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The only part of this thread that makes any sense is Polian not choosing the right coach. It was Marv who was outcoached by three future HOF coaches. While he may have let his coordinators run the show he should have forced them to change the game plan especially against the Giants. But I know we can't blame Marv for anything.
Does that mean whomever the Eagles drafted instead would have died in a car accident to keep the universe in balance?
Either that or some "Final Destination" stuff would have occurred and he would have been electrocuted by a wayward live wire while visiting the Niagra Falls.
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He died after the Bills' 2nd Super Bowl, so obviously he couldn't have changed things in Super Bowl XXVII or XXVIII.
OK...let's take this a different direction...He died in a car accident...had Buffalo drafted him, circumstances would have been different and chances are he would not have been driving where he was at that time and, in hindsight, maybe Jerome would still be with us. Hmmmm....
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He was our Offensive line coach last year Scott Kugler - the players called him Coach Kuges .You say your a Bills fan ???
The proper spelling is... "you say YOU'RE a bills fan???" And you say you're an English speaker. Fool.
Please refrain from deciding who are Bills fans and who are not. It really makes you seem to be an ultra-douche.
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All I know is benching Flutie for Johnson to play in the Music City Miracle game probably goes down as one of the worst decisions by Wade Phillips and a Buffalo Bills coach.
Johnson was the pre-Losman.
For awhile there, I didn't think that the Bills would ever get past the "scrambling" QB idea...
As bad as people think that decision was, RJ actually led them back on the potential GW FG drive, you know, had the special teams unit on that KO showed just the slightest amount of discipline.
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As I recall, the stadium was quite full when the the Bills were down 35-3 in the third quarter.
I wasn't at the game so I didn't get to see it firsthand (being 15 at the time and living in Erie it was kinda hard) but all I remember hearing the announcers say late in the 3rd quarter was how security had given up trying to deny fans re-entry into the stadium and just opened the gates to let them back in. So from that standpoint it sounded like to me quite a few had left.
The only point I was trying to make was not that Bills fans back then were awful and unsupportive, just that after years of success fans get spoiled and forget how good they have it.
Yeah... but.
There were mitigating circumstances with Jan 3, 1993. The previous week, in the season finale, Buffalo only had to win to earn their 5th straight ED title and draw a bye. Instead, Houston rolled us and hurt Kelly, Bennett and Thomas. Then, in the course of less than a week, a game few people thought would even happen had to played, 80K+ people had to by tickets to a game not even on the schedule to see the Bills play against the team that just crushed them one week earlier and knocked out our QB, best LB and severly hurt our great RB. Pretty sure 80K showed up, it just didn't sell our in time to lift the blackout. Super subs Reich & Davis served up a game for the ages.
This is not the same as Pats* fans bailing when the game wasn't completely lost yet.
BTW, today's Pats* fans were ALL NY Giant fans until NE traded Bledsoe to some obscure location..
So the way you explain it makes it sound worse...the Bills got crushed in Houston the week before and we were missing key players with injuries, so the game didn't sell out because fans thought we were going to lose?
I know the stadium was bigger back then (with the Pontiac Silverdome I believe it was one of the top 2 in capacity) but nonetheless, it was an NFL playoff game and it didn't sell out, it just sounded awful to people who hated the Bills back then, I would be curious to know since then how many NFL playoff games have not sold out.
Just for comparison...the Steelers had no idea they would have a home playoff game this Sunday vs the Jets until about 7:30 last night, and I'm pretty sure that the stadium has no tickets available to the public as I write this. You have to go to stub hub and pay a fortune.
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When teams and their fans are used to success, they get spoiled and expect it all the time. I remember a playoff game in the dear old city of Buffalo in 1993 that failed to SELL OUT!!!
And with a few minutes gone in the 3rd quarter of that game fans started filing out, only to jump the fence to get back in when an epic turnaround started to take place.
I love the Bills, and I remember my best friend (a Pats* fan) gave me crap about that back then, how we were riding 2 straight SB appearances and going for a 3rd and couldn't sell the game out.
