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    If Chad Kelly Was Ever Going to Make It

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    6 hours ago, JESSEFEFFER said:

    If he didn't outplay Paxton Lynch and Philip Walker he'd be gone too.  Jim may have gotten them to take a look at him and give him a chance but he had to do something with it. I am sure Jim has lots of other nephews that share his last name that will never sniff the NFL.  Top 70ish is fair at this point.  I mean he has never actually played and sucked in a real NFL game as many in the top 70 have so he does have some undefined potential that others lack.  i think his athletic measureables are QB elite but we never got the combine type numbers.  He is probably in the 4.6s/40 range and his arm strength is near the top of the top.  He was throwing 70 yards as a 15 year old.  St Joe's and EMCC were state and national champs.  Missisippi  was a Sugar Bowl champ for the first time in over 4 decades which seems to be a big deal to them.  If circumstances ever allow him to have a stint as a starting Qb, I think he'll show really well.  Surprising well to most people.

     

    The decision making thing is a fair point.  His past is littered with punkish behavioral issues but they seem to be largely left behind.  The Halloween Party is a largely untold story for some reason (something was being hushed up, imo) but there was no sign of forced entry at the home (the doors were supposedly locked so was he let in?) and did not display any malice toward the home owners or the arresting police.  I'd say he has shown a history of being quick to anger and impulsive actions and a need for some professional counseling which I  suspect the Colts may have insisted upon when they brought him in.

     

    Practices, meetings, film study, actual games are what I consider team situations.  Von Miller's party is murky sideshow which involved many outsiders.

     

    He was probably no worse than a day 2 pick without the injuries although that is not worth debating as it's unknowable.  Others with worse legal transgressions still went that high in recent drafts.

     

    My biggest beef is that every time someone posts something positive about Chad's situation, the same cast of characters feel the need to take their shots again and again.So I feel the need to defend his talent, admire his determination to keep working, enjoy his style of QB play when he sees the field and wish him as much success as he can manage to achieve. He may have learned something along the way.

    He also knocked off Alabama. I watched that game and he was super Chad. too bad about all his personal troubles.

    Emmanuel Sanders to 49ers

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    41 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

    This is the sort of thing I'm talking about upthread.

     

    Is he really available?  How much would it take to get him?  Would his acquisition be that extra something that allows us to finally beat the New England Patriots in a playoff game?  

     

    I am in favor of a "win now" strategy for this season.  Things are wide open, outside of NE, in the AFC at least.

     

    If we could find a way to beat New England, as crazy as it sounds, this team could appear in the Super Bowl.

     

     

    I think we need a pass rusher more than we need a WR.

    QB Patrick Mahomes suffers patella dislocation (With updates)

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    8 hours ago, Locomark said:

    I get it but, now winning that top seed makes anything possible. Time to stop being passive. We are 1.5 games out and the threat of KC even if you win the division looks less daunting with their defense in shambles and Mahomes looking like he may be nursing multiple injuries as he plays this year. Time to go for it. Belicheat will be making deals so we better. 

    Their Defense didn't look like it was " in shambles" last night.

    Buffalo RB Situation

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    11 hours ago, 1ManRaid said:

    You know who is available on a rookie contract for MORE than a year or two, without having to give ANYTHING up to get?

     

    Singletary. He'll be back next game.  22 touches per game and 55 TDs in last 2 years of college, I think he can shoulder a load with Gore backing him up.  Hamstring injury was a fluke.

     

    Also a lot of people seem to have a problem with Gore only getting 4.4 yards per carry, and speculating he's going to fall apart at any moment despite no injury history or any signs of slowing down.

    Hamstrings seem to linger and eventually return. Not to hijack this thread but why is it that basketball players rarely have hamstring injuries compared to football players ? Perhaps training with weights for football players and less so for b ballers. I played basketball both in HS & College and never once do I remember any player having a hammy.

    Bills Wire suggests Daboll a candidate for the Redskins opening.

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    5 hours ago, Bills2ref said:

    I often find myself being frustrated with Daboll. What’s his offense averaging? Can’t be more than 16 points per game this year. On many of his series I find myself frustrated with his play calling. This team is winning right now because of the defense, not Daboll’s play calling. Call me crazy, but I don’t view him as being a big loss at this point in time. 

    nobody ever likes the OC.

