GDT: Bills vs Vikes (Wood is active!)

[The King]

Gameday at MIN, Starters to get approx 20 plays? Is it TD or bust for the <s>#</s>Bills (https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23Bills&src=hash) starting Offense?

Eric Wood is active!


And Young will be throwing to the 2nd team.

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-2/Game-Preview---Bills-vs-Vikings/bb897a6c-4583-4350-a97b-afaac7632de5

Heading into the first preseason game against Washington last week <nobr>Ryan Fitzpatrickhttp://www.buffalobills.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.buffalobills.com/team/roster/ryan-fitzpatrick/d260ac2d-12f2-4322-b794-02830c8319c8/)</nobr> said he was most interested in seeing how the run game would look since teams can’t fully replicate game conditions when executing run plays. Ironically, Fitzpatrick did not call a single run play in the 14 snaps he and the first team offense ran last week. This Friday night against Minnesota that’s going to change.
“We have not run the ball as much as we wanted to in preseason and we made this week the week we’re going to come back and work on the run game quite a bit,” said head coach Chan Gailey.

[superbills]

How can it not be? I mean, you have to score...even in the preseason and especially if your starters get 20 or so snaps. Oh, and there's this little thing called a "running game" they might want to explore. That should help too :)

[BillsOverDolphins]

They have to score a TD after that pathetic performance in their first game.

[Mr. Pink]

Baby steps. Just call a running play.

[Ed]

Wood and Pears are both starting tonight and are expected to go 10 plays.

[Generalissimus Gibby]

Baby steps. Just call a running play.

No, we know what we have in FJax and CJ. A baby step would be seeing if Choice can actually get postive yardage when we give him the ball. A man's step is if he gets a big play or a TD (I've never seen Choice actually make a big play for us). Also I want to see if our line can keep the Viking horde away from Fitz and see if he can throw a 20 to 30 yard completion with at least 20 of it off his arm and not a dink pass for five yards that a WR adds fifteen to twenty on with his feet. Oh, and third down conversions. Our D shows signs of being able to force 3 and outs this year, but our offense looks like they still have problems with the concept of getting a first down on third and less than five.

[Meathead]

u call that a gdt? wheres the broadcast info, wheres the injury report, wheres the key questions, wheres the witty commentary?

i expect more from an earl

[Ed]

Facing Jared Allen should be a pretty good test for Cordy Glenn tonight. Not sure how good that is for Fitz though...

[TigerJ]

Good! That sounds like just enough to start easing them back in. I'll guess that next week they'll probably be in the whole time that the other offensive starters are in.

[justasportsfan]

I just want them to move the ball. I don't want to them to give anything to the jets.

More importantly, no injuries

[MikeInRoch]

No, the goal of pre-season is not to score points. Sorry.

[Meathead]

if the goal is to not score points then i give last week an A

[Skooby]

Go Bills !!

[YardRat]

:gobills:

No injuries, please...

[BertSquirtgum]

No, the goal of pre-season is not to score points. Sorry.

Riiiiiiight

[braddavery]

Is the game on TV tonight?

[NOT THE DUDE...]

lets get a ****ing pass rush!!!!!!!

[YardRat]

I don't care if it is 'only' preseason...I'm pumped.

[cookie G]

Bills D starts.

[The King]

Is George Wilson ever out of position? Two sacks on the first drive and sloppy CB play.

[The King]

huge hold on Anderson there (missed)

[kishoph]

The Linebacking could hurt us, short passes have turned into long gains this preseason.

[Historian]

Like a hot knife through butter.

WTF happened to Byrd?

He goes from 10 interceptions to getting hurdled in two seasons.

[The King]

Barnett wasnt even close to the FB

[cookie G]

Gilmore burned by Simpson, Byrd leap frogged, McLovin taken out of a play, Williams with a personal foul.

Not the best opening series for the secondary.

[The King]

Did anyone else see Anderson get raped?

[Scumbag College]

The Bills starting D has been killed by WR screens the first two weeks.

[The King]

The Bills starting D has been killed by WR screens the first two weeks.
Great strategy against and aggressive front 4. The LBs and DB's need to make the tackles.

[MikeInRoch]

The Williams penalty was complete garbage. Thanks, replacement refs.

[Scumbag College]

Is it me or does Fred look a little slower than he did last year?

[MikeInRoch]

Did anyone else see Anderson get raped?

