eball
-
Posts
35,249 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Gallery
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by eball
-
-
You're starving for Bills' news and you came here? Silly boy. This is a place for knee-jerk reactions, character assassination, inane suggestions, and (mostly) sophomoric humor.
Update: we're now approximately 1.5 hours from D'men's next topic start. Oh, what will he come up with next?
-
All I was saying is it was worth a look. There are many stupid posts here (like the ________ for DC) I hardly see why this one is that laughable. I think its someone we should/could look at. That's all. I remember a few years back that many people thought we should draft this kid. Now he's got a few seasons under his belt, he's looked okay and he could compete with JP. I would like for the Bills to get rid of Holcomb, he is a waste of a roster spot, he should never be considered our starter.
I was just throwing out an idea. I apologize for wasting your precious time.
Sorry, tuck. It's difficult to sort the "here's a legitimate thought I had to help the Bills" threads from the "JP sucks and hasn't proven anything so let's schitt-can him" threads. The latter is much more prevalent on this board, and (in my best Stephen A. Smith voice) quite frankly, most of us are tired of it.
-
Where did I refer to or compare with the Packers ? And I did not intend to clear up Cross' comments. My point is merely that, what exactly did he state incorrectly? This board goes ballistic whenever a national expert blasts the team. As fans, we support the team and are perenially optimistic. But as analysts, their job is to call it as they see it. If we are objective enough, we can see that he has made no comments that are blatantly incorrect or offensive.
What exactly did he state CORRECTLY? He gave an opinion -- nothing less, nothing more. I believe that his opinion is flawed and not well researched. If you go back to my original post in this thread, I clearly state that I do not expect Cross (or anyone) to praise the Bills. An intelligent opinion on the topic would be that the Bills are in a state of flux until the coaching staff settles in and we see what happens over free agency and the draft. There has been a good deal of positive feedback from NFL "experts" over the hiring of Jauron and Fairchild, for example -- for Cross to dismiss Buffalo as being a "mess" of an organization is careless and irresponsible.
Cross has proven one thing in his career as an analyst. He is lazy. It's obvious on Sunday that he does as little research as possible, and this pattern of behavior has carried over to his stints on the radio.
-
Hey, here's a great idea! How about we put together some semblance of an offensive line and then let JP Losman play more than 3 games in a row?
Wouldn't that be swell!!
-
Funny, I was in my car yesterday afternoon and heard Cross' statements myself. I was mad enough I almost stopped to call in, but didn't. Basically, Cross said that the Bills are "a mess" and will "continue to be a mess until they prove otherwise." He said that Mularkey left because "the job he had wasn't the job he was hired for." Huh? Cross then further opined on the Bills' DC position and offered this insightful wisdom: "the best man for that job is the one who's already there -- Jerry Gray."
Cross really made some irresponsible statements that showed he either has an agenda or is just completely out of touch with what is going on.
And let's make one thing clear before you naysayers chime in -- I'm NOT suggesting that Cross should have praised the Bills for the moves they have made recently. Right now, nobody knows if they've done the right thing. But to suggest that the Bills were all hunky-dory and headed in the right direction before they "screwed everything up" is a crock of B.S.
-
Why did I click on this link?
-
As has been mentioned elsewhere, if the CB cap number is $5-6M this season, franchising Nate is a no-brainer. Then the Bills are free to pursue any and all trade opportunities that would improve the team where needed, and if none materialize getting Nate for another year at that salary is quite palatable.
-
I guess Jerry's plan of becoming a HC in five years didn't quite work out. Four seasons after becoming a DC, he has now moved, err, "up" to defensive backs coach.
I doubt I'm alone in saying "whew" -- we're finally rid of all those Houston Oiler losers and choke artists.
-
He's got two more years left I think. Coming off a decent but not great season. With a whole new management team that is interested in improving the line-up with some major decisions and changes. Willis is not in any position to start making demands, and I doubt he will. If anything, it will be behind closed doors.
I agree. Regardless, I haven't seen a link or heard a soundbite about McGahee's alleged new demands -- I believe TIPSTER is doing nothing more than "supposing" here.
Furthermore, Rosenhaus isn't exactly anyone's favorite agent currently. His rep has taken a big hit. Even he has to be smart enough to realize coming to the Bills right now with demands would be a bonehead move.
-
Why? Because you know from JP's performance this season that he is the answer? To me the jury is still out, and looking shaky at that. If Marv and Modrak decide they need to do better, and think there is somebody better available, on what basis do you claim they are wrong?
