
BADOLBILZ
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LOL...no Football players have the option of an easy academic workload almost everywhere.......but the U generally has a top 50 US rank as far as academic reputation. Very wealthy and relatively exclusive private school that sees itself more like Princeton-south than a football factory. That has been, without question, the primary problem with advancing the football program. They only want to be passively successful in sports.........it would be distasteful to try hard like some "state" school.
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When you play a De-VALUED position and the team trades into the middle of round one to select you........you are going to be held to a similar standard as a VALUED position player who is selected at the very top of the draft would be. Fair or not. I loved the pick/player but not as a MLB. The Kuechly thing was more of an after-the-fact comparison...........I think people expected him to be BETTER than Kuechly because he's more of a specimen than Kuechly was.........the comp for Edmunds was Brian Urlacher. Urlacher had 18.5 sacks and 44 TFL in his first 3 seasons.........and he had been a safety in college not a MLB. The strength of Edmunds game has just been playing most of the games.........that's it.........he's accumulated tackle stats like his predecessor Preston Brown(well, almost. Preston lead the NFL in tackles in 2017).. But like Preston he has been rather pedestrian other than those bulk tackle numbers.
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So the Bills DL has been the second best in the NFL at keeping their MLB clean the past 3 years? Awesome! 😉 Statistically, the most likely place for a RB to be tackled on any given play is at the LOS. If you are a volume tackler who is on the field every week for 3 straight seasons that number is going to be high. But comparable off-ball LB's Roquan Smith and Devin White had 18 TFL last year. Tremaine Edmunds had just 4.....which is VERY unimpressive.........over 200 defenders had more. And he only has 19 total TFL in his three year career. TFL + TFNG is just adding a small figure that represents big impact to a BIG number that represents participation.......and then pretending that it's all high impact. The low TFL number is just one of MANY numbers that reflect Edmunds' lack of instinctiveness as an off-ball LB.
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Ozone is the best sanitizer/deodorizer. If you really want to save it just leave it open out in the sun for a few weeks. This also works for Bills gear that you don't want to ruin by over-washing.
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If it's got a handle on top it's a lunch box. RIP lunch box.
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Correct. That is a lunch box.
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Nobody has ever run the ball better than the Ravens the past couple seasons and they have an elite scoring offense........and they also have a great secondary to counter the Chiefs receiving threats............but they are helpless against the Chiefs. And don't tell anybody........don't want to disrupt that narrative about the run game.........but the Bills ypc average was better than the SB champion, Chief-slaying, Bucs last year. Primarily you gotta' be able to go blow-for-blow in the pass game with KC. The rules of the game are skewed to favor those who can move the ball in the air. There are a lot of other ways to win matchups but improving the run game is well down the list. Getting out to leads running the ball doesn't deter/scare the Chiefs.
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When an opponent scores on you every time they touch the ball that will take the run out of the equation regardless of how well your team runs it. Ask Tennessee who basically had the same thing happen to them in the 2019 AFCCG.........got out to a 10 point lead........Chiefs hung 28 unanswered on them as their defense couldn't hang with Mahomes and his playmakers.......game ***** over. It's a passing league. The Patriots did manage to deflate the football against them in the first half of the 2018 AFCCG but that veteran lead team was executing at a much higher level on both sides of the ball than the Bills were capable of...........and the Chiefs stormed back on them and SHOULD have won that game. It would be *nice* to improve the run game but that's not even close to the solution to beating the Chiefs.
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Whether you are willing to accept it or not........the bottom line is that it's all entertainment either way. Just the threat of it happening adds drama to the season. Drama is a very popular aspect of Bills fandom........see the people who were enthralled by so many closely contested wins in 2017(even though it was because of a terrible offense). The self pity that it would derive has a market amongst the fanbase as well. And watching the contaminator(s) whine about forever being persecuted by Bills fans like a Bill Buckner and Scott Norwood rolled into one would also have long lasting great entertainment value. A focal point like that would be a great outlet for Bills fans and there would be a lot less sympathy than for players who just made a mistake in the moment. Could get VERY ugly but it wouldn't be boring.
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Has anyone ever visited The Ralph just to visit?
