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Greg Bedard of SI is on Sirius talking about Hernandez and some red flags when he was coming out of college. There were some concerns that he was involved with and has friends in gangs - crazy story all-around, it'll be interesting to see where this all goes...
I don't recall gang problems. I remember he fell in the draft due to marijuana use. Hernandez claimed that he started using marijuana to cope with the death of his father.
Any info on the two 'associates' at his home? Were they gang members?
I don't like the Pats but wouldn't wish this situation on anybody. Somebody's dead and someone else is probably going to prison.
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You're very wrong about a few things here. He was fabulous in 1999 in the games he played in. He missed nearly 3 full games because of a hamstring that season, but in the 13.2 games he played in, he was a beast. He was also phenomenal again in 2000, particularly when he had a competent NFL qb throwing to him (Flutie). Not surprisingly, the Johnson game numbers weren't as good. Finally, you're completely wrong about when he lost speed. He lost it when he tore his groin at the end of game 5 of 2003 against the Bengals in OT. He was off to one of the best starts in his career that season, and his big catch against the Bengals sealed the victory (it was also the play where he got hurt). After that injury, he was never the same as a runner. The Bills offense also went into the tank after he got hurt, which tells you how well he was playing. He absolutely destroyed the Pats and Jags in games 1 and 2 of that season. Through five games in 2003, he had 30 catches for 457 yards. Averaged out, that's 96 catches for 1463 yards. More than that, he absolutely dominated in 3 of the first 5 games of that season.
Come on, Badol -- where's your memory? You're better than ill-informed criticisms like this one.
You're wrong. Check out pro-football-reference.com and your own memory banks.
Great memory!
I can't recall details like you but I do remember feeling a bit sorry for Moulds when he was playing. If he had played with Kelly and the K-Gun, Canton might have been a possibility.
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EJ looks like a cool, confident, down-to-earth guy. Keith Pough looks like an its-all-about-me kind of player (maybe it's the shirt). I don't recall the Bills signing Guy-on-his-way-back-from-the-bathroom. Wondering what position he plays.
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According to one article, top local fan sites (hog haven and Mr. irrelevant) have come out in favor of getting rid of the name. One quote in particular, I think, fits the way the discussion is being framed here to a tee:
"For most Native Americans, there's no more offensive name in English. That non-Native folks think they get to measure or decide what offends us is adding insult to injury."
----Suzan Shown Harjo, a woman of Cheyenne and Muscogee descent who is president of the Morning Star Institute, a national indigenous-rights organization in D.C.
See the full article at grantland
Good find, and I agree.
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If anything remotely related to the Bills is happening anywhere in the universe, PTR knows about it.
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LONG TERM:
#1- with Toronto, the Bills are the 4th LARGEST nfl market. that is a very desirable size market. bills unlikely to relocate anywhere, plus it helps that the L.A. situation is messed up.
#2- they recently signed a 7 year lease with a $400 million poison pill buyout. while not iron clad, it is a sizable deterrent for relocation. other franchises are more likely to move before buffalo (i.e. jax, san diego, raiders).
#3- when ralph passes, of course they sell to the highest bidder and russ is likely out.
SHORT TERM:
#1- doug whaley probably stays in any scenario of ownership change and/or a very high draft pick.
#2- I doubt they take a QB with the #1 pick in 2014, even if a top 3 pick. besides, the bills will be picking 7th.
I agree the Bills aren't going away any time soon. But linking us with Toronto is a bit of a stretch. TO watches the Bills, and Canadians attend Bills games to a certain extent. But saying Buffalo is the 4th biggest market is misleading. We don't have the 4th biggest fan base. We don't have the 4th highest TV ratings nor the 4th highest merchandise sales. Torontonians don't support the Bills the way Buffalonians do. Toronto is just too far away to be considered the same market.
And I have to say, there are reasons to worry about the long term viability of the Bills.
Imagine you are a billionaire entrepreneur buying the Bills when Ralph passes and, doing your due diligence, you know these trends... In 1900, Buffalo was the 8th biggest city in the US. By 1960, the year Ralph started the Bills, Buffalo was still in the Top 20 (#20). Buffalo is now the 49th biggest metro area in the US. Our ranking is collapsing.
Worse yet, Buffalo is not a particularly affluent market - we're ranked 55th in metro GDP. There are many cities with more money and more people and better futures than Buffalo where a NFL team could thrive.
After spending almost a billion dollars to buy the Bills, why keep them in Buffalo?
We all need to hope the Bills are purchased by a Buffalo homer.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922422.html
http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,25513.0.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas
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Kraft gave Putin the ring as a way of saying thanks for Putin linking up Kraft with some of his old espionage buddies. Spygate's just the tip of the iceberg.
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I suppose you could look at yards per attempt, completion percentage against and total yards on passing plays?