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    A few thoughts about the Bengals Game, from the game, in no particular order

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    2 hours ago, Virgil said:

    Had the pleasure of attending the game Sunday, hence the delay in writing this up.  I also had the chance to since watch the recaps on youtube (which are about 10-15 min, amazing, and available quickly) of other games from around the league.  With that, this weeks thoughts are going to be a little different because I couldn't take notes or rewind plays.  There are also going to be things that I missed because of my vantage point, but also things I was able to pay attention to.  Either way, here we go.

     

    1 - Stadium experience - Since I was at the game, I wanted to share a few things about what seemed to be different that previous years.  First off, a lot of the lawn parking popularity seemed to have shifted this year.  Some lawns, usually empty were packed and others were empty.  Also, seems like some people are starting to do more pre-paying.  It's interesting to see how much of a business it's become.  My normal spot, the old dentist office, was sold out by 9:30am, and I've never seen it sell out period.  

     

    When going into the stadium, people really struggled with electronic tickets.  I get it, use tickets.  I'm sorry old times, but times are changing and you need to get used to it.  It really helps prevent fake tickets.  The security lines moved fine for me, but the ticket scanning took forever.  Personally, I love electronic tickets and put all of them in my apple wallet.  I do this for all tickets, including movie and plane.  It makes like so much easier as it doesn't require internet.  

     

    In the stadium, it was an absolute cookout.  The sun was brutal and even Hyde made comments after the game how they were gassed.  The last two minutes of the first half took forever. (Seriously, why did the Bengals wait until after two minute warning break to challenge the previous play?!)  Between that, reviews, and halftime, it took almost an hour to get through 5 minutes of game play. I was really surprised they kept going to commercial breaks so much in the 3rd when we were a solid 5 minutes behind other games.  It was so hot, that people went into the tunnels for a break.  My sister and I found a spot on one of the steps with large groups of other people.  No one blocked anyone's path, but security kept threatening to kick people out if they sat down.  They were honestly kind of ***** about it.  You had older people, flushed white, just trying to get a break from the sun and they just weren't having it.  Bad form.

     

    In the last quarter, on the Bengals final offensive drive, that might have been the loudest I've heard the fans in as long as I can remember.  Maybe it was louder because we were only 9 rows deep, but it was deafening.  I was really proud of how the fans pulled it together, despite blowing the lead.

     

    2 - Defensive Line - I'm going to start by saying that this is one of the harder units to evaluate because you don't know what their assignments are.  DT's, for example, are given high grades without acquiring any stats because they are setting up other players.  With that, I don't know what the gameplan was, but I was very disappointed in this unit.  The Bengals offensive line is notoriously bad.  I get that Dalton got the ball out quick, and that's where Frazier needs to start pressing the DB's a little bit, but we should have done more overall damage with our front 4.  We weren't playing contain, as Dalton is a statue, but we also rarely sent more than 4.  In my opinion, 4 should be enough to get more pressure than we did throughout the game. 

     

    3  - Knox - I mean, I can't leave this out, can I?  I know it's been talked about to death, but holy crap.  I don't want to hear about Gronk.  Let's talk Shockey. I can't remember an angry run (see what I did there?) like I did.  The best part?  It was right in front of me.  I'm actually disappointed in all of you for not having more meme's and gifs ready to roll.  Seriously, get your priorities straight.  

     

    Besides that, besides bringing the thunder, I'm really impressed with this kids speed.  The fact that he ran, and well, a TE sweep for yardage showed me this kid is going to get incorporated more and more into this offense.  I really liked what I've seen of this kid so far in both speed, hands, physicality, and blocking.  Also, dude looks like a goon, which helps at that position

     

    4 - TBD Tailgate - I'm going to make a one time exception for the number 4 spot and really give credit to those that put together the tailgate. I got to meet some posters on here and put names to screen names.  It was a truly inviting atmosphere.  Moreso, I had a chance to meet SDS and it was impressive to see what's become of this site and how it brought people together.  Truly an accomplishment to be proud of.  


    Side Note:  I took my sister to see the pinto experience as I had done it 4 years back.  I have to say, I don't like what it's become.  There was almost a 15 minute intro plugging podcasts and giving away shirts.  However, Pinto just kept making food selflessly the entire time and just a great overall dude.  The ketchup and mustard thing?  I guess it would be fun in the moment, but seemed strange to me with all the presentation of it.  