I missed that one.

[BADTHINGSMAN]

So holding = no holding
no holding = holding

Good to know.

[MikeInRoch]

Wow, another garbage call. I'm gonna miss the "real" refs.

[CLo_in_Roch]

The Williams penalty was complete garbage. Thanks, replacement refs.

Absolutely....bs call...both he and receiver were out of bounds...and the receiver ran into him...dumb call by an ambitious replacement ref

[The King]

Absolutely....bs call...both he and receiver were out of bounds...and the receiver ran into him...dumb call by an ambitious replacement ref


I thought he was close to the sidelines but Williams pulled up

[MikeInRoch]

And another! Well done!

[Scumbag College]

How do you have a block in the back after the kick by the kicking team? wow

I'm not sure how much you need to know about football to know that that is impossible.

[MikeInRoch]

I thought he was close to the sidelines but Williams pulled up

Williams pulled up, the receiver lowered his shoulder and plowed into him. If *anything* should have gone the other way.

[The King]

Is it me or does Fred look a little slower than he did last year?

Its his first two carries of the season, I expect that.

[Historian]

Is it me or does Fred look a little slower than he did last year?

I was thinking the same thing.

And Darius looks fat.

[MikeInRoch]

Darius looked good on that run stop, tho.

[we are]

I was thinking the same thing.

And Darius looks fat.

wow you don't overreact much do you?

byrd isn't good anyone, fred is slow and dareus is fat

[The King]

Nice tackle by Dareus there

[The King]

Great effort by Anderson! I like that persistence.

[The King]

Anyone else feel the need to mute these assbags

[Scumbag College]

Flea flicker during a preseason game?

[MikeInRoch]

Nice sniffing out of the Flea Flicker.

[CLo_in_Roch]

good read by kelsay....age and experience does pay off

[The King]

KELSAY is soooo slow!

[MikeInRoch]

Good grief our LBs suck.

[BADTHINGSMAN]

Anyone else feel the need to mute these assbags

Def, Tasker needs to talk less. I try to ignore him but thats near impossible.

[thesquirrelking]

Wow 1st team D is getting smoked :(

[The King]

Lets just play without LB's

[Michael82]

Good grief our LBs suck.

yeah, they look horrible tonight!

[MikeInRoch]

We aren't already?

[The King]

Def, Tasker needs to talk less. I try to ignore him but thats near impossible.

I have the MIN guys on my feed

[CLo_in_Roch]

Coach Wannstedt is being schooled right now by a second year QB...what gives?

[SeatownBillsFan21]

This looks like the same old Bills to me

[kingJofNYC]

Dareus and Kyle are the only players working hard on D.

The rest of these guys are useless.

[Michael82]

Well, at least our defense held them to 3 at the goalline. Nice!

[BADTHINGSMAN]

At least the D held them to 3.

[The King]

Dareus and Kyle are the only players working hard on D.

The rest of these guys are useless.
Anderson has been working hard, he's just a little under sized. I havent seen him quit yet.

[DraftBoy]

I'm not watching the game until it replays tomorrow but from the sounds of it, I'm going to hate this conservative style D.

[Michael82]

Come on OFFENSE! Let's get something going after that solid return by Brad Smith.

[The King]

On the MIN feed, they were talking about the best RB tandems, they mentioned Tate/Foster, Forte/Bush and Gerhart/AP

No mention of Spiller and Fred

[Historian]

Def, Tasker needs to talk less. I try to ignore him but thats near impossible.

"He wants a penalty, but he aint gonna git it."

Watch how many times he says that this season. He's always good for 2 or 3 a game.

I wish Bentley would just stuff a towel in his mouth.

[Michael82]

I'm not watching the game until it replays tomorrow but from the sounds of it, I'm going to hate this conservative style D.

I'm actually seeing the opposite. Im seeing a D that is being too aggressive with the pass rush and getting burned for it.

[kingJofNYC]

I'm not watching the game until it replays tomorrow but from the sounds of it, I'm going to hate this conservative style D.

Honestly, it's just a lack of team speed, particularly from the LBs. We had Scott covering Harvin in a 3x1 set, got toasted on a quick pass. LBs can't cover and are too slow to react.

[CLo_in_Roch]

Wow....2 blitzers on the right side...and Fitzy still throws that way....wow...

[The King]

Not one look at a WR. Ugh

[Jeff1220]

Barnett looks old and slow. Is Merriman even still on the team?

