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Maybe somebody should tell Tom Clements or Mike Mularkey. I didn't know JP was calling his own plays?

Did you notice how his receivers had to do contortions to catch his passes which were thrown behind them? Except for some great receiving, he had an average day.

After 16 games we will know how good the defense is.

Diarrhea or constipation?

Give me a break! One friggin game and you're drawing conclusions already. Get a grip on reality.

QB rating for Bledsoe wk 1 145.5 QB rating for Losman wk 1 88.9 I'll take Losman. Thank you. BTW, what compensation did TD get from Dallas for Bledsoe? I remember he gave up a first rounder, but I don't recall what we got back for him?

The Phins were very impressive against Denver. Frerotte lit up the Denver defense. This is not the same inept bunch of Dave Wannstedt and Jay Fiedler. (P.S. Wannstedt is 0-2 at Pitt - no surprise!) I hope the Bills don't take them lightly. AFC East is still the Beast of the NFL.

Let's have a game ball for the newest Bill: Mike Schneck!!!!

What are the odds that: 1.) Willis McGahee gains fewer yards than Domanick Davis? 2.) JP Losman has fewer TD passes than David Carr? 3.) Bills get fewer sacks than Texans? 4.) All of the above Just wondering what everybody thinks? Go Bills!

There is no way the Bills will pay Clements what he thinks he's worth. Champ Bailey got an $18 million bonus and a $63 million contract. The CB free agents this year got way overpaid. Antoine Winfield was not worth the money he got from the Vikes. Here's what I think will happen: Clements plays all year at his current rate. Next year the Bills either slap the tag on him and keep him for another year at the top 5 position average salary or let him go by cutting or trade. This may be cheaper than trying to re-sign him at free market prices. In the meantime, the Bills either draft or groom his replacement. (like T McGee) They could get two more years out of him for a reasonable two year average salary and then TD moves on to someone else. CB's don't last forever. It's business, not personal. I think it's the smart move too. This is nothing against Clements. He's a very good player. TD is not that sentimental. Winfield didn't get what he wanted from TD, Peerless didn't get what he wanted from TD, and Pat Williams didn't get what he wanted from TD. I see a pattern here.

The document can be found with all the Iraqi WMD's. Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's upper ranks are mostly staffed with people who share two traits: loyalty to President George W. Bush and little or no background in emergency management. Director Michael Brown served as commissioner of the International Arabian Horse Association for a decade before coming to FEMA in 2001. FEMA director planned to get all the evacuees out on horseback apparently.

Well said!

Can they play DE?

Amen. Finally a voice of reason amidst the stupidity. Maybe people will blame the NO sewer department for their toilets not flushing! They should have prepared for that too I guess? Flushing toilets is not the Feds responsibility either. DUH!

Another uninformed response! Do you make this up as you go? "The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the independent Federal agency responsible for leading America’s efforts to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from disasters." http://www.fema.gov Four factors here: PREPARE, PREVENT, RESPOND, RECOVER! Leadership,in a crisis of this magnitude, starts at the top. A key missing ingredient.

What a ridiculous and uninformed response! A disaster of this magnitude is far beyond the scope of a City to provide the resources. That is why FEMA was created. Under the current inept administration, FEMA was incorporated into the Dept. of Homeland Security and took a backseat to shaking down old ladies and children at airports. I don't know for sure if the Mayor is an idiot or not, but I do know of a certain idiot at the highest level who has totally screwed up the priorities of a nation! Read the story here and maybe you'll be more informed http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050902/ts_nm/...na_criticism_dc

The taxpayers of the USA (thanks to you know who!) are pissing away nearly $6 billion dollars a month for the indefinite future in Iraq. The total tab is near $300 billion and projected to reach $600 billion at least. There are thousands of innocent poor people, who followed orders, suffering and dying at the New Orleans convention center of dehydration, etc. because they have no freakin water to drink. Three days after the storm the head of FEMA says "we didn't know they were there." What a tragic leadership vacuum in Washington. That applies to the vacationing Congress as well as the Moron in Chief.

The interesting thing about soccer is the subtelty and artistry that is difficult to understand for newcomers or those who never played the game at a higher level. Soccer need not apologize for anything. The USA has only 5% of the world's population, the "world game" will survive quite well. Long live the beautiful game!

