Coach55

Question - If Rashard Mendenhall was a Junior in 07 and drafted in 08 draft and Walter was a Senior in 08 and went undrafted in 09, how much older is Walter?

What do the following people have in common: SAM BRADFORD TIM TEBOW TROY SMITH MATT LEINERT JASON WHITE CARSON PALMER ERIC CROUCH CHRIS WEINKE DANNY WUERFFEL CHARLIE WARD GINO TORRETTA TY DETMER ANDRE WARE VINNY TESTEVERDE DOUG FLUTIE They are all of the QB's that have won the Heisman since 1980 - 3 of which have had decent careers (Flutie, Testeverde and Palmer). The rest have done nothing or have yet to do anything. Tebow is an athlete yes, but he is a project player. His delivery is slow. If you were to draft a person such as Tebow, you need to build an offense around him - hiding his weaknesses and playing on his strengths. He is not someone who fits in a cookie cutter NFL offense. My thought is unless the Bills take him in round 2, he slips to late in the 3rd, early 4th.

I agree fully. Seasoned vets like McNabb are looking for a Super Bowl now and doesn't have time to rebuild. His priorities are different than some of the other vets. Most people who are coming to Buffalo are looking for 1 of 2 things - a chance to play or a big raise. McNabb, however, is bigger than most vets and can dictate where he wants to play (good QB's are hard to find). Most other positions are a lot more fungible. If the Bills were a team similar to the early 90's with a strong core of players, good vets loved to play in Buffalo (James Lofton, Bill Brooks, Art Still, etc.).

He can't catch...

Yes, but Stevie Johnson can jump an escalade (yes I know this one is recycled)...

I would rather have him say that and have a positive outlook, then be Willis McGahee and bash the city. At least you know where his allegiance lies... by the way, it was Bull Durham.

Data Source http://profootballfocus.com/by_position.ph...&numgames=1 columns TA - Throw Aways SP - Spikes DP - Drops

Tell that to JeMarcus Russell - he can't complete anything.

I was playing around with last years QB stats and came up with an interesting statistic I like to call "Modified Completion Percentage". What I did is used the following formula (completions plus dropped passes) divided by (attempts minus spikes minus throw aways). The point was to determine how accurate a QB is. Obviously, this is only one dimension of playing QB, but with a couple of exceptions, this stat seems fairly indicative of how good a QB is. Does this give us hope with Trent? (don't know - he may be too much of a head case). Drew Brees 75.39% Aaron Rodgers 75.38% Matt Schaub 75.36% Brett Favre 75.05% Peyton Manning 73.94% Jason Campbell 73.91% Ben Roethlisberger 73.69% Philip Rivers 73.43% Tom Brady 73.10% Kurt Warner 71.97% Trent Edwards 71.68% Kyle Orton 70.52% Tony Romo 70.30% Eli Manning 69.86% Kerry Collins 69.65% Alex D. Smith 69.52% Carson Palmer 69.47% Joe Flacco 69.44% Chad Henne 69.02% Donovan McNabb 68.53% Matt Hasselbeck 68.51% Shaun Hill 68.03% Jay Cutler 67.29% David Garrard 67.14% Matt Ryan 67.07% Marc Bulger 65.83% Matt Cassel 65.69% Matt Moore 64.44% Vince Young 64.11% Kyle Boller 63.74% Daunte Culpepper 63.58% Matthew Stafford 63.43% Ryan Fitzpatrick 62.67% Mark Sanchez 62.61% Bruce Gradkowski 62.41% Jake Delhomme 62.30% Josh Freeman 62.06% Brady Quinn 61.75% JaMarcus Russell 60.58% Derek Anderson 56.57%

That game was the "true start" to the Bills Super Bowl run. After this game they played as if there was time on the clock, they would be able to win.

