Ingtar: struggles with a bum back

[Ingtar33]

Heh.. he guys... my back has ruined this year for me... on the bright side it seems to have moved my career forward more than my healthy back did (strange how that happens), just a few thoughts about the Bills.

1) i wish i had been wrong about "rookie" head coaches. It seems that the rookie learning curve will result in buffalo missing the playoffs, despite the fact it seems we're one of the best teams in the conference. well on the bright side BB in NE was 5-11 his first season there... and won the super bowl in year no.2

2) drew hasn't looked this good in 4 years.

3) Willis still looks like he's suffering from his knee injury in college. imagine what he'll be like next year. Scary.

4) Lee Evans already has put up a better rookie year than Eric Moulds.

5) anyone else think that had Lawyer Milloy been healthy for all the games this year buffalo might be in the middle of the playoff hunt?

[clumping platelets]

Heh.. he guys... my back has ruined this year for me... on the bright side it seems to have moved my career forward more than my healthy back did (strange how that happens), just a few thoughts about the Bills.

1) i wish i had been wrong about "rookie" head coaches. It seems that the rookie learning curve will result in buffalo missing the playoffs, despite the fact it seems we're one of the best teams in the conference. well on the bright side BB in NE was 5-11 his first season there... and won the super bowl in year no.2

2) drew hasn't looked this good in 4 years.

3) Willis still looks like he's suffering from his knee injury in college. imagine what he'll be like next year. Scary.

4) Lee Evans already has put up a better rookie year than Eric Moulds.

5) anyone else think that had Lawyer Milloy been healthy for all the games this year buffalo might be in the middle of the playoff hunt?

1) Well said

2) I expect the Bledsoe haters to chime in very soon

3) He sez 2,000 next year

4) I guess Evans was a better pick than many expected

5) His presence would have won the Jags game, likely the Raiders game, and possibly the Jets game

Sorry about the back, I can sympathize cuz mine always hurts

Nice to hear from ya Ing

[SABURZFAN]

Heh.. he guys... my back has ruined this year for me... on the bright side it seems to have moved my career forward more than my healthy back did (strange how that happens), just a few thoughts about the Bills.

1) i wish i had been wrong about "rookie" head coaches. It seems that the rookie learning curve will result in buffalo missing the playoffs, despite the fact it seems we're one of the best teams in the conference. well on the bright side BB in NE was 5-11 his first season there... and won the super bowl in year no.2

2) drew hasn't looked this good in 4 years.

3) Willis still looks like he's suffering from his knee injury in college. imagine what he'll be like next year. Scary.

4) Lee Evans already has put up a better rookie year than Eric Moulds.

5) anyone else think that had Lawyer Milloy been healthy for all the games this year buffalo might be in the middle of the playoff hunt?

1.i'll take mularkey over manboobs any day.

2.he's been doing ok but he still has his moments.

3.i said the same thing at Santora's yesterday,when we went for it on 4th and 1 and bledsoe pitched it to mcgahee for the score.i said that the knee still isn't fully healed.

4.i wasn't happy with this pick at the draft party.nor was i happy with how we got losman.i hope i'm wrong about both.

5.i think the results could have been different in the jacksonville and oakland games but we'll never know.



hope you get to feeling better.

[Cntrygal]

Glad to see ya back! Hope you start feeling better soon!

[The King]

Milloy still has me speechless. He has been amazing.

[Dozerdog]

Heh.. he guys... my back has ruined this year for me... on the bright side it seems to have moved my career forward more than my healthy back did (strange how that happens), just a few thoughts about the Bills.

1) i wish i had been wrong about "rookie" head coaches. It seems that the rookie learning curve will result in buffalo missing the playoffs, despite the fact it seems we're one of the best teams in the conference. well on the bright side BB in NE was 5-11 his first season there... and won the super bowl in year no.2

2) drew hasn't looked this good in 4 years.

3) Willis still looks like he's suffering from his knee injury in college. imagine what he'll be like next year. Scary.

4) Lee Evans already has put up a better rookie year than Eric Moulds.

5) anyone else think that had Lawyer Milloy been healthy for all the games this year buffalo might be in the middle of the playoff hunt?

With this assesment-

Would you say that - given the cap he inherited and the moves /drafting he has done that Tom Donahoe has don a good job, bad job, or mediocre job assembling this team?


Was his first move, hiring Gregg Williams, his worst move that has set every thing back a few years?

Or is Donahoe a bum?

[Dozerdog]

How rude of me....GET WELL SOON!!!!!

[chernobylwraiths]

With this assesment-

Would you say that - given the cap he inherited and the moves /drafting he has done that Tom Donahoe has don a good job, bad job, or mediocre job assembling this team?


Was his first move, hiring Gregg Williams, his worst move that has set every thing back a few years?

Or is Donahoe a bum?

Personally I think that hiring Williams was one of his two really bad moves. The other bad move is getting Bledsoe. I like Bledsoe and all, and have felt that he is playing well this year for the most part, but getting Bledsoe in retrospect only delayed the inevitable. Too bad we couldn't have used the first rounder that we had that year to draft and develop a QB that would now be coming into his own. I guess though that Price wouldn't have had the year he did and we wouldn't have gotten the first for him and gotten McGahee, but who knows.

I know TD could have made more moves and in looking back, some better moves, but I liked the moves he made at the time and I feel that he has done a pretty good job getting good personel in here.

[chernobylwraiths]

How rude of me....GET WELL SOON!!!!!

Oops. Ditto.

