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Just now, Kelly the Dog said:
I think he was probably thinking two TDs, a missed extra point, two field goals and a safety.
Great, now Hauschka's missing extra points.
This is getting worse, because I also don't think any team can rely on getting a safety a game. Name me one team that's done that.
If this is true, and nothing suggests it isn't because, after all, this is the interweb, McDermott has lost his mind.
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I personally think it's alarming McDermott failed to say "at least 24 points," because it does a big disservice to Hauschka and plays down his ability to hit field goals. I mean, it's a clear shot at the PK, because McDermott is clearly insinuating that the Bills can only score TDs and can't hit field goals.
This is terrible. Just terrible because he's not even paying lip service to his special teams group, which struggled last year, and are now under a new staff.
I'd say it's cause for alarm.
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On 11/28/2018 at 3:34 PM, LABillzFan said:
Is that @john wawrow behind Hyde holding the My Little Princess recorder?
strangely enough, i use a tape recorder to record players.
i use a phone to call people.
call me old-fashioned, i guess.
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On 11/5/2018 at 4:06 PM, Reed83HOF said:
Fitz
1- year $3.3 million with the Bucs signed on March 10 2018
Bills were interested in Fitz. He was firm on staying in Tampa
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1 minute ago, dave mcbride said:
John:
They are on the road to having the worst offense in the past 32 years measured by DVOA. How could one not conclude that they bungled the QB position? They could have kept Taylor and had a qb cap hit totaling $20.3 million, which is not bad. and as you know cap money can always be moved around creatively. Sure, teams with good young qbs on rookie contracts have far lower hits, but the Bills aren't one of those teams at present. teams with any decent vet are above that number (e.g. and randomly, the Redskins at $22 million), and while $16 million is too much for a solid backup (which is what Taylor is), the alternative is turning out to be pretty awful. Yeah, they acknowledged that they messed up, and I like that they did that. But they didn't have to be historic-level bad on offense: 32nd in points scored, 31st in turnovers given up, 32nd in collective passer rating, 32nd in net passing yards per attempt, 31st in INTs thrown, 32nd in points per drive, 31st in yards per play, 31st in yards, and a staggering -41 in passer rating differential vs. their opponent.this is my only time I'll respond to this:
Tyrod was not interested in redoing his deal. his entire salary was on the books for this year. it was immovable.
they gained a valuable draft pick.
and, in the end, exactly how much better of a record would the Bills have with Taylor running this offense?
let's be real. they weren't making the playoffs with Aaron Rodgers behind center.
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I'm leaving this discussion, as I've said my piece.
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Just now, BigBuff423 said:
To the bold statement, I completely agree. IMO, their fortunes with the Bills rise and fall based on 2019.
Tim Murray failed in his rebuild and it cost him.
Botterill is making far more headway, and so is Housley, who has gone from being on the hotseat to showing he is capable of learning from last season, and deserving a longer leash.
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1 minute ago, BigBuff423 said:
And that's fair, meaning McD has that conviction regarding how DBs are used. It's just one I disagreed with at the time and now considering how they've struggled to consistently find a CB2, it would seem imprudent to have dealt him when he was still on his Rookie contract. That said, it's not a major deal to me. I believe McD has the right approach to the game and his players and Beane has the football acumen to lead the team as a GM by acquiring the right pieces of talent and personality to be championship caliber. That said, all the potential in the world doesn't amount to a hill of beans unless they activate that potential into real world wins.
2019 holds the key for both these gentlemen and I believe it should be a razor's edge year: succeed, and you've demonstrated competence to secure at least two more years, fail to the extent this team looks similar next year as it does now and I don't think McD survives beyond the last game of 2019. But I do think Beane gets a chance to pick his HC if that were to happen, based on Pegula's history with Sabres and Bills and that Beane was hired after the fact of McD, leads me to think if anyone goes, it would be McD first....although I'm sincerely hoping the situation doesn't demand that type of action and winning has resolved all concerns.
keep in mind, the Pegulas have now gone through that with the Sabres, staying the course after watching a team thoroughly under-achieve last year and seeing encouraging returns this year.
now, this Bills team this year isn't exactly under-achieving entirely, because this was always going to be a transitional year, and we're seeing the lumps result from it. that said, a case can be made that the offense is not playing up to even modest expectations.
this leads to the upcoming offseason and seeing what happens now that the BIlls are fully in a position to start adding talent.
can't judge Beane and/or McDermott entirely until that happens.
