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Exactly. I've seen weathervanes with stronger opinions.
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Wow. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. One minute you hate the organization for how bad they are, then the next minute you are damning anyone who points out how bad they are. Sullivan is far more consistent.
But the point is, who cares if Sullivan has a negative take? Why is it any problem to you guys at all?
Who gets upset about this stuff? People who want the Buffalo News to tell them everything is alright? I mean do you not watch the games? Not read the postgame quotes, the stats, the standings, etc..? The variables are mostly there in front of you, if you don't like it, draw your own conclusions and don't worry about what Sullivan or Mort or whoever says.
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I'd be surprised if there is an offense from top to bottom as young as ours. We shouldn't be surprised when we don't always look too hot. What makes things worse though is that our veterans - like Losman and Fowler off the bench and Royal at TE just aren't very good players (and that's being kind). Other than Reed, who is surprisingly only 28, Langston Walker, and to a far lesser extent, Dockery, where are the competent veterans? Lee Evans is getting there.
QB - 25
RB - 22
LT - 26
LG - 28
C - 26
RG - 25
RT - 29
WR - 27
WR - 28
TE - 30
FB - 29
Turk - 1st year as play caller
Our depth at WR and TE is ridiculously young and inexperienced - average age about 23.
Generally, I think we need to bring in some at least middle of the road veteran depth to give some stability as these guys gain experience.
Pointless post. The Bills aren't "young". Offensively, they are mostly in their primes, defensively, they are long in the tooth on the DL and in their primes elsewhere. They stink primarily because their coaching stinks.
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Doesn't hurt.
All right, I'll admit my confusion here: I'm not quite sure what this has to do with my response to Adam, which was meant solely to rebut his contention that the Miami o-line has been a years-long work in progress. In my view, Parcells/Ireland did three important things when they took over: hired a competent coach, got rid of the captains from last year's team (an effort to change the mindset in that locker room), and blew up the OL.
Oh, and lucked into getting Pennington. They're not 10-5 with any combination of McCown/Beck/Henne.
You have to love the excuses these guys come up with for why the Dolphins and Falcons turned it around so fast. Let's not forget the Ravens either. Continuity is only important if there is reason to expect future success. Not hope for...expect. That's not the case with a coach like Jauron who has had 1 winning season in 8 tries. Continuity is rendered meaningless by good coaching and players motivated to prove themselves to a new regime.
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Anyone on the Bills like this?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writ...akes/index.html
I think the Bills have had plenty of those guys in recent years, but the big problem is not extreme examples like that. The problem is the large amount of players who can be motivated into caring, but aren't because their coaches don't create a competitive enough environment to bring out the best in them.
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Open letter to the !@#$s running Sirius,
Thanks for not listening to all the subscribers clamoring for Boombox
39 to come back. It seems like you feel the little changes on Alt
Nation, such as mixing in Pendulum, will be enough.
Apparently you people don't understand music. Following Pendulum -
Propane Nightmares on Alt Nation this afternoon was Blink 182. Let me
repeat that, because you obviously don't understand the contrast.
Pendulum versus Blink 182.
Hell, let me link the two songs so you can compare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZBQMJlVXyc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3O97n2gWJg...feature=related
Hear the difference? How in the world are these two songs on the same channel?
You people continue to prove you have no idea what you are doing with
the type of music that was on Boombox. You are trying to integrate it
into a channel where it makes absolutely no sense to.
Thanks to great radio stations like www.unitedbreaks.fm that aren't
filled with the redundant garbage that Sirius is, I'm getting ready to
drop my subscription. I'd stay around if Boombox was brought back,
but you guys don't give a damn about that type of music.
I've got to hand it to you, you guys managed to completely ruin Area
38 and Boombox all in one sweep, and now you are ruining other
channels trying to fix it. Quite an accomplishment, I must say.
I agree, I have XM and I miss channel 47 being ethel. The alt nation station combines other stations that I would rather listen to individually. I tried to be open to the changes, but they didn't just consolidate like services, they made changes that adversely affect the listening experience. They should know, their service is a total indulgence and they can't afford to lose listeners with all the struggles they are having trying to make sat radio profitable.
