CountDorkula Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Stop apologizing. The logical thing to do is say he sucks and just have a meltdown. My bad. We are awful, EJ is the worst footballer to football EVER. We should have signed Tebow and he would be our savior. Probably didn't want to create competition for EJ. Buddy is asleep again I bet. Someone plug in the fax machine. Pegula is cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB3 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 My bad. We are awful, EJ is the worst footballer to football EVER. We should have signed Tebow and he would be our savior. Probably didn't want to create competition for EJ. Buddy is asleep again I bet. Someone plug in the fax machine. Pegula is cheap! Much better. Take this, it helps.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negativo Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Disappointed? Nah. That would require having high expectations to begin with. To paraphrase Dennis Green, "He is who I thought he was." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountDorkula Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Disappointed? Nah. That would require having high expectations to begin with. To paraphrase Dennis Green, "He is who I thought he was." Thanks Nancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS 56 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 EJ thinks he did a pretty good job That worries me more than anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishDave Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 In EJ's defense, I think that the coaches were really focusing on trying to get him to make the right "reads". And on that note alone, he did do a good job. I think that maybe that is what he was referring to when he said he thought he did a good job. I just wish he would have voluntarily admitted that he effed up when he missed a couple connections that would have sustained drives. The one pass could have been a touchdown. It really sucks to miss those opportunities. But his reads were good. He was seeing the open guy in my opinion. At least he had that part right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobChalmers Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) EJ was the least poorly executing part of the offense last night. He wasn't amazing, but the OL was a mess in both run-blocking and pass-protect. If you watched the game, you would have to come away more frustrated with the running game, and the WR's let a bunch of catchable (albeit not spot-on) passes hit the ground. Apologist? Meh - EJ looks like he's executing a bit better than last year to me, and last year he put up a 77 QBR in ten games. I predict he'll finish in the top 20, by which I mean right around #20. That's not amazing, it's a bit below the median, obviously - but who the heck is expecting much more than that from him in year 2? The team theoretically has a defense and running game to win with mediocre QB play. Edited August 29, 2014 by BobChalmers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmur66 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 How patient can we be with a "project QB" that can't hit an open receiver with any consistency.? I don't know but it seems like that is not a problem that any starting NFL QB should have. I sue hope we are pleasantly surprised when real bullets start flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishDave Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 How patient can we be with a "project QB" that can't hit an open receiver with any consistency.? I don't know but it seems like that is not a problem that any starting NFL QB should have. I sue hope we are pleasantly surprised when real bullets start flying. I have to admit, one of the things that people ragged on Fitzpatrick about was his inaccuracy. He could find open guys too. He just couldn't deliver a pass that was easily catchable. Hence, he ended up throwing too many picks. And the natives hung him for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayoffsPlease Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 The standard reply after any game other than a super bowl victory is for the QB to say "I have to play better in next weeks game". never should there be a version of "I done good" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 EJ thinks he did a pretty good job Actually, he just relayed that his coaches told him he did a good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I didn't see the game. When the Bills 1st offense was in, was it against the Lions 1st defense or what it against their backups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishDave Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 I didn't see the game. When the Bills 1st offense was in, was it against the Lions 1st defense or what it against their backups? Lions defense was mixed. They rested Suh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobChalmers Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) I didn't see the game. When the Bills 1st offense was in, was it against the Lions 1st defense or what it against their backups? One on one, Ziggy Ansah was having his way with Cordy Glenn the whole time he was in there. I'm not worried about Cordy long-term, the poor kid's only been fully practicing a couple of weeks after being out for months(?) - it's not a shock he's not really ready yet. Hopefully it doesn't take too much longer to get there, because right now he's a real weak-point. Edited August 29, 2014 by BobChalmers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi1 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 The Bill offense overall has to do a much better job of not looking robotic out there, so the OC may need to mix the plays up, so Manuel and the team as whole can move with fluid motion as oppose to robotic movements that only telegraph their plays. How many times have we seen Jackson inside; Spiller off tackle, trying to out race defenders to the corner, or Chandler counting one thousand one, then after timing his lag, move to an open area some 12-15 yards down in the middle of the field? Toss in some old-fashioned sweeps here and there. Open up the short passing routes with some cleverly mixed in deep balls. Keep the defense offense and spread the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobChalmers Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Actually, he just relayed that his coaches told him he did a good job. He was thoroughly mediocre, which should be enough. All this freaking out and venting should be redirected at last year's #2 NFL rushing attack that has looked like trash in 5 preseason games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishDave Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 He was thoroughly mediocre, which should be enough. All this freaking out and venting should be redirected at last year's #2 NFL rushing attack that has looked like trash in 5 preseason games. I wouldn't call his play in the Detroit game mediocre. I would call it below average for an NFL caliber starting quarterback. And no it is not enough. If any quarterback played an entire year like EJ played last night, their team would not win any games at all. they would go 0-16. The Bills offense never made it to the red zone. No that is not acceptable. No that is not okay. Sorry. It just isn't. He has to play better than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Its scary to think that this same game play we could be seeing next week in Chicago. If this team starts like that 2010 team, and goes 0-8. Then I can see the new owner making changes asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Bills Fan Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 EJ came out un hurt, thats all i care about. Bring on Da'Bears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Since 1972 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 EJ came out un hurt, thats all i care about. Bring on Da'Bears I'm curious...after the Chicago game will all you care about is that the qb came out unhurt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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