Kaspers Korner

The Green Bay Packers looked like a foolish team right before the offseason, as they traded quarterback Brett Farve to the New York Jets.  With outstanding performances from Aaron Rodgers it looks like their success is going to continue.

Rodgers after three weeks has looked like a franchise quarterback.  That is fortunate, because usually after a franchise quarterback leaves teams fall apart.

However, after three weeks is when defenses adjust to rookie quarterbacks.  The reason is that the opposition has film on them, and now can look for tendancies to tip off plays.

So, what that means is that Rodgers is going to have to work harder for now on.  He is going to have to look at every single little thing that he does in video tape to make sure that he does not do anything that will tip his hand in favor to the defense.

The Packers for the most part are a young team, but for the most part they have been well coached.  Now, it comes down to Rodgers implementing what he has learned all those years behind Farve.

The Buffalo Bills made a remarkable comeback to win Sunday to go 3-0 on the season.  However, very few are still talking about the Bills after Sunday in the media.

I have searched these sites ESPN, SI, CBS Sports, Fox Sports, NFL, and Pro Football Talk.com.  Not one of these sites even feature an article on the Bills.  They only provide a onem maybe two, paragraph commentary.

The Bills are good not just because they are great on defense, or offense, but in large part that they are good at all three phases of the game defense, offense, and special teams.

The offense after week three is ranked 13th, and the defense is ranked 5th. 

The reason as Pat Kirwan put it to not jump on the Bills band wagon is that they are too young.  Are you freakin kidding me!!

A lot of players on this team that are young.  However, the team has leaders like Marcus Stroud, Chris Kelsay, and Lee Evans, along with Derrick Dockery to lead the offense.  Also, the have the most even tempered man of them all, and that is their head coach Dick Jauron.

They have a deadly combination of good defense, with a solid upcoming quarterback that does not get rattled.  When he does he has learned how not to show it to teammates.

The fact of the matter is that the Bills are a scary team this year.  They have won three games, while not firing on all three cylinders. 

When a team comebacks late in the fourth quarter, and  down by nine, to win it is the mark of a great young team finding its way to the top.

The Saint Louis Rams were one of the worst teams in the league last year.  It may be a new year for the Rams, but things haven’t changed if anything they have gotten worst as a star player lashed out at teammates in the media.

Wide receiver Tory Holt is a well respected player around the hole league.  However, that has not stopped him venting his fustration to the media as he on friday blammed the offensive line for the horrible play of the offfense.

The fact being that Holt has blasted teammates in the media does not bode well for head coach Scott Linehan.  It means that he has no control over his house.  When the inmates run the asylum it usually not long after the head coach gets shown the door.

It is not surprising to see Linehan’s team in disarry.  When he was the head coach of the Washington Huskies Linehan covered for current Tampa Bay Buccaneers tighte end Jeremy Stevens, who raped a girl while in college.

What is more serious is the number of hits that quarterback Marc Bulger.  According to the Saint Louis today the Rams quarterback is on pace to get sacked 80 times this season.  The record is 76, which happened in 2002 to quarterback David Carr when he was the Houston Texans quarterback.

What that means is that if those kinds of sack numbers are constantly put up, then it is only a matter of time before Bulger has to call it quits.  After all Bulger is not a young quarterback anymore in football years.

The Minnesota Vikings suffered a heart breaking loss last week to the Indianapolis Colts on a feild goal.  Now, the question remains can the Vikings rebound this week?

The Vikings had a golden opportunity to beat one of the top teams in the National Football League.  This week they get to face another team that seems to be back in elite form in the Carolina Panthers.

The Vikings get the Panthers at the wrong time.  The reason being this is Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith’s first game of the season, and surely he is going to be pumped up for it.

Fortunately, for them they have cornerback Antoine Winfield, who happens to be very good at pass coverage. 

The question now will be who will win the battle ultimately

In the bad news department it looks like Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is going to miss the game as he is listed as questionable for it.  The loss of Peterson will be hard to overcome by a team that has no passing game.

In anyway shape or form a loss this sunday will almost ensure to some Viking fans, and outsiders, that  the team determined to be in the pooper this year.

Buffalo Bills players after two games know that they have taken a step in the right direction.  This week they are looking to position themselves as the team to beat in the AFC East.

All the media outlets have reported it, and you can make pretty sure that all the players know that if they win it will be the first time in over a decade that the team has started the season 3-0.

The Oakland Raiders are a mess to say the least.  Their head coach Lane Kiffin is rumouredly about to get fired any day.  Now, earlier this week starting defensive tackle Tommy Kelly was arrested for drinking and driving.

Also, you can add in running back Darren MacFadden has a toe injury, and wide receiver Javon Walker has a bad hamstring.  Along, with their starting quarterback Jamarcus Russell being in his first season as a starting quarterback.

Some Bills fans think that they are simply going to lay an egg.  That is simply ridiculous with the leadership that they have in their lockerroom.

If the Bills do lose it will be due to a good game plan by the Raiders coaching staff.  The Bills have to many smart blue collar players to let this one slip by.

Simply, the Raiders have a beat down waiting for them at the Ralph.

