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A friend of min recommended the movie Idiocracy to me a month or so ago. I did watch it and it is a great science fiction futuristic movie. And, scary because it looks like it is already starting to happen. I would recommend this to anyone who has not seen it.

If he's 100%, he plays. Anything less than 80-85% he sits. We're trying win more than any thing else .he's not to the point where him at 70% is better than the back up ... Yet.

I think so too. Sure he has blind squirrel hit a few, but he consistently over or under throws most of them. The dude can throw it a country mile, we're just not real sure where it's gonna come down. Up until Sunday and early in the 2nd half he has looked dead on on the short to mid throws. Concentrate the offense around that and pounding the rock. Throw a few long ones each game to keep the D honest. You might get PI on one. But don't count on this being a big part of our O.

I don't care what "many" want. I didn't want it. We need RB depth. We had it but cut Shady to keep Yeldon who McDermott is afraid to let carry the football. So we only had one on Sunday even though our run blocking was working well. Shady was done here because we cut him. The man can obviously still ball. I'm getting tired of KC taking the guys we don't want and winning a lot with them.

We need depth. Football is a game of attrition. It's not if injuries will happen, but when. Couple that with your second string RB you're evidently afraid to give the football to and we are where we're at. Ranks up there in player personnel decisions with Nate Peterman is a starting QB and we'll back him up with a rookie.

Sounds like the so-called "experts" need to work on their experting. Russell was a very good passer from the first day of training camp on and still is.

Are we trying to win, or save money? And I thought Ralph was cheap. If we had Shady we very well may have won Sunday. Once Gore got up there in carries and we couldn't run because Coach McDermott doesn't trust Yeldon, Shady probably would have broke one on the last drive ala snow game and Bucs game in 2017. But at least it didn't hurt our cap space.

How do you know they wouldn't have returned the punt for a TD?

Pretty much my take. Josh has the leadership and will to win at all costs. Just not sure he is a good enough passer to pull it off. He did appear somewhat accurate in the 1st 3 games. Hopefully that returns. I think it's both.

Wasn't considered by whom? I'm not sure what you're basing this on. But I live in Seattle and watch the Seahawks a lot just cuz their local and on. I pegged Russell as a good passer right out of the chute. That's the difference between him and other running QBs. he is also a really good passer and was the start IMHO. I recall one game in particular where they were down on last drive Russell threw a perfect 30 yard pass to Sidney Rice to get the win. In his rookie year he threw for 3100+ yards at a 64.1 % for 7.9 YPA 26 TDs vs 10 picks. I'd take that all day everyday. Even from our 2nd year guy. He's almost got the picks. So at least there's that.

And EJ's first 15 were statically better than Josh's.

I certainly hope you are wrong and the brain trust at OBD is making decisions about the Bills is based on who helps us win the most as opposed to getting guys who played most of their career elsewhere into the Hall. We could have cut Yeldon. Looks to me like their afraid to give him the football. Reminds me of last year when we had a back up QB we were afraid to play. These types of player decisions are disturbing.

This is my pet peeve in football and I see it a lot. You're on the opponents 33 yard line and it's 3rd and long. You drop your QB 10 yards deep to pat the ball and look for a WR downfield. Meanwhile, the D blitzes the pants off of you knocking you out of FG range. Especially with our D, run or run something safe to get the FG if you don't get the first. It's almost as bad and as predictable as taking a 3-0 pitch in baseball and having the pitcher groove one right over the heart of the plate cuz he knows you're not swinging at it.

Dude, take a chill pill. It's just a football game.

No I'm not. Calm down Mr. WEO. I'm not saying Barkley is better and should play if Allen is ready. But, if Josh is out which I suspect, then I think Barkley could lead a more conservative offense with running the football and short timing drop back and throw passes that Matt is good at and we can win. We shouldn't need a ton of points because our D is stout. Most important thing, don't turn the football over. I don't understand why you're so down on Matt. Ever since he's been here he has done pretty well. Probably our best backup since Coach McDermott arrived. He's our guy this week probably. Let's win. Go BILLS !!

Gotcha. Good point. But he didn't have any vs Jets, so that's 2 in 5 quarters.

Me too. I just want to win. And, 20 points would be our 2nd highest point total of the year. Really we should be playing the style of offense you described instead of trying to run a fancy pass offense and turning the football over regularly. Which one? 3 TDs and 6 picks in 3 1/2 games and 4 fumbles is not "protecting the football" which you said Josh was better at than Barkley. What evidence could you possibly have?

Someone had to take over. Walt Coleman retired.

BINGO This one killed me. Backup QB in. Moving the ball. D is killing it. 12:00 left. A full 3 yards out. Don't get desperate. Trust your D. You'll get back down there. The last drive could have been totally different if all we needed was 3.

Russell Wilson was another.

I'm going to be interested to see if this continues. Coach McDermott has a monster D and just needs an offense to protect the football and score a few points to win (even against the defending SB champs). The AFC is weak this year 1/4 of the way in. We are one game ahead of everyone else in WC right now. I'm thinking Coach McDermott doesn't want to blow this D baby sitting a turn over machine 2nd year QB. I suspect we may see a more conservative run/short passing/protect the football type offense and win games with the D. It worked in 2017. It's who he is I think. As Josh progresses he can throw more passes.

I hear and read this often. Do these guys really have such frail egos that is they get benched in one game their confidence is ruined for their career? I always hear jocks talking about overcoming adversity and improving after being told by someone they couldn't do it. Are QBs different?

you're gonna have to explain this one to me.

That football hit SJ in the hands past the sticks but he dropped it. Coach Moron threw his visor and I knew SJ's days in Buffalo were numbered.

Was just responding to the assertion that Bill Bellyache always makes young QBs look bad.