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Thanks Bills fans. The bickering over this is driving me nuts. Arguing whether EJ will be top 10, top 15, top 20. Whether the pass was perfect, good, great, mediocre or crap. Literally arguing over whether a pass should have been thrown 1" in a different position from 40 yards away is just mind numbingly ridiculous. NOBODY knows how EJ will turn out. NOBODY. Let it play out. It's not his fault we have not made the playoffs in 14 years and there's nothing he can do to change that history. Give him a break. If he proves that he sucks, we are screwed and will be another several years away from playoffs. But if he proves to be "good enough", we might have a chance this year. Who knows, he might prove to be pretty good. Then Look out.

I think there are 3 groups of people on this board: 1.)Those who don't like EJ for one reason or another (whether rational or not). The pick apart every thing EJ does not do perfectly and are more than happy to place all blame for plays with a bad result on EJ. The lump blame from all previous, inferior QBs we've had and pine for a QB like Peyton Mannning who throw for 500yds a game (but they would secretly hate him to because he doesn't also run the ball like Franco Harris). These people will never like EJ, no matter what and they are not worth debating with. I won't name names but we all know who they are. 2.) Some that love EJ, see him as perfect and fight light heck against any insinuation that he has flaws. There aren't as many of these as there were for Trent and JP (THANK GOD WE HAVE NO QB CONTROVERSY RIGHT NOW. I pray that EJ stays healthy because the moment Orton completes one pass, all hell will break loose on TBD). 3.) Those with common sense who can look at EJ as a work in progress and who genuinely support him and want him to succeed but who also acknowledge his faults (as all QBs have). I for one have been impressed with EJ so far in his 12 starts and have hope that he can be a solid NFL QB. I have no clue if he will eventually flame out, become a HOFer or all somewhere in the middle (I suspect it is the latter). But I do believe he's as good as any QB we've had since #12 and I think he gives us a chance to win games. He's shown that he can manage games and protect the ball when needed to protect a lead. He has also shown on 5 occasions that he can take over the offense and lead the team to game winning drives when necessary. I'm pretty excited to see what the future holds for the Bills and EJ. If all you want to do is focus on the negatives and claim that you know he will never by this or that, I feel sorry for you because you are refusing to allow yourself to experience and enjoy a period of Bills football that seems promising. GO BILLS.

I heard on the radio this morning that we have started 2-0 a total of 6 times since 2000 and have not once made the playoffs. So, I am not getting overly excited by this quality start to the season. Lots of football left. That sad, more than 2/3 of the teams that start 2-0 do make the playoffs, so we are heading in the right direction.

C'mon Man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is the only game where I ever felt like one team was completely intimidated by the other. I've seen the Bills get destroyed in games but never sense fear on their part. Miami players were fearful. Fearful of making a mistake, fearful of getting hit. It was very surprising to me and I almost had pity on their fans. Almost.

I think we will need a D/ST score to win this one. But I think the home field advantage will make the difference and Buffalo wins a close one on a last second FG. 26-24 Bills win.

That was hard to watch last night. You could literally see in his face that he knew this was severe. This could be the end of his career. He was a very solid player. Hate to see guys get injured.

I thought their fans were trying to organize a campaign to take over the Ralph yesterday? I saw fewer Fin fans yesterday than any other game I can remember.

Thanks Bill. Excellent recap as always. I enjoy reading these posts every week.

That was fantastic. How much fun would it be to get to do that?

I would like to see them actually throw into the end zone when they get down close to the redzone. Take a few more shots.

papazoid, on 15 September 2014 - 09:33 AM, said: currently EJ is ranked #13 in passer rating #17 in total QBR PRO: if he can continue those stats we make the playoffs. CON: I still see a QB who will settle in about #20 in both rankings. And he's currently ranked higher than Brady, Brees, Luck, Flacco, Foles, etc. So what. He's winning. The thing I like is that he's controlling the games and not trying to do too much. Take what's there. Don't make mistakes and force throws. When he needs to, he takes the team on his back and wins games. He has 4 fourth qtr or OT games winning drives in twelve starts and would have a fifth if Stevie and Chadler don't fumble away the Atlanta game TWICE. The negativity towards EJ befuddles me.

I personally don't like the whole concept of tipping. People in the service industry (Wait Staff/Bartenders, etc) should be paid a decent wage to do their job. If they do it well, they keep their job and get raises. If not, they get canned. Customers should not have to decide whether or not a tip is earned.

I think he meant Chris Williams. Not Eric or Kyle.

I still always refer to it as Rich Stadium

It seems like almost a certainty that Jimbo will be there in some way. My guess is he will be "Leading the charge" Waving the flag as the Bills run out of the tunnel. RWS is going to be ROCKING. I love Dolphins week.

They said that the Bills intentionally slowed the pace of their offense for this game just to keep Chicago's offense off the field. The faster pace is probably not gone forever.

Is it possible to do away with the post counter completely? Except maybe for newbies? Once you get past 1000 posts, it doesn't really seem to be terribly important to keep track. another idea is to do away with the Avatars and signatures. Seems to be wasting lots of space on the server, in my opinion.

They seemed to be targeting McKelvin a lot

"Hey, Look. That other ref has his head up his @$$ just like you do".

Is there a Twitter account @FREDDYSSTIFFARM yet?

that article is a nice attempt at shining up a turd. Actually sounds like some of the crap that people were writing and saying about Trent Edwards when he was completing 2 yard passes on 4th and 15

We'd have 400 passing yards and a loss.

CJ run for 1 yard

Biggest thing I am looking forward to this year is finding out EJ can be the man. I truly believe he can I hope he doesn't get distracted by all of the things outside of his control and I hope he just lets loose and plays football and not let nerves our doubt effect him. I don't want to an early hook either. Once the pull him en favor of Orton, he's done. I want EJ to get the whole season to see if he can effectively lead this team. I don't understand how anybody can be sitting here hoping for another house cleaning and start over. If EJ fails, we are 3 years away from playoffs. If he succeeds, we could see playoffs this year or next. GO BILLS