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2 hours ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:
Thats why you need WRs that understand running routes vs zone. Man beaters just don’t mean as much anymore.
Precisely the point I was trying to make and why I loved watching Beasley play. He saw the game as a QB.
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14 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:
Man is a dying coverage. I’ve seen stats that teams run zone over 60% of snaps.
https://www.the33rdteam.com/breaking-down-nfl-man-zone-coverage-schemes/
Interesting stuff. Imo, the biggest reason for the trend towards more zone schemes, is because there are so many more QBs that can hurt you with their running and you just can’t turn your back on them. Zones are also more challenging for offensive players to decipher, especially post snap, and your QB needs to be more patient. Not always an easy thing to do.
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14 hours ago, mrags said:
I think he’s a lock for our slot WR. And fully expect him to be as good or better than Beasley at his best on the Bills. At a minimum, assuming he’s healthy all season, I fully expect 80+ receptions, 800+ yards, and 7+ TDs.
The only thing that would prevent him from being Beasley 2.0 is whether or not he understands the game on the same level as Beasley. IMO, not many receivers do as it really requires a QB’s depth of understanding, which is what Beasley had growing up with a coach for a dad, breaking down film from an early age, and playing the position in high school. Beasley had a keen understanding of the “why” of the defense and his pre and post snap reads allowed him to regularly find the open spots in coverage.
All that said, I think your expectations for Khalil are reasonable.
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1 hour ago, Low Positive said:
It was also a different era when DBs weren’t world-class athletes.
I can’t agree with that at all. That era had a number of world class athletes playing the position, especially at CB.
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58 minutes ago, Georgia Bill said:
Lofton was 35 and topped 1000 yards with the Bills in 1991. It can be done, but it is indeed rare.
Lofton was also a world class athlete who won the NCAA long jump championship at Stanford as well as posting a 20.5 two hundred meter time. Blazing fast with incredible hops.
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25 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:
WATCH YOUR DRINK. BEANE! You're not looking, Schoen drops something in your glass, and the next day Schoen shows you the 'Danny Dimes' for Allen contract you signed! 😳
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1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:
"40 years ago this week:
One of the lengthiest trials in the history of Western New York was underway in New York State Supreme Court.
It involved the proposed dome stadium in Lancaster which was supposed to serve as a new home for the Buffalo Bills.
In 1969, Erie County agreed in principle with developer Edward Cottrell to build the indoor, multi use stadium along with a theme park and hotel complex on land bounded by Genesee St., Harris Hill Rd., Walden Ave., and Story Rd.
However, as cost estimates for the project rose, the county shifted gears and decided on an open air stadium in Orchard Park for about one-third of the cost of the dome stadium complex.
Cottrell sued for breach of contract, seeking more than $400 million in damages,. and setting off a near two decade long legal battle.
After it took 14 years for the case to get to trial, the trial itself lasted 42 weeks and concluded with Cottrell being awarded $53 million. However, after another five years of appeals, the county finally paid Cottrell $10 million, concluding the case after 19 years."
What could have been.
Litigation of any kind should never take 19 years to complete. There’s just too much BS baked into the system and only available to very deep pocketed adversaries.
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2 hours ago, WotAGuy said:
Da’Rick Rogers. Too soon for the HOF. Farewell my friend.
I’ve never seen a receiver run more coverage into route patterns by other receivers in my life. He just had ZERO concept of pass game design.
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2 hours ago, mrags said:
Yeah. Same thing. Image 65. Locked. Can’t move forward or back through the rest of the images. Odd. Never had a problem before.
am I the only one having the issue? If it’s a me issue I guess I’ll just have to deal with that.
I’m having the exact same issue.
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Wish him all the best. Except of course when we go out there next season.
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58 minutes ago, GASabresIUFan said:
Taron Johnson’s extension now in the numbers. $12.5 under the cap before the recent signings. Beane says he has about $8 million.
Is Tre the only designated post June 1st cut?
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On 3/22/2024 at 6:49 PM, Bogie_Klinkhammer said:
Women weaken legs
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54 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Man a shrink would have a field day with your use of exaggeration(like anyone remotely suggested All Pro was a likelihood) and the brand of dissonance that it takes to equate the lack of interest in a player making them a better target. Well done.
I see you’re not acquainted with the concept of hyperbole as a literary tool to emphasize a point, which is to say he’s not as bad a player as some want to make him out to be. Especially the folks at PFF who two GMs personally told me it was all they could do to keep from laughing when a certain player and agent cited their “ratings” in negotiations. Well done, indeed.
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40 minutes ago, Einstein said:
You didn't answer the question. PFF watched every snap of his and ranked him as one of the worst in the entire NFL. And judging by his pitiful contract, there was little market for him outside of a 1 year prove-it deal.
There is zero evidence that we upgraded depth here, as there is little evidence that he is better than who he replaced.The only way I can answer the question is that I put no stock in the PFF ratings. Were his grades based on his play at DE? Not that it matters, really.
