there is no reason to NOT run the ball 35-40 times on Sunday…..(unless the team feels bad for the way JP was handled and are trying to give him every opportunity to impress a future employer……which would be the crappiest idea I’ve ever heard…..but knowing this team I wouldnt put it past them)

and yes….all the young guys need tons of reps…..tons of meaningful reps (not the 3rd or 4th game of preseason variety)

I like you……am totally frustrated to the point where Im spending more and more time over at Halos Heaven even though Angels baseball isnt for 3 more months……..yuck…….

I hope for a decent showing…..not the puke fests we’ve been privied too the last few games.

Run away from Kris Jenkins:

I think that, more than just running away from him, we need to make him run. If there’s one thing that 350 pound dudes hate doing, its chasing plays all over the field. Let’s run some stretches and get him running sideline to sideline. I wouldn’t mind seeing a bunch of designed rollouts as well. If there is one thing that Losman does well, its use his mobility to create yards and time to throw the ball (he’s also excellent as fumbling). He certainly has a strong enough arm to throw from hashmark to hashmark downfield. It’ll keep us from having to rely on keeping the middle of the pocket clean, and, as an added bonus, when Losman inevitably fumbles, there will be a greater chance of it happening to roll out of bounds instead directly to a defender (as he’ll be closer to the sidelines).

Sorry, the “build momentum heading into next season” has grown old. As of last week, my hope was that the Bills would do the opposite…lose out. Why? Then we would have more of a case to make changes in the stagnant administration that runs this team. We need a quality GM who will have free reign to fire Dick from the get-go. Winning out gives Ralph an excuse to bring Dick back for two to three more years…the very last thing we need.

One more thing that’s overrated: the continuity thing. Has a new staff hurt the Ravens or Falcons this year?

Living in the area I do, I wasn’t able to watch the last two Bills games, (It’s not always a bad thing in hindsight) Instaed I was forced to watch the Jets game. Both Jets losses. The Jets are very vunerable to the short passes over the middle, primarily to the TE. If Losman can get the ball to the TE with even a little bit of consistency, the Bills will have a chance to do something on offense.

I truly thought that JP Losman would be going deep to Lee Evans early and often last week, but it obviously didn’t happen. I can’t even recall an attempt. There was one to Roscoe Parrish, but none to Evans.

Oh, sure there was, K. Evans got wide open deep, Losman threw it about 15 yards too far – looked like he was aiming for the kid in the front row with an Evans jersey on – Evans got tangled up with the defender, and the throw was so bad that it eliminated an illegal contact call. How could you forget that play?! :)

I apologize for the quality of this post.

But it was quality. Your points are simple, but then again, Buffalo’s play has been rather elementary itself. Baby steps. You can’t teach a kindergartner geometry.

If he plays the young ones, which he should, he’s thinking about next year. If he does not play them, he’s more concerned about his own job security.

I like the poll results so far. 36 – 8 in the negative! Realism reigns.

I hate to say it, because I’m going to the game, but I really don’t care anymore.

All I want to see is the young backups. That will at least be fun and give me something to watch and think about. I don’t care to watch our team win. It’d be nice but I really just don’t. So they win and we go 7-9 again? Yay….ugh. I feel so let down by this team this year. 9-7 would be nice but it’d be nice if Trent was doing it to get his confidence back up not JP Losman. Let Hamdan play, let the young linebackers play (if any of them are healthy), let the young corners play, let Demetrius Bell play, let McCargo play so we can up his trade value if he plays well, etc. etc.

poz….hang in there. Go watch a nice young Bills team piss off some Jets fans and beat em! Pump it up! Have a great time and Go Bills! Get us a win!

Run away from Kris Jenkins

I think the Bills best chance of running the ball is by running between the tackle and guards. I think Marshawn is better bouncing those outside than he is on plays that are atually designed to go outside, as backwards as that seems.

Just try getting it to Evans

Your right, if there is one thing Losman SHOULD be able to do, it is find his buddy Evans. I don’t care if he has to use his patented stare down and don’t even look at other options technique, Evans needs to catch some passes and one or two of them need to be big plays for this offense to work.

We can’t go 3 straight games without a touchdown, right?

uggghh (or insert gutteral sound). If this team can’t score at least 10 points on Sunday, I might cry.

Shut down the short passing game

You and I seem to have philosophical differences on this one, but I’m gonna debate in anyways. I don’t think that teams have been shutting down the short stuff lately. Opponents have taken away the deep stuff and as a result, Favre simply isn’t consistent enough to lead those long slow drives. Last week at San Fran, Favre completed 65% of his passes, the problem was that the Jets only had three plays longer than 10 yards. All three of those plays came during both of NY’s TD drives. You beat Brett Favre by forcing him to dump it off, hit those 5 yard outs and keep everything in front of you until he gets impatient and starts forcing the ball.

It was the same way when we played the Jets last time. They scored a FG on the opening drive after the 40 yard screen pass to Washington. The second drive contaned no plays of ten yards, the Jets punted. Drive 3 was the one where Trent fumbled and NY started at the 6 yard line and kicked a FG. The Jets moved the ball during drive 4 with 3 plays over 10 yards, but they missed the FG. Drive 5 had two completions over 10 yards and the Jets kicked a FG. The 35 yard play to Cotchery and a 14 yard completion led to a 4 play TD drive the 6th time NY had the ball. The Jets 7th and last posession was when they ran all over us and was highlighted by Jones’ 23 yard run. That drive ended in a FG. There is a direct correlation between giving up those big chunks of yardage and giving up points. Dick Jaruon and Perry Fewell defense works against Favre.

Don’t get burned by Leon

That is a big one. Washington is as dangerous as they come. But honestly what do you expect to happen when the Bills blitz when the NY runs a screen pass and they only guy left to make a play is Ko Simpson? The Bills need to be conservative and pick and choose their spots to bring the linebackers.

Begin building some momentum for next year

It’s a nice thought, but I don’t think it matters, especially with Trent standing on the sidelines. If Edwards was playing, I think it would be much more important for the offense to have a good showing and build for next season.

Play the young guys

I agree that it is important, but a lot of those guys are getting good playing time anyways. McKelvin has already been forced into action with Greer and Youboty out. Same for Corner. I already threw my thoughts out there for Hamden playing. This team needs to build their offense around Jason Peters and Langston Walker and they have a fine third tackle in Kirk Chambers. It isn’t worth a spot on the game day roster for Demetrius Bell to see some action, especially if he isn’t ready to handle NYs edge rushers. I think it is better for a player’s development to leave him on the bench than it is to put him out there and watch him get beat. Same thing for Omon, with Lynch and Jackson being part of the offense’s foundation. I think John Wendling has already cemented himself as a special teamer in the NFL. If he was capable of playing any defense, he would have by now. Derek Fine, Derek Schouman, Chris Ellis, Copeland Bryan, Steve Johnson and the Hardy boy should all see increased playing time. Considering that PT will come at the expense of Robert Royal, Roscoe Parrish and Ryan Denney, why not put those guys on the field?

I meant quick passing game, I think. Whatever it is, we can’t let Favre sustain drives, how bout that one?!?

I think momentum can be built, even if it’s minor. Remember this team doesn’t know how to win, and may never know how to win consistently, but it’d be nice if they finished the year strong for once. Give them something to take some pride in at the end of the year. I don’t think we’ll win any of the next 3, but if we won say, two of them, I think that can have a real positive effect on the team next year. Unfortunately that would probably mean Jauron gets to return, so I have to be careful what I wish for….