makbeer

I don't play football, but I have played ice hockey for a number of years at a variety of levels (and still play). As a goalie, the first extended period of play in my zone is always torture. It feels like it takes forever for the D to clear the puck, or for me to cover it. You also over-anticipate the first shot on net...that first save is huge in any game. As the game goes on, I get into the game and forget about time...everything sort of flows.

Jordan was indeed an A-Grade A-Hole. That's one of things that made him the best. Nice guys don't have the killer instinct to become the greatest of all time. Jordan was an !@#$. An !@#$ that didn't want to play with his buddies. He wanted to kick their asses. In fact, he really didn't even HAVE buddies during his playing days.

I have to admit I'm very encouraged by these updates. Thanks NGU. My worst fear is the Bills continuing the cycle of drafting QBs every 2 years but never giving them a chance to succeed. The offensive line needs to be rebuilt. Once that's done, they can evaluate the QBs. Trent may not be the guy, but I don't think Manning/Brady would be winning a whole lot with this offensive line anyways.

He really doesn't need to ask everyone to get involved. It's no different from someone who is agnostic saying "okay guys, let's not pray before this test." Everyone is allowed to do their own damn thing.

I don't care who the starting QB will be in 2010. QBs fail in front of lines as bad of ours, almost universally. Step 1: FIX THE OFFENSIVE LINE. Then start looking for a solution at QB. If they draft a 1st round QB instead of a LT I will punch myself in the face.

My totally amateur opinion: Marty Mornhinweg OC Eagles Am I the only one that thinks the Eagles offensive SYSTEM is overrated? If they don't get DeSean Jackson on a seam route for a TD they aren't that great. Looking at the system and routes that he put on the field I'm not a big fan. I think we'd go back to the old JP ball where we'd score the occasional deep-ball TD to Lee and not much else. Leslie Frazier DC Vikings I love that his defense was 3rd in the NFL at getting off the field on 3rd downs, this means that in critical situations, he knows how to call the right plays. Negative is discipline - 109 PIMs on the defense was near the highest in the NFL. When I watch this group play they are motivated. But for some reason this guy doesn't shout out to me as LEADER. Some head coaches have this look or fire in their eyes...it's intangible and entirely wrong to evaluate something like this though, since there's no way to measure it. On paper I don't mind this pick. My gut doesn't like it though. Jason Garrett OC Cowboys Have liked the Cowboys offense this year. Seem to be peaking at the right time. I really wanted Sean Payton when he came out of Dallas to the Saints and I'm afraid my interest in Garrett is tied to that. But either way I have a good feeling about this guy. Brian Schottenheimer OC Jets Not a fan. I don't like the Jets offense at all. It is very vanilla and reminds me of the various offenses the Bills have been running. I'm petrified of this signing turning into another same ol same ol Bills hiring we're used to seeing. Yes he likes to run the ball and yes that's good in cold weather, but what else can he really do? Russ Grimm OL Cardinals I love this signing. The OL Has been the biggest problem we've faced and this is a guy you just KNOW will get it fixed, ASAP. To me you fix OL before you even bother trying to evaluate how your QB/RB can play. He is a big-time winner in terms of the staffs he has worked with and watching Arizona the last couple years they have done a great job protecting in big games. The fact that he also has the Assistant HC title says a lot about his value/role in the team. So to sum up, I would take in this order: 1) Russ Grimm. 2) Jason Garret. 3) Leslie Frasier Not interested in the other 2.

LOL WTF HE IS CRYING BECAUSE HE LOST A GAME? HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA.

Count yourselves lucky. In addition to being a Bills fan, I'm a Leafs fan and for those that follow soccer, a Liverpool fan. This is the worst year ever.

I'm willing to bet that in those conditions, facing an NFL pass-rush, against NFL coverages you would be lucky to complete 1/5.

to be fair, quinn is better than anderson. Better comp %, better YPA, better TD/throw better INT/throw...

Just to take this thread seriously... Kyle Williams, Marcus Stroud, Aaron Schobel...maybe Freddy Jackson. And J Byrd. Pretty much all I can find.

what do you expect? it's not the Toronto Bills. If the Argonauts played a 'home' game in Buffalo ya'll wouldn't be that excited to cheer for 'em either.

A few of us here were quite worried about character with Marshawn when he was drafted...hoping this is as bad as it gets. I don't think this will do much, but if it scares him back to the straight and narrow in the long run the Bills will come out better for it.

I think we're in a similar camp and getting caught up in semantics. I'm not speaking for my own beliefs as much as I am what I've seen people here see in bashing certain runners that have come through this town.

Re-read what I said. I said that he won't be well-received here if he averages under 4.0 YPC. Whenever someone brought up Ladanian TOmlinson to defend Willis' YPC, it was ignored. Lamont Jordan's numbers and running style would have gotten him run out of town here as well, especially after his numbers in the most recent season. If the LT YPC average doesn't hold weight in relation to Willis' YPC, it certainly doesn't hold weight in relation to Lamont. Looking beyond the numbers, I simply don't think Lamont is all that good a back. But given his numbers, well, we've had better runners here get lambasted. He wouldn't get a chance.