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this isn't a bad idea, if he is willing to run some 3-4 as well. I'd love George as our DC and Wannstedet as our Asst Head Coach. I think the 2 of htem could scheme up some good things. Also, Wannstedet would really take the load off of Gailey on the D side of the ball. They worked together in Miami if I'm not mistaken. would love to see this happen....
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Or Bulaga or Anthony Davis, both of whom have developed into very good right tackles already.
bulaga was benched at some point this season. anthony davis has been extremely inconsistent this year. Jax plays a 4-3 not a 3-4. alualu is 6'4 304, far, far too small for a 3-4 NT. Carrington, Moats and Troupe all had increased PT as the season went on, not decreased. Throw Antonio Coleman in there too until he was hurt. It's almost like some of you guys just spew BS without knowing anything about football.
if you guys watch the bills you will see a few things: 1.) Troupe doesn't get moved off the ball often, but is still struggling to shed blockers. Kyle has been double teamed a ton (the Pats did it ALL game to him, Sullivan is an idiot for not noticing this) 2.) Carrington is going to be very solid, but needs to learn his position more. He saw a lot of increased playing time with Dwan out. Expect him to challenge Stroud next year (if they cant unload stroud for a pick or two to a 4-3 team). 3.) Moats is our new pass rushing OLB. He was given a ot more coverage responsibility as the season went on. Sure, hes about as good at it as Poz at this point, but he's a converted DE. His ceiling is Dumervil basically.
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Clary or Clabo would be great options at RT. I suspect Clary is the most likely suspect.
as for OLB - Kiwanuka would be a great edge rusher, however I think our FO will be happy with Moats there. What they need BADLY is an LOLB and a MLB who can both cover. A Davis is a solid run stuffing LILB and Moats will be our future ROLB, but we need a LOLB not named Kelsay who can cover on passing downs and a RILB who can do the same. Harris would be a good choice there for the inside.
as for WR - leave things as is. Easley has a chance to really blossom. Trade Lee fr a 6th and 7th, let Whitnet and Poz walk and bring in Supplemental draft picks, and then use them to trade back into the 1st round late.
david hawthorne would also be a great option at RILB. I'd love to have that guy covering TEs and russhing on occasion with A Davis basically run stuffing...
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Clary or Clabo would be great options at RT. I suspect Clary is the most likely suspect.
as for OLB - Kiwanuka would be a great edge rusher, however I think our FO will be happy with Moats there. What they need BADLY is an LOLB and a MLB who can both cover. A Davis is a solid run stuffing LILB and Moats will be our future ROLB, but we need a LOLB not named Kelsay who can cover on passing downs and a RILB who can do the same. Harris would be a good choice there for the inside.
as for WR - leave things as is. Easley has a chance to really blossom. Trade Lee fr a 6th and 7th, let Whitnet and Poz walk and bring in Supplemental draft picks, and then use them to trade back into the 1st round late.
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for the record spiller had a far better day than FJ with fewer touches. Freddie dropped 2 passes, one for a certain 1st down in the 4th. CJ had just as hard a time as FJ running, but was able to make some catches in open space. In addition, he also had a great punt return. He also had a good seal block on Misi, though Fitz still got sacked due to levitre being late on a pull and reinhart getting blown up.
I'm sick of Sully looking at the stat line and not the came. CJ came to play today and is going to be a good player....
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I use this website for quick, streamlined access to stats. It's a great resource.
Their "Simple Rating System" has Buffalo ranked 24th in the NFL.
But what's most astounding:
Ranked 31st, 29th, 28th, and 27th?
You guessed it, those power houses of the NFC West.
Wow.
this site has been around for 10 years, but in the past 2-3 has gotten almost as good as baseball-reference.com
hockeydb.com is great for you sabres fans
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FJ isn't getting any younger. He is a the perfect guy for CJ to learn from. Spiller will probably be used the same way next year 8-10 carries a game and 2-4 catches and returns. now in 2 years, he very well could be the featured back. he needs to learn to hit the hole north and south a little more, everyone knows that. there is no way he is near the bust that JS is stating. he's going to be a very, very good player for us.
