Haplo848
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NFL.com has a way-to-early article listing the order and draft needs of teams based on record and strength of schedule (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000715300/article/2017-nfl-draft-order-and-needs-nos-1120). Not complaining or anything about the ranking (15), but the supposed draft needs are idiotic. They list RT (sure, an upgrade wouldn't be a bad idea), but then also DE and DB. Here's their take:
Analysis: The Bills will likely be looking for a bookend right tackle after the season. Finding a defensive lineman who can win at the point of attack as well as rush the passer should be a priority. The Bills need more talent at cornerback and safety.
We definitely need a DE and to draft one in the first round after DRAFTING ONE IN THE FIRST ROUND THE YEAR BEFORE. Not to mention Lorax (Lorenzo Alexander) has been playing well for us, and Jerry Hughes has been lights out. And DB? With Gilmore, Darby, Robey-Coleman, and even Seymour waiting in the wings? Not really...
I can somewhat see an upgrade at safety opposite A. Williams, but in the first round? Unless there's someone special there, I just don't see it happening. And nothing about upgrading the depth at WR behind Sammy? Maybe finding an upgrade at RG? The defense doesn't really seem to be a problem right now.
All in all, this just seems like an article written by someone who knows absolutely nothing about the Bills. -
That was the least blatant opi call ever. Worst refs I've seen in a while. Inconsistent as f*** considering worse OPI calls go uncalled multiple times a quarter. Stupid refs don't realize it's not the regular season yet, they don't have to screw us out of wins that don't matter
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Theismann: "what do you think rex is going to tell his guys? Stop getting called for so many penalties? "
Nope, probably "guys, stop getting called for such unexplainable BS penalties. Not sure how you're going to do that, but..."
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And followed up by a horrible hands to the face penalty. Didn't realize that underarm to the face was a penalty
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BS penalty after ignoring the fact Beirmann got held on that same play...
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Wait, did anyone see anything other than the redskins player pushing off on that duke Williams penalty? I may have been looking in the wrong place, but that's what I saw
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Theismann not only can't call a game well, he can't do promotions well. When promoting something, don't sound shocked that the quality of the product you received wasn't absolutely horrible.
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Who is at LT tonight? Is that Kojo?
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Blanton is playing himself off the team, isn't he?
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Honestly surprised our DB didn't get flagged for clotheslining their WR
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Wow, talk about penetration on that 1st down run. Three guys immediately got past their blockers
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I will say I'm surprised that tyrod is already done, but then again, with so many injuries and suspensions, I'm kinda glad
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Yes, we know you can't tackle a QB at the knees, apparently you can't at the waist any more, either
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They already know what they have in the starting CBs.
Guess that's my answer
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Sorry if it's been asked before, but are Darby and Gilmore playing tonight?
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So since when has diving into someone, tackling the receiver before the ball gets there, and holding their arm down so the receiver can't even attempt to catch it NOT been pass interference?
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I'm not saying go out and game plan against opponents, throw all your best plays and whatnot. I'm saying we need to have someone step up, be a leader. You play how you practice, so if you go out there and not give your all, what are you going to do during the season? Who cares if people see that you are willing to put in the work, go out and give your all?
Basically, I want someone to demand excellence each and every time the team steps onto the field, whether it's preseason, regular season, post season, whenever. I want them to hold people accountable. We've seemed to have a distinct lack of that kind of a leader in the past. I want someone to not allow people to give up and use any of the various excuses they could use with all the problems that we've had this offseason, and instead make them strive for greatness. It's been far too long since we've truly had greatness here in Buffalo.
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Honestly never had as much respect for Nate Burleson before this video:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/buffalo-bills/0ap3000000688744/Mindset-going-into-Preseason-Week-3I feel like we need this mindset. We need people to step up and compete. Go into every week as if it's their last. Don't let the excuses allow them to play less than their best. Hopefully we have a leader who can say this stuff on our team.
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I have trouble seeing Braxton Miller on the 53 man roster next year. I feel like he's practice squad material, that they hope after a year or two will become 53 man roster material, but isn't yet. He's a project. I have trouble believing that they'd waste a spot on someone who will not play, unless he's just perpetually a healthy scratch week in and week out. Maybe we'll just have to wait to see how he does in preseason...