2009: 5.4 ypa (1st overall), 51.7% (1st overall) and 2459 (1st overall)
2010: 6.5 ypa (6th overall), 50.7% (1st overall) and 3210 (6th overall)
2011: 6.7 ypa (6th overall), 54.2% (6th overall) and 3216 (5th overall)
2012: 6.5 ypa (6th overall), 53.8% (2nd overall) and 3036 (2nd overall)
2009 was obviously the best year for the Jests but in 2010, with Rex still in charge, the numbers dropped then stayed the same in 2011 when Pettine took over. In 2012 the numbers started to improve again.
Good research.
I don't care how "aggressive" Pettine is as measured by blitzes. I care whether he can run an effective defense. Based on his experience in New York, it seems he can though we won't know for sure until he has time out of Rex's shadow here with the Bills.
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Football is too popular, and makes too much money, to be gone in 10-20 years.
"Evolve or Die" goes the famous dictum. If faced with those choices, football will evolve.
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Everyone is wrong once in a while. Not everyone apologizes for it.
Thanks to you, CowgirlsFan, for setting a good example.
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Given that the Bills don't have a single proven starter on the roster, I would have taken 4 QBs into preseason and kept 3 on the roster in the regular season.
As it is now, I tend to think texasabres might be right. The Bills just might give Tuel a roster spot.
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I take Marrone at his word and believe TJax was released because the QB competition is a two-horse race and both horses need their reps.
But I agree that the Bills confidence in Tuel as our #3 emergency QB may have played a role. A Bills scout (Brad Forsyth) had some nice things to say about Tuel when we drafted him...
"I think he’s a kid that really does have a legitimate shot. He needs some time, development and experience, but he has all the physical tools you’re looking for and he’s a smart kid as well.”
“I’m real excited about him as a free agent. Really good size, really strong arm. You really notice that when you get on the practice field and at the two All-Star games that I went to watch him. He just stands out as a pure thrower. He really spins it well and can make all the throws.”
"He is accurate. He’s got sneaky athletic ability.”
“I just like this kid’s physical upside. He’s got a lot of the things you want. It’s just a matter of putting it all together and doing it on a consistent basis.”
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To me this is just that they do not believe Geno will be ready to start on week one. So they will use Sanchez at first and Geno for some situations/packages. Then as Geno catches on and gets more comfortable the situations/packages he is in for grows until Sanchez is holding the clipboard.
If it was the Bills doing this, the thread would be about how Marrone was a genius for bringing EJ along slowly
I don't know about the Marrone/Genius statement but otherwise Code Monkey is right. I don't think Rex is planning on making Geno into Tebow II (not that Rex did much with Tebow I). I think this is all about grooming Geno for an eventual starting job. Rex is apparently thinking Geno won't be ready to be the starter by Week 1, but maybe with more time and some game experience, he might beat out Sanchez later.
Obviously, there's some risk for Rex here as I'm sure he knows. If players (or fans) see more good in Geno than in Sanchez, they might begin calling for him to start before Rex thinks the time is right. QB controversies are never a good thing.
I'm not defending Rex, but other coaches have done similar things to develop a young QB. It's not entirely idiotic.
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A real fiasco is not having a QB. T-Jax was an insurance policy. Nothing more.
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I like having insurance. You never want to use it, but when you need it you're glad you have it.
I addressed who gets the credit for those picks already.
I don't know, I guess the best way to understand that Buddy wasn't running the draft board is that he was replaced right after the draft. I'm pretty sure he would still be GM today if he were up to him. You don't replace a successful GM right after the draft.
I'm not convinced Whaley was running this past draft.
The clue that Buddy wasn't just a figurehead at the end is this: When Whaley was promoted, he immediately made some changes to the personnel department. Obviously, Whaley wanted to make those changes before but didn't have the power to do so because Buddy was still running the show.
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Every year, we see hype such as this with someone coming in out of nowhere to wow and amaze, only to fall flat on their face when the bullets really fly. Let's see where he is in late August....
Every year someone DOES come out of nowhere to wow and amaze... unfortunately it's usually for another team.
Let's hope Blatnick is the exception! OP, thanks for the highlight vid. Good stuff!
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Bingo. "Common sense" tells me thisgs were far different this year than any other Buddy draft. In 3 years Buddy drafted Easley and Graham as the WRs (yikes). Marrone appears and now we draft a couple WRs in one draft. And given Buddy's sheer inability to evaluate QB talent beyond the likes of Luck, Newton and RG3, the somewhat surprising pick of EJ has to be Marrone's call.
"Incredible knowledge of the game"?? He couldn't even crack the code of Chan's monotonous offense. And what, exactly, would he be able to teach Wilson? He hasn't played for a few years...
Wait....what?? The only QB to hand off to Fred and CJ? When, exactly, was that?
To answer the final question: When we cut Fitz before the draft. For a moment in time, we had zero QBs on the roster unless you count Brad Smith. That's frightening at any time of year. There weren't any great FA QBs available (FWIW, Kolb hadn't been released yet) and we didn't know who we would get out of the draft. Under the circumstances, I think Buddy was right to resign TJax.
