kenny3000

might have to agree with that

Yes for Nix and Gailey. Can't have one say 'just trust me, he's good'. 3-4, see GB last year. 3-4 is a good switch going forward. Position switches come to see if they can hang. Stop your crying. The season is a rebuilding year but I can see your point that it's already 'a wasted year in my opinion' two weeks into the season. Actually, I'm just sorry that I even responded to you...

Um, of course it's about figuring out who can play. That's what a new coach does when he takes over a team that sucks. What do you want him to do - build a foundation around crap or see with your own eyes what a man can do after you've taught him what you want him to do and how you want him to do it? If you don't know who responds to your way and how they perform when you're coaching them then how do you know who to keep and develop in a rebuilding project?? News flash - we're not good. We better progress and get better throughout the season but this is about seeing who stays and who's good enough to stay. You can't build through the draft in one draft.

It actually is not the #1 qualification for NFL QBs. It is important but definitely not the most important above all other characteristics. Knowing how to read defenses/knowing where to go with the football and pocket awareness are the most important things. A QB can have a long career if he has those two.. ability to make all required NFL throws and then toughness probably come right after that. If you've got all those and then are fairly accurate on top of that, then you're probably one of the best. No QB completes every pass but as long as they can get hot and get in a rhythm and be accurate at times then you can win the superbowl (see Eli Manning).

did you happen to take a gander at the 'diamond in the rough' tackle we found and traded for a pick that's turned into our best (arguably) lineman? go back and watch the philly game from yesterday and tell me that we would be any more successful offensively with that guy instead of someone who appears to actually want to play football??

a lot of words are spoken in this forum, but those are some of the truest i've seen in a long time

What he said ^

I kind of agree and would like to see Brohm get the reps with the 1s and have a chance to grow into the starting qb. Edwards is a little better right now but he just looks like such a pu$$y when he plays. He jumps out of the way instead of following through on his passes and generally looks like a polo player trying to play football and not get hit. That said he still is capable of doing some good things but I just feel like Brohm's the type of player who needs to get some time to gain some traction before he's really comfortable and can show what he's capable of. He stands tall in the pocket and steps into passes...like an nfl quarterback....

Question, maybe a stupid one - how do you pronounce his first name?

Hey - not to be a d!ck, but where did this phrase come from and what does it mean? 'every player to a man said...'

No, no, no. The offense needs all the quality competition it can handle. Do you really want to put training wheels on the offense again by babying them? If they can't perform against our 'dominant' (quotes used lightly) defense then they just might not be an nfl offense. There's still time though, let's wait to see how they do in preseason games

My uncle took me on an epic trip up to Buffalo (from Long Island) when I was 13 or 14. I got to do a lot of things a 13/14 year old shouldn't have been doing and then I got to see the Bills beat a Joe Montana-led Kansas City team. Actually I believe Bruce or Cornelius knocked Mr. Montana out of the game, can't remember exactly who delivered the blow. After the game I got to drive his car and do donuts in a nearby parking lot because my uncle had a few pints at the Ralph. Since then it's been a steady decline though I have to admit. But for Tim Russert and the countless/nameless many other Bills fans of the past, I'll stay a Bills fan and carry this team on my back. There's no if they don't do this by then out clause, I'm stuck with them and they're stuck with me. I'm loyal like that.

I'm gonna have to agree that it is a different situation. Jamon Meredith in my opinion is fully capable of manning the LT if Bell has a setback and then by week 5/6 Ed Wang can take over for Green if his age and Raiderness start showing. Having Meredith in there all pre-season and not being in a situation of being signed off a practice squad and then starting for a new team 3 weeks later is huge. He's got LT ability. However, if Bell is ready and able I'm of the opinion that sooner than later the line will look like: Bell, Levitre, Hangartner, Wood, Meredith. I think that line if healthy has a good chance to grow into something real respectable. Bell being mentally ready all off-season and hopefully physically ready is much different than being the starter by surprise a week before the season. True - the tackle depth is a little scary, but the amount of injuries we've gotten accustomed to is not the norm. I don't think it's as dire a situation as some do.

"If, if, if...if my aunt had a pair of balls, she'd be my uncle" - Jerry Bileski

best part of this thread so far..

absolutely, unequivocally, no!

i knew that the day they wrote about Chan cleaning out like 15 flat screens from the weight room in his first week. i think marv saw in jauron what he had in himself only difference is marv was blessed with a self-motivating group chosen by one of the best gms in football

You forgot Tony Romo who I believe was undrafted

I think Kawika Mitchell is gonna be a surprise cut

Couldn't disagree with you more. The same personnel in a different offense will not give them more talent but certainly can yield a very different product. A different scheme can definitely change results and in some instances hide the fact that we don't have as much talent as you'd prefer. That's why some coaches are better than others.

Is is at all possible to trade Marshawn Lynch to Baltimore for Jared Gaither straight up?

+1 Take talent every time. Jerry Sullivan is not all bad but he's being a little b!tch right now by going both ways. Cant make a whiny patriots fan happy with anything. Why doesn't he just go back to boston and write there?

Understood. I'm hoping that they are up to the task as well.

I'm of the opinion that Nix, Whaley and Gailey believe, as many others, that you build your team through the draft and use free agency to stop gap and add depth while you draft and build your team and work like he!! to keep your own guys. Green's the same as the Langston Walker signing, except this regime sees him as a stop gap while the last regime saw him as part of their answer to OL problem. Big difference.

sorry, i just saw it