Alphadawg7
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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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Which is kind of annoying, isn't it? I'm all for giving either of them time to figure it out or get shipped out but saying anything about either of them (future career-wise) at this point is still premature.
I like both QBs moving forward, but how anyone can question TT as the starter right is mind blowing. The kid has balled out and without most of his weapons all year while playing hurt. EJ needs time to play to evaluate his future as more than a backup, but no way TT should have his job in jeopardy. Now if EJ had lit it up for two weeks after having such a strong preseason, then there would be something to talk about. But to unseat TT at this point, EJ would have had to be exceptional to even open that can of worms, and he wasn't.
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So it seems like EJ didn't impress enough for anyone to talk about him being the starter when Taylor returns from injury.
I would argue that 1. there was zero drop off in overall production from the QB position with EJ in.
2. EJ actually had the best total passing yards in a Bills game this season.
3. EJ gets sacked once every 21 attempts and Tyrod has been sacked once per every 9.8 attempts
4. Tyrod loses on average 7.14 yards per sack and EJ has averaged 3.5 yards lost per sack
5. EJ had at least 6 completions to WRs in this game. Tyrod has struggled to hit WRs. Last game our top two wideo outs had 1 catch
6. EJ also made plays with his feet albeit less exciting ones but he got a TD and a bug first down when needed.
7. While the Bills went 3 and out an embarrassing 50% of the time under EJ, they did the same thing against the Titans under Tyrod and Taylor did even worse against the Giants where the Bills were 57% 3 and out.
Both are throwing close to 70% completion, Tyrod a little over EJ a little under.
Neither is tearing it up the way they should with all these weapons.
Personally I think EJ has more potential because he actually can play from the pocket. If he has more practice time as the number one he could elevate his game. I feel like Taylor is already playing at the top of his game and the result is not much better than EJ in mid learning curve.
I say start EJ against Jacksonville. If he doesn't play better than this week then Taylor can come back after the bye but if EJ plays well I think you use the BYE to establish EJ as the QB because these scrambling QBs don't last more than a few games without injury. My prediction is that EJ would have to start week 5 when Tyrod got hurt and I was only a week off. Michael Vick has only had one season out of 13 where he was able to avoid injury. That is a telling stat.
All these weapons? People do realize we haven't had "all these weapons" for most the year right? Our offense is decimated by injuries, and even when on the field they have been playing hurt (TT, McCoy, Harvin, Sammy). So how can any QB take advantage of weapons who aren't in the game?
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I think the doom and gloom comes from seeing what we would do if we made it into the wildcard game. Against playoff caliber teams we have looked way over matched.
Yet we've never lost a game by more than one score despite most of our offense being hurt most games.
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Shhhhhh don't tell anyone that, they prefer wallowing in misery and proving why their negative outlook is always the correct outlook about everything Bills, win or lose.So, we lost yesterday. It didn't look great. But let's look at the big picture here: we are 3rd in the WC race behind the Jets and Steelers. The Steelers are a lock for wild card IMO, they have been finding ways to win even without Ben.
Jets are 4-1 against opponents who are collectively 11-17 (not a single opponent has a winning record).
Bills are 3-3 against opponents who are collectively 20-12 (includes TWO undefeated teams).
We just knocked out the toughest part of our schedule and we are still at .500 - the Jets have been playing NFL teams that resemble the power puff girls.
Yes, there are some major question marks.
No, the season isn't over. Not even close.
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Oh you mean all the things you arm chair GMs were happy about the time they happened? So rather than you guys be wrong, it's now about you being right about those being mistakes and it's the team that was wrong all along...got it. Weird that 90% of his board aren't NFL GMs, they had it all figured out and still do and are always right.Like:
- Using a first round pick on a QB that was projected as a 3 round talent or later.
- Using two first round picks on a WR without a proven QB.
- Trading for a high miliage running back that is in decline and giving him 25 million guaranteed.
- Throwing the majority of the cap at the defensive line, one that is severly underperforming.
- Not using enough resources for the offensive line.
I love how this team was super talented, great free agency and off season, etc. all year and when we win. When we lose, all the moves are mistakes, the team is doomed, and you were right all along and should be the GM.
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Weird, because last I looked we are 3-3 and you started a thread about Rex getting fired his year. Lots of people talking about hopes he gets fired, and we are 3-3.Ok 1st off, nobody said anything about firing Rex after 3-3. I said if we have a losing season (not in those exact words). And don't sit there and act like Rex made this team any better man. Be realistic will you? How many injuries do we have or have had on defense besides Aaron Williams? Every starter has played and the majority of our defensive starters are on the field but yet this defense is soft.