Regarding TJax's "incredible knowledge"... I have no idea what the guy knows or doesn't know. I just saw interviews with a couple Seahawk players that were complimentary of Jackson. But I always thought it odd Jackson didn't suit up for the Bills. If Chan had no intention to suit him up, then why did Buddy sign him? The idea that he couldn't grasp the offense after all those weeks was hard to believe. If he was that incapable of learning the offense, why not just cut him like we did Vince Young? That whole situation was weird and I'm not convinced the public knows the whole/true story.
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A lot of this could explain why Buddy traded for him and then re-signed him. What Buddy couldn't control, however, is to what extent TJax picked up Gailey's, and then Hackett's, offense.
Yeah, I know some people are faulting Buddy for signing - not just once but twice - a player who will never suit up for the Bills on game day. But I think Buddy was right. At one point this year, TJax was the only QB (not counting Brad Smith) on the roster. We had to have someone to handoff to CJ and Freddy.
Apparently Marrone feels differently than I do, but going into 2013 with 1 unproven NFL starter and 2 rookies makes me nervous. I'd be happier going into preseason with 2 unproven starters and 2 rookies! I worry about Kolb's fragility.
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Watching the news in Seattle yesterday evening, Seahawk players were talking about the reports that TJax might be returning to Seattle.
They said TJax is an awesome teammate who possesses great leadership skills. One observed that Jackson's incredible knowledge of the game would be helpful to a young guy like Russell Wilson. The enthusiasm Seahawk players have for TJax (not that any are lobbying for him to start ahead of Wilson) makes me wonder how he couldn't even crack the top three in Buffalo.
I never envisioned TJax as the starter in Buffalo, but with two rookies on the roster to mentor and an injury-prone Kolb as the only other experienced starter, I thought Jackson might have a role here.
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Trent was usually accurate with his check-downs. So my vote is for TE (pre- or post- Adrian).
But the OP's question is like asking which you prefer: a colonoscopy or root canal. Maybe it's just me, but I vote for the root canal.
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Like a lot of others, I thought TJ might end up being the odd man out. But I'm surprised it happened so early especially when Kolb is injury prone and the other two QBs are rookies.
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May as well throw Billy Joe Hoebert into the conversation.
Let's not. Some things are better when forgotten.
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Since everyone is coming clean, I thought EJ manuel was by far the best prospect in the draft. Man, now I REALLY hope I guessed correctly.
Of course I also thought Keapernick was going to fizzle out, Russell Wilson would have a Flutie like career, Culter would get the boot in Chicago, no team would pick up Kolb, T-Jax would never seriously be considered for a starting job, AND Cam Newton would struggle to lead a football team.
That my friends is why I don't offer this stuff up for a living!!
Appreciate the humility but your track record isn't dissimilar to guys who get paid for their opinion.
Most sportswriters aren't right any more than we fans. They just - usually - write better.
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Saw this nice photo essay on The Bills at nfl.com.
It's got some nice vintage photos and some overlooked stats - like OJ's 2003 yds in 14 games (still the record).
I did a search and didn't see this posted anywhere, but if that's not the case, mods please merge/delete/send me to hell.
Hey, we're in the doldrums. Thought some might like the pics.
Thanks!
I'm not sure OJ's 143 yard per game is overlooked. But how about these mind-blowing stats:
In 1973, OJ won the rushing title by 859 yards!
OJ had 75% more yards than the second-best back that year.
No back in the modern era, not even Jim Brown, was so far out in front of his peers as OJ.
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In Marv Levy's book "Game Changers," he talks about a game against Indy in December of 1990 when Bruce collected 4 sacks. But Levy highlights a sack by Clifford Hicks who "on a blitz, came flying unimpeded as the Colts assigned three (at least) of their pass protectors to blocking No. 78."
Later, Levy writes:
"During the Bills' Super Bowl era and even beyond, Smith was the most intimidating defensive player in the NFL. Even Lawrence Taylor, perhaps the greatest linebacker who ever lived and the man who personified intimidation prior to Smith's emergence, conceded as much prior to the Bills-Giants meeting in Super Bowl XXV. Anthony Munoz, the greatest offensive tackle of the era, summed up the prospect of playing Smith in one word: "Scary."
There isn't a humble bone in Bruce Smith's body.
GO BILLS!!!
I'm sure Bruce would agree with all the praise.
Eric Moulds was on Sirius radio today.
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Moulds was bigger & stronger than both Stevie and Lee. Lee was a speedster with good hands but not great underneath. Stevie is deceptive, elusive and great underneath - but not a super talented deep threat. And as I recall, Moulds had better hands than Johnson. Moulds, in his prime, was more well-rounded than either Stevie or Lee.
Moulds, IMHO, is the best Bills WR post- Andre. If Moulds had played in Reed's spot on the early 90s Bills, he would have produced similar numbers and received similar accolades.