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He wasn't an HC, which is what this thread is talking about.
Love how O'Brien is "too soon to tell" with his second straight year of leading the AFC South on his way to the postseason. Is back to back playoff appearances with garbage QB's good? Wait 5 more years before we know.
You are out of your mind. First, I said McDaniels has failed every where outside of NE, including a HC gig and what he does best, as an OC. He has failed as an OC when he didn't have BB and Brady...he has accomplished nothing without Brady and BB while neither BB or Brady missed a beat without McTurd.
And its so comical you are declaring the Texans the winner of their division when they are tied with the Titans, and likely tied with the Colts with a healthy Luck back against a bad Jets team tonight. They are not remotely close to a playoff lock. And if they dont win the division, their odds of making playoffs are similar to our odds...
My favorite part is that Rex is 6-6 and you want him fired, who you also say has a bad QB. But you also claim O'Brien is great because he has managed to get his team to 6-6 with a bad QB. HAHAHA I mean you can't make this crap up. By your logic, Rex is pretty damn good then because he made 2 AFC Championship games with a QB worse than Taylor and Brock, has the Bills at 6-6 with what you consider a bad QB this year, has also managed 6-6 without our star WR most the season, and got us to 8-8 last year with Taylor missing 2 games that EJ lost for us. So based on the criteria you are judging O'Brien on, Rex is a top coach in the NFL.
Oh, and did I mention, Houston is on a 3 game losing streak? But who cares right, they are clearly a shoe in for the playoffs despite a Titans team with a hot Mariota and Murray or a Colts team with a returning Luck.
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The same QB who went 10-6 last year and threw 30 TD's. Listen Fitz isn't a great QB but he is definitely an option if we let Tyrod walk. He is better than EJ Manuel.
Again, last year he also was the reason they missed the playoffs. And who cares about last year, that was not his normal performance of his career. And that same Jets team did not even want him back or pay him what a QB would normally make if he was a perennial 30TD and 10 win guy. And that same QB came back down to earth where he has more INTs than TD's this year and a 3-8 record.
Again, he stinks...EJ at least has some youth and upside that Fitz doesnt have. EJ I would take over Fitz...and again, I don't like the idea of us having to depend on any of them, I am only addressing your list you suggested. Fitz will NOT be a starting QB in the NFL next year for anyone...his career as a low end starter who can never get you over a hump is done.
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Looking like 2 playoff berths in 3 years, but "too soon to tell?'
McDaniels had exactly 1 stop.
Nope, you are once again wrong as usual. He was the OC for the Rams after he was fired from Denver and was fired again after 1 season before returning back to NE
And as far as O'Reilly goes, he is 4 games over .500 in almost 3 years. Not exactly legendary. I am not saying he wont prove to be a good coach, I am saying its too soon to tell. In fact, if he loses out the next 4 he will be a .500 coach on 3 seasons. So again, too soon to tell. And its also WAY too early to say he will make the playoffs this year considering he is sitting at 6-6 and tied with the improving Titans and the Colts could be tied as well if they beat Jets tonight with Luck back. If he doesnt win his division, he most likely doesn't make playoffs like you assume he will this year. And I would bet on either the Titans or Colts to win that division over the Texans right now.
And he made playoffs because of how bad his division is, not because he built a power house.
And MORE importantly, if he proves to be a good coach then he will be the FIRST coach off the BB tree to do so. That is the point...for being one of the greatest HC in NFL history for a decade and a half, he has produced no assistants who went on to be good HC's outside of maybe O'Brien, who like I said, has only managed to be 4 games over .500 through 2 and 3/4 seasons, so its a little early to declare him a great NFL HC.
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EJ is better than Ryan Fitzpatrick?
You mean the Ryan Fitzpatrick who has thrown the Jets out of playoff contention?
The same QB who has led the Jets to a 3 win season?
The same QB who they tried to replace with 2 other scrub QB's but got his job back after they got hurt?
The same QB who threw 9 interceptions in 2 games this year?
The same QB who has good, big WR's and Forte but still stinks with?
The same QB who single handedly threw the Jets out of the playoffs last year against a sub .500 team in the 4th quarter of the last game of the season?
