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  1. Wasn't really gonna say he's horrible.  I was just gonna talk a little bit about Tatum Bell.  You know, the back who wasn't even the starter for a few games with a terrific burst and cutback ability.  Not to mention, I would even bet he's carried the ball significantly less than the rushers behind him, particularly the #2 back,  in YARDS. 

     

    It's nice to see a running back able to take it to the house when the opportunity presents itself.  And I'm pretty sure it has presented itself a time or two here in Buffalo, I just can't remember when. 

     

    Some orginizations make wise decisions and would sell high.  Some don't.  RB's are a dime a dozen.  RB's without any speed or good lateral movement are in that dozen.  Teams like the Patriots would move on and sell high, while everyone's perception is skewed.  I.E. Lawyer Milloy, Deion Branch, David Givens (Remember him?), Damien Woody.....and the list goes on and on and on.

     

    It's amazing, the Pats either win the division or make it to the Super Bowl every year.  Yet, every year they have two first round draft picks somehow.  Willis McGahee would be a prime example of the type of player that an organization, like New England, would sell high.  And then all of the ESPN lemmings would sit there and scratch their heads again at how NE wins every year.  Meanwhile Willis would be in Detroit or somewhere else, with 1100 yards on 774 carries, with a long run of 22 yards on the year.

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    In essence, I agree with you're arguement about the Patriots. However, there's one slight problem with this reasoning, at this point. The Patriots are a solid team with a strong core of players. Therefore, they can more easily bring in new guys and stay consistent. The Bills, on the other hand, have no core. Consequently, if we trade Willis , for example, and draft another RB; when would we draft the lineman, the TE, the LB, etc.

     

    We have simply have too many holes to let good solid players go yet. As I recall, the Patriots, as they were builing their Super Bowl teams, didn't let players go as easily. It's only been in recent years. They did, however, bring in good, solid players that just performed. Look at Antwain Smith, our no good RB, they bring him in and go get to the Super Bowl with him as the feature back, he wasn't great, but he was solid. So, if we really wanted to emulate the Patriots success, Willis is defintely someone you keep - at least until you have a solid QB, line and TE. Then you can think about a new RB.

     

    This was much of TD's problem. He drafted Travis - a good but not great back. But rather than address other issues in later drafts; he picks Willis. He has Drew, a good but not great QB, so he fradt JP. He trades Peerless and drafts Parish. In other words he was spinning his wheels - not building but simply replacing one good player with another good player. So I say, lets not go after flash, lets keep the good players we have and try to draft and sign new players to replace the bad ones on the line, etc. first. We can worry about Willis and his attitude in a few years.

  2. If not, might we have found the elusive "Coy Wire Fan"? I heard they were endangered (and protected by the WWF) if not extinct?

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    For the season opener, I was in Harrisburg, PA. So, I had to watch the game in a sports bar downtown. Just as the game is about to start, of all things, a guy comes in with a Coy Wire jersey on. I almost choked on my beer. Anyhow, that's what I remeber thinking at the time..... I think I just found the world's last Coy Wire fan hiding out in a bar in Harrisburg, PA.

  3. i acknowledge that JP has great raw talent, a rocket arm and I like his attitude.  However he does seem to stare down his receivers and throw when he shouldn't.  I'm hoping this changes as the season progresses.  JP is improving, but he definitely hasn't established himself as the qb of the future.  I'm pulling for him to do this during the remainder of the season!

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    I completely agree with you, but just about every young QB has these same problems. In addition, he doesn't see open receivers all the time either. Usually, with playing time, the game starts to slow down and all these problems disappear. I'm hopeful that with playing time, that is what we'll also see with JP. I am optimistic having seen the improvement in his play from last year to this year.

  4. True, but if Peters works out at LT, we have a LT signed for the next 5 years at 3 mil per.  Pretty good deal if he's good.  We could afford to overspend on a G.

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    If Peters does Pan out and become a sold tackle, at some point he'll stop just being happy to be playing and start wanting to get what he thinks he deserves. Its only human nature. So, I think we'd have to consider giving him a raise at some point. It'd be a recipe for disgruntlement if we have a Guard (supposedly a lesser paid position) making much more than the Tackle (supposedly the higher paid position).

  5. No as during his past 2 years at LT Gandy has had some good run blocking at times when they have ran off tackle or on the edge. The fact is they rarely do as they prefer to consistenly smash it inside for minimal gain!

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    Which baffles me. I know you want to run inside, but it seems to me Willis is far more successful running to the outside. Why don't they mix it up more, perhaps even favoring outside runs? For that matter screens seem like a good idea to slow a pass rush down too, why not more of those? Or play action? Man the play calling sucks.

  6. Nobody said "cut."

     

    Claim that he's overrated?  You betcha.

