Alphadawg7
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Discipline and execution. Watching the Pats tonight on something just as simple as a single snap I realized this. Brady went through multiple hard counts trying to draw the defense on one play. I was waiting for someone to move and no one did. Everyone was on the same page.
On defense everyone knows their assignment and plays their role. Pass rushers rush the passer, LB's attack their gaps or get to where they're supposed to be in coverage, the Secondary communicates well, and everyone knows their assignments. Rarely do you see a blown coverage or anyone out of place despite misdirections or play fakes.
This made me think about the other teams who are upper echelon in this league. All have the same attributes, discipline and execution. A lot of it is coaching, but the players still have to execute. Say whatever you want, but we have as much if not more talent then most teams in this league, especially on the defensive side of the ball. There is no excuse for us looking like an FBS team at times as we have this year.
One other difference you failed to mention is we are missing literally half our players on offense, including our right side of the OL, starting QB, most our RBs, top 2 WRs and our 5th WR.
For the love of god, if people can't realize how devastating that is to a team and its ability to win then I don't know what to tell you people. Yes, Ryan and the D have been a disappointment, but the facts are the facts...we have been in every game for the most part, fought back in the second half of games, and had we not been so injury bitten we most likely are sitting with at least 2 more wins, and probably 3 more.
So, to sit here and act like the whole team blows, the staff blows, etc while ignoring the subpar talent being forced to play at several skill positions on offense and missing one of our best DBs still and also AW in our secondary is just crazy to me.
By no means has it been a perfect ride for the staff or the D, but this team is a shell of what it should be thanks to one of the most severe injury situations in the NFL this year. Watkins and Harvin being out on offense is devastating for getting others open whether people want to admit it or not because they prefer to just bash those 2 guys. Karlos Williams was a big loss, especially with McCoy missing time and being at less than 100% the WHOLE season.
Lets get this team healthy again and then we can evaluate just what the problems are.
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C'mon man, you know why he TV networks are valuable. Say it with me...THE FANS....
You mean fantasy football. NFL is as watched as it is solely because of fantasy football. The rise of fantasy football took the NFL watch rates and soared them through the roof. It's not about team fans, it's 100% because fantasy football makes every game compelling and watchable.
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I literally posted in the shout box during the game to put Easley in as he has more playmaking ability then the show pass specialists we had in the game. 5 to 10 min later TD to Easley showing exactly what I was championing about the kid and have said about him for a long time.
People forget that Easley is a guy that we have had teammates and QBs in the past rave about in workouts, including Fitz. He had a couple of unfortunate things that derailed that knocking him out for the season...when he returned he was too far down the depth chart and focused on ST and became a stud ST player.
Now, its like he's been stuck in that ST role and forgotten about as a WR prospect as the regime here was not around when Easley was showing off his ability as a WR prospect. Yet I have seen this kid make lots of big plays during practice and preseason when he has had a few opportunities. It never gets him much consideration because of the low talent he's playing against, so he just can't get out of that ST ace role.
However, with the injuries to our other WRs I feel the time is NOW to give this kid a bigger role. If Watkins and Harvin are out, he should at the very least be the WR3. Honestly, I would start Easley and Woods on the outside and Hogan in the slot. Hogan has NO business being anywhere but the slot. Easley has more big play ability then either Woods or Hogan, so he can help stretch the D, and given how little he's been used, he is likely to see a lot of one on one which he can beat with his size and speed.
That being said, I expect Watkins and probably Harvin to be back after the bye in a make or break game against the surging Dolphins. So now he's going to have 4 people ahead of him in that case, but I still think they need to find a way to get hims some snaps.
#FreeEasley #GoBills #GiveHimeAshot
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How exactly do we need Mallet? We have a MUCH better QB in Taylor as our starter (mind blowing how many people who either forget or fail to see how well TT has played, especially considering he did so without most of his weapons) and a backup QB that is at no worse equal to what Mallet is.
I liked Mallet coming out of college and felt we should have drafted him. I was even on board bringing him here last year. But now, the ship has sailed. We have a starting QB in Taylor and a capable backup in EJ who already knows the system. Mallet would be worthless this year to this team, couldn't even beat out Hoyer, and I really don't see the point in bringing him in anymore. If they want to next year to provide competition for EJ as a the backup, fine...but now would not make sense to me.