The same QB who was given up on by teams desperate for a QB every place he has ever played...Cincy (needed him after Palmer), Buffalo (No QB since Kelly), Houston (No QB ever), Tenn (No QB since McNair and didn't have Mariota yet), and Jets (No QB and had scrubs behind him).
That Ryan FitzCrapTrick? Yeah, EJ is better than that scrub.
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When It gets to the point that games like this ruin your day it's time to walk away. I'm supposed to get a tree to decorate with my family and I want to drive my truck off a cliff instead. I've been a fan for 28 years and I have to call it quits. It's not fair to my family and it's unhealthy. Met a lot of good people here you guys keep fighting the good fight. Peace.
Adios...
PS: Nobody cares. If you are done then just be done...why do you need attention by starting a post to say you are done if you are done? If you actually meant it, still nobody would care, but it also means you wouldn't even come back to check the post, so whats the point of polluting the board with your cry for attention?
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The list isn't long and they are guys that are probably long shots, but if we are going to let Tyrod walk I would like to get a veteran and draft at least 1 QB on day one or two this season. These are the guys I would take a look at:
1. Brett Hundley
I always like guys that started 3 or more years in college and at one point were projected to go in the first 3 rounds but may have dropped for some reason. Dak Prescott and Krik Cousins would fall into this category and Brett Hundley would as well. Hundley has some tools and was absolutely fabulous during the pre-season last year. I know pre-season means nothing about the overall team, but you can identify players to be better than expected during training camp and pre-season. Russell Wilson and Prescott showed the signs of being great in pre-season. I think we should definitely kick the tires on Hundley and he might be a guy to give a shot.
2. Chase Daniel
I don't think Daniel is going to light it up, but do sort of think we can somewhat of an Alex Smith. I don't need my QB to throw bombs and lead the league in rushing for a QB if he can't do a 3 step drop and hit a slant. Daniel can at least do that. I wouldn't expect Daniel to be great but I think he could be adequate to fill in for 2-3 years while we search for a QB in the draft.
3. Ryan Fitzpatrick
Did you just throw up? No, good! I know this seems unrealistic but if we let Tyrod walk, this would not be a bad option. We have a much better roster than we had with Fitz when he was here before. I think with the running game we have, Fitz can manage the game well enough to have a more balanced team. This would prevent the 3 straight 3 and out situations followed up by a turnover on the 1st down of the next drive. Taylor and make some beautiful plays and beautiful drives, but to win consistently you need to have a consistent offense throughout the game that doesn't frequently gone on stretches where they can't get a first down. Also he should be a total bargain. I could see him signing here for $8-9 million per over two seasons. Then we can try to identify 2 or 3 QB's to draft during that time frame while stacking the rest of the roster with the money you are saving. I think Fitz would give us a better chance than Tyrod would to end the streak.
There isn't a QB on this list better than Tyrod...not only that, none of them even have more upside. This is a terrible list. EJ is better than this list too.
And last I checked there has been no decision to let Tyrod walk. But if we do, it better not be because of this list or we will be in more trouble than we would be just keeping Taylor.
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You know a lot of HC failed in their First stop as BB
You know McDaniels failed in every stop not called New England right? You know every single person out of the BB coaching tree has failed as a HC with the only exception being O'Reilly in Houston where its too soon to tell, but he has a real uphill battle after that atrocious contract he gave an awful unproven QB in Brock.
McDaniels didn't just fail in Denver, it was atrocious. Then he failed miserably doing what he is supposed to do best, being an OC and was fired after 1 season before BB gave him his old job back to resurrect his career. The Patriots offense isn't any better or worse with or without him...the two times he wasn't in Bills system with one of the greatest QB's, and the winningest QB of all time now, he failed badly.
So what exactly about him instills confidence? He didn't save the NE offense, he didn't improve the NE offense, the NE offense didn't regress when he left, and he was awful when he wasn't in NE. All of that tells me the success in NE has nothing to do with him being there or not, and the only evidence of what HE can do is the resume he made for himself in Denver and St. Louis. Most people dont even know he was in St. Louis after the Denver fiasco, thats how irrelevant he was and how quick he got fired.