So before bashing, you've got to realize they're spoiled fans, just like we were.
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I'm wondering what they will do for an encore now for next week? I do think it may be hard for them to to get up again?? Did they give their all for this game and won't have anything less? I'm sure if they lose, that will be blamed.
Maybe something along the lines of..."We've already beat those chumps in their house a few weeks back, how hard can it be to do it again?" That would certainly take the pressure off of Sanchez this week.
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Every playoff/good team has a quality QB, RB, WR, TE, OG, OT, C, DT, DE, OLB, ILB, CB, SS, FS, K, P, HC, OC, DC, FO.
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There, now all the threads are covered.
Now come on...I am not sold on Mason Crosby.
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Alright, I'm lost here...who in the hell is Darryl Talley?
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There was a 60 minutes report last year about football in Samoa. It was really an impoverished place and those kids grow up there thinking football is their way off the island. The equipment used by the high school teams are donated crap discarded by the mainland and wouldn't pass any sort of inspection here. Their economy depended on a cannery on the island that got shut down, and it really did look like a third world country.
That being said, it really goes to show why they are so successful. Hard work and talent will take you a long way.
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lmao you didn't figure anything out, there was an article about this on yahoo a week ago.
It is possible for people to reach the same conclusion about a subject without having read the same yahoo article. It's like when I watch an NFL game and comment about what just happened and the commentators repeat what I've said. I don't start screaming that they're stealing my ideas.
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It is much safer to add players with proven track records than hope to build in the draft. Much high chance of getting better players. Nix should make sure he does much more this year with proven free agents or trades.
Redskins prove adding top name free agents doesn't help.
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The old rivalries seem to have out-lived their relevance. I'd like to see the Bills move to compete with their Lake Erie neighbors, the Steelers and Browns (along with the Bengals) - and let all those "East Coast" teams go at it.
This has nothing to do with our team's competitiveness, or lack thereof... it's just that Buffalo really is the odd man out when it comes to the identity of the AFC East Division. We belong with Pittsburgh and the teams from Ohio.
/my2¢
I am of the thinking that Baltimore-Pittsburgh is one of the best rivalries in the NFL right now. No way the NFL puts those 2 teams in seperate divisions.
Also, it's the AFC North now.
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1. pressure. rattle him; sack him a few times; make him hear footsteps
2. coverage. take away his receivers long enough that the footsteps and clock in his head get loud
3. turnovers. take it away and don't give it up
Note that only 1/2 out of 3 involve offense and none require Marvelboy QB (provided the QB we have doesn't throw to the wrong color)
2 1/2 do require significant upgrades on D
I think most teams know what they NEED to do to beat the Patriots*, it's actually DOING IT is the tricky part.
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LOL, gee thanks nice to have my worshipers out there. Seriously come on now, I was pretty proud of myself for coming up with that. My mom was right, I is smart and my wife now thinks she married a catch. Life is good!
There's always those ones who don't know how to not say anything when they've got nothing nice to say. Way to keep your sense of humor!!
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I second this nomination. The Falcons are the best team that no one ever talks about.
Well, people are talking about them now. Not very positively, though.
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Sad news.
One of the toughest RBs to ever lace up the cleats, he fought off cancer for several years.
Wish RW would get over past differences & put Cookie (and Lou Saban) up on The Wall.
RIP
I live in Pittsburgh now and there was a nice article in the Tribune Review today about Cookie (who is from the 'Burgh and died here) and in the article it says that Ralph Wilson visited Cookie last week (don't know how accurate) and that they buried the hatchet. I'm gonna look for a link right now, see if the article is posted on the net.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_717523.html
At the bottom of the article it mentions the burying of the hatchet. Maybe RW didn't visit but it said they spoke.
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RIP Cookie, not old enough to have seen you play but know that you are a Bills legend. I've had a few people ask if that is Cookie in my avatar (it's Jim Braxton, the non murdering RB of the 70s) but maybe I'll have to change it over to honor him! We sure could use a few hard nosed players like Cookie on our team now.
