The Jokeman
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There is no right or wrong answer. As you could bring up examples that support both sides of the arguement. That said I'd take the T first. As look closely at how rookie QBs have played this year. They've been below average at best which is the case for most rookie QBs. Yes everyone will point to Peyton Manning and Big Ben but me I'd play by the law of averages and not hope that the QB we take proves to be the exception versus the rule. Of course I'll admit I haven't completely given up on Trent Edwards. Also it might prove wise to take a QB later in the draft (see Round 4-6) as you never know what you might unearth in the later rounds. At the very worse he doesn't make the final roster but because it's later in the draft it's not a big deal.
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add Rick Mueller as GM, Weiss as OC, and a strong Defensive Coordinator - Vic Fangio...I'd like that!!!
Why not call Charlie Casserly to be the GM? He was run out of Houston but looks like he might have been wise to take Mario Williams over Reggie Bush and his work with the Redskins prior was pretty solid too. In terms of D-coordinator that's up in the air but Bob Sanders might be worth looking at as he is part of the current coaching staff and has a history as a D-coordinator and don't think our D is as poor as the stats say. Yet with Grimm's history in Pitt with a 3-4 he might want to bring that here.
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Kragthorpe was the QB coach and not the OC.
Last I checked we were missing a QB coach, last I checked Kragthorpe has a history with Brian Brohm, Hmmm we might want to consider calling Steve and see if he wants to return to the NFL.
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this is the mudslapping about Edwards that came from Kelly:
"I like Trent personally," Kelly told USA TODAY. "He works hard. But he's had three years. It's time to find somebody who is the future of the Buffalo Bills."
Man, what a monster. This has ruined any chance Trent has of a football career. Saying he likes trent and that he works hard. How dare does Kelly treat a player like "crap" and say such mean and horrible things?
1986 26 BUF QB 4-12-0 285 480 59.4 3593 22 171987 27 BUF QB 6-6-0 250 419 59.7 2798 19 11
1988 28 BUF QB 12-4-0 269 452 59.5 3380 15 17
1989 29 BUF QB 6-7-0 228 391 58.3 3130 25 18
2007 24 BUF QB 5-4-0 151 269 56.1 1630 7 8
2008 25 BUF QB 7-7-0 245 374 65.5 2699 11 10
2009 26 BUF QB 1-5-0 109 181 60.2 1170 6 7
Gee Jim your right Trent's been horrible his first three years compared to yours and he didn't have the benefit to play in the USFL a few years either. Personally I think Edwards is probably the best QB for this team next year. I just think we're not playing to his full strengths. I agree he'd probably play better in a WCO and if give him a quality TE through FA next year and a better O-line and he might be able to turn the corner. If not then toss him aside and give Brian Brohm a chance and/or draft a QB in Round 5-7 to serve as a backup/compete with Brohm as a developmental QB.
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I wouldn't be adverse to bringing Barron in. He seems to be playing decently this year. And he has the most physical talent of every lineman on that list.
I wouldn't be opposed to signing Barron as think he's an upgrade over Bell. Another guy that we might be able to get on the cheap is Khalif Barnes, who is coming off an injury and doubt the Raiders would keep around. As at the very least should be able to supplant Kirk Chambers.
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I didn't get Coles as he went to a guy worse in the standings. Yet I took a flier on Brandon Gibson, who I'll keep on the bench for now as my other WRs are Marshall, Houshmandzadeh, Mason and Collie.
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Not to mention he's 17-3 in Montreal and in the playoffs...(accept CFL doesn't count)
He's been a successful OC but it remains to be seen if can be a great HC in the NFL. See Mike Mularke complex, I'd prefer Shannahan with Trestman as our OC but that might be wishful thinking.
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"...Since Belichick became coach of the Patriots in 2000, he is 2-5 against Shanahan's Broncos, including postseason games. Belichick's record is 103-35 against all other teams in that span and doesn't have a losing record against any of them. "
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sports/It...n-vs--Belichick
I know this makes a world of sense on one hand and we have the Bills front office on the other hand, but still...
