teams to play in Florida in September. Furthermore, the game vs. Texans showed that the Bills couldn't score TD's against a weak defense at home. It was unrealistic to think they would score them against a very good defense on the road. It was a step back today, but hopefully it was a beneficial learning experience. It will take about 8 games for JP to starts to feel comfortable. Before then the unbridled optimism around here may diminish to more realistic levels.

Maybe it is a lttle clearer why people rag on Posey. The invisible man. You can watch many games and never know he even suited up. After watching the Bills D shut down Tampa, I think your words are truly prophetic. "I think the Bills really do have the best LB corps in the NFL It is incredibly entertaining to watch our D perform." Cadillac Williams agrees with you.