[kingJofNYC]

Team looks like it isn't being coached right now, embarrassing once again.

[Scumbag College]

I know it's preseason and everything is "conservative" and 'vanilla" but there is a big time lack of execution on both sides of the ball right now. Don't know if it's a cause for alarm or just everyone getting their bearings, but I would be incredibly agitated if this was a regular season game right now.

[MikeInRoch]

On the MIN feed, they were talking about the best RB tandems, they mentioned Tate/Foster, Forte/Bush and Gerhart/AP

No mention of Spiller and Fred

Well, ESPN made no mention of Freddy when talking about "Running backs coming back from injuries this year." Even though, you know, he led the league in rushing when he went down.

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Wow....2 blitzers on the right side...and Fitzy still throws that way....wow...

Aren't you supposed to throw to where they came from? That's where the holes often are...

[Buffalo Thriller]

Fitz sucks....

[we are]

Wow....2 blitzers on the right side...and Fitzy still throws that way....wow...

thats how you typically beat a blitz...by throwing right at it

[Historian]

Well, that's 5 quarters of semi-pro ball...

[kingJofNYC]

Remember when the Jauron's team looked incompetent in preseason, carried over every time. I'm sure this isn't what Chan wants. This offense has put together maybe one good drive so far in preseason.

[CLo_in_Roch]

Well, ESPN made no mention of Freddy when talking about "Running backs coming back from injuries this year." Even though, you know, he led the league in rushing when he went down.

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Aren't you supposed to throw to where they came from? That's where the holes often are...


One thing to throw that way and another thing to throw a ball at shoulder height with a blitz coming on...with 2 threatening one side i would think he may recognize and call an audible...

[Johnny Bugmenot]

This team isn't even trying.

[The King]

Bills have 6 total yards Vike 150...

[Michael82]

3rd and 8...we gotta stop them here! Let's go D!

[kingJofNYC]

That should've been intercepted by Williams, but instead it's a long completion. Had perfect technique but no ball skills at the point.

[Scumbag College]

The missed FG is the best play of the game so far for the Bills.

[Michael82]

There we go! Nice job, defense! :bf1:

[The King]

You shouldve heard the verbal BJ these announcers were giving this kicker.

[kingJofNYC]

You know what, Moats looking active out there. Made a good play on special teams, was in the right place on that 3rd down. Hasn't looked out of place in the preseason so far.

The Williams play was pretty ****, had it played so well but misplays it in the air.

[CLo_in_Roch]

Jesus.....9 defenders in the box...and we still run....do they have our playbook?

[BADTHINGSMAN]

Holy F enough with the penalties already.

[kingJofNYC]

Cordy with another rough start, two penalties so far.

[MikeInRoch]

Jesus.....9 defenders in the box...and we still run....do they have our playbook?

Or we don't care because it's preseason.

[Historian]

"Go Bills....for we are here to cheer for you!"

[Scumbag College]

Nice throw and catch Fitz to Stevie but a fumble...Fitz looking sharp this series at least.

[The King]

You know what, Moats looking active out there. Made a good play on special teams, was in the right place on that 3rd down. Hasn't looked out of place in the preseason so far.

The Williams play was pretty ****, had it played so well but misplays it in the air.

Agreed.

[CLo_in_Roch]

nice Fred!!!!!!!!

[Michael82]

Hell yeah! Nice run Freddie! :bf1:

[Historian]

Time of posession must be really lopsided.

[CLo_in_Roch]

yayyyyy!!!! nice fitzy and donald jones!!!!

[The King]

There we go!

[Historian]

TASKER: "That's a good touchdown."

Is there any other kind ****-for-brains?

[Fixxxer]

Very glad for Jones, he needs every positive play he can get. Nice YAC.

[Michael82]

Now that's what I'm talking about! Donald Jones takes the short pass and runs for 30 yards and the TD! Hell yeah! Nice speed, Jones! :bf1:

[Scumbag College]

Nice play action slant to Jones for the TD. Offense really put it together that drive. I hope Jones stays healthy, he really could do well in this offense.

[kingJofNYC]

Good run by Jones after the catch.

[The King]

Took long enough to find the WR's but once we did nicely done.

[MikeInRoch]

Tasker is just plain painful to listen to.

[The King]

TASKER: "That's a good touchdown."

Is there any other kind ****-for-brains?

