Miyagi-Do Karate
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deffinetly some good OLineman in the leauge drafted in the past couple years who we could have taken over scums like maybin, whitner etc.
a lot of us wanted Oher, not Spiller...
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Chris Brown must be wrong.
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Nice find.
I'm surprised they wouldn't revert back to Hangartner at Center and Wood at RG first.
They must be really down on Hangartner, or desperate to make Wood the starting center...
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If Dareus ends up being good, there is no chance the Bills will be able to keep him.
We have until the end of his rookie contract, that's it.
I'm not willing to concede that yet. Assuming he pans out and becomes an elite DT, you have to pay the guy and/or use the franchise tag to pay the guy, especially when he'll only be 26 or so. I think even the Bills realize that.
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RB matters less than o-line, especially near the goal line. We're not going to run well if guys like Ubrik get pushed 5 yards into the backfield.
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Have you watched Pears and Wrotto play?
No. I prefer to close my eyes.
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Nothing noteworthy on Miller.....Bronc's didn't play him for more than a series or so. Too early to tell.
With Dumervil back and commanding attention, I've got to think Miller is in a position to excel off the bat. Could be like Woodley and Harrison in Pittsburgh.
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Scott Norwood 11
Rob Johnson 11
Drew 11
Maybin 11th pick
What else?
McKelvin was 11th pick too, IIRC.
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Another problem has been with the turn-over at GM and head coach, every new regime wants its own new scheme and new players. This has really set us back. It's not easy going from a Wade Phillips 3-4, to a Gregg Williams 46, to a traditional 4-3, to a Tampa-Two 4-3, and to a traditional 3-4.
How many draft picks and FA signings have we wasted solely based on the changes in scheme?
Also, I would add that whoever was in charge for the last 10 years, they've drafted like they were a Super Bowl team, making luxury picks, and taking huge gambles on big "upside" guys... This is something you do if you're the Patriots. If you're the Bills, you pick really safe guys.
You don't draft McGahee, Spiller, or Lynch in the first round, because you know RB's are a dime a dozen. You don't draft question mark guys like McCargo, Losman, and Maybin in the first round, because you can't afford to bust on a top pick. You stay away from Mike Williams, because you know that Texas college players have a tendency to bust.
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Who knows what role Levy really had in any of the football decisions?
If I had to pinpoint one thing, the biggest problem with the Bills for the last decade has been the selection of bad coaches. These bad coaches, in turn, helped to make bad personnel decisions.
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I think the most shocking thing about this thread is that Leonidas was, for once, right.
haha; I thought the same thing.
I also liked how everyone questioned Maybin's weight from day 1. Two years later, the FO finally realized he's too skinny??
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Arrrgggg.......
Boo.
Ya.
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Okoye is a smart dude, no? I wonder if that helped in terms of rebounding.
From what I've heard (could be wrong), Maybin is pretty dull. Might be tough for him to get the physical and mental parts of the game figured out.
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There is lazy, and there is knowing you can't know everything so you become an expert at what you do know.
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That's it. My concern though: do other teams have this same approach? If not, we're seriously self-limiting the pool of players that we can pick from.
I go back to the o-line...lot of great o-linemen from the Big Ten (Wisconsin, OSU, Michigan, Iowa). Are we missing those guys because we feel "more comfortable" with Chris Hairston, whom we drafted because we know the ACC.
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Didn't watch the game, only the highlights. If the O-line is as bad as everyone says it is, that's a pretty big indictment of the Nix regime, I have to say. It also might be time for everyone to re-evaluate their Eric Wood/Andy Levitre man crush. I know that you said Levitre is the best out of everyone, but I've also seen him get absolutely blown up in running plays, just the same as Urbik. Personally, I don't mind that the Bills didn't spend big bucks on the big name FA's out there, though I think Clabo was worth going all out for (especially given a the "cost reductions" that happened today (Maybin) and happened last week (Evans)). But its completely defenseless that they didn't take a few more shots on O-lineman during the draft. And even more defenseless that they didn't add veteran depth via free agency. They didn't need to sign a 50 million dollar guy, but why not take a shot on a few cast offs? I don't get it.
