MDH

Trent Edwards is horrible. No, he's not the only horrible part of this team, but he's not a part of the solution. If you can't see that I don't know what to tell you. I'm guessing you backed him from the start and refuse to acknowledge what your eyes see when he steps on the field. Just look at the very end of the game. 23 seconds left at the 40 yard line and he STILL can't fire the ball down field. He thinks that "open" in the NFL means a WR has to have 2 yards of cushion around him. A few weeks ago on 4th and 23 he checks down at the end of the game. A player who is this timid - WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE NONE-THE-LESSS, will never be successful in the NFL. So go ahead and think you see something that every other fan just can't see but all evidence points to Edwards being a large part of the problem.

We have two decoy WRs in order to ensure that the middle of the field is cleared for our 3rd string TE.

That would have been a better decision than dumping it off to the RB

Thank god for the 3 yard dump off on 4th and 23. Make sure you don't get an int Trent, wouldn't want that on your stat line.

T.O. is my #2 WR this week. Might be the last time that happens.

Jauron is more concerned with losing close than trying to win.

Man this D has been impressive today. Just one drive from the offense could win this game...

None the less he had single coverage on Evans on that play with no help over the top, looked his way immediately and instead of letting it fly holds onto the ball and takes a sack.

Quick slants to the WRs would help with the blitz as well.

We're the only team in the league where Ds can take away not just the #1 WR, but the top two guys on a consistent basis. They barely even throw the ball their way. Personally, I'm getting tired of the "we take what they give us" response to this. Somehow every other team in the league manages to get the ball to their WRs...

Or not, glad I'm wrong

His arm was moving forward this will be challenged and reversed.

The media does stuff like this all the time. The problem is you can't battle the media - you will always lose. T.O. needed to learn how to be their friend, make them like him, manipulate them to do his bidding. Instead he's taken a confrontational stance with them which will always lead the the press finding any and every way to bash him.

Just record the Sunday night sportscenter and fast-forward to "The Blitz" sections. While not as detailed as Prime Time used to be it's still much better than the NBC show.

I hope it's friggin' adamantium.

The thing that got to me was when Tampa was lining up for 4th and goal the Bills had blitzed on the last 3 downs successfully. The Bucs come up to the LoS and see the Bills showing blitz again. They call a timeout. After the timeout they line up again and the Bills still show blitz pre-snap. I was screaming at the TV coming out the TO, "DO NOT BLITZ, show the blitz but then drop back." What do the Bills do? Snap of the ball, Bills send the house and Leftwhich dumps it off for an easy TD, a play they clearly decided on based on what the Bills had been doing. How dumb does the coaching staff have to be when they know the Bucs called a TO to deal with the blitz and they still send the house?

I'm trying to remember the last time the Bills had a D that was able to get off the field on 3rd downs on a regular basis instead of this infuriating habit of allowing 3rd and longs to be converted over and over again.

He forgot to sign out and sign back in with a different account - which is still kind of sad.

One has to wonder why a rookie OLman (in his first game none-the-less) had the game awareness to know what to do while the 3rd year QB didn't. Of course, I'm sure someone will come back with a statistic that illustrates why Edwards had more on field awareness than Brady in this game.

Outplayed Brady? With the game on the line Brady orchestrated 2 TD drives while Edwards took a very ill-advised sack which basically ended the game. Edwards outplayed Brady in the first half but - unfortunately - the game consists of 2 halves... Also, Brady managed to keep drive after drive alive which chewed up clock and tired out the D. The tired D that allowed 2 TDs in the final 3 minutes. Edwards played a fine game, no doubt, but the goal of the game is to win. Brady did what was needed to win and Edwards didn't.

Part of that is Lynch's own doing. The guy has talent, strength and heart - but his vision isn't the best. He misses lots of holes and takes more abuse than he needs to.

Who was responsible for cutting Walker a week before the first game and installing Bell as the new starter at LT? The guy had never played a down in an NFL game, is at the most important position on the OL and doesn't even get to huddle up to gather himself and think about his responsibilities on the next play. That sounds like a coaching decision to me. It might work out in the long term but it cost the team in the game last night. That being said, I agree with your basic point: the play-calling (at least on offense) wasn't bad last night.

The only problem is that teams don't usually rate RBs as top flight guys (unless they are named Adrian Peterson) as they are relatively easy to find in FA or in the mid rounds of the draft and they have a really short shelf life. Lynch is a good back but I don't think they'd get much in return for him (particularly given that his next run in the the law may result in a one year suspension.) They might land a mid level starter but the Bills already have a team full of those types of guys. I don't think it would be worth it given the complete lack of depth the Bills have at RB. That being said, there's no harm in putting feelers out there and seeing if anybody is interested. I also wouldn't mind seeing Jackson get more playing time even when Lynch comes back.

They blitzed here and there - it's impossible to double both WRs when you blitz. There were times that either TO or Evans wasn't doubled (Jaws even pointed out one such time) but the ball still didn't get out to the WRs. Nobody wants him to force the ball into double coverage but he has to give his WRs a chance to make plays when they're single covered.

Re-watch the first half then.