[The King]

Personally I think that hiring Williams was one of his two really bad moves. The other bad move is getting Bledsoe. I like Bledsoe and all, and have felt that he is playing well this year for the most part, but getting Bledsoe in retrospect only delayed the inevitable. Too bad we couldn't have used the first rounder that we had that year to draft and develop a QB that would now be coming into his own. I guess though that Price wouldn't have had the year he did and we wouldn't have gotten the first for him and gotten McGahee, but who knows.

I know TD could have made more moves and in looking back, some better moves, but I liked the moves he made at the time and I feel that he has done a pretty good job getting good personel in here.

I think if we continue to roll...and with the way guys like McGee, Evans, McGahee, Milloy, Spikes are playing I think thats enough for TD to save face and keep his job. Your right about getting Bledsoe too... Buffalo wasnt the best place for him to go and when he was here a line should have been established then.... not 3 years later.

BTW did you see Bledsoe roll out yesterday he was flying!!!!

[Gunzlingr]

welcome back, and get well soon Ingtar!

[Ingtar33]

With this assesment-

Would you say that - given the cap he inherited and the moves /drafting he has done that Tom Donahoe has don a good job, bad job, or mediocre job assembling this team?


Was his first move, hiring Gregg Williams, his worst move that has set every thing back a few years?

Or is Donahoe a bum?

eh... so so

I dislike his "prerogatives"... it seems like he's building this team like a kid in a candy store. he was so pinched in Pittsburg... money wise, that now he has an owner who will spend he seems a bit too interested in flash over substance. That said, until this year I don’t think he’s had any help form the staff developing his players.

That said, while he got “Man-Boobs” dead wrong I think he's got this staff perfect. You've got to love the work that they’ve done with Bledsoe, and the OC seems to have the team firing now... I mean we have been taking apart teams, even with those terrible pickoffs. And who can rave more about what McNally did with the O-line? I mean this is largely the same pile of dung we had in the first place, and they're looking pretty good now (pass blocking), and I think McNally saved M.William's career. He not only looks good on the outside, I'm beginning to believe that he'll be moved to LT next season.

The pick of McGahee, might turn out to be the gutsiest and best 1st round pick he had. He'll have 1000 yards easy this year, which is amazing since he'll have 11 starts.

You've got to feel good about where the team is going.

(and yeah, Milloy has made all the difference in the world for us, the guy is a fantastic player and guy, and we're lucky to have him)

[DraftBoy]

Heh.. he guys... my back has ruined this year for me... on the bright side it seems to have moved my career forward more than my healthy back did (strange how that happens), just a few thoughts about the Bills.

1) i wish i had been wrong about "rookie" head coaches. It seems that the rookie learning curve will result in buffalo missing the playoffs, despite the fact it seems we're one of the best teams in the conference. well on the bright side BB in NE was 5-11 his first season there... and won the super bowl in year no.2

2) drew hasn't looked this good in 4 years.

3) Willis still looks like he's suffering from his knee injury in college. imagine what he'll be like next year. Scary.

4) Lee Evans already has put up a better rookie year than Eric Moulds.

5) anyone else think that had Lawyer Milloy been healthy for all the games this year buffalo might be in the middle of the playoff hunt?

1. MM was unimpressive early but with the past two games he's really turned a corner I attribute a big part of that to his staff (Gray, Clements, McNally, and April)

2. Bledsoe has been really good so far this season, he still has moments but with the way he's been playing id keep him here one more season and see what happens bc Im not sure Losman will be ready or not.

3. Willis is only at 80% you can tell when he's running, imagine next season at 100%, Im gonna go out on a limb with 2000 and 20 TD's

4. Lee Evans is a pimp, I loved the pick then and I still love it now, he will be better than Moulds, a future top WR in this league.

5. Milloy was a steal last year and he's a real leader on the field, he's a player-coach type.

[Mr. Cynical]

2) I expect the Bledsoe haters to chime in very soon

Chime.

Agree with everything you said Ing except for Drew. IMO, he's hurt the team in many ways.

While he may pull a few pretty throws out of his ass now and again, he is simply not worth $8.5M (or whatever the final number for the years is). He is supposed to be the leader and his utter lack of confidence damaged the team. His inconsistency always comes at the worst times. His lack of an accurate touch pass (or just a touch pass period) causes INTs via deflections. His inability to move hurts the already suspect line. His slow reads caused him to take a ton of sacks.

All of this adds up to a lack of confidence in him by the players. And that is worse than throwing the actual INT imo.

P.S. Hope your back gets better soon.

[Ed]

Chime.

Agree with everything you said Ing except for Drew. IMO, he's hurt the team in many ways.

While he may pull a few pretty throws out of his ass now and again, he is simply not worth $8.5M (or whatever the final number for the years is). He is supposed to be the leader and his utter lack of confidence damaged the team. His inconsistency always comes at the worst times. His lack of an accurate touch pass (or just a touch pass period) causes INTs via deflections. His inability to move hurts the already suspect line. His slow reads caused him to take a ton of sacks.

All of this adds up to a lack of confidence in him by the players. And that is worse than throwing the actual INT imo.

P.S. Hope your back gets better soon.

I actually thought Bledsoe looked really confident yesterday, even after the picks. He'd come right back out firing and make some nice throws. He's done a good job of avoiding sacks the last couple weeks too.

The thing that impressed me most about Bledsoe though, was his command on 3rd downs. I think we were like 7/8 in the first half. That's my favorite stat from yesterday.