We’ve upgraded the depth at an important position in our defense by signing a guy with experience and position flexibility. He’s not an All Pro, but he fills a role better than anyone we had last year. And the fact there was little market for him is another reason I think it’s a sneaky good signing. We shall see.
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1 hour ago, Einstein said:
He has one of the worst PFF grades in the entire NFL.
Do you know much about him? Are the grades not representative of his play?1 hour ago, Einstein said:
The only way anyone could be happy with this Free Agency is if they expected literally nothing (as you said). As in, they somehow expected us to field a team of 42 players instead of 53.
We have acquired:
- Curtis Samuel- A defensive end with one of the worst possible grades you could ever imagine (Johnson)
- A LB whose former teams fans were celebrating him leaving (Morrow)- A backup center
- Mitch Trubisky
Maybe I missed someone?
We have signed scrap heap players.He is not a DE, although he has played it in 34 alignments. He’s a solid backup to Jones with position versatility in a pinch. Given what we saw when Jones got injured last season, we’ve upgraded the depth at a critical spot.
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2 hours ago, nucci said:
what was sneaky about it? It's been talked about for a while now
It’s just an expression not to be taken literally. The point is that he has the potential to be a great addition, we were the team that landed him, and I suspect other teams a d their fans may not realize that.
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Sneaky good signing.
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11 minutes ago, mrags said:
I never said there were negatives in it at all. I simply said he didn’t give a chit about the area until he owned teams here. And then all the sudden started buying up properties and opening businesses. All lining his pockets. I’m simply stating that he may not give a crap about the area and only cares about his savings account.
His investment in the area and having his HQ in Olean for years suggests he does give a crap and that’s all I have to say on the matter.
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45 minutes ago, mrags said:
The point of it was that he was literally non existent in Buffalo, business venture wise. Until he started buying teams here. Then all the sudden restaurants. Bars. Breweries. Hotels. Real estate. Etc. He was nobody in the area until owning the teams. All he’s doing is maximizing his profits. Gotta put gas in the yatch after all.
Put money on it there will be new businesses, restaurants, bars, and likely a hotel or 2 will pop up near/around the stadium. And they won’t be dumps like the Prospector, Kettles and motel 6
So it’s a bad thing that he made commitments in the revitalization of Harbor Center with various construction projects and the hundreds of jobs that generated? He didn’t have to do that. But it makes good sense to invest in the community around which your teams are centered. I just don’t see the negative in that.
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30 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
He certainly was not a part of the Buffalo community before he bought the sabres
Perhaps not Buffalo proper, but living in Olean certainly qualifies as being part of the WNY community. As I’ve said, he was a longtime Sabres fan and season ticket holder long before he became a billionaire.
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33 minutes ago, mrags said:
Well. I’ve never seen proof that he was a die hard fan of either team. Not have I ever seen proof that he was a ticket holder of each. And of course most people only found out about his “love for the team” only came out as he purchased them. Same with his “care about the community” the guy literally owned almost nothing in the area. Then as soon as he bought the Sabres he started building his empire in downtown Buffalo. Look for him to monopolize some new hotels, restaurants, and bars in OP after the new stadium is built. He doesn’t care about the area. He cares about money in his pocket. He’s no different from any other greedy owner
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Sorry I don’t have the receipts for his season tickets to offer as proof. However, there were several articles at the time of his purchases that referenced his season tickets ownership.
As for the rest of it, I have no particular affection for the guy, either.
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3 minutes ago, mrags said:
Most people never even heard of Pegula before he was a name attatched to buying either team.
That stands to reason but that doesn’t mean he didn’t have an affection for Buffalo, the Bills, Sabres, and WNY before buying either team. He just doesn’t fit the profile of someone who doesn’t care about this community.
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6 minutes ago, mrags said:
Yeah I agree that Pegula is pretty much a huge POS also. Let’s be honest, his wife is the only reason why he owns the Bills and Sabres. He doesn’t care about the town or nearby areas. All he cares about is making money. At least now that his trophy wife is no longer able to run things for him.
I don’t know if that’s true about Pegula. He was a die hard Bills and Sabres fan long before his success in the oil business and he had season tickets when he lived in Olean.
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7 hours ago, H2o said:
Now this does make sense, especially the QB aspect. The tape is the tape, and he's going to be a good football player.
Yep. What he’s put on “tape” over the course of his career along with his medicals are the only thing that matters at this point. The scouting is long over for MHJ. The only thing that might be a concern for a team is how he does in his meetings and the football acumen he demonstrates at those meetings. But he’d have to be a complete jerk and idiot for any team to think twice about taking him.
PSL Pricing/Seat Selection Discussion
in The Stadium Wall
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Most of the wind problems at the current stadium will be mitigated by the more north/south orientation and much shallower bowl of the new stadium and that’s before any deliberate wind-lessening design elements are incorporated into the structure itself.