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The Bills want to be a power run team. Which many people see as a mistake because the NFL is a passing league. I think as defenses shift more and more towards the nickle and emphasizing more on the cornerback position rather than the linebackers, there is a window for great running/defensive teams to take advantage and make a little noise.
If the Bills are going to be a run first team, I want them to be able to run the ball at will like the Chiefs teams under Vermeil. Willie Roaf, Will Shields, John Tait, etc. They were able to run the ball at will because their offensive line was so good. They made a star out of Larry Johnson.
While the Bills were able to run the ball very well last year, they were not able to run the ball at will and in all situations. Right now we have the left side of the line locked down and we have been trying to land Slauson, but I would rather just go get Joe Thomas and put him at RT.
If we were to get Thomas we would have a Pro-Bowl caliber player at 4 of 5 positions on the offensive line. Thomas is a future Hall of Famer and having him on the right side would make it a hell of a lot easier on Miller or whoever else might be at right guard. He would probably be the best RT in the NFL. You would have one of the best lines in the NFL and I think a team that could challenge for more than a playoff spot this year.
I know people will have reservations. How will we fit him under the cap? The first thing I would do is cut Jerome Felton. I think we got him as he started to decline. He missed a lot of big blocks last year. I don't see him beating out Little Gronk who I feel Roman will find more uses for. I would also let Graham go to make this happen. He is on the decline and although it would be nice to have him in the secondary, I think having a dominate offensive line and adding one of the best lineman in the league will be more beneficial for this team going forward.
Thomas has a cap hit of $9.5 million in 2016 and $10 million in 17'-18'. I know that is a lot but considering what tackles are getting now, it is a bargain for him. I also understand that is a lot to give a right tackle, but he is a special player and for what we are trying to do on offense, I think he could help us get to the next level.
Another benefit is when his contract ends you may be able to resign him. Even though he will be 34 he will probably be still good enough to move into LG for Incognito and play at a high level or even still be good enough to play at a high level at RT.
It would probably take a second round pick, maybe a little more. I know that is a high price but for a team that hasn't made the playoffs in 16 years I would be willing to do it. Go into the season with a dominant offensive line and the ability to impose your will in the run game and have a true offensive identity.
Absolutely, 100% will not happen. The Bills have to save up some cap space for Taylor, Gilmore, or both. They are not taking on any big new contracts, because then they would lose those two. Going into next year without a QB whatsoever...not a good idea. Losing your best CB...not very good either...
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I don't have arguments about the other four, but Marcus Peters should not have been included in this list. He's incredibly overrated. Sure, he had some splash plays, but he also gives up big plays fairly often. I can't think of a single game where he actually shut down a good WR. Watkins owned him 1v1, and only started having problems in the Chiefs game when they started rolling all their coverage towards him. I truly believe that there are two better corners than Peters on the Bills alone.
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1ST QTR
12:02 False start Cheats. GOOD CALL. Ref making the call was docked in his paycheck.
10:59 False start Cheats. GOOD CALL. Weird. The Cheats O-line just doesn’t false start.
10:28 Offsetting penalties, holding on Graham, and illegal formation. GOOD CALLS. The illegal formation was ticky-tack, but correct. A later replay before the second half shows Graham with a chunk of Gronk’s jersey, which caused Gronk to bobble it into the hands of Rambo
8:55 PI on Gilmore. GOOD CALL. He grabbed him when he didn’t need to. Stupid PI.
2:41 Illegal formation on Seantrel. GOOD CALL. Seantrel was sloppy lining up, similar to the Cheats tackle getting flagged earlier.
2:04 Cheats run into Schmidt on punt, no call at all. TERRIBLE NON-CALL. This is textbook roughing the kicker, contacting the plant leg. He was not blocked into the kicker either, he was running straight at Schmidt all the way.
No idea why the refs didn’t call roughing the kicker there. Would have given the Bills the ball on the Cheats 35 yard line. Other than that, a good quarter for the refs.
2ND QTR
9:27 PI on Cheats for Hogan pass. BAD NON-CALL. Chung hits Hogan in the arms clearly before the ball arrives and does not look back for the ball. This is textbook PI.
3:52 Holding on Cheats declined for the sack. GOOD CALL.
