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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeFoo, post: 1111477, member: 210"] I think everyone is overreacting to the game on Saturday. I saw a team that has talent but can't get out of it's own way. I think Bills fans need to realize that everyone in the starting oline had not played that position this year other than Wood... the oline was just not sharp and that led to the vast majority of the problems in the game. I also hate to blame the refs but they made some pretty questionable calls that wiped out some big gains by the Bills. My concerns are as follow: - Marrone is just not equipped to handle the stress of being a head coach in the long run. I fear for the man's health. I think he is way too controlling and inflexible. He needs to loosen up like he did his last year at Syracuse. - Hackett doesn't have a good feel for calling an NFL game. Not sure if he's being limited by EJ or not but he is not utilizing his talent. It's pretty telling that the year before last with Chan the Man the Bills had the best screen game in the NFL. Last year with largely the same personnell the Bills never threw screens... in the pre-season we look terrible at throwing the screen pass. This seems like a repeat of Hackett's Syracuse career where we were asking where are all the screens were to stop blitzes. Unlike at Syracuse Hackett won't get a third year if the offense stinks again. - EJ does not have IT... he is a very robotic QB with no feel for the game. You combine Fitzpatrick's feel for the game with EJ's athletic ability and you have a HOF'er. EJ's ceiling is Jason Cambell part 2. It's sad because this team is a QB away from being really good. - The LBs can't cover RB's out of the backfield. I forsee the team giving up a lot of 3rd and longs to the RB out of the backfield - The secondary scares the crap out of me. Gilmore just does not look like a shutdown corner and I think McLovin is still not recovered from his hip surgery. He is limping around out there. I also think that neither Searcy nor Duke Williams is going to be able to adequately replace Byrd. They each make multiple mistakes a game which lead to really big plays. My prediction the team is 7-9 this year and the new owner cleans house in the offseason [/QUOTE]

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