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Yup, there is still reason to be optimistic.
I dont understand how so many people around here can't process the fact that we are missing our starting QB, all our RBs, our top 2 WRs and another WR, and our OL on the right side.
No teams in the NFL win when they are missing half of their entire offense. Yet here we are in games, scoring still, etc. This team has promise if it can just get healthy.
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Thanks No Saint . . the point is Roman has not really been any better in the preparation and plan. Again, exhibit A = the last three plays.
Yet we keep scoring lots of points despite missing our starting QB, most our RBs, most our WRs and the right side of our OL.
Maybe Roman isn't the problem...
Breaking News: OC, HC, and offenses in general don't normally look as good playing their backups at all the skill positions.
I mean I sat Antonio Brown in Fantasy because despite how good he is as a player, he's useless with backup QBs in there. Teams don't win or play well with second string players or worse at critical positions like QB, OT, and starting WRs. Somehow, with backups everywhere, and backups to backups playing, this team keeps scoring points and stays in games. So to hate on Roman right now, despite all the injuries is just crazy to me.
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Whaley>Meh
I don't understand the Whaley lynch mob. Blame injuries, blame the refs, blame Rex, blame EJ.....but don't blame Whaley
This, and its puzzling how confusing this is for people
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You must not have finished reading his post, eh?
Nope, I was trying not to puke from the title
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The problem is the head coach, pure and simple. Look what he has done with a top 5 defense. Look at what the Jets are doing without him.
First of all, Jets added MANY Critical players...Marshall, Revis, Cromartie, etc. Its not the same Jets team by any means.
Second, our team is missing its entire starting offense damn near.
You can not compare the two right now.
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After the Miami game, the question was: "How will we keep him?"
Since that game, he has been awful. The icing on the cake were the three calls at the end of the game. Why? On all three of them? But the last incompletion was the kicker. Everybody but him knows that is a very hard throw, and that is not even figuring in the EJ factor.
And by the way, did they outlaw the screen pass? … don't we have this guy named McCoy that needs the ball in space?
Anyhow, the last three games have been horrible.
I'm not serious about Hacket, but time for this guy to be held accountable
You have got to be kidding me!?!? Hacket was the worst OC I have ever seen. TERRIBLE on all levels.
Roman is MISSING his starting QB, all his RB depth, the right side of the OL, 3 WRs including his top 2...and we scored 31 still despite EJ doing his best to give the game away...and you think Roman is the problem?
I mean wow...amidst all the over reactions every week here, suggesting we bring back Hacket is about the worst thing I think I have ever read on this board. Anyone suggesting we have Hacket back over Roman should literally step away from the board and sober up for 48 hours. Thats how bad Hacket was.
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Gotta believe everything the jets fans were telling us about Rex - he is all talk. He has done NOTHING to prove that he has any business being a HC in the NFL. Leave him over there and bring Schwarts back. Don't even get me started on EJ.
Well considering we left our starters on offense in Buffalo because they are all hurt, maybe you should consider that a little
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Last I checked, teams don't win much when they are missing their Starting QB, top 2 WRs, other WRs, all their RB depth, their right side of the OL.
So before we get all doom and gloom, maybe we should actually judge the team once its healthy. Dallas is a contender with Dez and Romo, joke without. Pitt is a contender with Big Ben, joke without.
When you are missing all those pieces, your team is not usually very good. Yet we are still in all these games. Refs stole the game at the end, but EJ really gave it away early. With TT in this game I think we win it pretty easily.
I am as disappointed as everyone, but to disregard the unbelievable amount of injuries in evaluating what this team could be doesn't make sense to me.
It's two hours later and I'm still not sure how to react to this. It's just so baffling to me.
I'm so sick of the positivity and excuses. Other teams survive and win. We lost to the Jags?!Actually other teams missing all their starters on offense don't survive and win.
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I would think so, but that's just a hunch. He'll last through the season but will be out come new year. This season is over.
its absolutely absurd to propose a GM is going to lose his job because our entire offense is hurt and our backup QB is not consistent enough out there.
