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Ok, she was a volunteer coach for the basketball team but still...
I took note since this happened about 2 miles from where i live and the news is making a big deal of it. I know it's a total double standard but when i was in 7th grade, i wanted to tag one of my teachers real bad. Of course i probably would not have known what the hell i was doing! If it's a male teacher and female student the guy should be strung up. But this? hmmm, it's wrong but she isn't bad...plus she's a personal trainer at a local club. I think that student will have some fond memories.
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/sene...ith-teen-012910
Wait its a women, but she is ugly right? No she isn't ugly, well then lets prepare his luckiest boy in the world medal, oh South Park is there anything you can't make funny?
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BRUCE is numero uno with OJ, Therman, Kelly, and Reed run out the top 5.
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Get off of Derrick Johnson. The guy was never a beast. What the hell were you watching? He was a bust from day 1.
Wrong KC played him for 4 plus seasons as a starter and the guy produced. Beast might be a little hyperbolic but in a 4-3 as an OLB he is an above average NFL caliber starter.
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I still don't see the Pack making a serious effort considering all the guys they have to resign Kampman will be a FA
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I don't think GB will keep Kampman but I don't expect the Bills to be active on the free agent market, either. I think they'll focus on building through the draft in the early stages of this new regime.
I feel like Buffalo will be active a little in free agency. Mostly on the defensive side of the ball. We don't have enough picks to address all of our needs. Not that Buffalo will be a big buyer but they will make a handful of mid level acquisitions to patch up the D and focus on the offense with the draft. I think staying 4-3 is what we are going to do in order to build via free agency.
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Latest reports have GB wanting to retain Kampman. Prob won't hit the market.
They have 2 other big free agents In LT Chad Clifton and DT Ryan Picket also safety Nick Collins is a player they need to lock up. Kampman might be a guy they have no choice to let him go. Honestly why would they want to keep him if he isn't a fit for the scheme they run. Would you pay big bucks to a guy who is coming off an injury and only had 3.5 sacks in 11 games last season when you have much more pressing needs?
Kampman plus Schobel would be a nice pass rush and would allow Maybin to come along slowly.
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From Draft Huddle they did a Clausen - Bradford comparison-
"The individual record for both quarterbacks vs ranked opponents is eye-opening. Clausen is 0-10 vs. ranked
opponents while Bradford is 8-3 vs ranked opponents.
In addition to playing more ranked opponents, the average margin of victory over ranked opponents is 23 points for
Oklahoma. In addition to this statistic, in 2008, Oklahoma went on a three game stretch scoring over 60+ points vs. the
#2, #12, and #13 teams in the NCAA. Clausen and Notre Dame's average loss to ranked opponents is: 15.8 points.
Bradford (+)
Bradford played out of a spread and on a much better team then Clausen. Bradford had one of the best O-lines in college football while Clausen continued to have one of the worst. Also factor in the injury issue with Bradford. I also feel like ND D might have been more to blame for that 0-10 then Clausen. I would be curious to see Clausen's stats in that 10 games against ranked opponents.
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Get's kicked out of prep school because he doesn't do the work to get decent grades. Doesn't make the most of his opportunity that many other kids would never get. That's a punk in my book.
I think that you just didn't get the book. Its not saying that Holden was perfect or anything but that he was having a hard time making the adjustment from the child world where everything made sense to him to the world of being an adult where people weren't what they seemed and the world was occupied by phonies.
It was about the transition he had to make from the innocence of youth to the harsh reality of the real world. He wasn't a punk he was just someone who expected more from the world due to the way it was to him as a child.
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1) Brady Quinn
2) Soft schedule
3) Plays on a team with top 10 talent so it is hard to fully evaluate him
I don't mind Clausen but none of these QBs do much for me. I'd much rather build up the lines this year and suffer with Brohm/ Fitz/ someone else. I much prefer Mallett or Locker. Drafting out of desperation kills franchises.
I don't get how Quinn is a knock on Clausen. Quinn is far from a finished product in the NFL so to call Quinn a bust isn't accurate and Clausen is just a different circumstance all together. Just because Carson Palmer was a good pro QB (Before the injury although he rebounded a bit this season) doesn't mean Matt Leinhart or Mark Sanchez is going to be good in the NFL.
