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    Friday 4 PM Presser to Introduce Pegulas as the New Owners.

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I agree with you that Whaley was substatively involved with the EJ pick when Nix was the GM. In Nix's last year he made it clear that selecting a qb was the priority of that draft. There is no doubt in my mind that Whaley was on board if not the most instrumental person in that selection. Most draft analysts stated that there were no elite prospects in that particular class. Was the EJ selection a mistake? At this point you can't say for sure. The draft book on Manuel was that he was a qb with tools who fell in the category of being a developmental qb. Although it is obvious he struggled with immediate playing time it is fitting that he is now in a role that was intended for him i.e. learning as a backup. (To be frank from what I have seen of EJ I have major concerns (accuracy and feel for the position) about him.)

     

    Putting aside the qb issue, although the Orton pickup was a good insurance move for the qb position, Whaley has demonstrated that he is not a passive GM. Nix took a more conservative approach to drafting while Whaley is much more aggressive. The Watkins selection was a demonstration of that, as was the willingness to draft Henderson, a player taken off of most draft boards. Anyone who has eyes recognizes that Watkins can be a special player. That doesn't mean that those who argue that too much was given up to get him don't have a valid point. I'm confident that Nix wouldn't have considered such a move.

     

    The new owner is very wise in his retention of Brandon. In my view it was Brandon who was most responsible for steering this franchise from being a backwater franchise to being a more normally and progressively run operation. What his critics don't factor in is that he was still a Wilson employee and was required to follow the owner and his busineness advisors' (mostly Littman) directives. Not only was Brandon a good from an operational standpoint he was very smart from a strategic standpoint. By regionalizing the franchise he made it more viable to remain in the western NY market.

    Good post I agree for the most part but I think Nix "gave" Doug the EJ pick as a parting "gift", which Whaley may or may not of been all on board with (I say this of course in hindsight, with the fact he told HCDM it was up to him if he benched him). The rest of the draft I agree has GMDW written all over it.

    Caption the photo(s)

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    "Can't tell you how glad I am that I'm not sucking up to Bon Jovi right now."

    you win the thread , some of these replies so far, are kind of rude. I am sort of surprised no one said anything about Kim holding her fingers out.

     

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    NOW we have a QB controversy.

    Joe Kapp pass!

    I believe Whaley will trade for a guard

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Bring back Richie Incagnito (was he a guard or tackle?)

    idiot

    I'd take Incognito in a second. I still don't understand what the deal with Urbik is. He isn't an all pro, but he always played better than Pears. Can't figure that one out.

    idiot

    INCOGNITO!!!!!

    idiot

    Denver needs a RB and Spiller would be a great fit. I am not sure what there guard situation is though.

    We play Denver and they are in the AFC....um

    DITTO! Fuggem!

    idiot

    BTW Incognito is an idiot.

    MYTH: Boy... Chan Gailey got so much more out of Spiller! (w/stats

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Gailey used zone blocking schemes. Marrone doesn't. That's the biggest difference in the run game.

     

    GO BILLS!!!

    I thought they both use/d zone schemes, I am certain I have read it in a couple of places that Marrone uses a zone scheme. And it also looks like zone to me, yes different than Chan's but still zone. They play a grouped (tighter packed line) than Chan did so responsibilities are more shared (easier double teams) it is sort of the anti spread.

    Yet Another TBDism

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    I consider this a TDBism; but I guess it could go either way (grant it/granted). I still think it's wrong; primarily because they don't sound the same, and everyone says granted. Thoughts are welcomed.

     

    "I have photographic proof that Goodwin never stepped out of bounds at the 4 yard line on the long throw from Orton. Not only did the refs screw up the spot but Marrone or whoever is responsible missed throwing the review flag. Grant it it all worked out in the end but considering our run game Sunday being 4 yards from a TD is a lot worse than being 1 yard away."

    Now you have me looking at the replay, damn it.

    "If we don't win tonight, they will steal all our girls at Mul

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I see I am old and a fringy guy, lol. And I liked the lake place, saw Iggy and the stooges there in 75 (I was 15) Iggy rolled around on broken beer bottles. epic day in my young life, went swimming out past the snow fence to get in, stayed til 2:30 in the morning. I had moved to NYC by 94 was too old to enjoy those types of crowds or that kind of music by that time. I was a punk, enjoyed the Continental a lot more.

    MYTH: Boy... Chan Gailey got so much more out of Spiller! (w/stats

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by bowery4

    And I think you at the end hit the issue with Hackett - what's the identity of the running game (and offense in general)?

     

    When you look at our personnel and play calling what's the story it tells? From the read options without an option to the explosive down field threats without reliable blockers to let plays develop.and spiller is a shifty back running hb dives behind our worst blockers instead of being a guy you can use to force mismatches and put pressure on a defense.... its a bit cliche but other than fast, what is the bills offensive identity?

     

    That would be a good thread!

    At the moment, I think they are a fast passing team. It is an interesting contradiction from what they said they wanted. But has had some success against teams we beat.

    More contradictions I vote for the myth that tackles can play guard (thank you Buddy Nix for starting that one) and everyone has to be a giant. What do people think of big slow guys zone blocking? The last two weeks teams have schemed specifically (with stunts and delays) to attack this weakness.

    Shad Khan criticizes the Bills game day experience??? WTF???

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by bowery4

    http://sports.yahoo....DVUmekAqz9XNyoA

    just sayin

    The stadium left the Clevelander Deck open for two hours after the end of the Steelers game, and the organization is considering new ways to take advantage of the crowds. Johnson says there's been talk of opening the deck on Saturdays so fans could come watch college football on the televisions. And although the seats will return for this year's Florida-Georgia game, the deck might be available for those games in the future if the schools are open to it. "We’re literally going through the evaluations now," Johnson said. "We're looking at options." That doesn't mean EverBank will become Spring Break: Duval County. The Jags still want the product on the field to dominate, and without distractions. "If we see it’s starting to lean too edgy," Johnson said, "we will take steps to pull that back." So far, the cheers have drowned out the concerns.

    "I was a little freaked out at first," Rohe said. "You know what people do in the water. But the energy here is like Vegas in Jacksonville, with the NFL."

    All the stadium needs now is a winning team.

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