Methinks the only shiny bauble distracting people around here is the fact that JP is a first rounder. If we had drafted him in the third, and gotten the exact same production out of him, the masses would be burning him in effegy and drooling at the prospect of drafting Young.
Youthinks wrong...at least where I'm concerned. The QB position can not be adequately evaluated until the OL is fixed. That should be the Bills' priority. Holcomb, at worst, is a plausible starter. If JP continues to develop (and is given half a chance) he may prove to be better than that.
If you believe you have seen enough to evaluate JP as a QB, then "methinks" you haven't paid much attention to how QBs generally develop in this league.
-
-
Not if the coach thinks another player is better.
As for the original post -- if the Bills select ANY quarterback in the first, second, or third rounds of this year's draft, Marv and Modrak ought to be drawn and quartered.
-
I'm assuming that was an attempt at humor. Obviously, when the Colts were interviewing for the HC job Mora had a pretty distinguished resume that included taking the Saints to their only playoff appearance in history. Jauron had only assistant coaching experience on his resume. Not exactly a big surprise that Mora would have gotten the nod. Back then, Jauron would have been viewed as the "young gun" and risky hire.
-
The proper place for a younger coach,on this team, is as a coordinator under an experienced HC. Our recent problem has been inexperienced HC's. What if Bates and Jauron just aren't always on the same page? Then what? You have 2 55+ coaches,set in their ways, with at least 40 years of coaching experience pulling the D in different directions. Unless Jauron and Bates met and really hit it off and were completely on the same page,I would rather take the younger coach.Jauron is a very competent defensive coach,let the DC defer to him. If the interview went that well,money wouldn't be the issue to Bates and he'd already be here.
Nicely said.
-
bump -- need more votes!
-
Glad to see that some of you finally got the gist of my post.
-
I've been thinking about this <cheap> for a couple of weeks, but I can't find any opinions on the topic <cheap>. It seems as though the Bills should <cheap> be able to get some good coaches in here, but maybe Ralph is <cheap> cheap and doesn't want to pay them enough? I don't know; I could really use some <cheap> insight here.
-
Bills | Team interviews Lynn
Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:08:01 -0800
WGR550.com reports former Baltimore Ravens secondary coach Johnnie Lynn is in Buffalo interviewing for the Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator position. Lynn had been the Ravens secondary coach the past two seasons.
-----------------------
Interesting.
-
-
...because from the sound of all you gloom-and-doomers, if "the great" Jim Bates does not accept the Bills' offer to become DC, it will just be a bunch of players out there running around with no rhyme or reason like the Keystone Kops.
Come to think of it, that's sort of what it was like this past season.
I must be incredibly naive, because I would still be willing to bet that even if the sky falls and the earth caves in beneath our feet (translation -- "the great" Jim Bates declines the DC offer), there are probably still a couple of guys out there who could probably do a half decent job of running a defense for an NFL team.
I really hope some of you don't go and hang yourselves over these "worrisome" developments.
Geesh.
-
bump
147 votes so far -- not looking good for the new unis.
-
I haven't seen more than a couple of their games b/c I haven't subscribed to Center Ice, but it's fun looking at the box scores each morning. Can't wait to see them live against the Canes in a couple of weeks.
So tell me, why again did USA Hockey not want Ryan Miller?
-
Because Wyche is a great football mind with a lot of experience, a good guy by all accounts and the kind of smart, reliable, positive influence that's not easy to find and that you want helping to guide your organization.
The Bills organization just took yet another large step backwards in an offseason in which only a couple steps forward could have made them a very good team.
Sorry, I just don't see the gloom and doom in all of this. Do we really even know what Wyche added to the staff, or who even made the decision that he will not be back? The offense, and quarterbacking in general, was pretty poor the last two seasons. Was he helping at all with playcalling? If so, that's hardly a ringing endorsement. I like Sam -- he's got a great personality and has obviously enjoyed much success in the league over the years -- but let's not overestimate his worth to the staff. He was obviously limited in what he could and could not do.
Bottom line -- if Sam was able to impart some of his experience to JP in helping him learn how to handle being a pro QB, that's great. I don't view his loss to the staff as either a positive or a negative at this point.
-
Booby April promoted to assistant HC.
in The Stadium Wall Archives
Posted
One of the breast moves the Bills have made this offseason, for sure.