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He is a total tool:
The Bills stink if they lose and now they stink if they win:
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/columns/jerry-sullivan/article282247.ece
The best thing is, not 4 weeks ago when the Browns beat the Pats and the Saints he was talking about how good that team was and how it was no longer a winnable game for the Bills. So what, the Bills go and really put a physical whooping on the browns, and suddenly the browns are a bottom feeder? What, all because Colt McCoy didn't play? Does Jerry really think McCoy makes that big a difference in this game? Would Stafford had made that much of a difference in the Lions game? On the contrary - we lost to the Pats with Cassel at QB just as bad as we did with Brady.
JS needs to realize that maybe, jusssst maybe, he is putting way more emphasis on QB than he ought. I actually go with the guy in the football business on this, Coach Gailey - a lot of QBs like fitz have played in the super bowl .... in the 90s and 00s - Aikman, Rypien, Hostetler dilfer, brad johnson, O'Donnell, Gannon, Chandler, etc. I'm not saying Fitz is as good as any of those guys but he certainly could be. You know, I think Jerry and WGR are in cahoots - all they can do is talk about a different QB. what' their deal?
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I don't think you can discount how major is was that our center got knocked out of the game. That pretty much kills the chemistry between Fitz and the Oline not to mention how it messes up the Oline in general. I think that was a huge reason the O looked disjointed for large chunks.
bingo....
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1.) on the Steve Johnson tip that Troy intercepted, from my understanding and watching Pitt should have gotten it at the 2. SJ made contact after Polamalu had picked it off. This may not have made a big difference, but you never know.
2.) A lot is made about the SJ drop in OT, however, that was on 1 and 10 at the Pitt 40. we then had a short gain on a Ftiz scramble, and then a breakdown in protection on the "sack" (really a fitz loss on a broken play where he ran). This was crucial.
3.) Kelsay had a great sack in OT, but it would've been nice if he had focused more on really punching that ball out and keeping it away from big ben. in a weird way reminded me of that Bruce sack of Hostetler in the end zone in XXV (where he could have fought more to keep the ball out of Host hands and thus got the TD over the safety). It was like both times the guys were too excited to celebrate and not focused on really going that extra mile.
4.) the duo of Arthur Moats and Coleman remind me a lot of Crowell and Haggan a few years back. Solid ST players who hopefully can become excellent starters at some point (as both those guys did, all be it for haggan in Denver). In addition, the guy I was most excited for is Danny Batten. If he can come back healthy this kid should be a force. Don't be shocked if the bills opt to not resign Poz. i think they've got a good young stable with those 3.
5.) Maybin had 2 good plays out of his 3 snaps. He should have wrapped up big ben on the scramble for 18. He Forced ben back inside where Kelsay whiffed then Maybin reverted to his old self and allowed an OT to lay on him, literally, until Ben rushed by for 18. Of course, after he makes the tackle 20 yds down field his arms couldn't fall back to a normal position by his side. such a strange kid...
6.) Ganther is a really solid football player. I hope we keep this guy. He does everything well - catches, runs, blocks. He has good vision and had a couple of big runs for 2 and 3 yards. he is a nice up the middle bruiser. I think Caulcrick will get cut or PS.
7.) Gailey rarely gets out couched, at least on Offense. Once he gets a feel for what the DC is doing (for hte opposition), he knows where the soft spot is and how to take advantage. the short middle of the field was wide open all day and we worked it a ton in the 2nd half. Props to him. Also - the defense, for its lack of talent, really used a great combination of fronts, moving fomr 3-4 to 4 down to a 6-2 to nickel and dimes. I liked the confusion.
8.) Leodis, not SJ, deserves more crap for this game. He had a wide open path and didn't wait for a block, but everyone is forgetting the fumbled punt that nearly cost us the game. at no point did he ever have 2 hands on the ball. I like his talent, but can't stand his attitude and lack of consistency and focus on the fundamentals. A wounded Terrence McGee is better than Leodis which is pathetic. I'd frankly liek to see more Yobouty.
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Also, Urbik, the right guard, is to his left, and Bell and Levitre, the LT and LG, are to his right. Only thing I can think is maybe he caught a 2 yd pass, so he's facing the line of scrimmage, which would also explain the strange positioning of the olinemen.
i just re-watched the 2nd half and this is the carry for 11 yards in OT (or to send it to OT). He cuts to his left at first, the R side pulled to the Left and he cut back to the R where D. Bell was out in front. really nice looking play by Chan.