I mean, come on people, get a grip on reality. We are missing half our offense to injury.
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Some issues with your post: One year, $6M isn't all that friendly of a contract - especially if Harvin misses a lot of games. A one year incentive laden deal with a smaller signing bonus and salary would have been a lot more team friendly. You were careful to say he lead all WRs on the team, which is true. He doesn't lead all receivers though as Clay is way ahead of him with 31 catches for 324 yards. Harvin only has 19 for 218. And Woods is only 7 yards behind him with 17 for 211.
So, no, Harvin isn't useless, but he has been way overpaid thus far.
Well considering Woods has played in every game and Harvin hasn't, its more telling how much more effective Harvin has been on the field. And I wasnt careful to say anything...I said exactly what I said, he leads all of our WR's this year despite missing time.
So to call a guy useless who leads all of our WRs in performance thus far despite missing time and who started the year pretty much considered a 3rd or 4th option originally behind Sammy, Clay, and McCoy is really pretty inaccurate.
Anyone with 2 eyes can see how much better this offense is with Sammy and Harvin on the field, but people all over this board slamming them as if they aren't very important. You want to be frustrated he's hurt, go right to it...but to call him useless this year is pretty ridiculous.
PS: And with our cap situation, $6M is pretty friendly especially since we have no cap obligations to him next year. Its utterly absurd to complain about his cost when his contract isnt negatively impacting the team this year. We signed everyone we wanted, resigned our own, and have room left over. Complaining about his cost is literally pointless because it didn't hold the team back in any way and we still have room. So it is a friendly contract to say the least, especially since we can get out of it at the end of year if we choose to.
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Do over reacting fans and arm chair GM's who love to wallow in and spread misery count as someone I can vote for? You know the ones who are pretty excited to be right when things go wrong and still argue they will eventually go wrong even when they go right...
PS: Also known as the same people to praise offseason moves then claim they always knew they were terrible moves if they don't work out the way expected.
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The only thing worse than an overpaid WR is an overpaid WR who spends more time on the injury list than on the field. What were the terms of his contract? Is it an easy out next year?
You mean the WR that despite injuries leads all WRs in receptions on the Bills and actually as a very friendly contract? Lol...this board is just one witch hunt after another, and as usual, very misguided.
Yes, it sucks he's hurt, but so is the rest of our offense. He was pretty useful on the field, and quite frankly, our entire offense is pretty useless without Harvin and Sammy on it.
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Going to throw some things out there as we speed toward the bye week. If the season were to end today...
- Robert Woods, Seantrel Henderson, Duke Williams, Bacarri Rambo, EJ Manuel, Nigel Bradham, Percy Harvin, Cordy Glenn, Kyle Williams, Nickel Robey are all looking for work.. Woods is having a sub par year and has hurt the Bills with penalties more than he's helped them. The rest have just plain underperformed or in Harvin's case not shown up...
- Aaron Williams and Marquis Goodwin both retire....(another huge cap hit with A. Williams)
- Mario Wiiliams is a potential offseason cut after the date where they can spread the cap hit-- Even with taking the whole cap hit in 2016, its a $12 million net cap gain. Rex's system doesn't utilize his talents and the Bills can only afford one $100M D lineman.
- If Jerry Hughes didn't carry an $11.6 million dead cap hit -- he would be on the "looking for work" list. Another net negative contributor thus far.
- A football czar would be brought in....speculate that its someone Polian recommends -- the list includes Telesco, Caldwell if either are fired...and Whaley gets pissed and leaves.
- Danny Crossman would be let go/not retained
Things can turn around fast in the NFL....the Bills can go on a run and the team stays pat, restructures M. Williams and Clay and secures Taylor for the future-- this team is capable of winning seven to nine of the remaining 10 games, but this team has not played up to its capability nor has it been well coached.... Its time to turn it around or face a lot of player and front office turn over this offseason.
Honestly, this post is so absurd on so many levels that its literally not worth going through them all. Besides, many have already covered the ridiculousness for the most part.
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How about TO
I actually thought about TO as well. Yes he's old, but he was always a freak athletically, so wouldn't be crazy to give him a workout. He did fine when he was hear in terms of off field stuff, so I wouldn't worry about off field drama.
