Rocky Landing
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Maybe this has been said already, but do we really need three kickers on the roster? Could we lose Colton Schmidt? Maybe the Lions?
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The Chiefs are currently favored by 9.5 points over the Jets this week. I wonder what the spread would have been if this game were two days ago? Less, I'm sure, but they would still probably have been favored. I'm guessing that, baring any significant injuries, they will be slightly favored over us-- maybe one or two points-- which is fine by me. I've been conditioned to be uncomfortable whenever we are favored.
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For a brief moment, I saw this and thought, "What? Trade Mario???"with tomorrow being the NFL tradeline and OL (specifically, OG) being our Achilles heel, who on the current roster (looking at you, M Williams) could you see Whaley trying to move? More importantly, are there any viable OG assets out there.?
If Whaley sees this team as objectively as I think we do here on TSW, this team, as it is currently constructed, is not poised for a playoff run. I see strength and talent at all positions except OG. We cannot run the ball, our playcalling is suspect and does not conceal our weaknesses, and sacks are on the rise with an immobile Orton at QB (his only glaring weakness IMO)
What say you?
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"Search me... I don't have Hacket's balls..."
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Here's what I've taken away from this game:
Offense:
I never thought I would find myself being an Orton fan, but I am now. He holds onto the ball too long, and he's woefully immobile. I'm not sure how well he can throw on the run, because I've barely seen him do it. But, he has raised the level of offense, spreads the ball around, and has turned some of our less heralded players into studs-- Hogan, Smith, Gragg. But, the O-line needs to be better, obviously. Definitely the weak link in the offense, imo. That being said, I think (and hope) that Orton's going to be here for a while.
I think we really missed Fred. At least two less sacks if he were on the field. Brown, and Dixon were great, and I don't think too many of us miss Spiller. But, FJ plays a huge role on this team (as a check-down safety valve, among other things), that Dixon doesn't have yet.
Defense:
Schwarz is the real deal, and deserves a lot of credit for this win, imo. Geno, and the Jets' poor secondary essentially gave us a 14 point head start. When Vick came in, and marched down the field for a touchdown on his first drive, he looked competent, mobile, and accurate. When we went into halftime with a seven point lead, I honestly thought we were going to come back out and lose the game. But, our defense made adjustments, and soundly shut Vick down. Vick's mobility was a non-fctor in the second half.
One play in the first half really bothered me, though. Orton got sacked by two defenders who hit him from either side without being touched. How the hell goes that happen???
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I'm here all week!This was great.
I'm surprised it didn't get more laughs.
That's a heavy story. Thanks for sharing it, my friend.Truer words were never spoken Rocky. I got my first and last concussion to this date, back in September of 1991. I am now 56.
While off road dirt bike racing in Cattaraugus. (I think I spelled that correctly) I went over the handlebars after landing "too heavy" on the front wheel. I had a top of the line Bell Helmet; Unfortunately for me, I still suffered a head injury and a couple of broken bones. In addition to "cart wheeling" over the bars, the bike caught up to and hit me from behind, just for good measure. I was so pissed that I got hurt and I knew I was busted up, that out of pure disgust, I un-did my helmet and threw it with my good arm as far as I could.
I was air-lifted to ECMC and was still concsious and in my opinion very alert. I rememer the medical staff at ECMC scolding the EMT's from the "He-lo" Because they wanted my helmet! And they assumed the EMT's forgot it! I remember interupting and informing all that listened, that I had thrown my helmet into the weeds. They sent someone to retrieve my helmet and took me into surgery.
The symptoms from my concussion were on full display in the recovery room, yet I remember none of it. My recovery was actually recorded. The medical staff continually asked me the same three questions for over three hours. And the answers to the same three questions were written on a large dry erase board directly in front of me. My name? Where are you? and who was the President? One of my unfortunate answers at the time was: It's a God dam F'ing miracle we just didn't get trampled by all those F'ing caribou.
Ater three hours of fun for them, they asked me; Do you know who Sweet Lou is ? That's when I snapped out of it. Afterwards, I continued to halucinate but it got less and less every day as time went on. The one phrase that still haunts me till this day was from one of the nurses who sat with me round the clock for the first 24 hours. I remember watching the Bills game on television with her when she suddenly got my attention and whispered "Concussions ruin people" "Try to remember who you used to be"
After I went home I was in a case study where I was monitored and recorded while I slept. They would wake me up during REM sleep and they would question everything I was doing and saying while I slept. At one point it was getting too weird and I just wanted to get back to normal so I told them I had enough. In the end the concussion only cost me my marriage, not my job or my sanity. Fortunately for me, I don't get headaches and never did and I'm thankful for that, but I do forget some of the oddest things, while remembering other things that are so trivial that it absolutely rocks people's minds.
I have two older children who have their own children that I have never seen. I truly don't know how many grandchildren I have.
But I do know that I moved on and I now have a 12 year old son who is the absolute apple of my eye, so I regret nothing. In closing I would wish a concussion on no one and I will say to those who suffer from them; "Try to remember who you used to be"
'Lou'
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It's the uniform. It's a different color.i thought that once or twice but when i watch the tape i just cant seem to get past something different.... i cant put my finger on it.... but he just doesnt quite look like him. the height, weight, speed, and style points ill give you though. very similar players on those fronts once you make the adjustments.
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ExactlySome of the responses to the OP are a little "nit-picky." On the other hand, it is a little odd to start a thread congratulating one's self, not for predicting every game right so far - but for an overall record prediction at this point. If it were the end of the season and you were right on an overall prediction of 10-6 or better, then I could see it. I could even see it at this point if you were right on a prediction of, say, 6-1...but 4-3?
(But, really, I'm just kidding around with the OP)
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What about Chris Hogan?
