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I wish there was a way to short the Broncos, cause there is no way they win the SB last year.
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If two OTs go before the Bills pick at 9 that would mean a elite WR, LB or QB would almost certainly be available and they'd be morons not to grab one of them.
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I like it, only one team gets a bye. I think that makes being the top team in the conference worth a fair bit more and makes the competition at the top more interesting during the regular season.
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First, I hate how these threads become massive and are combined into one hodgepodge forcing those on a cell phone to click though multiple pages discussing different topics.
On the Tim Graham front, it's always impressive to see a guy who is so thin skinned (witness how easy he was to upset on this board) being the first to really give it to a player. I understand if you're a straight shooter, that's something to be commended especially in the current media landscape. But Graham's comments read like something else. This is the same guy who bolted this board because he didn't like being questioned / challenged, yet he is the first to do it to EJ then write an article about it that he knows will get picked up nationally. I'm not saying I disagree with Graham's take, personally with the new rookie cap, I'd take a QB at the top of every draft (if they were good enough) until you had a franchise QB you could bank on, but I question his methods and motives. I'm sure Tim and his defenders will spin this as having the guts to say something to a QB that you are going to write in the paper the next day, but you can also say this is a report on a local paper desperate for national attention taking a shot at provoking a player during media week of the Super Bowl.
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MySpace. Almost achieved greatness a while ago but now is largely forgotten.
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JP Losman, Trent Edwards, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Jeff Tuel, EJ Manuel
How dare you exclude Billy Joe Hobert.
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Report I read said the flight attendant asked Geno to remove his headphones. He didn't hear the attendant so he/she proceeded to unplug the headphones and then throw them to the ground. Geno tried to avoid the issue and walked off the plane on his own.
http://tracking.si.com/2014/01/17/jets-geno-smith-airport-incident/
I'm calling BS on SI and their "source". I fly for work a ton (including regular flights in and out of LAX on Virgin America) and have never seen an escalation like this on an airplane (one sided with the FA the aggressor) Even on Virgin America which is quirky and hires male and female model types for FAs it's hard to believe the FA went nutso and did what SI's "source" alleges.
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Jamarcus. 1- because he went number 1, as opposed to being the fallback option after manning went one. 2- because Leaf was recognized at the time he was drafted as a boom - bust prospect. Jamarcus was sold as pretty much a sure thing.
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I realize it could hurt the team (distraction wise) but honestly this team seems to trip over themselves regardless, having hardknocks be about the Bills would be immensely entertaining. And heck it could help put more but in the seats and possibly convince players that buffalo isn't Siberia, assuming the Bills come off like most teams on hardknocks.
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Solve the O-Line problem in free agency...there are PLENTY of O-Lineman who will be available, at the right price.
Guards: Travelle Wharton, Geoff Schwartz, Willie Colon, Jon Asamoah, Chad Rinehart, Zane Beadles, Richie Incognito, Shawn Lauvao.
Tackles: Eugene Monroe, Jared Veldheer, Branden Albert, Jordon Gross, Anthony Collins, Roger Saffold, Michael Oher, Breno Giacomini, Charles Brown, Zach Strief, Austin Howard, Ryan Harris, Eric Winston, Tyson Clabo, Jason Fox, Will Svitek, J'Marcus Webb, Sean Locklear.
ANY combo/duo of those guys would be an upgrade to Doug Legursky and Erik Pears...but they also like Unga, McClain and Asper. Once that is settled...draft Kelvin Benjamin (WR-FSU) in the 1st round, and then draft Austin Seferian-Jenkins (TE-UW) in the 2nd round. They need to get the offense up to par with the defense, a big WR and athletic TE would do just that, giving EJ 2 big weapons/security blankets.
(*On a sidenote...John Wendling is a free agent, and a ST "Ace" whom Danny Crossman coached in Detroit.)
I get that Benjamin played with EJ.....but other than that what's the draw? Watkins looks other worldly (and not just in the OSU game) and Evans also appeared to outperform Benjamin this year.
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Analytics in the NFL is the new hotness I get that. Putting aside questions about whether or not advanced analytics would really make a difference for the Bills, the Jags provide proof of how it can fail, especially when implementing it fast from scratch. According to their awesome analytics department that they cobbled together then immediately relied upon last offseason, Gabbert was the 12th best QB in the NFL.
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Why would you want your kicker to be worse at making FGs?
Teams are free to attermpt that 4th and 1 on the 33 now--and will succeed 67% of the time. But what if it's 4th and 8 on the 33? 4th and 7,6,5,4?
