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    "Black Monday" Looms On The Horizon

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by jjmac

    From what I've read Black Monday won't happen in Buffalo right away.

     

    These new owners have been talking to an adviser, and he has advised them to hire someone above Whaley to make the football operations decisions. Meaning that Rex Ryan's, Doug Whaley's fate will be in his hands, whomever that might be. The last offseason it would have Bill Polian who backed out of the situation when Marrone walked away and Orton retired. Polian stating that it would be more than he cared to shoulder at this point in his life. Polian did say he would have replaced Whaley though.

     

    Where have you seen this?

    RB Fred Jackson released

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    I tried to read all the posts in this thread, but I only made it through 8 pages before they started sounding the same.

     

    I get that emotion is a component of being a fan, and that Fred was a great leader, teammate, and member of the community. However, he is 34 and at that stage, we should have been preparing ourselves for the day he was not on the roster.

     

    The fact that he is 34 does not bother me by itself. It is the combination of his age and the cumulative effects of the lower body injuries he has suffered that had me concerned., especially when he was injured (again) in camp.

     

    So, what do we do? Do we keep an old, oft-injured RB, or keep a younger one on the roster?

     

    For those of you who are on the Bryce Brown-hating band wagon, I have yet to figure out why. He costs less than Jackson ($2M + for a backup RB is too much). I am aware of his reported fumbling issues, but fumbles did not keep Eric Dickerson out of the Hall of Fame.

     

    So, we have prepared the RB position for the foreseeable future, and can turn our attention to other position groups that need addressing.

    Buffalo Rumblings scouting report on Tyrod Taylor

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    That breakdown was OK. Not a whole lot of detail, but has the videos included.

     

    It shows that Taylor can operate from within the pocket, so that's good. I think he's still not getting his passes out quick enough. Specifically, the comeback routes to Thompson and Goodwin. They've succeeded early in the preseason, but CBs will get the jump on those eventually.

     

    The second third down conversion to Clay was an easy protection read and pass read. Two LBs showing blitz up the middle, Hogan and Clay running the same routes at different levels across the middle, with the safety covering Clay. All Taylor had to do was read the covering LB.

     

    If the Browns make that play more complicated by dropping a LB or DE into coverage, Taylor can just run it. That's the beauty of T-Mobile. He's shown he can pass and run effectively in this preseason. I hope he succeeds the same way in the real games.

     

    Running ability?

    And undersized.

    A HUGE thanks to all of u and the BILLS. Retired today!

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Today I punch clock on 20 years of Naval Service. Very hard today to ingest all the things I've been through with having 28 surgeries the past 5 years. I've been crying since I Signed my DD 214. there's a lot of people on this website who looked after me through the years. there's people on here who sent me out care packages when I was deployed, there's people here that sent me cards also when I was in the hospital. I thank you all for your support and everything else thanks to the administrators for having this website. Out of all the other football websites out there this is truly the best one, I don't say that because I'm a Bills fan I say that because friends of mine who have seen the site that are fans of other teams say so themselves. Now that I'm going home to enjoy my retirement and further heal my body, I hope I can make it up to the stadium this next year's home opener and enjoy some chicken wings and finally meet you all in person. I also want to thank the Buffalo Bills who took my retirement flag and flew it over the stadium for a game. That's going into my retirement shadow box and I'll never forget it and I will cherish it. Thank you all again happy new year god bless you and I hope to meet you all soon.

     

    Congratulations, thank you for your service, and welcome to the club.

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