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Perhaps if Willis would just own up about having a bad game and running tentatively he wouldn't have been called out. Even after being called Willis had this to say: For once, I'm in agreement with Jerry Sullivan. "Everybody's got their own opinion?" This is your head coach Willis, acting like he's a journalist that wrote a critical piece on you probably isn't the best way to handle it. "I'm going to continue what I'm doing?" I'd imagine you'd continue it on the bench if you ignore Mullarky's instructions. I'm guessing the reason Mullarky is calling WM out is because the guy thinks his sh-- doesn't stink and needs to be brought down a few notches. I like McGahee a lot. I'm not one to reap a lot of praise on the Bills players if they're not deserving of it, but last year I was blown away by how tough WM ran; how he kept his legs moving after contact and how he initiated contact lots of times with that nasty stiff arm of his (has anybody even seen it this year?). True, he bounced stuff outside last year as well, but not nearly as often as he has this year. Willis thinking he's got his speed back isn't a good thing, particularly considering that he doesn't have the same speed he had at Miami. He was a much more physical runner last year than he ever was at Miami, and it suited the Bills. He needs to get back to that.

Those QBs are a combined 4-13 in games they've started this year. Somehow I doubt mentioning those players makes anybody feel any better. JP (and the offense as a whole) need to step up their play, it doesn't matter how poorly anybody else in the league is playing, they need to play better.

The officials are in a lose/lose situation. If they don't let the kid play there are people who will get pissed off and if they let the kid play and he gets hurt they have people asking, "why did you let a kid with no legs on the field in the first place?" You lash into the officials, but I don't envy them having to make the call. It shouldn't have been up to them, if everybody knew this was coming the governing body of the sport should have made a ruling on it beforehand.

I agree, and I was surprised how good he was, as I hated him in the studio. He had more insightful stuff to say in one quarter than most color men have to say all game long. He wasn’t as polished as most, but that comes with experience. I’ll take content over form any day.

That's easy to fix, stop giving up 1st downs and get off the field. I don't get why posters on this board want to let the D off the hook when the players themselves are taking much of the blame. Time of possession isn’t an offensive only stat. It’s a team stat. The D has as much to do with it as the O. Tampa's offense is not even a top 15 offense in this league. If we can't expect this D (which wants to be considered one of the all time greats) to get them off the field without converting 50% of their 3rd down attempts then I guess we shouldn't expect much from this team at all this year. The offense was horrendous and didn't do its job yesterday. But the D didn't do its job either.

I would have preferred it if the Dolphins had won. The Phins aren't going anywhere this year. The Jets, on the other hand, could compete for a playoff spot. I think a Phins win would have been better for us in the long run.

Yeah, getting mauled for 180+ rushing yards is a performance to be proud of. I haven't heard any comments from the players yet, but I'd bet that nobody on the D is "happy" or "proud" of their effort. Now, don't read this to mean I blame the D. They played much better than the O, but this is a team game and the D should shoulder some of the blame.

The Bears and Ravens' Ds you speak of wouldn't have let this Tampa O pile up first downs on them. They would have forced 3 and outs too, which would have evened up the time of possession. Time of possession isn’t just an offensive stat, it’s a D stat too. Both of them are to blame for losing the TOP battle this badly.

A big part of the problem was JP's Vick like accuracy. Moulds was open quite a few times and he missed him badly each time. Even on Moulds one reception Losman made was should have been an easy completion into a highlight catch for Moulds. I'm impressed with Losman's ability to sense the rush, but there are two things that worry me. The first, which isn't a big deal at this stage on Losman's development, is that he panics too quickly. The moment he sees the blitz he gets happy feet. The game is just moving too quickly for him at the moment and he doesn’t make the quick decisions he needs to. Give him a season and this will (hopefully) change once he gets more comfortable. The second is that his throws are way off target. He looked like Bledsoe out there on the short to intermediate throws. This is a major concern as QB’s that aren’t accurate don’t tend to do very well, even if they have everything else going for them.

I knew somebody would bring this up, and while its kinda-sorta true, the D wouldn't have been on the field that long if they did the same thing Tampa's D did to us. Shut that crappy Tampa O down and they get off the field and get to rest. Going into the 4th quarter Tampa was something like 5 of 10 in converting 3rd downs. That's just horrible. I'll admit that the Bills' O didn't help matters with their performance, but the D still has to step up to the plate.

I hate it because I have to wait until Sunday or Monday night to watch the game. The waiting f'in kills me.

How many threads can we discuss this exact same subject? Brady rules! Brady sucks! He's overrated! He's one of the best ever! There, I just covered all the angles in 12 words. There's no need for the 3-4 threads a week on the topic.

I'll agree that Tampa's smallish D is susceptible to the power running game. However, I'm concerned about WM's penchant for bouncing stuff outside instead of taking the 2-4 yards he could get back banging it between tackles. Against Tampa's incredible pursuit McGahee won't be getting many yards bouncing it outside and won't wear down the D as much either. I don't see our running game being successful this week unless Willis changes his game a little bit. He'll see 7 in the box most of the game, so if he runs where the play is designed I see him eventually having some success as the D gets worn down.

Sounds like he wasn't talking about the dropped ball to start the second half but the play where he and Josh and a miscommunication and there were words exchanged afterwards.

Pure genius. Somehow the guy thought he could leave that message on a writer's voice mail and the reporter wouldn't report it? If I were the Rams I wouldn't fire the guy for inappropriate behavior, I'd can his ass for being an idiot.

Derrick Brooks? Simeon Rice? Anthony McFarland? Ronde Barber? Those guys are some of the best at their positions in the NFL. Just because they only won 5 games last year doesn't mean they don't have some game breaking players.

I'm more worried about Lindell hitting FG's in this game than I am with Losman making game altering mistakes. This will be a close, low scoring game. Lindell better not shank any "gimme" FG's...

And everytime I see this clip I get annoyed that the officials didn't throw a flag at the most blantent clip I've ever seen in my life than launched Dante's 99 yard return.

I didn't see the story in question, but in my experience the BBC's news coverage is far superior to anything our major networks offer. Anytime somebody has something critical to say about anything that people love (be it America, the Bills, etc.) people B word about some "media bias".

Yep, and I'd lay money that if we released Josh Reed he'd be picked up very quickly. Yet, people on this board somehow think Haddad is better than Reed. People love rooting for the underdog.

That, my friend, is not a bad movie.

I'll jump in here and say it before Hollywood Donahoe does: The Raiders didn't get robbed. The way the rule is written, the right call was made. It's an odd rule, I'll admit, but it was the correct call based on that rule.

Not that you're wrong, but this would be a pretty boring place if people just agreed with everything the organization did. I like hearing people's opinion's, even if I don't agree with them. And talent or not, I'd trust Tucker to produce in a pinch more than these untested players. Perhaps he doesn't have the "upside" of these guys, but if someone goes down this year (and it will happen) I'm going to be pretty nervous with who we have in there.

Of all the sports writers I read, Dr. Z is the last one I'd call "lazy". He puts more work into his job than just about any writer out there.

That's going a bit far. Cowart was a dominate player before the injury, almost on the level of Ray Lewis. Calling him a "loser" because he got injured (on a cheap shot none-the-less) is pretty pathetic.