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How do you know Cassell isn't injury prone? He's played one season in his career going back to college. For all you know, he has Tommy John surgery three weeks from now. By your standard, Jake Delhomme is injury prone, but his five seasons out of the seven which he plays are preferable to the seven out of seven that many non-injury prone QBs play.
No, by my standard, past history is an indicator of future results. That's how decisions need to be made. By your standard, Peyton Manning could have Tommy John surgery three weeks from now. He's still the better player than Edwards. I mean let's not foresake logic as an excuse to continue failing. And btw, the issue with Trent isn't that he might get hurt some year, it's that he gets hurt EVERY year.
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I get what you are saying and your points are valid, but you didn't include the McGahee trade and subsequent drafting of The Beast in your previous post. That's interesting considering he was the biggest ass on the team when he was dealt and the Bills had to use a #12 overall for The Beast. The second rounder we would be trading for is the #33 overall, and I don't think of that as being quite as ridiculous as you do.
So, out of all those instances I gave you, you point out one that wasn't a complete backfire.....bravo. Still, it amounts to Peerless was traded so they could wait for McGahee so they could trade Travis for a handful of nothing then get rid of Willis so they could use their #1 pick on Lynch, who hasn't rushed for 100 yards in the first 10 games of either of his first two seasons. What next, you are going to tell me trading Travis Henry for the pick they used to trade up for McCargo was a good use of resources? Remember when the Bills felt they couldn't have two backs sharing duty? Maybe you're right, the Bills are on top of things.
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I'm no Cassell hater, and think he looks pretty good. He's improved, actually. However, he has accuracy issues, and I am not impressed with his deep and medium-deep ball. He's blessed with good receivers, a good line, and a good system, however, which has made him look better than pretty good. The bottom line is that if you put Edwards on the Pats, he's gonna look like a superstar too. He's accurate, can efficiently digest a playbook, makes quick decisions, and sees the whole field. Whatever his flaws (and he has some), he'd be a stud in that system.
Like I said, if you put Edwards on the Pats he still gets injured and misses a bunch of games. I mean, is the OL responsible for the groin injury that sidelined him while the Bills dim playoff hopes turned to dust? We are talking about 6 years of injury history, not one season.
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I don't want to make an argument between Edwards and Cassel because that's not really the argument. The argument is whether or not Cassel is that much of an upgrade over Edwards that you tie so much money into the QB position when you have greater needs. I think the answer clearly is no...I'd have to see more from Cassel before I signed that guy to a big deal. I think it's pretty obvious. It's not as black and white as your argument. He doesn't have the track record of a Drew Brees, who we absolutely should have pursued, but the numbers, salary wise, will probably be similar. To me, it's not worth it.
Well then, maybe the question to you is do you trust Trent Edwards to both play well and stay healthy? My guess is you do. 6 years of missing games to injury says he won't.
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I said "No way of knowing" because none of us have any way of knowing...ergo it is the correct answer.
"Of course, until the trial is over, none of us can really know if Michael Jackson is innocent or guilty.....but there is one thing we do know......(whispers)he's guillty!"
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That's very disconcerting re: Modrak, and perhaps an attempt to get rid of a guy who refuses a promotion. I know from a military perspective that people who ducked responsibility weren't the types I cared for. Chief scout ad infinitum is not what this team needs right now. Three years after TD was axed, it's not a legit excuse to say he didn't want to take the job a friend of his was fired from.
Everything that's gone wrong in this organization, as you know, can be traced back to the lack of front office talent. Lack of decision makers, lack of preparation, and a desire to select luxuries as opposed to BPA at a position of need. It's why we're still mediocre after all these years.
It was somewhat acceptable that Modrak wasn't 100% committed to the job when Donahoe was here to be the guy. He was just another set of eyes for a guy who had already pissed a drop in the NFL. Now, it's just a f*cked up, disfunctional situation.
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I think Peters is an ass and I find it hard to root for him anymore. I used to like the guy and remember checking out the pics of him riding in the back of Thailog's vette during whatever parade they have during training camp. What was there not to like about his story, or about him? Nothing. He changed positions, excelled, became two time Pro Bowler, and somewhere along the way he also became an ass. Goodbye.
