- The Boston Globe reports the Buffalo Bills worked out CB Fernando Bryant yesterday.
- Bills injury article from the News
- Lynch was excused for personal reason from practice yesterday but was back today.
- the completion percentage against the Bills defense has been extraordinarily high the past three games (76.2%)
- Schobel may go McGee is 100% allegedly
- Preston is the permanent starting Center for the Bills per WGR
- David Harris standout rookie MLB is out for the Jets this week
- John Wendling, Jason Whittle and Ashton Youboty all practiced fully.
- Rookie stat page
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Bills news, updates, injuries
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Bud Selig is teh suckx
by Steve
Who the fuck wins a world series after playing 4 innings? Thanks for ruining one of the most important sports in America. The World Series is called the fall classic for a reason. It isn't call the MAKE MONEY FOR THE NETWORKS AT ALL COST FUCK THE FANS AND THE TEAMS CLASSIC. WTF?!?
The forecast for the game Monday, by the by against MNF when the NFL was classy enough to not schedule a game Sunday night so it wouldn't be against baseball yet baseball wasn't classy enough to NOT schedule a game against MNF, was rainy as fuck. The forecast for Tuesday was worse. Oh yea did I forget to mention the game Saturday didn't start til 10 pm EST and ALCS game 6 was preempted by the Steve Harvey show? E-M-B-A-R-A-S-S-M-E-N-T WOW.
So the Rays lost. True I hate the Phillies. But neither manager was particularly adept. Why take the bat out of the reigning mvp, J-ro? Why not have a starter begin the 6th and 7th innings for both teams. Why leave a righty in to face a lefty in the 7th. Where was David Price before it was too late?
Why did it take 5 games for Maddon to realize Longoria was over matched? Where was Pena? Why did the Rays not take any pitches? How did Lidge find is groove back? Why is McCarver and Buck so terrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible and lost when it comes to baseball? Why do bars not put HD on when they have HD TVs?
Fuck Bud Selig for ruining the World Series. Fuck Charlie Manual for getting lucky. Congrats Phillie fans you don't know how it is to be a true suffering franchise.
Go Bills
Who the fuck wins a world series after playing 4 innings? Thanks for ruining one of the most important sports in America. The World Series is called the fall classic for a reason. It isn't call the MAKE MONEY FOR THE NETWORKS AT ALL COST FUCK THE FANS AND THE TEAMS CLASSIC. WTF?!?
The forecast for the game Monday, by the by against MNF when the NFL was classy enough to not schedule a game Sunday night so it wouldn't be against baseball yet baseball wasn't classy enough to NOT schedule a game against MNF, was rainy as fuck. The forecast for Tuesday was worse. Oh yea did I forget to mention the game Saturday didn't start til 10 pm EST and ALCS game 6 was preempted by the Steve Harvey show? E-M-B-A-R-A-S-S-M-E-N-T WOW.
So the Rays lost. True I hate the Phillies. But neither manager was particularly adept. Why take the bat out of the reigning mvp, J-ro? Why not have a starter begin the 6th and 7th innings for both teams. Why leave a righty in to face a lefty in the 7th. Where was David Price before it was too late?
Why did it take 5 games for Maddon to realize Longoria was over matched? Where was Pena? Why did the Rays not take any pitches? How did Lidge find is groove back? Why is McCarver and Buck so terrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible and lost when it comes to baseball? Why do bars not put HD on when they have HD TVs?
Fuck Bud Selig for ruining the World Series. Fuck Charlie Manual for getting lucky. Congrats Phillie fans you don't know how it is to be a true suffering franchise.
Go Bills
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Bills Embarrassed 26-15
by Steve
That was a long dream. About 7 weeks long. The Bills were actually good for nearly two months. Dick Jauron, Trent Edwards, Perry Fewell and the defense... they all had us bamboozled. They had us believing. Then we went down to South Beach.. and got totally trashed.
Two score lead in the third quarter. All the momentum, and we let them roll off 18 straight unanswered points? Dick Jauron is our coach for another three years? What a terrible fuckin day.
