Philo
-
Posts
1,142 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Gallery
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by Philo
-
-
Who performed well ? Other than Byrd... just because they started on a team mostly by default... someone had to play that means they performed well. Maybin didn't get a fair chance because he should never have been drafted that a high and he's a punk. I will save your post for future reference. Take Care
Since when does just playing mean you played well? Rookies are forced into service by 'default' plenty of times. They don't always do well. That's like saying you could be pro bowl safety just because you had to play that position. Doesn't make much sense, does it? Wood, Levitre, Byrd and Nelson did play because they had to, but they did well because they are good players, not because getting the chance to play consitutes good execution.
Also, I don't disagree that Maybin was picked too early, but he still didn't get utilized nearly as much as those other rookies like Byrd, Wood and Levitre.
-
Amen, brother, amen.
-
It would have been nice to sign BOTH those guys. Green has played very very well for NE ove the years.
Moving forward, I think it would be in the Bills best interest to pursue Larry Foote. He started for Pitt his entire career, and knows the 3-4. He could come in and be the captain of the D and really be like a second coach. Yea he may have lost a step, but he would be the perfect tutor for our young guys. He has a few SB rings too - he knows what it takes to win and he could teach our guys what it takes. Dont forget Mitchell had an ACL and will be at half speed all year - if he is lucky to make it back for the opener at all.
This team needs guys who know how to win and have experience. We need them to show our young guys how to do it. Without some guidence we will be spinning our wheels.
I like Foote as well. I haven't heard anything on him recently so I have no idea if he is inclined to go anywhere.
-
Bills trade #9 to 49er's to grab Spiller. Bills receive #17 and second round pick. Let's do it.
If Gailey and Nix are as good as their past records indicate, maybe we can grab three reliable starters with the extra pick.
I was thinking along those lines. I think Nix could easily bring in three reliable starters like you mention in the first two rounds. We could get our LT, NT and a LB all in the first two rounds!
-
Makes sense to me. Gives them two good RBs so they can run a committee and Jones could help teach Charles some things.
I mean, oh darn! Why didn't the Bills sign him? Why aren't we doing anything?
-
If we move Lynch for more picks, etc. I would be okay with this pick.
-
But YOU are willing to make a judgment on Nelson, Levitre, and Wood. Very weak. And yes, unless something changes with this punk... he was a complete bust. Oher was the pick, or Cushing And yes, we were saying not to draft this bum BEFORE the draft.
for the record, my beef is with the people who think this team has much talent. No beef with Nix, etc. Actually listening to Buddy makes me feel like we have a guy who is gonna give it his all.
So YOU want to call me out for evaluating the talent we brought in last year, that actually go to play and performed well, then go on to make a judgement on a guy who didn't get his fair chance? That's what is weak.
-
It's a good signing. He sounds no better or worse than Brad Butler and a lot better then the tomato soup cans that filled in after Butler went down. He sounds like a very competent back up and fill in starter while we look for a fnal answer. To all the doom and gloomers....this is how you build depth. So shut the pie holes and understand what Buddy's doing.
+1
-
If the 49ers want to move up to get him, perhaps Nix is considering trading down and picking up extra picks in the process?
-
i don't know why they stop at 5 or 6 examples of looking-back-can't-miss players. there are literally thousands of players that this and every team passed on that eventually were good to great players. list 'em all, keep 'em coming, the discourse is healthy. a friend of mine found out recently that a girl he really liked back in 8th grade really liked him. sure, he's 45 now, but it's all he talks about...
Glad to see someone else shares my point of view. Love the anecdote by the way.
-
Oher is making the switch to LT this year. We had our shot at a great RT, possibly great LT, but instead chose an undersized one year wonder who was a project. We also passed on Cushing- rookie of the year- he would of helped us tremendously, especially since we are switching to the 3-4.. We could of chose Orakpo and his 11 sacks- Lord knows we need a pass rush. We could of chose Percy Harvin- we certainly need the help at WR. We could of chose Clay Mathews- as noted earlier we need desperate help at LB. Those 4 made the probowl. But instead we chose Maybin- who has shown nothing. It is up there with Mike Williams pick as worst pick of the decade. Go ahead and say he "might" be good. But we passed on 4 great football players- all of them would be starting for us and playing at a high level
With this again? Every single year there are going to be immediate impact rookies that are drafted. And every year, every team will look back and see the players they could have had with their pick. This stupid argument can be made about every single draft in NFL history. There will always be coulda, woulda, shouldas. Hindsight is 20/20, my friend.
