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i knew donahoe jumped the gun on trading TH...we got raked over the coals by tennessee when we could have gotten a 1st rounder from philly.
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This sounds eerily similiar to the question that was asked after Peerless Price had a great season. While I like Evans and the progress he is making as a WR.......LETS GET REAL....
The reason why Evans is able to be in the position he is to make the plays that he does is BECAUSE OF MOULDS......
Moulds is the definition of a #1 receiver. He is CONSTANTLY double-teamed and still makes plays. I dont kow if Evans can face that kind of pressure and still make plays. He is a gifted receiver, but iit amazes me how quickly people overlook the contribution that Moulds being on the other side has on Evans.
Peerless Price is a bust as a #1 receiver.....I dont know if Evans will be or not, but as long as Moulds is around he will enjoy single coverage and hopefully will continue to make plays......
bingo. excellent post.
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nice pics!
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the reporter talked to CW because everyone else on the defense was actually practicing. CW was on the sidelines working on his air tackles.
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oh please. stop taking the bait. you're like a child. isn't it about time for you to call someone (besides me) a fag, an idiot, or a fool?
aye caramba.
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I believe a play called in the huddle in Sam Wyche's secret language would go something like this --
"OK guys listen up. Ouldsmay - ouyay ogay eepday. Evansway - ouyay ogay eepday. Ampbellcay - ouyay ogay aboutway evensay ardsyay andway urntay aroundway. Ethay estray ofway ouyay ockblay ouryay assesway offway osay Iway on'tday etgay illedkay."
icenay.
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i love that site. did you know they have an entire section devoted to factual assertions made by VABills?
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Go do some searching, they said Shaw was cut for exactly that reason. Not knowing the plays and not being in sync with Bledsoe.
http://www.rnews.com/print.cfm?id=21777
http://www.wgrz.com/printfullstory.aspx?storyid=23598
These hot read routes were called out during the press conference on why he was cut.
Oh and quit being a prick. You don't have a clue what the !@#$ you are talking about.
ok, so you finally have some real facts to back you up. that makes you about 1-for-356 by my count.
and still, you exaggerated your point, saying that receivers didn't remember their routes. was it just shaw or were there others?
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I am sure it is just an old take, maybe different names to describe formation and routes, with one or two hot/audible calls for each play.
Something called in huddle like" trips right, x cross, y slant, z fly, slide left on 2" which set it up as a 3 WR set right, three patterns and the blocking scheme.
He then might have a different color, city name, etc.. to hot read off for each receiver. That's what Kelly had. And it would change each game. He might call out RED, designating whoever the RED receiver as his first read based on the defense. He might also call out RED 2, which means RED WR goes to his 2nd alternate route.
Again that was how the Bills used to work, and I am sure it is different now. As someone mentioned you might have the QB call off all the alternate routes for each play in the huddle as well, if you have stupid receivers. This was actually part of the issue with Bledsoe and other receivers besides Moulds as Moulds knew the alternate routes and other receivers didn't always remember them for each play. Hence also why Shaw was cut.
you see, VA, this is why nobody takes you seriously. or at least, why i don't. you throw out this stuff with nothing factual to back it up. the first part of your post is at least educational on some level, but you !@#$ed it up with the last two sentences.
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Oh I am wrong all the time, and in fact if you go back and read what I said last week, I have said I hope I am wrong about JP in the long run. But again lets ignore facts and focus on only what you want to read.
You may want to go back and look at Favre again. He threw 2 times the TD to INT's in his second year. Again just the facts.
WHO needs to check his facts?
1991 -- rookie w/ ATL; threw 5 passes
1992 -- 18 TD, 13 INT
1993 -- 19 TD, 24 INT
1994 was his breakout year with 33 TD and 14 INT.
VA, do you really enjoy embarrassing yourself consistently?
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They are doing a muscle biopsy on me tomorrow morning around 6am. I was told that I'd be done by noon, and that I'm not supposed to go to work for a week afterward. I'm taking the rest of this week off after today, so w/ the weekend, it gives me a good 5 days of rest. I hope it goes smoothly and that they don't accidentally cut off an arm or a leg.
the first problem i see is that you're not sure whether they're cutting on your arm or your leg.
seriously, good luck and best wishes.
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I am not VA, but I would like to take a stab at this....
