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(some) You make that point in the next sentence.
I too (insert the I'm not a medical professional disclaimer here) believe that some of the injuries are jauronistic. Some might be related to the team's overall strength and conditioning program as well. I don't have anything to base that last bit on because we never hear a word about the team's strength and conditioning program nor its coach. Perhaps a more capable coach will bring this program back to the forefront.
Thanks BB. I didnt notice that. But I guess I assumed most (at least the intelligent) would know what I was trying to say. I also believe the new coaching regime will focus on this program and how much of an issue it has been.
For what its worth, I was very successful hurdler in high school and seperated my ankle bones, tore the 3 main ligaments in my ankles and was back to winning races in less then a month. Less then 2 years later I was drunk wrestling and did the same thing to my ankle but because of the seperated bones my Tibia pushed my Fibula right off the ankle (they are now completely seperated) and broke my Fibula all the way up near my knee. I was in a cast for more then a few weeks but was walking on it almost immediately after it was taken off.
I know my injury was not the same as Wood's. My point is that I came back from an injury that I just shouldnt have. The first time the doctors said I would be on crutches for 4-6weeks and not running for 6 months. I ran in the sectional finals less then 3 months later and I was faster then I ever was before.
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But his players LIKED each other....
I like my boss, which means I prolly do a horrible job at work. LOL
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I'm starting to re-think my theory that the Bills only seem snake-bitten each year with injuries. So with Eric out, won't this be the seventh different O-line configuration come Sunday? And doesn't that make three starting O-linemen out for the year? I'm sure other teams have similar injury problems, but this is getting ridiculous.
Yup, Your right. That was my point when I was calling for Dick's job over a year ago. The injuries are not bad luck, they are a trend. Its no coincidence that Dick's light practices and cake-walk camps have something to do with all the injuries. Im not saying that Woods injury necessarily has anything to do with that. Pretty sure it doesnt. But alot of the other injuries weve had fall into that catagory IMO.
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I dont need Shanny, or Cowher, or Holmgren. But if we pass up guys like Gruden, Dungy, Billick for Haslett I will walk to the stadium while eating a Mighty Pack with extra hot sauce, break onto the field and take a hot steaming dump on the 50 yard line logo.
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Peyton manning as your QB, Bill Polian as the GM.
Yup PTR, I think your correct in assuming Dungy had some help along the way, but the same can be said for Cowher or Shanahn I suppose, they all had one thing in common when winning their championships and that's having some damn good QB's at the helm.
Payton and Polian were defenately a huge reason why Dungy looked so good in Indy. I think hes a good coach but obviously not a great one, or he would have beaten the Cheater more then he did.
I agree that a QB is important, but you cannot throw Shanahan/Elway into that conversation. Everyone in the world knows the real reason they were in, and won those Super Bowls was Terrell Davis. He was the most important part.
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Right, cause Flutie NEVER turned the ball over!!
I know right. I watched that game too, and remember Rob Johnson leading the team down the field (with only 1 shoe on I'd like to add) to get his team into the lead.
RJ didnt play ST's so to state that DF would have won that game is just rediculous. They left the field with the lead, lets blame the horrible ST's for not paying attention and keeping their heads up for that play.
Oh yeah, as close as it was, it was still a backwards pass. People need to get over that too. It sucks, but get over it.
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If Wade gets fired it seems pretty solid that Garrett will move into that position since Jones likes him so much.
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Rus Brandon is currently the COO /GM and from everything I've read... Ralph Wilson didn't even know the Bills were in contact with Shanahan.
My take is between Brandon and Guy they both got Jauron Fired because the fan base was thinking of jumping ship big time. I'm thinking that long time season ticket holders were sincerely talking about simply quitting the Bills and not coming back.
Brandon and Guy both want to see next season sell out again and created the hype for Shanahan and Cowher and other big names that have been talked about on these boards.
Think of the spin that signing TO did for season ticket sales this off season. They want to get more spin going to get the fans excited about next season.
To me this is all BS hype spun out by two guys who want to keep their jobs. Just think for a moment, If the Bills did hire Shanahan and he wants total control like he had in Denver ,where does that leave Brandon as GM? Shanahan or Cowher would probably fire Brandon first thing!
As far as Mike Shanahan or Bill Cowher as head coach in Buffalo...I'll believe it when I see it!!!!
