:toast:
Harrington is right, if you have the gun to your head, there is no way to back an inept team on the road. Even if Edwards plays there are strong rumors that OC Turk Schonert and Trent Edwards have some severe polarizing disagreements on offense. The Bills are a steaming pile of volatile crap right now.
If Hamdan plays, I would almost drop the "L" word on this game.
Huge Bills fan and season ticket holder here and there are way better games to bet on out there. Having said that, JP Losman is a mess, Trent Edwards will be rusty if he comes back in time for this game and the Bills are in shambles right now.
They had the Jets beat last week but JP Losman once again screwed things up and so did Dick Jauron with his play calling (yet again). Nobody on this team trusts either one of them and the season is done.
Having said all that, I think the Bills can keep the game close with Marshawn Lynch having another decent game but in the end Denver should win this game by 10+ points.
Good Luck
They had the Jets beat last week but JP Losman once again screwed things up and so did Dick Jauron with his play calling (yet again). Nobody on this team trusts either one of them and the season is done.
Having said all that, I think the Bills can keep the game close with Marshawn Lynch having another decent game but in the end Denver should win this game by 10+ points.
Good Luck
Does this change anything?
Broncos on their last legs
The Broncos (8-6) typically have a running back go over 1,000 yards by virtue of playing in a fool-proof offensive system. This season, their leading rusher is Peyton Hillis (343 yards), who's on injured reserve, as is second-leading rusher Michael Pittman (320 yards). Denver has four running backs on IR, yet the team still averages 113.6 rushing yards per game -- 16th in the NFL -- and is one victory away from clinching the AFC West title.
Selvin Young, who has 237 yards on 54 carries, will start this week against the visiting Bills, who have only allowed Steven Jackson (Rams) and BenJarvis Green-Ellis (Patriots) to surpass 100 rushing yards in a game this season.
The Broncos' ability to survive so many hits at such a key position is admirable. It also goes to show how good Jay Cutler and wide receivers Eddie Royal and Brandon Marshall have been because they haven't seen an abundance of eight-man fronts.
Broncos on their last legs
The Broncos (8-6) typically have a running back go over 1,000 yards by virtue of playing in a fool-proof offensive system. This season, their leading rusher is Peyton Hillis (343 yards), who's on injured reserve, as is second-leading rusher Michael Pittman (320 yards). Denver has four running backs on IR, yet the team still averages 113.6 rushing yards per game -- 16th in the NFL -- and is one victory away from clinching the AFC West title.
Selvin Young, who has 237 yards on 54 carries, will start this week against the visiting Bills, who have only allowed Steven Jackson (Rams) and BenJarvis Green-Ellis (Patriots) to surpass 100 rushing yards in a game this season.
The Broncos' ability to survive so many hits at such a key position is admirable. It also goes to show how good Jay Cutler and wide receivers Eddie Royal and Brandon Marshall have been because they haven't seen an abundance of eight-man fronts.
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Third-string QB Gibran Hamdan won most valuable player honors for Amsterdam playing in NFL Europa in 2006. James P. McCoy / Buffalo News
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Bills may let Hamdan play out string
By Bucky Gleason
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Bills coach Dick Jauron was at least tossing around the idea of playing Gibran Hamdan this week against the Denver Broncos if Trent Edwards isn’t available. The Bills were hoping J. P. Losman would spark their offense while Edwards nursed a groin injury, but he did little to help them or his future.
“I wouldn’t say that I wouldn’t [play Hamdan],” Jauron said this week. “It will take a little bit of time in the next couple of days as we get ready for Denver. We’ll talk things over and see.”
Losman’s contract expires after the season, signaling the end of the former first-round pick’s career in Buffalo. His playing days with the Bills might have ended Sunday, when his fumble on an ill-advised play was returned by Shaun Ellis for the winning score in a 31-27 loss to the New York Jets.
Hamdan has been the backup for the past two weeks with Edwards, hobbled by a sore groin, dressing as the third quarterback. Hamdan signed with the Bills last season after bouncing around practice squads in Miami, Seattle and San Francisco. He’s a former star in NFL Europa, winning most valuable player honors for Amsterdam in 2006.
His only NFL appearance came in 2003, when he completed one of two passes for 7 yards and was sacked twice while mopping up for the Seahawks. The 27-year-old from Indiana University completed 30 of 47 passes for 258 yards and no touchdowns in four preseason games this year. He was sacked five times.
