BobbyC81

I've never understood most of these pre-snap rules. Why do the linemen have to be motionless in their 3 pt stance? What's the purpose? Why do some of the receivers have to be back a step from the line? What's this rule for? It's just more rules for players, coaches and refs to remember. And another thing, since all NFL rosters are 53 players, why do they have to pick 47 to be active? Why can't they all be active? With the number of injuries, especially with the concussion protocol, I'm surprised teams haven't been caught with too few active players at a position. Roger Goodell, Keep It Simple Stupid!

Yes, I have wondered how the head coach interview process went and specifically with Rex. Were any of them smart enough to say "We have millions invested in our defensive line. How are you going to use them?" or, because of Rex's reputation did they assume he was going to use them properly and not try to force them into his scheme? My guess it was likely the latter and they probably didn't even get into such details.

We also don't know what the coverage was on the shorter routes. There was one replay of a deep attempt on a 3rd and short that showed a receiver wide open over the middle.

Yeah, and the one time A.Smith takes successful deep shots is against a Bills defense giving him all the time to make those throws.

I was just reading that Larry Fitzgerald has written in his contract that when they play the Vikings he must catch the 1st pass. That's hilarious. Not watching tonight's game so I looked at the box score and sure enough. The Cardinals got the ball 1st and the 1st play was a 5 yard pass to him. I wonder what the provisions are if someone else caught the 1st pass. So if he was triple teamed and two other receivers were open the QB can't throw to them?

One practice I've noticed that is getting annoying is that after a score there's a TV timeout. They come back and have the kickoff and then there's another timeout for like 3 mins of commercials. I DVR everything these days so I fast forward thru commercials but it's still a pain. I don't remember this happening before. You explained it even better.

I thought the Pegulas had previously rejected a rumor that Fred was going to be cut. If DW then did it anyways, that was not a good move.

I thought this was the No Fun League. I didn't realize they were doing parodies.

21 stadiums? That's awesome! Only 7 for me.

Fitzpatrick and Taylor?

I got my macros to work and the totals are correct! Yeah! Woohoo!

If they could get him cheap, it wouldn't hurt to see if he can rebound after reuniting with Roman. Kaep has lots of faults though. When he is running free and throwing on rollouts he can look great. When a defense or his coaches force him to stay in the pocket he is horrible because he can't read defenses or find a 2nd option when his 1st option is covered. After throwing 2 pick sixes in a game on sideline patterns earlier this year, it got in his head and he became reluctant to throw towards the sideline or when he did he threw it short so it couldn't get picked. I don't know if he'd be doing any better if still playing for Harbaugh and Roman because he showed signs of regression last season but he sure has lost most of his confidence playing for the clowns they have coaching this year.

Yep, I often wondered if Joe Montana would've become a Hall of Fame QB if drafted by the Bills in 1979. Same for Tom Brady.

IIRC,in the 2nd half of the 2004 season they may have had their best stretch of games (6 game winning streak) during these last 15 years with convincing wins and an offense led by the running of McGahee. Despite the disappointing finale vs the Pitts backups, things were looking up for 2005 but a 3 game losing streak after an opening win sent them on their way to a 5-11 record.

Because the coaching, other than Def Coordinator, appeared to be horrible last season and an established head coach and Offensive Coordinator were brought in. Incognito was added to a poor offensive line. McCoy, Harvin & Clay were added as offensive weapons. It was presumed the defense would be just as good as they were last season and the offense would be improved. Well, the offense has been significantly improved (9th in the league in points scored) but the defense has been much worse than last year. Roman may still frustrate fans with his playcalling but he's light years better than Hackett. I believe most Bills fans expected an increase in wins over the 9-7 of last year and an end to the playoff drought. It can still happen but is unlikely.

No bigger bailing of "assets" than The Comeback.

And there are only 7 referees on the field with 22 players running around, some at high speed. It's not an easy task.

This Browns' team is so snake-bitten. A potential game-winning FG is blocked and taken back for the winning (losing) TD?! It's probably for the best for their draft position though. I have a feeling Johnny eventually ends up in Dallas.

Kirk Cameron from Growing Pains?

Jets fans still hanging onto Super Bowl 3 and Joe Namath's guarantee.

And his bud Lee Evans was good at running under them. That's about all either could do.

So, who thinks this was Rex's idea or it came from his boss. After those stupid post-game comments, I say it was the boss.

Yep, Browns and Lions may be close but until another team loses 4 straight Super Bowls and has 15 (16?) straight seasons out of the playoffs, I agree it's toughest being a Bills fan.

The only problem with that is it appeared that they hired an experienced head coach to take the existing roster and do more with it than Marrone did. Then they also added the likes of McCoy, Percy Harvin and Clay to win now. I doubt the Pegulas expected this step back before any possible steps forward to allow Rex time to get "his guys". All that money was invested in the D-Line with 2 of them over 30 with that unit expected to continue to be elite.

A friend said he saw the Fox pre-game show and they talked to one of the head officials about the bad calls. He said there are 17 new officials this season. He also admitted that there have been a lot of incorrect calls on the field. They replaced the older referees to save money. These new guys don't have to have a specific amount of experience. Kind of makes sense now.