There are better choices with more upside and promise or established careers then a guy who was a clown without BB and Brady...neither of which skipped a beat without McDaniels.
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Crennell won 10 games with Cleveland, which is an achievement in and of itself.
Lol...true, but his problem was that he went 6-10 and 4-12 the seasons before 10-6, then followed it up with a 4-12 season finishing with a HC record there of 24-40...in other words, failure.
And Dick Juaron also won COY for Chicago after a fluke 12 win season and we know how that story went.
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McDaniels or Patricia there's two. There is more though.
McDaniels? Anyone who says this guy should just drink a heaping cup of reality. He was one of the worst HC's ever in Denver, was fired as an OC in St Louis in his next gig after one year where he also was terrible and he is back in NE where Bill and Tom make him look good and make his job look easy. News flash...every OC in NE since BB and Brady has looked like a great coach, until they leave NE and you realize no matter who is the OC in NE they run BB's offense and Brady executes to the degree of the NFL all time Wins leader as a starting QB. The BB coaching tree is entirely made up of failures...every single one has failed everywhere they went in the NFL except for O'Brien in Houston where its too early to tell how well he will be as a HC. He is literally the only hope to find a non failure NFL coach out of the BB coaching tree.
If we signed McDaniels I would throw up. I would take Lynn over him any day of the week and about 100 other coaches.
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Isn't it the GM's job is to anticipate roster challenges and address them before they get out of hand? Was it hard for Whaley to look down the roster and see they were thin at WR back in April? I guess he didn't know that Watkins had a bad foot leaving only Robert Woods as a reliable WR on the roster. I guess he just couldn't have known that the others wouldn't fare much beyond their track records as poor options. I guess he expected types like Marquise Goodwin, Jarrett Boykin or raw rookies like Kolby Listenbee to be able to shoulder the load.
It doesn't matter that they're a run first team. Every single NFL offense needs more than a banged up Sammy Watkins, Robert Woods, and Charles Clay (the new invisible man) to generate some passing yardage.
The WR position was a mess during the off-season, remained so in camp, and got worse (predictably with Watkins' injury) and somehow it's not the GM's fault.
Doug Whaley is truly the teflon GM. Never responsible for the roster or accountable (to some) for the W-L record, which is 29-30 at the end of his 4th season as GM. And of course, zero playoff appearances. Somehow it's always someone or something else at fault for his team.
No offense, but this is a terrible post.
1. This notion that you and others have that a GM is somehow supposed to get good players at every position every off season, and do so enough to be so deep we have good players on the bench is ludicrous.
2. Our WR was NOT a mess in the off season. Sammy's injury was not supposed to be an on going issue, and if you take issue with that then start whining about the medical staff who provided that information to our front office. Sammy was expected back healthy with no lingering issues with his his foot. Would it be nice to have a second guy at WR that could assume a #1 Role and be productive if Sammy got hurt again or had reoccurring issues...sure, but those WR's dont grow on trees, are generally not available on the waiver wire, and are a crap shoot in the draft.
3. We were limited with the cap during FA, and there was not a WR that would have been some life saver that we were in position to sign. So FA isn't even part of this discussion.
4. The Draft: We had bigger needs than WR, and Whaley got Shaq with somewhat of a steal where we got him,(which is looking like a very good pick so far in limited sample size) and then got another great value in Ragland, another position of bigger need who was looking great before an unlucky injury. More importantly, there isn't a single WR rookie from that draft making a massive impact right now, including ones we were NOT in position to draft that went before our picks.
So I ask...seriously want you to answer this question in detail. What WR did Whaley miss out on that would have made a big impact for us after Sammy got hurt? Its easy for you people to run around and say blanket statements like"Whaley screwed us by not upgrading this position"...its another thing to show me someone Whaley could have signed (the feeling had to be MUTUAL), that we could have afforded by the way...or what player in the draft did we pass on that miraculously replaces Sammy (Easily a top 10 WR when healthy, and I would argue top 5) while he was out.
