Yard Monkey
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What makes him so valuable is his versatility. You can line him up inside or out, he blocks, and his speed forces defenses to respect him and give him a cushion which he can then exploit with his superb run-after-catch abilities. Combine that with what appears to be an unbelievable work ethic and drive to get better each and every day and you have a player to get really excited about.
All of this, plus ELITE acceleration and the ability to cut on a dime will allow him to get consistent separation against DBs. Also ability to go up and "high point" jump balls, outmuscle defenders and come down with the ball.
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The England Expats.
I like it
Ha ha...awesome!
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I got mine yesterday and threw it away. Ridiculous. I agree with your first option
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I'm shocked I'll tell you....shocked!
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If you don't think that telling him "were tagging you but your free to bring back any and all offers" and letting it be known we'd entertain a mid-late round pick would have generated a single taker, I'm not sure what to say other than agree to disagree.
Byrd wouldn't have to sign his tag til the day we signed his trade papers and could've signed his new contract within the hour. Your acting like he had to sign it today and risk being shipped anywhere we wanted. He could've fully negotiated a deal start to finish before signing anything.
While I understand a stance that a team wouldn't want to trade a first rounder and pay 9m, I think we both know he could've gotten a 7th out of a team willing to give up that kind of money (or anything remotely acceptable for him).
Clearly Parker had some degree of confidence in byrds value being VERY high or he would've sign the long term deal in buffalo.
And even if all that proved wrong, you've still given no downside for a team that had a plan to be active in free agency eliminating comp picks to atleast tag and feel free to withdraw it later. The only reason it was too late is because we chose to release our rights to him (which would've cost nothing til he signed the papers).
All of those "ifs" that would need to happen for a 7th round draft pick? Seriously?!
It's not worth their time, effort, hassle and embarrassment to do all of that for a 7th. They will have better success with their UDFAs since they have many more chances versus just 1 (or 2) 7th round picks.
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See, that's just it. If he were truly "elite" there would be no question. There would be no dispute for Polamalu or Ed Reed, but for Byrd there is plenty of dispute.
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Jets did that with Revis, traded him and got the DROY in Sheldon Richardson. Why can't we get something back for our all pro guy????
It's really quite simple. CB is one of the highest valued positions in the league..Safety is one of the lowest. Byrd is also not elite....he's very good, but not even close to elite.
The Bills have been trying to trade him for a year with little interest from other teams.
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I love the clueless comment inferring that Russell Wilson had any chance of getting a ring THIS YEAR without THAT defense
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You made my day with this one....
Why?
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While watching the game with some friends, the conversation turned to the decline of interest among us with the "product" that is the NFL. A league of classless, ignorant, street punks who can't act mature. You have coaches like Harbaugh that act like complete degenerates and the camera can't get enough. Then this punk gives the most ignorant post game interview I've ever seen and the fact that people think that's ok cements the argument. The league has now a large cohort of fans who act this way and think this is ok. Look back at the hall of famers from other eras.... Would Ronnie Lott act like that? Would Kelly, Smith, or Thomas? The nfl is a reflection of the worst of our culture and society and it's turning many people away. Go to a Bills game. It's evident. I didn't have seasons last year because it's out of control and no longer fun... Sherman's act is repeated every game in every section in upper deck and end zones. Life imitating morons.
And one of the people watching last night with us was a lifelong Hawks fan who thought Sherman was neither funny nor profession and downright embarrassing.
A bit of a dramatic take! Neon Deion would have done an interview like that back in the day when all players were class acts that you seem to recall...
Plenty of others were jackasses in that era, but would be filtered by the teams or media which is much harder to do these days with all of the media outlets and quite frankly fan demand for stories like this.
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This post has a lot of rules. Need to consult with my attorney before responding
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Dareus was benched in the first quarter for violating team rules per coach press conference after the game
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Haven't seen it mentioned but Luck was also picked on a seam pass to Rogers who appeared to half ass the route allowing the DB to get in good position. He also didn't fight for the ball...
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I know you tend to have a negative bias against the Bills, but Manuel was nowhere and I mean NOWHERE near as bad against the Stealers as Geno was against the Bills. He and the rest of the team might have been flat and lackluster but he was by no means a turnover machine and completely inept like Geno was.
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exactly.
the patriots gamed the league.
they cheated, they won 3 superbowls in 4 years, they got busted, they have won ZERO CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH GODS GIFT TO QUARTERBACKING SINCE THEN (eli: 2, rothlisberger: 2).
i mean, think about it: whats more beneficial to the league:
admit that the patriots cheated, the multibillion dollar organization is tainted, question bradys legacy every sunday and the results of "the greatest game on earth" for the half decade when they were cheating, and every time a discussion of the patriots comes up, cheating comes up too?
or erase it from league records and never talk about it again?
why do bills fans not get this? i know most of you are drunk idiots who arent smart enough to move away from buffalo, but good god almighty, are you really THAT f*cking stupid?
can you REALLY not see the game as a business, and realize that its in the leagues best interest to NEVER talk about the patriots cheating, ever again?
espn doesnt not talk about the patriots cheating because its a "non story", espn doesnt talk about the patriots cheating because they make hundreds of millions of dollars off their broadcast partnership with the nfl every year.
Amen. Way too much praising the Pats* in those early posts in this thread...wtf!
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Too much cross talk when we already have this--------> http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/160713-no-ones-talking-about-gilmores-injury/
Thanks for pushing to link this to an old thread so I had to read through pages of speculation and nonsense before Gilmore's injury when all I wanted to see was the official announcement and fellow fan reaction. You seem to be one of the chief thread police on the board from what I have seen which is why I'm directing to you.
...like when Mario was signed and the official announcement and reaction started on page 100 something!
Please start new threads when major topics change for those of that are not on the board all day hitting refresh, but come to the board daily (for well over a decade now!). Speculation in one thread, then "it's official and react" in another
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They must have had a lot of money shot their way
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What do the analytics say? Has anyone run this through the TSW data model yet?
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+ 100000Bilicheat declines interview. Classy as alwaya!
Incredible! Only made a safety available for an interview...not even Brady. After the AFC championship game. Way to lose with dignity!
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I always liked it, as well. Quite often you would see the punts with lower hang time busted for big returns....
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And he refused an extension.
Isn't a great feeling to have the Bills HC looking to fill out his staff while the choices are plentiful compared to other years when the Bills were picking thru scraps.
Plus its an aggressive move.....certainly puts the Jets on "defense" (pun intended).....whether he gets the job or not, the Jets have all kinds of damage control issues to react to from just the fact the Bills made the request and apparently let it go public. Great move if they don't do anything else with this guy!
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Easley inactive???
can somebody tell me why???
Because he's not good enough.
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I think many if you need to prepare yourself for the fact that Choice will get a fair number of touches tonight. It's not all going to Spiller even without FJ
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Throwing with good velocity /accuracy has been a problem in the past, but now Ryan Fitzpatrick has adjusted to his change in mechanics, its not so much of a problem any more going by the last three outings.
I've been one of Fitzys toughest critics over the last few years and doing a 180 on my future expectations is because Fitz is throwing that good.
I've never seen him throw better then he did against the Pats...
That was one of the best QBd games
I've seen for the Bills in a long time.
Glad to see someone else thinks this, as well. Thought I was crazy continuing to read the crap thrown at Fitz on here
Why I hate the idea of the Wide 9 for the Bills D
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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