I generally would agree but there are a few flaws in your argument:
1) The "spin" of the ticket sales at this point means nothing without action. As much as they know the about the hype of potentially bringing in a big name coach, it means nothing if they dont sign one. We will know who our coach in 2010 is before season tickets go on sale, and if we dont it most likely would mean we wont be bringing in anyone to get very excited about.
2) Even if they brought in a GM and Brandon was removed from the position he would still be part of the organization for marketing purposes (which he has done very well). Its not very likely he would be removed from OBD in any way. I think many people feel he would actually be promoted to President, still with his hand dipping into the football operations from time to time.
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Does anyone here think there's the slightest possibility that we'll lose on Sunday?
I'm saying we win, and win big. New life, new blood, new attitude, new team.
We've also had Jacksonville on our schedule each of the last five years, and it's been a tight game every time. With the exception of JP completely crapping the bed two years ago, we've more or less handled them every time.
--on the flip side---
This could be a complete **** show. MJD has the potential to make us the laughing stock of the football world, and not to mention, with all the changes at OBD, we could see some truly horrific play.
If we have another Olimenan go down, it'll be Kelsay out there playing tackle, and with Fitzy taking snaps anything is possible. And I do mean anything.
...Discuss...
^^^What he said
Personally I hope we go down in a fiery blaze until Ralph bites the bullet and just offers Shanahan, Cowher anything they want and finally breaks the bank to make the personel changes in the FO as well as out on the field. There are some nice FA's out there this year that could turn us around in a hurry if we got everything in place.
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um...."don't feed the trolls"
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WTF!?!?!
I dont even know what to say about that. It looks like Dick Jauron got a new job as the main character on the new TV show... ALF in the future...
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It may be true that he was supposed to be an offensive GURU and won with the strenth of his defense. Anyone knows that you MUST have an amazing defense if Trent Dilfer is your QB in the Super Bowl. But I would be ok with having that here in the cold windy Buffalo. A strong running game and shut down defense. Im not saying its not important to have a good QB but there are many ways to win and he proved it in Baltimore. It would look even better in cold/snowy/windy Buffalo. I still want Shanahan or Cowher first, but after that I'd take Billick and might come cheapest of all the available coaches out there.
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Shanahan would be GM and in charge of football operations leaving the additional baggage to Russ Brandon (which he does very well) with the marketing, financing. Shanahan is a football guy and I would take him any day of the week over what we have had the last 10 years at GM or HC, or both.
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Actually,
Shanahan is probably not stupid enough to go that direction again. Considering Cutler was 17 of 37 with a winning pct of .459 while he was the QB in Denver and most likely the reason why Shanahan got fired in the first place. Its funny that the years before he had Cutler he had 10+ win seasons with Jake Plummer.
Consider the Brohm pickup Shanahans idea. He most likely wanted to see if he had anyone that was decent enough to start next season out of Trent, Fitz and Brohm or if hell need a QB early in the draft this offseason.
Thats my .02
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I believe you have to provide the NFL with a certain amount of time in advance to change your jerseys. Its just not something they can do overnight/season. The NFL would have to get rid of all the old jerseys and take as much of a loss as possible, so when they know a team makes a change they cut off production of those jerseys. This is the same reason why Chad OchoCinco couldnt get his name changed on any jerseys because he didnt give the NFL enough time to make the change.
If I'm wrong I would really like to hear the rules of how the jerseys are handled. But pretty sure you cant just make a change like that with such a short notice.
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Agree, he has said several times on Sirius NFL that he thinks very highly of the western NY area and it's people He might be able to light a fire under some of these players. Wonder if Ted C would come back to Buffalo and leave that awesome UFL job. going back to the 3-4 easier than you think, all Buffalo needs is a NT, Shaun Rogers could be had for a 4th rounder, Jamal Williams may be cut, Wilfork and Hampton are FA, Johnson-Rogers-Stroud as Buffalo's front three.
Schobel-Mitchell-Poz-Maybin as the Linebackers...Buffalo might stop the run?
+1
Ive said that for a while that you could easily make the switch with the size you have. I know Stroud is small for a NT in a 3-4 but you might even be able to use him for a year if you moved Kyle Williams and Spencer Johnson to end. But if were going to blow the whole thing up why stop early. Bring in a Wilfork, a good OLB, draft a bunch of LB's in the draft and you have a decent defense if some of those guys work out.
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your out of your mind williams and stroud were having a great year until williams got hurt.
if fact williams was playing ! a probowl level!
couldnt disagree with you assessement of our D/tackles more!
