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On 6/16/2020 at 3:44 PM, CSBill said:
https://nypost.com/2020/06/16/buffalo-bills-outlook-josh-allen-co-have-big-expectations/
A pretty fair analysis up to the point where he drops this bomb at the end--with no real explanation:
"The key to the Bills season is how they handle raised expectations. The Bills are now viewed as the favorites in the AFC East with Tom Brady gone. I’m not sure how they will handle that. I think they could stumble and have a tough season.
Too-early prediction
Last place in AFC East."
I don't swear, but this challenged my conviction.
The author is obviously a bit....how do you say it?....oh yeah, brain dead.
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2 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said:
Exactly. We've spent so much time focused on LJ, I really feel like if Harbaugh and the Ravens are smart they'll just keep feeding Ingram.
Dude's exactly the type of RB our D sucks against and he could run for 200 yards in this game.
Gee, I admire your confidence.
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13 hours ago, dous21 said:
The Bills aren't even top 3 in the AFC
Pats, Chiefs and Texans all better. Watson is playing at a MVP level right now. we have struggled to beat 4 of the worst teams in the NFL.
Unfortunately you're right about us and the "worst teams" that we've beaten.
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15 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:
Singletary has a hamstring issue. PEOPLE. He also is not a proven RB1 in this league. He is tiny. Need I go on. We need a backup IF GORE GETS INJURED. I never said get one now.
I don't know about tiny, Ryan. He is a 200 lb'er and there have been loads of RBs his size who have done very well. BTW, McCoy is only a few lbs heavier.
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On 10/10/2019 at 3:14 PM, CLTbills said:
Yeah... if they can get the offense to 21-24 ppg, I don’t know how we possibly lose a game.
Yes, I know we’re not going to go 15-1 but... the point is, we will absolutely b in every single game with a shot to win.
There will be no blowouts against this squad.
I hope this is not famous last words.
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1 hour ago, TigerJ said:
I think the Bills are OK with their RB situation this year. While Perry is primarily a special teamer, he does know the offense and can be used as a RB if necessary. The Bills offensive line is worlds better than last season, so I think they can get some production from just about any running back. I do expect the running back room will look different next year. Gore is probably a one year rent-a-player for Buffalo because of his age, so I expect the Bills to add a similar, though much younger running back in the next off season, a one cut guy with some power. They might also look for a youngster with home run speed. Singletary is elusive and has nice acceleration, but no top end speed.
McCoy didn't have top end speed either - but did alright, huh?
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20 hours ago, HOUSE said:
I was a little surprised, and very happy, how good Yeldon looked in the highlight above.
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Obviously have to take this game seriously!
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As long as the Chiefs beat the Pats, then all is well.?
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I watched from the living room with my 2 sons (aged 15 and 12) until half time when they went across the street to shoot hoops with a neighbor, while I just stayed in the house to continue my suffering. However, before too long in the 2nd half I ran across the street to get them. Then, as you might imagine, we watched one of the NFL's great miracles. Really good stuff!
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On 11/29/2018 at 2:09 PM, mozillameister said:
The free agency looks awful except Randalle Cobb who might be resigned. But there's a hell of a lot of teams in rebuilding mode with great WR. Especially OBJ, who McD has a relationship with Gettlemen and QB + defense hungry. They might be interested in a lot of the draft picks this year in the 1st.
What would you give for either those guys considering their contracts? A 1st? A 2019 1st and 2020 2nd?
Imagine OBJ with Allen's arm?
F%%% them. We'll do fine with this year's guys and next years additions.
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18 minutes ago, billykay said:
Yeah, his 40 time wasn't anything to write home about. But, sometimes instinct & anticipation can make up for a 10th of a second.
Well, I read that his 40 was 4.63. How in the world do you keep up? Was he maybe recovering from some sort of injury?
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On 10/17/2018 at 8:14 AM, YoloinOhio said:
The 1-5 Colts are currently favored by 7.5 ?