BADOLBILZ replied to Another Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I have done this before........usually I have another reason to be in the area if I swing by the stadium........but I've gone to OP with friends in the offseason just to check out the stadium and maybe go to Bar-Bill or one of the local pizza places. The process of driving to the stadium is a very important part of the ritual for our group of tailgaters. If Bills Mafia can keep it's trajectory going toward being a fan base that transcends the NFL then there is the potential to build more of an offseason aspect into the Bills fan experience. -
It's commUnitas. As in community. A place where everyone is in equal standing and with the same shared goals/objectives............which does not describe the dynamic of schools or shopping centers etc.. When we are in that stadium we are all just Bills fans. Stadiums aren't going away whether you can grasp the concept of why or not.
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Easy for a 2021 Chiefs fan to like the Bills.........they've owned them almost annually on the field since Andy Reid was hired......the only exception was the 2017 win in KC........and McDermott literally traded them their franchise savior. The early 90's Chiefs fan wouldn't have liked the Bills AT ALL.........the Bills were blocking them and beating them in the playoffs...........and the treatment Chiefs fans got at that AFCCG game in Buffalo was HARSH. They rolled up in buses expecting a civil contest......I remember seeing the female fans with their sewing kits and such😂.........and they walked into a buzzsaw of drunken, entitled Bills fans. There was much complaining from the KC area about the welcome they got from Bills fans at that game. The tables have turned..........Bills fans were whining about the arrogance of KC fans and players after last year's season ending debacle.
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I think this is the year for Ed Oliver
BADOLBILZ replied to Victory Formation's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
By the same token...........the people who claim he played a lot of 1 tech ("out of position") last season have no clue what the hell they were actually looking at either. And that is a rather large contingent of people, which is sad to say in this era of all-22. The Bills did a lot of experimenting early in the season where they were rotating all the DT's in and out of 1 tech. That KC game was just a weird all-in-on pass rush gameplan that blew up on them when Reid ran it down their throats.........but the last 9-10 games they played(including playoffs) Phillips and Butler were the established 1 techs and consistently drew double teams, as the 1 tech is aligned strategically to do. Nobody on the line stood out for exceptional play last year though...........it was a developmental year without an offseason for young DL Oliver, Epenesa and Johnson and Phillips was just working his way back. The free agents all underwhelmed. I expect a significant improvement from all the young DL this season even if Rousseau and Basham are just the 2021 version of the 2020 Epenesa and Johnson of this year's DL. Oliver was very solid but obviously has a couple more levels that he can reach. -
Bills working out DT Eli Ankou (update: signed)
BADOLBILZ replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Zimmer also had 7 QB hits playing just 26% of the defensive snaps...........more than Ed Oliver had(6) in more than double the amount of snaps. He was much more productive per play than Oliver in the tackling stats except sacks........Oliver had 3 to Zimmer's 1. That's not to knock Oliver.........he was as good as anyone on the line last year........but Zimmer was actually quite productive........it wasn't just those couple very big plays in very big games. -
I just don't see the future unfolding the way you think it will, Roy. I heard Schopp and Bulldog on the radio yesterday basically saying "who knows if there will even be football in 20 years, what about fixing the schools?". I think the long term viability of brick and mortar schools is AT LEAST in as much question as whether people will still be attending sporting events. The process of sport and stadium has a multi-thousand year head start over herd public educating. You should remember that when you think people are just going to stop going to games. Communitas. That's why this site exists for chrissakes..........I would hope you've figured out why you come here by now.
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Bills working out DT Eli Ankou (update: signed)
BADOLBILZ replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
He jumped on a fumble late in the Chiefs game in Buffalo where the ball carrier was ruled down after replay........but had that been ruled a fumble they would have had the ball deep in Chiefs territory with a chance to tie the game with a TD and 2 point conversion. He saved the game against NE with that forced fumble on Cam just as the Pats were about to score a TD at the end. -
The Bills are the only team playing there and the seats inside are going to be colorful with the blue and red etc.. so no reason for the outside to clash with the interior.........makes the stadium look retro-fitted rather than built to purpose. I'm not even sure I would call that an "industrial" look.........it kinda' looks like a mall. Also not sure that Buffalo is really a "blue collar" city anymore. Some Bills fans may want Buffalo to be perceived that way........(especially those with white collars )........ but that's not really how it's been trending for a long time now.