“I prepare myself week in and week out as if I’m going to play,” Hamdan said. “That’s not going to change for me. It’s not something I control, in terms of where it goes. I’m going to do the same thing every week, as boring as it sounds.”
Losman was selected 22nd overall in the 2004 draft. He moved into the starting job once the Bills released Drew Bledsoe after the 2004 season. Losman lost the job last season to Edwards and requested to be traded but instead returned for a fifth season as a backup.
In five games this season, including two starts, Losman completed 60.6 percent of his passes for 584 yards, two touchdowns, two rushing TDs and five interceptions. He also fumbled eight times — losing four — and was sacked 15 times. Losman completed 24 of 39 passes for 148 yards and a TD on Sunday, but it was a sack and fumble that people will remember most.
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Bills rookie receiver Steve Johnson is expected to get more playing time over the final two weeks with James Hardy gone for the season with a knee injury.
Johnson scored the first touchdown of his NFL career Sunday when he caught a 2-yard slant from Losman in the second quarter. The seventh-round pick from Kentucky had two catches for 13 yards against the Jets. He has nine catches for 99 yards this season.
“I’m in the NFL right now, I’m a rookie and I’m playing football for a job,” Johnson said. “That’s what is right now. There are opportunities to be on the field. For me to show my teammates that I can play with them and contribute, it’s a blessing.”
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Bills coach Dick Jauron was at least tossing around the idea of playing Gibran Hamdan this week against the Denver Broncos if Trent Edwards isn’t available. The Bills were hoping J. P. Losman would spark their offense while Edwards nursed a groin injury, but he did little to help them or his future.
“I wouldn’t say that I wouldn’t [play Hamdan],” Jauron said this week. “It will take a little bit of time in the next couple of days as we get ready for Denver. We’ll talk things over and see.”
Losman’s contract expires after the season, signaling the end of the former first-round pick’s career in Buffalo. His playing days with the Bills might have ended Sunday, when his fumble on an ill-advised play was returned by Shaun Ellis for the winning score in a 31-27 loss to the New York Jets.
Hamdan has been the backup for the past two weeks with Edwards, hobbled by a sore groin, dressing as the third quarterback. Hamdan signed with the Bills last season after bouncing around practice squads in Miami, Seattle and San Francisco. He’s a former star in NFL Europa, winning most valuable player honors for Amsterdam in 2006.
His only NFL appearance came in 2003, when he completed one of two passes for 7 yards and was sacked twice while mopping up for the Seahawks. The 27-year-old from Indiana University completed 30 of 47 passes for 258 yards and no touchdowns in four preseason games this year. He was sacked five times.
“I prepare myself week in and week out as if I’m going to play,” Hamdan said. “That’s not going to change for me. It’s not something I control, in terms of where it goes. I’m going to do the same thing every week, as boring as it sounds.”
Losman was selected 22nd overall in the 2004 draft. He moved into the starting job once the Bills released Drew Bledsoe after the 2004 season. Losman lost the job last season to Edwards and requested to be traded but instead returned for a fifth season as a backup.
In five games this season, including two starts, Losman completed 60.6 percent of his passes for 584 yards, two touchdowns, two rushing TDs and five interceptions. He also fumbled eight times — losing four — and was sacked 15 times. Losman completed 24 of 39 passes for 148 yards and a TD on Sunday, but it was a sack and fumble that people will remember most.
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Bills rookie receiver Steve Johnson is expected to get more playing time over the final two weeks with James Hardy gone for the season with a knee injury.
Johnson scored the first touchdown of his NFL career Sunday when he caught a 2-yard slant from Losman in the second quarter. The seventh-round pick from Kentucky had two catches for 13 yards against the Jets. He has nine catches for 99 yards this season.
“I’m in the NFL right now, I’m a rookie and I’m playing football for a job,” Johnson said. “That’s what is right now. There are opportunities to be on the field. For me to show my teammates that I can play with them and contribute, it’s a blessing.”
if hamdan plays, bills have major, major issues. my post above was made in jest just to break balls and lighten the mood. but letting a 3rd stringer see the field in a season where you started 4-0 and 5-1 is tantamount to waving the white flag and the coaching staff basically firing themselves. ask chris palmer when the browns 'played out the string' back when he was on the sidelines. its an embarrassment to the fan base who invests a shitload of money into a product. if hamdan plays, jauron is basically taking himself out of contention for the job next year because it means hes lost the team completely.
hno: I think Gilbert Hadman is the next Joe Montana
