Uncle Monkeyhead Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I'm judging him from his regular season games only. I think I am the only one left on EJ island. It's nice here. Umbrella drinks. Hope that umbrella is jumbo sized. Storm rolled in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negativo Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Lol this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Enjoy the umbrella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixxxer Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 He will get another chance, it will be up to him to make us believers, in my case again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm judging him from his regular season games only. I think I am the only one left on EJ island. It's nice here. Umbrella drinks. yes. the only one. Enjoy the peaceful solitude. just you and the moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 In the unlikely event you still do, OP, then yes, you're the ONLY one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 We still love you though , YOLO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm still on board YOLO! EJ will prevail!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I am probably swimming upstream on this board on this, but I hope we use this time to try to develop EJ rather than close the book on him -- as presumably the original plan was last year with Kolb. EJ certainly is not a finished product. We have A LOT invested in him. Jumping from the FSU offense (where he only had to read half the field and a disparity in talent much of the time) or any college offense to the NFL is quit a leap. Playing QB in the NFL is probably the most difficult job in sports. I am not saying that the switch is a bad move for now - time will tell. I just hope that they treat it internally as an opportunity for EJ to develop without the weight of the team on his shoulders. EJ is a good kid with both raw and partially developed talent. There are very, very few who can make the leap to an NFL QB quickly. This might end up being a positive for EJ. I hope EJ and the team treat it as such. Just my two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuntheDamnBall Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Believe? Not at the moment. Support? As long as he's wearing a Bills jersey, for sure. Root for? Probably all the time until he's out of the league. He's a good kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 There is no reason not to continue to believe in and root for EJ Manuel.....he is now the backup qb of the buffalo bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26TrapDraw Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 The only solace I can take is that maybe the game is going too fast for EJ. That is the comment from every rookie that enters the NFL; The Speed of the game is so different it takes time to adjust. You can see the game is slow for a 10 year vet like Rivers. Kyle Williams and the D-Line got a lot of pressure but Rivers looked at them like they were moving in slow motion and delivered the ball at the last second. EJ got skittish with any movement on the D-Line and couldn't deliver the ball on time in a place where a receiver could make a play on the ball. It truly was trrrrible on Sunday. If you try to defend his play from last Sunday you just look silly because it was so so so so bad. Now again with time maybe the game can slow down for EJ and he can look past the D-Line and deliver the ball downfield. The problem is the rest of the team is built to win today not 3 years from now. Kyle Williams, Dareus, Freddy Jackson, Spiller, Mario will probably all be out of town in 3 years. Maybe by then something might click with EJ. My main source of frustration is that it is clearly just such a waste of potential. The Bills need only adequate QB play to win in 2014. EJ just isn't an adequate NFL QB in 2014. It doesn't matter what colored glasses you have on EJ doesn't look ready for 2014. The Division is wide open and the Bills only need a game manager QB to win it. My problem with that is he's just not a sufficient game manager because he simply won't fire the ball downfield enough. You can't fix the accuracy issues. They tried with Downing working round the clock with him on mechanics. It simply didn't work. He has all the physical attributes you want but he simply can't progress through his reads well enough. Look at the way his receivers look at him when he overthrows them by 5 yards. He's a likeable kid and everyone wanted him to be the guy....he just isn't ready to be. IMHO I also think this benching will be the last you see of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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