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    Do I really have to go back and quote all the posts that talked about how easily we could replace him or which backs we'd be better off with? Now, perhaps the words "cut him" weren'tactually written, but they were certainly implied.

  7. This post is definitely an example of idiocy in its purest form. We have the running back with the 5th most rushing yards in the league (you'd think a bright spot in an otherwise dismal few game stretch) and people actually want him cut from the team. And what truely makes this idiocy at its finest... the 2 "bad" plays being used as an example of is why he needs to go... are an 8 yard 1st down run and a 56 yard shovel pass. Brilliant!

     

    And this... is exactly why I read posts on this board. You can't make this kinda lunacy up.

  8. Has he ever once shown some signs of good game-clock management or field awareness? I'd love it if you could point out even one, because he looks completely lost on the field half the time.

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    Didn't he scramble for a touchdown late in the Jets game on 4th and 6 from the 12 yard line to pull us to within a score? I think that'd classify as field awareness. One example - good enough.

  9. Yep.  This is the perfect time to try something like this.  Let's see what we have in Pennington and in Peters at LT.  The season is shot anyway, you might as well find out as much about your young players as you can.  It's the same logic as keeping JP in as starter no matter what.  We just gotta know as much as possible what we got to help with offseason decisions.  Honestly, this move of switching up the OL has me excited as a fan again about the season.  Imagine if Peters excels (very possible) at LT and Pennington can handle RT (unlikely, but possible).

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    I completely agree. And what I like most about it...

     

    1) It shows the coaches aren't happy with what they're seeing either and they're not afraid to do something about it.

     

    2) It shows they realize that although JO hasn't been playing well, they understand that putting all the problems on one scapegoat isn't the solution and you can't just plug in a new QB and solve the offensive problems.

     

    Now, hopefully they'll do something about that Cover-Who defense.

  10. Well, we can certainly get worse. As bad as our line play has been, I still think its better than last year's. However, does it matter if it gets worse? In other words, what's the difference in finishing as we are and having a 5-6 win season; or making the changes (having it blow up) and getting worse and we have a 3-4 win season?

     

    On the flip side, the moves could play out and give us less need to draft a LT and we could still finish with 5-6 wins. Definitely a plus in my book.

  11. I was going to post my ideas for bye week moves. But, they beat me to it.

     

    IMO, 2 things will greatly improve the offense. 1) this is it. Shake up the Offensive line and try to get a better lineup, or at least a lineup that is less bad. It's clear what we have hasn't been working.

     

    2) shake up the play calling. Currently, its too, too, much too, way bad predictable. And we need more TE passes, and longer bombs (even if they don't work and JP overthrows the field).

     

    The offense has shown some real signs of life, but the they always break down. And I think that's largely because opposing defenses don't have to guess. When its 3 and 8, JP is throwing and its going to Evans at about the first down marker. You have to make them guess and we currently don't do that.

     

    I think 2 relatively small changes are 2 easily done things, that could easily lead to better results.

  12. Brilliant! Immediately following that play, I remember thinking... can't wait to see the posts about Willis' lack of speed and how he should be cut because he can't break the long run. It took longer than I expected, but its nice to know some things remain constant.

     

    Pissing on the one bright spot we have on offense is absurd.

  13. The play made no sense at all.  JP can run - if you wanted a QB draw, just let JP run it.  :doh:

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    Agreed or snap it to McGehee. That play goes down as perhaps the dumbest play I've seen, period. It was at that point, that I knew without a shadow or a doubt, we'd lose the game. The coaches gave up on the offense, and it wasn't long afterward that the players gave up on the coaches. From there, everyone was just going through the motions to get to their vacation time.

  14. Well go and take a look for yourself man. MOST good lineman are re-signed. Some do escape because of teams salary cap ... etc. But when that happens their are 30 other teams trying to get that 1 player.

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    No way I could have the patience to look all that up. All I'm saying is that if there's one, only one, top tier linemen available; we need to make sure we get him. Because not getting a good offensive line in this team has reached the point of absurdity.

     

    By the way, I really do agree with you that we should keep Nate if possible. I just really don't think we should over pay for him. We have alot of holes on this team. And I know that Nate leaving potentially creates another one, but there are far greater ones, even if Nate is gone.

  15. Do me a favor. Go find the list of FA lineman (i already did) and see how many have a chance of NOT being re-signed by their team. You will come out to a number of about 1 good OL and 1 good DL. We could pick up BOTH of those players, daft all the players, pay them, pay nate what he wants and still have 10 mill left over.

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    I reject the notion that all good players will be re-signed and none available. However, if all good players are indeed signed and we cannot secure top draft picks; then by all means, I agree, lets give it all to Nate.

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