Im tired of all this whining about how Whaley didn't improve every position on this roster this offseason. No one is praising him for the young talent he acquired, the free agent values he found, including the NFL sack leader, etc. Its always about what he "didn't" do even when you have no idea if there was even anything he could have done, or if there was, what would we have lost instead. And you also say all this stuff AFTER our starters get hurt and are pissed we dont have Pro Bowlers waiting in the wings on our bench.
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In 2014 he had Forte, Marshall, Jeffrey, and Martellus Bennett -- and his team went 5-11. Pass.
Does anyone really need to say more than this? I mean come on...Cutler, who's never been very good and who also has the luxury of having his best years behind him now with the triple bonus of being injury prone...and wait for it...the grand slam 4th super mega bonus of being a terrible leader that divides locker rooms because half his teammates just genuinely don't like the guy.
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The Bills are middle of the pack or higher compared to the rest of the league in terms of injuries.
Nope, you are wrong again...you know why, because for the last freaking time NO TWO TEAMS INJURIES ARE EQUAL. I dont care that other teams have more scrubs hurt...you can't look at NUMBER of injuries and compare them equally. I am so sick of this naive and misguided garbage statement of comparing numbers of players hurt rather than looking at the IMPACT of the ACTUAL players hurt in terms of their IMPORTANCE to the teams success.
Guess what, if just ONE...just ONE...player is hurt in NO and his name is Drew Brees, that would be a worse injury than some team that has 15 players hurt who aren't really that important to a team as Brees is to the Saints. So STOPPPPPPPPPP with worthless statement of where we are in terms of injuries compared to other teams. Because I can assure you that most teams that have the ENTIRE offensive skill positions hurt MOST of the year, and some of their backups, dont tend to win many games.
If you can show me a dozen teams with better records than us that has lost its entire receiving group for most the season and seen several play hurt even when on the field, combined with losing one of the best RB's in football for almost 3 games, combined with losing key OL people for parts or all of the season, etc...then we can talk about being "middle of the pack"...otherwise you and everyone else needs to retire this utterly worthless blanket statement BS of how we are middle of the pack in terms of injuries.
And I didn't even include our best Safety, best DL, top 2 draft picks, DB's, LB's, best ST player, etc.
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How is WR an emergency? Watkins, Woods, Goodwin, and that 6'5" dude that catches touchdowns ain't that bad. Hopefully Woods is back this week and they all stay healthy.
Safety obviously is a huge need. Like someone said there is nobody making them pay. Really miss Aaron Williams back there.
Here is the answer to your question about WR:
1. Watkins is a stud, WHEN on the field. His ability to stay healthy has left us with a subpar WR group when he is out.
2. Woods is role player ONLY. He has had many opportunities to assert himself as a #1 target, key player, etc and just never has made that ascension. I don't want to hear its because of QB play because Sammy has excelled with the same QB's when he has been healthy. He is solid along side Sammy, but he isn't good enough to carry the load if Sammy is hurt and like I said above Sammy's ability to stay healthy is unfortunately a question mark these days.
3. Woods may not even be here next year, further depleting the group.
4. Harvin can't stay on the field, never has in his career, and really isnt someone to lean on if he tries to play next year like he recently said he wants to.
5. Goodwin is fragile.
6. Woods, Goodwin, Harvin (which are the three WR's behind Sammy) are all guys who dont have much size, arent the kind of guys who fight for balls or are "open even when not open".
7. Hunter has good size, but has been wildly inconsistent in his career so far and isnt a very good route runner.
So whats the state of our group? Its completely dependent on Sammy being healthy to draw attention from the others to be effective. Without Sammy, the others struggle to make a strong impact and our passing game regresses considerably.
WR to me is a very big need just behind Safety. And if Gilmore walks, then I would rank the needs DB, S, WR. If all our WR's stayed healthy every year, then I would lower the priority, but NONE of our WR's stay healthy. Sammy, Woods, Goodwin, Harvin all miss significant time, play hurt, etc every season...we can not depend on that group to be on field at all at this point.
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Agreed.
And there is definitely no denying that Safety and WR are our biggest needs going into the next draft. And if Gilmore departs (and I think its gone from not likely to 50/50 that we dont resign him after the struggles this season) then CB is going to be right there with those 3. And if we do lose Gilmore, I think we will certainly look at DB in the first, WR/S in the 2nd, and then whatever we dont address yet in the 3rd.