     

    5 - Deep Shots - One big difference between this year and last is the lack of big plays downfield.  I'm not talking about the typical 15-20 yard downfield throws.  I'm talking about the endzone deep balls.  In this game, the Bengals typically played one safety deep and press.  Granted, they have a decent DB tandem, who are big boys btw.  There was one play early where they sent someone deep, but our offensive line didn't give Allen the time to let it develop.  The other deep shot we actually took made zero sense to me.  Allen's throw could've easily been intercepted as he threw it deep to exactly where the single deep safety was.  Overall, I would have liked to have seen Brown and Foster on opposite sides of the field, with both of them going deep.  Make the safety pick a side and at least take the shot.  I'm seeing way more press coverage with single safety coverage in the league.  We need to start making teams regret that.  The Pats started this party and we will see a healthy dose of it tomorrow.

     

    6 - Running Game - This was probably our best rushing performance of the season.  Not to say that anyone broke 100 yards, but Gore had some solid runs, showed some burst, cuts, and a few +5 yard runs.  I was remiss when we cut McCoy without replacing him, but Gore was solid.  The line blocked well enough for him and he ended with a decent average.  On the other hand, Yeldon continues to be a concern for me.  The fumble was on him and he doesn't seem to make much of his opportunities.  When healthy, I think we will be in good shape with Gore and Singletary, with Singletary being the pass catching back.  But again, it was a step in the right direction

     

    7 - Allen - I was surprised when I saw that his completion percentage was higher this week than last week.  I thought Allen played exactly like he has in the first two games, great for 65% of the game (no pun intended).  He made an absolutely inexcusably bad throw for an INT.  But, on that same play, he probably had that terrible intentional grounding call in his head.  On the flip side, I think about how many sacks this kid avoids and turns into plays.  I know you have to take the good with the bad, but he's got to stop with they throws across his body while falling backwards.  It's at least once a game.  

     

    Other than that, his short pass accuracy was on point.  He's continuing to grow at the position and was again unshakable on the game winning drive.  In watching the other QB's this week, I can honestly say we are on pace to have the best QB of his draft class.  (More on that next)

     

    8 - McD - How many times do people go back and criticize individual points in a game and try to talk about "what if we" or "why did we".  In this case, the decision to go for 2 after the penalty was an absolute difference maker in the game and we are talking about OT possibly, as well as a loss.  In terms of coming out prepared, one first down by the Bengals in the first half and no 3rd down conversions until the 4th quarter sums up the defensive performance.   McD's job is to win games and, no matter how close it got, we came out prepared, buckled down when needed to, and got the win.  I'm worried about the lulls we hit in games, more on that in a bit, but overall, solid job.

     

    BUT, because I have to.  I really question our play calling at 1st and 10 on the 40 yard line when we were up 14-7.  We needed about 5 yards to get into FG range and make the game a two score affair.  We didn't call a single run or short yardage play and ended up punting.  To me, that was a missed opportunity.  

     

    Lastly, I truly believe we have the best coach/QB combo for our situation.  For what Allen is given, asked to do, and situations he's being put in, I think there's a plan and it's coming along well.  Both are developing together well and I see this only growing in time.

     

    9 - Receivers - I am continuously impressed with the hands on Beasley and Brown.  Both of them made fully out-stretched catches as well as found the first down makers.  Brown's field and play awareness is incredibly under-rated.  I don't know how much of this are the options he was with this self-proclaimed "complicated offense" or just him adjusting on the fly, but he's done a great job adjusting to plays and being Allen's safety option on broken plays.  I do believe that the Bills need to make a decision on our number 3.  I like McKenzie in the situations we are using him, but this back and forth between Zay and Foster needs to ironed out.  Zay had a great play in the game, but other than that, both weren't really heard from.

     

    Also, I want to point out again that this is only the 3rd game where Allen has an entirely new offense around him.  If the offense is as complicated as Brown says, it takes offensive players, lineman included, a long time to find their timing and rhythm.  I think they've done a great job so far and it's been worse with other teams (more on that later)

     

    10 - 3rd Quarter offense - I've always believed that next level coaching occurs at halftime.  You have all week to prepare for a team, as do they for you.  But, halftime adjustments can make or break a game.  The Bengals did it, we didn't and it almost cost us the game.  This is not 3 weeks in a row where we came out of the locker room extremely flat.  I don't know what the disconnect it, but it's a problem that will get us beat by better teams.  If you look at the Chiefs, they do all their damage in the 2nd quarters, but do enough where they can coast out the second half.  We aren't them.   Either way, I really hope that they figure out these issues as the Pats won't be as gracious.