I'd LOVE Shanahan to come here as think outside his record against Belichick you have to love the fact that he only had 2 losing seasons in 14 seasons in Denver, of course he did have 1 1/4 losing seasons with Los Angeles (Raiders). Yet I also like that he is also a guru of the WCO which I think is the best offense for Trent Edwards, assuming we keep him, Marshawn Lynch and Fred Jackson. Lee Evans might not fit but Shanahan did good things with Eddie Royal last year as a rookie. Also his prescense might help us land a free agent or two. Two names worth looking at are his TE in Denver Tony Sheffler and LB DJ Williams both due to be UFA in 2010 and think both be improvements on our current roster.
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No thanks.
I don't see him rebuilding a team like this. He had a perfect situation in Dallas with the Vikings trade and then the #1 pick with Aikman stocking that team for years.
I'd make Jimmy Johnson a GM in a heart beat as he did pretty good at acquring draft picks Dallas and Miami outside of the Hershel Walker trade.
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If they had a QB it wouldn't matter who was at tackle.
Most teams have the tackle before the QB, see the Colts getting Tarrick Glenn (yes I know he's no longer in Indy) before Peyton Manning, the Saints getting Jammal Brown before Drew Brees, McKinnie before Favre, Flozell Adams before Romo. One of the few exceptions are the Patriots. That said I'll admit that I was one of those call for us to draft Oher instead of Maybin as far back as March.
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List some of the free agent wr's
Here's the best based on overall production for the season:
Knox, Johnny WR CHI
Bennett, Earl WR CHI
Coles, Laveranues WR CIN
Bess, Davone WR MIA (I wouldn't be able to play until Week 12)
Jones, James WR GB
Avant, Jason WR PHI
Johnson, Bryant WR DET
Washington, Kelley WR BAL (I already have Derrick Mason)
Muhammad, Muhsin WR CAR (I wouldn't be able to play until Week 12)
Randle El, Antwaan WR WAS
Morgan, Josh WR SF
Gage, Justin WR TEN
Britt, Kenny WR TEN
Wade, Bobby WR KC
Camarillo, Greg WR MIA (I wouldn't be able to play until Week 12)
Jones, Jacoby WR HOU (We only get credit for WR so any Special Teams Yards/TDs wouldn't count)
Massaquoi, Mohamed WR CLE
NOTE: Our deadline to acquire players is tonight at midnight and that's why players for CAR/MIA wouldn't be available until Week 12.
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In case you hadn't heard Dwayne Bowe just got suspended 4 games by the NFL for using an illegal substance. Well now I need to pick someone up from the waiver wire. My choices are Lavernous Coles or Brandon Gibson. I'm in a PPR. I'm leaning toward Coles because he's been solid the last few weeks but Gibson is coming off a strong week and expected to get more playing time with Keenan Burton out for the season. I could also go with Mark Bradley who'd I'd think replace Bowe in KC and therefore worth thinking if he can replace him in KC he might be able to do so in fantasy too. Thoughts? or any other names that think worth pursuing?
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To be fair to Maybin he is playing a different position then Orakapo. As Brian is playing OLB whereas Aaron's playing DE. That said count me in the camp that was hesitant to take Maybin. As question if he could play at a bigger size in the NFL and not lose his famous first step. Not to mention PSU recent history with defensive players hasn't been great. That all said most reports had Orakapo as a better prospect and should have realistically been drafted before Maybin but again with them playing 2 different positions it's not entirely fair to compare them.
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So I'm a PPR league where we must start 1 QB 2 RB 2 WR 1 TE 1 K 1 DEF 1 FLEX (RB/WR/TE)
I'm having troubles who to play this week.
The only definite starters I have are:
RB1 Steve Slaton
WR1 Brandon Marshall
I'm leaning towards:
RB2 LT
WR2 TJ Housh
TE Vernon Davis
For my flex position I have to chose between Darren Sproles (we don't get points for ST only offense), Derrick Mason and Jeremy Shockey.
Thoughts?
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Can someone explain the waiver rule to me? I always thought when you cut a guy during the season, he went on waivers where teams could claim him in order of their suckiness. Does that not apply to vested vets vets before the trading deadline??? Any help here greatly appreciated.
BTW, if he does not need to clear waivers, and the Pats are going to re-sign him, be great if da Bills went in an offered him double his sa;aryt and a tidy signing bonus to either get him, or at least make the Pats pay up for him
Simply put, players with four or more accrued seasons in the NFL are exempt from the waiver system. They immediately become free agents upon release.
