Albany,n.y.

I'm thinking of taking my Edwards jersey & changing the name from Edwards to NEXT. I got it for free, wore it 2 times. 1st time I wore it Trent got benched before the next home game & I threw it in the back of the closet. 2nd time was opening day, benched & cut before the next home game. I better not wear it again.

Another Ralph is cheap post. The Bills have to pay Edwards for the whole season if he isn't claimed.

Sure looks like he won't be the unknown factor for much longer. Sink or swim time within a few weeks-my guess-the week after the bye if we don't beat Jacksonville.

The only team that I ever recall bringing 3 franchise QBs into camp was the Packers who had Favre, Brunell & Warner in the same camp along with Detmer who was far ahead of Warner on the depth chart. Every team would like a 2nd stringer who can win games when the starter goes down. Fitzpatrick proved last year & in prior years he can do that. You don't cut your backup just because he isn't franchise material. Come back next year when Fitzpatrick is the only QB still with the team.

A lot of them were from the Ralph is cheap crowd who figured that the team wouldn't pay a guy the going rate for a backup QB. They thought his play on the field wasn't pretty enough to suit their tastes. They ignored the fact that he was the only one who was around for all but one of last season's victories because they just couldn't shake the Ralph is cheap stuff from their heads. Most of us knew Fitzpatrick, the only one of the top 3 QBs signed past this season, wasn't going anywhere.

Other teams are finding good TEs in the mid rounds & we draft busts like the suspended Nelson,Fine,Schouman,Everett,Euhus, & O'Leary during the decade + of futility. NE drafts 2 rookie TEs in the 2nd & 4th & both are better already than anyone who has been here in many years. Last week we played GB who has a star TE (Finley) drafted in the 3rd round at pick 91 after we take Hardy at pick 41 & Ellis at pick 72. It wasn't like we weren't looking for a TE, we drafted Fine in the 4th that year.

In fairness to Chan, he looked up all those kids this morning and had them bash Edwards in Chan's office before Chan came in wearing a Donald Trump wig and said "You're fired!" The kids loved it.

Never heard that one, but I believe it's a 15 yard penalty for back to back TO's... Someone on the Patriots postgame said that, I don't know if they were right or not.

Only if they have someone in mind to become #3, and I seriously doubt it's Levi Brown. If they like a guy on someone's practice squad, they might do it. I don't see any reason why they'd consider a veteran unless they're waiting on Pittsburgh to dump Leftwich (this time for real) or Batch.

The only time you get a 5 yard penalty is when you do it in an attempt to ice a kicker.

It looks more like Carrington is being groomed to become the next Victor Allotey, although I think Allotey's inactive string is as untouchable as Joe Dimaggio's hitting streak.

Good teams don't lose 90% of the close games like bad teams do. When New Orleans loses enough close games to be contending for the top pick, get back to me on that one.

The point is that if we keep it close, don't think we're on the verge of even rising to mediocrity. There are a lot more people than you realize thinking we can be competitive and win more than 4 games just because Edwards is on the bench. Just look at all the people who thought we couldn't possibly win fewer games this year than last year due to the coaching change. Just trying to keep it real.

It surprised the Patriots radio team so much they were convinced it was a mistake & that Lindell either just missed the ball or the wind knocked it off as he was kicking. I forgot about this play when I posted how inept this duo of septugenarians is.

33 % of all QBs taken with the 1st pick since the Super Bowl began won a Super Bowl & 22% of them won it more than once. I'll take those odds over a decade of not even making the playoffs.

