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Listened to this last night and I just had to post ........
Posted by johnmurphyshow on November 14, 2012 – 8:30 pm
He was Brett Favre’s quarterback coach, when the future Hall of Famer arrived in Green Bay 20-years ago. And he was the Head Coach of the 49ers and the Lions.
NFL Network analyst Steve Mariucci has the credentials to talk about quarterback play in the league. And in an appearance Wednesday night on The John Murphy Show, Mariucci said the Bills Ryan Fitzpatrick has what it takes to lead the franchise into the future.
“He’s a very capable guy,” Mariucci said on the radio show. “He’s not one of those guys that a team should be looking to replace. He’s a solid starter. You can build a team around that guy with a run game, and add another receiver in the offseason, and I think they’ll be on the right track, there’s no doubt.”
Mariucci is in town as part of the NFL Network’s coverage of Thursday’s Bills-Dolphins matchup. He’ll be on the sidelines for the NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football pregame, halftime, and postgame shows. He’s also part of the network’s NFL GameDay Morning show on Sundays.
Mariucci was asked on The John Murphy Show whether the Bills Ryan Fitzpatrick has what it takes to be the team’s quarterback into the future.
“I think he’s got enough, with all the qualities physical and some intangible qualities,” he said. ” He’s a guy that you add to his weapons, and continue to build your team with the draft and maybe some free agent moves. I think he’s the guy to do it.”
The longtime NFL Coach also said he admires Fitzpatrick’s leadership skills and competitive fire.
“He’s a feisty guy. He’s had his share of excellent games, and he’s very smart and capable of putting successive plays together to get in the end zone. I like his spunk. He’s got a fiery personality that is contagious. There are games that he’d like to have some plays back, I’m sure. But he still has an 87 or so rating, which is respectable (87.5), and a decent percentage of completions–17 touchdowns.”
The John Murphy Show airs weeknights from 7-pm on the flagship station of the Bills, WGR Sports Radio 550.
We also need some freaking linebackers. TEO!!!!!
Never said he was a great QB - only that the he's a very small problem in comparison to the Bills D, which is statistically the worst in team history. He's having a pretty solid season, actually, and if the Bills defense was average they'd probably be 5-4 right now.
Which is why we need defensive first in the draft. The best LB available (Teo). I think many of Fitz's turnovers come as a result of him trying to play "outside" himself as he knows he needs to lead the offense to 30+ points a game in order to win w/ our putrid D. Also, it would help if Chan would call more running plays and not use the empty backfield on 3rd and 3.
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good points. The 2012 Bills' defense and the Steelers and Ravens' SB defenses are very similar.
Well, I did note that we also needed a few LB's. Something those teams had
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Very good read and echos exactly how I feel. ESPN has become unwatchable. Sportscenter used to be the best show on tv. 90 second highlights of every game and they wouldn't give up who had won until the end. Made me feel like I watched all of the games with the suspense that built.
I still enjoy PTI mainly bc of Kornheiser and Wilbon but find my self dvring it and fast forwarding through much of the show. If you watch ESPN in the morning there is no point to watchit later bc it is the same points across all shows. I think I turned during the Favre saga when the anchors started complaining about him and all the coverage he received and I thought then stop covering it! ESPN is starting to ruin sports!
VERY GOOD summary of the downfall of SportsCenter. Now they drone on about "will Phil Jackson" go to the Lakers for 30 minutes. Lets interview this GM, that GM, etc. NO, play replays of games dammit.
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I'll stick just to the AFC to keep things simple.
If the playoff started today, these would be the AFC's playoff quarterbacks:
Tom Brady, Joe Flacco, Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Schaub, Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning
Last year's playoff quarterbacks:
Brady, Flacco, Roethlisberger, Dalton, Schaub, Tebow
The year before:
Brady, Sanchez, Flacco, Roethlisberger, Manning, Cassel
The year before:
Brady, Sanchez, Palmer, Flacco, Manning, Rivers
Once in awhile, a team with an average quarterback can sneak into the playoffs. But the odds are very slim.
And they very rarely have continued success year after year.
Sanchez was there twice. He's worse than Fitz. A decent D could cure a lot of our problems. An actual NFL linebacker could as well. We need to draft 3 LB's next year, starting w/ Teo.
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That is ridiculous. If I owned a horse-riding facility in KC I would offer him free lessons as a marketing gimmick.
Now I have the Rolling Stones "wild horses" song stuck in my head. ha.
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I'm not. I want him to be good, if not great, but he consistently shows inconsistency. He cannot make all the throws, which limits us.
Look, I like the guy. I loved when he got in that pos Spikes' face. However I, like many, fully expected him to eff up that last drive. That's not what I want in a QB. If he starts winning in those last minute opportunities, I'm all in. I just don't see it happening.
A good assessment I think of how most people feel. I really want him to be good, but he seems to be a 2nd string QB at best. That said, a good HC would realize this and call plays to put the QB in a good position to win. Cower did it when Big Ben was a rookie, Trent Freaking Dilfer went to a SB. If we had a head coach who could call plays, Fitz could be a "game manager" which he would excel at, and we'd have a much better record. Would also help if we had ANY NFL caliber starting LB's. Teo Time!!!
