Santana
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Nope, I got mad love for Gronk. He plays and treats the game the way it should be.
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Jason Peters
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These topics are beginning to be so redundant and moronic.
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No. Tyrod is more than capable and that's obvious to anyone with common sense. The lack of patience for the only QB that's had any success in the past 10 years in mind baffling. Tyrod was passing to glorified practice squad WR's with a swiss cheese defense. The whole team was garbage besides the run game.
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We've been going through this for too long to be drinking the kool-aid by May. Not being a pessimist, just a realist. Pump your breaks, we haven't even played a preseason game yet. I've seen/heard all of this many times before.
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Who cares, I mean he needs to earn his next contract. There's no reason we should pick it up. He has to go out there and prove he can stay healthy. Since his rookie year his he's trended missed 11 games, that's 23%. I see nothing wrong with making him bet on himself.
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I don't think he's terrible, nor is he amazing, but we're all guessing unless we know what his actual role was, along with what Russ & the Pegulas could override him on.
Very true. It literally is a mystery as to what his job duties entailed and I think that was the problem from the get go. We had a GM who wasn't allowed to be a GM for the most part.
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Firing their GM & scouting department the day after the draft is hysterical.
To this day, does anyone even know what Doug Whaley really did and had authority over?
This phony GM business and Russ Brandon's continued roll makes me scratch my head over the team's ability to right the ship.
I was on the same idea but that's the best time to do it. Scouting for next years draft starts now (or even before for returning college players). I don't mind them doing what they think is best for the team, all these hold overs from previous management/coaching I think is more of a problem than anything. I actually think this was a blessing for Doug Whaley, he's a great talent evaluator stuck in one of the worst run organizations in professional sports.
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Every patriots fan can eat a bag of.....nvmd
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Honestly and unfortunately I don't think Doug Whaley was the problem. The main problem in buffalo is that we have ownership who is pretty much clueless on how to run an organization, let alone 2 of them. Sorry to get off topic but both the Sabres and Bills are teams that have more than adequate talent on their rosters but bad coaching hires by the owner/s have kept the organizations in mediocrity jail.
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For those who have bemoaned the Bills not selecting a QB with the 10th pick, you have to look at the numbers to know why this was a good (great?) move. The reality is that there was an 85% chance that the Bills pick would be a failure had they pulled the trigger on a trigger man at 10.
First, the numbers. Since 2000, there have been 45 QBs taken in the first round. Of those, 21 were taken at the 10th pick or later. Of these 21, only 3 are players I consider “franchise” quarterbacks (4 if you include Jay Cutler). They are:
- Ben Roethlisberger (11th)
- Aaron Rodgers (24th)
- Joe Flacco (18th)
Some would argue that Flacco isn’t really one. Nonetheless, out of 21 selections made by teams across the NFL, less than 15% turned out to be franchise QBs. So, an 85%+ failure rate on those other picks (including a couple by the Bills). The odds aren’t great for players selected inside the top 10 either. Just 8 of the 24 QBs taken in the top 10 turned out to be franchise players. They include:
- Eli Manning
- Philip Rivers
- Carson Palmer
- Matt Ryan
- Matthew Stafford
- Alex Smith
- Cam Newton
- Andrew Luck
You can argue that some of these shouldn’t even be considered “franchise” at this point (Smith, Stafford). Aren’t the best QBs in the NFL mostly from the first round though? Probably not. Taking the QBR ratings from 2017, only about ½ of the QBs in the top half of the league were selected in the 1st round. One clown was even drafted in the 6th round!
So, if you want to argue (or bet money) that the Bills should have stayed at 10 and taken a shot at one of these QBs, I’d be happy to take the other side. History says you’d be wrong 6 out of 7 times.
What the Bills did yesterday was give themselves two 1st round picks in 2018. That is an arguably stronger QB class than this year. The Bills have the ammo now to move into the top 10 next year and take a shot at a QB. Even then, there is a 66% chance that won't work out, but it's much better odds than this year's draft.
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Great post! I'm all the way with you on this man. The only thing that frustrated me with this organization was their total lack of urgency to keep drafting QB's over the years.
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Thats what teams do to keep players that perform on their team. Pay up or let them walk. We are not gaining ground in the division. Still losing ground even
Maybe 4 years from now when these guys drafted today are looking to be renewed we can do that and add more to the roster in that years subsequent draft. Make sense? We need to manage the cap much better. So we can afford to keep those guys. Where is all the money tied up on a team that is not playoff ready? Gonna be a few more years at least.
You can't keep everyone man, I mean that's the whole thing with having a salary cap. I liked all the guys that left but to be honest none of them were make or break players that would have somehow, miraculously got us over the hump. Hogan was good but when you have Tom Brady throwing you the ball it's kind of hard not to look good. Gillmore was good but he's not worth $65mil. Woods isn't worth $45mil. Every team lets players walk, it literally happens ALL THE TIME.
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I don't know why anyone would really complain. Yeah I wanted OJ Howard or Corey Davis but it didn't happen, so I simply moved on. This guy started damn near 4 years at one of the best schools who are known to produce really good DB's. I think the Bills got the best all around corner in the draft. And if there's one position that you should feel confident about McDermott evaluating, it's a CB.
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5' 10" - 215 lbs. Went to Valdosta State. Made it to Philly's last cut. Has 1 year experience.
Could be another reason Gillislee was expendable.
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I mean I respect you're opinion but I personally wasn't a Ralph fan by any means. I respect what he did for the Bill and the city of Buffalo. Definitely not going to s**t on the man's name. I'm happy he was able to keep the team in Buffalo.
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That story sounds like total horse****. I'm sorry but c'mon man.
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He has a good eye for talent. The roster right now is really very good. I'm actually pretty surprised at how active we've been this offseason.
I thought we wouldn't be able to do much given the cap situation, but they did a good job of clearing space and bringing in players for depth.
Yeah they really did, I see sometimes how people get upset but I think Whaley is working with probably the oddest front office in football and that he's definitely not in total control.
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Where is the evidence that a QB going into his 7th year suddenly becomes better? Why is this an argument? If you like TT, fine. But don't tell us he is going to get better.
I definitely understand where you're coming from but it's really his 3rd year as a starter. I can see a QB getting substantially better after his 2nd or 3rd year starting.
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Yeah Whaley takes a lot of heat but he's actually not as "terrible" as everyone makes him out to be.
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Mel Kiper says Trubiniski sucks.
For once I actually whole heartedly agree with him.
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Unfortunately, you gotta let him walk. Buffalo screwed up again, this isn't the Patriots fault it's the fault of a horrible GM and front office. Screw it, I guess we'll be in the mix for Leonard Fournette
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Seriously, I really don't understand that infatuation with this guy......I just don't see it.
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Promises are like pie crusts.....thin and easily broken
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Jeremy Maclin (Agrees to 2 year deal with Ravens)
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Idec at this point, he probably wants a huge contract. Sounds like Buffalo is standing their ground, which I respect. He's not worth anything over $4.5-$5mil a year IMO.