No QB - No Bueno
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I like vulva.
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"My dad thought I was a jackass" absolutely made my day. Back in '83, I came home from college after growing a sweet 'stache (think Napolean Dynamite here) and alllllll my friends had told me how good it looked. My girlfriend (now wife) wasn't crazy about it, my Mom had pretty much the same response as yours did. My dad, however, came in from work, took one look at me and started laughing hysterically. God love him, I shaved it off almost immediately. He tried to tell me how much he liked it, but the damage was already done.
"My dad thought I was a jackass." Good stuff.
In retrospect my dad reared me by zen aphorism:
'the best way to control a cow is to give it a very, very big field.'
He was still pragmatic enough to call a spade a spade.
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I thought it was his going to school that was making his parents proud...which, sadly, makes too much sense this day and age.
Asinine rule. Zero tolerance for unusual haircuts?
You're correct.
But, the idea that his folks think that their son is righteous for keeping the 'do and remaining in solitary makes me cringe.
Not the stuff of legends.
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A haircut makes his parents proud. I'm amazed how inane forms of 'expression' replace actual achievement as a measure of pride.
I wore a mohawk (straight up Iroquois - no faux) and got stuff etched in my head during football season my junior year in HS. My mom shrugged it off as phase and my dad thought I was a jackass. It didn't violate any established school rules then, but if it did, I god-damn guarantee you that my pops would have persuaded me to shave it off.
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Probably has a lot more to do with Jauron's relaxed practice style and players getting beat then it does Strength coach.
I'm not so sure of that conducting pile-driver practices is beneficial to team conditioning. I would guess a certain level of hitting to simulate game conditions helps players acclimate to the stresses that will have to endure during the season. But I doubt there is any evidence that as the proportion of the live contact practices goes up, the better conditioned (or effective) a team becomes. Practice is for skill building and developing and fine-tuning play execution.
Many teams problems (and the Bills) stem from a lack of talent and a lack of execution. In the Bills case, they stockpile marginal talent and can't seem to formulate offensive game plans for the NFL level.
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It has to do with the type of injury. Many injuries are going happen no matter the level of conditioning. Bones and joints have a threshold of stability, and if the forces on it exceed that threshold, you're screwed. See foot planted, body torqued - ankle or knee or hip hosed. Shoulder driven into ground, a/c joint or cuff hosed. Elbow snapped when player uses arm to brace fall during tackle. Concussions, etc.
Remember too that most players are playing with or through injuries during the season. During the season they don't heal and are subjected weekly to the same stresses that caused the injury in the first place. Training is meant to coax physical improvement incrementally. If the cumulative stress on the body is greater than the body's ability to recover, no healing occurs and existing injury is exacerbated. I'm guessing many guys become detrained while nursing hurts (and still playing) which increases the chance of further injury.
I was treated by a Doc who is on the staff of a MLB team. He said the whole pitching staff he treats basically plays injured and with pain - torn labrums and rotator cuffs and tendonitis. In season these guys get therapy just to make it tolerable enough to play (at s high level).
One thing I do wonder is if the many teams fall prey to fitness industry gimmicks and trends. I've read that many pro -teams regimens are centered on non-structural lifts: flailing around on physio-balls and using cables and pulley columns to the exclusion of Olympic lifts. I question if these guys preserve bone density and stimulate enough bone deposition using these 'functional' approaches to withstand the rigors of the season
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nuh nuh nuh gone
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shoulda drafted arron rodgers instead of trent edwards sense hes beter
Let's keep going with this theme:
shoulda took my thum out of my but alot sooner, now my brayns impinged.
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I miss hearing his blaccent.
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Yet our strength and conditioning coach is in advertisements as far as developing a conditioning program in health clubs
He cashed in his status as one of maybe 90 strength coaches (head and assistants) in the NFL. Don't equate that with being an innovator in the field or having a superior level of competence (though I am not questioning his competence). Get any S&C industry monthly and you'll see 'the luminaries of the trade' pimping any gizmo/system/supplement that has the jack.
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I beg to differ, the Colts would not even be close to the same team as they have been without Manning, Their defence has been mediocre at best Polians entire tenure in Indy. Its been Manning and the offence carrying that team. As for the Chargers, they have been up and down with Butler and Smith
Imagine if the Bills played a team with as horrible an offense (and qb) as the Bears in the SB?
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That was a hell of game yesterday. Impressive QB play. All those who harp on California quarterbacks should watch Aaron Rodgers. He was completely pummeled by games end (who needs a line?) and still came up big though a little short.
The Bills (and the Browns) are among the few teams that effectively play without a QB. I've seen some bad games this year not involving the Bills, and still those bad teams were able at times to execute basic passing plays commensurate with the NFL level. A game like the Pack and Vikings comes along and the Bills fan realizes it has been eons since and will probably be eons before the Bills have a NFL caliber offense.
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The plan was for Walker to slide from RT to LT after Peters left. The problem was that Walker didn't want that and his attitude showed that. DJ has shown in the past that if you don't want to follow their plan and be here, they will show you the door. They did it with Peters, with Crowell, with Dockery, and right now with Parrish.
