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MarlinTheMagician

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  1. 17 hours ago, hondo in seattle said:

    Reid is 9-6 with an elite QB.  Inexcusable.  

     

    Yeah, I'm being sarcastic.  And, yes, the situation with McD isn't exactly equivalent.  Reid's earned patience with his trophies.  McD doesn't have that cred yet.  Still, they're both 9-6 this season despite having great QBs.  

     

    The Head Coach is important and should be held accountable for the performance of his team.  But I like to remember that he's just one piece of a large organization that includes a lot of immature 20-something-year-old kids.  I wouldn't judge Rembrandt on one of his brushstrokes.  Likewise, I don't judge a coach on one season or one game, let alone 13 seconds of a game.  

     

    Vince Lombardi, Belichick, Walsh... all the great coaches suffered through disappointing seasons whether it was because of injuries, bad luck, poor player chemistry, a weak roster, or whatever.   Having a good QB doesn't automatically mean a team should appear in the SB.  If only it were that simple.  

     

     

     

    Bravo!

     

  2. McDermott needs to stay, IMHO.  Posted this in another thread - wish everyone felt this way.  I hope Pegula does:

     

    Man, as a fan since the late 1960s, I don't know how anyone can want McDermott fired.  The second half of the sixties, 75% of the seventies, 50% of the 80s and the drought years all stunk to be a Bills fan.  McDermott turned that around and made the playoffs every year but one.  Josh may be hurt and is playing poorly, and some of the core is getting old, some of it is injured.  

     

    Coaching change won't help any of that.  Time to retool, not scrap the ship.  Geez.  I appreciate this administration.  IMHO, best in the history of the franchise, including Levy/Polian and Saban (the only real contenders I believe).

  3. Man, as a fan since the late 1960s, I don't know how anyone can want McDermott fired.  The second half of the sixties, 75% of the seventies, 50% of the 80s and the drought years all stunk to be a Bills fan.  McDermott turned that around and made the playoffs every year but one.  Josh may be hurt and is playing poorly, and some of the core is getting old, some of it is injured.  

     

    Coaching change won't help any of that.  Time to retool, not scrap the ship.  Geez.  I appreciate this administration.  IMHO, best in the history of the franchise (including Levy/Polian and Saban -- the only real contenders I believe).

  4. 7 minutes ago, Cray51 said:

    Players aren’t defined after 4 games.  66 catches for 450 yards as a rookie TE while helping the run game and pushes us closer to the Super Bowl is a good thing.  Guy has talent in spades, he isn’t a top 4 target most plays.  The most impressive thing from him right now, he isn’t dropping targets.

     

    laporta is having a good start to his career, let’s see where the players and teams are at by the end of the season

    Plus, maybe LaPorta is good.  Good for him!  Doesn't mean our guy is bad or a disappointment.  He is neither!

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  5. 1 hour ago, HappyDays said:

     

    They need to recognize that Harty was a bust of a signing and take him out of the game plan. The problem is who can we count on outside of Diggs?

    I think both Shakir and Sherfield can be counted on. Plus Kincaid.  No reason to waste time on Harty, IMHO.

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  6. The interception was great, but I noticed him being disruptive several times before that.  Thought it was a jump ball previously with him and Basham, so I wondered why they kept the guy that was a year older.  But he is better and I thought he showed out today beyond just the interception.  

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  7. So funny - I was looking at the thread from when Bernard and Benford were named starters.  Everyone was ready to flush Bernard -- wasted pick, he's being forced in because McBeane picked him in the 3rd.  What BS.  He is a young Milano - very similar games.  Speed and instinct.  He will grow in bulk like Matt did.  Two-headed monster.

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  8. I am a Benford believer.  Seems to have the "it" factor and he hits like a truck.

     

    Glad to see they think they hit on the pick with OT.  We certainly needed a little more ballast up the middle.


    Bernard to me is the question mark, but why don't we just get behind the young man?  I am the biggest Bernard fan there is unless he proves unworthy of it.  But for now, I am glad the young man has his shot.  Seems like a good guy and a hard worker.  So let's go Bernard!  (don't screw up your shot)

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  9. I didn't want OBJ and I don't really want Hopkins - though it would be fun.  I kind of like our receiver room.  I think one of the non-Diggs guys can develop into a 2 for the future.  With Stefon's age I don't really want to get older at wideout.  And I am not sure (don't really know, must admit), that DHop would be good for the culture.  I am good with our wideouts plus Knox and Kincaid.  Plus I think Damien Harriss will be a very good signing.  We have not had that type of back for a while.

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  10. I think I could be happy with Jack Campbell at 27.  He does not look slow to me - but hard to tell exactly.  He is supposedly extremely instinctive, and that shows up in his clips.  I don't care that the mocks have him at 44 - historically the difference between #27 and #44 is not great once you get passed the 15-20 players with "true first round grades."  So I like Campbell at 27, but I trust Beane.  I don't think Sanders has the sand in the pants to help us against the run.


     

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