At first I was solely blaming Trent Edwards for this loss. He held the ball too long, he tried to make plays when there truly was no play there to make. He turned the ball over. He took sacks. He was Trent JP Losman Edwards. TJPLE killed his team single handily.. period. How can you fumble on a QB draw? The real Losman knew how to do that. How do you take a safety in the fourth quarter of a one score game? Losman knows that one too.
Alright fine TJPLE isn't that good. He is no where near a top 5 QB in this league. He is a slightly above average quarterback that has to learn a shit load before this team can be taken seriously. But enough with TJPLE, on to that joke of a defense.
Thanks Terrance McGee. Thanks medical staff for allowing this dude to embarrass himself, his team, and his family. He personally turned Ted Ginn Jr into Jerry Rice circa '89. How can a team consistently have ZERP pass rush? It is a shock to the system any time this team gets pressure let alone a sack. Fuckin joke.
And finally, Dick "I just signed a 3 year extension" Jauron. He has 1 career winning season. 0 playoff victories. He averages 9 terrible challenges a year. He averages 4-5 choke job no shows on the road a season. WHAT EXACTLY WAS HE CHALLENGING ON THAT PUNT? Where was MArshawn on the first drive in the red zone? Unless he was hurt Jauron should be fired for allowing Fred Jackson to carry 3 times inside the five consecutively.
This team is fucked. 5-2 might as well be 2-5 at this point. We need to win 4 division games to have a chance at winning the AFC East and now have a major up hill battle to get there. See you in Buffalo in a few weeks Dolphins. Errrrrrrrrrrr, thanks Ralph.
That was a long dream. About 7 weeks long. The Bills were actually good for nearly two months. Dick Jauron, Trent Edwards, Perry Fewell and the defense... they all had us bamboozled. They had us believing. Then we went down to South Beach.. and got totally trashed.
Two score lead in the third quarter. All the momentum, and we let them roll off 18 straight unanswered points? Dick Jauron is our coach for another three years? What a terrible fuckin day.
At first I was solely blaming Trent Edwards for this loss. He held the ball too long, he tried to make plays when there truly was no play there to make. He turned the ball over. He took sacks. He was Trent JP Losman Edwards. TJPLE killed his team single handily.. period. How can you fumble on a QB draw? The real Losman knew how to do that. How do you take a safety in the fourth quarter of a one score game? Losman knows that one too.
Alright fine TJPLE isn't that good. He is no where near a top 5 QB in this league. He is a slightly above average quarterback that has to learn a shit load before this team can be taken seriously. But enough with TJPLE, on to that joke of a defense.
Thanks Terrance McGee. Thanks medical staff for allowing this dude to embarrass himself, his team, and his family. He personally turned Ted Ginn Jr into Jerry Rice circa '89. How can a team consistently have ZERP pass rush? It is a shock to the system any time this team gets pressure let alone a sack. Fuckin joke.
And finally, Dick "I just signed a 3 year extension" Jauron. He has 1 career winning season. 0 playoff victories. He averages 9 terrible challenges a year. He averages 4-5 choke job no shows on the road a season. WHAT EXACTLY WAS HE CHALLENGING ON THAT PUNT? Where was MArshawn on the first drive in the red zone? Unless he was hurt Jauron should be fired for allowing Fred Jackson to carry 3 times inside the five consecutively.
This team is fucked. 5-2 might as well be 2-5 at this point. We need to win 4 division games to have a chance at winning the AFC East and now have a major up hill battle to get there. See you in Buffalo in a few weeks Dolphins. Errrrrrrrrrrr, thanks Ralph.
Reality Check
-Coast
As soon as Dick Jauron gets you thinking he might actually be a decent head coach...a game like today has to happen. The Bills gave Dick Jauron a contract extension through 2011 as reported by NFL network today. As soon as they do that, Dick Jauron realizes once again that he is Dick Jauron.
Bad coaching decision number one happened before the game even began. Could they not tell during practice all week that Terrance McGee was not even close to read to play football? The dude got torched by Ted Ginn Jr. His 175 yards basically eclipsed his season total. Ted freaking Ginn Jr. lit up our number one corner back. Leodis McKelvin at 100% would be better than McGee today who had no business being on a football field.