Based on the few responses I've read, I guess I gotta look forward to Rex turning this thing around since he'll be here to stay.
And we have also been missing mckelvin and AW is more important then you think. And for the love of God, if people don't understand how having an offense stall for large parts of the game forcing the D to play for long stretches of time and wear down, then you probably should t be posting about football.
The d needs work for sure, no doubt about it. It's grossly under performing, but there is more to it than just Rex sucks.
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This! Times 1000. This board is nuts. Clay came up short on 2 third downs against Giants in first quarter, and everyone was hating him...even people who were swinging on his junk during Miami game. Same people singing him praises again this week. This is the most reactional and irrational group of people I think I've ever seen. If we win, they love Rex. If we struggle it's time to fire him. Absurd. Same with Taylor, one minute he's the savior, the next they want EJ, now they want Taylor again. Bipolar galore around here.If he fired him after one season then no one worth hiring would come here
Yes, he needs to make some adjustments, so let him do it and see how it plays out. Not to mention this teams as been prison raped by injuries to critical players so far this year.
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I'm not from Buffalo and I'm not a hockey fan so I don't know how Pegula operates. My question is, based on your knowledge on Terry, how realistic is it that if we perform bad this year and the fans ask for a new HC that Terry will can Rex after one year?
Maybe it's not a good idea to fire a coach who is 3-3 despite missing damn near his entire offensive starters and their back ups for part or most of the year? How about we let Rex have some time to adjust, get his players healthy, etc before we start talking about firing. I mean this fire talk this early with this amount of injuries is the dumbest crap I've seen ever on this board, and they have been plenty of really dumb things on this board.
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Harvin is a good mentor for Watkins, since Watkins will have a career much like Harvin's - full of potential but ruined by being injury prone.
Well considering he was not healthy coming into the game, maybe he wouldn't be injury prone if we didn't have the rest of the offense damn near out too forcing him to play before he was healthy.
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I don't want to see the **** go undefeated, but at this point, we need them to run away with the division. Colts don't look like they're running away with anything. Give this one to the **** and keep the rest of the AFC down here with us?
I put $100 on the Pats figuring I will either jinx them and lose (money well spent) or I will at least win $100 when they rape the Colts
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Fitzy to boot.
Hmmm...guess the Jets being better has nothing to do with adding Marshall, Fitz, Revis, Cromartie and probably the best defensive player in the draft right? Not to mention their cushy schedule so far.
LOL. This board LOVES to go all lengths to tear down their own. Yet, we are missing damn near our entire offense, including our starting QB, top 2 WRs, starting RT, and most our RBs for all or half the game and somehow its pile on Rex day.
Considering we are 3-3 given the extreme amount of injurers to critical players like Watkins, McCoy, Taylor, Harvin, the OL, AW, McKelvin, etc is not bad. And we played 2 of the best teams in the NFL in Pats and Cincy in that stretch of 6 games.
The over exaggeration around here of Rex and Watkins is off the charts.
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I sometimes wonder if most Bills fans watch other NFL games...
They don't...
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Just looked and last year's Rex's team is now 4-1, matching the number of wins they had last year under Rex when they went 4-12. Our team, which was 9-7 last year has only 3 wins and looks lost. I say coaching does matter a lot and wished we signed the guy the Jets signed. Quiet, demanding guy who demands discipline.
Weird...I look around the NFL over the years...and teams missing their starting QB, starting OT, top 2 WRs, and most their RBs typically don't win much.
But somehow Rex is bad because a team starting backups at most skill positions can't get it done against a 5-0 team? Its not fair to judge Rex on a team missing its best players most the season. Let this team finally all get healthy and then judge what he can do with it.
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This team is undisciplined beyond belief. That's on Ryan. With minimal penalties this team is a championship competitor. I can't imagine the Pegulas putting up with this crap beyond a honeymoon year.
You clearly don't understand the notion of an over/under.
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a starting QB would not be winning this game.
we have been killing it on time of possession and our defense has not done ****.
this loss is on the sidelines and coaching and on the defense.
get Rex the hell out of town.
Come on...Rex is literally working with 2nd string players or worse at most the skill positions on offense. Rex hasn't had a healthy team all year, and missing critical players...yet had us 3-2 coming into this game. This pile on Rex when he's missing the best players on his offense is ridiculous. Yes the D has been a let down, but they are also missing 2 starting DB's and have been on the field a lot.