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Holli Would from the movie Cool World. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104009/mediaindex
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I voted in house. As I could see it going down like this, Dick Jauron gets fired in the middle of the season and Bobby April is named interim HC to finish out the season and then given next year to prove himself over a full year.
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ill agree that letting Pat Williams walk was one of the (if not THE) biggest mistake this franchise has made in the past 15 years.
but Winfield also got burned for a TD last night (in the little bit of the game i saw). he's good, but not great.
and while McKinnie has turned out better than Williams, they were on the same level for the first few years there. close call.
how? McKinnie plays LT where Williams was a RT. Haven't we learned yet that these are two totally different positions? Just because the Bills seemingly shift their RTs to LT doesn't mean it's really that "easy". I'd welcome having McKinnie then Jennings/Peters/Walker/Bell/Scott/ insert our next LT name here. As lack of stability on the O-line one of the key reasons we've struggled over the years.
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You just don't get it. Peters did not want to be here. His antics during the first holdout told us that. If memory serves our last offer to him was in the 10mil per year range. That is not exactly small change. He wanted out. Quit blaming it all on the FO.
The FO should get some blame for not having some forethought. I mean they had to have known or had some incliation that they weren't going to keep Langston Walker for salary reasons. So it might have been wise to pursue a veteran OT in free agency incase the Demetrius Bell experiment failed or at the very least draft a player that could play OT. I suppose you could argue that Levitre might have thought ofa possiblity but by most accounts he was viewed as an OG prospect. The truth is the Bills cut Dockery and Walker and traded Peters leaving them with 3 holes in arguably the most important position in the game. I could see if they had to because we were tiht against the cap but we weren't.
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Freeman is an OLB, what does he have to do with Urlacher in the middle?
I'm pretty sure they shifted an OLB, Hunter Hillmeyer, to MLB to replace Ulracher but then didn't bring in Freeman to replace Hunter.
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I'm pretty sure freeman was cut from the team and not on the PS...once on the PS a team can only steal you away if your put on the main roster..example - OT Meredith was placed on the 53 man roster due to being stolen from Packers PS..Freeman was signed as a free agent and thus placed on the Bills PS...not trying to be picky, just helping sort the info.
You're right. I can't say Freeman was a bad signing but two things about getting him concerns me. First and foremost we cut Alvin Bowen to get him which probably Bowen will be another line of recent draft picks to fail. I haven't read any reports of the Bears pursuing Freeman after Urlacher going down which might tell us how they value him. So all we can really say about him is he might be better then Bowen.
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So stop pissing and moaning about it. Either accept the mediocre team that your money can buy, or embrace the idea of the Bills moving to a more lucrative market that can afford to pay competitive prices.
Then move the team to LA, charge the people there tons of money and I can use it to break my ties with this team and start rooting for my second favorite team the Tennessee Titans. That all said I understand the economics of the game, hell besides being a Bills and Sabres fan I'm also an Oakland A's fan if that tells you anything. I'd just rather see a football guy in the front office calling the shots because many then we might be able to unearth better football players and maybe have a better team and maybe make a run at the playoffs.
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OT but, how many embarrassing comments will be made about Karl Malone during the Bills broadcast? Will they not mention it? Will they leave it at he's Malone's son or will they mention Malone disowned him and his mother is only 13 years older than him? I hoping it's the last one. The douchebag deserves to be shamed before a national audience.
Shamed? Please anything from the mainstream media will be totally PC and if anything they'll give kudos to Bell for showing some good footwork or something and then say t's due to Karl Malone being his dad and that's it.
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I think teams like Denver, Jacksonville and even Dallas show you don't need great QBs to win. The truth is I don't think Trent Edwards is worse then guys like Orton, Garrard and Romo. The only issue is I don't think we're playing an offense that fits his strengths. As to me Trent would excel in a WCO. Also if he had a guy he could depend on at the TE position this offense might be able to turn the corner. As a lot of people forget how well Trent was playing the first two weeks and oddly enough we started to fall apart once we lost Derek Schouman. I'm not saying Schoman's a Pro Bowler but he was clearly the best TE we had and been hurting since we lost him. Just imagine how much better we could be next year if say get a guy like Owen Daniels at TE?