Bad coaching move number two happened on the Bills first possession. First off, Marshawn Lynch was on the bench for 3 consecutive plays inside the 10 yard line. I have heard a rumor than he was banged up...I don't know how valid that is because he was out there on the Bills next drive. If he wasn't hurt and wasn't out there, then that is a huge huge mistake...he might be the best running back inside the 10 yard line in the NFL. Secondly, YOU NEVER EVER EVER kick a field goal on 4th down and goal from the 1 yard line in the first quarter EVER. You never do that. It makes zero sense to ever do that. Grow a sack and go for it. If you get stuffed, the Dolphins will get the ball at the 1 yard line. Chances are you will be getting the ball back in great field position anyways and the odds will be in your favor to get at least a field goal on that drive.
Bad coaching move number three happened in the 4th quarter. Miami punted and downed it at the 3 yard line. Dick Jauron, after a commercial break where he had a nice long chance to think about this, decided to challenge whether or not an illegal touching happened. Jauron thought Miami's player was out of bounds when the ball hit him at the 3. If the Bills won this challenge, there would have been a 5 yard penalty and we would have started at the 8 yard line. Is it worth risking a time out to challenge a play that would result in only a 5 yard penalty?
Why did Marshawn Lynch only have 13 carries today? If I was him it would be about the time I would start to get pissed off. The guy is a tank and should be getting at least 20 carries a game. Are they saving him for later in the year? It was evident that the Bills could run the ball today, after all, Lynch was averaging nearly 5 yards per carry and Jackson 4.1...why didn't the Bills utilize the run more? Against the Chargers, the Bills refused to abandon the run...today they didn't use it enough (23 runs vs. 35 passes).
Trent didn't have his best day today but that doesn't make me think any differently about how good of a player he is. The fumble was a bone headed rookie mistake...you can't reach the ball out like that...that was Losman esche. The Bills were marching and that fumble killed them.
Finally, when is enough enough for Robert Bob Royal? The guy is an absolute embarrassment to tight ends everywhere. Seriously, I would be embarrassed to say that I am a tight end, knowing that I play the same position as Robert Bob Royal. This guy is a complete joke. Every single game he either fumbles or takes a stupid penalty. From day 1 this guy has been a complete joke (see Patriots game, block in the back in 2006...). Do the Bills coaches really think he is the answer at tight end? This guy kills us more than he helps us. How does the Bills front office not get that deal done for Gonzalez at the dead line? I don't care if he wanted to go to the Giants or if he didn't want to go to another small market. I am sure he could have been talked into coming to Buffalo rather than staying in KC...how much worse is it here? KC does have an MLS team, I'll give them that.
If we just look the big picture, the Bills are 5-2 tied for first place with the Patriots...This loss brings the Bills back down to earth. Hopefully this week the Bills will spend more time watching film and less time being interviewed by the national media. The Bills will be back to being the third best team in their division in the eyes of the national media this week again and I like it. The line next Sunday opened at 4.5...I would be willing to bet that this will be somewhere around 3.5 or 4 by game time. Bet your mortgage on the Bills...if the Bills lose next week, they will be 5-3 and probably will then turn around and lose to New England making them 5-4. Next Sunday is officially the first must win game of the season.
As soon as Dick Jauron gets you thinking he might actually be a decent head coach...a game like today has to happen. The Bills gave Dick Jauron a contract extension through 2011 as reported by NFL network today. As soon as they do that, Dick Jauron realizes once again that he is Dick Jauron.
Bad coaching decision number one happened before the game even began. Could they not tell during practice all week that Terrance McGee was not even close to read to play football? The dude got torched by Ted Ginn Jr. His 175 yards basically eclipsed his season total. Ted freaking Ginn Jr. lit up our number one corner back. Leodis McKelvin at 100% would be better than McGee today who had no business being on a football field.
Bad coaching move number two happened on the Bills first possession. First off, Marshawn Lynch was on the bench for 3 consecutive plays inside the 10 yard line. I have heard a rumor than he was banged up...I don't know how valid that is because he was out there on the Bills next drive. If he wasn't hurt and wasn't out there, then that is a huge huge mistake...he might be the best running back inside the 10 yard line in the NFL. Secondly, YOU NEVER EVER EVER kick a field goal on 4th down and goal from the 1 yard line in the first quarter EVER. You never do that. It makes zero sense to ever do that. Grow a sack and go for it. If you get stuffed, the Dolphins will get the ball at the 1 yard line. Chances are you will be getting the ball back in great field position anyways and the odds will be in your favor to get at least a field goal on that drive.