I say fire the DC and bring back Schwartz.
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The next draft the Bills need to draft a QB early. EJ will NEVER be an NFL quarterback. I was rooting so hard for the guy to make it but I have to give up on him. Three years in the league and he hasn't improved one iota. He's as bad now as he was on his first day in the league. The guy has all the physical tools but he just does NOT have it upstairs. No brains. This guy is dumber than a box of rocks.
Yet he has 2 TDs in the first half...RELAX he is a BACKUP. News flash: backups are not as good as the starters
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Here we go...man this board just LOVES to hate on its own players and lives for these moments. You guys do realize he played hurt right? And when you play hurt on these kinds of injuries without letting them heal 100% you have a real chance to reaggrivate it or make it worse. He played because we were really short handed on offense this week against a good team.
Sometimes I really hate this board.
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This is the risk you have when you come back early from these kinds of injuries.
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Epic fail of a thread...like others said, go away
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I was gonna post the same exact question of what if EJ lights it up for 2 weeks. I very much like Taylor, so this isn't some anti Taylor question. But if it does happen, it's going to be interesting to see who the coaches feel best about putting out there and who the fans want. I can say this, assuming EJ is impressive (and he's going to have to be VERY impressive for this to even matter given how Taylor has done and without his weapons most the season) who ever is starting when both are healthy is going to be looking over his shoulder and prob on a short leash.
But like I said, for there even to be a consideration of EJ taking over the job he is going to have to be very good to do so. Even playing good won't be enough to take the job from Taylor who has had a great start to the year, especially considering all the weapons he's been without and the dumb penalties his teammates have made.
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While they do some things well, the things they are doing well are the same things as last year.
The offense showed some pop early on, but has look more unprepared than anything else. The defense is the same as last year, at best. Our running game is mainly coming from our qb.
So no, I can't agree with this. If anything, they've shown an inability to control emotions (pats game and penalties)
So you say the offense showed pop early on...you mean when all our Offensive weapons were on the field? Before all our RBs got hurt, our top WR, and have seen our QB play hurt and lose key OL for parts of games?
Why on Earth would our offense still look the same with many backups playing at skill positions? And the running game...our running game looked great until both McCoy and Karlos were out. So, again, how can you completely disregard the injuries and make it about the coaches?
Facts are that offenses don't look the same when they are missing their best players...period, I don't care who you are. Yet, despite all that and a QB who's been playing hurt all year, we are 3-2, still averaging a good amount of points per game, are the only team to challenge NE this year, and had us in a winnable position in both of our losses.
But somehow its the coaches fault for the backups not being as good as our top offensive players? Come on now...how does that make sense?
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I agree. Also - all these guys on offense and defense haven't been in the scheme very long. Defense has a leg up because of Pettine, but remember that offense is all new to them.
The only guy I'm starting to wonder about is Whaley. He's brought in some great talent. He didn't really address the offensive line, and it shows, but I'm sot sure what else he could have done given the players available. The cutting Jackson has turned out to be a big mistake, especially since Boobie is injured as well, has been all year, and obviously isn't trusted by the coaching staff to be a primary back. They kept Boobie over Fred? Trading Cassel could be a mistake, too, but I'm not ready to call it that yet.
I have to disagree whole heartedly with everything you said about Whaley. He's done a tremendous job up to this point so far. Trading Cassel? EJ is better than Cassel...and most teams do not keep 3 QB's. So you can't fault a GM for trading a 3rd QB when you have two healthy ones. And he got good value on it. And Fred has been hurt too in Seattle...so how would keeping Fred somehow saved us from the most unlucky string of injuries to RB's in the NFL? No one could have anticipated we would have seen all our RB's get hurt...what was he supposed to do, keep 9 RB's? On top of that, Fred was hurt here most of preseason too and has been totally injury prone for years. So I don't see how keeping an injury prone RB who is 34 was somehow the key to having healthy RB's now, especially given he already been hurt once in Seattle.
And Boobie was kept because he has a different role than Fred. Karlos and McCoy are why Fred got cut, not Boobie. Boobie is a good ST player too, something Fred doesn't do. And he is a change of pace short yardage back. Fred was expendable because of Karlos Williams, not because of anyone else on this roster...and it has clearly proven to be the right move.
Whaley should be in the running for GM of the year right now, if not the out right favorite. His draft looks good so far too, again.
At What Point is Watkins Officially "Injury Prone"
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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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.