(Update - Bovada pulled the game off the board following the QB announcement. How much different could it be?)
Something like 13 - 10 either way.
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14 hours ago, ScottLaw said:
What receiver on this team is stretching the field?
They have 0 speed at the position.
Foster.
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15 hours ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:
Look, i hear what you are saying about the deep ball. Peterman can throw the ball deep. Is he going to throw it 70 yards? No. Can he throw it 30 to 40 yards accurately over the top if defenders cheat up on the short routes? Yes. Anyone in the NFL can throw the ball 40+ yards with enough accuracy and velocity to keep a team honest. It will be Peterman's ability to do so consistently that will determine the effectiveness. This goes for any one of the routes. Keeping the defense off balance is a great key to success. I hope Peterman can make the throws he needs to when he needs to make them.
I think that might be an advantage to keeping and playing Foster. We'll see.
15 hours ago, Kelly the Dog said:Every qb in the NFL, including all of the PS and all of the weak armed ones like Matt Barkley can throw the ball 55 yards in the air. Every one. That does nothing to dispel weak arm worries.
Not sure just how that makes sense??
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2 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:
From all of his preseason play from last year, his regular season appearances and his preseason this year
Was the ability to throw over the top of a defense to keep them honest... yes a quick rhythm passing game is nice, but it’s only effective for so long if you cannot stretch the Defense
even Fitz attempted and has pushed the ball downfield, with success and failure
eventually CBs and Safeties will sit on the underneath routes and jam up passing lanes if Peterman shows he will not throw downfield
Hopefully he takes some calculated shots downfield this Sunday to Benjamin and Company to open up some room for Shady, ivory and Murphy
Not that this is earth shaking but there is a clip from a pre-season or regular season game last year where Nate threw the ball 55 yards. Yeah, that's right; 55! I re watched it like 6 times to make sure I had the yardage makers right, but it was 55 alright. JFYI
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3 hours ago, Rochesterfan said:
I don’t think it was as much a roll as schedule. After the bye week 3 of the 6 games were against teams that had lost their starting QB for the game (GB, Hou, and Indy) and 1 game against Cleveland. That was their wins. The 2 games against starting QBs - Pittsburgh and Cincinnati - they lost both of those.
The Ravens looked good this preseason, but I think the Media loves Harbaugh and overthinks what kind of a coach he is. I don’t think that team is any better or worse than the Bills right now - to me the difference is home versus away.
I anticipate it is going to come down to a couple of teams - Buffalo, Baltimore, KC for the last playoff spot just like last year and the year before. I think the difference in the teams overall is minimal, but with a week to week league that the NFL has become - you just don’t know what team will show up until the game starts.
The Browns were 4 - 0 in preseason last year.
For whatever it's worth, they were 3 - 1 this year - Bills loss!
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27 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Good question. Hard to understand.
Possibly they think they can lick Foster into shape although, from my POV, that seems like a lot to lick
Hapless, it seems to me that you are among the most knowledgeable/respected posters on this board. I normally am pretty much in accordance with your stated opinions, but your lack of any kind of respect for Foster surprises me.
Yeah, 1 reception in 10 targets over 4 games is pathetic, but after looking as closely as possible over the (lack of) plays in question, I see a collection of pretty much uncatchable balls. Maybe a couple could have been tracked a little better, and 1 drop, but mainly a bunch of balls that just could not be caught, or impossible to stay in bounds, anyway. This stuff that some posters wrote on him saying that he could have stayed in bounds on that first OB 60 yarder is rubbish.
From an impartial observation it seems to me that certainly no one else on the squad could get the separation on long balls as he.has, and considering that he experienced a lack of attention in the passing game at Alabama, which ran ran ran, maybe he just needs a little more work to be a serious deep threat.
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1 minute ago, MJS said:
I don't think you should assume anything about his character. He hasn't had any incidents that I know of and seemed like a good kid in the interviews and stuff when he was in Buffalo.