Having now seen more of JP, I am very impressed with him as an athlete. He throws crisp passes, and I am thrilled by, and grateful for his work ethic.
I think he might very well be good, but who in hell would know whether or not he will be a star!
Do you think that he will be a star?
bill, you are most certainly NOT VA, and that is appreciated.
i know you were very skeptical of JP prior to camp, and it's good to see you beginning to switch to a more favorable viewpoint.
in answer to your question -- IF losman learns to avoid taking unnecessary hits, then based upon what i've seen so far i do believe that he will become a top-10 QB in the league within a year or two. the only thing i think could hold him back is if he is injured as a result of his recklessness running with the ball. he already does some things you don't expect out of a young QB -- such as throwing the ball where only his receiver can get it (away from the defender).
i'm excited about the red zone production. JP has the two characteristics you need a QB to have down there -- mobility to make things happen if a play breaks down, and a rocket arm (with accuracy) to get the ball into tight spots.
i don't understand how anyone who is a bills' fan could watch losman play and not be excited by his potential. we all admit that there will be head-scratching moments. that was the gist of my first post in this thread -- nobody should expect a polished QB this season. but it will be exciting, and JP will make plays if he doesn't get his head knocked off first.
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you call this an intelligent point/counterpoint?
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Because if everyone sat around with rose colored glasses singing Kumbi - by !@#$ing - yah, then what need would there be for the board.
Poster 1 - JP is great
Poster 2 - I agree
Poster 3 - Yeah we haven't made the playoffs in 6 years, but TD, MM are doing a greate job. Oh yeah and JP is great.
Poster 4 - I agree with everybody else, we should change a thing with this team, even though we never make the playoffs
Then we have others
Poster 5 - We have issues as a team, here is what I see. a.b.c
Poster 1 - You suck poster 5 and are not a Bills fan
Poster 2 - At least he isn't Drew, but poster 5 you're an idiot
Poster 3- I agree with poster 1 and 2
Poster 4 - Yeah what they said, because I am unable to ahave an original thought nor comprehend anything beyond what One Bills Drive is telling me.
your maturity level is approaching BF status...you should be arriving there shortly.
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then you quite obviously have not read a thing i've posted. taking a cautiously optimistic side of things, while maintaining a sense of realism, is called "being a fan." why don't you try it some time, instead of being a post-whore who really adds nothing to an intelligent discussion among bills' fans?
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then you didn't read my post earlier in the thread.
truthfully, i can't remember the last bit of non-biased, non-agenda-laced commentary you offered with respect to the bills.
but you do a great job of calling people fags and conjuring up ways to use pickle juice. good job.
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why is it, VA, that you can never respond intelligently or in a factual manner with respect to your criticism of losman, aside from those things we all notice in a 1st-year starter?
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exactly. there is no "national" broadcast of preseason, and since the NFL network is a national network, they give both teams' fans a taste of the hometown announcers.
i too think it's a great idea.
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what i don't understand (among many things) is why people continue to post about losman as if he is already supposed to be a polished, finished QB? he's a friggin' first year starter and is constantly learning.
anyone who expects JP to "light up" the league this season is fooling himself. are there veterans who could be good fits for the bills' offense (including holcomb)? of course. but the constant "JP looks uncomfortable," "JP takes off to run too quickly," "JP is staring at his receiver" commentary from the worry warts is getting a bit old. i'm GLAD losman has the awareness to get himself out of trouble right now. he will learn to stick around in the pocket more as he plays more. he has terrific coaches watching film and teaching him how to do things differently the next time.
you know what JP HAS done? he has led three TD drives and two FG drives in his last seven drives of work. he has shown in-game ability to learn from mistakes. he looks like he's taking control of things on the field. in just two lousy preseason games, he looks a zillion times more polished than kyle boller.
ask yourselves this question -- do we as bills' fans want production, or are we only interested in perfection in technique, savvy, and what we think a starting QB is "supposed" to look like?
i certainly encourage, and enjoy reading, posts that offer analysis and critique of players and coaches. i'm not an "everything has to be positive" guy, even though i am more optimistic than a lot of you. i just view a lot of the losman posts as wheel-spinning.
flame away.
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it's a bloody outrage. if this doesn't get coy wire and the rest of the bills' D fired up, i don't know what will.