All that being said, I think the ideal trade is for Detroit's 2nd rounder. Three picks in the top-45 in this draft class would be sweet.
If you can root for Beast Mode after his hit and run fiasco, then you would be able to root for Peters when he is back to his 2007 form next year. Trading him for a second rounder would be ridiculous.
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Do not trade Peters unless you are getting proven talent of GREATER value. Which isn't going to happen.
The Bills haven't helped themselves by hitting the reset button on positions. Trading Peerless Price for a #1 looked great until the Bills offense imploded without him the next season. Letting Pat Williams go, set the franchise back 3 full years on defense. Losing Clements killed the pass defense and lead to the use of a #1 pick to replace him. Cutting Milloy lead to using a #1 on Whitner, and 3 years later Milloy is outplaying Whitner. Losing Fletcher lead to using a #2 on Poz, and two years later Fletcher is still the better player and his knack for making plays is missed. The list goes on. The Bills need to start stacking talent instead of trying to win in spite of a lack of it.
Re-sign Greer, avoid drafting a CB early for the next 5 years. Stop letting good players walk or trading them for a hope and a prayer 2 years down the road.
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I really don't know what Jauron adds. There seems to be about 15-16 different things (almost of equal value that I can think of off the top of my head) that a head coach has to do to be successful in this league and he doesn't seem to be good at more than 1-2 of them.
1] Win a Super Bowl: Ha.
2] Win playoff games: Yet to sniff that.
3] Get to the playoffs so you have a chance at the title as anything can happen: Yet to have a decent shot at it.
4] Win games period so you have a shot at the playoffs. Have a winning record: He doesn't do that.
5] Hire good coordinators: He hasn't done that in three out of three tries.
6] Make good in-game decisions: He doesn't do that hardly at all.
7] Make good halftime adjustments: He doesn't seem to do that.
8] Prepare teams to play: We always start off very slow, although we do usually play hard for the duration.
9] Make good game plans on offense or defense: I have yet to see that except VERY sporadically.
10] Make decisive good decisions at the end of the game to get wins: He takes credit for all the bad ones. We have won games at the end in his tenure but I don't recall any great decisions he made to help us.
11] Make good challenges: He's terrible at that, although most of the time I don't blame that on a head coach.
12] Make good personnel decisions: A lot of examples of keeping Anthony Thomas over Fred Jackson... Our drafts and FA acquisitions have been marginal to decent since he got here.
13] Be the face of the franchise and deal with the media: The media loves him for being a great guy but he is boring as hell, never provides any real information, and won't really answer any questions. I don't give him high marks for that.
14] Get his players to buy into his system: He doesn't seem to have a system. We have no real identity as a team.
15] Win games you need to win, are supposed to win, or have no business losing against inferior teams: Nope.
16] Put your players in a good position to take advantage of their strengths: Doesnt seem to do that, especially on O
17] Get your players to play for you and run through a brick wall for you: He does seem to do that. They love him and want to win for him.
Yeah, he's just not good, and anything short of very good in this league gets it's ass beaten more times than not.
But with regard to #17, I think it is less important to get your players to play hard on gameday than it is to have them motivated to succeed. These guys play hard on Sunday, but what they don't do the other 350 days per year is netting losses on the other days.
Jauron lacks in a lot of areas, but the most damning is his inability to maximize it's talent the way Sparano has done by keeping them sharp and motivated.
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IMO, it's only a partial solution to involve Modrak more with personnel decisions. He obviously enjoys being Buffalo's chief scout, preferring to be away from OBD. I can't blame him for wanting to be away from the corporate environment and going on the road. But this talk of the inner-circle includes whom? Brandon, Wilson, and Jauron? If that's the case, no wonder they haven't done much right since 06. None of them are schooled in personnel like a pro or amateur scout is.
When RW refers to more power for Modrak, I have to believe it's because he's taking personnel control away from another person. I don't know who that could be at this point. If DJ remains, I think his opinion will carry weight, but not as much as these past three years. Regardless, trusting RB to make de facto personnel choices is tantamout to having your lawyer pick stocks for you.
