JDG

Don't go adding reason to this discussion! Roscoe Parrish has the potential to be a game-breaker, a difference-maker. I think that he could be well worth the pick, even despite the OLine woes. JDG (who has been known to be hard on TD for drafting skill position players high.)

Maybe I'm wrong, but it was my impression that if Losman led Reed any further that Reed would have been out-of-bounds. JDG

For whatever its worth - since I no longer have access to the replay - when I saw it today, Reed looked absolutely blanketed to me. I heard that JP has called it the worst INT he has ever thrown. JDG

Check out a replay of the screen pass he caught against Carolina last week. And check out his big punt return (please ignore his mind-numbing fumble and backwards punt return.) The explosiveness is clearly there, but he needs to play smarter. JDG

1) Losing to Miami is *never* a good thing 2) The Bills were still alive for the playoffs 3) Blowing a 21-point road lead hardly gives you anything to "build upon" for next year, as you go 0-5 on the road. JDG

You have to be one sick, masochistic dude to call today "a good thing." JDG

Making a play? That must have been the Touchdown drive he lead the offense on in that game, right?

And if you were Jason Peters, why on Earth would you sign such a contract right now???

Since Holcomb's Arm has begged off, allow me to step in with an analysis of 1st-day OL picks for 2002-2004. 2002 - Williams and McKinney. The Mel Kiper-maligned Levi Jones was a huge hit for Cincy in the first, while the 1st was rounded out by Marc Colombo - a huge bust for the Bears. In the second, I think Mike Pearson has had injury problems in Jacksonville, and Langston Walker is only just now starting for the Raiders this season - and at guard at that. Jeff Hatch in the 3rd was a complete bust. Four first-day centers. LeCharles Bentley in the 2nd is a hit, as is Seth McKinney in the 3rd. McKinney was taken behind Fred Weary and Marvin Fowler, the former who doesn't even play on the Texans(!), and the latter who is a utility-backup lineman nowadays. For guards, Kendall Simmons was a big hit in the first, Gurode and Fonoti have fizzled out from promsing starts in the 2nd, while Pitts became the Texans starting Tackle. Terrance Metcalf is finally starting this year for the Bears. 2003 - Two Tackles are taken before the Bills pick, Jordan Gross and George Foster (Denver), both of whom are starters. Of the remaining five first-day Tackles, only San Francisco's first-rounder, Kwame Harris is starting. Only 3 first-day centers this year. Jeff Faine and Al Johnson are hits for Cleveland and Dallas in the 1st and 2nd, while Bruce Nelson, the 18th pick in the 2nd round, appears to be out of football already. After Steinbach, there were four guards in the 3rd - two hits and two busts. 2004 - Five first-day tackles, including Robert Gallery and the Eagles' Shaun Andrews, who has since been moved to Guard in the 1st Round. The one second-rounder, Jacob Rogers, isn't even playing for Dallas, while Max Starks and Travelle Wharton are starting for Pitt and Carolina from the 3rd. Two first-day centers, 2nd rounder Jake Grove starts for Oakland when healthy, and 3rd rounder Nick Hardwick is a starter in San Diego. Five first day guards, all but one is starting - including Vernon Carey and Sean Locklear at Tackle for Miami and Seattle. So, replay draft: 2002 - replace Ryan Denny with Seth McKinney 2004 - replace Tim Anderson with Sean Locklear JDG

The difference being that the Bills back then were in the position where they had to find salary cap space any way that they could. This year the Bills should be a buyer in the FA market - not a seller. In that context, cutting Moulds will only make this team less-competitive next year, not moreso. JDG

With all due respect, what's a "Number One Receiver?" Sorry, but that's one of my favorite bugaboos - most NFL teams don't have "#1 WR's", almost every passing formation has two WR's in it. Occasionally, a team will have a healthy Randy Moss, reasonably quiet TO, or a towering superstar like Steve Smith - but these are exceptions in my mind, rather than rules.... JDG

A very good thought, but I think that reporters would couch a leak from Moulds' camp differently... mention his unhappiness, or something like that. I'm still inclined to put Theory A - this is a leak from Donahoe or Theory B - this is the media running with one reporter's bit of idle speculation ahead of that theory. But good thinking. JDG

I spotted the same thing in the Buffalo News a day before the Philly article: http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20051...?tbd1053616.asp Is Donahoe leaking this, or is it just a wild rumour. Its almost at the point now where Donahoe will have to address it. JDG