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6 minutes ago, GG said:
I thought the tweetstorm was rather self-explanatory
me, too, but it appears some were confused by it.
perhaps, i should have typed slower.
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1 minute ago, BigBuff423 said:
I'm of the sect that finds less fault with Beane and McD than others, as I just don't think you can change a culture, revamp the roster, create a healthy Cap continuum, and locate and develop your QB of the future in one and a half years. Most of the people who think McD and Beane should be fired are those with a microwave mentality and refuse to acknowledge where the team was when McD and then Beane took over.
The only trade I truly didn't understand - despite the idea that he didn't fit the scheme - was Darby. All the others I think played to the larger philosophy and vision McD and Beane have for the team. I also appreciate Beane's honesty to say he missed the mark on that one and should have been more proactive in getting a 3rd QB, a true Vet. That said, IMHO, it's much more about what they learn and how they adapt, than it is about pointing out their mistakes. It's easy to play captain armchair lame-ass GM when you don't have the multi-million dollar questions on the line day in and day out. IMO, Beane and McD need to be held to a higher standard with each passing year, and to that end, 2019 should be a year where real, measurable improvement is easily seen in the Offense and the Defense continues to get incrementally better.
Thank you for responding jw, it's easy to duck and hide or ignore.
McDermott's philosophy is CBs, for the most part, are interchangeable. That was proven out last year when two guys, including Gaines, filled in for Darby's loss.
There was also a belief, from what I remember, that Darby didn't exactly fit the defense.
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Late to this party, but let's clear up some things.
If several members of the media are going to follow this lazy and tired narrative in accusing the Bills if completely mishandling the QB situation, then perhaps they should at least ask a question or two to at least be fair. There was one asked on Tuesday, which is what sparked my thread.
And rather than simply following the tired narrative, someone needs to explain to me how else the quarterback situation needed to be handled.
One valid point made through the discussion on Twitter was the Bills needed to bring in another quarterback immediately after trading McCarron. Beane has acknowledged that as being a mistake.
Otherwise, I've yet to hear any valid rundown on how the quarterback situation has played out since March.
And no, don't respond to me about what about Tyrod?
That ship sailed because Tyrod refused to restructure his contract; the Bills would be handcuffed under the cap with it; and they got a valuable draft pick out of it that allowed them more room to trade up on draft day.
WEO, of course, is trying too hard to over-think things and reading far too much into this as usual.
I'm hardly surprised.
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Just now, Dr. Who said:
And they traded for Coleman when supposedly it was well-known he had attitude issues and might not be the sharpest tool in the shed. Evaluation of pro personnel is concerning, imo.
But his shoe collection. ....
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Here's a thought.
How is it that no one on the Bills staff had any inkling Vontae Davis was considering quitting.
Was there no red flag before the start of the season, when Davis suddenly revealed he was still trying to overcome an injury.
Was there no red flag during two preseason performance in which Davis couldn't tackle or cover.
Was there no red flag from last year in how Davis got into a major dispute with Chuck Pagano which led to the Colts cutting him.
Hey, I know there's some kind of nutty narrative in which the national media is questioning the Bills for making some odd decisions. But heck, what do i know.
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On 8/28/2018 at 10:48 AM, dave mcbride said:
I go back to Rex using the media to go after his GM in NY. He does note appear to be an easy guy to work with, which is no surprise. I'm not here to defend Whaley, who I had major issues with, but put yourself in his shoes - he's constructed an excellent defense that was #2 overall in DVOA in 2014 (behind Seattle), and Ryan comes in and forces an inappropriate scheme on the group. Next thing you know, they're #24 and #27 in defensive DVOA the next two seasons despite real talent.
it was a dysfunctional marriage from the beginning with Whaley, in my opinion, deserving 50 percent of the blame.
Whaley failed to get entirely on board with the Ryan hiring, because the Pegulas essentially took the decision out of his hands, and there being no clear definition of power between Rex and Whaley.
both spent the next two years trying to assert their power over the other.
Rex was the one who proposed having Tom Coughlin be hired to take over as football czar, so he could have someone have his back. he's the one who introduced Coughlin to the Pegulas.
Whaley and Brandon were against the move for obvious reasons, and eventually, Coughlin backed out.
Whaley and members of his staff then spent much of the 2016 season bad-mouthing Rex in the Pegulas' presence, leaked things to select members of the media who were indebted to him, avoided other members of the media, and eventually boasted to friends that he had the authority to fire Rex, and was going to do it.