     

    Also, for the complaints about Allen not breaking 300 yards per game, all you need to do is look at the 3rd quarters.  If you proportioned out his yards from the other 3 quarters, he'd have broken 300 all three games.  

     

    Bonus - Around the League:

     

    Lamar - I'm sorry, I get the fantasy points and big play ability.  But if you want to talk accuracy and carelessness with the football, watch the breakdown of this game.  He hits guys on comebacks, or standing still, typical of your college spread offense.  He does his some people in stride.  However, when a play breaks down and the defense doesn't let him scramble, he is a dangerously bad.  He had at least two throws that were absolute prayers and his receivers bailed him out.  

     

    Baker - I don't know how badly the Titans broke Baker in game one, but this guy plays scared.  Even when only rushing 3 against him, Baker bailed out way too quickly.  He also scrambled out in a way where the defenders could corner him.  On the last drive, he had a few plays where he could have stepped up into the pocket and probably picked up a first down on his feet up the middle.  

     

    Back-Ups - Did Eli and Cam just lose their jobs permanently?  

     

     

    That's all folks.  3-0 Baby with the Cheats coming to town.  For more post game, please visit @Shaw66 breakdown.

     

    Go Bills!!!!

     

     

    The start of the 2nd half saw Cinci receiving & we gave them the wind. Why ? Was it because we wanted the wind in the 4th quarter ? I've never seen a coach do this. Interestingly, when we got the wind at our back, the wind had died down. Can anyone out there explain this.

    My one peeve from the Giants game

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    20 minutes ago, Patrick_Duffy said:

    I agree with this. If they were a little further downfield then yes, you try an get into range. No need to chance a TO with a 14pt lead on the road in your own end of the field and give them the chance to cut that lead in half.. I believe they got the ball in the 2nd half anyways, so I have no problem with the decision either.

    The way that P.I. is called in this league, It is usually wise to take a shot. If nothing good happens, punt. There wasn't enough time left for the G's to do anything.

    Updates on Bills cuts

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    1 minute ago, CSBill said:

     

    Thanks. It is interesting that the Bills seem to really want to keep him when this very accusation seems to go against everything this regime has stood for = character. Is he really that good? I haven't seen it.

    Maybe he is innocent.

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    Updates on Bills cuts

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    1 minute ago, MrEpsYtown said:

    Not sure if Sills makes it, but I am really not against it. It's obvious how much they wanted him post draft and they want to develop him. We didn't see him do much in preseason, but he blocked well and looked to have ran some good routes. They clearly like him and the last WR on the roster probably does not dress on game day anyways. It's a redshirt, but maybe they see this as the only way they can keep him (similar to Ray Ray last year). They lost Proehl to waivers last year, I think they definitely lose Sills. JMO. 

    Vikes cut their kicker. Maybe McLaughlin to Vikes. Why else is he still here ?

    Updates on Bills cuts

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    2 minutes ago, Kmart128 said:

     

    Doubt we keep Wade... He impressed but he got very little time in preseason. Thinking just Gore, Singletary and Yeldon.

     

    It would be stupid to have Wade on roster when he gives us an extra practice squad player

    It's not stupid if they feel he can contribute, right.

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    Updates on Bills cuts

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    40 minutes ago, jkeerie said:

    Stlll lots of cuts to be made.  The timing of these is interesting...perhaps hoping to "bury" some releases among the noise to sneak guys on the practice squad?

    Perhaps they are looking to trade McLaughlin. It's a shame we have to let him go. He was good in college & he has looked good here.

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    Bills Practice - 8/21

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    2 hours ago, MiltonWaddams said:

    As a shorter defensive tackle, it’s not surprising that he Has put his hands in that position. The technique is to keep hands high on the chest but as you do so coming from a lower position, your hands can often slip up off the jersey and hit the face. That being said, he definitely has to improve upon that.

    They only call it if you keep your hands in the face. He has to release.

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