Its better than the crap I have... these MIN guys are blow hards.

[MikeInRoch]

I don't think we're gonna have to worry about kick returns against us.

[Jeff1220]

I'm on the Minny feed too. It's painful.

[Michael82]

You gotta keep Potter! 5 Touchbacks to start pre-season and every single one of them are deep in the endzone! :bf1:

It's so nice to see our kicker actually get touchbacks like the other teams usually do.

[kingJofNYC]

Yeah, the Minnesota guys are straight homers, they talk like they're part of the team. "We need a stop right here."

[Scumbag College]

I'd feel really good if the Bills starting D can force a 3 and out right now against the Vikings starters. i think we might see the backups from here on in.

[Fixxxer]

Its better than the crap I have... these MIN guys are blow hards.

and the broadcast is awful too.

[Scumbag College]

That Webb kid from Minnesota should never throw the ball. Just run.

[kingJofNYC]

Delano Howell looked pretty good on that drive.

No idea why they were playing split safety with man underneath on that Webb run. Need to drop someone in the box to spy his ass, his arm isn't the threat.

[The King]

Scott looks solid.

[The King]

Starters still in

[The King]

That contact was identical the Williams call

[Jeff1220]

Fred leveled Brinkley at the end of that run.

[The King]

awful look

[BADTHINGSMAN]

Wow Mckelvin with a strip.

[Scumbag College]

McLovin got beat but made a nice strip. VY time

[The King]

WOW!!!! Leodis!

[kingJofNYC]

McKelvin gets torched but strips the ball, lol.

[BADTHINGSMAN]

Howell was in the right place right time.

[Historian]

Scott and Moats are really playing their hearts out.

[Historian]

Leodis....what's the square root of one?

[kingJofNYC]

We can't have an offensive series without a penalty.

Edit: That was on the Vikes, my bad! Thought for sure it was going to be on the Bills.

[BADTHINGSMAN]

We can't have an offensive series without a penalty.

Its ridiculous how many holding and false starts the Bills have had this preseason.

[Scumbag College]

VY didn't look awful throwing the ball that series.

[Scumbag College]

Ron Brooks has looked like the best player on the field for the Bills through 6 quarters of the preseason.

[The King]

wow.... Kelsay was held ridiculously

[kingJofNYC]

Trying to pick on Brooks, but he's holding his own against a bigger receiver. Really attacks the ball at the highest point.

[Cali512]

**** walsh. potters leg is 10x stronger

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minnesota announcers ****

[Fixxxer]

VY didn't look awful throwing the ball that series.

I thought he was more decisive today, is nice to see, obviously he still has ways to go.

[MikeInRoch]

I know I wear Bills colored glasses, but my goodness we seemed to get the short end of the officiating in that half.

[BADTHINGSMAN]

I know I wear Bills colored glasses, but my goodness we seemed to get the short end of the officiating in that half.

With every missed/wrong call the regular officials must be upping their price.

[BADTHINGSMAN]

Vince hits Graham deep.

[Scumbag College]

WOW! 60 yard completion Young to Graham. He is officially the second string QB for the Bills. Competition over.

[Buffalo Thriller]

Agreed

[IAG]

VY with a bomb.

[Cali512]

TJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[IAG]

VY wearing sleeves inside. Love it.

[Scumbag College]

I don't know what's more brutal, trying to listen to Tasker and Bentley kill down time during a timeout or waiting for the local broadcast to replay a 60 yard pass which is far and away the most exciting play of the preseason.

[Fixxxer]

The best way to go deep is with PA. I just hope Gailey can give Fitz the chance to run a more balanced offense.

[MikeInRoch]

Damn TJ is fast.

[Cali512]

TJ will be the Usain Bolt of the NFL

[Scumbag College]

Pigpen looking pretty good his first series.

[gloveus]

Pigpen looking pretty good his first series.

We're starting to get into the 3rd stringers though, so I'd take it with a grain of salt.

[Scumbag College]

I take it back about Pigpen...throwing a 4 yd pass at the feet of Martin on 4th and 5 is infuriating.

[BADTHINGSMAN]

Im hating these refs more and more every game. They have no clue what holding is or isn't.

[Historian]

Yawn.

[Historian]

Pigpen....lol

[IAG]

I am excited for the opener. I think we explode on the scene.

[BertSquirtgum]

These refs are going to ruin the game. The NFL needs to fix this situation.