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I think JP had some very good moments in the Detroit game and he started out well in the Pats game. In fact, if he'd just eliminate the costly turnovers, and do nothing more, I think people would be okay with his progress thus far. That being said turnovers are what determine games in the NFL. I'm willing to forgive him fumbling the ball if he's hit from the backside while in the middle of throwing a pass. I'm not willing to forgive his fumbles when he's simply sacked and loses the ball. This is becoming a bad trend and if it continues JP will have no future in the NFL, much less as a starting QB. No team can survive a QB that consistently turns the ball over. If he can fix his fumbling issue I think he'll be okay, if he can't then it'll be time to move on at the end of the season. I’m not really worried about JP passing the ball or even his pocket presence. He simply has to hold onto the ball when he’s sacked, period. As for when I’d put Nall in? I don’t know, I’d like to see JP get the season but if he keeps having trouble holding onto the ball like he has these past 3 weeks then it wouldn’t be a stretch to see Nall get the last 4 or so starts of the season.

Nobody said you can just throw money around. Obviously you have to spend the money wisely but it does matter how much money you spend. Do you seriously think the NFL would be as consistently competitive year in and year out WITHOUT a salary cap? A team that spends wisely and uses the entire cap is likely to be better than a team that spends wisely and uses only 80% of it.

You know, I agree with you for the most part John. The OL is horrid and JP looked pretty good early in the game. However he has GOT to learn to stop taking chances with the ball. He simply can't fumble the ball on every other sack. Instead of trying to escape and make a play he simply needs to protect the ball and take his sack. Sure, on occasion he'll make a spectacular play with his escapability, but more often than not it's going to end badly. Just take the negative play and punt the ball away.

Agreed, particularly on Ko. That being said Simpson is about as consistently late getting over as Vincent was last year and (hopefully) he'll get better whereas Vincent was only going to regress.

Does Ralph owe the fans a better effort? This team sits 10 million under the cap. While I don't expect that the Bills HAVE to spend that cash on free agents that aren't worth it they at least should spend much of it to extend some current Bills contracts and frontload them so the team has more money to spend in future years. I have patience for a young team learning new systems but I have little patience for a front office/ownership that doesn’t do everything in their power to be competitive. The salary cap only works to even the playing field if the teams spend up to it. .

We'll find out what kind of coach we have in Jauron in the next two weeks. Does he hit the panic button or does he stay the course? My guess is that Jauron starts JP all year and this report is purely speculative. If JP does get benched it had better be Nall who gets the starts. If Holcomb starts a game this year I might just end up in a JSP like rage.

With Spikes not fully recovered from his injury it could be legitimately argued that Schobel is the Bills best player (not counting kickers). I can think of only two other players on the team that you could make that statement about (Fletch and Clements…After last season I would have included McGee here but he’s sucked this year). I like Schobel quite a bit (and think he's underappreciated by most of the media) but you know you have a PoS team when he can be considered your best player.

I don't know if I'd go that far but I'd definitely like to see them open it up a bit in the red zone. The run, run, pass stuff is so predictable. At some point they have to throw the ball on first down in the RZ.

When I'm watching the games in high def at least I have one positive associated with my Sunday afternoons; my picture looks good!

That would be an optimist’s point of view.

The Phillies are my team in baseball. Nuff said.

I think there was a thread about this very topic a week or two ago. I don't recall if there was a solution posted but you should try searching old threads for it.

The Bills didn't win because I'm a fan. The teams I root for rarely f'in win. I should start rooting for the Pats...

Where's the puke icon when you need it?

On a related note I'm looking for ways to cancel the Buffalo Bills season. Does anybody know how I can do this?

So let me get this straight. When they give up 5 sacks they're JP's fault for holding onto the ball too long but when it's 2 it's not because JP got rid of the ball before getting hit? Bottom line is that sacks aren't how a OL is judged; it's pressures. How many QB pressures did the OL allow today? Entirely too many for my tastes (which is pretty much true every week). JP was horrible but I have no clue why you're attempting to excuse the OL.

Crumpler might be responsible for yet another loss for me as well...my opponent had him. Willie Parker sucked it up for my team this week, posting a massive 2 fantasy points for me. L. Coles wasn't far behind with a 5 point week. I still managed to put up 112 points but hold a tiny 7 point lead while my opponent has Plaxico going tomorrow night. I hope Burress pulls a groin while getting off the team bus.

Detriot proved last week they're a better team than the Bills.

11/5 - Green Bay L 11/12 - @ Indianapolis L 11/19 - @ Houston W 11/26 - Jacksonville L 12/3 - San Diego L 12/10 - @ New York Jets 12/17 - Miami L 12/24 - Tennessee W 12/31 - @ Baltimore L I thought they'd be 5-11 heading into the season. At this point I think I was being slightly optimistic. I see them only winning 2 more.

Yeah, if you have a HoF type QB he can make up for some of the deficiencies of the team. However if the Bills keep discarding QBs in hopes of finding such a QB instead of addressing the real problems they'll never get anywhere. JP might end up being no better than he is at this moment, even with a good team. I haven’t been pleased with his play the past 3 weeks but I also realize that the rest of the team isn’t helping him out at all.

How is 31 ranked better than 30?

You are correct, Brady is better than JP. Also, this just in: water is wet.

By this rational the OL is never to blame for anything. Sweet, I guess we don't need to address that part of our team! They don't carry the ball so they're not to blame for a struggling running game. They don't pass the ball so they're not to blame for a struggling passing game. They don't handle the ball so they're not to blame for turnevers. Hell, why even bother having an OL!

Help being the key word.

You're probably right about Royals (he's done a pretty good job this year) but wrong about Crowell and Reed. None of the LBs are going to have much success when they have OL getting their mitts on them on a consistent basis. Honestly, at this point I’d be more likely to take Spikes off that list until he proves he can come back from his injury. Also, Reed is not a legit #2 option, he's a legit 3 and nothing more. Nonetheless we're quibbling over a few players here. The point is this team has roughly 10-11 legit NFL starters on the roster. That's just horrible.