The Big Cat

Never tell Kiko the odds.

So, no chatter today about Kiko not being shelved for the season?

In the moments leading up to the opening kickoff of the opening games, I take a deep, blissful breath knowing that from that second on, I have more Buffalo Bills football to look forward to than at any other point in the year. It's one of my top 5 moments, every year. I enjoy the **** out of watching The Bills play football, even though 60-70% of the time it puts me in a sour mood. The hope for an exuberant start to the week in the other 30-40% of the time is what keeps me coming back, and it's way, way sweeter than the sour is sour.

It's a dude. It was his fingers. I yelled at him. He told me to 'relax.'

The fans that speak in these platitudes never seem to provide specific plays. The fans who identify miscues with receivers, on the other hand do. Why is that?

Houston has a worse QB situation than we do.

Five feet from a co-worker's desk. No cube wall. Nails are being clipped. Is this foul? Or not foul? We have a difference of opinion.

We need to come up with a name for the obligatory Mallet thread. They've been a constant since 2011.

Yeah. That was the point.

In the preseason, indeed it has. But throughout the off season you would have been wont to find a fan who thought the backup situation was as bad as they think it is now.I'm sure some revisionist will swoop in to tut-tut this, but let's be real. Nobody (the FO included, apparently) thought Rad Thad would stink as bad as he has in TC and PS.

Uh...I think you're forgetting that five years, two GM'S, two coaches, three quarterbacks and a Terrel Owens ago, we saw the EXACT. SAME. THING.

Wow, that's quite a list. Considering I recognized may be 8 names on it, I'm wondering why they stopped at 44. Why not just name every person who's thrown a football in the last decade?

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can you loop us in on what those questions are? please?

The posturing for Orton must end. The man doesn't want to play football.

Okay. So what? You didn't answer my question(s). What could they have done with that money?

I'll admit. I didn't start watching until 90 mins after kickoff. My bad, guys.

Ha, fair enough. From my vantage point we don't "have" problems (though I'd rather the OLine shuffle came to an abrupt end...soon) as much as "had" problems Saturday. And yes, those problems Saturday weren't OLine problems, they weren't running back problems, quarterback problems, wide receiver problems or problems with the play calling, penalties or problems with the tight end falling on his ass, giving up interceptions. The were just problems. The whole !@#$ing offense was a problem Saturday. Blame should be distributed evenly and accordingly!!

Well, that may be. I wish I was there, and/or had access to the All-22. But, from re-watching, I can tell you, he either checked down, had a miscommunication, a misfire or a utter breakdown of the OLine. I don't mind the checkdowns in preseason. Some of those miscommunications (as per the observations I've twice shared on this board) looked to be on the WR's the misfires happen to every QB (anyone catch Carson Palmer completely biff a pass to Michael Floyd who was 30 yards downfield with zero defenders within 100 feet of him?) and as I prefaced in my analysis in another thread, EJ isn't good enough (yet) to carry the team by himself, few quarterbacks are, particularly when they're coping with OLine breakdowns.

Look, I respect that you have other things going on. I'd ask you not disparage those that took 25 mins to re-watch, but it really doesn't matter. What does matter is that the offense, EJ, the OLine, the receivers, the running backs. the penalties, at first blush it all looked like a disaster. But none of us could really make sense of it at first pass. And for those who have made a second pass, some new **** has come to light, man. So, if you're not privy to the new ****, why insist on refuting those who are?

No surprises.

Walmart guy (Harley) didn't make it. Bummer. Could have been a nice story for him and his family. JoeBuscaglia 9:33am via Twitter Web Client #Bills have released Dustin Hopkins, Derek Brim, Dennis Dixon, Jake Dombrowski, Tori Gurley, Jajuan Harley, Damien Jacobs... (1/2) JoeBuscaglia 9:34am via Twitter Web Client #Bills have released: Macky MacPherson, Chris Summers, J.J. 'Unga and Ronnie Wingo. (2/2)

This coming from the poster who responded to specifics with "the majority of his passes in the first half." That's plainly false. It is. I re-watched last night to figure out what might have happened on plays gone awry, exactly what you're asking about. In two other threads I detailed what might have happened on four other plays. You've provided no such details.

But who cares? Who are they going to add to the roster between now and Jan 1, 2015 that they couldn't because of it? Who could they have added that they didn't?

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