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Could any of you astute posters enlighten me as to exactly what Fat Benny's place on the depth chart will be?
It seems most of you are assuming he'll be on the field.....is there a chance he was signed for depth? As bad as he was.....could he add any value to a team that may need an experienced back-up who may be a better player under one of the most respected and highly regarded O-Line coaches in the NFL?
Ahhhhh....never mind, he sux and will always suck. Whoever said it is right.....I wish the Fins would stop taking left over trash from a proven no talent team.....
DCM, didn't he sign a reasonable sized contract to vie for a starting job. Also, if he did have conversation with the Packers, whose line is in lot worse shape than yours, wouldn't he have gone there if he thought he had a better chance to start.
My bet is he is going to contend for a starting guard position.
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If you were a Miami Fan wouldn't you be saying the same thing....
Fans root for their team and will go to any length to criticize opponents and
complementing their own teams activities...That is the nature of the beast.
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Not to turn this into a #21 thread, but the fact that McGahee ran for 1247 yards last year with that OLine and those QBs is a miracle in itself. Everyone dogs Willis for his 3.8 yd per carry average. I will agree, he didn't look like he had the 'burst' that makes special RBs special. But would it look so bad if he averaged 4.0 yds per carry (the minimum benchmark of an 'effective' RB)? That difference is 4 yards when spread over 20 carries (76 yds vs. 80 yds.) I don't think we were 5-11 last year because Willis didn't get four more yards per game.
One of the reasons for the 5-11 season was WM did not get enough TDs...For your starting RB to have 5 TDs in the season is setting up for failure. Of course it is not his fault that he kept being taken out in goal-line situations or on 3rd downs...
The other reason his YPC dropped off is the play on the right side. Until both MW
and CV played on the right side, they were ploughing holes for the RBs. WM yards per game are as follows:
Houston 22/117
Tampa 13/34
Atlanta 27/140 1TD
NO 16/84 1 TD
MIA 31/86 1 TD
NYJ 29/143 1 TD
OAK 16/50
NE 31/136
========> 8 games: 185/ 790 = 4.27 YPC, 4TDs
MW gets benched around this time and CV is injured.....Look at the rest of
his stats....
KC 20/ 66
SD 10/39
Car 21/53
MIA 27/83
NE 3/8
DEN 9/36 1 TD
CIN 23/66
NYJ 22/113
==========> 8 games: 135/464 = 3.4 YPC, 1TD
If you see the above stats, Willis was having a stellar year until midway
through the season when things fell apart....MW what ever people may say
was a dominate RUN blocker....He just wasn't a good pass blocker.....
Peters might have stopped the carnage in the passing game later in the
second half, but his contribution to the Running game has been zilch......
The final 100 yard game came against the Jets who were pathetic against the
Run through the year.....
If we want to improve the Bills running game, that Right side better start opening the holes for McGahee....
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Exactly. That was the bread and butter throws for Brady in his 1st year replacing Bledsoe and he excelled in it. One thing to point is the Season opener last year when the Texans moved everyone closer to line of scrimmage, forcing JP to go for the long throws....and he made them pay for it....Unfortunately being a rookie QB the rest of the teams adjusted to his play and with a team calling lousy predictable plays it was impossible for him to go up.
Losman has yet to show he can throw short with any kind of accuracy, and that will be a problem in itself if he doesn't improve in that area. Fairchilds offfense relies on a lot of short passes mixed in with deep passes and relies mostly on the run after catch ability of wr's and rb's, but if your qb can't hit the broad side of a barn yard door you're in trouble. I'll be pulling for losman or nall to win the competition strictly cause they're younger but just cause you can throw deep doesn't a good quaterback make.Agreed...Until JP throws the short range passes consistently we are not going
to be able to move the chains and that ultimately will spell his doom.. Also he
needs to play on instinct...I remember the game against Carolina. We were
at our own 20 yard line and Moulds was running a crossing pattern. Rather
than having confidence that his WR will get the catch (because the time ER
was open was going to be a smalll window), he took off and ran and was down
after a 1 yard gain....JP needs to trust his WRs making that kind of catches in
traffic...
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Either he beats out Sam Aiken and/or he goes to the Practice Squad.
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The real question is will the veterans and the coaching staff believe in him and get behind him.
