Dr. K
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Kurt Warner is just Drew B. in a clever plastic disguise. Same liabilities exactly.
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San Diego.
I used to sort of like the Pats. But their fans have gotten so insufferable over the last three years that it's hard to like them. I do tend to like the AFC, especialy any of the old AFL teams (except Miami) over the NFC.
I want the Bills to win a few super bowls so other teams can think our fans are insufferable (and I have not doubt we will be).
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I hear you.
I saying to NOT cut Drew.
Make JP and DB compete fairly for the job.
The bad part for you guys is that, by far DB will show better skills and win the job with his job on the line.
Quite a situation for the Bills!
And who hasn't seen marked improvement by DB this year with Wyche as his coach? In his youth, he had exactly that to his credit... Youthful ability. The Pats
did him a disservice by never plugging him in with a QB coach when he really needed it... Unfortunately, he might be wrecked forever because of that lack of foresight?
It is only fair I give him a another year under Wyche.
And yes I will compare him with Jim Kelly... Hell, wasn't JK 30 before he went over the top... 32 is just too young!
Everybody wants to paint JK throwing picks at the goal line of the '89 season as a young kid that was growing... He was almost 30!
Everybody who wants to scrap him because he is old has just seen him for a long time... Remember, didn't DB come out as a junior?
So it comes down to quibbling over 2 years of age?
I respect your caution, and I think that you are probably right that, on the practice field and in pre-season games, Bledsoe will outperform Losman. But that's the point, to me--Bledsoe always looks better when there's not much riding on it. I just think his probability of getting it done in clutch situations is decreasing rather than increasing. The skills that he has are NOT the skills of a game-managing style QB. We need a Rich Gannon or a Trent Green, or, yes, maybe a JP Losman--if he can show competence that will be enough.
I will trust Mularkey, Wyche and Clements to figure this out. I just don't think they are going to settle on Bledsoe for any long-term potential with the Bills. About Bledsoe I'd say what Marlene Dietrich said to Orson Welles in TOUCH OF EVIL: "Your future is all used up."
I don' t think this is merey bitterness in reaction to this disheartening loss (to which many other Bills' players contributed). We'll see how it looks in a couple of weeks or months. But I don't expect this to change.
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If you look at Bledsoe's play, as I expect Mularkey and Wyche and Clements will, play by play, snap by snap over the course of this game, and over the course of this season, I think you will find plenty of evidence to suggest he can't win consistently. Too many bad throws, too many bad decisions, and even on successful plays, the risk of imminent disaster.
Ask youself how many games didthe Billswin this year that they would not have won with just and AVERAGE QB. I might say the Miami gam--but I can't think of any other. Even inthe Seattle game, which the Bills won handily, he threw three picks. We're asking him to make handoffs, to make short throws, to occasionally throw it down field. The only area where he might be considered ablve average is in downfield throws. But his deficits in other areas more than detract from that.
Anyway, that's what I feel now. I want to see what Losman can do, but he doesn't haveto be Peyton Manning for the Bills to continue to play as well as they have in the second half of this season. Donohoe and Mularkey have built a team that requires workmanlike competence at QB. Bledsoe cannot be counted on to provide that consistently.
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You missed my POINT ENTIRELY. I acknowledged our high ranking and the good things he does ! I'm merely ponting out a FACT. We come up small on D when the stakes are highest due to a passive approach in high risk/reward situations. 4th and 21 against JVillle. 4th and 18 vs McNabb last year. The final drive vs Jets in NY. There is a pattern here! How can we get to the next level when we've got an OC that plays it just safe enough to get beat. We got pressure today from hustle and effort only. We did not blitz Maddox in those 3rd and longs and he made a couple of plays that killed us. That PI was a backbreaker when we shouild have been getting the ball back with a PIT punt from their endzone. JG is not good enogh to get us to or through the playoffs. Lebeau went after Drew like a wounded animal and it was effective enough to kill us.
You did not see the same game I did. the Bills frequently blitzed in 3rd and long, but Maddox got the ball off to receivers underneath. It wasn't a lack of taking chances that got us beat, it was an ineffectual offense (1 for 10 in third downs!) and turnovers. The defense kept us in in this game, when we should have been blown out, forcing the Steelers to kick FIVE field goals from short range when they could have had touchdowns because the Bills kept turning it over of giving the Steelers the short field. The Steelers scored at least half their points on turnovers; the Bills D scored a touchdown and set up another.
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We need a QB who can MANAGE A GAME, not somebody who has a golden arm and performs miracles. We don't need Peyton Manning, we need Ben Rothleisberger or the equivalent. We need an accurate thrower who doesn't make mistakes.