A not so highly regarded one was when Flutie scored on the 1 yarder to win the game against JAX in 98

First of all, I never said the Bills will win 10 games, I stated that they could. As for the talent pool people underestimate the ability of a lot of players on the team. Who knows how the young receivers are, they never get to play. Roscoe Parrish is a player who has been absolutely mismanaged as a receiver during his tenure here - Not saying he could be Wes Welker, but he could be Welker-esk (Welker effectively didn't do much in Miami and then when he went into Belicheck's* system, he became one of the best in the league). The line is beaten up, but 3/5 is there (Wood, Levitre, and Hangman), Bell still could be decent and Incognito (outside his attitude) is solid. Green could be a stop gap, but we need one more piece there. QB is the big hole. Defensively, let's see. The two FA pickups yesterday were solid. As for us being able to go 10-6 last year with a couple of breaks, let me ask the following questions - What happens if McKelvin doesn't fumble the ball on opening night against the Pats*? How about Roscoe Parrish's 2 Fumbles? How about the countless number of third down passes that TO dropped? What if Ralph fired DJ when he should have and installed Fewell last season? Had the Bills beaten NE and Cleveland in the first half of the season and went 5-3 (both games they clearly should have won but blew), the back half of the season may have played out differently. I'm not a person who cares about woulda, coulda, shoulda, but my point is the team is good enough (not great, but good enough) to win. They just need the right management to do so.

The Bills have plenty of talent as with every other team in the league. The key is exploiting the talent. People look at the team and say our 1st round picks are busts and our O-Line is a disaster. The truth is, its not as bad as people say it is. There is a very fine line between winning and losing and a very fine line from being not in the league and being an all-pro. Case in point - Drew Brees - everyone is SD wrote him off as a bust when they drafted Rivers - how were wrong were they (obviously this is an extreme case). I am not saying we have a team of Drew Breeses, but everyone (including myself) have written off Aaron Maybin, James Hardy, etc. Let the young guys play. If you look at last year's playoff teams, I would say the Bills had comparable if not better talent (not coaching) than the following teams - Cincinatti, Dallas, Arizona, Philly and the Jets. (You can all feel free to disagee as I know you will). But if you were to be in the playoffs on talent alone - the Titans, Giants, Seahawks and Steelers would all be shoe-ins. The talent has been there. The coaching has not.

It's the attitude that he conveys when he speaks. The fact he fired practically the entire old regime. Jauron was very passive, well respected, but passive. We didn't even have a GM. Russ is a marketing guy. Nix just gets you fired up hearing him speak...

After reading countless number of posts on how many holes this team has and that they will be lucky to win 6 games in 2010, I want to make the following comment: Over the Dick Jauron era, we had consistently fielded playoff caliber teams. There were holes in the lineup every year, but the talent was pretty much mostly there. Question marks did exist at QB and the lines, but if it wasn't for a few plays here and there, we could have easily been 10-6 in any of the last 4 seasons. A lot of people blame injuries, but every team suffers injuries (we did suffer more, but I don't like that excuse). This year our team is arguably weaker than last (no more TO, Butler retired, Schobel will be gone, we are running a 3-4 with players who fit a 4-3, etc.). However, one crucial difference has occurred - DJ is no longer here. On top of that many of the "old regime" is also gone. There was a notable difference in the team's performance under Perry Fewell last year (yes they did only go 3-4). Had he coached the whole year, I would have expected a better season than 6-10. But now, we have something new: a totally NEW regime. Since Nix has been in charge, the team seems to be operating with "a purpose". The attitude has changed. I am not sure if Gailey will be able to emanate it as well as Nix, but I feel these guys have come in with something to prove. I still think we have a lot of holes and need a franchise QB (I keep telling myself - give up on Trent, but part of me feels in a new scheme, he has the talent), but I think if the new regime comes out with something to prove early, the team will be able to build off their successes. The key is we need to have the "attitude" to win the close games. We were 2-6 in games decided by 7 points or less last season. We flip that upside down and we go 10-6. We don't have a Super Bowl team yet, but I think the cards are there for a playoff birth.

Okay - I spoke to a high-level Oakland Raider insider and his scoop is that Green is a "good" run blocker, but his overall opinion is that "he is not very good" and "old". Take it for what its worth.

Excellent - you are short a player in your front 7 - you could always add the dreaded John McCargo...

With all the Mc's on the team, has anyone ever put together an NFL All McTeam? Players could include CBs - McGee and McKelvin, OG - Reggie McKenzie, RB - Deuce McAllister, WR - Keenan McCardell, Phil McKonkey, etc... Thoughts?

How could you choose just 2... Offense - JP Losman (I would go with Rob Johnson, but half of his grief was in the 90s) Defense - Erik Flowers - Jeff Posey was a close 2nd as he started and sucked for 3 years, where Flowers just sucked

No - your post was up first.

