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If it wasn't for fantasy football I'm not sure anybody would watch this game other than Bear fans.

It's not the same thing at all. Holcomb would check down and throw it to a guy 3 yards past the LoS when it was 3rd and 9. Losman is throwing it to the right guy (on the plays I'm speaking about) but the WR (in these instances Evans) hasn't run the proper route. Sure, the end result is the same (a punt) but it's not the same thing.

If the WR is a yard short of the first down when he catches the ball it's almost always his fault for not being aware of the first down marker. If you think it's happening too frequently then blame the WRs, not the QB. I'm not attempting to deflect attention away from Losman's poor outing today but you can't put everything on him.

Yeah, if they're going to call that then they need to make a rule that all hair has to be tucked into the jersey.

Losman had a bad game, I'll give you that. But you need to look beyond the numbers. On one of those 2 yard completions on 3rd and 3 Evans was at fault for not getting past the marker. I don't remember the other one I'll have to go check it out.

My god, that's just crazy talk. I think Losman will turn into a decent QB but he was awful today until the 4th quarter. By then it was too little too late.

Speaking of which K. Thomas had a brutal end to this game. He got faked out on the most important play of the game which resulted in a Detriot 1st down. He followed it up with that penalty (which may not have been a penalty) and then finished up the game by not holding his block on the punt return and letting Leonard get smacked.

With a few of my players out with bye weeks I picked up Henry and started him this week. Good move, unfortunately the rest of my team is sucking.

Well the first play from scrimmage was a sack by Schobel. I wish that set the tone for the game! Unfortunately it was the second play from scrimmage which set the tone (the play I think you're referring to).

The QB simply throws the ball out of bounds near a WR. It's done all the time and is rarely called grounding. I'm not sure why you have a boner about this play. Losman needs to learn to throw the ball away, period. He thinks he can make plays with his escapablity and sometimes he can. Most of the time, however, he ends up making a bad play. I'd easily sacrifice the good plays to eliminate the bad plays. Losman has a lot of potential but one of the things he needs to learn how to do (despite your claims that it can’t be done) is to simply throw the ball away.

It was a great play by Whitner but there's no way they overturn that.

Umm, no, throw it away in the direction of a WR like every other QB in the league manages to do. I've been in Losman's corner from the start but that play is indefensible.

That was a pretty good read. It's not too kind to Nate. From the naked eye I would have said that Nate was having a better season than McGee thus far but that guy's numbers argue otherwise.

That's pure speculation. You have no idea if he'll be paid top 4 money or not. Perhaps he will but I'd guess a lot has to do with how he performs this year. If he has another stinker there's no way teams break the bank on a player who has just come off two bad seasons in a row. If he plays to his potential then yeah, I can see him getting top 4-5 money.

And he was horrible last year. He's been better this year but that doesn't erase how bad he was last year. He was toasted on a consistant basis last year. Yet somehow he's a "top 4 CB". He has the potential to be the best in the league but his performance last year wasn't even average.

Until the Bills get much better every team on the schedule worries me.

Yes, it's the media's fault that they (gasp!) shot Owens on the sideline and not Owens' for blowing up at his teammates and coaches. You've nailed it.

Owens doesn't help matters. If he wanted to avoid being a spectacle he could. He works out in his driveway, he puts on a biking outfit and helmet when he's on the sideline exercycle when he's injured, and countless other things. He consistently has to draw attention to himself in one way or another and the media obliges his request and gives him that attention. Blaming the media is too easy, Owens shoulders much of the blame.

Paint it Nickle!

Hah, according to that list Culpepper just got replaced as the starting QB by the 4th worst QB of all time.

And finally won one with Owens out with an injury. Those Eagles sure to look bad this year without TO!

I'm not sure what the big deal is here. If the "experts" want to end up with decent records at the end of the season the smart pick is to take the home team when two mediocre/bad teams play one another. You'll be right more often than not.

Is that the same Kiwaukee Thomas that dropped two easy INTs against the Bears or does this version have better hands?

Unless someone specifically follows a team (or actually breaks down footage alla Jaws) they're really not going to have a clue how well someone is playing. For someone to take notice of a QB the QB has to be putting up lots of TDs, yards and Ws. If they're just putting up Ws they're a "caretaker" and if they're not putting up many of the three then obviously that team needs a new QB. This is how fans and media have been breaking down QB play for 25 years. I wouldn't worry too much about it. You know a hell of a lot more about the Bills QB play than some guys on Boston radio.

Not even close.