Now that's asking quite a bit, and to be fair, for the second half of the season Bledsoe was able for the most part to play that lesser role. He had a couple of very good games (Miami, for instance) when he was much more than a caretaker. But he also had a number of terrible games (New England, Baltimore) where he was enough all by himself to lose the game.
He also made many mistakes, and even when he didn't throw picks was amazingly inaccurate on short passes (against the Browns, against the Bengals) , has no touch on screen passes (Willis's injury pass). IN the first half of this Pittsburgh game he was TERRIBLE. He held the ball much too long and avoided disaster many times by dropped interceptions and the slimmest of margins.
I'm not saying get rid of him, but I don't see us winning crucial games aginst good opponents with him under center. Pretty soon if not now it's going to be time to bite the bullet and go in another direction. I will bet that Mularkey and Clements and Wyche will see that.
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When the important matter was always and only beating the Steelers. I just hope none of the the players fell into the trap of thinking about the playoffs. It was all about beating the Steelers, and the Bills came out flat and just did not play their "A" game.
If anything good comes out of this game, it will be understanding they have to play only the team on the field in front of them.
I expect a few personnel changes, and a good chance Bledsoe does not start next season. There's going to be a lot of opportunity for change, but also for staying the course. I respect this coaching staff's ability to make necessary changes without panicking.
I don't want to see them go into next season with Lindell kicking FG.
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I agree compoletely. Too many mistakes. The obviosu ones like Bledsoe's fumble and Clements fumbling the punt, but also many others like the holding that kept them from having a first and ten inside the Steelers' ten yard line, the many botched third down plays, etc.
The upside is that the Bills are a much better team than they were at this time last year. They are close to being a very good team.
I, too, am not comfortable with Bledsoe. He's okay if he doesn'tahve to win the game, but when there's pressure on him to make plays, he's as likely to screw up as do something good. Likewise with Lindell, whom I have never trusted to make a clutch field goal, and who proved me right today.
I don'[t know if playing Losman would cause them to start slowly next year--I hope not. I'm willing to trust Mularkey's judgment on this, though like all of us I will be watching and judging.
A bittersweet season at least it feels that way now. I think in a couple of days we'll alll be able to see this team more clearly and make judgments. This reminds me of the Bills losing to Cleveland in that late 1980s playoff where Kelly was intercepted inside the 10-yard line. That was the setup for the super bowl years.
Thanks, Bills, for keeping me interested all season. Let's hope this is the start of successful years to come instead of just a lost opportunity.
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Of course we can lose. But we can win, too.
Go Buffalo!
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You guys seem to be assuming the Bills are going to beat the Steelers, no problem. I certainly hope they do, but this is going to be a harder test than any game they've had since they lost to New England.
Too much woofing going on.
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Bills need to avoid mistakes, turnovers. ("Thanks, Dr. K, that was deep....") They have a lot narrower margin for error in this game.
I wonder if they could be too high coming into the game, overpursue on defense and screw up. I expect them to take a series or two to settle down.
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Your new backup change-of-pace back, and a dangerous ballcarrier: Shaud Williams.
Just thought I'd bump up my post from the beginning of last week predicting Shaud would do well. Not that the Niners are very good, but I still think Shaud's got bright future.
Boy, it's fun to watch the Bills right now. Here's hoping for next week.
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Cowbell = RJ
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Merry Christmas! Wrapping paper and music at our home.
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Game Time Decision=Mularkey does not want the Niners to assume McGahee will NOT be playing Sunday--but he probably will not start, and won't play unless absolutely necessary.
IMHO
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They certainly seem to be piling up. Who is going to play tight end? The backfield is shaky.
It's been a tough season for injuries across the NFL, and the Bills have been reasonably lucky so far. I hope they're ready for these last two games.
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One thing I noticed Williams do during the game against Cleveland was using his small stature to his advantage by "hiding" behind his blockers before making his break. He's short enough that the D-linemen and linebackers couldn't always see around the O-linemen.
Thurman used to do this all the time, and it made him much harder to draw a bead on. I loved watching Thurman run (my favorite Bill all-time) and I'm really curious to see how Williams does Sunday.
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Just for curiosity's sake, how big was Barry Sanders?
Not that Williams is any Barry Sanders...
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I expect him to break at least one very long run. He represents a real change of pace form the physical running styles of McGahee and Henry. If he finds a gap in the line, he will be gone.
Don't get me wrong--I'd much rather have McGahee in there. But for this game at least, I think Williams is a good fill-in.
Great Teams Are Born Of Adversity
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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My sentiments exactly. I had the sick feeling that they were going to manage to lose this game all week, and that the Jets or Denver would lose and leave us gasping and bitter.
Surprise.