BuffBills#1 Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Without Clements who is going to cover the 6 foot 3, 4.3 speed of Andre Johnson. 5 foot 9 McGee? Didn't think so. I'm really hoping Clements injury is just a bruise or something and he will be ready to go on opening day. The fact that he didn't participate in any of the practice today makes me that much more nervous. I know Mularky says it's nothing serious, but I know they're trying to hide every injury from any team and keep everything within the organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Do we know what Clements' injury is? It looked to me that it was a "stinger"--the way he was opening and closing his hand. If that's the case, he can play through it. But even without Clements, I'm not going to count the Bills out. After all, Greer has had a heck of a preseason...and then there's that perennial pro-bowler we have playing FS who can move to corner in a pinch. I'm sure one of those guys can do an adequate job on Andre Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brihs2005 Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Who cars when Carr is flat on his back all game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Without Clements who is going to cover the 6 foot 3, 4.3 speed of Andre Johnson. 5 foot 9 McGee? Didn't think so. I'm really hoping Clements injury is just a bruise or something and he will be ready to go on opening day. The fact that he didn't participate in any of the practice today makes me that much more nervous. I know Mularky says it's nothing serious, but I know they're trying to hide every injury from any team and keep everything within the organization. 429932[/snapback] Smacking Johnson hard within the 5 yard zone of contact will work wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Who cars when Carr is flat on his back all game? 429964[/snapback] Good point. I had a couple of chances to watch Texans games, and I'm not 100% sure, but Carr seems like he's in some serious crap. Don't know if its his OL or what. But he has looked terrible of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 But he has looked terrible of late. 429968[/snapback] Perhaps they are doing a) what the Colts did in pre-season, or b) living the vanilla life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBXBILLSFAN Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Do we know what Clements' injury is? It looked to me that it was a "stinger"--the way he was opening and closing his hand. If that's the case, he can play through it. But even without Clements, I'm not going to count the Bills out. After all, Greer has had a heck of a preseason...and then there's that perennial pro-bowler we have playing FS who can move to corner in a pinch. I'm sure one of those guys can do an adequate job on Andre Johnson. 429962[/snapback] Saw on NFL Network that Nate didn't practice today and his status is uncertain for Sunday. We can compensate for his loss with a great pass rush and some good zone coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Perhaps they are doing a) what the Colts did in pre-season, or b) living the vanilla life? 429972[/snapback] Perhaps. But he was pretty putrid. A lot of his passes were just plain terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Perhaps. But he was pretty putrid. A lot of his passes were just plain terrible. 429975[/snapback] One-to-one swap Carr for JP out of the question, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiz Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Without Clements who is going to cover the 6 foot 3, 4.3 speed of Andre Johnson. 5 foot 9 McGee? Didn't think so. I'm really hoping Clements injury is just a bruise or something and he will be ready to go on opening day. The fact that he didn't participate in any of the practice today makes me that much more nervous. I know Mularky says it's nothing serious, but I know they're trying to hide every injury from any team and keep everything within the organization. 429932[/snapback] We're doomed!!!! The Texans are lethal!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarthur31 Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Do we know what Clements' injury is? It looked to me that it was a "stinger"--the way he was opening and closing his hand. If that's the case, he can play through it. But even without Clements, I'm not going to count the Bills out. After all, Greer has had a heck of a preseason...and then there's that perennial pro-bowler we have playing FS who can move to corner in a pinch. I'm sure one of those guys can do an adequate job on Andre Johnson. 429962[/snapback] Amen! Troy can still play corner. Why do some forget that he was moved to FS only because McGee was playing great at his corner spot and not because he lost a step? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SactoBillFan Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Hard to say. In theory, no player should be irreplaceable as there should be enough depth. Still I'd rather have Nate in the game. If the Bills can't win without him, then forget about a playoff team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 the patriots certainly lost all hope and went in the tank when their best corner, ty law, went down to injury. it's just impossible for teams to overcome these sorts of injuries. you are correct; the bills may as well not even show up for the game if clements can't play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeRay Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 This is a negative post. Don't you know what happens to folks that post items with negative inferrences? We can't deal with that kind of pain here. Sunshine, warm water, and fantasy only. Koombyah, bro. And, never post anything that could be assumed as an attack on Mr. Donahoe and the 26-38 record during his watch. This is understandable because the Bills were/are still in "cap jail". Plus, his primary focus has been on things like building love between the Bills and the community, updated unis, field turf, night practices and parades at SJF, partnerships with Tops, retro unis, and the sale of new Bills merchandise. He also had to fire a coach and release a highly paid QB because he refused to be a back up. So that also kept him busy replacing those parts. And, don't forget that he lost Van Miller to retirement and had to come up with a replacement for him. So, Mr. D cannot, in good conscience, be held accountable. Sorry... I got off topic a bit, my bad. Texans beat the Bills in a home opener? Are you nutz? What could possibly be your basis for thinking this way? Do you not know that you must throw everything you have seen in the preseason out the window? Yes! That's a TSW rule!! I just don't see the need for such concern. I mean, this Bills team is a playoff team according to the TSW brotherhood. A playoff team could not possibly lose to the lowly Texans at home. The Bills have a bunch of cards they have not played. You'll see. Clements is just one part of the equation. If the Bills can't handle a team like Houston sans Clements, then how can they be considered a playoff team? I mean, didn't the Pats win a SB without Law and 3/4 of their secondary? Oh, that's right... that was against an NFC team. I forgot, that doesn't count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffBills#1 Posted September 6, 2005 Author Share Posted September 6, 2005 the patriots certainly lost all hope and went in the tank when their best corner, ty law, went down to injury. it's just impossible for teams to overcome these sorts of injuries. you are correct; the bills may as well not even show up for the game if clements can't play. 430016[/snapback] Are you really comparing us to the Patriots. I love the Bills, but we are no where near the Patriots at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Saw on NFL Network that Nate didn't practice today and his status is uncertain for Sunday. We can compensate for his loss with a great pass rush and some good zone coverage. 429973[/snapback] http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=395714 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sound_n_Fury Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 How about waiting until Thursday (defensive game plan day) before you pull the ripcord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 I love it when our own fans supply motivational material for the other three ALL PRO's in our secondary.... (McGee, Vincent, Milloy)....It will hurt if Nate can't go--but I think we will be okay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffBills#1 Posted September 6, 2005 Author Share Posted September 6, 2005 We might be ok, but it will be that much harder to pull out a win. When you take away your best defensive player, maybe even best player, obviously it is going to be harder to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gantrules Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 We're doomed!!!! The Texans are lethal!!!! 429995[/snapback] So were the Jags and the 3rd string steelers last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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