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"I'll be partying in the Hyde Lounge at the Clippers game, tomorrow night."Actually NO, that does not have a nice ring to it. "Honey, I'm waiting for you in the bedroom has a nice ring to it"
So you're even wrong on what does and does not have a nice ring.
Let me give you another example: On a boat with some hot chicks blasting "Pontoon". That also has a nice ring to it.
I know how to correct it. "4-3 is what I predicted and BAM we're at 4-3"
But I like it the way it is.
That has a nice ring to it.
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Maybe you should change it to "approximate?"What's your definition of LET IT GO?
You guys can be annoying.
I already said I meant the win/loss column. Of course I can go back and delete one line. But I'm not.
Picky picky picky.
"My prediction thread is approximate up to this point. 4-3"
Has a nice ring to it.
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Decker and Salas limited in practice.
Who else thinks Rex was lying when he said Harvin wouldn't be playing much?
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If they didn't raise the number, we could safely assume that there would be three challenges per team, per game, every game.If they make a change like this - and allowed for crappy calls to be challenged then the # would have to go up significantly
Out of curiosity, if the human element could be removed entirely, and all penalty calls were made by a computer with 100% accuracy, would you consider that an improvement?A football game is once a week. I for one don't care if it takes 3.5-4 hours to complete a game. I wait all week for the game and don't want it to end so quickly. Why do people get so bent out of shape about "slowing the game down"? Just get the darn calls right! If an extra penalty challenge is a possibility then the NFL should consider using it.
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Concussions are no laughing matter. I've had a few myself and they doorknob earlobe your brain off. Anyone who jokes about such a thing, even rubber matting, should have their mad about afterward.
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Well, if you're going to start an entire thread based upon your own prediction from another thread, then yeah... nitpicking will happen.Nitpicking. wow.
Exact in the win/loss column. I already explained that. Gosh
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That's maybe not such a bad record when you consider that the best he has had under center might be the current Michael Vick.9-7
11-5
8-8
6-10
8-8
1-6
43 and 44 overall. Rex gets a lot out of his players, but his unwillingness to do anything about the offense is why he will be an 8-8 coach at best. This year he is tanking. I wouldn't hire him right now
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I think such a change would only increase the amount of controversy surrounding such calls. As it is, we can look at the replay and say, "bad call." But, put it up to a review, and the slightest bit of inconsistency from one officiating staff to another, or one call to another opens up a whole can of ugliness, and would turn into a huge distraction. Especially with PI.Defensive PI should be review-able IMO. We are talking huge chunks of game-altering yardage that wouldnt hurt to take a second look at.
Same number of challenges per coach, and they have done a better job with speeding up reviews this season IMO (without data)
I think we do the game a disservice the more we remove the human element-- even from officiating. At some point, we may as well have computers call the penalties. And, the technology certainly exists.
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My impression of him is that he is a businessman, and while I am certainly glad he is the new owner, I don't hold to this vaunted opinion of him. He would be crazy to tell his HC, going into week 8, that he was on the bubble. But, even if he did say it, and even if he meant it, his opinion could surely change as quick as TBD's collective, fickle opinion should we go 6-10, yet again.A lot if he really said it. My impression is that he means what he says and says what he means.
I'm just not sure he would make such a statement before bringing in his consultants.
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I have a feeling that this game will get away from one team, or the other.
Geno has a great day. Rex/Mornhinweg out-coaches us. Their defense plays like rabid, cornered animals. Our run game falters. Orton gets sacked six times. Glenn's arms fall off.
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Geno craps the bed. Dixon/Brown exceed expectations. Orton to Watkins/Woods/Hogan/Chandler/etc. We shut down their run game. Jets fans boo.
Whoever wins does so by a significant margin.
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What's your definition of "exact?"I also predicted beating Jets this week. Should be at 5-3
Had us losing to chicago and beating houston.
Dont know how to link archived topics.
This is the thread title if you wanna lookie/search
Clippers' annual season prediction 9-7 for sure
Ps. Cbiscuit your 0-16 prediction is wrong so far.
How is everyone's prediction going so far if you had one?
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I'm not really sure. But, if he did, how much would that be worth? It's early in the season.Didn't Pegula already say that Marrone and company will be back next year?
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Assuming that Rex Ryan is fired at the end of the season, should the Bills consider him for head coach?
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I don't think that's really the point. A GM must always consider all the risks vs. rewards in a given trade, and the possibility of a Watkins injury is more significant in terms of risk when you are assessing whether that one player is worth the three players you would have acquired otherwise.I just can't buy into the thinking that I can't/won't make a trade based on the CHANCE the player I trade for will get injured. And I don't want my GM afraid to pull the trigger on that basis, either. Every player is one play away from never playing again, but you can't make that prevent you from running your organization.
GO BILLS!!!
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The entire premise of this thread is a straw-man argument. And, the ensuing debate seems to go along with some bizarre assumption that the primary value of a first round draft pick is for the purpose of drafting a "franchise quarterback." Since when? Our disfunction at qb contributed to the risk of paying such a high price for Watkins in other ways. EJ's inaccuracy lowered Watkins value on the field.
I don't believe the main concern in Watkins high price was that "now we don't get to draft a franchise qb in the first round in 2015." Especially since we were so "all in on EJ" at the time. The question was, and still is: was Watkins worth our 9th pick (Ebron, apparently), 4th round pick, and whomever we would have drafted in the first round in 2015 (whichever position that might be) combined.
It wasn't a low-risk move. But, considering Ebrons so-far underwhelming rookie season, and how good Watkins is proving to be, I think most of us, at this point, think it was worth it.
Kansas City; What's going to happen?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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But, either way, they still won't favor us. The media is almost as conditioned as we are to not have faith in the Bills.