I don't get it either. Take a flyer on Gaither, for example. Is Max Starks still floating around?
I think there's a sense that we have to re-build this team solely through the draft, and it will take 3 years. You can't afford to spend one year rebuilding defense, then another year rebuilding offense, and then think it will all come together in year 3. Most teams can rebuild in one off-season now, even primarily through the draft.
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I noticed the blog AFC East Blog does not have him listed anymore.
Really unfortunate; I thought he was solid as a writer.
Per Adam Schechter:
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Those were my thoughts, to be honest. That said, the south produces a lot of great football players. The Oregon State thing does give me pause, however.
Also, excellent point about the Senior Bowl.
Agreed. Maybe they know the South has been solid, so they feel like focusing there is a good thing or at least a low-risk thing. And maybe they have a scout with some Oregon connection, who holds a lot of sway.
I think there's some connection with UNC (Butch Davis knows Gailey or Nix, i think), which also explains why we've pulled some guys from UNC lately.
I like your analysis, and am still troubled that we wouldn't have a more diverse pull. It's not like the Big Ten is a weak football conference, especially when it comes to o-linemen--a real position of weakness for us.
Edit: Just re-read your post, and saw the Reilly comment. This explains the OSU connection for sure.
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Anyway, their personnel biases seems pretty obvious to me: opt for southern players and avoid both the Big 10 and Pac 10.
I actually wonder if this is lazy.
Nix and Gailey know the South, so they draft guys from the South. They coached the North-South game, so they draft a bunch of players from that game. They know San Diego, so they pick up free agents from San Diego.
I question whether this approach is going to be successful in the long run.
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I just got some info that Lee Evans requested being traded to a contender. This is not being publicky revealed and is staying internal. I will have more info soon.
The more I hear about this the more sense this actually made.
Go Bills!
Seems strange to me. If he wanted to request that, he should have done so years ago. Why now, when the offense actually seems to be turning a new leaf?
I hope he does well in Baltimore.
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Wow--this is really shocking to me. Never knew DeHaven was so down on Moorman.
He had an off-year last year--but is still a stellar punter, IMO. If we cut him, he'll be snatched up in about 2 seconds...
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Wang was one of two blown tackle picks from last year's draft. Although interestingly, the Ravens picked up Calloway last week, wouldn't that be a punch in the balls if he turns out to be a decent RT.
it's like bills south down there. calloway, james hardy, lee evans... do they still have bannan?
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How does it work that Evans wouldn't go over the middle? Do they call the plays and he just doesn't run the pattern? I honestly have no idea how that works.
I remember when Trent Edwards started and after every game, everyone would ask, "do our receivers run routes over the middle?" You wouldn't know unless you were at the game, since there would never be a completion there.
Big part of the problem was Edwards; but a big part of it was also probably Evans.
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Pat Williams, Greer, Winfield, Clements, Jim Leonard, Peters, Fletcher, Spikes, Lynch, add Poz to that list now.
what's funny is that we tried to re-sign almost all of those guys-- PW, AW, Greer, Fletcher, and Poz. Even Peters was more of a contract issue, and Clements would have broken the bank.
Baltimore is good because they draft really well and hang onto their own great guys. I don't recall their trades and FA signings being all that great--trading for Boldin (sub-par year last year), and McGahee (sub-par career) weren't very successful.
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I think ralph has a money bin like scrooge mcduck had on duck tales. He will simply add the money to it, and enjoy his leisurly dips in the bin.
Disturbing Bills Trend: Ignoring 1st round OL picks
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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hehe; whoops. I forgot that Oher was drafted in 2009. I know I wanted him, not MAYBIN!!!
As for 2010 when we picked Spiller, I think the popular picks were Baluga and Anthony Davis. In hindsight, sure would have been nice to have snagged Maurkice Pouncey.