Mike in Syracuse
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55 minutes ago, sullim4 said:
No emotion from the coach at all.
I'm sorry but you can't act like Bill Belichick in front of the media if you have zero track record of success. The fans deserve some outrage from their head coach.
I understand the frustration but they did make the playoffs last year. They're not exactly 0-17
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1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:
Jesus Christ if Beane pulls something like that off I'll start the fundraising drive to build his statue!
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It’s not just inaccurate, it’s extremely lazy reporting!
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How do you not LOVE THIS!
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1 hour ago, JohnC said:
You don't understand the economics and dynamics of what is going on in the newspaper industry. The more costly old timers are being pushed out for cheaper workers in order to help stem the tide of red ink. What is going on at the BN is going on everywhere. The same fiscal dynamic of shedding the costlier older and more long term employees has happened and is continuing to happen at ESPN. It's happening all over in the related sports business.
What's apparent to me is that you don't have an understanding what is going on in the business. The substantive story isn't about Bucky or Sully being squeezed out. It is about a business model in the newspaper industry that is having trouble surviving in the digital age. Get a clue and look around. It's happening everywhere.
This isn't unique to the newspaper business. It happens in companies all across America at a regular basis. It's literally the Jack Welch business model.
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Fitz is hysterical. Lots of players all over the league have been saying this for years.
One point of note, I remember listening to one of the discussions with Jordan Palmer. He said Fitz is one of the funniest guys he's ever met. He went on to say he thinks Josh Allen might be funnier.
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13 hours ago, Dr.Sack said:
I find it funny that a company owned by Warren Buffett would be in financial trouble. The Oligarch worth $75 Billion should stop taking so much money out of the paper and find a way to lower operating costs by taking less money back to Omaha.
Print media is a dying entity. It is destined to go the same way as the pager and the walkman. Trying to keep it alive because of some nostalgic draw is as foolish and trying to maintain steam powered transportation.
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9 minutes ago, JM57 said:
With no FB on the roster except Dimarco, I bet this is a way to limit his reps through OTAs and camp while still allowing Daboll to run his "regular" offense when we are watching the 3rd, 4th and 5th stringers come late summer
True but the FB position is going extinct in the modern NFL. There are so many other sets that you can use that are far more productive.
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One thing I've notice in all the footage of Allen from today. Dabol is in his shadow.
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4 minutes ago, Irv said:
Allen needs to throw softer. Looks painful.
Sincerely,
Zay's Hands.
Zay won't have to catch the ball this year, Allen's just going to embed it in his chest.
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23 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:
Over and done with. Practice just starting.
It would have been hysterical is Allen had just pulled a "Wild Thing" and airmailed the ball over the guy he was throwing it to.
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"Hard Knocks" is not part of the process. It is disruptive to the process.
Hard Pass
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What kind of crazy person grills prime rib?
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6 hours ago, BringBackFergy said:
Did you ever notice how he always uses white as the base for every canvas?
But...but...he has an afro?
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12 hours ago, Fadingpain said:
From earlier today on GR-55.
On Allen:
"I had him as a third round pick, my 90th player on the board, so I was very much a Josh Allen skeptic and nothing's changed. Two major concerns: processing skills/reading coverage and footwork skills impacting his accuracy. Those are 2 areas of concern that not a lot of quarterbacks have had success overcoming."
The contention that a guy with a 37 Wonderlic can't read a defense is absurd. Almost as absurd as the suggestion that footwork can't be improved.
If accuracy statistics were a lead indicator Colt McCoy would be Tom Brady.
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31 minutes ago, ******* said:
Shed the salary and pick up a draft pick
I didn't realize is was Terrible Idea Thursday?
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On 4/27/2018 at 10:25 PM, Brianmoorman4jesus said:
Every single person on WGR is terrible. The two morning show guys are probably in the running for worst in the country. I’m not sure either one of them have ever seen a sporting event.
The work done by Sal C. andpodcasters like Eric Turner, Matt Fairburn, Joe B, Nate Geary etc. is so far superior in content that it makes WGR seem laughably bad.