That being said, even if we did bring him in for a workout, I would not expect him to make the team...again, he's pretty old and hasn't played in a while, so I doubt he would be able to contribute a whole lot. However,I still don't think it would be crazy to work him out and just see if there is anything left there even if I doubt there is.
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Alshon isn't going to be traded IMO. He's too young.
Smith is the only realistic option. We trade for him this week, he gets until the game after the bye to learn the offense/practice. That would be acceptable.
Yeah, thats why I said I don't think the Bears would do it anymore or it would cost too much if so. There were rumors that both Alshon and Forte could be had while Claussen was starting and Alshon was still hurt...but I doubt that would be the case now unless we sent a huge offer they couldn't refuse which would be stupid on our part and wont happen.
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Trade deadline approaching quickly... Who would you (realistically) try to trade for and what would you give up?
Only 2 people really come to mind that could actually help this team this year. First and foremost, adding a WR midseason isn't usually a move that is as impactful as you would think because there is timing with the QB, they have to learn the offense still, etc etc. It can actually make the offense worse because if the WR and QB aren't on the same page, mistakes happen that can cost games.
That being said, I think the only 2 people worth exploring are Steve Smith and Alshon Jeffery.
1. Steve Smith - He has some familiarity with Taylor, although not a lot as Taylor rarely got to work with the ones. But he is also a grizzled Vet and has the kind of swagger and attitude that can be infectious, so he could bring more of that to our your WR core which adds to the value he brings. On top of that, he would likely be very cheap as a 1 year rental to replace our other broken 1 year rental Harvin.
2. Alshon - This to me would be worth exploring because he's a very talented and young WR we could have in our arsenal for years. My concerns though as he has dealt with his own injuries in his young career, so there is risk there. Bears I think would have traded him before he came back, but after his big game that window may be closing or getting more expensive. The problem with Alshon is its going to cost a lot to acquire and a lot to retain him after we acquire him.
Ive seen others like Roddy White, Colston, etc on here being thrown out...and at this stage, I don't know how much they help given they have already declined and don't know the offense. Steve Smith is still explosive, I can not say the same about some of the others. If we are going to consider White, Colton, etc...then rather than trade for someone like that, better we sign Wayne off the street and not have to give anything up or kick the tires on Welker or something.
So, my vote is Steve Smith...and I would actually like to see that happen. Maybe he can teach Woods how to get open.
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Let me preface this topic with saying that I do, and did, agree with the Alonso trade. We have all seen what Shady can do when healthy, and even hobbled on this team, he showed a lot this past game against the Bengals, without much threat from the passing game.
But. Did we devalue him a little too much? Remembering the way he was used in Pettine's system, when he had a DROY runner-up season, he seemed to be something this team could really use. A LB that was used to great effect against the pass, who was one of the chief players when disguising blitzes, or showing blitzes and dropping off in coverage.
I watched this (I know it's a highlight video, but it's the best I can do.)
I noted Kiko's position in a lot of his highlights. Dropping into the middle of the field to protect against quick-ins and slants, he produced. Obviously the TO well dried up early as it is wont to do, but still. His effectiveness on short to intermediate routes across the middle was apparent. He wasn't a player without his negatives, namely getting swallowed up on run blocks. But would he have fit this system perhaps better than Bradham or Brown, two LB's who haven't had a great year in pass coverage, a similar system that he excelled in back in 2013 (even if he wasn't perfect)?
Again, reiterating that I still agree with the trade. And even if he is a better fit, I still would've pulled the trigger on the trade. But I thought I wouldn't notice much of a drop off.
And let's ignore injuries for a second, because this topic will quickly die if the only dialogue is "injury-prone, couldn't help in street clothes."
Its no secret I was high on Kiko as I was singing his praises on draft night. But, for an athletic LB to have had 2 major knee operations, one to each knee, before his sophomore season in the NFL is something that can't be disregarded when evaluation his future. His value is based on his mobility and athletic ability, and after he blew his other knee out, his future certainly was a little more murky as to how he would come back.
