JESSEFEFFER
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I am not done with EJ nor should the Bills be just to placate the vocal, "I am done with the guy," minority. If the coaching staff feels that way it's a different story.
EJ's bad plays 50%. They were early and he managed to pull his head out his butt and get his team back in the game.
Phantom PI call on Robey, 25%. Ref was baited by Jags sideline. A professional should not let that happen.
McCoy fumble at the 1, 20%. Took a big hit but knew it was coming, sold out to make the endzone and didn't protect the ball.
Defense letting Jags have a good drive or two, 5%. That's the NFL.
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I saw Fitz throw a ball through a keyhole that clanked off of Marshall's hands for an interception. I saw another where he dropped it in the bucket to Marshall on a deep sideline route that was bobbled and dropped. He hit Decker in the chest for a first down that he managed to drop. Bills DBs played a great game and the Jets WRs did not match their level of compete.
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The regular QB passer rating is a joke but mainly because it has one huge flaw, it doesn't penalize at all for taking sacks, and other lesser flaws like getting lots of yards does not help. Rob Johnson singlehandedly exposed the regular system by being by far the most sackable QB in NFL history while putting up nice to exellnt passer ratings. He finished his career 83.6 passér rating nearly identical to jim Kelly's 84.4. They just need to tweak the current passer rating so sack avoidance and yards count, not trash the whole system.
Besides sacks, NFL passer rating is blind to QB fumbles (often huge negative plays) anything involving QB runs (often huge positive plays) or the game circumstances of when plays are run (context always matters.) If statistics are like bikinis, the NFL passer rating is a burqini. ,
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To be fair, game circumstances are part of the criteria. There is a bonus for "clutch" play. I suspect the Patriots have not provided their QB many chances to earn the extra credit for making the difference in a tight game.
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Had a nice pbu and then a great read/reaction on a bubble screen on back to back plays. On the latter he was sprinting toward the playside before the snap and beat the blockers to the spot. I hate seeing bubble screens go for 7 to 12+ and thought that was a great play.
I couldn't remember the exact sequence of events when I posted this but these two plays set up the 3rd and 12 play that Hughes made. So, basically these two plays Leodis made created the circumstances for Jerry's defensive play of the game.
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Had a nice pbu and then a great read/reaction on a bubble screen on back to back plays. On the latter he was sprinting toward the playside before the snap and beat the blockers to the spot. I hate seeing bubble screens go for 7 to 12+ and thought that was a great play.
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Something rather strange about Tyrod that makes me question what his game is all about. He actually attempts a pass on less than half his dropbacks. That's rather odd. I think it's happened twice now and I don't know what to make of it.
I view him through the Mike Vick lens. He has a similar build and athletic skill set but is much more accurate and aware. The only time he exposed himself to injury was on the 24th yard of a 3rd and 23 play in a game they were trailing. These are good signs.
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I'd like to know how different Mike Pettine's defense was than this one. My gut reaction reaction is that he may have brought pressure more often but I doubt that it was that much different in scheme, depth or terminology from what he ran under Rex for the NYJs.
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Well, Leodis is getting some paractice time at safety so maybe there was some meat to the to that conversation Henderson had with John Murphy back then. I think Leodis has always had a hard time tracking the ball when looking over his shoulder, his left one in particular. This would tend to happen more when in chase mode along the defensive left sideline. He might be a real ball hawk in the middle of the field where he can see the ball come out and run to a point. He made a great pick in that spot against the Texans last year.
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This is the best evidence of how much Doug Whaley was involved in picking EJ. I for one do not think EJ is done, either here or elsewhere. The way Tyrod plays it is probably better than 50/50 that EJ plays meaningful football again this year. I've seen plenty of bad QB play/offensive football this year and not many teams that came from 24 down to take the lead.
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Play where Geno got blown up running down sideline instead of stepping out of bounds was vintage EJ from the Cleveland game his rookie year. NFL game moves way too fast for both of them.
EJ saw the defender late but lowered his shoulder to protect himself. Defenders rarely (never?) take a shot that low near the sidelines unless they have an agenda.
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OMG. You guys are defending this dope. I could tolerate the "Gimme my 10 targets" and "I could have Julio Jones stats if I had 20 targets" bull ****....but this dolt is bordering on TO material. Never, never, never call out your fans!! That's the sign of immaturity and a lack of professionalism. You can go ahead and defend him all you want but I've made up my mind on this kid.
The age of social media has rewritten many of the rules. I suppose the crap EJ has taken on his twitter is just normal fan banter too. It's not always wise to actively defend yourself when attacked but it is usually a totally understandable response. None of the fans I know would make death threats, burn up a lawn or criticize a player for taking his daughter to Disney World during a bye week. I'll call out these so called "fans." They are an embarassment.
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The receiver went down, Robey was still up and the Jags sideline went crazy begging for a call. The side judge closest to their bench but in no position to actually have seen any contact if it had existed, caved to the pressure and threw his flag. Ouch. So much for the Bills attempt to pick themselves off the canvas.
The CFL has replay review of PI, both calls and no calls. I think they do alright with it. It's one of the biggest holes in NFL's replay review system as these are amongst the most critical penalties called or not called and the old, fat refs running down the field are often in horrible position to see the play.
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Did Fitzy really say "circle the wagons"? Ouch
Yeah, I noticed that. Nice to think he learned something during his time here.