The soft schedule is a concern BUT the surrounding talent on the team isn't the team had one of their best WR's hurt early in the year and the offensive line sucked. So I think that while the schedule was soft it wasn't like Clausen was elevated much or at all by his surrounding cast. So I think that a soft schedule is really the only concern about Clausen but is it enough to put Bradford who is way too thin, injury prone, and plays out of the spread ahead of him.
Clausen comes with concerns but they are not that bad when compared to Bradfords.
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Jets and Giants makes sense with the new stadium.
Said it here many times before, up the Bills tickets $10 minimum across the board and show the next owner we can support them. I'm a season ticket holder and I'd support it.
I think it would be fine if the team spent a little in free agency. Not saying they have to go out and get Peppers or someone ridiculous like that but a couple of mid level guys like Jason Ferguson, Derrick Johnson, and Aaron Kampman to help out the D and maybe a solid draft. If the Bills continue to not spend even moderately in free agency then they can't really justify a increase across the board.
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hate to burst your bubble but a lot of the experts are saying they would not take any of the QB's in this draft in the first round.
in reality is a bad year to be needing a QB and that is the reality of the situation!
But what specifically is the knock on Clausen? I am seriously asking what is the big knock on Clausen he has all the tools and results in college. Not saying he is can't miss BUT he isn't worth a pick in the 1st round come on that's being very hyperbolic. I don't know maybe I am just missing something.
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If the Bills drafted at LT at pick 9 the went out and traded back up to take Iupati in the late 1st I would love it. Either you would move Levitre to RT and add Iupati to the interior O-line or move Iupati to RT. BUT we need either a solution at LT or QB at pick 9. Getting a guard or RT at pick 9 would be a bad move and this is coming from a guy who feels like Iupati is a can't miss type guard or RT.
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That's not true. These QB's are all very weak, and there is no "hands down" front runner.
I feel like Clausen is the best of the bunch. I remember reading Football Prospectus on what are the things you look for in a college QB if he will be successful in the pros. They said 1- Completion percentage 2- Health 3- Ability to make NFL throws. Clausen has all 3 (68 percent completion percentage, played all of his games last 2 years, and strong arm).
As in added bonus Clausen has a quick release and comes from a pro offense I don't get what the knocks on Clausen are. Sure there are attitude issues but he doesn't have work issues. He is a young kid (Junior coming out of college) he has a great chance to mature. Another knock is he is a Calie QB BUT he played at ND (A pesudo cold weather school) which is pretty far from Calie.
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I don't get why everyone is so down on Clausen in these mocks. Clausen is hands down the best QB in the draft he has been healthy (Only a minor injury in his freshman year fully healthy in his last 2 seasons), accurate (60 plus percent completion percentage in his sophomore year and 68 plus completion percentage last season), strong arm (By all accounts can make the NFL throws), quick release, and comes from a under center pro offense.
Look at Sam Bradford the guy played in a spread offense, has injury issues, and has a thin frame. Why is it such a slam dunk that Bradford is the best QB in the draft. Honestly there is no way Clausen slips past Seattle at pick 6.
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WR is a need if TO doesn't come back HOWEVER there are much more pressing needs for the Bills in the 1st 3 rounds (LT, QB, DT, OLB, TE, just to name a few) so it is a need but at least for this draft it is going to have to be put on the back burner. Steve Johnson and James Hardy are going to have to do for now if TO doesn't come back. Maybe a 4th or 5th round pick will be spent on WR.
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I feel like our 1st pick should be either a LT (Anthony Davis, Buluga, or Okung) or I go with a Clausen if he is available. Now if I go with Clausen at pick 9 (I don't trade up to get him) I then try to package our 2nd and 3rd round picks to trade back into the back end of the 1st round and get the best LT available (Bruce Campbell type). If I go with a LT round 1 I don't go QB in either round 2 or 3 I take the best player available in either round.