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That is weird. Lotta' brown and green in there. Looks like a modernized version of "Cleveland's Municipal Stadium". The stadium serves one purpose.........so make it look like the Buffalo Bills actually play there. I like the Flutie/Johnson mural on the side of the upper deck facing the big end zone walk way, though.
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I basically disagree with each point in this post. Yes, Allen has a strong arm but top QB's have LONG careers now that often extend far past their "athletic" peak. Ben Roethlisberger had a cannon for an arm 15 years ago..........now his arm strength is very poor for an NFL QB. Wind impacts at least half of the Bills home games every year. Whether it's discussed by the talking heads on tv when you are watching the game or not it's evident from the stands every week. We don't know if the environment for pro football consumption will be worse post-covid. In the 20th century, economic recessions often took many years to get out of.........but things move much more quickly now...........go back to 2008 and look how fast the economy bounced out of that........even after the government gave the farm away to the auto industry etc.. People will still feel that instinctive need for "communitas" in 20 years...........stadiums aren't going away.
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Efe Obada “true sack score” ranked 9th in league
BADOLBILZ replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
No my position on Addison was that they should cut him and saved the $8M and lost his phone number. My position on Butler was split. He didn't play well enough in 2020 to warrant the cap hit in 2021..........but he also played out of position to benefit the team so I understood bringing him back at a reduced salary. Not a fan of pay cuts but in Butler's case he is a young player entering a free agent walk year so he has plenty of reason to be motivated to put good football on tape even if he wasn't happy about having his deal reneged on. One of the things that Beane has been praised heavily for is signing players to deals that are easy to get out of if the player doesn't play well. The problem has been Beane still retaining them after they haven't played well. Murphy, Star and Kroft are all prime examples. Now Addison, Butler and Morse are up. Hopefully it turns out better this time. As for whether it's better to cut and re-sign later...........of course it is..........save A LOT more money and give the player the chance to test the market. Not saying he still wouldn't be unhappy about it but there is the issue of THE MONEY...........and otherwise that's just life in the NFL, a player can't ask for much more than to be able to test the market when the money is out there in February and March. And let's face it......Beane is 0-2 in pay cut scenarios so far so his batting average can't get much worse. Instead we have the same people on here who lauded the paycuts now theorizing that Addison and Butler could be cut at the end of camp...........when they might have a hard time finding jobs or one's that pay more than week-to-week league minimum amounts. Like that wouldn't be a double dickmove by an organization. -
I think this is the year for Ed Oliver
BADOLBILZ replied to Victory Formation's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Ed Oliver was both double teamed and playing a different position the majority of the time last season? Say what? The tales are getting taller with each passing week of the offseason.😂 He took "a few" snaps at 1 tech but once they decided on the Phillips/Butler rotation around mid-season those guys played the majority of the 1 tech snaps and that was where the majority of the doubles were going. -
Efe Obada “true sack score” ranked 9th in league
BADOLBILZ replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I was just responding to you claiming that the players weren't dissatisfied with taking a pay cut. Now you are agreeing. Make up your mind. The fact that they were compelled to make that decision by the fact that the market for their services was probably very poor isn't irrelevant with regard to their happiness with the decision. So basically, you are off on a "they made their bed now they gotta' sleep in it" tangent that serves no purpose to the discussion. And I've been very complimentary of many things that McBeane have done. The whole truth is never the most popular position on a fanatic site so the timing is irrelevant. You, on the other hand, showed your complete lack of any faith in the McDermott hiring by dropping your 24 year season tickets in frustration/anger with the organization that you are supposed to be rooting for and supporting. You were fed up and the hiring of McDermott and his implementation of "the process" weren't changing your mind. You were wrong. You made a mistake posting your thoughts/reasoning regarding quitting on your season tix on here........now we all know.........you are the epitome of a non-Billiever and now you want back on the bandwagon. Quitters never win @eball. 😞