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Bills have two against the Jets and can take care of business against them. As for the rest of the Jets schedule, I am enjoying watching Fitz do his thing. The man cried as he hugged his teammates on locker cleanout day after the 2012 season. He wanted it pretty bad and knew his time here was over as was Gailey's. He's played better for the Titans, Texans and Jets.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/0ap3000000562801/Sound-FX-Ryan-Fitzpatrick
I would love to see him do that against the Pats.
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EJ has now compiled a TQBR of 50+ in 9 of his 15 starts. This is actually a high success rate of competent play. Most QBs with his level of experience do not break 50%.
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I noticed that JM asked him about Leo to Safety and he didn't seem too into that idea.
I took it a different way. It seemed like Henderson was shocked that JM brought it up. Almost as if he were revealing classified info. JM said he didn't "hear" it anywhere, just was specualting as were some fans. Henderson said something about keeping that talk low key. Maybe he was messing with Murphy.
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I just looked at the Bills QB stats going back 25 years, and Orton's 87.8 passer rating is the best by a Bills starting QB going back to 1991, when Kelly had a 97.6 rating. (I'm not counting Rob Johnson's 1998 season, in which Flutie made the vast majority of the throws.) Yeah, I know the rules have changed and numbers have gone up a bit across the board (except for the Bills!), but still: things haven't changed THAT much. I'm also one of those who see the stat as a good yardstick of performance, although I know it's not perfect.
Anyway, I'm not trying to defend Orton (although I thought he was more or less ok). It's more an indictment of the lousy-to-occasionally-average qbing the Bills have had for such a long time.
Anyway, it's up to Taylor to best 87.8! So far, the brass ring is in his grasp.
I will state that I hate any argument based on the NFL's passer rating. If statistics are like bikinis as stated by Aaron Levenstein, the NFL's NFL Passer rating is a retro fashion, one piece suit of QB stats. It is not only missing vital insight but it can be misleading as well.
Some things missed:
1) QB runs for first downs and TDs which obviously is a plus for EJ and a huge plus for Tyrod.
2) QBs that avoid sacks or minimize the yardage lost to them, often by throwing an incomplete pass or sensing pressure and moving forward.
3) QB that lead scoring drives that are capped by a short yardage score by a RB.
4) QBs that can protect the ball at all times, whether in the pocket or out. QB fumbles are huge game changers, moreso than ints. Some ints are like punts or offer no advantage to the other team but a QB fumble lost rarely is .
5) The game context of when attempts, completions, TDs and Ints occur.
The NFL passer rating can hide many flaws. Kyle Orton is the type of QB that benefits most from it.
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I was struck by the amount they paid for the Bills. Billionaires don't get to be that way by overpaying above and beyond the market value set by other bidders by $300,000,000. Then, Mary Wilson formed the foundation from the most of the proceeds and it's now being used to fund community development in and around Buffalo and Detroit. So maybe they looked at it as a good will overpayment to help endow the foundation.
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I don't think anyone has ever said anything indicating a preference, but he was the second team QB while here, and Manuel was inactive. That's indicative of a preference, no?
Sure. But a preference for what?
QB #2 job description:
1) Study the gameplan and work practice reps behind the #1.
2) Enter the game as a substitute for #1 sand run the offense after having had minimal practice reps during the week.
3) Start any of the games that the #1 is unable to.
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During the spring there was a thread here about Ryan Tannehill that went along the lines of who'd we want to see as the Bills QB, him or EJ. Tannehill never impressed vs. the Bills, didn't show much clutch play especially late in the season and now has the big contract. I said that I really wanted to see EJ play in this offense for these coaches because I thought this situation is more suited to bringing the best out of him.
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You have to realize that TV coverage will almost always give us a better look at these plays than the officials get calling them live. There is no other way to make calls other than how they "look." Umpriing a stolen base attempt at second base from behind home plate, you make a call based on whether the ball was there in time and whether the ball is caught and the glove is down before the runner reaches the bag. Don't tell the umpire that the tag was actually missed because it is impossible to see if a tag is actually applied from that angle.
I am surprised at how poorly the wording is for the horse collar rule. There should be language about pulling the runner down from behind while striking the back of their legs. That's the dangerous play it is intended to prevent so why not word it that way. The Titans did this to Tyrod and the Bills did not do so to Mariota.
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Clap it up, ya'll
@art_stapleton: Rex Ryan was asked on conference call with #Giants media if he missed New York.
"I live in New York. I don't know what you're talking about"
Travel anywhere in the other 49 and tell someone that you are from New York. All of them will assume you mean the city. Kind of irritating in a way. This is more subtle evidence that Rex is an intelligent, observant man who has picked up the sensitivities of our region rather quickly.
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Good Lord that is ridiculous.
Once he beats the RT, he becomes the fastest moving player in that clip.
He also had a very good game against the Bills last year. I think much of Kyle Orton's difficult day was the result of Mack.
Also, as happens often, the o-lineman that gets toasted becomes the most likely to recover the fumble because he is the first to know that his QB is going to be road kill.
Pegula gives Whaley,Ryan 1 year to fix Bills? (BN retracts!)
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I can see Terry and Kim saying they will continue course for one more year and will then re evaluate things then. That it's ultimately very important to see progress as an organization and should they see evidence that the organization is dysfunctional, they won't hesitate to blow it up, eat the contracts and start over. Two of those penalties of the undisciplined type were on Rex himself. He needs to set a better example and hold his players to it.
Is that an ultimatum or is that normal, NFL owner operations?