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In that case though your OL who protect you should have took care of business....
The OL was a terrible letdown in that situation. If that happens to the Steelers, Starks and Colon, Pouncy, etc. would be in the guys face ripping his helmet off. Here, Wood, Glenn, etc. are nowhere to be found.
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Although then you watch a team like the Chiefs last night and realize Gailey's play calling is light years ahead of some teams...even if it frustrates Bills fans.
Awesome. Our coach is better than the coach of a team that has one win and had not led during any point in a regular season game until last night (and still lost). Is this how low standards have fallen around here??
:wallbash: :wallbash:On the play that ended the game, we were short on time and timeouts. If CJ gets tackled, precious time comes off the clock. Throwing to the EZ was the correct call. If it was an INC, still have another chance. Who to throw to and which route the WRs ran is another matter. But throwing in that situation was the correct call.
Throwing was correct call. But to a WR who is rarely thrown to and not a great route runner with an average QB. TERRIBLE CALL.
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ha ha great contribution.
I believe the Bills can and will win Thursday and go on a 4 game streak. The two games that scare me the most are against Seattle and @ Miami.
Mark Seattle down as a loss. Their D is amazing, and if we can't score, we loose with our D. I think that could be our only loss going forward. Hopefully enough to sneak into final WC spot. Gotta cheer for the Ravens and Bengals to loose. (I think Indy's schedule will catch up to them, although I do like how they are playing).
We have to win out, and we all know that if we get to 6 in a row, we'll mess it up in the final week.
You forgot to add...against the other teams 3rd string players.
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Even tho we need a QB to develop we need D more. Our LB's have to be the worst in the league right now.
So the question is D in the first round again??. Say what you want about Fitz, dude put points on the board. If we can play better Defense we have more chances to score.
I dont think there a QB like Luck in nexts yrs draft. So do we take the best MLB on the board? what yall think?
I agree. If there were a guy like Luck or RGIII I'd be sold on QB. Right now we take the best LB available. His name is Teo.
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Several college teams such as ND have a better LB group than ours. Teo, first pick for the Bills.
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He better get a huge fine from the league office, and the Refs should be fined for missing the call on Spikes when he hit FJ.
If Nick Barnett or Shep makes that same hit on Brady, he's a hero on this board. Guaranteed.
NO. He gets a HUGE fine from the league and multi-game suspension.
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No. "Good game." Save your "moral victories" for little league and pop warner players. These guys get paid MILLIONS TO WIN. A loss is a loss.
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Something getting missed here....
IS THERE going to be a franchise QB there when we draft this year.....
If the answer is YES...then it is a no brainer
If the answer is NO.....then come on.....do we really want to draft another Losman? When we could have had a dominant ILB monster?
Is this really even a debate. This is an easy call.
This is my thinking. I think we have a potential Losman when we draft like 5th or so. I'd rather have a dominant LB and trade back into the first and risk a Lousman then. AT least you leave round 1 with a TOP player. I'd also take a QB like Nassib later in the draft.
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Teo. There is no QB in this draft that I'm high enough on to pass up on a defensive talent like Teo. Need a defensive "QB" also.
I am a Huge Notre Dame Fan As well as A Bills & I love Manti Teo He Is the Heart & Soul Of the team BUT the Bills NEED a QB if We Don't in the Top 5 We Have too move up
There is always Value at LB in later rounds when you don't have a Franchise QB & need one you don't take a LB just saying
I agree. I just don't think any of the "top" ranked QB's are vastly different from those you could get early in the second or by trading back into the first.
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On the NFL Network they were talking about the AFC playoff picture, and they had Oakland and the Jets "in the hunt" at 3-5. Not that I think the Bills are really in the hunt, of course.
Jets=out. Oakland perhaps, they play in a worse division.
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Yeah, this is almost laughable. Fitz is very good at the pocket and as good as the oline is, he's a big reason we avoid sacks. Of all the ways to knock Fitz compared to Luck, this is at the bottom of the list.
The thing I don't get is why they don't move Fitz around more. He's a pretty mobile and tough QB. Roll him out of the pocket and give him more options. Fitz with his arm and size will never be a good pocket passer.
I agree that they need to roll him out more. This is because he is a terrible pocket passer.
He avoids sacks because he throws the ball way too soon. He is jittery in the pocket. My favorite are the plays where he incorrectly anticipates pressure, setps up and throws in a ducking position like he's about to be hit. And the O-line is above average with Livertrie, Wood, and Glenn.
I don't know man. Personally, I don't see the big difference in the pocket between Fitz and Luck. Luck took a bad sack last night that he could have avoided. It happens but it's not that glaring of a difference than say that of Flutie vs. Rob johnson.
And that pretty much is the nail of the head and why I struggle to kill Fitz like some fans do. He gets the absolutely most out of his abilities. He is a better QB than Losman and Edwards despite having far less physical talent. And Luck blows him away in this category.
