Tatonka
08-28-2005, 12:35 PM
Don't tell J.P. Losman it was only a preseason game. The Bills' quarterback didn't want to hear about patience after his difficult, 9-for-18 passing outing against the Bears. He was not happy with himself.
"The coaches sit there and tell me this is because you're young, things like this are going to happen," Losman said. "Well it's not going to happen. I've got to pull the trigger. This team is too good for them to be waiting for the quarterback to pull the trigger. So we've got a couple more weeks here until we get to the real thing, and I've got to figure it out by then."
On the third-quarter field-goal drive, Losman did a nice job of scrambling out of the pocket but then overthrew an open George Wilson in the end zone.
"I make that throw every day in practice for touchdowns," he said. "For some reason it sailed on me. When I threw it, I was trying to not miss. And you can't do that as a quarterback."
Losman described another frustrating play: "Lee (Evans) was wide open and Eric (Moulds) was wide open . . . and I said, "Lee's open; Eric's open; who do I throw it to?' Just throw the ball. It's open."
Losman's fumble of a snap from center for a 20-yard loss in the second quarter was a play that called to mind the late stages of Jack Kemp's era. The Bills took possession on the Bears' 3 and settled for a 38-yard field goal.
Coach Mike Mularkey seemed more philosophical about Losman's night.
"I think that's going to be the case here early on right now," he said. "Each start there's going to be some things you wish you could (have back, and) go, "Why did you do that?' There were other times he made some pretty good throws."
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i never heard bledsoe show that much emotion or give that much of a crap the entire time he was here.. he sat on the sidelines with that dead to the world look on his face, game after game, when he blew it for this team.
I am confident that JP will correct the small things and over the coarse of a game he will help us more than hurt us..
and he has the total and complete support of everyone on this team..
that is why his the starter.. his abililty.. his attitude.. his drive..
now the JPD demands that all the JP bashing stops now.. or citations will be dispersed.
"The coaches sit there and tell me this is because you're young, things like this are going to happen," Losman said. "Well it's not going to happen. I've got to pull the trigger. This team is too good for them to be waiting for the quarterback to pull the trigger. So we've got a couple more weeks here until we get to the real thing, and I've got to figure it out by then."
On the third-quarter field-goal drive, Losman did a nice job of scrambling out of the pocket but then overthrew an open George Wilson in the end zone.
"I make that throw every day in practice for touchdowns," he said. "For some reason it sailed on me. When I threw it, I was trying to not miss. And you can't do that as a quarterback."
Losman described another frustrating play: "Lee (Evans) was wide open and Eric (Moulds) was wide open . . . and I said, "Lee's open; Eric's open; who do I throw it to?' Just throw the ball. It's open."
Losman's fumble of a snap from center for a 20-yard loss in the second quarter was a play that called to mind the late stages of Jack Kemp's era. The Bills took possession on the Bears' 3 and settled for a 38-yard field goal.
Coach Mike Mularkey seemed more philosophical about Losman's night.
"I think that's going to be the case here early on right now," he said. "Each start there's going to be some things you wish you could (have back, and) go, "Why did you do that?' There were other times he made some pretty good throws."
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i never heard bledsoe show that much emotion or give that much of a crap the entire time he was here.. he sat on the sidelines with that dead to the world look on his face, game after game, when he blew it for this team.
I am confident that JP will correct the small things and over the coarse of a game he will help us more than hurt us..
and he has the total and complete support of everyone on this team..
that is why his the starter.. his abililty.. his attitude.. his drive..
now the JPD demands that all the JP bashing stops now.. or citations will be dispersed.