vincec
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We really like our practice squad and how they practice. The QB does a great job of running our scout team and giving our other three QBs a rest in practice. I like our 4 DBs and how they run to the football. They play hard and study hard and give our other 10 DBs a rest so they will have fresh legs on Sunday.
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Who are your best 4 WRs? I like the way you are thinking.
I would like to see them play T.O , Evans , Reed ( mainly for short zone throws) and Johnson . Mix in Roscoe and Nelson in the Red zone.
I notice during the Steelers game that the refs were taking their time with spot the ball after plays.
I would if the Bills set in a request so they can spot the ball quicker after the play is over so that NE wont be able to mass sub on us.
That sounds about right. TO, Evans and Reed, obviously, but I would alternate between Parrish, Johnson and Nelson depending on play call and field position, and sometimes we need to go with 3 and a TE to have a more legitimate run threat.'
If the Bills want the ball spotted quicker, they should run it to the ref in the middle of the field like Steve Tasker suggested in one of their preseason games. I think that a quick pace to the no-huddle is key. I just can't see TE trying to organize the players and call a play at the LOS on the road in NE. They need to come to the line and go, otherwise they'd be better off huddling, IMO.
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offensively speaking, I also would think it would be wise to use a lot of 2 TE formations. It's our first game of the year against arguably the best team in the NFL, we have a very inexperienced offensive line, and I think it would be prudent to run the ball and give max protection to our QB. Hopefully if Trent has enough time, you would think that T.O and Evans should have a good chance at getting open.
I would hope to use the No - huddle as a supplemental part of the offense, to either try to get things going or keep them off balanced. I imagine we will not use the No huddle as our base offense.
I think the most important thing we can do is try to establish the run game, be somewhat effective with possession passes and mix in some deeper passes.
To me this would make the most sense.
I wouldn't do this. I say, put your best players on the field. That doesn't include 2 TEs, which is probably one of our weakest positions. I would play a ton of 3 and 4 WR (where we are deep) and try and manage the pass rush with quick passes, runs, screens, etc. Look at Arizona's offense from last year. I know they had Warner, but they didn't have much of a O-line either. I would also run the no-huddle much more as a hurry-up to really put some pressure on the defense to simplify their schemes and declare what they're doing. Jim Kelly always said that the no-huddle worked best when they were working at a quick pace and he may know a thing or two about the no-huddle.
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I think it's more of confidence in Buggs being the backup MLB.
Buggs has been an aminal in the pre-season. He's earned a spot on the roster, IMO.
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I hate when they mention the weather in November and December. The only weather that make it very difficult to throw the ball is when it is windy and that can happen in any month. I have been to many games in winter where passing is not a problem. Anyone remember Buffalo 44 Miami 34? I was thinking the same thing. Good thing that nobody told Jim Kelly that you can't pass in Buffalo...
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If Bell can play LT, and that is a big if. I am not saying he can't, but have not seen enough out of him yet. But then your starting line is
LT -BELL
LG-WOOD
C-Hangartner
RG-Butler
RT- Walker
Levitre is first off the bench for anyone getting hurt interior wise. With Wood sliding into the center if Hangartner gets hurt.
Longterm your line is(when i say longterm i mean for 2010 and 2011).
LT-Bell
LG- Levitre
C-Woods
RG-Butler
RT-Walker
This would help you have a good young left side of the oline for years. If Butler can stay healthy he is solid and so is Walker.
There are just way to many variables at this point to definitively evaluate who the best linemen are and what position they should be playing.
- Can Butler stay healthy? Can he play RT? For that matter, can he develop into a dominating RG? He was just average at RG last season.
- Can Bell play LT?
- Can Walker play LT? People have written him off, but the season hasn't even started yet. I think that he needs to be given a few games at LT to see how he does. Can Walker be a dominating RT? He was just sightly above average last season, IMO.
- Will Woods become a good interior lineman? Can he play center in this league?
- Will Levitre become a good interior lineman?
- Is Hangartner a good center? People seem to want to move him immediately to the bench, but he hasn't even played a regular season game for the team yet. Why not see how he does first?
Until some of these questions get answered, it's going to be a rotating mess on the line. I think that it'll be at least through this season before some of these things are worked out.
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I call B.S. on this. Wearing the wrong shoe for one game causes a sprain that keeps you out 4 weeks??? I doubt it...
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Some of it might of been the RBs
some of it might have been the QBs
But on the Fitz sack 76 of the Steelers Pushed both Wood and Seth Mckinne right back into the QB also Chambers was trampled - on the bright side Scott and Levitra both did a good, I guess it could have been worst.
The Bills Oline Blocking seems very passive - they start backing up the second the ball is snapped and try to catch the DEs and DTs- I've noticed other Olines that initially go forward to meet the Dline and then slowly give ground - I wonder if the Oline is taught very passive techniques? any Oline experts out there.
The pass blocking set ups depend on the play called. In general, linemen back up more to form a pocket on deeper QB drops for slower developing passes and stay closer to the line for quick plays and play action passes, often firing out and cutting ends to prevent them from batting the quick passes. Linemen should never "catch" defensive players, however. Once they get back to their position they should be physical with the pass rushers.
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The question then would be what do you do with Walker?
I would move him to Right Tackle........ He is pretty good there ...