2:00 Tyrod throws a strike to Hogan, but Cordy Glenn moves before the snap. BAD NON-CALL. We got away with one there.
Refs starting to show some cracks, but the fun is about to begin.
3RD QTR
14:56 Offsides on Manny. GOOD CALL. He came up to the line and was in the NZ.
13:54 Cheats get inadvertent whistle. HORRIBLE CALL. The whistle occurred while the ball was in the air, so it should have been replayed. The refs compounded their error by calling the interference penalty on Rex because the ref was off the white and in the green. Yet all the post-game coverage said that the Cheats got screwed out of a TD, because we all know that Amendola would have outrun Darby to the end zone (please).
8:48 No PI on deep pass to Sammy. BRUTAL NON-CALL. Butler clearly contacts Sammy well before the ball gets there. Sammy would have helped by slowing down to draw the PI. No hustle back to the line and the Bills burn a TO.
5:55 Illegal sub on Cheats TD? No. I looked at the replay to see if the Cheats subbed. They did not. Chandler runs on and off the field, but never reached the inside numbers. The rule is that the player must reach the inside numbers to be considered a sub. Cheating? Stretching the rules? You be the judge.
3:41 Cheats holding. GOOD CALL. Jerry got tackled.
0:00 Facemask on Cheats. Flag picked up of course. BAD NON-CALL. Stills posted on the internet showed that Ninkovich definitely had a chunk of LeShady’s face mask.
4TH QTR
12:35 Seantrel downfield. GOOD CALL. Stupid play yet again.
12:01 PI on the Cheats, finally. GOOD CALL.
9:20 Cheats holding on Blount run. GOOD CALL. Bryant got tackled.
0:46 Sammy ruled out of bounds on catch. BAD CALL. Automatic replay overturned it, but again the refs blew it.
0:22 Refs take their sweet time spotting the ball after the Tyrod fumble is recovered. Whistle blows at 0:32 and the ball isn’t spotted until 0:17. We don’t spike it, and burn another 10 seconds snapping it.
0:02 No stopping the clock as Sammy goes OB and they don’t even review it. At least Tirico calls it like it is. Pereira tweets the Bills should have had another play. Others on NFL network say Sammy went backwards, WHICH IS NOT ANYWHERE IN THE RULES. TERRIBLE CALL. We should have had a chance to run Big Ben.
This will be my final zebra report. I’ve done enough to know by now that the officiating in the NFL is abysmal. I just don’t have the time to spend 2-3 hours after every game going over the tape, only to see the same mistakes again and again. I’ll confine myself to discussing the calls in the game thread. Thanks for those few of you who supported this effort.
That is NOT considered a substitution. However, it IS considered a simulated substitution, and so the refs should have stood over the ball, allowing the Bills to substitute as in the case of a normal substitution. It's in the rule book. Even after f***ing that call up, the play should have been whistled dead at the snap. If there's someone 15 yards in the backfield like Hughes was, the play is immediately whistled dead so that the player doesn't come from behind the ball runner and absolutely destroy them from an unexpected direction. The play should have been called dead and the penalty enforced then and there. It should have never been allowed to be run, and that TD should never have been allowed to stand.
So that's another TWO penalties added onto all the others that were blatantly missed or enforced incorrectly.
If these refs ever ref a game again, the NFL has does something VERY wrong.
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Here you go.... Think of him as a good blocker
He's straight up blown a couple people up out there.So we're not using phrasing any more?
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I'm told in rugby that there is a ref that reviews the other refs calls in game and can overturn them. I think the NFL should instantiate something like that, so that when you have a blatantly bad call, you can actually do something about it.
Trying the ol' process of elimination re: the draft
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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As much as I hate to say it, I feel like our 1st round pick absolutely should NOT be Howard. TT can't throw over the middle. As long as he's the QB, we'd be wasting any elite talent at TE, because TT can't/won't throw there. Just look at Clay. He's an athletic TE who can block, run, get flexed out to WR, he's versatile, essentially everything you're saying about Howard, and is probably a top 5-10 TE, talent-wise, and his stats end up looking like a middling TE. Picking up a second one? Unless you consider this a rebuilding year, with a look to the future, and plan on drafting a QB high next year, Howard would be a waste.