Great, talking to a Cowboys fan on a Patriots board. I've sunk to a new low. LOL.
How is early in the game when it's 0-0 or 0-7 a bad time to score a touchdown? It's a great time, ask me. Being second in all-time receiving touchdowns could never be a hollow stat. The all-time leader played 7 more seasons than TO. Saying crap like this leads me to believe that you want to discredit him as a player because you are one in a long list of people that have a personal vendetta against him. Don't know if you really do or not. I've had some personal experience with Wade Phillips, and I know that T.O. isn't the reason you missed the playoffs last year.
I've seen TO do plenty of clutch things, but I don't pretend to have watched every game he's played.
Well, I respect your take since he was on your team for three years. Every receiver wants the ball, as does every skill player worth his salt. That by itself doesn't say anything. Dude, if things get as bad with T.O. as people think, don't think for a minute that the Bills won't tell him not to come to work. He's only there for a year. Nobody is going to dream of sucking on his Jauron.
I hear ya, but if you stick around for this long as an elite WR, you are going to encounter some of this stuff...being accused of not finishing routes on certain plays and stuff. Some of this stuff is funny, some bad, others just theatrics. Some just strange or just entertaining. These things happened (or didn't) in the past. I'm willing to give him a clean slate in Buffalo. That's where I stand, and who can blame me? T.O. is not a terrorist.
You would not hear any of this crap on ESPN if a different player did it, and different players do stuff that T.O. does, but don't get press for it because they are not T.O. That's part of my point. Marvin Harrison's gun was recently used in a situation where a man was shot and a young child was injured with glass in his eyes, I believe. This happened last year and we haven't heard much about it. Why? Because he's Marvin Harrison and has a good rep. If this happened to T.O., they'd probably have to create a whole new channel for it.
The bottom line, and I'm sure that you'll agree with me, is that T.O. sets himself up for this stuff. He needs to be smarter about what he says, that's all.
Thanks for that. I agree. I also have to admit that I was against T.O. coming here when he was cut by Dallas. Then I thought twice when he was signed. He's a great player put on a team that needed some serious help at that position. We have nothing to lose, and our team is improved. Makes things more interesting for sure, which is why we are on the 17th page of this topic on a board devoted to an entirely different team.
This is always open to interpretation. You can't always go by last year's records, but as things stand right now, all three AFC East teams are all represented in the top 7 hardest schedules in 2009. You can say this or that, but teams change over a year with parody and all that happy crappy. But last year's records are all we have to go by at this point. If I knew who was going to win, I'd be a millionaire. And yes, it's even possible that the Bills win the division. Who would have thought that the Dolphins would have won the division after going 1-15 the year before, lucky to win that one game in overtime after the Ravens missed the winning kick?
The Cowboys were favorites to win the Super Bowl in a lot of circles, yet they didn't even make the playoffs.
Anything could happen, which makes it fun to follow.
I see you are informed. Pettigrew would be really nice to have. Edwards is an accurate passer. With Owens and Evans forcing opponents to respect our passing attack, this will force teams to take 8 men out of the box to stop the run. In effect, this will open a lot of underneath stuff for a good TE, not to mention Josh Reed, who can finally be utilized for his strengths.
I think the Bills might just as easily go DE in the draft, though. The Bills had no pass rush last year, which really hurt us, especially after Schobel got hurt relatively early on.
We need a G, TE, DE, LB, and possibly a Center. If we can get some quality players at these positions, the Bills will compete next year. We got a little banged up last year, which really made us look worse than we are. Kinda worried about the coaching, though.