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There is a lot of this that I agree with. The team is not strong enough to support one side playing horribly bad.
This is true for a lot of teams in the league though. I feel that this falls on the D though cuz Rex...they need to be more consistant. The offense is 9th in scoring points in the league.
I disagree actually though. The offense is top 8 in scoring, and his higher than that since firing Roman. They have accomplished this without Watkins most the year, its best receiving threat by a mile. We lost McCoy for close to 3 games (1 he didn't play, another he didn't really play, and another he was out in the 2nd quarter). We lost Robert Woods for parts of the season and he played hurt many of the games he did play. We havent had any benefit from Harvin, who had to be a starter due to injuries and is already missing games again. We had injuries to our other WR's to the point that we have guys who started that were not on our roster when the season began. We lost Wood and had other OL injuries. Clay is been playing with minor injuries.
I mean, our whole offense has been hurt for significant parts of the season outside of Taylor. Yet, him and Lynn have this offense scoring a lot of points despite all that. Now imagine what this offense could be once we have Watkins and Woods on the field healthy at the same time to go along with McCoy and Taylors running games. Add in a healthy Harvin as a third player to stretch the field along with Goodwins speed and Hunters size, and all of a sudden, this offense could be even better and I think good enough to carry this team. Because lets be honest, the offense has more often than not had to carry the team with the defensive struggles. We dont have a winning record if not for the offense right now.
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Everyone likes to harp on Tyrod Taylor and the passing game even though the Bills are 5th in scoring and are averaging 25 points a game. The #1 problem with the team are the safeties. Yes the safeties have one INT, no big plays, Big hits or game changing plays. And this on a Rex Ryan defense with Ed Reed as a secondary coach. Should be top priority this off season. Need a sheriff in secondary.
Huh? Totally agree about safeties, but its been talked about a lot, in fact everyone pretty much unanimously agrees the safeties are the biggest issue on the D. So dont know why you would say this is what no one is talking about because after we lost AW one of our weaker units instantly became its weakest and its been talked about in just about every thread about how the defense sucks.
Totally understood. I get annoyed when fans make personnel demands completely blind to what's feasibly available. But in this case, 15+ safeties were taken in the draft and we drafted zero.
But how many of those safeties are any good? And the few (if any) that have been better than what we have, how many were we in position to draft and who do we not draft to take them?
Its not so simple as to say there 15 safeties drafted and we took none. Doesnt do any good to draft a bunch of scrub safeties. And coming into this season, Safety didn't appear to be our weakest unit with Graham and AW penciled in there, it actually looked promising with an upgraded front 7 and the high expectations from Gilmore and Darby (that have been a big let down overall).
Of course, would be nice to take a safety, but what safety do you take over Shaq right now from that draft? What about Ragland, he was a steal where we got him. In a perfect world you can grab good prospects at all your shallower positions, but that just isnt realistic. Ragland looked like the real deal before getting hurt, Shaq is showing lots of promise...I can't fault the Bills for drafting those 2 players at all.
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Somehow, even with the 8th scoring offense, we didn't out score the opposing team in 5/11 games. I think that's the obvious point.
In 2 of those 5 games we had a fired OC...so there is that too.
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Sammy is back...came out of the game with no issues, same with McCoy.
We are already one of the top scoring offenses in the league since the firing of Roman, so lots to be optimistic about with a healthy Sammy and McCoy finally on the field together. Hopefully we have Woods and Harvin in the lineup too moving forward. With Sammy back, should make life easier for the other receivers and we are going to need all the fire power we can get against Oakland. Looking like taking the over in that game is a lock bet lol
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1. If you total his rushing and passing number, he is still mediocre. And we have a terrible deep pass game this season.
2. Agree.
3. We still have far too many 3 and outs and failed conversions. With a pretty healthy OL and McCoy having a career year, I'm struggling to see how you are casting "blame" on them for offensive woes instead of the below average QB who is BRUTAL on third down and against the blitz.
4. Who cares what he's labeled? He isn't contributing enough on this team due to a host of factors, mostly his injury and our QB inadequacies. More nails in Taylor's coffin if he can't use a "top 5 WR."