A little bit shorter than a week ago Hurricane Ike hit Houston, Texas leaving behind a trail of destruction.  After hearing an interview on the radio the Texans are far from being ready to play.

Houston Astros star pitcher Roy Oswalt was on the Jim Rome show today.   In the interview Oswalt went on to say that MLB did not give them enough time to settle things at home. 

Texans players have a lot of problems at home.  According to the Houston Chronicle, defensive end Mario Williams had a tree fall into his house.  Defensive tackle Travis Johnson had his home destroyed by the hurricane.

They all have problems at home that they are going to have to deal with for the rest of the season.   Also, getting ready for football games is going to be difficult for the rest of their season, because their stadium was heavily damaged.

The Texans were already in bad shape after getting blown out by the Pittsburgh Steelers in week one.  Now, with having to deal with the aftermath of the hurricane the Texans will be lucky to even win five games this season.

What you hope for is that the team can get Reliant Stadium fixed by October 5th, which is their home opener.  That way the city has something for a couple hours a week to take their minds off things.

The Rooney family has pretty much owned the franchise for its entire existence, except for a couple of years.  Now, four of the five Rooney brothers have a huge decision to make.

Four of the Rooney brothers have to sell their interest in the team, because of owning gambling businesses.  They now face a friday deadline this week, which was imposed by interested buyer Stanely Drunckenmiller, according to radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh.

The decision is huge for the game of football.  Either take less money from their other brother, or accept the $800 million dollar offer from Druckenmiller.

If the team is sold to Druckenmiller it would send a message that passing a team on to family members is impossible, because of taxes.

Their options are limited, because the city of Pittsburgh is not a rich city, and there are not many billionaire owners like Druckenmiller.

If they sell it to him it will be a sad day for the NFL.

Trent Edwards has bursted on the scene with outstanding performances in the first two games of the season for the Buffalo Bills.  The reason for his success is simply the type of offense he is running.

This past week I have picked up the book Sunday Morning Quarterback by Phil Simms, with Vic Carucci.  I may be half way through it, however it came clear to me why Edwards has been outstanding.

The type of offense that the Bills are running is the West Coast offense.  A offense that is centralized on the quarterback.

The offensive style is a quarterbacks dream.  The philosophy of the offense is what Simms credits for him making the Pro Bowl in his final season in the National Football League.

The offense calls for the quarterback to be gracefull.  In other words it relies on sound quarterback technique, with the quarterback finding the open man to more the ball several yards to move the chains.

For example, the offense calls for the quarterback to throw the ball softer, with touch, and to the open man to move the chains. 

According to Simms, when a quarterback throws the ball with all his might there is a greater chance of the wide receiver dropping the ball, because it is coming at him so hard.  Throwing it softer gives the receiver a better chance to catch it, and the ball to be more accurately thrown to a spot so he can make a better play to gain yards after the catch.

Also, the offense relies on speedy skill players to break tackles, and run the ball after the catch to gain more yards.  Something that the Bills have a lot at the wide receiver, and running back position.

The philosophy of throwing it to whoever is open no matter if it is two or twenty is actually common sense.  What it does is allow the quarterback to get into a rythm, which according to Simms is essential for a quarterback to be good in a particular game.

Edwards has always been a great accurate decision maker.  Back in high school Edwards had years where he completed 75 percent of his passes.

Simply, the Bills have put a offense together that fits all the attributes of every starter, including the offensive line who is better at pass blocking.

The Detroit Lions are again one of the worst teams in football.  In an effort to find any help available they are now looking at bringing in former Seattle Seahawk Sean Alexander for a look at.

Along with Alexander the Lions brought in running back Cedric Benson for a visit.  However, that is not going to be the solution to their problems.

Their problem is that their defense stinks right now as it is second last in the league being ranked 31st.  That is a stat they deserve after trading pro bowl defensive lineman Sean Rodgers to the Cleveland Browns.

The funny thing is that starting quarterback Jon Kitna thought that the Lions would make the playoffs. Yeah right.

Head coach Rod Marinelli was a defensive linecoach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  So, to allow his defense to be bad is embarrassing.

In the end hopefully a miserable season by the Lions will get Marinelli, and general manager Matt Millen fired finally.

If it does not then who knows what will.

Prior to the season opener I was handing out fliers promoting my site, and when I was talking to people I learned of something mind boggling to me.  That being season ticket holders with RV’s are forced to park by Berts bikes, when the Meyers RV lot is full.

The parking for these vehicles are not cheap.  These people are usually season ticket holders that have to pay $50 to park earlier than sunday, and $40 on sunday itself.

In the past there was two lots for the RV’s.  Recently the Bills dropped it down to one, and that has infuriated people.

The more by the Bills in very stupid.  These are people that consum a lot of the Bills products, which include good season ticket seats. parking, and merchandise.

What will happen is that people will eventually just stop brining their RV all together.  That means lost revenue for the Bills, and that is something that they cannot afford.

The troubling thing is that the solution is very easy.  That is buying the land for sale across from Ralph Wilson Stadium on Southwestern blvd.

The Bills better come up with a solution soon, or they are going to have some unhappy customers.