Bad coaching move number three happened in the 4th quarter. Miami punted and downed it at the 3 yard line. Dick Jauron, after a commercial break where he had a nice long chance to think about this, decided to challenge whether or not an illegal touching happened. Jauron thought Miami's player was out of bounds when the ball hit him at the 3. If the Bills won this challenge, there would have been a 5 yard penalty and we would have started at the 8 yard line. Is it worth risking a time out to challenge a play that would result in only a 5 yard penalty?
Why did Marshawn Lynch only have 13 carries today? If I was him it would be about the time I would start to get pissed off. The guy is a tank and should be getting at least 20 carries a game. Are they saving him for later in the year? It was evident that the Bills could run the ball today, after all, Lynch was averaging nearly 5 yards per carry and Jackson 4.1...why didn't the Bills utilize the run more? Against the Chargers, the Bills refused to abandon the run...today they didn't use it enough (23 runs vs. 35 passes).
Trent didn't have his best day today but that doesn't make me think any differently about how good of a player he is. The fumble was a bone headed rookie mistake...you can't reach the ball out like that...that was Losman esche. The Bills were marching and that fumble killed them.
Finally, when is enough enough for Robert Bob Royal? The guy is an absolute embarrassment to tight ends everywhere. Seriously, I would be embarrassed to say that I am a tight end, knowing that I play the same position as Robert Bob Royal. This guy is a complete joke. Every single game he either fumbles or takes a stupid penalty. From day 1 this guy has been a complete joke (see Patriots game, block in the back in 2006...). Do the Bills coaches really think he is the answer at tight end? This guy kills us more than he helps us. How does the Bills front office not get that deal done for Gonzalez at the dead line? I don't care if he wanted to go to the Giants or if he didn't want to go to another small market. I am sure he could have been talked into coming to Buffalo rather than staying in KC...how much worse is it here? KC does have an MLS team, I'll give them that.
If we just look the big picture, the Bills are 5-2 tied for first place with the Patriots...This loss brings the Bills back down to earth. Hopefully this week the Bills will spend more time watching film and less time being interviewed by the national media. The Bills will be back to being the third best team in their division in the eyes of the national media this week again and I like it. The line next Sunday opened at 4.5...I would be willing to bet that this will be somewhere around 3.5 or 4 by game time. Bet your mortgage on the Bills...if the Bills lose next week, they will be 5-3 and probably will then turn around and lose to New England making them 5-4. Next Sunday is officially the first must win game of the season.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Donte Whitner suspension rumor
Nothing official, but still not good
Rumored list of banned players:
Deuce McAllister (NO)
Will Smith (NO)
Donte Whitner (BUF)
Leon Washington (NYJ)
Warrick Dunn (TB)
Jason Ferguson (MIA)
Eddie Royal (DEN)
Ben Utecht (CIN)
Malcolm Floyd (SD)
Dawan Landry (BAL)
Cornelius Griffen (WAS)
ESPN is saying it is only 8 players
Fox Sports is saying the drug people are testing positive for was for weight loss not an actual steroid.
We'll see what happens I guess
Rumored list of banned players:
Deuce McAllister (NO)
Will Smith (NO)
Donte Whitner (BUF)
Leon Washington (NYJ)
Warrick Dunn (TB)
Jason Ferguson (MIA)
Eddie Royal (DEN)
Ben Utecht (CIN)
Malcolm Floyd (SD)
Dawan Landry (BAL)
Cornelius Griffen (WAS)
ESPN is saying it is only 8 players
Three members of the New Orleans Saints -- running back Deuce McAllister and defensive ends Will Smith and Charles Grant -- are among a number of NFL players confirmed to have tested positive under the NFL's steroid policy, ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen reports.
Mortensen confirmed through league and union sources on Saturday that the number of pending cases on the positive tests in violation of the steroids policy is eight.
Sources also have confirmed for Mortensen that four of the eight have tested positive for the diuretic Bumetanide, which belongs to a subset of medicines known as water pills that enable users to lose weight , but it is unclear who those four players are.