Agreed, but given the unwritten board rules, I don't want to waste space with duplicate topics. When I started my post, I don't think the other existed. But by the time I got it up, Kingfish beat me to it.

As I also started a similar post, that was kabashed by Beerball, here are my thoughts: For a player that may go late in the draft, this guy could be interesting in multiple ways. They are saying LT, but at 6'8" 315 with basketball type athleticism, he could be a Pete Metzelaars type TE. He could end up being a monster blocker, but if his height and speed are there, he would be a HUGE target. Think about the following - run a spread offense with Nelson (6'5") and Owens (6'2") (assuming he returns, otherwise Hardy (6'5") or Johnson (6'2")) as your wide receivers, move Evans to the slot, put Veldheer (6'8") at TE and Jackson in the backfield. This would give you effectively 6 real offensive lineman for running downs and some really big targets to throw at. Plus, with Nelson's versatility, you could go double tight in a hurry up. I think with this height, you could sacrifice a little of your receiving speed and really do some damage, especially in the short-medium passing game.

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1053376 For a player that may go late in the draft, this guy could be interesting in multiple ways. They are saying LT, but at 6'8" 315 with basketball type athleticism, he could be a Pete Metzelaars type TE. He could end up being a monster blocker, but if his height and speed are there, he would be a HUGE target. Think about the following - run a spread offense with Nelson (6'5") and Owens (6'2") (assuming he returns, otherwise Hardy (6'5") or Johnson (6'2")) as your wide receivers, move Evans to the slot, put Veldheer (6'8") at TE and Jackson in the backfield. This would give you effectively 6 real offensive lineman for running downs and some really big targets to throw at. Plus, with Nelson's versatility, you could go double tight in a hurry up. I think with this height, you could sacrifice a little of your receiving speed and really do some damage, especially in the short-medium passing game.

My thoughts - boy our TE's sucked. QUOTE (Tsaikotic @ Feb 18 2010, 12:08 PM) Id go: QB - Drew Bledsoe (2002 - 2004) LT - John Fina (2000 - 2001) LG - Ruben Brown (2000 - 2003) C - Trey Teague (2002 - 2005) RG - Chris Villarrial (2004 - 2006) RT - Jonas Jennings (2001 - 2004) or Jason Peters (2004 - 2008) FB - Larry Centers (2001 - 2002) / Sam Gash (2003) RB - Willis McGahee (2004 - 2006), Marshawn Lynch (2007 - present), Travis Henry (2001-2004), Fred Jackson (2007 - present) WR - Eric Moulds (2000 - 2005), Lee Evans (2004 - present), Josh Reed (2002 - present), T.O (2009), Peerless Price (2000 - 2002 / 2006 - 2007) TE - Jay Riemersma (2000 - 2002) DE - Aaron Schobel (2001 - present), Kris Kelsay (2003 - present), Ryan Denney (2002 - present), Phil Hansen (2000 - 2001), Marcellus Wiley (2000) DT - Pat Williams (2000 - 2004), Sam Adams ( 2003 - 2005) LB - London Fletcher (2002 - 2006), Takeo Spikes (2003 - 2006), Kawika Mitchell (2008 - present), Paul Posluszny (2007 - present) Angelo Crowell (2005-2007) CB - Antoine Winfield (2000- 2003), Terrence McGee (2003 - present), Nate Clements (2001 - 2006) S - Lawyer Milloy (2003 - 2005), Donte Whitner (2006 - present), Jairus Byrd (2009 - present) P - Brian Moorman (2001 - present) K - Rian Lindell (2003 - present) KR - Terrence McGee (2003 - present) PR - Roscoe Parrish (2005 - present)

One of the best side effects of a regime change is that the new coaches and GMs have allegiance to no-one. This is a huge factor, as now draft and contract levels mean nothing and the players will now truly be judged on talent. This could be huge for players like Steve Johnson and Jonathan Stupar, and disastrous for players like McCargo and Hardy (not to say that Johnson and Stupar are going to start and McCargo and Hardy are going to be cut, just using them as an example). The playing field is now level and every position and roster spot (with the exception of the secondary) is up for grabs. The competition will definitely push this team to the next level...