2020 Our Year For Sure

Why does everyone have it in their head that linebacker is a priority? Ellison has shown himself to be a solid player whenever given the opportunity and looked especially sharp yesterday. If we get Fletcher-Baker back in here we'll have 4 quality linebackers, 2 of which are younger players. In my view the linebacking core is much like the secondary this offseason. If we can re-sign the big-name UFA, we don't need to address it any further.

We'll see if Ralph gives Marv, Modrak and Co. free reign to actually use it.

Sorry.

And it looks like the most likely scenario is for us to catch Jacksonville. It would be tough to catch Cincy, and we may need them to take care of Denver besides. At least we know we have the tiebreaker on the Faguars if its just us and them. Stranger things have happened...

I'm no expert here. All I know is that I haven't heard his name called too much, haven't seen him making many plays on the ball and haven't noticed him making many tackles. He's pretty much been invisible to my untrained eyes. Now I realize he's a rookie trying to get acclimated to a whole new level of competition, and probably trying to learn to work within a system thats competely foreign to him. I'm not questioning the decision to make him the starter and I'm not suggesting we should even consider benching him. I'm just asking those who may understand better than I: Where is he on the NFL learning curve? Is he at the point in his developement where he should be? Does he look like he can play in the cover 2? When do I see the ball hawk I was told we were getting in the draft? I'm not being impatient here, just looking for someone's opinion on how Ko is progressing. I'm perfectly willing to wait and let him develop. Thanks, and go Bills!

Does Steve Fairchild know the answer? Or do you believe that even the coaches don't really understand whats going on here?

If we're gonna move Gandy to the right side, there's no point in keeping him IMO. I feel like we can find someone better through the draft to play that spot. But if you're going to bring him back to play on the left side for the reason that he's developing chemistry with Peters, that makes sense. Also, Keith Ellison really impressed me today. In all honesty if Fletch comes back I think we can chill with the LB draft talk.

Start Anthony Thomas! He can...uh...he can...run straight! YEAH! He can run straight!

No, it isn't.

Yeah, that would have been the best way to go today!

-Brick

Thanks Lori, thats what nobody has mentioned yet! When you can NEVER run the ball to convert on 3rd and inches, 1, 2 or 3 yards of course your 3rd down offense is going to look bad! But blaming that on the quarterback is foolish. He shouldn't have to drop back to pass on 3rd and 2 in the first place. We need 3 new interior lineman that can get a push off the line of scrimmage if we want to be able to keep the O on the field.

Right here, but watch out, its a big one.

Caught in the act!

double post...

He plays like an average an NFL cornerback for at least 3 complete seasons, and then suddenly looks sharp in the 2nd half of his contract year. I'm not saying thats DEFINITELY the cause of his improved performance, but I do question whether he'll bring the same intensity to whatever defense he's a part of next season. In other words, it looks a bit sketchy to me. I guess I'd still be aggressive and try to re-sign him though. We just can't create another position of need on this team when we can instead hold on to the hope that Clements will play at this level consistently from now on. I'd take my chances with him.

If JP was among the worst NFL quarterbacks in the redzone, it would mean something. It DOES mean something that he's among the best. Lets pass more when we get down there see if this holds up and if its something we can take advantage of.

He'll run for 1500 next year if we have a good run blocking line. If we don't, then he will not.

Hey DeLuca, take a look at the section labeled "PASSING" on this page. You may find it interesting.

You should either give us a link or edit your post to not include that second sentence, because as of now it means precisely d!ck.

And Willis doesn't match that production? Has he never had a 5-yard run?

The SD game doesn't count because they won it at the end? The Cincinatti game doesn't count because they scored a defensive TD? They won these games, end of story. The only way I question the outcome of a game is if there's a really bad call by a ref that decides it.

I like celery in my tuna.

Great.