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it looks like a counter play where the Right side pulled and d-bell shoved his block down or FJ just made him whiff and cut back to the R.... im guessing htis was his 11 yard scamper
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Kyle "cannon ball" Williams
or Kyle "the cannon" Williams
named after the Williams Gun (confederate civil war cannon, appropriate for a southern boy): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Gun
it was a rapid fire cannon of the civil war era, which is appropriate given kyle's never quit style, how he keeps coming back at the OL play after play. Here is a photo.
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He may be overpaid in my proposed position but I think he could shovel the stands from here on out, clean up the lots after games, help sell Coors Light, or do the teams laundry. I must say he is the WORST draft pick in NFL history. I cannot think of any other 1st round blunder than him. Jauron should be seen by a psychiatrist. Brian Orakpo......OMFG......Brian Orakpo...............and we have Maybin walkin after every play like his lats dont allow his arms to fall. What a tool!
so true about his lats. does he just think he is big? his arms are skinny for an NFL linebacker... even by tamp 2 standards
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Can't own an nfl and nhl team.
yes you can - as long as its in hte same city.
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this is crazy talk. fred is 30 and probably has 2 more seasons in him at this kinda level[max]. spiller is a young guy who will be the feature back.
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Good college head coaches rarely make good pro head coaches and vice versa. Not to mention GT is back to being as bad as it was in Gailey's last year.
strange, he was a winning and 2 time playoff NFL head coach before a college HC. so which applies to him then??
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a few seasons ago i promised that if the bills beat the cheats i would stand on the corner of big tree and southwestern naked with a cheats flag stuck up my butt
i cant remember the exact game but i do remember sweating out the last few minutes
absolutely hysterical
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Unless that top 10 QB can rush the passer and stop the run, then I think you're nuts. Scoring points hasn't been our problem this season. The defense is.
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The thing I love is how people are so convinced that this QB or that QB is so great, then when they flop in the NFL you never hear another peep about them. Leinert? Clausen? JaWalrus? Every one was "can't-miss!" Maybe Luck will be great but I know that 80% of the QB's that get hyped do jack squat in the NFL.
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Of the "best" qb's how many were super hyped coming out? Peyton, Eli and Rivers ? Who else? Not brady, not brees, not mcnabb, warner wasn't, neither was hassleback or romo or any number of pro bowl QBs. but the waiver wire is LITTERED with over-hyped busts as you said - Leinart, Jamarcus, JP, Couch, McCown, Carr, Croyle, even VY has had horrible career stats and been benched a number of times.
Guys who succeed at QB are most often QBs who have been able to sit the bench or some stretch of time and marinate or had a good enough squad around them where they weren't the linchpin just another cog in the wheel - see Rothlesiberger and Brady early on. Guys like Rodgers, Pennington, Hassleback, Rodgers - they all developed behind a qb.
the route to go is get someone to groom behind Fitz - heck for all we know its Levi Brown. But for now - focus on what really plaques this team - a pass rushing LB and a pass coverage LB, as well as a RT please....
NO qb in the first 3 rounds.... thank you very much.
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It would have to be a Master's Candidate slump, not a Sophomore slump. And... no.
wit and pure genius tied together. love it.
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When I look over the posts here, I see relatively few that are specifically about Chan Gailey. I think he deserves alot more praise than what I have seen here. The guy is doing a great job, I don't care what the record is. I see an offense that has been nowhere for years, that has been transformed into an offense that, at times, is a juggernaut. After the first few games I thought Chan might have a heart attack by mid-season, but he seems to be able to identify the root of the problems, and knows how to teach the players. I think the players have really shown him something, and have earned his respect.
Let's give Chan some props!
Happy is an understatement. a few great things to say about him:
1.) The guy is the anti-jauron - he is straightforward and comes off very football smart, not to mention, he's had a few comedic moments
2.) he has done a few of the things he has set out to do - improving 3rd downs, red zone Offense and pre snap penalties
3.) he isn't afraid to game plan around personnel and not fit guys into a "system"
4.) he has somehow, someway kept this team not only in contention with good teams lately, but with beating team they should beat. They've had some "pretty" losses and an ugly win, but they have beaten 2 teams now they are better than
5.) the man looks like he has a plan and he actually appears to have instilled in the players a desire to win and a hope that they can win. we might lose to the steelers next week, but this team hasnt and won't lie down under him.
