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I still love this guy and I agree with everything he says in this interview.
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I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
"Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
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Re: Drew Bledsoe on John Murphy
Really?
Even the "Beef on wack" at the 11:32 or so mark?
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it's a pity we didn't give him a great OL he would have rewritten the record books, classy guy. That first year here was so exciting before he kind of wore down from the beating he took. We should have drafted OL instead of that dick Losman and we would have gone to the playoffsComment
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Tom Donahoe. Another in a long line of exquisite GMs for the Bills.Comment
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Drew had a great 7 games out of the gate in 2002...then declined.
The 2004 win and your in (playoffs) season final game vs. Pittsburgh was a complete disgrace. He choked. He heard footsteps when no one was around him. ( causing him to turtle and give up on the play ).Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for witComment
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Most overrated QB ever. ChokerComment
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I like the guy, but he had an weird knack for coming up with a turnover at THE WORST possible time in a game. He was maddening to watch."Miami played pretty damn good today and still got their ass kicked."Comment
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I was hearing footsteps myself when no one was around him. He was hit so much and so often. I used to find myself wincing in anticipation every time he dropped back.Originally posted by Night Train View Post
Yeah, it would have been different if we'd have had an o-line.
I never figured out which was dumber. Not building an o-line, or getting Losman for mobility to negate a bad o-line and then forcing him to try and be a statue behind that same woeful o-line. Either way it adds up the same.Comment
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We traded for a statue and did nothing to keep him safe. Error.Originally posted by BillsZone Mod
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He was superb in the EZ in hitting his receivers in the shin. Then we got Kelly Holcomb - king of the six-inch pass. Then Losman, who ran around like a chicken with a bucket of hot water flung at its' ass.Originally posted by casdhf View PostFiat justitia ruat caelum. Noli timere. Laus Deo.Comment
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Always liked Drew. After him led to possibly the worst starting QBs in franchise history.Comment
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Ugh. I remember when Holcolmb was the Bills' best chance to win a game. Losman was such a turd.Originally posted by stuckincincy View PostComment
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This.Originally posted by casdhf View Post
And to his point, they stripped his tools and replaced them with two players who could not make a contribution.I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
"Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
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The funny thing about that game was that those back-ups basically became Pittsburgh's Super Bowl Team. They were also a 15-1 team. All but 7 players went on to start that Super Bowl.Originally posted by Night Train View Post
2005 vs Bills 2006 Super Bowl Tommy Maddox QB Ben Roethlisberger Willie Parker RB Willie Parker Dan Kreider FB Dan Kreider Hines Ward WR 1 Hines Ward Antwaan Randle-El WR2 Antwaan Randle-El Jerame Truman TE Heath Miller Marvel Smith LT Marvel Smith Alan Faneca LG Alan Faneca Jeff Hartings C Jeff Hartings Keydrick Vincent RG Kendall Simmons Oliver Ross RT Max Starks Aaron Smith DE Aaron Smith Kimo von Oelhoffen DE Kimo von Oelhoffen Chris Hoke DT Casey Hampton James Harrison OLB Clark Haggans Joey Porter OLB Joey Porter James Farrior ILB James Farrior Larry Foote ILB Larry Foote Ike Taylor CB Ike Taylor Chad Scott CB Deshea Townsend Troy Polamalu S Troy Polamalu Chris Hope S Chris Hope I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
"Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
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The only play in that game he really missed was he didn't see the corner blitz that resulted in a TD. He actually put the team in a position to win that game at the end. They had driven down to the 10 and got a 1st and goal to the 3 that was called back on a penalty on Josh Reed. Then Lindell misses the tying FG from 27 yards. The 1st play by Pitt after the miss is a 75 yard run by Parker, game over. Pitt played hard and well in that game. I was there. Drew didn't have a great game but your characterization is wrong, lots of blame to go around for that loss. We really lost the battle at the LOS on both sides of the ball. As King said you can call them backups but that was a talented group Pitt put on the field and they had something to prove. Dick Lebeau ran a great scheme against us.Originally posted by Night Train View PostComment
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