Mortensen also confirmed that Houston Texans long snapper Bryan Pittman is among those players to test positive for using a weight-loss supplement.
Fox Sports is saying the drug people are testing positive for was for weight loss not an actual steroid.
"A highly-placed league source maintains weight loss was the goal. "It seems to be clear that most of these players were doing it to cut weight."
"I know that a few of these players have had weight issues."
The source suggested some players may not even know Bumetanide is a banned substance in the NFL."
We'll see what happens I guess
Friday, October 24, 2008
Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins podcast
Steve and Coast breakdown the game that will be week 8. Bills @ Miami. No one is scared of Chadwick, period.
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Bills Phins
-Coast
The biggest game of the season thus far is Sunday. Yeah, nice win last week but divisional play starts now no game is guaranteed. Miami is a tough football team...they beat the Chargers and destroyed the Patriots in Foxboro. It seemed like they were turning things around until last week when they got hammered at home by Baltimore. The fact is, Miami is a desperate football team and they know that this game is an absolute must win if they want to salvage their season.
The Dolphins have found success this season with their new "wildcat" offense. Too bad I think defenses have figured it out. Miami loves putting Ronnie Brown at QB, with Ricky Williams in the backfield and Pennington spread out wide. The only problem is...no one is scared of Ricky Williams any more...and sorry, but Pennington isn't going to beat anyone deep. Basically, as far as I can tell with my limited football knowledge is key on Ronnie Brown getting the snap and this offense is very defensible.
Against New England, Miami ran for 216 yards, 167 vs. the Chargers, 96 vs. Houston, and 71 vs. the Ravens. Notice a trend here? Looks to me like teams have gotten this little wrinkle Tony Soprano or Sporano threw into the offense.
On the injury front, the Bills will be without starting right guard Brad Butler and $50 million dollar pro bowl defensive end Aaron Schobel. This means Denney will get a lot of action at right end (ugh) and Jason Whittle or Duke Preston will see playing time at right guard. Terrance McGee is questionable...and quite frankly...if he isn't healthy he might as well sit this one out...I am not saying that this game is a push over at all (in fact deep down I think Miami is going to win) but...who are we to be afraid of at wide receiver for the Dolphins? Greg Camarillo is Miami's leading receiver. David Martin, Patrick Cobbs, Anthony Fasano are the next three on the list...all ahead of perhaps the worst draft pick in recent memore, Ted Ginn Jr. Who are these guys? I have enough faith in our secondary to defend these nobodies even without McGee in there...and that is with McKelvin seeing significant playing time again and let's face it...he is bad.
Offensively, the Bills will face a defense that features linebacker Joey Porter, who is 2nd in the league with 8.5 sacks. This Bills leading sackers are Mitchell and Stroud...with 2 each. the 50 million dollar man has one sack in 5 games played. Seriously? 50 million dollars and the dude has one sack. Can we trade Aaron Schobel while people still think he is worth something? Back to the offense...the Bills have at times this year looked very good, almost unstoppable with Trent Edwards, MVP candidate, best QB in the league, at the helm. He is currently ranked 4th in the NFL in passer rating...He completes 69.7 percent of his passes...2nd in the NFL...7.95 yards per attempt...6th in the league...He has only thrown 2 Ints...(1.3% interception percentage...3rd in the league), I could go on and find some more obscure stats as to why he is so good...but how about this one? He has started in 15 games in his career, 2 of which he was injured in, therefore he has played in only 13 games and oh yeah, he's only 23...and out of those 13 games he has completed...the Bills are 9-4. If Trent keeps doing what he's been doing...not turning it over, not taking silly sacks, and keep converting 3rd downs, the Bills should be in good shape.
Marshawn Lynch is so beyond due to have a big game. He keeps getting 70 or 80 yards every week...or less...he has 389 yards this season in 6 games which is less than 70 per game. He does have 5 touchdowns...but if I do some quick math here, he is only on pace for about 1,030 yards and 13 touchdowns. I like the 13 touchdowns, but the yards need to improve. That means our offensive line needs to develop an attitute in the running game because the run blocking is pitiful. This Sunday can provide the perfect opportunity for Lynch to finally get over the century mark for the 2nd time in his career.