As for Turk, the seeds may have been planted due to the lack of offence the previous year, but what cemented it was the even worse performance by the offence in the preseason. The Bills knew that something desperate had to be done or else the season was lost before it even started. Like I said, I don't doubt that they were already putting him on a short leash and thats why they switched the offence to a no-huddle, but they gave him the pre-season to show what he could do, and when he flopped, they had to do something drastic to try and save the season before it started
The players you cite were not shown the door because they didn't follow a plan; they were either overpaid and underperformed (doc and roscoe), wanted more jack in the middle of their existing deal (peters), or made a personal decision based on a injury that defied the FO's expectations (crowell). I seriously doubt DJ is the executor of any of those personnel actions (save for demoting Roscoe, who if accounts are correct, was on the block during the off-season).
The plan regarding Walker's move to LT following Peters departure was knee-jerk on the Bills part. Somehow with repetition this canard has morphed into their well-crafted plan to upgrade the OL when their most athletically gifted lineman left. Maybe Walker had no incentive to switch, and demonstrated that in so many ways to the staff. Or maybe he was just plain bad and overpaid.
The Bills did what all mediocre organizations do, the easy thing, even if it flies in the face of the obvious poor outcome.
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I don't understand this about Bills fans (I have been a Bills fan all my life, but outside WNY) We have garbage players, and garbage backing them up and often we are calling for the garbage backing them up to get a shot, instead of just getting rid of all the garbage.
Nic Harris, is too small to be a LB and too slow to be a DB. He should not have been drafted in the first place. Buffalo drafts three guys every year with "high upsides" who come cheap and can't do anything except offer high energy on special teams. We need to cut all these guys bring in some talent...Every where. Then move they guys like Ellison to back up roles. we will never be competitive until this happens.
You nailed it. I'm not against picking up a few athletic projects if the raw talent is there - Byrd (for example who may be too slow for his college position), or a Jason Peters. Guys that are either freakish raw athletes, and no I don't mean bench press specialists like Lief Larson, or have unusually good football instincts.
The Bills, who have lepers in the FO and on the coaching staff, sacrilegiously think they can draft out of position then make water into wine.
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Dockery wasn't in their plans, why he was let go when they let him go, who knows........
Walker was in their plans, he just didn't want to be part of their plan of having him play LT. He wanted to stay at RT and he let his attitude and play show it, thats why he was let go
Schonert was also in their plans for this season, but after going through the pre-season with an offence that performed like the bills did, a change had to be made, thats why Turk was sent packing when he was.
I've heard all that before and I'm not really buying it.
I have a hunch the Bills weren't really as high on Walker at any position. So he's their best RT on an exceedingly mediocre front wall. At 5 million per, there's very little return unless a decent pass blocker is worth 5 large. The Bills realized they overpaid for both Doc and Walker. When the situation Peters went from bad to worse, they tried to plug the hole in desperation with a bigger hemorrhoid, Walker. Its like giving the books to the janitor when the accountant suddenly quits.
I can't imagine that the seeds of Schonerts dismissal were only planted in the preseason. After a less than stellar 2008, and assertions that his approach was too complicated for a Stanford grad, the Bills have to had doubts.
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You have a coach that is hanging on by a string.......
- We trade away Jason Peters (I didnt necessarily have a problem with this)
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- Then we worked Langston Walker through the entire training camp and preseason at LT.....THEN CUT HIM RIGHT BEFORE THE SEASON
- I didn't have a problem with not drafting a OL BUT IF YOU D O THAT THEN BRING IN VETERAN INSURANCE.....NOT COMB PRACTICE SQUADS FOR FOR BACKUP PLAYERS
Our OT situation is a damn mess
Langston Walker sucks and his absence is the least of the Bills problems. At the vet minimum he's perfect for the Raiders. My biggest B word with this team is that they had ample time after the end of last season to jettison Dockery, Walker, and the OC if none were in their plans. But the Bills have no plan. So they essentially cram a semester worth of play design, learning and fine tuning into a couple of weeks before the final. How bad you want to fail?
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Mitchell is a moron. If the Bills had a real front office he'd be lucky to make the squad next year. I doubt he gets quicker after the injury.
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The most recognizable on the list are:
Chad Pennington
Kyle Orton
Jason Campbell
Tarvaris Jackson
That's too much f'in perspective.
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I think I've gotten a clearer idea of what people think of Keith Ellison on here. If you think he is a horrendous football player, you are clueless. The consensus amongst rational fans seems to be that he is a reliable and durable backup LB. Personally, I think they need a hulking 265 lb. MLB ala Patrick Willis and then you move Poz and Mitchell back outside. Poz would be a solid second best LB on a winning team's roster and Mitchell would be a very solid third best LB on a winning team's roster. Ellison would be a solid backup/fourth best, etc. We just need one sick LB to bump everyone down a peg!
Willis isn't hulking. Willis weighs 240lb. He's an explosive athlete unlike Poz.
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Once again the failure to understand that while speech is free, there is always a cost.
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Takei says, 'wang'.
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He's gawwwwwwwwwwwwn. Oh What. What went wrong?
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none....Stroud may have a chance...Moorman has been slightly slipping the past couple yrs
I love Morman but Lechler is a bit better.
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Pot meet kettle.
Once you get 'em you're kind of stuck with them for a time.Touche!
Whitner calls out offense...
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Anyone who played organized sports knows that teammates who regularly talk smack without making a commensurate impact on the field are largely ignored.
Regularly hosting pizza parties might get you props, but little credibility.