The Big Cat

One could also argue that since Miami is so far from its divisional rivals, there's less chance of nearby rival fans going.

See I think it'd b foolish to spend a day 2 pick on a project when they can find an immediate contributor on the line, as a receiver, tight end or linebacker. Shoot, by round three they might be RB shopping too.

They drafted one last year, don't hold your breath for one in rounds one or two, it just ain't happening. After that, you're drafting Thad's replacement, and the consensus here seems to be that that would be a wasted pick, and I concur.

Agreed. And there's no urgency to find a starter either, in spite of what fans think.

Dareus isn't the first player to be benched. Gailey benched Stevie for acting like a clown. Also: highly unlikely he's let go.

May be having two inexperienced QB's with identically mediocre stats is actually the ringing endorsement for Hackett so many refuse to acknowledge.

Wait...Tim Graham put a negative sensationalist spin on something? Someone should call him out, I'm sure he'll be very mature and receptive about it.

Thad Lewis has an opportunity to shush all QB talk this weekend.

It's going to be a long off season.

Yours is definitely a more nuanced analysis, I was just going by how FORCED that game plan felt and how adamantly they repeated the narrative "we gotta get him off to a good start." It led me to believe the most important thing for Hackett and Marrone going into Sunday's game wasn't to set up a game plan, but to get their rookie QB comfortable after the steaming turd he lay down in Tampa the week prior.

Methinks if Thad beats the Dolphins...again...Bills fans will still insist we need a better "back up plan."

Also interesting. I would counter by saying: isn't that what our run game is for?

You're right, he showed signs of being mentally tough, but the very idea that the coaches felt he needed early-game-kid-glove-treatment in the first place tells me they wanted to boost his confidence synthetically. The first part of the game had a bunch of throw and catches teed up that would have eased him in. This backfired, obviously, but there was definitely some scheming behind the scenes that tells me they were concerned with getting him some completions early.

Can I posit a theory here? May be the Bills don't want him to regress in his confidence. May be they don't want him to face a new opponent in the Dolphins and potentially dip. May be they want him to finish the season on a high note facing the Patriots in round 2, a game they may be feel confident he can succeed in... May be they think that losing the Miami game with Thad starting is less detrimental to the long term plan than losing with EJ and having him question himself.

Why would we risk our own assets for the good of other team's?

Tough to tell which is weaker: my EJMCL or EJ's MCL. Boom.

He'll be back for NE

Yep. Murray in the second if he's there. Cheer up, it won't be that cold, only like 35...BUT RAINING AND WINDY!! HOORAH!

He had 110 tackles that year. Kiko--in his rookie season--has 137, through 14 games.

I honestly don't think anyone's really upset that EJ will. It was just an incessant knock on Trent back in the day.

Poz played in three games his rookie season.

http://twitter.com/C...351794119434240 better now?

So why reverse course on the most coveted position in the game when you got a good thing going?

Hell no he's not a guard.