Watchin_at_Jimmys
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Right after Auburn won the championship, it seemed like Fairly would be a top three pick. I wanted him after that game. Now, he's been arrested for the 2nd time this offseason:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7977231/nick-fairley-detroit-lions-arrested-dui-charge-report-says
I'm a huge Bills and Auburn fan, but I agree Dareus was the better choice. Fairley was a one year wonder at Auburn who overperformed his last year to get paid. His trajectory right now is following Albert Haynesworth.
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how bout " da erie fury "..your thoughts ( be gentle )
Don't know about a nickname, but here's a motto - "All your QB are belong to us"
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being reported everywhere.
Jim Rome.
NFL Channel on Sirius.
Feel sorry for Tebow. The NY press will eat him alive. He'll have tons of press people who will make it their business to poke holes in his squeaky clean image.
That said, as a Bills fan, loving the chaos that will ensue with the Jets.
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Real deal? Like Brady Quinn , jamarcuss Russell, Ryan leaf, aliki smith, blaine gabbert, or the other countless qbs that were considered a sure thing by everyone? The chances of rgIII having a cam newton rookie season is terribly small. I wouldnt mind throwing a pick or two for him, but giving up the farm for a player that could very well be a bust? If he does turn out to be a bust, then you will have to wait like 4-5 years to draft another top tier prospect because you have no more 1st round picks. If the panthers traded up to the 1st round to get clausen they never would have gotten newton.
I am all for getting a stud qb, but I don't want to be enslaved to bust with the only way to draft a replacement is by using a 2nd rounder. That will get you nowhere.
I totally agree. There is no way to know whether RGIII or any QB coming out of college can process what's happening after the ball is snapped at the SPEED of the NFL. On top of that, the fans and the media here in DC have very little patience with their sports teams. Having paid such a steep price for RGIII will only increase the pressure on him. Tom Boswell has an article in the Washington Post today where he looked at all QBs taken in the first and second rounds over tha past 20 years. Their combined record for their first season is 50-115. It's their second and third years where you really find out if they can play. Given the atmosphere in this town (and I hope for RGIII's sake I'm wrong) I don't think RGIII makes it that far if he doesn't produce this year.
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How's it feel to be Tebowed? Kind of like Sandusky'd?
See ya next week.
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Saban's idiocy (arrogance) definitely cost them the game. Playing for OT when your kickers are having such issues?
Also, how do you have a heisman candidate in your backfield in Richardson, and you don't even give him a touch in OT? Did dickless jauron take over the bama playcalling?
Agree that Saban is arrogant. How can he claim to be such a master recruiter and he can't find a decent kicker?
War Eagle!
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Very good point. I'm also in the DC area. It's a hoot (and not surprising) that the sports talk radio folks here are spending all their time talking about how much the Skins stink, and giving no credit to how good the Bills are. Great example - nothing being said about Dareus being moved to nose and how much of a force he was. In fact, I don't recall the Fox broadcast team pointing that out either. Guess we're still under the radar.
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Given we're so thin at WR, what's the chance we bring back TO?
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I've seen three deep balls where the WR was completely wide open. One for a score, one down to the ten and one badly overthrown. Other than that, he's completed one medium range pass over about 8 yards downfield -- the first TD which was also a wide open WR sitting down in a zone who then ran it in. Every other play he's either looked to run first or dump the ball off and his guys get good RAC against an overmatched defense that can't pressure the QB or maintain coverage.
And that's all fine and well and they're going to win a championship and he deserves his Heisman Trophy and place on the lists of best seasons by a college quarterback. But to think this style/skill set is vastly different from every other 'dual-threat' college QB from the last 30 years is fantasy. Is he really going to run that QB draw for 20 yards on 3d and 12 and keep the drive going in the NFL? How many times is a team going to let him use his 6'6' 250 to pound into the line for a few yards? I don't think too many if they want a healthy QB (especially if he can't protect the ball any better than that).
I've seen nothing tonight to make me think this guy should be a high draft pick.
Full disclosure - I'm a first year AU fan. I have seen all their games this year (my son is a freshman there). I'm also a lifelong Bills fan, going all the way back to the Rockpile in 1960.
Cam has been spectacular many times this season, but last night was not one of them. While good, AU should have had 3 more TDs if he had been accurate. That's the most I've seen hime miss wide open receivers - could wonder if his back injury was an issue. He still might be great as a pro, but if anyone had a foolproof way to evaluate whether a QB could be a star playing the game at NFL speed, just from looking at college performance and the Combine, they could write their own ticket. I think Cam is too much of a gamble.
Nick, on the other hand, has shown again and again this year that he is almost unblockable, unless you double or triple him - just what we need either in the middle at 3-4 or DT if we go back to 4-3. So the Bills should grab him if he's available at 3. While they are at it, they should get Ted Roof as DC. Love to see how he would scheme against Brady and the rest.
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our d is a strength of this team, in fact we have so many of them that two are regularly scratched...we need a goal scorer. period.
We need St Louie and i thought he was going to be available via trade, both him and vinny lecavlier, i would part with stafford and gerbe and another prospect for st louie...thats goals that we need
Agreed - Lecavalier would be AWESOME!
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... "Hope and ChanG"
Oh, wait - how's that working out for the other guy?
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Congrats! Well deserved.
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Herndon VA Jimmy's?
I've had the pleasure of visiting there twice. Good wings & weck.
Yep. I'm there most every Sunday. Great food makes up for the lousy football. ;-)
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Per PFT, Charley Casserly says Bills interested in Russ Grimm for HC.
Gonna have to get a hogette outfit ;-)
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Very good analysis. I totally agree with you about Trent. Plays like a robot. Looks constantly tentative and never real comfortable. He is not starter material in the NFL. JP was not starter material, Bledsoe was washed up, and so was Holcomb. And RJ was not even backup material. God, our front office has no clue on what a QB should be able to do.
Also agree about TO. Looks to be going thru the motions. His heart does not look into it. He and the Bills do not seem to be a good fit. Do TE and TO ever talk? Does Trent ever talk with any of his receivers? Very dysfunctional offense. Lose to Miami and the bottom falls out. We get embarrased and Dick is gone, hello April fools. Hello Fitzie.
So which teams DO have a magic ability to figure out who will be successful QBs BEFORE they ever take a snap in the NFL? The league is full of successful QBs who never were figured to get there coming out of college (Brady, Favre, Big Ben, Flacco, Brees, even Peyton to some extent who had his problems winning big games at UT), as well as "can't miss" guys who did (Ryan Leaf being exhibit A). The bottom line is that while a QB can have a great college career and be a Combine stud, and ace the Wonderlich, there is no way to truly assess IN ADVANCE whether he can read defenses and execute at the SPEED of the NFL game while not getting "happy feet". You armchair GMs want to make alot of money? Come up with a reliable way to evaluate THAT.
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Better 40 time at the combine than Maybin. Great stats his senior year at Mizzou. Wonder why the Raiders dropped him.
But he may have a drinking problem. ;-) (Guess I picked the wrong day to give up sniffing glue.)
How Long Have You Been A Bills Fan And When Did You Know?
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Was a rabid Browns fan (that's all we had) until the Bills came to town. Started going to games at the Rock Pile in 1960. So I guess I've been in for the whole shebang.