Enough the ultimate homer, John Murphy, put on a show Friday that was exceptional. All day it was guests and insight, not just option from unqualified radio jocks.
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1 hour ago, Ittakestime said:
What success does Jordan Palmer have?
Sometimes the best coaches aren't the best players.
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11 hours ago, Boyst62 said:
a good coach can correct footwork in an month. a great coach cannot even fix mechanics in an off season.
Professional golfers will tear down their entire swing and rebuild it. It's a series of complex positions that need to be duplicated perfectly where an error of 2 degrees is massive. Suggesting that you can't fix a mechanical throwing issue with far greater tolerances is silly, especially when the majority of the cause is in the feet.
Just now, greeneblitz said:Literally every competent anaylast that has gone over Allen's pre-draft tape sees these same things, 2 things, Allen is under constant pressure from a subpar line and his receivers have little to know separation and drop a lot of balls. On the other hand you have the stat worshipers that don't look at the player, they look at the team.
If you look at the breakdown where he misses the throw to the RB, there are literally 3 defensive players coming at him unblocked. Every component matters.
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I prefer QB's who can see the middle of the field, throw it to guys who are wide open and throw for more than 100 yards a game. Will Allen be that guy? Who knows but we definitively know that Tyrod wasn't.
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3 hours ago, Jpsredemption said:
It earned garbage status when they overpaid for a QB who was a sub 60 Passer against typically inferior competition.
Nathan Peterman had a 61% completion percentage against ACC elite level talent. I guess that means he's awesome right?
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6 minutes ago, All_Pro_Bills said:
I think basic accuracy is a matter of hand-eye coordination. Pitching, archery, target shooting, billiards, horseshoes, quarterbacking. I also think its a genetic trait and not something that can be learned. Either you have it or you don't.
But as you say there are other variables. Play selection, degree of difficultly, pressure/no pressure situations, quality of receivers, etc. Things that can be managed or controlled to some degree by play selection, coaching, the surrounding cast of players. In those situations maybe Allen is highly accurate or maybe he's not but we'll soon find out.
I agree, I think a basic level of accuracy in intrinsic. I believe that better coaching of fundamentals and tweaks to positioning can also make a world of difference. From all reports, it looks like Allen has been putting in a ton of work since his season ended.
6 minutes ago, KCNC said:The way I look at it is several other teams passed on Rosen too. There are sometimes reasons we as fans don't understand. I never had a good feeling about Rosen for some reason. I'm willing to wait and see on Allen. I sure like his attitude and he appears to genuinely be elated to be in BLO. Go Bills!
I had a really bad feeling about drafting a QB with multiple concussions and a neck injury.
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1 hour ago, Greywolf said:
My opinion isn't based on anything off the field. Allen is a very inaccurate passer. Mediocre completion rate. Overthrows open receivers under pressure. Underthrows open receivers under pressure. Drafted too high and put into a position where, if AJ doesn't perform, Allen may be forced onto the field well before he's ready (just like another recent project who was ruined this way) behind a shaky O-line and with not a super receiver corps.
I'm rooting for the guy because I don't want anyone to fail, but I have strong doubts. I hope the Bills prove me wrong. Any confidence I have is due to my thinking that McDermott and Beane are much sharper judges of talent than their predecessors.
Nathan Peterman had a 60% completion percentage in college. It's one measurable based on infinite variables.
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1 hour ago, Kemp said:
I would have thought that all fans are tired of hearing yeah he's got some accuracy issues, but we can fix that.
If you're inaccurate in college and are now facing bigger, faster, and smarter players, things will get better.
Now we know this regime has zero belief in analytics. They FEEL that things will be okay.
Accuracy issues in college are a tricky statistic. The final measurable is the result of numerous variables. Wrong reads, wrong routes etc. Bottom line is, everything can go right and the WR can still drop the ball. It's entirely possible that Allen isn't the most accurate passer in the draft. It's also entirely possible that the rest of the players around him are downright awful.
Accountability
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It's not, you look at the film to see who missed their assignments, who ran the wrong routes etc.
He knows what happened on the field. You can't correct it without evaluating the specific breakdowns. You find the failure, identify the cause the proceed with the correct.