rayzor

yeah, their defense is pretty stout. the bucs did manage to score 10, tho. ...and that was with beanpole glennon throwing. i think we can get at least 14 from the offense and maybe another from the defense (i think the D is due for a score). meanwhile, i wouldn't be a bit surprised to see another shut out from the defense. i really can't wait to see what that pass rush can do to the cards. and their run game? fugetaboutit.

not sure why it matters if someone is overhyped by other people.

i doubt he'll get much attention until he finds his way into the endzone. bad thing for him in that regard is he's pretty much the 'between the 20's' guy. they've got other plans for other guys when they get in the red zone or at the end zone. he has been really impressive, tho.

another curiousity is how many coaches have quality control on their resume.

very interesting. good stuff. not asking for more work from mr. scot, but i'm curious to see where the more recent failures (guys that got fired) the past couple years came from.

fwiw, the last time the giants started 0-2 they won a lombardi.

i can see why both teams are winless so far. gonna be contest to see which game manager/strategist sucks less. smart money goes on the one that's actually got their team out of the gutter when it mattered before.

we do have an identity. its what we saw this past sunday. this team is that team that will have a lead in the fourth and then make possible a great comeback for the other team giving them and their fans probably the most memorable win in years and the shot of confidence they need to go forward. that's who this team is. we gift wrap exciting wins for other teams.

cam absolutely needs to be cut loose (not from the team...just the fence confining him be taken down.. in the team and his desire to become a more efficient passer he's become less of a difference maker. if we are going to score a lot of points, he's gonna have to return to being a dynamo.

it's too early to act desperate. or something....

manuel learns a new song today....

combine this with the dareus comments, and i'm getting a sense that the bills might be considering themselves to be at a higher level than this lowly team from the south. i think there really is a lack of respect for the panthers. coming from a team that hasn't deserved respect in over a decade this would be very funny.

that was my whole reason for watching much of the 2010 season.

i've got plantar fascitis right now. i got it towards the end of july and its still hurting when i wake up and when i spend even an hour walking around. it's a frustrating and very nagging injury that takes a long time to heel. in the literature i got from the doctors office it said that 80% may be pain free in about a year. my wife thought that was funny for some reason. point is, he's not going to be playing anywhere near 100% if he plays, at least not for very long. i think their secondary as is will be easy to exploit and even if byrd is there and able to play, he's just one guy. throw to someone that isn't being covered by him. i think our secondary will still be a weak link, but i think that manuel will be easier to pressure and rattle than wilson and i hope he does try to go vertical because it's quite likely he'll be forcing some throws that will be result in bad/ill-timed throws that our DB will find easy to capitalize on, which is one thing they are good at doing....capitalizing on mistakes the QB makes.

playing the bills calls for beef, don't you think?

i'm not going to link it because it's peter king, but on MMQB he mentioned two things about this game that hit me and troubles me.

exactly. what they do works. what we do we have to find excuses for and reasons to believe "it's just not that bad". win or get someone who can.

the "play it safe" mindset has worked against us quite often. that's been the difference between winning close games and losing them.

you have to be able to get at least 14 points on the board. if you can't, you're doing something wrong.

can you say a team that only scores seven points played well? that's what i'm having a hard time with. production is what matters. the offense simply just didn't produce. couldn't even get the ball into field goal range. i'm no fan of FGs, but at least it's points.

that makes me sick.

you put/keep the ball in the hands of the other offense and it's eventually going to come back and bite you in the butt...which happens to us quite often.

i think you're right about the secondary, but the offense should have scored more or at least got us un field goal range more than once. i'm not blaming this on cam. i'm blaming it on the secondary being weak and the receivers not hanging on to balls, williams fumbling, and game management that couldn't get the ball down the field and giving up on drives too early.

agreed on all of that.