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I have advocated that we should stay a 4-3 D but give up the Tampa 2 aspect of it. Now I have been advocating for bringing in Derrick Johnson and Jason Ferguson to help the front 7 both guys are types of players that could be available Derrick Johnson was a beast in the traditional 4-3 but didn't fit in the 3-4 with KC so he could be had for a good but not too expensive deal.
Jason Ferguson is a run stuffer. Old sure off an injury yes. BUT the guy when healthy he is a very good run stuffer and if we can get 1 more year out of him it allows us to shift focus on the offense in the draft. Now I feel like an interesting option to further bolster our line is Aaron Kampman the guy is a free agent and might not be back in Green Bay due to Ryan Picket and Chad Clifton among other also being free agents (Also Kampman not being a fit for their 3-4 either)
Now Kampman is not a fit for the 3-4 (Which means almost half the league that won't be interested) and is coming off of an injury so that drives his price down further. But when in a 4-3 Kampman was a 10 sack a year guy. So if we were to haul in Kampman, Ferguson, and Derrick Johnson to help our front 7 would you be happy with that.
Each guy has flaws that makes them available to come to Buffalo at a Ralph price. Also if we cut guys like Kelsay, Spencer Johnson, and not resign Ryan Denny it could help fund these acquisitions.
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I doubt the Pats* won't resign the big guy. HOWEVER if they do decide that he won't sign with them they will franchise tag him and trade him. They won't let Wilfork end up with the Jets or Fins (Lets face it he won't come here). They will likely trade him to the Packers, 49ers, Cardinals, or Chiefs (Where he would have a long term deal negotiated) for a few good draft choices (Probably a 2nd and a 3rd although not in the same year).
The Pats* are smart if Wilfork gets to the open market he would likely get an offer the Pats* couldn't match so they want to use one of their 2 franchise tags to hold on to him and not only get draft picks for him BUT more importantly decide where he ends up.
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Respect your opinion but I despise current home unis... and I think I am not alone. What you call blue I call blue-black. That's not blue. And virtually "all black" looks absolutely ridiculous (my opinion). The Bills had one of the most classic-looking uniforms in the 60's. Why they did these changes over the years to end up with the hideous current ones is beyond me. The Jets realized their lunacy long ago and went back to the classic 60's jerseys. As with everything else, it seems to take the Bills a while to catch on.
Its a dark blue no doubt about that but I like it. For the away Uni's I like to go throwback white full time. I felt like the 1990's uni's looked dated around the time they changed. I like the all dark blue Uni's the pants are simple and the jerseys look nice (Once again my opinion). I hate when they have white pants with the dark shirts it looked like a cluster!@#$. I feel that with matching pants on the home uni's it looked more ordered.
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it might be a little bit of reach but only a little bit. he seems like the consensus top NT of the draft with Cody having some serious red flags.
I might rather take the LT at 9 and hope Cody slips to our 2nd. It's risky either way though since there are seemingly only 2 elite NT's in the whole draft.
Don't overthink the Cody pick. Cody is Ted Washington in the making and will anchor some teams 3-4 or 4-3 for a decade. Cody is a physical freak 370 pounds and can dunk a basket ball. I feel like Cody is this years Michael Oher. Yeah Oher is the best LT in the draft but he has dyslexia how can he memorize a play book in the NFL HERE'S A CLUE HE REMEMBERED THE PLAY BOOK IN COLLEGE (where he graduated with a fairly good GPA) I THINK HE WILL BE FINE IN THE NFL.
Cody has shape issues but the kid is 22 years old he is immature that's why you have a good coaching staff. Once Cody takes the field in the NFL he is going to realize that if he isn't in shape he won't have much of a career. I feel like Buffalo if this guy is available in round 2 should be the Bills pick (Round 1 should be a offensive pick no matter what) its a epic steal at pick 41.
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Spot on. Don't be the team to jump on the 3-4 bandwagon late - be the team to grab the under-valued 4-3 guys.
And 4-3 doesn't have to mean Tampa-2 with its (arguably) too-small LB's and pressure on the MLB to drop way back in coverage.