I've never been a big fan of consensus. Sometimes, a leader has to do what they feel is right. And a good personnel man like Modrak who has been involved in scouting knows a good player from a bad one. I still think someone with football experience versed in building a winner should oversee Modrak and Guy.
Modrak has a reputation in the scouting community as LAZY. He's not out on the road. He's not at OBD. He is at home, making decisions he should be formulating in person. He has an eye for talent, but it's long been known he doesn't want to be a GM and football is not life and death for him. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he decided to retire at the news that Ralph wants him to do more work. In such a competitive league that's a disadvantage for the Bills.
Who could be losing power in favor of Modrak? Probably John Guy. He absolutely sucks at his job. That first crop of free agents he directed Marv into signing was a complete and utter failure. This team does not find talent that other teams give up on and turn it into a positive for this franchise. When Donahoe was dismissed, this guy got a much greater say in free agent signings and his work has been nothing short of putrid.
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C'Mon. I know it's cool around here to rip on the Bills and say the Pats are perfect at everything and we would only be so lucky to be as well run as them and while msot of that is true this is sorta getting ridiculous. How many Cassel threads is this now in the past few days? People are talking about this guy like he's the second coming. Let's say that Arizona and Denver lose next week for the sake of argument, that means that the Pats will have played 6 teams with winning records this season. Their record? 2-4. Are you really gonna throw the farm at a guy who has that record? And did you see their game against PIT? He looked like Losman. No thanks.
I don't think anyone is saying he will be the second coming of Brady or Montana or anything of the sort. What they are saying is that he will be good, which, quite frankly was the opinion of a lot of people since he's been with the Patriots. He has the physical attributes, he makes good decisions, he's mentally tough and he produces. Trent is injury prone, sometimes plays very good, sometimes plays like JP. Given the choice, 31 teams would take Cassell. Well, at least 29, you can't predict what the Bengals or Lions might do.
A lot of people talk about the Patriots like they are the 16-0 team of last year. They are not. They are older, more injured and even slower on defense. They have one of the least talented groups of RB's in the league. They lost their playmaking star Asante Samuel. I mean, sh*t, the Bills lost Nate Clements and dropped from 7th in the league in pass defense to 27th. The Pats find ways to win, but make no mistake, Cassell is winning games for them with outstanding play. Do I expect him to put up 400 yard games routinely? No, but he's doing it now. That's not all system any more than Brady is all system.
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Marv will accept the job, because that is what he really wanted - not the GM position.
Keep DJ as the Defense coord if he wis willing to accept the role. After 3 years under Marv, give DJ the team back.
You must really want to put Marv in his grave. Do you not remember the withered, tired, beaten man he was on the sidelines in 1997? Kelly, Bruce, Thurman, Andre, Talley, Washington and Paup are gone. Dick McPherson, Tom Olivadotti and Bruce Coslet are no longer coaching in this division. I think a 56-0 loss to the Pats might send Marv to the afterlife.
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Right back at you, sporto. When Cassel doesn't have Moss, Welker, and Faulk to throw to, he won't look so hot. Moss made Culpepper's career, and look at Culpepper now. Cassel will be no different and look like every other player that leaves the Putz' system. Book it.
You are the Dick Jauron of opinions.
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Now that we know this, I would not be surprised if his time here depends on a victory against New England. Maybe Ralph wants to see how Richard is going to prove to him that he can FINALLY beat NE (without Brady).
How many people here would like a loss to NE if it means a new coaching staff. I, for one, was very excited to see the players happy yesterday but if this next game means a chance for Dick to continue his losing ways in another city, I am all for it. Spare me all the "you call yourself a real fan" as well.
I saw Jauron lose, lose and lose in Chicago and now I see it here. I will sacrifice one meaningless game for the future of this team!! Isn't it obvious that players like playing for this guy because he NEVER holds anyone accountable. Nobody is scared for their job...
I will not root for the team to lose. It is up to management to identify what is a real indicator of future results, versus a rare surprise. I can only BARELY envision the Bills winning this game, but even if they did it will only serve as the last game in Jauron's run of only 1 winning season in 8 tries. EVEN IF JAURON WERE KEPT AND HAD A WINNING SEASON NEXT YEAR......see Norv Turner. Losers with good teams lose. Losers with very good teams disappoint and that's all Bills fans have to look forward to with Jauron.