Seattle to win it all...just because.
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What did I miss?
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Who is this straw man who said Faulk is the greatest RB of all time?
And why wouldn't I give you stats? 4 times over 2000 yds from scrimmage. 7 seasons over 1000 rushing including his final season. 10th all time rushing. 135 TDs. One ring. Best RB of his playing era. The guy is first ballot HOF. It's not even going to be close.
Totally agree.
If Thurman Thomas was a first ballot hall of famer, WITHOUT QUESTION this stud is. And I was Thurman's biggest fan and will admit this truth with ease.
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You appear not to know very much about Asomugha. http://en.wikipedia....Nnamdi_Asomugha
Opposing quarterbacks tested him only 31 times with a mere 10 completions the entire season. One NFL scout told Pro Football Weekly that Asomugha was thrown at "less than any defender in the last ten years" in 2007
Asomugha was again selected a team captain before the 2008 season. Opposing quarterbacks tested him only 27 times the entire season resulting in just 8 completions. Only perennial all-pros Randy Moss (3 receptions, 40 yards) and Tony Gonzalez(2 receptions, 34 yards) would catch more than one ball on him during the year. New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said Asomugha is "as complete a cornerback as he has seen all year"
A team captain again in 2009 and the NFL's least targeted cornerback by an extremely wide margin, Asomugha was challenged by opposing quarterbacks only 27 times and allowed 13 completions the entire season.
I read this morning where Darrelle Revis did not have a defensive penalty against him this year and that he did not have an interception this year. Obviously, this does not mean Revis sucks.
Revis and Asomugha are probably the two best cornerbacks in the league. It's hard to intercept a ball when the opposing team is intentionally throwing it to the other side of the field.
I admitted I knew very little about him. It seems to me players make a name for themselves based on one or two good years and live off that reputation their entire careers. Seeing that I've seen very little of him, maybe I came to that conclusion about Nnamdi as well. If the stats on this wikipedia profile of him are accurate, then I have no problem changing my opinion of him.
I see a lot of Revis so I am not hesitant to say he's one of the top CBs in the NFL. Christ, his game vs Reggie Wayne and Indy last night just reiterates it.
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You don't know football then. He is the best corner in the league. You aren't going to make a lot of plays if no one even looks to your side. He is amazing & a great guy off the field.
That said, there is no way we should spend that kind of money on a corner. Build up the lines & McKelvin & company will look a lot better.
I really appreciate you putting me and my football knowledge in place.
That being said, I specifically said "unless they never throw to him" in my post. I don't think I've seen an Oakland Raider game in years (seeing they're never on TV here) so I try to base my opinions of players on what I've seen. I haven't seen very much of him. I was just a little shocked that he failed to record a single INT or fumble recovery ALL YEAR.
Even Deion still got INTs when teams "never threw his way"
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/stats?playerId=49
Nnamdi's stats seem to show not a whole lot of plays being made since his breakout year in 2006. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/stats?playerId=4489
Teams must not throw his way, maybe, because the rest of the team is so weak that why attack their best guy when there are so many other options to exploit.
Whatever, we'll never get him anyway so I'm not sweating him.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6004943
In this article it says he became a FA because he didn't reach performance incentives. It then says that he failed to record a sack, interception or force a fumble all season. Unless this guy is like Deion Sanders and teams throw in his direction never (which I doubt), then I would be hesitant to sign to a HUGE contract a big time playmaker who, ahem, quite frankly made no big time plays all year.
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try not to show your ignorance ,,Haloti Ngata is a NT fool,,,.OR DT ,never a DE
You're ignorance is foolish.
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Yup, the Falcons are a running team too and I'm sure you'll say Matt Ryan had nothing to do with their success.
So are you comparing Vince Young to Matt Ryan? NICE!!
Gailey's Quote On Running QB's
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I was just about to start a new topic on how the Green Bay Packers would never be in this Super Bowl if they hadn't signed Graham Harrell. And how great a job he did against New England at the end of this season BACKING UP the back up. How did we ever miss the boat on this guy???