I love our defense but if we want to be on top, it needs to get better. The mere suggestion of such heresy can get you in trouble around here so be careful. The position I'd most like to see some improvement from: Posey. I'd also like to see Schobel get more sacks against quality opposition rather than beefing up his numbers against the fins and then disappearing against better opponents. The defense is very, very good but needs to get better. The offense.....well lets just say it has more room for improvement than the defense. 422438[/snapback] Bingo! There is room for improvement as the previous quote mentions. This is meant to be constructive criticism. Why do the Bills blitz so much? One big reason is that the D line can't pressure the QB by themselves. IMO the DE's are a little weak by league standards for top teams. Also, as mentioned above, Posey has been getting a free pass for some sub-par play. The linebackers as a group are good only because Spikes is exceptional, Fletcher is good and Posey is average at best. I did a statistical analysis of the top linebacking teams in the AFC and found that among Buffalo,Denver,Baltimore,New England and the NY Jets that the biggest dropoff in production between the top two linebackers and the weakest linebacker of each group was found in Buffalo. Statistically, Posey was very weak and not pulling his weight relative to the better linebacking corps. P.S. I know there are many variables at play here, but many of the same variables are at play with these other teams too and their third LB's performance didn't drop off like Posey.

At the end of the day, statistics other than wins and losses don't matter(particularly playoff wins and losses). My point about the Bills defense was to indicate that just because they were "ranked 2nd" by the league guidelines for ranking, does not mean they were necessarily the 2nd best defense. I get tired of hearing the oft repeated phrase, "the Bills had the 2nd best defense" in the NFL in 2004. Another overlooked factor in evaluating the defense is the strength of the opposing offenses they faced. The Bills had one win over the Jets who ranked 17th in pts. scored, win over St.Louis ranked 19th, win over Arizona ranked 26th, two wins over Miami ranked 27th, win over Cleveland ranked 28th, and a win over San Fran ranked 30th!! In addition, they lost to Oakland ranked 18th, lost to Baltimore ranked 20th and lost to Jax ranked 29th!! In other words, they played the Who's Who list of bad offenses last year. Has anyone considered that before? Will they be able to play the worst offenses again this year? I don't think so. KC,SD,NE were ranked 2nd,3rd,4th. Den,Atl,Carolina,New Orleans were all in the top 16. Who would you say had the better defense last year Buffalo or New England? If you go by the NFL stats the Bills were #2 and NE was #9. Consider this: In the fourth quarter when games are decided, the Bills shut out only two opponents St. Louis and Cleveland. New England shut out 8 opponents in the 4th quarter! I am a lifelong Bills fan, but I have to point out some objective facts so that people don't get so carried away by the hype.

We all know that the Bills defense ranked 2nd in the NFL last year. These rankings are based on how many yards the defense allowed. You can't read any article or listen to any sportscaster without it being mentioned several times. I think there may be a couple of ways at analyzing a defense that may be more informative than just "yards allowed". First of all, the scoreboard is the most important statistic in football. Therefore, I believe that "points allowed" is inherently a better measure of a defense. How well does a defense keep the opponent from scoring seems more important than just yards allowed. In this respect, the Bills defense ranked 8th in the league. The top three teams were Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and New England. However, there may be another way to analyze the efficiency of the defense using both yards allowed and points allowed. The defense which may bend a little and give up a few more yards, but gets really tough when the opponent gets near scoring range is indeed a very good defense. A statistical way to view this is to ask the question, " How many points does the defense allow per 100 yards gained against it?" Teams that give up meaningless yards, but are extremely tough to score against are top defenses. If you divide the points allowed by the defense by the numbers of yards allowed (using 100 yard units) you get a number which ranks the efficiency of the defense. I feel that this defensive efficiency rank is a more accurate reflection of the true strength of the defense. It also reflects IMHO that a defense which gets tough in the scoring zone is the superior defense. Defenses which perform during crunch time are the best. So how do the Bills rank using this statistic? Buffalo ranked number 21 in 2004. There were times last year when the defense had "must stop" situations (i.e. after a Bledsoe fumble in their own end) and they failed to stop the opponent at the key time. They didn't give up a lot of yards in those situations, but they didn't show the trademarks of a top defense either. So which teams ranked highest on this measure of defensive efficiency? Philadelphia and New England were 1 and 2. Last year's Superbowl contestants!