Unfortunately, the Pegulas over-ruled Whaley initially.
Ryan was attempting to avoid the same scenario that took place with the Jets, and wound up suffering the same outcome.
Whaley won the power struggle but eventually couldn't save himself from the problems he himself created by claiming he wasn't privy to anything going on.
Thankfully, the Pegulas saw through the whole thing and made what was ultimately the right decision.
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3 hours ago, Blokestradamus said:
I think it's entirely personal taste. I've done a bit of blogging before and Tim is a writer that I looked up to during that time. The way he writes definitely resonates with me.
As far as Wawrow goes; I think John is definitely in that raconteur class, primarily through Twitter. His flair and vocabulary come out to play.
i've been reluctant to like all of these posts until i finally summoned up the courage to look up "raconteur."
and now that i have, i'm still not sure whether to trust your judgement of character.?
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On 6/18/2018 at 1:48 PM, PromoTheRobot said:
Graham might have violated Twitter's ToS by tweeting what was a private message.
even when i attempt to avoid promo, i am unable to.
here i was, off the board for nearly a week. second thread i open, and this sticks out like the proverbial sore thumb of bald audacity.
No, he didn't.
and as a service to all, let me actually provide you to an actual link of what Twitter considers to be private.
https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information
but, of course, people here could have looked that up on their own before firing off a post that has no basis in fact.
and you wanna be a Bills reporter.
smh
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promo, of course.
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32 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:
he has no obsession with you, just your knucklehead takes...as they are so repetitive and unoriginal.
33 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:he has no obsession with you, just your knucklehead takes...as they are so repetitive and unoriginal.
this is good. and true
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2 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Whatever I write it must really get under your skin considering you only come after me when I'm not the only one speaking poorly of your friends. It's also a challenge you're less likely to be shown up on (like the BN Blitz subscription challenge you laid down....crickets) considering I live 500 miles from Buffalo and probably have as much chance of being hired by the Buffalo News as you have joining Fox News. (You probably also know that the BN is limited in using freelancers by their union.)
But I do think I can write a pretty good story. Maybe I'll take up your challenge.
you’re real good at putting down people who aren’t members of this board with your real swell criticisms.
when confronted on them, you’re M.O. is to wilt.
i’d say i was disappointed in this response, but that would suggest i was expecting something of substance.
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On 6/12/2018 at 11:56 AM, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:
Grover Cleveland?! Either you're civic minded, or journalism pay isn't what I thought it was. Does that count as a 'flame'? ??
Hah.
Nope, it's the closest to home and a nice easy 3-hour walk, especially when you get there first thing in the morning. i've gotten to know the guys who tee off first thing, and it's become both a weekly social and workout thing for me.
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19 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:
No sh##ty reporting.
if you're so good at it, why don't you give it a shot.
you spend a lot of time on this board complaining about how biased and one-sided the reporting is at The Buffalo News, that all they put out are negative stories.
well, look in the mirror promo, you are the hypocrite doing exactly the same, but with far less nuance or skill.
it's only predictable that you landed on the first page of this thread. i can only imagine how you must have scrambled to open up your computer and pen some real witty retort to pile on and make your voice heard.
and all we got was this dud of a response.
par for the course.
yup, you know sh#t all right.
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one of my Grover Cleveland golf buddies asked me if I had a prediction yet of the Bills season.
"no," i responded. "way too early."
flame away, though.
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For what it's worth, I believe, and it seems quite evident, Richie wrote that note to The AP on the fly. There was nothing really planned about it.
It came as a bit of a surprise after we had exchanged a few texts, including concerns Eric Wood had raised to me.
It appears that is what prompted Richie's comments regarding Eric.
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Music to my ears...McD on offense
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Augie. We're almost into March. March!
The season's right around the corner, well, over there ... and now we need the defense to score every game.
What do you have against Josh Allen?
I think all of us should sit down and parse every word, and over-analyze this. I mean, let's be serious.
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Kidding. Kidding?
What's their to kid about Kelly.
The season is like ... checks calendar ... six freaking months away. And they're going to start voluntary workouts in like 6 more weeks. If this doesn't get addressed as soon as possible -- ASAP, as some like to put it -- then the whole thing's doomed.
Absolutely doomed.
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Great. So now the Bills have to bring in a second long-snapper.
Watch Beane go out and draft one. He'll probably trade up for him, too, I bet.
There goes the season.
Another 17-year drought. I can feel it.
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