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Cassel is Scott Mitchell v2.0.
As usual, you will be wrong again.
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Do you watch the NFL or did I suddenly and unexpectedly forget my understanding of the English language? Both (Jets and Fins) are fighting for the division title after coming no where near to even licking the mud off of the Pats cleats. Both have better Quarterback play, even though on of them (Farve) leads the NFL in interceptions. Both are a helluva lot better now than they were last year mainly because of the quarterback. What was your point again?
Perhaps you are unfamialar with the history of Chad Pennington. Pennington is very effective on the whole, but he can't stay healthy. The Jets finally decided to get rid of Pennington because he couldn't stay healthy and it totally f'd up their seasons when he couldn't play or wasn't healthy.
Pennington is where he belongs, in a warm sterile environment in Miami where he has his best chance to stay healthy and not have to deal with the northern winds that play havoc with his softball tosses. But he will not repeat next year. No way, no how.
Edwards has the potential to be the Bills version of Pennington, except I'm not sure Trent could actually put even one full season together because unlike Chad's sore shoulder, Trents ailments are MANY. The list of injuries that have cost him games the past 6 years is getting pretty long, and one of them IS shoulder and he can't survive losing much more off his fastball playing in the wind tunnel that is RWS.
But the Bills never learn. You don't make a living by defying odds. Past history IS indicative of future results.
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Did we not learn our lesson?
Exactly what lessons HAVE the Bills learned the past 9 years? Donahoe comes in, they make overly drastic cuts to the roster and decide they want to replace their big run stopper go with a smaller, undersized DL. Levy comes in and the make overly drastic cuts to the roster and decide to go with a smaller, undersized DL instead of the one they had just repaired. Anyone who can't see the parallels in the repeated mistakes the Bills have made is blind.
As for Patriots QB's, Bledsoe was awful in Belichick/Weis' offense. Cassell is outstanding. Big difference.
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You do realize that Cassel took over a team that went 16-0 in the regular season last year? He wan't taking over a young team with a overpaid and suspect O-Line and a team coming off an overachieved 7-9 season. Cassel most likely wouldn't have done any better than Edwards has on this team. Some team is going to overpay drastically for Cassel and I am sure it won't be and very glad that it won't be Buffalo. Put Edwards on the Pats this year and they do just as good if not better, mainly because up there you become part of a system that has been working for years, not one struggling to find it's identity like the Bills are. No Thanks, let the Jets over pay and they won't have anymore than they have with Favre this year.
Put Edwards on the Pats and he misses half the season with injuries. Wake up and smell it folks, the guy is injury prone.
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Ralph isn't going to pay Cassell's asking price so it's most likely a moot point.
Ralph may be enigmatic, but the talk about him being chronically cheap is absolute horsesh*t. This is the same guy that just 2 offseasons ago signed the $7M per year check for an offensive guard who had never sniffed a Pro Bowl. During the Bills SB runs a number of Bills were routinely the top paid players in the NFL. Kelly, Smith and Thomas. I don't expect the Bills to sign Cassell, but it is far from out of the question.
Dick Jauron
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Tennessee and Indy have been the 4 best and most consistent teams in the AFC and none of them plays in the east. The east isn't "weak" but it's not strong either. It has 3 "good" teams, but the Bills are going to go 0-6 because Dick Jauron has never been able to beat good teams. Tell your cuz to put that in his autographed Dick Jauron pipe.
Jauron historically makes a living beating bad teams by not taking a lot of chances and minimizing turnovers. He can squeeze that out because it doesn't require anything special from his players, it just requires the other team to make errors of aggression. Of course, you don't get better playing that scared style of ball, but whatever. No bad teams in the east any more, so Jauron ball has been closed for business in the division this season.
Fortunately, the out of division schedule has been incredibly soft, because otherwise, the coaching was about 3-13 caliber in a normal year. None of the class of the league, no Titans, Steelers, Colts, Ravens, Giants, Pathers.