Ignoring that fact, which you really can't but I will do anyway, and focusing on the talent alone, Kiko is a promising players, always has been. I will say, Kiko tailed off quite a bit towards his end of his rookie season and definitely at his best in the first half the season IMO. That being said, its to be expected from rookies adjusting to playing 20 games between preseason and reg season.
Would I have liked to have kept him, sure, just like everyone else. However, at the time of the trade, he definitely seemed very expendable considering the other promising LB's we had coming off impressive seasons. And he brought back an Elite talent at RB to help an offense which was the sore spot the year before. So, at the time of trade and as we sit now, we definitely got the better end of the deal trading a LB with 2 bad knees and only one season under his belt for an Elite overall player and RB in McCoy. Given Kiko is out for the season again, the trade appears more like trade rape then us just getting a good deal, and there is what lies the risk with dealing with a player who's already had a major surgery on both knees.
Time of Trade, Bills grade A, Philly grade B- (if Kiko wasnt coming off knee surgery, would be an A, you can't get an A ever when trading for a player who hasn't seen the field yet after blowing out his knee).
Now, Bills grade A+++, Philly grade C- (I wont give it lower than a C- because they are fine at RB and Kiko contributed a little this season and still could potentially come back and still be a good player next year).
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Only because who they got with the picks from the Bills are even worse, but no one in Cleveland is pining for Watkins.
Categorically not true. Was even a hot topic after scrimmage with them. I have a few close friends who always bring it up and how they would have rather have kept the pick and had Watkins then get more picks the Browns would waste on lesser players.
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I guess...
My opinion is that there's zero connection between the two. The guy rolled his ankle. It stinks for him, and to his credit, he still made a key play despite the injury.
There are probably some alterations that he can make to his training routine to eliminate some of the soft-tissue stuff he's gone through, but for the most part, I think he's been a victim of bad luck.
I agree with whoever the poster was (I think it was NoSaint) that said we need to learn to separate his going to the media from his performance on the field.
This times 1000. The biggest issue with Sammy, especially this year, that like McCoy he has been playing despite not being 100%. When you are dealing with soft tissue injuries, playing through has a high chance of aggravating it again or making it worse. Not to mention, that because you are not 100% a player will then compensate and favor that which in turn puts injuring something else at a higher risk.
To call Sammy injury prone at this stage is beyond premature. I remember when Matthew Stafford was "injury prone" during his first 2 years. Guess what, he hasn't missed a single game since those first 2 years over the last 5 seasons, which includes the 6 games this year.
Its football, and players can easily get hurt on any given play. Now if Sammy got hurt just running around or something, I can see it being more concerning. His footing slipped (seemed to be a common problem Sunday as I saw several players lose footing, including McCoy on multiple occasions when planting to cut) and that caused his ankle to roll. I don't care if he had played 10 years injury free at that point, if you roll your ankle you are most likely going to get at least a mild sprain if not worse. Especially when trying to stop and turn like that. Everything about this latest injury was about it being an unfortunate and unlucky scenario of his cleats slipping and it causing his ankle to roll.
Yet he still made the huge and critical catch for us. This kid has a very bright future ahead of him and I have yet to see anything that would label him injury prone.
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Everything Jim said was accurate and spot on. Hopefully Rex and Dennis can really revaluate what this D did great last year and what they are doing wrong this year and fix it, and fast. With all the injuries on the offense, we really need the D to get their butts in gear. That being said, I hold a lot of the players responsible too. I saw a lot of weak efforts on that field, especially by our vaunted front 4 who looked to be running at half speed several times when in pursuit, almost jogging, after the RB and stuff. They may be frustrated with how they are being used, but there is NO EXCUSE for not going 100% out there. Thats not the answer. It wasn't just one or two occasions, it was several.
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While I wouldn't hate the move, I would rather see us use Easley more. He knows the offense, has tools we don't have in our other WRs (Speed Size combo) and Welkers biggest question mark is will he be any better than Hogan? Hogan is not in the same league as Welker if you want to talk about talent in his prime, but a this stage of Welkers career, does he really offer much more than Hogan given Welker is older, doesn't know the offense, has no timing with our QB, and is concussion prone...not to mention has not played a meaningful snap of football in a while.
Again, wouldn't hate us bringing him in, but I really think Easley should be used more.