Gregg Williams' 4-3, is a derivative of the old Bears (Buddy Ryan) 46 defense. Nothing wimpy and small about it, and it's still around on several good defenses around the league.
That attacking 4-3 defense's main weakness, btw, is that it puts a lot of pressure on the DB's, especially the CB's, to play tight man coverage, and what do you know, DB's are the strength of the Bills' defense, so why not? I never could understand why we kept drafting DB's when one of the main features of the Tampa-2 is not putting much pressure on the CB's to man cover.
Very good point I think people forget that 4-3 doesn't mean Tampa 2. I feel like if we get bigger and badder at DT and get stronger at Linebacker Then a 4-3 will more then work in Buffalo as I have said in 2003 and 2004 we had a dominant D just as good as any Buffalo 3-4 team. I think that the Tampa 2 experiment is done it won't work. BUT just because the Tampa 2 won't work doesn't mean the 4-3 won't work.
I feel like if we want to spend big in free agency then we better target 4-3 castoffs on teams that recently converted to a 3-4. As another poster pointed out Aaron Kampman is going to be a free agent, as I pointed out Derrick Johnson is going to be a free agent, Jason Ferguson and Fred Robbins are both going to be free agents. There is a lot of 4-3 exclusive talent that might not be as highly sought after as 3-4 type guys.
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Quote from the Sporting News Feb 2, 2004 re Tom Brady
"...WEAKNESSES: Lacks ideal quickness. Forces the ball into coverage at times and tries to make too much happen. Doesn't have ideal arm strength; some of his downfield passes sail. Doesn't get great velocity on his vertical passes...."
Would you take Brady for a Buffalo QB?
That is from the year 2004 when Brady was more of a short passer type of QB. Brady's perception of a lack of arm strength back in those days was due to the fact that the Pats* never asked him to throw deep that much. It wasn't until Moss got there that Brady showed his vertical passing ability.
So either Brady had the arm strength all along but didn't have the receivers and offensive system to showcase it or Brady took steroids or HGH to increase his arm strength. Either way both are totally possible.
And seeing as how accuracy being hugely important was the central theme of my post I would say yeah. I didn't say that any QB here would need to have a cannon NFL arm just that the weather and wind would require him to have a better then average arm to have optimal success.
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I'm generally against switching to the 3-4 for a couple reasons. First, the good defenses are the talented ones, regardless of scheme. Switching a scheme doesn't make up for a lack of talent. Second, so many teams have switched to the 3-4 that it's becoming VERY hard to find quality NTs and 3-4 DEs. Why do you think Tyson Jackson went so high in the draft last year? At this point, the bargains are disenfranchised 4-3 players like Aaron Kampman, Derrick Johnson, or Glenn Dorsey.
Having said that, however, I don't have anything fundamentally against the 3-4 as a defense. If the Bills really want to switch to it, they might as well do it this year. The team is going nowhere next year no matter what, and that won't change until they find a QB. Overhauling the D will boost next year's draft position, and by the time the Bills get a QB, there's a good chance they've also rebuilt the D into a competent 3-4.
I just feel like the 3-4 is generally overexposed too hard to get players for it when we would be the 16th team or so to be trying to do it. With the 4-3 most colleges run it so its easier to draft for it and the other 14-15 teams who are running the 3-4 tend to get rid of serviceable or good 4-3 players.
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I don't think that Buffalo should draft Bradford BUT I don't think Seattle will pass up on him at pick 6 for a safety. Seattle needs an answer at QB and if Bradford is there look for him to be scooped up by the SeaHawks. I think that Buffalo shouldn't draft this kid he seems like he has a weak frame, played in a spread exclusively out of the shotgun, and has some injuries.
Uniform Change
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I like the all blue home Uni's I think those ones look good. However we should just move full time to the all white throw backs for the road. The road uni's have been a cluster!@#$ of trying to claim too many colors at once. Just go with the throw backs for the road and keep the all blue modern look for home.
This has been talked about a lot on this board however and the thought by most on this board is that all the uniforms look ugly and they need to go either 60's or 80/90's throwback full time. As I have said All blue home fine with me road need to go.