They have been giving up 200 yard rushing games almost all year.
As I agree that Williams and Stroud are not that bad, I dont think they are anywhere near the pro-bowl level you speak of.
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Probably most of them. That's how things work in the real world. People responsible for certain tasks report to other people who may or may not be familiar with how to do that task, especially in a business environment, because let's face it, if the person hiring them was capable of doing their job, there would be no need for them to hire the person in the first place. This isn't the Salvation Army---they aren't hiring a person just because the economy is bad and they feel like putting a few dollars in the guy's pockets around the holidays. And make no mistake about it. This is a business first and foremost. If the GM is fully responsible for the football decisions on the team, and Brandon is responsible for the GM performance and the financial aspects of the team, along with various other non-football related things, I am not sure what the problem would be. If anything that would be a perfect situation. Why would a football guy want the additional responsibilities of dealing with all the mundane financial, employee related, ticket sales, etc parts of the job when he is being brought in to help secure talent and win football games?
We are not in fantasyland here. There are no flying unicorns here. Your point either shows a lack of understanding of how businesses operate in the real world or you don't understand that the Buffalo Bills are a business entity first and foremost whose product they are selling is football.
^^^^^What he said
Ive been saying that for a year now. Make Brandon in charge of the money and marketing aspect of it. Hire a new GM to take care of the football side.
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This day ranks up there with losing my virginity. Great call man.
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Jeez, enough with the Marv bashing for crips sake. Sure his tenure as GM pretty much sucked, but Marv is not even close to being the main reason why our team sucks so bad.
Actually, he is almost 100% of the reason we suck, since he hired our horrible coach, drafted our horrible QB, horrible DT, sub par SS, overpaid for sub par DE's, overpaid for sub par G and T, drafted an injury prone sub par MLB.
Thats 8 starters at one point or another that have proved that Marv is full of bad decisions, and the coach tops it all off with a sugary FU coating.
I wouldnt say FU to him personally, but he was the main reason for our suckiness. He set us back 5 years.
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This draft will rely a lot on whether a CBA is reached or not. I believe that if a rookie slotting system is in place there will be a lot more trading for high picks than there's been.. If it's a no cap year there is still a rookie sal cap, unless the owners decide to waive it, IIRC. Then anything can happen IMO. The problems with agents for high picks could be unbearable and nobody will want one of those picks or it may in some way help the trading. Anyhoo, no CBA will wreak havoc with the NFL.
I have thought about this a little bit in the past few months and even thought we may miss out on a "blue-chipper" early in the draft, we may be in the perfect position to trade out of our 1st round spot for a 2nd and 3rd this year and possibly a 1st, 2nd next year. It will really depend on how much money the Jerry Jones's and Daniel Snyder's will want to pay for the high profile pics this year. If teams really think they are a few players away they will give up alot to go at it next year. We may suck for next season, but can get alot in return for it. Then we also dont have to pay the high salaries for rookies being the last year w/o a rookie salary cap, and next year we could be in a really good position. I also feel that they could be setting themselves up for the year after all the high priced one year contracts. When the rest of the league will be cutting players to make the cap, teams like Buffalo will be in the perfect postion to pick up some decent players and finish the rebuilding process in just 1 year.
Thats my take, flame away
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Add a player or two to sweeten the pot. It's time to blow this thing up and start from scratch. Trade our pick for 2 mid-round 1 picks or if you can swing it 3 late mid-round 1 picks.
Then trade Byrd to get back into the top 7.
That's a minimum of 3 round 1 picks, probably more.
Yeah, I did that in Madden and it didnt work out too well, The guys I got in the 1st round still only had like a 70 overall.
Point is you never know what will work for sure. No point in getting rid of the rookie that has proved himself after just 5-6 games.
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We'll find out if they are truly the worst team in the NFL next week when they play the Lions.
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Who else agrees?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Well, if you consider that he only made the pro-bowl because the real recipients of the pro-bowl team didnt/couldnt play in the game. Lynch is just about as much a pro-bowler as he is a good driver. Its no coincidence he didnt see that woman in the street when he ran her over, he cant see a LB blitzing on his QB, or a hole to run through. Hes a power back, yet he tip toes around the LOS until he finds something open. Isnt that an idiotic thought for a power running back?
He sucks, I cant understand peoples love for bad players who make bad decisions on and off the field. Your cheering for bad players like Lynch is what is wrong with this team. We accept mediocraty.