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I swear he fumbles once every other game in Madden...

Personally, I think the best Bills OL has Butler at RG with Walker next to him at RT. But the Bills brass seems intent on throwing rookies into the fire so Bell & Levitre get the nod and Walker gets the axe. I'm sure the next coaching staff will appreciate that Jauron seasoned these rookies for them and they didn't have to suffer through the growing pains.

Apparently the PLAN is to be rebuilding every year for the next decade - which also appears to be the PLAN they implemented this past decade. I don't understand why people don't look on the bright side with this franchise given their sterling track record...

This OL is one of the worst in the league - give me an average Walker at RT any day (though I disagree, while not spectacular I think Walker is very solid at RT.)

The chances of Maybin coming in and having a productive rookie season are diminishing by the day. In a couple of weeks his season will pretty much be a wash and he'll have no chance of significantly contributing to the D. Granted, most people see him simply as a guy coming on in obvious pass rush situations this season anyway but at least there was a chance that he'd be more than that if he was in camp learning the D and acclimating himself to the pro game. I'll never understand why rookies shoot themselves in the foot with these holdouts. The draft spots are slotted and as the original poster pointed out, it's not too difficult to see what they'll get. There always seems to be one guys (in this instance, Crabtree) who comes in with the opinion, "I was SUPPOSED to be drafted higher so I should get more..."

He's a one year rental, what do you expect?

Thurman was suspended 4 games for violating the leagues substance abuse policy. He failed to show up to take the test. Then while he was out for that suspension he got arrested for drunk driving and the suspension was extended for the rest of the year. A few months later he was arrested again for drunk driving. Then, a few months later he was accused of assault but the charges were eventually dropped because of conflicting eyewittness reports. His application for reinstatement as not accepted by the NFL and he had to sit another year. While out on that suspension he was accused of breaking another man's jaw in a fight. Once again the charges were dropping due to "insufficient evidence." The guy seems to find trouble at every turn - he's lucky to get back into the NFL at all.

I love Jaws but the guy also said JP would be very good....

I don't see how anybody could give it anything better than a "C". The Bills got an above average safety at the 8 spot which isn't good value and they got a bust with their second 1st. Ko is average at best, Youboty can't stay on the field (no fault of the drafting there though), Kyle Williams is a very solid pick in the 5th but part of the Bills problems with the DL has to do with Williams. Butler is the stand out pick of the draft as grabbing him with a 5th rounder is a bargain. Going strictly by how many starters a team gets out of a draft is a slanted way of looking at it. Who cares how many starters a team who can't make the playoffs gets? How many of those guys would be starters on solid squads? Not many.

BJ got demolished...I'm not so sure Florian won't beat BJ when they fight. BJ has to be demoralized after this beating and Florian has developed into a fantastic all around fighter. I'm also wondering if they'll schedule a GSP vs. Anderson Silva matchup - which is what I really want to see.

They went 11-5 with a QB who had never started a game in the NFL before. It was simply one of those quirky things that kept them out of the playoffs. 11 wins almost always gets you in - hell, 10 wins usually does the trick. Man, I wish the Bills would "fail" like that.

Do you realize what that record means? The Colts usually get the #1 or #2 seed. Having a .500 record when you pretty much always get one of those seeds means you're consistently playing in the AFC Championship game - and occasionally in the Super Bowl. I'll take a QB like that any day. That team wins because of Manning - period. I think you'd be wiser to trash somebody else.

I like Young quite a bit too. I was annoyed when they took him out of the studio on Sunday mornings. He's one of the better studio guys Imo. The worst is Marshal Faulk - I'd rather hear my wife talk football than hear Faulk speak.

The talent level on the Bills is decent - but with the coaching staff they have it doesn't add up to much. That being said I think you've overrated several positions - most noticeably QB. The Bills have C to C- QBing at this point. Sure, it MIGHT be better next year but right now it's average at best. The reason Evans disappears for long stretches is because Trent ignores him. He actually went an ENTIRE game without targeting his #1 WR...

I don't think it's "wrong" to be an idiot. It is what it is.

And the tread mill would continue. Let our good players go and replace them in the draft. That sounds vaguely familiar...

He could likely sell two SB tickets for more than $3, 460.

Take offense if you want but he's right. The overwhelming majority of fans do not watch the OL play and do only notice OL play when they make mistakes. I'm begining to think that Bills fans get what they deserve. When they have top flight players - like Jason Peters - they do their best to run them out of town. Then they turn around and B word that the Bills don't have any top flight players on the roster. Peters was not at his best all season but the guy was dominant for about 8 games this year. Sure he could have been more consistent and his holdout hindered him but fans need to get over the holdout - it's buisness, pure and simple.

How quickly people forget the first half of the season when Lynch was constantly hitting the wrong holes and many were (mistakenly) calling for Jackson to get more carries. A few good games later and Lynch deserves a Pro Bowl bid? I love Lynch but no way does he deserve to go to the Pro Bowl over any of the guys selected. He might be a better back but he hasn't had a better season than any of those guys.

Classy guy who puts a song with the repeated lyrics "rain on dem hos" to highlights from a 12 year old running the football.

Give me winning football and I'll be happy. I don't care if it's Tony Dungy or Jon Gruden - whatever works for that coach/team. Winning is what I want to see.

It would have made a difference to the season had he said some words earlier?

You're trying to use stats to compare two different things. As much as you "don't want to hear" about different offenses and different QBs - those are HUGE factors. If the offensive coaching staff wanted to feature Lee Evans the way the Panthers feature Smith in the passing game he could wrack up 7 catches a game - easily. Getting the ball to the wideout isn't difficult to do if you try to. But as we've seen the Bills don't even target Evans during entire games - much less make an effort to feature him. Is this Lee's fault? He doesn't play with a QB who will try to fire the ball into tight coverage and let his WR make a play. If Lee isn't wide open the play gets checked down and Lynch wracks up 7 catches that game. So pointing to catches per game but ignoring yardage from last year doesn't really make your point. If he was just as good with bad QBs he wouldn't put up such pedestrian yardage numbers in most of his games last year. I'm not claiming Evans is a better WR than Smith as he's not, but the gap isn't as large as you want to believe. Given the right situation Evans could be a dominant WR. He's fast, he runs good routes and he has very good hands. He doesn't always use his body as well as he could (this is an area Smith clearly outclasses Evans) but he very capable of being a top 10 WR given the right situation. As you've pointed out in a previous post - why can't the Bills find any playmakers? It's because the coaches don't put their players in a place to succeed. The Bills have players capable of making big plays (as anybody who returns kicks has shown) but the coaching staff (minus Bobby April) simply doesn't put them in positions to make those game changing plays. They play it safe to the vest and simply hope not to lose the game.

You can't really hammer Miami about crime when the most famous NFL murderer of all time was a Buffalo Bill...

Not that I'm defending the job Jauron has done but turning around a 1-15 team to a 7-9 or 8-8 club is much easier than getting those 3-4 extra wins needed to move from 7-9 to the playoffs. That being said I want to see a well prepared team these past 4 weeks. If they lose to better teams so be it. But I want to see none of the bumbling around, getting to the LoS with 2 seconds left and having to burn time outs type of stuff we've seen in the past 7 weeks. I'd also like to see some better decisions during critical times - namely the red zone.