Yeah, but one has to consider who his close associates are. You know, birds of a feather, and all that entails.
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27 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:
Although I agree that it's likely that the deal was driven by the factors you list - skill set, picks and filling the receiver hole left by Watkins and Woods, I would be amazed if Darby's involvement in this incident didn't contribute to McBeane's thinking. McBeane want guys who are focused on the right things all the time, not just during team activities, and Darby's focus on other things probably made the decision easier.
I don't know, but it seems to me that the Bills had a pretty good handle on Darby's character and wanted nothing to do with it.
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As strict and upright the Bills' leaders seem to be, this may have contributed to Darby's departure.
Jun 24, 2018 Share
Brandon Banks connected to pending Jameis Winston suspension
Former VU football player from high-profile rape case was with NFL QB the night he allegedly assaulted Uber driver
authors David Boclair
In the four-plus years between when he was charged and when he was convicted of sexual assault for his part in the high-profile case that involved four then-Vanderbilt football players, Brandon Banks apparently made at least one high-profile connection.
His lawyer, Mark Scruggs, confirmed to the Tampa Bay Times last week that Banks was with NFL players Jameis Winston and Ronald Darby on a night when Winston was alleged to have assaulted a female Uber driver. However, he refuted the 2015 Heisman Trophy winner’s account of what took place.
According to Scruggs, Winston left an Arizona nightclub alone in one car while Banks and Darby left in another. Darby issued a statement in which he said all three left the club in a single vehicle and that nothing happened.
No charges were filed, but the NFL reportedly completed an eight-month investigation recently and plans to suspend the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback for the first three games of the coming season. The driver told Buzzfed last fall that Winston “grabbed my crotch” and held on for several seconds.
"It appeared that Winston was trying to lay this on Brandon," Scruggs told the newspaper. "They were together that night. They took an Uber to a club, the three of them did, and Brandon said nothing whatsoever happened while the three of them were in the Uber. … For whatever reason, they felt they needed to put (Winston), escort him into an Uber so he could go home on his own. There's two different Uber rides is what we're talking about."
Scruggs said Winston was an “acquaintance” of Banks’ and a friend of Darby, then a cornerback with the Buffalo Bills (he is now with the Philadelphia Eagles). Winston and Darby were college teammates at Florida State. Banks and Darby each grew up in Maryland.
Banks was the third player convicted in the June 2013 assault of a female student in a Vanderbilt dormitory. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison last August.
At the time of the alleged Winston incident, Banks was free on bond. He resumed his college football career at Lane College, where he played for two seasons. He was in Arizona two years ago for offseason training — and hanging out with Winston and others — while his case was still pending.
"It appeared that Mr. Winston was trying to deflect responsibility for this," Scruggs said.
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17 hours ago, Warcodered said:
Has there been anything negative on Allen besides that one pick? Also I know it sounds like I'm making excuses but it didn't seem like that big a deal to me. A pick during a two minute drill where you're trying to hustle down the field before time runs out is not all that surprising. Also to me interceptions seem like a natural part of practice especially during early days. I mean the focus for all the fans watching right now is obviously who makes the cut and earns a spot on the starting roster, but practice is for more than just that. Practice is the best place for the players to push their limits to see what they can do it counts. It's not like picks aren't a problem but early practices like this I'd really only be concerned if he was making the same mistakes repeatedly.
Finally, some insightful analysis on the amount of time it takes to "learn" how to play the QB position.
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Let's keep in mind a couple obvious things that even amplify the chart. Wyoming had a very poor OL and sub par receivers last year. Pretty hard to complete passes when you're running to escape the rush, and hard to see receivers with separation. Especially in the confined area near the End Zone. Doing it the way he did was truly noteworthy.
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'cause he's a pr**k!
Lamar on AB: “That’s the type of guy we need in our locker room”
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Hmm, a pretty good indication of Jackson's lack of brain power.