This offense will be "good enough to get us to the playoffs," when we have a dominant defense. We don't have that. We'll be on the outside looking in unless the D or O really steps up over the next 5 weeks.
1. I disagree. You don't rate rushing yards the same as passing yards. So the fact you are just totaling them together is not how you value the QB's ability to run. There is a reason people point to 300 yards passing as a barometer for a good game throwing, and 100 yards rushing as a good game running. To combine them equally as a total to compare to just passing yards devalues his production in running the football.
2. You agreed, obviously because it was critical of Taylor.
3. We dont have a pretty healthy OL, and McCoy has missed a game and barely played in 2 others. Bills were 1-2 in those games, and in the one win the offense struggled without him. And I did not blame our offensive woes on anyone, you replied to a comment where I said it is FALSE that our offense isnt good enough. This offense is one of the highest scoring teams in the league since firing Roman. And that is despite no Sammy, McCoy missing a game and most of 2 others, Woods missing multiple games and playing hurt, Harvin having no impact and out already, injuries to our other WR's, losing Wood, etc etc. So the point is, this team with all those injuries is still one of the highest scoring teams in the league right now.
4. You are wrong on this point too. Sammy was top 3 in most categories last year once he got healthy. So to say he isnt contributing because of poor QB play is false, because he had a great season with Taylor once Sammy was healthy last year and we were one of the top deep passing teams in the league. The only thing holding Sammy back is his foot, not QB play. And now that his foot is better, lets hope it stays that way because Sammy and Taylor already connected on a beautiful deep ball this past weekend in limited snaps by Sammy.
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The pass rush has kinda disappeared. Thank god Dareus is back. Hughes has not really done anything in weeks.
I feel that Gilmore has been playing better lately.
I think a concerning stat that i read somewhere is that the Bills red zone Defense is one of worst in NFL.
I think the return of Dareus will help our red zone D. Though it didnt help yesterday.
Agreed...but like I said in my OP, I think the pass rush decline has been because of them trying to make up for deficiencies in the pass defense do to our struggling secondary.
Was there ever an explanation why Dareus was on the sidelines most the last 2 drives? During the game they said it was confirmed that he wasnt hurt, so not sure if that was ever explained.
What we need to change is consistently win games where we score more than 25. If we do that we'll easily be in the playoffs or fighting for the playoffs on a yearly basis.
Going into the Raiders game, are we more concerned that this offense will not come close to 30pts or that our D cant keep the Raiders under 30/35pts? Id be more worried of the latter.
I think its pretty fair to say we likely score 30+ against the Raiders. We are averaging in the high 20's already, and against that defense we should be looking at 30+ point game...the scary thing is, like you said, it still may not be enough for a win if our D doesn't get pressure on Carr, who IMO is a top 3 MVP candidate right now.
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Quite the offensive game plan.
You have your best player back and Bill looked at him 3 times all day (and once back to back). This is pathetic.... Yes it is the old "You have a Ferrari but only take it out in the 25mph school zone.
Conversely they did win the game, but yet again a struggle and little in the way of offense as Jacksonville knew what the Bills were running every play.
First, it was clear going into the game that Sammy was going to be on a snap count. So not a surprise at all about the limited targets. They are not going to risk losing him again by having him do too much in his first game back when he isnt in game shape. And its not even just about his foot, game shape and being in shape are very different, its very easy to pull a hammy or something when you have been off the field as long as Sammy has.
But, the big complaint I had was that if you are going to put Sammy on a snap count, then at least make sure he is in there on 3rd down plays, red zone, etc. Too often they pulled him out on key 3rd down plays, and that was just puzzling to me.
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1. Taylor's stats as a QB are NOT impressive: False. One, anyone who analyzes Taylor by ONLY considering his passing stats either doesn't understand football or is cherry picking information to sell an agenda. Two, Taylor does a lot of damage running the football, so to disregard the impact he has as a running QB by focusing on just his passing totals is categorically inaccurate. His running ability combined with his passing is what makes him a dangerous weapon teams must game plan for every week. The lack of receiving weapons has hindered the overall passing game, but Taylor has shown the ability to throw the deep ball when we have players on the field who can actually get separation and catch it.