I would then move Brad Butler to Right Guard...making the right side of the line much stronger
I would move Wood to Left Guard .....
Keeping Handgartner where he is at Center.....
Again this is a complete change on the Offensive Line but would be a upgrade....
Once Bell takes over at Left Tackle he could be a fixture there for years...
I would not dismiss this idea.......
But this would still keep the O-line pretty young and shaky till they learn to play together........The talent is there.
They just have to put it all together.......The right side of the line would be much more dependable.
It will be the learning curve of Wood and Bell that will be important.......Both of those players have raw talent...
So, change every position except center midseason? Something tells me that won't work out very well...
If Bell looks like the best LT, I would just play him at LT and move Walker to the bench. If Butler is injured or not playing well, I can see moving Walker to RT and Butler to the bench but I would not mess with the interior line positions.
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Ramius I'm sure glad I'm not the only one who watched the O-line get blown off the line of scrimmage because I was beginning to wonder if I may have watched the wrong game, everyone on the offense looked like sh#t.
Marshawn is one person who didn't play that bad, not as bad as everyone else anyway.
No, you watched the right game all right. The Bills offense stunk, line and all. In fact, I think that the line was the worst part of it. No running lanes and poor pass protection. It's tough to excel under those conditions.
It's ok though, come September 14 the Bills will kick it into high gear like a formula one race car. They're just saving themselves...
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The Bills will gets their hats handed to them by the Pats in the opener, struggle early but rally late in the season to finish with 6 or 7 wins. Jauron will be fired along with most of his staff. Ralph will bring in a new GM to run the football side of things. The new coach will not be Cowher, Shottenheimer or Haslett.
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"The most encouraging stat for the Bills is rush defense. They’ve allowed only 2.7 yards per carry."
Stoud and Williams have quietly had a very good preseason. With Poz playing much better, I think that the middle of the Bills run defense is a strong as it's been since big Pat left many moons ago.
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That idea, having long since been dead, can't be killed again thus, this latest embarassment constitues mutiliation of the corpse which is the idea that the Chiefs are a well-run organization rather than the killing of it.
I know, its quibbling but I do so love to quibble.
Be careful about throwing stones (people in glass houses and all that...) The Chiefs have a better record and more playoff appearances that the Bills over the last 10 years. They also have won a Super Bowl.
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Kinda easy to cover him when the coaches always have him line up wide on the outside. Watching Hines Ward this weekend was a treat. He lines up all over the field, split left, right in the slot, in the backfield, creating mismatches.
Us, we have out 9 million dollar man, split wide, running hitches or fly patterns.
This is the post that I agree with. Good coaches find ways to get the ball into the hands of their playmakers. We aren't doing a very good job with Evans. Maybe they'll try harder when the regular season starts. Everything else will be magically solved then.
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Jauron was pretty negative at the press conference. He didn't take his pants off or anything, but he definitely criticized the team's and his own performance.
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Hasslet is coaching in the UFL along with Dennis Green, Jim Fassel and Ted Cottrell.
The new start up league went out and understood the need for a good coach, Ralph needs to take notice. Then again how much does a 90 year old notice. Nothing is going to change until he is gone.
When he's gone, so are the Bills.
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To get good talent one must pay.
We need the likes of a Cowher, Haslett, heck even a Marty Shotenhiemer.
Or we just have the same results at 7-9 and a poor season.
It looks like a long one.
Haslett?! Do you realize that he has coached part or all of 7 seasons in the NFL with only 2 winning seasons and his coaching record is 47-61? He has had 2 winning seasons and one playoff appearance. He had some pretty talented teams too while he was in NO. He looks like Dick Jauron part 2. What about his record would lead anyone to think that he could be successful here?
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These arguments that the preseason doesn't mean anything are getting weaker every week. It's plain to see that the starters are not ready to start the season, let alone on the road on a Monday night in NE. There are no signs that the offense is getting anywhere.
It may be a sign of defeat or "talking a step back", but the first thing I would do is scrap the no huddle for now. I don't see any benefit from it at all.
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The steeler announcers have actually stopped piling on the Bills and now feel sorry for them. After the last 4th down stop:
"Good for the Bills. At least they made one stop."
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Nice to see that the team responded well after the debacle last week. Just shows that they play hard for their coach.
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Why accept a holding penalty on a 3 yard loss?
btw...another nice play by Buggs
Because most people don't average 7 yards per play... well, usually.
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Wouldn't be a Dick Jauron game without a blown timeout.
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The announcers on the steelers feed is just ripping our team a new one. I can't blame them though, trent sucks. You can't blame the defense when they are on the field the whole first half. The only positive about the game is that maybin got a sack and a couple pressures. This is terrible.
I know. My favorite is that half of the Bills "unconditionally surrendered" at the end of the half.
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Could we be heading for an Epic Collapse this season? I mean like 2 or 3 wins? I'm I imagining how bad this looks?
If we take a beating in the opener, which is likely, I can see 2-14.
Gameplan vs NE
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I was actually thinking of Nelson as a wide out in goal line situations, not as a traditional TE. I would probably use Stupar as the blocking TE in a 3 wide alignment. He probably needs to alternate with Schouman for the first few games until he establishes that he is better against starting caliber opponents.