I am not defending the Maybin pick by any means. I am just pointing out that to say we could have had all these players is pointless because every team that drafted before us and some behind us could say the same thing about all those players.
-
We'll see how smart it was when we see the upfront money. Teams don't just "get him to sign" by making false promises without something for the other side. Players agents aren't stupid either.
Either way, signing 34 year old bad players isn't the best way to start rebuilding.
That is true, but I don't think that he had much room to negotiate, based on his track record, but what do I know?
Anyway, I don't think this signing was done in a sense of rebuilding as much as it was done in reaction to Butlers retirement. His retirement gave us an immediate need for another OT.
-
First thing I thought was that the Seahawks are for sure going to draft a QB now. Chances are it will be Clausen with their #6 pick.
As for the Browns, they could still draft one, or go after Troy Smith. Their QB situation isn't much better than ours, IMO.
-
Reread the quote from the article. He's basically been assured by the coaches he'll be starting at RT. Could he be beaten out by Bell or Meredith, maybe because the bar isn't set that high, but the coaches have him penciled in as starter. He wouldn't have signed for $9M otherwise.
Exactly, that's how they got him to sign. Tell the guy he's the starter and he's game. But now what can we do if he is outplayed by Bell or Meredith? Pencil him in as experienced depth or cut him if it's necessary.
Really, this was a smart move, no matter how bad people want to put a negative spin on it. Sure, we would have liked a better OT, with a better track record, but the FA pool isn't exactly teeming with great options this year.
-
But he had nothing to do with Maybin, only Byrd because he made the pro bowl.so was it Buddy who !@#$ed up the Maybin pick?
Yea, he had something to do with Byrd. And Levitre and Wood who stand a very good chance of being great. Not to mention Nelson, who has potential to be the best receiving TE we have had in a while.
More importantly, you can't seriously say Maybin is a complete bust after one season of barely being utilized?
-
Not necessarily. It could be Bell, or Meridith, or a mid to late round draft pick. He might not even make the team ala Will James and Domenic Rhodes.
Agreed. There is always the possibility he gets cut if say Bell or Meredith or a draft pick impress in training camp/preseason.
-
Why would he not be happy to get Tebow at 9? Doesn't everyone want a proven winner? How can you argue with his record at Florida. I don't care if they say he's not the conventional QB. He's a leader!!
I hope that's sarcasm
We could let him get flattened behind our porous o-line.True, it would be nice to see him get hit in the knee again. But then we would have to listen to him whine to the refs again. That's when we put him down.
-
leave it to a nonfootball gm to draft one of the only two decent drafts this decade(besides the Maybin debacle)
Yea, leave it to our current GM, Buddy Nix, who came in as a scout before that draft.
-
I think the Bills believe that Shawn Nelson can develop into a just as good if not better pass receiving TE than Watson. Nothing against the guy, but that's just my take on it. Surprisingly, TE is one of the few positions we don't need to go and get this year.
-
I think it's really stupid to hate on players who aren't:
1. Guaranteed a roster spot.
2. Guaranteed a starting job.
3. Most haven't seen play.
To say nothing of the ridiculous notion that a player sucks because his former team sucks. That's so stupid the word doesn't even come close to describing it. Does Nnamdi Asomugha suck because he plays for the Raiders? Yeah, didn't think so.
You have no idea how happy that post made me.
I love it when someone posts with common sense and reasoning rather than irrational judgments.
-
Yeah, Russ Brandon.
Beat me to it
-
Maybe ol' Dickie wanted to convert him to a DB?
-
Kidnap Tom Brady.
I figure if we did that, we'd just put him down.
-
Why? Because with Butler's sudden retirement the Bills NEEDED to sign a veteran RT stop gap and as luck would have it 2010 is possibly the worst UFA class ever? What the hell are they supposed to do?
Exactly. My take on it is that even if Green is the starting RT on opening day, he won't be by the end of the season. Chances are, IMO, that Bell or Meredith takes over for him at some point this season after they have developed some more. This sounds like the most realistic scenario, to me at least.
Either way, the guy adds depth.
Torry Holt
in The Stadium Wall Archives
Posted
I have been a supporter of bringing in both Mawae and Foote as well. Seem like great stop-gap guys that will fit the system.