2. Taylor is an effective passer: False. There are those who think he is only being hampered by injuries to the WR's. True, its had a definite impact like I said above, no denying that. But at the same time, Taylor has to own the fact he has often not seen players down field who were open and needs to see the field better as he is leaving too many opportunities on the field each week. He needs to get more instinctive and let the ball fly more.
-My Theory on #2: I think the fact that we are such a dominant running team, between Taylor and the RB's, has actually made Taylor err more on the side of caution and not take more risks. Rather than risk a turnover, he seems content to make up some yards with his legs or on a short check down to protect the ball figuring our run game can break out on any given play. I also think he doesnt trust Clay, who is often the guy he doesnt see open, and I personally think it has a lot to do with Clay not bringing it every play. Many times I have seen Clay dog it on his routes, critical routes on 3rd down where the play didn't complete because he half arsed his route or effort.
3. The offense isn't good enough: False. We are one of the highest scoring offenses in the league since we fired Roman, so there isn't much more to write here. And we have accomplished that with MANY injuries to our best players on offense and the offensive line. I mean the offenses top 3 weapons in Watkins, Woods, and McCoy have missed a lot of time collectively this year, and also played hurt in multiple games they did play in. Plus injuries to the OL and the other WR's have compounded it further.
4. Watkins is a bust: False. He had some bad luck, but when on the field he is easily one of the 5 best WR's in football. He was top 3 last year in just about every category once he was healthy. The long ball to him this game is exactly what he brings to the table. He doesn't need much separation to be "open" and Taylor and him seem to have a rhythm that Taylor just doesn't have with the other WR's. I think it has to do with the other WR's struggle to consistently get separation, run good routes, or keep their feet. Sammy just seems to glide out there and is an exceptional route runner, so Taylors timing just always seems to be at a different level with a healthy Sammy versus our other guys or even a slowed Sammy who isn't 100%.
All in all...this offense is good enough to take us to the playoffs assuming Sammy stays on the field and is healthy. If we can get a healthy Sammy, Woods, McCoy and Harvin on the field at the same time, this offense can be even better.
The defense to me is the real concern even though it seems that Taylor dominates the conversations on this board. I wonder if we even win the game yesterday if Ivory doesn't get hurt because he was running all over the defense with ease. Our CB's are shaky at best as well. Every week it just feels like only one portion of the D comes to play, too often they just don't put it all together. I think the biggest culprit is the pass D as we seem to keep having to drop more help and bring less pressure up front to make up for their struggles, and that opens up running lanes for the backs and QB's.
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Maybe they could go for Alshon Jefferys. He is a #1 that will prob go for 9mill per. Because of the injury history and now the drug suspension. It would be a gamble but he is really good. AJ and Sammy could be amazing
I would rather gamble on Alshon with a high ceiling than over pay for a middling WR like Woods. Again, he is a low floor guy who also has a low ceiling and is going to look for money that is above his production level despite never ceasing the opportunities he has had to prove his worth.
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I bet you would have said the exact same thing about Dak Prescott.
Did Cardale light up the preseason like Dak did? Obviously, he didn't so that comparison isn't really apples to apples. Cardale is a project who literally wasnt ready to be the starter in college and lost his job because of it. And lets not forget, the Dak Prescotts of the NFL dont come around very often. Its very rare a QB comes into the league and has the kind of success he has had. Its also very rare a young QB comes into one of the best offensive lines of the last decade, and probably the best one along with a great TE, WR, and studly stable of running backs.
Our offense is not the Cowboys which is loaded around Dak...and Cardale is not Dak. 100% guarantee that Cardale will not play this year while we are in contention for playoffs without injuries to both TT and EJ. And the same people calling for him to start will be the same people demanding he gets cut if he somehow made it into a game because he would fail due to not being ready and not enough playmakers around him to help.
Is 10-6 But Missing Playoffs a Success or Failure?
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Yes it would be a success...one it would be the best record we have had in years. Two, it means we won out which also would show how important Sammy was to have on the field further illustrating the struggles without him at WR (because no way we win out without Sammy making an impact IMO).