This game scares me...it really does...and like I said, deep down I don't think the Bills will win. However, I am still going to pick them to win easily. Miami is a bad football team. They have no talent...their QB is Chad Pennington. But, they are desperate and I still have no confidence in Dick Jauron on the road. Although, Trent Edwards is our QB, not JP Losman.
Bills 31 Dolphins 9
The biggest game of the season thus far is Sunday. Yeah, nice win last week but divisional play starts now no game is guaranteed. Miami is a tough football team...they beat the Chargers and destroyed the Patriots in Foxboro. It seemed like they were turning things around until last week when they got hammered at home by Baltimore. The fact is, Miami is a desperate football team and they know that this game is an absolute must win if they want to salvage their season.
The Dolphins have found success this season with their new "wildcat" offense. Too bad I think defenses have figured it out. Miami loves putting Ronnie Brown at QB, with Ricky Williams in the backfield and Pennington spread out wide. The only problem is...no one is scared of Ricky Williams any more...and sorry, but Pennington isn't going to beat anyone deep. Basically, as far as I can tell with my limited football knowledge is key on Ronnie Brown getting the snap and this offense is very defensible.
Against New England, Miami ran for 216 yards, 167 vs. the Chargers, 96 vs. Houston, and 71 vs. the Ravens. Notice a trend here? Looks to me like teams have gotten this little wrinkle Tony Soprano or Sporano threw into the offense.
On the injury front, the Bills will be without starting right guard Brad Butler and $50 million dollar pro bowl defensive end Aaron Schobel. This means Denney will get a lot of action at right end (ugh) and Jason Whittle or Duke Preston will see playing time at right guard. Terrance McGee is questionable...and quite frankly...if he isn't healthy he might as well sit this one out...I am not saying that this game is a push over at all (in fact deep down I think Miami is going to win) but...who are we to be afraid of at wide receiver for the Dolphins? Greg Camarillo is Miami's leading receiver. David Martin, Patrick Cobbs, Anthony Fasano are the next three on the list...all ahead of perhaps the worst draft pick in recent memore, Ted Ginn Jr. Who are these guys? I have enough faith in our secondary to defend these nobodies even without McGee in there...and that is with McKelvin seeing significant playing time again and let's face it...he is bad.
Offensively, the Bills will face a defense that features linebacker Joey Porter, who is 2nd in the league with 8.5 sacks. This Bills leading sackers are Mitchell and Stroud...with 2 each. the 50 million dollar man has one sack in 5 games played. Seriously? 50 million dollars and the dude has one sack. Can we trade Aaron Schobel while people still think he is worth something? Back to the offense...the Bills have at times this year looked very good, almost unstoppable with Trent Edwards, MVP candidate, best QB in the league, at the helm. He is currently ranked 4th in the NFL in passer rating...He completes 69.7 percent of his passes...2nd in the NFL...7.95 yards per attempt...6th in the league...He has only thrown 2 Ints...(1.3% interception percentage...3rd in the league), I could go on and find some more obscure stats as to why he is so good...but how about this one? He has started in 15 games in his career, 2 of which he was injured in, therefore he has played in only 13 games and oh yeah, he's only 23...and out of those 13 games he has completed...the Bills are 9-4. If Trent keeps doing what he's been doing...not turning it over, not taking silly sacks, and keep converting 3rd downs, the Bills should be in good shape.
Marshawn Lynch is so beyond due to have a big game. He keeps getting 70 or 80 yards every week...or less...he has 389 yards this season in 6 games which is less than 70 per game. He does have 5 touchdowns...but if I do some quick math here, he is only on pace for about 1,030 yards and 13 touchdowns. I like the 13 touchdowns, but the yards need to improve. That means our offensive line needs to develop an attitute in the running game because the run blocking is pitiful. This Sunday can provide the perfect opportunity for Lynch to finally get over the century mark for the 2nd time in his career.
This game scares me...it really does...and like I said, deep down I don't think the Bills will win. However, I am still going to pick them to win easily. Miami is a bad football team. They have no talent...their QB is Chad Pennington. But, they are desperate and I still have no confidence in Dick Jauron on the road. Although, Trent Edwards is our QB, not JP Losman.
Bills 31 Dolphins 9
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