Even if the Goalposts were narrowed to decrease the FG success down to 50%, you would still kick a FG on anything more than 4th and 3 because beyond that, the success at getting a 1st down is below 50%.
Ask NO about the current risks of the kicking game.
Want to spice up 4th down? Get rid of punting.
Each of the three directions? What three directions are there?
The posts are only 18 feet apart, narrowing them by 3 yards would make them only 9 feet wide, which would render kicking for points nearly impossible.
Oops.....meant feet not yards. Bring it up three feet and in three feet on each side.
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I always cheer for the AFC in the Super Bowl. Although I wasn't that upset when the Giants ended the Patriots* perfect season.
I'd be glad to see the Broncos win and for Manning to win another Super Bowl.
I will not cheer for the Patriots at all.
If the Super Bowl is New England Vs. Seattle, dear God. I have to choose between Bellicheat & Carroll?!
:sick: Hey, at least Carroll isn't dragging a priss like Brady along with him. A Seattle win (first one ever) would be fun to see (if slightly painful with Lynch and a guy like Wilson the Bills could have had) but another New England win would be brutal. And is Carroll really any worse than Harbaugh the hand-breaker?
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I'd love to see this. Make the kicking game a little more of an unknown. I'd be up for narrowing them by 3 yards in each of the three directions. Make it so a good kicker truly means something and encourage teams to go for it a little more and not just leave it up to a boring 37 yarder to win the game. They should also consider chipping the ball so we don't have two guys giving it their best guess when it crosses above the goalpost. This would speed things up a bit and avoid the potential replay of FGs that I've heard talked about.
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Never been a better time than now for this approach. The financial commitment the Bills would have to make to a QB at 9 with the rookie cap is less than they will make to a below average FA. Example: Mark Anderson's contract of a few years ago. They need a backup QB, clearly. Why not be bold and maybe get a franchise QB or the dilemma of 2 capable starters. 14 years of following the book on when and where to draft and sticking largely to convention hasn't worked.Sometimes I wish we'd go against convention, grab another QB, and see what transpires. I know it won't happen, but if it does, I'll be ecstatic. The pressure to succeed when another talented QB is breathing down your neck really does inspire the very best out of athletes, and frankly Manuel needs that.
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Looking at the way the board is staking, it seems like this might be the best draft ever to have the bills typical 8-12 pick (what you get for going 6-10 / 7-9). There isn't any super elite must have talent that completely dwarfs the rest of the first round. Clowney is hot and cold and could bust, the QBs all are suspect in significant ways, etc. So the Bills sit at 9 with the easiest job ever, just pick one of the big time players that falls to them. The Bills could use a top flight WR, an elite LB, a QB if one they loved dropped or reach bit and grab a TE to finally give them a solve at a position they've been unable to truly fill for years. Looking at the draft I see 11 players that would be great additions to the Bills at 9. Am I missing something? Is the universe finally favoring the Bills? Any of these guys would be huge for Buffalo: DE: Clowney, LB: Barr, QB: Manziel, WR: Watkins, QB: Bortles, WR: Evans, LB: Mosely, LB: Mack, OT: Matthews, TE: Ebron, QB: Bridgewater. Does this mean a meteor is about to hit?
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It seems like GM 101, to just tag him and either get a deal the Bills can live with or trade him for a 1st. People always talk about trades and over value guys, but in Byrds case, even with his contract demands, a contender will give up a low first round pick for the guy.
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No idea how Blake bottles gets 9+ pages and McCarron hasn't gotten one.
This game is surprisingly a ban burner and mcCarron has thrown 2 picks so far. I'm in the camp of wanting him in the 3rd if he is still available. Love his leadership and think he slides around the pocket well. He also is very accurate with prototype size.
I definitely get the knock of being surrounded by incredible talent but he has done exactly what you're supposed to do with it, win.
Not sure where Alabamas defense is for this game. Maybe stoops was on to something about the overrated sec defenses.... (I don't actually agree)
McCarron is a guy that won't hold up at all in the combine / scouting process. He'll fall to the 5th or 6th... the talking heads will extoll his virtues, say team X got a steal, say he's a winner and how can you discount that. He'll then go on to do nothing, and everyone outside of Alabama will forget about him.
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There are some great LBs at the top of this draft. In a 3-4 you can never have too many LBs and a great one could easily slot into one of the Inside LB spots. Guys like Barr, Mack, and The Alabama backer (blanking on his name) could all be potentially elite LBs should would greatly strengthen the LB corps.
If other elite options were available at OL or TE of course they should grab them, but the way this draft is looking at this early stage LB will be the value / steal pick at 10-12 and buffalo only has 3 LBs capable of starting calibre play each weak. Assuming Manny can get healthy and stay that way.