Negatives -
1.) i've rarely seen us run for it on 3 and 2. I am guessing we just aren't a smash mouth enough team to do it
2.) in his PC he seems to really put all the defense on Edwards. Thats fine, except our defense sucks. I don't think Edwards is a bad coach - remember a LOT of us hated Fewells system when he first got here too. The players seem to be picking up what Edwards is trying to do (though its been against bad teams....)
3.) He appears fairly willing to go pass-happy, though it can be stated fitz audibles out of runs at times.
thats really it. He is a classy guy who wears his emotions on his sleeves. He is a respectful, hard working, no non-sense kind of coach and I like that. If I had to make a comparison he'd be a cross between dungy (for his faith, preferance for character guys) and Schott (wins everywhere he goes but not hte big one - see Dallas, GT, etc - and works his team and players very, very hard on fundamentals ) - unlike marty in that well he passes like crazy, which is the anti-thesis of marty ball....
ESPN the Mag had a great article a year or two ago about how the best coach for an NFL team is someone on his 2nd stint as an HC in the NFL with a lot of HC experience in other levels. They mentioned Marty Mornehwieg as the next mostly likely to succeed like Dungy, Bellicheck, Vermiel, Levy, etc as a coach who really picks it up his 2nd time around..... Well - Gailey has probably been over-looked but the guys is showing me something. this is still a 2-8 team, but frankly, I feel a LOT better about the direction this team is going then any 7-9 squad under DJ.
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Not seeing the false start and offsides penalties this year as in the past......game management has also improved
Thats in the coaching area folks
Big improvement areas -
1.) pre-snap penalties
2.) season ending injuries
3.) 3rd down conversions
4.) red zone success
New areas of weakness -
1.) generating very few turnovers
2.) horrible red zone D
3.) this is unofficial but i see a LOT more PI calls on our defense I feel like (florence esp)
4.) worse pass rush (stating the obvious afet losing schobel)
I will maintain the best course for this team is to win enough to pick in the 6-10 range come draft time and get the best LB, RT or pass rushing DE out there. Pass covering LB is still our biggest need as again indicated by a TE having a great game (Gresham). if we pick in the 3-5 range, I'd fully expect Nix to trade down for a few reasons: 1.) salary - we aren't paying top dollar for a questionable talent (unless its Luck) 2.) he has said repeatedly the key to turning around SD was the Manning/Rivers trade 3.) he has a bone for acquiring draft pics
side note - expect to see a guy like Ellison net us a late round pick this offseason to a team like the lions, much like the Ko Simpson trade.
sorry haven't postd in awhile
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Almost makes you want to pull aaron schobol out of retirement. I really don't know how well he would have played at OLB though.
And what is still sad is, even if we add a pass rusher, that isn't going to fix our run defense. Then we also have oline woes.... this team needs so much fixing it is ridiculous. this team is going to be frustrating next year. Just hope we don't bottom out.
I'll make the guess that He'd be just as good as a pass rushing OLB as a DE... maybe not double digit sacks but at least 7 or 8. He was single handedly the biggest reason we got those INTs last year (along with hte facto byrd drops nothing thrown/tipped his way). no one ever gave Schobel credit, btu the guy was our best front 7 player since Ted washington left... hands down. don't give me that fletcher, Takeo, or even Pat williams argument... Schobel was consistently very very very good for a long time. And... man's a class act.
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I'm so glad you are not in charge of making draft decisions for this team. Passing on a player like Luck is how you become and stay a bad/mediocre team.
the same thing was said when the texan's passed on bush.... but so far Williams is the WAY better pick....
Text: Wanny meets with Bills Defensive Staff
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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bingo. he will be AHC much like Lebeau was. if he and edwards can get along, this would be huge. 1.) it gives Edwards another guy to learn from (was edwards not the LB coach while Wanny was HC?) 2.) Gives Wanny the AHC title that a guy in his position has earned 3.) really will give us 2 HCs and allow Gailey to coach up the O and Wanny the D.
the fact that this is the first reported place Wanny has gone is a testament to his relationship with Chan. I'm excited at this prospect. Just like Wade or DJ - Wanny is best suited running just the defense. For a division that has some great DC and OC, it be nice to have one on our team... much like Lebeau.