In fairness, this play worked brilliantly to Roscoe Parrish this week.... it also has the advantage of being very unlikely to result in an INT. JDG

Just a friendly reminder that this season isn't over until its over. We're only two games behind the Patriots with five games left to play! It all starts this week, where we go for our second consecutive sweep of the Fish. Win on Sunday, and even if the Pats beat the Jets, we'll get New England next week for a chance to pull within one game. JDG

I think we would have had a hard time getting a 3rd Round pick for Moulds - that's the nature of the NFL Trade market. Definitely not worth it. JDG

Yes. What games have you been watching? Moulds has made twice as many tough catches this year than anybody else on this team, and I don't have access to YAC numbers, but I am very certain that he leads the team in YAC in traffic (i.e. not just YAC accumulated after getting behind the entire defense). MOULDS MUST STAY - Stop the Insanity! JDG

Cut Moulds? I still fail to see how we get better by cutting our best offensive player and savviest veteran leader. MOULDS MUST STAY! - Stop the Insanity! JDG

This is one bit of football conventional wisdom that I hate. Presumably you think that the decision to either kick, punt, or go for it in this situation gives you the best chance of winning. Why would you make a decision that you feel gives you a lesser chance of winning whether you are 1-10 or whether a playoff birth is on the line? JDG

And what drives me nuts about Easterbrook is that he writes so arrogantly as this know-it-all every week, as if somehow this guy with a degree in political science sitting on a couch is *so* much smarter than the guys who put 80-100 hours per week into this stuff - when in fact he is so consistently wrong. Remember this was just a randomly selected week - I don't think that I've read Easterbrook at all this year, but I took brandon's challenge sight unseen. I once bet a friend of mine that I could find at least one glaring error in any randomly selected Easterbrook TMQ column, and I haven't lost that bet yet. JDG

If I was the Chiefs, I actually would have punted on 3rd Down in that situation..... JDG

Exactly, if I'm an NFL HOF selector, and I'm trying to pare down this incredibly well-qualified group.... not being in the WOF is just the sort of marginal difference I need to select someone else. JDG

1) Easterbrook errors of the week #1: "Seven-man blitz, each Eagle handing out cards that say, 'Please score an easy touchdown.'" Right, the fact that big blitzes are such a bad idea explains why Pittsburgh consistently has one of the worst defenses in the League. 2) Easterbrook errors of the week #2: "David Carr heave-hoes into triple coverage," Uhhh.... has anyone ever seen an NFL defense order "triple coverage" - on a *sideline route*? How *does* that work, exactly? 3) Easterbrook errors of the week #3: Trailing the defending champions 24-17, the United States Saints had second-and-10 on the New England 22 with 15 seconds remaining, no timeouts. On both of the game's final snaps, Aaron Brooks heave-hoed into the end zone, incomplete. But the end zone is where the Patriots expected the Saints to throw -- there were a half-dozen defenders in the end zone on both plays. Throw underneath and give somebody a chance to run it in! I can't believe that Easterbrook was even stupid enough to write this. 4) Easterbrook error of the week #4: Preposterous Punt Bonus: Trailing 9-0, Nick Saban ordered a punt from the Cleveland 33. Game scoreless, Jim Haslett ordered a punt from the New England 32. The Bills, Dolphins and Saints all punt in opposition territory, and let's see how this daring strategy works out -- hmm, the teams are a combined 9-21. Well, let's see, on the opening drive of the game, the Saints have 4th and 13 from the NE 32. They can either go for it, attempt a 50 yard FG into the wind, or punt. The Saints punt and down the ball on the 2. *Right Call*. Down 9-0 in the 1st quarter, the Fish face 4th and 20 from the Cleveland 38. They can either go for it, attempt a 56 yard FG, or punt. They punt, and it goes out of bounds at the 10. *Right Call.* Anyhow, I'm bored. Debunking Easterbrook is like shooting fish in a barrel....

Hahahahaaaa! Easterbrook is perhaps the most consistently wrong NFL writer out there. I'll never forget him chastising the Denver Broncos for running the ball outside, rather than up the middle after Junior Seau - one of the game's all-time best middle linebackers - had left the game with an injury. Only problem - San Diego had moved Seau to the OLB that season.... The stopped watch got this one right - but he is very consistently wrong. JDG

How about Kirk Ferentz? Although of course, the point is moot, since the odds are overwhelming in favor of Mularkey being the Coach next year.... JDG