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Obviously last year wasn't the greatest year to need a QB, but despite that, the Bills had a solid draft, which could turn into a great one if EJ develops. This year however supply and demand seem to align almost perfectly for Buffalo. If it isn't their top need, LB has to be very high on the list for the Bills and the top of this year's draft is STOCKED with elite LB talent. It's hard to imagine a scenario where the Bills won't have one of, if not two of the LBs listed below to choose from when they pick. All of these guys paired with Kiko could help turn perhaps the weakest unit on the Bills to the strongest in a single offseason.
Anthony Barr - UCLA - 6'4" 244 - 63 Tackles, 10 Sacks (Might be best defensive player in the draft)
Khalil Mack - UB - 6'3" 248 - 94 Tackles, 11 Sacks, 3 INTS (Plays inferior talent but just looks like a machine on the field)
CJ Mosely - Alabama - 6'2" 232 - 100 Tackles (Cornerstone of an incerdible Bama defense)
Add this to the fact that finding an good LG in the second round isn't impossible (got Cordy Glenn there) and the Bills could be filing the few remaining BIG holes pretty quickly. (I just hope they don't create more by letting Byrd go.)
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But according to some here, all his tackles were 5 yards downfield!!! Agree. Loved London Fletcher and what a great career he had. John Carroll represent. Best of luck to him and I'm glad he was a Bill.
Exaclty like Poz.
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Glenn has done a very good job overall at LT, and that is with NO help this year from LG. It is WAY easier to find a LG in round 2-4 than it is to find a starting LT even in round 1 most years.
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1. EJ is only in his second year, QB X didnt play well in his second year either.
2. Marrone is only in year 2 you cant expect much he's still learning.
3. Hackett is only in year 2 you cant expect much he's still learning the NFL game.
4. We lost Byrd it will take X number of years for his replacement to play well.
5. Player X and Y were hurt if not for those injuries we would of made the playoffs
6. If you change a play in this game and that game and this game we would of been 9-7
7. The refs screwed in this game and that game.
8. Rookie A and B are starting and it will take them time to learn.
9. TJ Graham is only in year 3, Brandon Lloyd and whoever didnt have a good year until,,,,,,,
10. They lost a heartbreaker in week X of course there would be a let down in the next few games
I post this because Im sick of the excuses. They're getting old, lamer and more desperate by the year. The team motto for 2014 should be no excuses, none. Young coaches--- screw it,, work harder in the off season and step it up, same for anybody filling in for injuries, free agents lost or any rookies starting. Tough call or loss, get over it.
Screw development with no results in the W-L column, go out get some respect from the other teams in the league.
And your solution is????
Thanks for the "this sucks" post...but really what do you want? The team sucks for sure. Maybe it always will or maybe EJ and Marrone turn things around. Blind optimism might not always be rewarded or even often rewarded, but bitter negativism doesn't yield any better results if you have no ability to change things.
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http://www.bucsnation.com/2013/11/10/5088482/2014-nfl-draft-order-buccaneers-take-first-for-a-day
I would normally see this as a bright spot in ANOTHER crap season, but we have the same clowns picking players so even that is a downer. I would say tank the rest of the season for the #3-4 pick, but what would it matter. These clowns will screw it up.
And you KNOW what is going to happen right? Manzel comes out and is #1 and there will still be 2-3 NFL ready type QB's (unlike EJ who had no business being picked in the first) and Buffalo will bypass them because they have EJ.
And why not? isn't that how it normally goes for the Bills fans?
At worst the "clowns" in the front office found a very good starting LB and WR in the last draft and may have found a decent deep threat as well. That's IF EJ turns out to be a complete bust and no one else from the class contribute. 2 starters in one draft that I think could start for most NFL teams, there's a lot of reason to cut this front office some slack. I for one really look forward to see what kind of leap the team could take with another draft just like last year's. Especially if EJ looks better down the stretch.
Draft Strategy for 2014
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Watching the combine and seeing how the big boards of various analysts are shaking out, it seems that the Bills will almost be guaranteed the opportunity to draft either Sammy Watkins or Mike Evans with their first pick. Both of these guys look like elite number ones that would give the Bills and awesome young WR corps for years. Is there anything the Bills could do better than create an awesome WR corps for EJ or whoever is the QB next with their top pick? Is there any player aside from a falling top 3 QB who has a greater potential to make a huge impact on the Bills? Or does the depth at WR in this draft and the Bills relative need at LB or OL dictate a different approach?