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The problem with Holcomb on the roster is that he is always going to be an option for the coaching staff/Veterans to switch to the starting job if the real starter (JP or Nall) falters. Considering how Meathead kept going back to KH to save his own job or under the pressure of Veterans, it would rather be that KH not be on the roster. The problem is KH desires to be the starter, not be content with a backup with an oppurtunity to start if the starter is injured. Unfortunately that kind of intention causes division within the team as seen last year or 5 years ago with Flutie and Johnson
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He can have a great year, if the OC commits to a run-first policy. Build a good line and run the damn ball, take pressure of your young QB...Let him have time to read the defense....He can make plays....You have to bring the guy along slowly....you will see the results then.
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and I thought he was missing OTA's because of final exams? what's he doing in Florida?
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Amj9...ov=ap&type=lgns
and for those who think high character is overratede when it comes to prospects at the collegiate level, it's hard to be a productive draft pick when you are missing time to be in courts and possibly jail......add to that the football focus being impaired by legal worries....
That "final exams" rule is a little bogus. That rule dictates that a player cannot join his team until the last exam at the UNiversity is completed. It necessarily doesn't mean that is the last exam for Holmes.
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The D woes were much more than due to the loss of one player...especially considering that player did not play 3rd downs....
Loss of TKO for the season
Loss of Milloy in the 1st 5 games cost our defensive leader
D's inability to make use of Posey's potential
our starting CBs repeatedly getting burnt
Lack of effort from players like Sam Adams
Inability of our backups to come up with a truly memorable performance
the D's collective inability to stop 3RD and LOOOOOOONG
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What? I thought last year was horrible only because JP is a bust and Willis didn't show up for last years optional camps? Not because the Bills didn't have heart
THe problem was the team went into the season with high hopes, MM was in way over his head with a young struggling QB some players felt didn't deserve the position and were probably bitter because a fellow vet (bledsoe) was cut for him, and MM lost complete control of his team which snowballed a bunch of other destructive things and led to a very disapointing season
What those veteran players missed was that Bledsoe wasn't going to take them any further.....Just looking at the Pittsburgh game showed how much Bledsoe wanted it.....Here was a team on the cusp of a playoff berth and having to battle a 3rd stringer team that had nothin to play for and you are playing in front of your home crowd and this guy came a cropper.....
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Agreed.....The fact that we have sucked big time in the AFC East in the last 5 years has hurt our chances to make the playoffs....
Our start to the rise begins in the AFC East. Unless we figure a way to beat the Pats/Fish/Jets, we will not be going anywhere too soon...
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I hope Open receivers are at least 5 yards downfield from the Line of scrimmage. Last year KH threw just too many 1 yard or 0 yard passes to boost his completion percentage, but from the game perspective just futile.
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I'm with you Tipster, last year was JP's 1st as he redshirted his rookie year due to injury. He looked like a rookie, sometimes good, sometimes not so much. I look for him to hit his stride this year. Some of the IDIOTS on this board would have been glad to be rid of Favre or P Manning had they played their rookie year for us.
Especially considering that our Defense failed to keep up its end of the stick and the coaching staff repeatedly chose to pass rather than throw and protect their young QB and what a horrible line.
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I can't believe San Diego is not in that mix, considering how close they are to LA and the fact that the county just announced that they will not be able to build a new stadium.
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One of the problems with the TD draft picks was that because he had two different coaches, his coaching staff had to fit in the existing players to their schemes. And TD did not help them in getting the type of players they wanted from the draft.
On the other hand, Levy has drafted players that will suit the DJ system, at least on paper. One can only hope that since the strength of the drafted players is in
this coaching staffs system they should be able to excel.
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I wouldn't understimate the Redskins given that Joe Gibbs has that program turned around....Rermember they lost a very close winnable Playoff game at
Seattle.
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One thing though. Salisbury really was supporting the bills last off season. He used to argue with John Skeleton of ESPN about the bills and kept claiming that the bills were ready to unseat the Patriots.....He felt we had a veteran team that could compete.
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For all the Vincent Haters
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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The young guys have to step up and build that leadership....Leadership comes by playing on the field and making plays and earning the respect of your peers...Isn't this true in any field or at your work place ?.....Players like McGahee, Evans
Losman who are all entering their 3rd or 4th season are the YOUNG VETERANS of this team and they have to carry this team.....
We already have experienced vets in Chris Villarial and Gandy to provide that
Veteran experience...