The 1984 & 1985 teams were the worst in the NFL each of those 2 seasons. Yet no matter how bad they were, there were weeks they were competitive or better. So, lets not get overenthusiastic because we were close to the Patriots yesterday, in the same place where the Bills almost won last year with Trent Edwards at QB. Here are some games that gave us reason for optimism in 1984 & 1985 even though both teams went 2-14. (Thanks to the Bills media guides for 1985 & 1986 for some of the info) 1984: Week 1 NE 21@ Bills 17-Bills fall behind 21-3 early then come back to only lose by 4. Dominate time of possession 34:08 to 25:52 Outgain NE 326 yds to 315 Week 3 Miami 21 @ Bills 17-Once again trailing 21-3, the Bills fought back to get within 4 late. Week 4 Jets 28@ Bills 26 -Bills open up a 10-0 lead, then fall behind 21-10. Bills rally back & get in the game. If department-Bills within 2 when Ferguson gets hurt, Kofler ineffective last 2 series. Week 7 Bills 28 at Seattle 31-Once again Bills fall behind early 17-0, then battle back to gain a 28-24 lead in the 4th quarter, before losing 31-28. Bills dominate time of possession 35:13 ti 24:47, Bills D performs well with Seattle held to 41 rushing yds, 238 total yds, 3 sacks & 2 ints. Week 10 Cleveland 13 @ Bills 10-Bills led 10-6 going into the 4th quarter. Bills lost when Ernest Byner recovered a teammate's fumble and ran 55 yards for the winning TD. Week 12 Dallas 3 @ Bills 14 -Victory! Greg Bell runs for 85 yards on the opening play & the Bills stun the Coyboys for their 1st win of the season. Week 14 Indianapolis 15 @ Bills 21-Victory #2. Bills go up 21-0 in the 1st quarter and never score again, but Indy Art Schlichter can't get closer than 6 points as Indy can only get 5 FGs & no TDs. Week 15 Bills 17 @ Jets 21. The Bills were ahead 17-7 at halftime before getting shutout in the 2nd half and losing when the Jets scored TDs in the 3rd & 4th quarters. So, even though the team was 2-14, they were competitive or won in half the games they played. 1985: Week 1 San Diego 14 @ Bills 9 - Bills comfortably win time of possession 33:43 to 26:17, outgain the Chargers 455 yds to 308 yds, Ferragamo passes for 377 yards. Nobody scores in 2nd half as halftime score ends up as final score. Week 3 New England 17 @ Bills 14 -Game turns on a NE punt return for a TD after a Bills penalty makes the Bills rekick the punt. Bills get close in the end with a Ferragamo to Reed TD in the 4th quarter. Week 4 Minnesota 27 @ Bills 20-The Bills go down 20-3 in the 1st half the score 17 unanswered points to tie the game 20-20 in the 4th quarter. Bills lose when Minnesota gets a TD with less than 3 minutes left on a trick play. Kay Stephenson gets fired. Week 7-Indianapolis 9 @ Bills 21 Victory! Hank Bullough wins his 1st game as a head coach. The "Doctor of Defense" sees his D hold the Colts to 191 total yards. Week 8 Bills 17 @ Philadelphia 21. In a game I went to with high hopes, the Bills jump out to a 17-0 lead on the road. The bad news was that with the Bills leading 17-0 going into the 4th, Philly was deep in Buffalo territory as the 4th quarter started. The things I remember were there were 5-6 Bills fans behind me in the stands, when Philadelphia went ahead 21-17 5 of them pulled out bags with each letter of BILLS and put them over their heads, then after the game Marion Campbell was saying how the Eagles beat a good Buffalo team in the postgame PC. Week 9 Cincinnati 23 @ Bills 17 -For the 4th straight week, the Bills led at halftime, this time 10-6. Bills lose in 3rd & 4th quarters as Vince Ferragamo is permanently benched. Week 10-Houston 0 @ Bills 20-Mathison's 1st start is a success, the Doctor's D shuts out the Oilers & Warren Moon. The Bills last win of the year. Week 15 Bills 24 @ Pittsburgh 30- The Bills jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the 2nd quarter befor the Bills folded and the Steelers came back with 3rd string QB Scott Campbell leading the comeback. With 9 minutes lefty the Bills led 24-20. Once again the Bills were competitive or won in half their games. In fact, the Bills led at halftime in 7 of their 16 games. Bad teams can stay in games, but eventually they lose most of them.

The only shot I'd give Brohm is the flu shot.

You should have heard the NE radio guys today. Missed calling the right Bills player on plays, mispronounced names, made up stuff they didn't know like the time they said the Bills acquired Fitzpatrick after the Rams released him last year. They couldn't figure out why the clock stopped when there was a replay review on the Fitzpatrick play where they respotted the ball. They were beyond clueless. One of these clowns mentioned that "Pozlooskie" wasn't playing LB today. Murphy & Kelso belong in the announcers HOF compared to Gil Santos & Gino Cappelletti. Santos (age 72) and Cappelletti (age 76) should have been put out to pasture years ago.

Fire Chan Gailey

Perry Fewell went 3-4, actually 2-4 and the Indy semi-forfeit. So all the people who thought Chan was a huge upgrade were probably wrong that Gailey was better than Fewell. I've never understood why some people think this coaching staff is an upgrade, especially the assistants. Among the assistants, the following guys had no NFL experience prior to this season: Ciano, Cortez, Cross, Daye, and Smith. Chan & this staff is the stopgap until we can get enough players to attract a real head coach & coaching staff. The combination of our schedule, a decade of bad drafts resulting in no impact players, the horrible QB situation etc made anyone who took the coaching job a guaranteed loser in 2010. Some would call the true believers optimists, but there's a difference between attainable optimism & the unattainable. The dreamers of a better record than last year were ignoring reality, blaming it all on Jauron. While Jauron may have been responsible for some of our bad draft choices, I don't see Gailey and his staff as an upgrade on the field. People magically forgot that Gailey was in the same place in KC that Schonert was in Buffalo-Offensive Coordinator fired before the opening game in 2009. Imagine our reaction if Schonert had been named a head coach of another NFL team-now the Chan believers can think about Gailey more clearly.

Too small a sample-How many redshirt sophomores were the top QB in college & came out early? I can't think of any who were highly rated in the draft. The only 1st rounder I can think of is Tommy Maddox, he came out in what is almost now a different era for underclass QBs. It's not true that all the quality QBs except Rodgers played 4 years. There's Roethlisburger and some young guns like Sanchez, Bradford etc who are now getting drafted higher. Bledsoe had a decent career coming to the NFL early. I used to dismiss underclassmen, but in the last few years the game has changed where there are now good ones coming out early too.

The guy is his brother. Maybe they couldn't afford both licenses, or they only gave Ed a free one. Ed is now in the lower endzone, he used to be on the sidelines.

Wade's #1 priority has always been special teams

Why? Do you realize Trent Edwards was there when Stanford was really bad and the program under Harbaugh is totally different than when Edwards was there. That Luck grew up in Texas & other places, not California. That there once was a QB at Stanford named John Elway. Going by your logic we should never draft a player from the college where someone at that position who was drafted in the 3rd round failed.

Who says he's dumb! (A little F Troop reference for you youngsters) Seriously, Reid knew exactly what he was doing. He knew that he had Vick with no more rust on him & had nothing to lose by trading McNabb because he had to trade one & Vick will still be around when McNabb is retired. Plus McNabb was traded with only a year to go on his contract, so Vick would be more logical to re-sign in any case. So if Kolb bombs, he still has McNabb's equal or better in Vick & if Kolb had played lights out you have more than replaced McNabb. Reid was in a no lose situation. Trading McNabb was not dumb. I'd bet Vick outplays McNabb this & every year McNabb remains in the NFL.