Fitz does get the most out of his abilities. Unfortunately they are those of a backup QB. Fitz is not really the problem, the problem is the inability of Chan and Nix to realize his limitations and act on them. (i.e. empty sets on 3rd and 3, Nix not getting a QB to challenge him)
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Yes Luck is awesome. So is Gabbert. Oh wait. No, he isn't. Remember the hype on him? How many folks wanted him here? Or how about Justin Blackmon? He's lighting up the NFL, ain't he? Another can't-miss blue chipper.
For every Luck, there are 2-3 Gabberts, Losmans, and Blackmons. The draft is a gamble in any round.
PTR
This is true. But we seem to loose the "gamble" more than most teams like the Steelers.
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Horse hockey!
I'm tired of this excuse. I watched the Steeler game on Sunday and they were down to their 3rd or 4th RB. Their O-line is patchwork (thanks in part to the pre-season game against Buff). Their D has had significant players miss time. Yet they find a way to compete.
It's all about drafting talent. Instilling a winning attitude and executing the plan. We may have the players. We don't have the attitude or the plan.
you are 100% correct. The D was also missing Troy Polamu. Earlier this year they won a game in the same situation, AND missing pro bowl center Pouncy. Tomlin is 10000 X better than Chan.
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Pretty pathetic list of places to dine. Only thing worse than Buffalo's restaurants are its hotels.
haahah. Welcome, Tom Brady.
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There are endless complaints on here [ and rightfully so] about a empty backfield on 3 and 2 and expecting a inaccurate QB to throw deep. Few Carry's for CJ and FJ. Yet I see posts saying he would be a good OC but not HC material. What am I missing?
Nothing. Chan would be a TERRIBLE OC. He is the OC now. He's terrible. Nix, Wanny AND Chan should all be gone at the end of the year.
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I love your passion (and I'd love to have a "bloodthirsty" head coach as well) but I honestly think Cowher has a nice gig and wouldn't leave that chair for just "any team". Plus, although some may disagree, present day football has alot of stunts, blitzes, reads, schemes that I think are way above Bill Cowher's head right now...he's been out of the game for 5 years now I think?? Kinda like how Wanny was in college for 5 years and we decided to get him back in the NFL...we now see how that turned out...dude is consulting circa 1998 NFL strategy guides on how to blitz.
I agree Cowher is unlikely to come. If he did, I think he'd have his choice of almost any DC he wanted so I'm not too worried about the game passing him. But my passion/optimism that this, or something similar could happen is the thing that keeps me going. Plus, it saves Ralph from having to do the work himself. Find someone like Cowher (or Gruden) that knows a lot of NFL people and that ppl would want to work for, and let them be GM/Coach, whatever and hire people around them.
I am all for a new everything
I just hope and pray one thing does not happen:
No more Cali QB's.....NO MORE! I know Barkley is good, don't care...we're not a fit, and this has been proven!
NO USC QB'S. When was the last good one?!?!?!
I am not being sarcstic but Ralph has been consistently mad. He was mad at Polian, mad at Butler. Mad when we didn't have enough talent. He was really mad at Donahoe. Didn't like Greg Williams. Mad at Mularkey. Now he's mad again.
Whatever. Nothing will change until he is not the owner. His record is very consistent. Snnnnnooooooooooozzzzzeeeeeeeeeeee
Go Bills.
perhaps he brings back Polian. Since he let him on the Wall. Bring him back!!
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This is a funny post. I like it. Can Jim Kelly outplay Fitz? If so, bring him back!!
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Is that Nix's MO? Taking running backs and cornerbacks? Let's look at the first 3 rounds of his 3 drafts w/ us, shall we? 2010: RB/DT/DE, 2011: DT/CB/LB, 2012: CB/OT/WR. I was cool with every pick of the last 2 years (at the time- I don't think it's happening for Aaron Williams or Kelvin Sheppard but everyone was psyched about both of them), but I'll never get over taking Torell Troup the pick before Rob Gronkowski. Never. And did you disagreed with them taking Gilmore this year? Are you disappointed in CJ Spiller's play?
Yes, it is Nix's MO. 2/3 drafts he took a RB or CB. We could have kept Lynch who is pro-bowl bound this year and drafted another position of need instead of CJ. CJ is great but a lux. pick we could not afford. We could have drafted someone like Jason Pierre-Paul, and would have preferred Chandler Jones, or Mercilus, this year.
9-12 picks are not too high to get a franchise qb....
Aaron Rdogers pick #24=super bowl champ........
Ben Roethlisberger pick #11=super bowl champion
Drew Brees pick #32=super bowl champion
Brett Favre pick #33=super bowl champion
Jim kelly pick #14=4 super bowl appearances in a row=hall of famer
just has to be the right draft year. I'm not sure there are any QB's this year worth taking. Which is why you take Te'O!!!
Romeo Crennell for DC??
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Well, since we don't have a "scheme" right now, other than letting the other team put up ridiculous stats, are we really changing schemes? As long as he can run a 4-3, I think he'd be ok.